Australian Famous Names Starting with Letter K

Was an Australian Senator for the state of Victoria. Synon was appointed to the Senate on 13 May 199

Was an Australian Senator for the state of Victoria. Synon was appointed to the Senate on 13 May 1997 as a result of Jim Short's resignation, however she was defeated at the 1998 election and her term ended on 30 June 1999.

(born on 21 March 1966) is an Australian golfer.

(born on 21 March 1966) is an Australian golfer.

Is a former Australian field hockey goalkeeper, who was a member of the Olympic gold medal winning t

Is a former Australian field hockey goalkeeper, who was a member of the Olympic gold medal winning team of the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Is a former New South Wales Breakers and Australia Women's cricketer. A right-handed batsman and rig

Is a former New South Wales Breakers and Australia Women's cricketer. A right-handed batsman and right-arm fast-medium bowler, Price played List-A cricket for the Breakers between 1972 and 1987, and Test cricket from 1975 to 1985. Price was an all-rounder, with both a Test century and five-wicket haul to her name. She took 6/72 against India on January 28, 1984, and scored 104* in the following Test on February 3.

Is a former field hockey midfield player from Australia, who earned a total number of 271 internatio

Is a former field hockey midfield player from Australia, who earned a total number of 271 international caps for the Women's National Team, in which she scored 49 goals. Nicknamed Rowdy, she was first selected in the Australian Senior Team in February 199

Is an Australian politician. She represents the electoral district of Algester in the Queensland Leg

Is an Australian politician. She represents the electoral district of Algester in the Queensland Legislative Assembly, having held the seat since its inception at the 2001 state election.She first entered parliament after the 1998 election, winning the se

Is a New Zealand rugby union footballer. He plays as a prop, and has "a reputation for powerful scru

Is a New Zealand rugby union footballer. He plays as a prop, and has "a reputation for powerful scrummaging courtesy of his hefty 19st 9lb, 6ft 1in frame." He plays his club rugby for the Aviva Premiership side Sale Sharks, to whom he was signed in 2010.

Is an Australian association footballer currently playing for Australian W-League team Adelaide Unit

Is an Australian association footballer currently playing for Australian W-League team Adelaide United. Roweth made her debut for Central Coast Mariners against Melbourne Victory on Saturday, 25 October 2008.

Is an Australian football (soccer) player who plays as a centre back for North Queensland Fury in th

Is an Australian football (soccer) player who plays as a centre back for North Queensland Fury in the A-League. He played for the Brisbane Strikers before being recruited by the Queensland Roar for the revamped A-League competition. After half a season w

Was an Austrian-American physicist.It was in 1926 that Herzfeld took a visiting professorship at the

Was an Austrian-American physicist.It was in 1926 that Herzfeld took a visiting professorship at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, which developed into a regular faculty position. During 1930 and 1932, he was a lecturer at Cooper Union and Fordham University in New York City.[13] [14] While at Johns Hopkins, Herzfeld did considerable research with the chemist Francis O. Rice, who joined the University as an associate professor the same year Herzfeld arrived. Their 1928 paper[15] considered the role of molecular vibrations in the transfer of energy between ultrasonic waves and gas molecules. At Johns Hopkins, Herzfeld worked with other European colleagues on the University’s physics faculty, namely James Franck and Maria Goeppert-Mayer, who were awarded Nobel Prizes in Physics in 1925 and 1963, respectively. Franck came to Johns Hopkins after he left Germany in 1933

Was an Austrian chemist that invented the Bayer process of extracting alumina from bauxite, essentia

Was an Austrian chemist that invented the Bayer process of extracting alumina from bauxite, essential to this day to the economical production of aluminum.Bayer had been working in Saint Petersburg to develop a method to provide alumina to the textile industry, which used it as a fixing agent in the dyeing of cotton. In 1887, he discovered that aluminium hydroxide precipitated from an alkaline solution was crystalline and could be filtered and washed more easily than that precipitated from an acid medium by neutralization. In 1888, Bayer developed and patented his four-stage Bayer process of extracting alumina from bauxite ore.

Was a cricketer who played for Victoria and South Australia (SA). A tiny man at just 157cm tall, he

Was a cricketer who played for Victoria and South Australia (SA). A tiny man at just 157cm tall, he was born in the Melbourne suburb of Hawthorn and was a specialist left-hand batsman who occasionally bowled right-arm wrist spin. Schneider showed precocious talent as a schoolboy player and was selected for his first-class debut as a 17-year old while attending Xavier College, Melbourne. Schneider was also a noted footballer and he joined the Norwood club on his move to Adelaide. Schneider played 20 first-class matches, scoring 1509 runs (at 48.67) and taking 10 wickets (at 35.50). He made six centuries, the highest of which was 146 for SA against New South Wales at the Sydney Cricket Ground in January 1927.

Is a scientist, who is best known as an author and science commentator on Australian radio and telev

Is a scientist, who is best known as an author and science commentator on Australian radio and television

Is a professional road bicycle racer riding for UCI Professional Continental team OUCH Pro Cycling T

Is a professional road bicycle racer riding for UCI Professional Continental team OUCH Pro Cycling Team. He finished second in the 2006 USA Cycling National Racing Calendar to Floyd Landis. Menzies turned professional in 2005, he spent one season on the A

Was an Austrian civil engineer and geologist, called the father of soil mechanics.Terzaghi entered t

Was an Austrian civil engineer and geologist, called the father of soil mechanics.Terzaghi entered the Technical University in Graz to study mechanical engineering in 1900. He became especially interested in theoretical mechanics, but Terzaghi was a rambunctious student and was nearly expelled at one point. He graduated with honors in 1904. Terzaghi's then fulfilled a compulsory one year military service. While fulfilling his military obligations, Terzaghi translated and greatly expanded a popular English geology field manual into his native language,

Is an Australian football (soccer) player, who currently plays for Queensland Roar in the Australian

Is an Australian football (soccer) player, who currently plays for Queensland Roar in the Australian W-League.

Is a rugby league player for the Cronulla Sharks in the National Rugby League (NRL) competition. Fil

Is a rugby league player for the Cronulla Sharks in the National Rugby League (NRL) competition. Filiga primarily plays at centre or in second row

A professional rugby league footballer for the Brisbane Broncos in the Australian National Rugby Lea

A professional rugby league footballer for the Brisbane Broncos in the Australian National Rugby League (NRL) competition. Hunt primarily plays in the fullback position, but has also played on the wing and the five-eighth and halfback positions. Hunt has played in the NRL for Brisbane since 2004, and was part of the Broncos' competition-winning team in 2006. He has represented the Queensland Maroons in the State of Origin series and the Australian Kangaroos at international level.

Is an Australian professional multi-code football player. He is best known as a rugby league player

Is an Australian professional multi-code football player. He is best known as a rugby league player for the Brisbane Broncos of the National Rugby League. He primarily played in the fullback position, but has also played on the wing and at five-eighth and

Is a professional Australian tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 440, which she reache

Is a professional Australian tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 440, which she reached on 30 July 2007. Her career high in doubles was at 642 set at 5 March 2007.

Is a former Australian politician. She was an Australian Labor Party Member of the New South Wales L

Is a former Australian politician. She was an Australian Labor Party Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 2003 to 2010, representing the electorate of Penrith.Following the retirement of Faye Lo Po', Paluzzano won endorsement and then e

An Australian alternative country singer-songwriter. She is the daughter of steel guitar player Bill

An Australian alternative country singer-songwriter. She is the daughter of steel guitar player Bill Chambers, and the sister of musician and producer Nash Chambers.In 1986, the family formed the Dead Ringer Band with Bill and Diane as the initial members and Kasey and Nash joining the band a year later. By 1992, the band had become full time musicians with Bill Chambers writing many of the band's songs. Bill Chambers wrote a song for Slim Dusty called "Things Just Aren't the Same on the Land" in 1992 which won the "Song of the Year" in the Country Music Awards. Their first album "Red Desert Sky" was released in 1993 on the independent Import Records label.

Is an Australian football (soccer) midfielder who currently plays for the Newcastle United Jets in A

Is an Australian football (soccer) midfielder who currently plays for the Newcastle United Jets in Australia's Hyundai A-League. Before transferring to Fredrikstad he played for Lillestrøm S.K. for 4 years. Before that he played for Brisbane Strikers and

Is a mountain biker from Dunedin, New Zealand.Leuchs, now based in France, has represented New Zeala

Is a mountain biker from Dunedin, New Zealand.Leuchs, now based in France, has represented New Zealand in mountain biking at both the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney and the 2004 games in Athens. He has also represented New Zealand at the 2002 and 2006 Commo

Is a Japanese-Australian rhythmic gymnast who lives in Los Angeles, California, United States. She w

Is a Japanese-Australian rhythmic gymnast who lives in Los Angeles, California, United States. She was born to a Japanese father and an Australian mother on 6 May 1980 in Tokyo, Japan.