Australian Famous Names Starting with Letter P

Is a New Zealand professional basketball player. Jones who stands at 1.96 metres tall, is the highes

Is a New Zealand professional basketball player. Jones who stands at 1.96 metres tall, is the highest New Zealand points scorer in NBL history.

Was an Australian minor league baseball player and is currently a coach with the Australia national

Was an Australian minor league baseball player and is currently a coach with the Australia national baseball team.When the Australian Baseball League was founded in 1989-1990, Dale was manager of the Waverley Reds. He not only managed them to the pennant,

Is a former football (soccer) goalkeeper who represented New Zealand at international level.Phil Dan

Is a former football (soccer) goalkeeper who represented New Zealand at international level.Phil Dando signed for his hometown club Liverpool in September 1969, but found himself behind Scottish international Tommy Lawrence and the emerging Ray Clemence i

An Australian architect. In 1980 he was awarded the third place prize at the Shinkenchiku Residentia

An Australian architect. In 1980 he was awarded the third place prize at the Shinkenchiku Residential Design Competition for work on his Australian timber house.In 1984, he was appointed Visiting Scholar in Architecture at the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University. He practiced architecture in Perth and Fremantle and worked with the Corringie Aboriginal community, Leonora, Western Australia, and the Swan River Valley Noongar (or Nyungah) community.He is the author of 'Building a Malay House', Oxford University Press 1987, ISBN 0-19-588861-8.

Is a former Australian cricketer who played in 2 Tests and 4 ODIs in 1979.

Is a former Australian cricketer who played in 2 Tests and 4 ODIs in 1979.

Is an Australian cricketer. He is a left-handed opening batsman who is widely considered to be one o

Is an Australian cricketer. He is a left-handed opening batsman who is widely considered to be one of the most promising prospects for Australia's future. He made his Test debut at the age of 20 after just two seasons with New South Wales. He played his junior cricket for Macksville Cricket Club, where he excelled so quickly that he was playing A-Grade at the age of 12. At the age of 17, Hughes moved from Macksville to Sydney to play for Western Suburbs District Cricket Club in Sydney Grade Cricket while he attended Homebush Boys High. He scored 141* on his grade debut and enjoyed a solid 2006–07 season scoring 752 runs at an average of 35.81 with a highest score of 142*. He represented Australia at the Under-19s World Cup in 2007.He was and still is coached at Activate Cricket Centre in Mortlake and it has helped in excel in cricket. After consistently making runs at domestic level, Hughes was called up to replace Matthew Hayden on Australia's tour of South Africa in February and March 2009. He was selected to make his debut in the first Test match starting on 26 February 2009 at the New Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg after making 53, then retiring, in Australia's tour match against the South African Board President's XI. Hughes was called up to the Test squad for the tour of New Zealand in March 2010.

Is an Australian politician. He was an Australian Labor Party member of the New South Wales Legislat

Is an Australian politician. He was an Australian Labor Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 2007 until 2011, representing the electorate of Wollondilly. He served as Minister for Water and Minister for Corrective Services.

Is an Australian politician.After unsuccessfully contesting the House of Representatives seat of Bra

Is an Australian politician.After unsuccessfully contesting the House of Representatives seat of Brand for the Liberal Party in the 2004 and 2007 federal elections, he was elected to the Western Australian Legislative Council for South Metropolitan in 200

Is a New Zealand rugby league player of Samoan heritage and descent who currently plays for the Salf

Is a New Zealand rugby league player of Samoan heritage and descent who currently plays for the Salford City Reds in the Super League competition. His position of choice is at Second Row though he can also play Prop Forward.

Is a New Zealand golfer.Tataurangi was born in Auckland. In 1992 he was a member of the New Zealand'

Is a New Zealand golfer.Tataurangi was born in Auckland. In 1992 he was a member of the New Zealand's winning Eisenhower Trophy team and was the leading individual player in the tournament. He turned professional in 1993 and has played mainly in the Unite

Is a field hockey player from New Zealand, who earned his first cap for the national team, nicknamed

Is a field hockey player from New Zealand, who earned his first cap for the national team, nicknamed The Black Sticks, in January 2000.

Is a former ice speed skater from Australia, who represented his native country in three consecutive

Is a former ice speed skater from Australia, who represented his native country in three consecutive Winter Olympics, starting in 1988 in Calgary, Canada.Tahmindjis, born in a suburb of Sydney, started playing ice hockey for the Canterbury Pacers and was

Is an Australian professional racing cyclist.

Is an Australian professional racing cyclist.

A New Zealand solo singer-songwriter, playing all the instruments in studio and touring with a band.

A New Zealand solo singer-songwriter, playing all the instruments in studio and touring with a band. She was formerly a part of the Wellington band Two Lane Blacktop named for the 1970s road movie of the same name[1] the Sydney duo Teenager with Nick Littlemore of Pnau. Ladyhawke named herself after the Rutger Hauer film Ladyhawke.[2] Ladyhawke is best known for the 2008 single "Paris Is Burning", which she wrote after a visit to Paris.[3] Her debut album was released on Modular Recordings[4] in September 2008.

Was an Australian freestyle and backstroke swimmer of the 1920s and 1930s, who won a silver medal in

Was an Australian freestyle and backstroke swimmer of the 1920s and 1930s, who won a silver medal in the 100m backstroke at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, the first Australian to win a medal in backstroke.

Was a member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council in the electorate of Hobart from 10 May 1952 until

Was a member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council in the electorate of Hobart from 10 May 1952 until retirement in 1976.She was the first Australian woman to lead an upper house of Parliament, and was the longest serving female politician in Australian po

Is a New Caledonian footballer (midfielder) who plays as a midfielder for AS Magenta. His former clu

Is a New Caledonian footballer (midfielder) who plays as a midfielder for AS Magenta. His former club was AS Lössi. He is known for scoring the first ever goal in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification process against Tahiti on August 25, 2007. He was part

An Australian classical pianist. He has a flourishing international career, which has taken him to o

An Australian classical pianist. He has a flourishing international career, which has taken him to over forty countries. His concerto repertoire exceeds 75 works.His English father and Australian mother met while auditioning as piano students for the Royal College of Music. Although born in London, he grew up in Brisbane, where his mother still teaches piano. His own teacher was Nancy Weir.He first came to prominence at the inaugural Sydney International Piano Competition in 1977, at which he was named Best Australian Pianist (he was a judge at the 2004 competition). He later studied overseas on a Churchill Fellowship.

Is an Australian water polo player. Figlioli was part of Australia's Olympic squad for the 2004 Summ

Is an Australian water polo player. Figlioli was part of Australia's Olympic squad for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. He was also a member of the Australian squad that finished 10th at the 2007 FINA World Championships in Melbourne and won the bronze

Is a former Australian rules footballer and football (soccer) player. Bevilacqua played two senior g

Is a former Australian rules footballer and football (soccer) player. Bevilacqua played two senior games for Victorian first division football (soccer) club Juventus (now Bulleen Zebras).

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

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

Is an Australian gymnast.

Is an Australian gymnast.

Is an Australian football (soccer) player of Serbian heritage, who plays for the Central Coast Marin

Is an Australian football (soccer) player of Serbian heritage, who plays for the Central Coast Mariners in the A-League. Bojic's professional career began at Australian club Parramatta Power in the 2000–01 season, where he stayed for two years but never r

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

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

Is a world champion disabled swimmer, winning nine Paralympic gold medals as well as world records a

Is a world champion disabled swimmer, winning nine Paralympic gold medals as well as world records and world championships. She was born with cerebral palsy. Cooper made her debut at the 1992 Summer Paralympics in Barcelona, winning 3 Gold, 2 Silver, 2 Wo