Australian Famous Names Starting with Letter M

Was a blind Australian writer and teacher, who founded the Victorian Association of Braille Writers,

Was a blind Australian writer and teacher, who founded the Victorian Association of Braille Writers, and later went on to establish the Association for the Advancement of the Blind, with herself as secretary. She is remembered for her achievements in promoting the rights of vision impaired people.With the assistance of friends and the Australian Natives Association, Aston established the Victorian Association of Braille Writers in 1894. This organisation would eventually become the Victorian Braille Library. In 1895 a meeting called by Tilly Aston founded the Association for the Advancement of the Blind (now Vision Australia) to fight for greater independence, social change and new laws for blind people. They quickly won voting rights for blind people; free postage for Braille material in 1899 (a world first for Australia); and transport concessions for the blind

Was as Australian novelist, who wrote under the pseudonym Maud Jean Franc.Matilda was the elder daug

Was as Australian novelist, who wrote under the pseudonym Maud Jean Franc.Matilda was the elder daughter of Dr Henry Congreve and his wife Elizabeth Ann, née Jacob. The family moved to South Australia in 1852, started a school at Mount Barker and on 16 February 1860 married the Rev. Ephraim Evans, a Baptist minister, who died 6 April 1863. In 1860 Mrs Evans opened a school at Angaston which was still in existence in 1868. She wrote her first story, Marian; or the light of Some One's Home while she was at Mount Barker and it appears to have been immediately successful. The British Museum catalogue records an edition published at Bath in 1860, a second edition was published by John Darton and Company in 1861, and another edition published by Sampson Low appeared in the same year.

Was a New Zealand Maori politician. He was the Member of Parliament for Northern Maori from 1963 to

Was a New Zealand Maori politician. He was the Member of Parliament for Northern Maori from 1963 to 1979, the Minister of Lands and Minister of Maori Affairs in the Third Labour Government of New Zealand between 1972 and 1975. He was the architect of both

Is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s. A New South Wal

Is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s. A New South Wales State of Origin and Australian international representative second-row forward, he played club football in Australia with the Parramatta Eels, Penrith P

Is an Australian professional rugby league player who currently plays for the Manly-Warringah Sea Ea

Is an Australian professional rugby league player who currently plays for the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles in the National Rugby League (NRL). He primarily plays at hooker.

An right handed middle order batsman and handy offspin bowler, Poore made his Test debut in March 19

An right handed middle order batsman and handy offspin bowler, Poore made his Test debut in March 1953 against South Africa at Auckland. He made 170 runs in the 5 Test series.

Is a Australian rugby league player.Bickerstaff played for the South Queensland Crushers, Cronulla S

Is a Australian rugby league player.Bickerstaff played for the South Queensland Crushers, Cronulla Sharks, St George Illawarra Dragons and the Canberra Raiders in the National Rugby League competition.

Is an Australian professional rugby league footballer for the North Queensland Cowboys of the Nation

Is an Australian professional rugby league footballer for the North Queensland Cowboys of the National Rugby League. An Australian international and Queensland State of Origin representative fullback, he has played his entire NRL career to date with the C

Is a retired Australian football (soccer) player.He last played as a right full back for the Austral

Is a retired Australian football (soccer) player.He last played as a right full back for the Australian A-League club Perth Glory in 2005, which he joined in 2001. Horsley had previously captained the Wollongong Wolves, with whom he played from 1990-20

Is an Australian football (soccer) player who currently plays for the Brisbane Roar youth team. He m

Is an Australian football (soccer) player who currently plays for the Brisbane Roar youth team. He made his A-League debut for the Brisbane Roar on October 4, 2008 against Sydney FC.

Is a professional basketball player from Moe, Victoria.

Is a professional basketball player from Moe, Victoria.

Is an Australian comedian who was born in Melbourne, Australia. He is a presenter on the Melbourne r

Is an Australian comedian who was born in Melbourne, Australia. He is a presenter on the Melbourne radio station FOX FM where he has worked for the past sixteen years.

Is an Australian equestrian who competes in the sport of show jumping. He competed in the 2008 Summe

Is an Australian equestrian who competes in the sport of show jumping. He competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics, where he came in 21st individually and 7th with the Australian team.

Is an Australian cricketer who has played for the cricket teams of Marylebone Cricket Club and North

Is an Australian cricketer who has played for the cricket teams of Marylebone Cricket Club and Northamptonshire. He is a wicket keeper, although he has been playing as a specialist batsman since Niall O'Brien joined Northants. He is the son of former South African captain Kepler Wessels, who also played 24 Tests for Australia. In 2004, Riki joined the staff at Northamptonshire county cricket club where he impressed in the second eleven producing several noticeable scores. This led to him being selected for the MCC in 2004 and in the first team of Northamptonshire for the start of the 2005 season. In this year, he established himself as a first class player, and scored his first century at the age of 19 against Somerset. In 2007, he became qualified to play for England which is what he has wanted to do from an early age. On the 7 November, Wessels signed a new contract extension along with fellow Northamptonshire wicket keeper Niall O'Brien, keeping Riki at the club until 2010.

Is an Olympic-level equestrian rider, who competes for Australia. Matt has three older brothers, inc

Is an Olympic-level equestrian rider, who competes for Australia. Matt has three older brothers, including the internationally-successful eventer and dressage rider, Heath Ryan. In 1984. he travelled to Britain to train with the great Richard Meade, befor

Is a professional Australian competition cyclist. During 2007 he rode as a domestique for the UCI Pr

Is a professional Australian competition cyclist. During 2007 he rode as a domestique for the UCI ProTour team Unibet.com. In 2008 he rides as a team leader for the US-based Team Type 1.Wilson's talent ensured that he became a part of the Australian natio

Is a field hockey midfielder from Australia, who made his international senior debut for the nationa

Is a field hockey midfielder from Australia, who made his international senior debut for the national team in 2005 at the Hamburg Masters against The Netherlands. The mechanic was a member of The Kookaburras-team that won the golden medal at the 2005 Cham

Is an Australian former professional road racing cyclist and current directeur sportif for Team Slip

Is an Australian former professional road racing cyclist and current directeur sportif for Team Slipstream.White started competitive cycling at age 14. Like so many other Australian professional riders he started his career on the track under Charlie Wals

Is an Australian politician. He is currently the member of the Western Australian Legislative Counci

Is an Australian politician. He is currently the member of the Western Australian Legislative Council representing the Agricultural Region and Deputy President of the Legislative Council. Elected to Parliament in the 2005 state election he is a member of

Is an Australian Labor Party politician, and a member of the Victorian Legislative Council for the E

Is an Australian Labor Party politician, and a member of the Victorian Legislative Council for the Eastern Victoria Region.Viney was first elected to the Frankston East electorate during the 1999 Frankston East By-election, which was one of the factors in

Is a freestyle swimmer from Australia. He failed to qualify for the 2010 Pan Pacs, however swam a co

Is a freestyle swimmer from Australia. He failed to qualify for the 2010 Pan Pacs, however swam a considerably swift 100m freestyle at the Canadian Nationals perhaps booking himself a spot to the commonwealth games

Is an Australian football (soccer) player who plays as a versatile full back.Kemp was signed by the

Is an Australian football (soccer) player who plays as a versatile full back.Kemp was signed by the AIS in 1998 but transferred the next season to Adelaide City who were then part of the now defunct NSL. After playing a season there he was signed by Itali

Was an Australian politician.Having joined the citizen militia, he became a captain in 1913 and serv

Was an Australian politician.Having joined the citizen militia, he became a captain in 1913 and served in the Australian Imperial Force from 1915 to 1916 in Egypt and Gallipoli as a major, where he was wounded and sent home. In November 1911 he had been e

Is a professional rugby league player currently playing for the North Queensland Cowboys.

Is a professional rugby league player currently playing for the North Queensland Cowboys.

Is a retired Australian footballer who attended St. Joseph's Nudgee College during his high school y

Is a retired Australian footballer who attended St. Joseph's Nudgee College during his high school years and played for Brisbane City and Brisbane Strikers in the NSL. During his time at Strikers he captained the team for two seasons and played along with