Australian Famous Names Starting with Letter N

Is an Australian rhythmic gymnast that represented Australia at the 2008 Summer Olympics as well as

Is an Australian rhythmic gymnast that represented Australia at the 2008 Summer Olympics as well as the 2006 Commonwealth Games.

Was a Fijian cricketer and Rugby Union player. A right-handed batsman and right-arm medium pace bowl

Was a Fijian cricketer and Rugby Union player. A right-handed batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler, he played first-class cricket for both the Fiji national cricket team and Auckland in the 1950s. He made his first-class debut against Otago on Fiji's

An award winning Australian writer of children’s fiction and non-fiction, adult non-fiction and bi

An award winning Australian writer of children’s fiction and non-fiction, adult non-fiction and biographies, and newspaper and journal articles. Her works often focus on "the difficulties faced by Aborigines or non-English-speaking newcomers to Australia, ... environmental issues and the effects of social change”.[1] She has been involved in developing projects to raise children's awareness about their environment and local history.Wheatley's first book was Five Times Dizzy.[4] Published in 1983, it was a critical success, and garnered many literary commendations and awards. Since then she has written many children's fiction and non-fiction books, most of them being shortlisted for and, often, winning awards.

Is an Egyptian Australian Egyptologist and Professor of Egyptology at Macquarie University

Is an Egyptian Australian Egyptologist and Professor of Egyptology at Macquarie University

Was an architect working in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia during the Victorian and Edwardian period

Was an architect working in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia during the Victorian and Edwardian periods.Barnet was born in the Melbourne Hospital on Swanston Street 1855, son of a Polish-born pawnbroker, jeweller and tobacconist. He was an active member of Melbourne's Jewish community, serving on many committees and often writing letters to the Jewish press.He produced a number of significant buildings including Her Majesty's Theatre (1886), Austral Building (1891), St Kilda Synagogue re-development (1903-04), the former Empire Building (1905) on Flinders Street, the former Auditorium (1912), 280-282 Bourke Street and Alston's Corner (1913) and Georges Department Store (1913) all on Collins Street and the Wertheim Piano Factory in inner suburban Richmond, Melbourne Synagogue (1929) in South Yarra. (The Wertheim factory later became a Heinz factory and, for over 50 years, has been the studios for television station GTV-9.)

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

Is a former Fijian cricketer. Tuiyau was a right-handed batsman. Tuiyau made his first-class debut for Fiji in 1954 against Otago during Fiji's 1953/54 tour of New Zealand. During the tour he played three further first-class matches, with his final first-

Was a British-born Australian author of children's books.Chauncy was born Nancen Beryl Masterman in

Was a British-born Australian author of children's books.Chauncy was born Nancen Beryl Masterman in Northwood, Middlesex, England and emigrated to Tasmania, Australia with her family in 1912, when her engineer father was offered a job with the Hobart City Council. She attended St Michael's Collegiate School in Hobart. In 1914, the family moved to the rural community of Bagdad, where they grew apple trees. The bush setting of Bagdad, including a bushranger's cave, would inspire some of her future writing, and also a lifelong involvement with the Australian Girl Guides movement. Initially organising Guide meetings and camps at her brother's Bagdad property, Chauncy started her own Guide troop in Claremont where she worked as a women's welfare officer at the Cadbury's Chocolate Factory from 1925.[

Was a New Zealand-born Australian artist, well-known for her landscape-based abstract paintings and

Was a New Zealand-born Australian artist, well-known for her landscape-based abstract paintings and portraits, and as a critic and commentator. Her work is displayed in the National Gallery of Australia and other major galleries. Born in Taihape, New Zealand, in 1914, Borlase was 16 when she decided that art was her calling and shifted to Christchurch, making the move to Australia at age 22. She studied sculpture at East Sydney Technical College before switching to painting. She lived for a while next to Sidney Nolan in Melbourne, befriended by his benefactor John Reed, and worked as an artist's model. She married Laurie Short in 1941. Borlase started as a figurative painter before moving to abstract impressionism. Her work was influenced by a visit to New York in 1956, where she encountered Jackson Pollock, William de Kooning and Mark Rothko. She became active in the then-radical Contemporary Art Society and was the Sydney Morning Herald art critic for six years from 1975, apart from a cultural visit to China.

Was an Australian writer who published more than twenty historical novels, biographies and volumes o

Was an Australian writer who published more than twenty historical novels, biographies and volumes of poetry. Cato is also known for her work campaigning on environmental and conservation issues.[1]Cato was born in Glen Osmond in South Australia, and was a fifth-generation Australian. She studied English Literature and Italian at the University of Adelaide, graduating in 1939, then completing a two-year course at the South Australian School of Arts. She was a cadet journalist on The News from 1935 to 1941, and as an art critic from 1957 to 1958.[2]

Is an Australian war heroine who became the the Allies' most decorated servicewoman of World War II.

Is an Australian war heroine who became the the Allies' most decorated servicewoman of World War II. She fought alongside the maquis groups of the French Resistance.Born in Roseneath, Wellington, New Zealand on 30 August 1912, her family moved to Sydney, Australia in 1914. She was two years old at the time, and the youngest and most independent of six children. Later, her father left the family to return to New Zealand, leaving her mother to raise the children. In Sydney, she attended the North Sydney Girls High School. At the age of 16, she ran away from home and worked as a nurse. With £200 she received from the will of her aunt Hinamoa, the 'disgrace' of her mother's family, she journeyed to London, then New York where she trained herself as a journalist. In the 1930s she worked in Paris. Later she worked for Hearst newspapers’ European correspondent. In 1935 she witnessed the rise of Adolf Hitler, Nazis, and saw the violence towards Jews, gays, gypsies, and protesters on the Paris streets and in Vienna.

Was a Jewish Australian writer and editor.Nancy Keesing was born in Sydney, Australia and attended s

Was a Jewish Australian writer and editor.Nancy Keesing was born in Sydney, Australia and attended school at Sydney Girls' Grammar School, the Frensham School and then went on to the University of Sydney.[1] Her Garden Island People, written in 1975, detailed her work during World War II and post-war work at the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children. One of her most well known works is Shalom, a collection of Australian Jewish stories. Before her death on January 19, 1993, she had written or edited 26 volumes. The Nancy Keesing Fellowship was founded by her husband Dr. Mark Hertzberg in her honour.

Was an Australian writer who published over 25 books, including novels, biographies, memoirs, travel

Was an Australian writer who published over 25 books, including novels, biographies, memoirs, travel books and a cookbook.[1] She travelled widely through Europe, the Pacific, Asia and the Middle east.Nancy Eleanor Creagh was born in Sydney, New South Wales, and had "a magical childhood, spent wandering the shores of Sydney Harbour near Chinamans Beach and The Spit on Middle Harbour with her friends and extended family".[1] She studied at the Conservatorium of Music and the University of Sydney.[2] However, as a teenager she saw the limitations of her suburban life and was keen to travel, so in 1938 she bought a one-way ticket to England. She met her husband, Raymond "Pete" Phelan, in London near the beginning of the war, and had her daughter, Vanessa, there. She and her daughter were evacuated to Devon where she spent her war years while her husband was in the Navy.[1]

Was a female tennis player from Australia. She won the women's singles title six times at the Austra

Was a female tennis player from Australia. She won the women's singles title six times at the Australian Championships, second only to Margaret Court who won 11 titles. Bolton won a total of 20 titles at the Australian Championships, second only to Court's 21 titles.

Is a former sumo wrestler from Samoa. His highest rank was maegashira 2. He was given the fighting n

Is a former sumo wrestler from Samoa. His highest rank was maegashira 2. He was given the fighting name of Nankairyu, or "South Seas dragon." In November 1987 he became the third non Asian sumo wrestler, after Takamiyama and Konishiki, to reach the top ma

Is an Australian water polo player from the gold medal squad of the 2000 Summer Olympics. Castle was

Is an Australian water polo player from the gold medal squad of the 2000 Summer Olympics. Castle was the captain of the Australian team at the 2004 Summer Olympics where they placed 4th.

Is a former football (soccer) player who represented New Zealand at international level.Clarke made

Is a former football (soccer) player who represented New Zealand at international level.Clarke made her Football Ferns début in a 0-2 loss to Australia on 18 February 2004, and finished her international career with three caps to her credit.

Watts was born in Shoreham, Kent, England, the daughter of Myfannwy "Miv" (née Roberts), an antique

Watts was born in Shoreham, Kent, England, the daughter of Myfannwy "Miv" (née Roberts), an antiques dealer and costume and set designer, and Peter Watts, a road manager and sound engineer who worked with Pink Floyd (her father's manic laugh and mother's

Is a former Australian politician. She was a National Party member of the Queensland Legislative Ass

Is a former Australian politician. She was a National Party member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 1995 to 1998, representing the district of Mulgrave.Wilson entered state parliament at the 1995 state election by defeating incumbent Labor Part

Is an Australian gymnast. Russell represented Australia in the 2006 Commonwealth Games. She was the

Is an Australian gymnast. Russell represented Australia in the 2006 Commonwealth Games. She was the only junior on the national women's gymnastics team and was the bronze medalist in the vault competition.

Is an Australian journalist who is best known as the former presenter of the east-coast edition of T

Is an Australian journalist who is best known as the former presenter of the east-coast edition of Today Tonight

Is a New Zealand netball player in the ANZ Championship, playing for the Central Pulse.

Is a New Zealand netball player in the ANZ Championship, playing for the Central Pulse.

Was a New Zealand cricketer who played in 3 Tests in 1966.

Was a New Zealand cricketer who played in 3 Tests in 1966.

Is a prominent Australian jockey who mainly rides at meetings in Sydney. He started his career ridin

Is a prominent Australian jockey who mainly rides at meetings in Sydney. He started his career riding in Melbourne but moved to Sydney to ride for prominent trainer Gai Waterhouse. His biggest win to date was riding Elvstroem to victory in the 2004 Caulfi

She is a New Zealand cricketer who has played on women's test match and seven women's one-day intern

She is a New Zealand cricketer who has played on women's test match and seven women's one-day internationals for the White Ferns. in the 2004-05 she was the first State League player to take 100 wickets for the Auckland Hearts.

She is the former lead vocalist of electro-pop band Rogue Traders, author of an inspirational book f

She is the former lead vocalist of electro-pop band Rogue Traders, author of an inspirational book for teenage girls and host of So You Think You Can Dance Australia. She is perhaps best known for the role of Izzy Hoyland on the soap opera Neighbours from 2003 to 2007, of which gained her nominations for the TV Week Gold Logie.Before being cast in Neighbours, Bassingthwaighte had a few television roles, including All Saints "Touch and Go". Bassingthwaighte's character on Neighbours had an evil streak, and was involved in several big storylines. She left the show in late-2006 to focus on her singing career with the Rogue Traders, and returned briefly in March 2007 for a two-week guest stint that was filmed in London where Rogue Traders were touring at the time.