Australian Famous Names Starting with Letter O

Austrian-British physicist. With his collaborator Rudolf Peierls he designed the first theoretical m

Austrian-British physicist. With his collaborator Rudolf Peierls he designed the first theoretical mechanism for the detonation of an atomic bomb in 1940.Frisch was Jewish, born in Vienna, Austria in 1904, the son of a painter and a concert pianist. He himself was talented at both but also had inherited his aunt Lise Meitner's love of physics and commenced a period of study at the University of Vienna, graduating in 1926 with some work on the effect of the newly discovered electron on salts. After some years working in relatively obscure laboratories in Germany, Frisch obtained a position in Hamburg under the Nobel Prize winning scientist Otto Stern. Here he produced novel work on the diffraction of atoms (using crystal surfaces) and also proved that the magnetic moment of the proton was much larger than had been previously supposed.[1]

A contemporary Chinese-Australian author, translator and academic.[1]Ouyang Yu was born in the Peopl

A contemporary Chinese-Australian author, translator and academic.[1]Ouyang Yu was born in the People's Republic of China, arriving in Australia in 1991 to study for a Ph. D. at La Trobe University which he completed in 1995. Since then his literary output has been prodigious. Apart from several collections of poetry and a novel he has translated authors as diverse as Christina Stead, Xavier Herbert, Germaine Greer and David Malouf among others. He also edits Otherland, which is a bilingual English-Chinese literary journal.

Was a professional tennis player of the 1960s and 1970s. Partnering Billie Jean King, Davidson manag

Was a professional tennis player of the 1960s and 1970s. Partnering Billie Jean King, Davidson managed to win eight grand slam mixed doubles titles. Davidson was one of very few to win a calendar year slam for mixed doubles, when he won the Australian Cha

Is an Australian international rugby union player who plays as a flanker or lock. He is nicknamed "M

Is an Australian international rugby union player who plays as a flanker or lock. He is nicknamed "Melon" because of his large head.He was a key performer for the ACT Brumbies from their inception in 1996, joining from Randwick Rugby Club. Finegan played

Is a New Zealand slalom canoer who competed in the mid 1990s. He finished 31st in the K-1 event at t

Is a New Zealand slalom canoer who competed in the mid 1990s. He finished 31st in the K-1 event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.