Australian Famous Names Starting with Letter L

Is a veteran Australian mountain climber and author.Hall is the author of White Limbo, the story of

Is a veteran Australian mountain climber and author.Hall is the author of White Limbo, the story of the first Australian team to climb Mount Everest, and Douglas Mawson, the Life of an Explorer. Hall was part of Australia's first attempt to climb to the t

Is a New Zealand cricketer who played for Wellington in the State Championship in the 1990s. He is t

Is a New Zealand cricketer who played for Wellington in the State Championship in the 1990s. He is the coach of the Central Districts Hinds in the State League and in 2005-06 he coached them through to victory in the State League final at Queen Elizabeth

Is a former swimmer from New Zealand who was born in Dunedin. He won two silver medals at the 1954 B

Is a former swimmer from New Zealand who was born in Dunedin. He won two silver medals at the 1954 British Empire Games - one in the men's 110 yards backstroke and another in the men's 330 yards medley relay. He represented his native country at two conse

Is an Australian fashion designer

Is an Australian fashion designer

Is an Australian politician and solicitor. She was a Labor Party member of the Queensland Legislativ

Is an Australian politician and solicitor. She was a Labor Party member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 1997 to 2009, representing the district of Kurwongbah.Lavarch was first elected to the seat of Kurwongbah, situated in Brisbane's northern

Is an Australian politician, elected as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly.Burney

Is an Australian politician, elected as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly.Burney is of Wiradjuri descent and grew up in Whitton, near Leeton. She obtained a Diploma of Teaching from the then Mitchell College of Advanced Education and sh

Is an Australian freestyle swimmer. She tends to prefer the longer 200m/400m/800m events and has won

Is an Australian freestyle swimmer. She tends to prefer the longer 200m/400m/800m events and has won the Australian 400m national title five years in a row (2004-2008).

Is an Australian football (soccer) player, who currently plays for Sydney FC in the Australian W-Lea

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

Is an international netball coach and former representative player from New Zealand. Vagana played a

Is an international netball coach and former representative player from New Zealand. Vagana played as a circle defender, and was a member of the New Zealand national netball team, the Silver Ferns, from 1993 (joining the squad at the end of 1992) up until

Is a former New South Wales Breakers and Australia cricketer. A right-handed opening batsman and occ

Is a former New South Wales Breakers and Australia cricketer. A right-handed opening batsman and occasional right-arm medium pace bowler, she played 10 Test matches for Australia between 1984 and 1987, scoring a century against England in her penultimate Test match in August 1987.[1] She has also played 23 One Day Internationals for Australia, scoring 1034 runs with two centuries and eight half-centuries at an average in the high-fifties.

Is a former Australian politician, representing the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Moria

Is a former Australian politician, representing the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Morialta for the Australian Labor Party from her election in 2006 until the 2010 election.Simmons first ran as a Labor candidate for the division of Sturt again

Is a former New Zealand cricketer who played first-class and List A cricket for Central Districts an

Is a former New Zealand cricketer who played first-class and List A cricket for Central Districts and Auckland in the late 1960s and 1970s.

An Australian botanist

An Australian botanist

Is former Australian and Victorian cricketer. He played in 13 Tests for Australia and 88 first-class

Is former Australian and Victorian cricketer. He played in 13 Tests for Australia and 88 first-class matches between 1955/56 and 1961/1962. He was a left hand spin bowler, bowling left-arm unorthodox spin (or chinaman).

Is a former Australian rules footballer in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). Hi

Is a former Australian rules footballer in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). His consummate skills were acknowledged by being awarded three Magarey Medals during his career.

Is a former Australian member of the House of Representatives representing the Division of Melbourne

Is a former Australian member of the House of Representatives representing the Division of Melbourne, Victoria, for the Australian Labor Party, having first won the seat at the 1993 federal election. He was a member of the Australian Government from 3 Dec

Is a former New Zealand international rugby player. He was a member of the All Blacks in 1955, playi

Is a former New Zealand international rugby player. He was a member of the All Blacks in 1955, playing in the Halfback position. Townsend played for the University club in 1953 and represented Otago in that year. From 1954 until 1957 he played for the Sou

An Australian journalist, a university teacher and a writer of crime fiction. Born in Scotland, Simp

An Australian journalist, a university teacher and a writer of crime fiction. Born in Scotland, Simpson arrived in Australia in 1974.[1]Simpson worked as an investigative journalist for The Sydney Morning Herald for twelve years. She has written seven books, the most recent being her first fiction novel, The Curer of Souls. One of her crime books, My Husband My Killer, co-authored with Sandra Harvey was made into a telemovie starring Colin Friels (2000). Brothers in Arms was written about the Milperra bikie massacre. Published in 1989 this was also co-written with Sandra Harvey. An option to turn the book into a feature film has been purchased by Martin Brown films. Her third crime book, co-written with Sandra is about the serial killer John Wayne Glover.

Is an Australian basketball player and coach. He played for Australia in three Olympics between 1960

Is an Australian basketball player and coach. He played for Australia in three Olympics between 1960 and 1968 and coached the Australian basketball team at four Olympics between 1972 and 1984. Gaze coached the Melbourne Tigers for 35 years, including 22 y

Is a former New Zealand cricketer who played 54 first-class matches for Northern Districts in the 19

Is a former New Zealand cricketer who played 54 first-class matches for Northern Districts in the 1980s.

Is a professional New Zealand basketball player.Tait has played in the New Zealand NBL since 2000, w

Is a professional New Zealand basketball player.Tait has played in the New Zealand NBL since 2000, winning three NBL titles with the Auckland Stars. In 2008 he played for the Wellington Saints.

Australian Liberal Party politician

Australian Liberal Party politician

Is a former New Zealand rower who won 2 Olympic medals. At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich he tea

Is a former New Zealand rower who won 2 Olympic medals. At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich he teamed with Dick Joyce, Wybo Veldman, John Hunter, Tony Hurt, Athol Earl, Trevor Coker and Gary Robertson and Simon Dickie (cox) to win the Gold medal in the

Is an Australian actress, director and drama teacher

Is an Australian actress, director and drama teacher

Is a former Olympic swimmer from Australia, who has completed a prominent swimming career for her na

Is a former Olympic swimmer from Australia, who has completed a prominent swimming career for her native country, including a gold medal in the 100 m breaststroke at the 1991 FINA World Championships in Perth as well as a silver in the 200 m breaststroke