Australian Famous Names Starting with Letter N

Ned ColletteÆs musical history to date draws on a broad sound palette: an honours degree in modern

Ned ColletteÆs musical history to date draws on a broad sound palette: an honours degree in modern composition, works for string quartets, various electro-concrete pieces and playing in a variety of loose fit outfits whilst focusing his talents in City City City. Parallel to all this Collette produced his own album, Jokes & Trials. Forgoing the democracies of a group Collette plays close to all the instruments, writes all the songs and sings in a warm and weary voice. Collette admits that the influence of Leonard Cohen, Robert Wyatt and Cat Power has led him to focus more and more on the importance of the lyrics.

Was a New Zealand rugby union and rugby league player who played 9 times (6 of these were test match

Was a New Zealand rugby union and rugby league player who played 9 times (6 of these were test matches) as an All Black hooker from 1907 until 1921 and twice for the Kiwis in 1910. His All Black career is unique in that there was a gap of 13 years between

Was an Australian football (soccer) player. Zelic started his career in the old Australian National

Was an Australian football (soccer) player. Zelic started his career in the old Australian National Soccer League where he played with clubs Sydney Croatia and Sydney Olympic. In his junior years he played for Croatia Deakin. He has played for the Austra

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.

Is a former professional tennis player from Australia. He was born in Redcliffe, Queensland, Austral

Is a former professional tennis player from Australia. He was born in Redcliffe, Queensland, Australia. Borwick enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won 1 doubles title. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking o

Is a former Australian sprint freestyle swimmer best known for winning the 4 × 100 m medley relay a

Is a former Australian sprint freestyle swimmer best known for winning the 4 × 100 m medley relay at the 1980 Olympics in Moscow as part of the Quietly Confident Quartet. Brooks was as much known for his swimming achievements as he was for disciplinary incidents. He often found himself in conflict with officialdom and threatened with sanctions.

Is a former field hockey player from New Zealand, who was a member of the national team that won the

Is a former field hockey player from New Zealand, who was a member of the national team that won the golden medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.Like reserve goalie Les Wilson, McLeod was not awarded a gold medal in 1976 because he did not actual

Is a former Chief Commissioner of Police for Victoria.

Is a former Chief Commissioner of Police for Victoria.

Is a former Fijian cricketer. Maxwell is a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. Ma

Is a former Fijian cricketer. Maxwell is a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. Maxwell played for Canterbury, New South Wales and Victoria cricket teams in the 1990s. He played for Fiji in the 1990 ICC Trophy in Holland. He is currently the player agent for star cricketers Brett Lee and Michael Hussey, as well as formerly Adam Gilchrist. Maxwell is the CEO for the marketing firm Insite Organisation and was formerly the CEO for the Indian Premier League franchise, the Kings XI Punjab. His figures of 5/10 against Singapore in the 2001 ICC Trophy are the best in that competition by a Fijian.

Was a New South Wales politician and Minister of the Crown in the cabinets of Sir Eric Willis and Ni

Was a New South Wales politician and Minister of the Crown in the cabinets of Sir Eric Willis and Nick Greiner. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for 26 years from 17 November 1973 to 3 May 1991 for the Liberal Party of Australia

Is a computer information systems researcher

Is a computer information systems researcher

Is a football (soccer) player who represented New Zealand at international level.His senior career b

Is a football (soccer) player who represented New Zealand at international level.His senior career began with North Shore United and Waitakere Citybefore he moved to Australia to join Wollongong City in the Australian National Soccer Leagu.

Was an Australian cricket player, who played for the Tasmanian Tigers. He was a right-handed batsman

Was an Australian cricket player, who played for the Tasmanian Tigers. He was a right-handed batsman and right arm fast medium bowler who represented Tasmania from 1978 until 1980.

Is an English-born Australian football player who plays for Leeds United and the Australian National

Is an English-born Australian football player who plays for Leeds United and the Australian National Side after being capped by Guus Hiddink. He is a midfielder. He is renowned for his passing ability.A promising schoolboy footballer, he captained the Que

Neil attended school at Sacred Heart boarding school,and Te Awamutu College. He decided at the age o

Neil attended school at Sacred Heart boarding school,and Te Awamutu College. He decided at the age of 12 to become a musician, and throughout his school years, performed in prisons, hospitals as well as at home gatherings.Neil finished school in 1975. 1 y

Is a retired Australian politician and lobbyist. Born in Melbourne, he was educated at La Trobe Univ

Is a retired Australian politician and lobbyist. Born in Melbourne, he was educated at La Trobe University and then Monash University before becoming a teacher, union official and small business proprietor. In 1984, he was elected to the Australian House

Is an Australian jurist and legal academic

Is an Australian jurist and legal academic

Is an Australian professional snooker player who has won five ranking tournaments and is the reignin

Is an Australian professional snooker player who has won five ranking tournaments and is the reigning World Champion. Robertson is the only Australian to have won a ranking tournament. In July 2003, Robertson won the World Under-21 Snooker Championship in

Is an Australian former road bicycle racer. Neil is a Tour de France stage winner and is a one of on

Is an Australian former road bicycle racer. Neil is a Tour de France stage winner and is a one of only 25 riders and the only Australian to have completed the three Grand Tours (Giro d'Italia, Tour de France and Vuelta a Espana) in a calendar year. He was

Is a New Zealand cricketer. His other major teams include Otago Volts and Canterbury (from 2002–20

Is a New Zealand cricketer. His other major teams include Otago Volts and Canterbury (from 2002–2005). He also has also been selected in the Chappell-Hadlee Trophy to play Australia in February 2009. During the first ODI in the series, he was wrongly give

Is a New Zealander collegiate soccer assistant coach who is currently with the University of Califor

Is a New Zealander collegiate soccer assistant coach who is currently with the University of California, Santa Barbara Men's Soccer team. He is a former member of the New Zealand national team. Neil has represented New Zealand at the U17, U20, U23, and Se

Was an Australian actress and singer, known as "Our Nell" and "Sweet Nell".Eleanor Towzey (Nellie) S

Was an Australian actress and singer, known as "Our Nell" and "Sweet Nell".Eleanor Towzey (Nellie) Stewart was born in Sydney on 20 November 1858. Her father, Richard Stewart (c. 1826-1902), was an excellent actor and singer who, in 1857, married Mrs. Guerin, née Theodosia Yates, a great-granddaughter of the famous actor and actress Richard Yates (1706-1796) and Mary Ann Yates (1728-1787). Nellie's mother came to Australia in 1840 and took leading parts in opera. She played the title role in Maritana when the opera was first produced at Sydney. Her two daughters by Guerin were well known on the Australian stage as Dollie and Maggie Stewart

Is a Solomon Islands football defender who currently plays for DJ League's Top 8 side Makuru FC. Sai

Is a Solomon Islands football defender who currently plays for DJ League's Top 8 side Makuru FC. Saie Kilifa has also played for Koloale FC Honiara in his native country and played in New Zealand alongside fellow countryman Alick Maemae. He made his debut

Is a former Fijian cricketer. Kavuru was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. Ka

Is a former Fijian cricketer. Kavuru was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. Kavuru made his first-class debut for Fiji in 1954 against Wellington during Fiji's 1953/54 tour of New Zealand. During the tour he a further first-class mat

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.