Australian Famous Names Starting with Letter R

Is a New Zealand rower, yachtsman and rugby union player. Waddell has one of the highest VO2 max int

Is a New Zealand rower, yachtsman and rugby union player. Waddell has one of the highest VO2 max intake levels of any athlete ever tested. He holds the fastest 2000 meter indoor rowing machine time in the world, clocking a time of 5 mins 36.6secs (5:36.6)

Is a professional boxer from Australia.

Is a professional boxer from Australia.

An Australian poet and publisher.[1][2] Adamson grew up in Neutral Bay and spent much of his teenage

An Australian poet and publisher.[1][2] Adamson grew up in Neutral Bay and spent much of his teenage years in Gosford Boys Home for juvenile offenders. He discovered poetry while educating himself in Gaol in his 20s. His first book, Canticles on the Skin, was published in 1970. He acknowledges the influence of, among others, Rimbaud, Mallarmé, Robert Duncan, and Hart Crane upon his writing.

Was an Austrian-born American inventor who held numerous patents.The invention Adler is best known f

Was an Austrian-born American inventor who held numerous patents.The invention Adler is best known for is the wireless remote control for televisions. While not the first remote control, its underlying technology was a vast improvement over previous remote control systems.The "Flashmatic" remote control, invented by Eugene Polley, another engineer at Zenith, was the first wireless remote control, replacing the signal cable based remote control devices, which never were a success. The Flashmatic used directional flashlight in the transmitter device, and photo cells in the television set itself. One of the major shortcomings of this technology was that if the television set was exposed to direct sunlight, it could inadvertently trigger one of the remote control functions.

(born on 12 July 1971) is an Australian professional golfer.

(born on 12 July 1971) is an Australian professional golfer.

A swing bowler, he had a relatively short international career but is remembered for a Test debut in

A swing bowler, he had a relatively short international career but is remembered for a Test debut in 1972 at Lord's where he took eight wickets in each innings, with figures of 16/137 for the match. This was a world record until beaten by India's Narendra Hirwani, who took 16 wickets for just 1 run fewer. The parallels go deeper - neither man enjoyed an extended Test career; between the two of them, they played fewer than 25 Test matches.

Was one of New Zealand's pre-eminent 19th century architects. It has been said he did more than any

Was one of New Zealand's pre-eminent 19th century architects. It has been said he did more than any other designer to shape the face of New Zealand's Victorian cities, especially Dunedin.[1] He is the architect of over forty churches, including First Church for which he is best remembered, but also other buildings, such as Larnach Castle, a country house, with which he is also associated.

Is a former cricketer who played for New South Wales, Western Australia and Australia, captaining th

Is a former cricketer who played for New South Wales, Western Australia and Australia, captaining the national team from 1963–64 until 1967–68, and again in 1977–78. He later had a highly successful term as the coach of the Australian team. He is also known as Bobbie or Simmo.

Is an Australian football (soccer) player of Croatian background. He currently plays as a goalkeeper

Is an Australian football (soccer) player of Croatian background. He currently plays as a goalkeeper for P. Sông Lam Ngh? An in the V-League. Bajic began his career in 1994 with Adelaide Raiders in the SA Premier League. The following year he moved to Que

Is an Australian mathematician based at Monash University

Is an Australian mathematician based at Monash University

Is a former Australian cricketer who played first-class cricket for Tasmania from 1984 to 1987. He a

Is a former Australian cricketer who played first-class cricket for Tasmania from 1984 to 1987. He also represented them in List A cricket on three occasions. Gartrell was a left-handed batsman, and made one first-class century in his career.

An Australian artist who dedicated his life to his art practice without getting recognition during h

An Australian artist who dedicated his life to his art practice without getting recognition during his lifetime. He experienced his first creative surge in the most difficult of circumstances: as a prisoner of war during World War II, drawing his surroundings, and despite adversity, inspired by the beauty of Japan. After the war, Robert Mitchell studied art at East Sydney Technical College, together with fellow art students John Coburn, Jon Molvig, Jean Weir, Stan De Teliga. Frank Hinder was among his teachers and became a life-long friend.Robert Mitchell was one of the first Australian artists to embrace Abstract Expressionism, exemplified by the likes of Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning. Robert Mitchell drew inspiration from a variety of sources: current art movements, architecture, Japan, but also advertising and fashion. In his hands, these influences merged into something completely unique and individual, culminating in his Collage Paintings, evoking the joy, spirit and happiness of creation and life itself.

Was a Scottish-born professional wrestler and talent agent in Auckland, New Zealand.Bruce retired fr

Was a Scottish-born professional wrestler and talent agent in Auckland, New Zealand.Bruce retired from wrestling due to injuries to his back and elbows, and decided to form a talent agency in 1978 when he realised that there was no such company in New Zea

Australian politician

Australian politician

Is a former Australian cricketer who played in 2 Tests and 4 ODIs in 1985.

Is a former Australian cricketer who played in 2 Tests and 4 ODIs in 1985.

Was a tennis player in the 1960s and 1970s. According to an article in the 5 July 1964, edition of

Was a tennis player in the 1960s and 1970s. According to an article in the 5 July 1964, edition of The Cincinnati Enquirer, Brien had defeated Neale Fraser, Owen Davidson, Tony Roche and Bill Lenoir. In 1963 Brien, with Greg Cotterill, won the Australian

Is a high-profile Australian businessman.

Is a high-profile Australian businessman.

Is an Australian politician. He was a member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 200

Is an Australian politician. He was a member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 2001 to 2008, representing the district of Yokine, initially for the Australian Labor Party and from June 2008 as an independent.Kucera resigned as the minist

Is a retired boxer from New Zealand

Is a retired boxer from New Zealand

Was an Australian politician. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1947

Was an Australian politician. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1947 until 1953. He was a member of the Liberal Party of Australia.He was elected to the New South Wales Parliament at the 1947 state election as the Liberal me

Was an Australian politician.Born in Malvern to Indian-born bootmaker William Rankin and Elizabeth C

Was an Australian politician.Born in Malvern to Indian-born bootmaker William Rankin and Elizabeth Chisholm, he served in the Australian Imperial Force during World War I, attaining the rank of captain. He married Ethel Josephine Bennetts around 1918. Ret

Was an Australian poet.Crawford was son of Robert Crawford, born in Doonside, New South Wales, in 18

Was an Australian poet.Crawford was son of Robert Crawford, born in Doonside, New South Wales, in 1868, was educated at The King's School, Parramatta, and the university of Sydney. He settled on a farm as his forefathers had done before him, but not succeeding, became a clerk in Sydney and afterwards had a typewriting business. Some of his poems were published in the Bulletin and other periodicals, and in 1904 a small collection of them, Lyric Moods, was published at Sydney. An enlarged edition was published in Melbourne in 1909 under the same title. In 1921 another volume, The Leafy Bliss, was published, and an enlarged edition appeared three years later. Crawford died suddenly at Lindfield, Sydney, on 13 January 1930.

Was an Australian butterfly and freestyle swimmer of the 1960s and 1970s, who won a bronze medal in

Was an Australian butterfly and freestyle swimmer of the 1960s and 1970s, who won a bronze medal in the 4x100m freestyle relay at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics.

Was an Australian poet.FitzGerald was born in Hunters Hill, New South Wales, a third-generation Aust

Was an Australian poet.FitzGerald was born in Hunters Hill, New South Wales, a third-generation Australian of Irish extraction, and studied science at the University of Sydney. He left before graduating, however, and followed in the footsteps of both his father and grandfather Robert D. FitzGerald by taking up a post as a surveyor. In the 1930s he travelled to Fiji where he worked the Native Lands Commission, surveying tribal boundaries, and experience important to his poetry. [1] He spent World War II doing engineering surveys in New South Wales and working for the Australian Department of the Interior (from 1939 to 1965).

An Australian novelist, essayist and journalist.

An Australian novelist, essayist and journalist.