Australian Famous Names Starting with Letter M

Is a former member of the Australian House of Representatives. Born in Narrogin, Western Australia,

Is a former member of the Australian House of Representatives. Born in Narrogin, Western Australia, Cass was educated in state schools before graduating in Medicine from the University of Sydney and worked as a Research Fellow at the Royal Children's Hosp

Is a former Fijian cricketer. Bogisa was a right-handed batsman. Bogisa made his first-class debut f

Is a former Fijian cricketer. Bogisa was a right-handed batsman. Bogisa made his first-class debut for Fiji in 1948 against Auckland during Fiji's 1947/48 tour of New Zealand, where he played five first-class matches in total. Bogsia's final first-class m

Is a New Zealand swimmer. His specialist event is the 200m butterfly in which he holds the Commonwea

Is a New Zealand swimmer. His specialist event is the 200m butterfly in which he holds the Commonwealth record of 1:54.35 set at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

An Australian author and poet known for his work involving Australian Aborigines. He is often consid

An Australian author and poet known for his work involving Australian Aborigines. He is often considered the the father of modern Aboriginal literature.

Was Chancellor of the University of Sydney from 1934 to 1936, and a noted literary critic.

Was Chancellor of the University of Sydney from 1934 to 1936, and a noted literary critic.

Is an Anglican laywoman

Is an Anglican laywoman

Captained the Australia national women's cricket team on four occasions. She was born on 31 October

Captained the Australia national women's cricket team on four occasions. She was born on 31 October 1930 in Singleton, New South Wales and made her Test debut against New Zealand in 1961.[1] She played her last test against England in 1969. In 7 matches overall she scored 111 runs and took 8 wickets with her off breaks. She played state cricket for New South Wales Women.

Is a former New Zealand cricketer, who played 13 Tests and 12 One Day Internationals for New Zealand

Is a former New Zealand cricketer, who played 13 Tests and 12 One Day Internationals for New Zealand.

Is a former field hockey defender from Australia whose team won the gold medal at the 1997 Junior Ho

Is a former field hockey defender from Australia whose team won the gold medal at the 1997 Junior Hockey World Cup in Milton Keynes.Richards made his senior debut for The Kookaburras in 1998. He played in total 28 matches for Australia, including two Cham

An Australian writer of novels, short stories and non-fiction.He was born in Adelaide, South Austral

An Australian writer of novels, short stories and non-fiction.He was born in Adelaide, South Australia. He has lived most of his life in Australia except for sojourns in India (1968-1970) and England and Europe (1970-1974). He currently lives in Sydney.He was also trustee of the National Gallery of Australia from 1976 to 1981, and wrote a book on Australian artist, Ian Fairweather.A portrait of Bail by the artist Fred Williams[1] is hung in the National Portrait Gallery in Canberra. The portrait was done while both Williams and Bail were Council members of the National Gallery of Australia.[1]

Is a former Australian football (soccer) player. Barnes played for the Australia national associatio

Is a former Australian football (soccer) player. Barnes played for the Australia national association football team for six years, captaining the team nine times. Barnes played for a number of junior soccer clubs including Northern Tigers and Kissing Poin

Is a retired rugby union player from New Zealand. He played thirty matches for the All Blacks in the

Is a retired rugby union player from New Zealand. He played thirty matches for the All Blacks in the late 1970s and early 1980s; seven of these were test matches. He is now living in the Waikato in New Zealand.

Was a New Zealand cricketer who played 14 Tests as a specialist batsman, spread over 13 years. Howev

Was a New Zealand cricketer who played 14 Tests as a specialist batsman, spread over 13 years. However, he was largely unsuccessful, with only three fifties and his highest career score being 76. He played first-class cricket for Canterbury and Central Districts, and captained New Zealand in their first Test against England in 1966.

Before turning his hand to drawing, Webb played first-class cricket for Otago and represented New Ze

Before turning his hand to drawing, Webb played first-class cricket for Otago and represented New Zealand in three Test matches from 1971 to 1974. His younger brother Richard was also a pace bowler who played for Otago; Richard also represented New Zealand, but as a one-day player.

Is a New Zealand chess grandmaster who has played internationally for that nation and for England, a

Is a New Zealand chess grandmaster who has played internationally for that nation and for England, after gaining citizenship there in the early 1980s. Chandler is also known as a chess writer and occasional organiser of chess tournaments.

Is a New Zealand entrepreneur and businessman who founded the companies B32 Software and Binary Rese

Is a New Zealand entrepreneur and businessman who founded the companies B32 Software and Binary Research and is presently the chairman of Ilion Technology.In 1983 he was contracted to convert Kiwi Packaging's corrugator scheduling package Kiwiplan from Data General Business Basic to Fortran 77 on a Data General MV computer.

Has become known for his Stanley the Palaeolithic Hero (the longest running cartoon in Punch magazin

Has become known for his Stanley the Palaeolithic Hero (the longest running cartoon in Punch magazine, Bruce the Barbarian, All the King's Comrades (also in Punch) and the long-running Footrot Flats comic series. In 2002 Ball became an officer of the New

Bennett made promising start to his career as a left arm orthodox bowler by making a successful fora

Bennett made promising start to his career as a left arm orthodox bowler by making a successful foray into Sydney Grade Cricket for St. George in 1973–74 and was selected for New South Wales' combined schoolboy team. However, the bespectacled Bennett was unable to break through to first class level for the next decade until making his Sheffield Shield debut in the 1982-83 season at the age of 26. Known for his accuracy and his well disguised arm ball, he quickly formed an integral part of the bowling attack that made the state the dominant domestic team in the Sheffield Shield in the 1980s. Forming a spin oriented attack with Bob Holland (leg spin) and Greg Matthews (off spin), Bennett was part of the team that won the squad which won the Sheffield Shield in 1982–83, 1984–85 and 1986–87.[1] After a prolific season in 1984–85, including 6/32 in a tour match victory over the world champion West Indies cricket team, both Holland and Bennett were selected to make their debuts for the fifth Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground.

Is an Australian politician. He was a Nationals member of the Western Australian Legislative Council

Is an Australian politician. He was a Nationals member of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 1993 to 2008, representing the region of Agricultural.

Is a former New Zealand National Party politician, and a son of Jack Luxton who had previously held

Is a former New Zealand National Party politician, and a son of Jack Luxton who had previously held the same seat of Matamata.Luxton was first elected to Parliament in the 1987 elections as the MP for Matamata. He replaced his father Jack Luxton, who held

Formerly a judge of the County Court of Victoria in Australia

Formerly a judge of the County Court of Victoria in Australia

Was a New Zealand cricketer. He was a left-handed batsman who played for Otago. He was born in Duned

Was a New Zealand cricketer. He was a left-handed batsman who played for Otago. He was born in Dunedin and died in Otaki. McEwan made a single first-class appearance for the team, during the 1957-58 season, against Canterbury. From the middle order, he sc

Was a former New Zealand rower.At the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games he won the silver m

Was a former New Zealand rower.At the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games he won the silver medal in the men's double sculls partnering Peter Watkinson

Is currently a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly

Is currently a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly

Is a former freestyle and butterfly swimmer from New Zealand, who competed at the 1996 Summer Olympi

Is a former freestyle and butterfly swimmer from New Zealand, who competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia for his native country.