Australian Famous Names Starting with Letter R

An Australian figurative painter, and was a member of the Antipodeans group of artists, formed in 19

An Australian figurative painter, and was a member of the Antipodeans group of artists, formed in 1959 to oppose what they saw as the dominance of an excessively formal abstractionism in Australian art of the day. His work is represented in most major public collections. He is a self-taught artist.Dickerson is a self-taught artist who refused to go to art school; he now dominates the top-end of the market. The style of his work is described as lone characters with long noses and whimsical often averted, eyes. He says it is, "the same style I've always used," and does not intend to change it.[2]

Is an Australian sprint canoer who competed in the mid 1980s. He finished seventh in the K-4 1000 m

Is an Australian sprint canoer who competed in the mid 1980s. He finished seventh in the K-4 1000 m event at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.

Was a Western Australian cricketer who played 14 first-class matches for Western Australia between 1

Was a Western Australian cricketer who played 14 first-class matches for Western Australia between 1968 and 1972. His father, Ken Meuleman was also a first-class cricketer (played 1 test for Australia) and son Scott Meuleman is also a first-class cricketer playing for Western Australia. He was the batting coach of former Australia wicket-keeper/batsman Adam Gilchrist. He is credited with giving Gilchrist the idea to bat with a squash ball in his batting gloves.

Is an Australian former politician

Is an Australian former politician

An Australian journalist, novelist and short story writer.Drewe was born in Melbourne, Victoria, but

An Australian journalist, novelist and short story writer.Drewe was born in Melbourne, Victoria, but moved with his family to Perth, Western Australia at the age of 6. He was educated at Hale School, and in his final year was appointed School Captain. He stayed in Perth and had a job as a junior reporter with The West Australian from his late teens until his early twenties, when he got a job with The Age and moved back to Melbourne. He went on to be literary editor at The Australian before he turned to writing fiction.

Was a New Zealand cricket player who appeared in only one first-class match, for Canterbury in the 1

Was a New Zealand cricket player who appeared in only one first-class match, for Canterbury in the 1933-34 season.

S professor of South-East Asian History

S professor of South-East Asian History

Is a former New Zealand rower.At the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games he won the silver me

Is a former New Zealand rower.At the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games he won the silver medal as part of the men's eight alongside crew members Leslie Arthur, Darien Boswell, Colin Cordes, Alistair Dryden, Alan Grey, Christian Larsen, Louis Lobe

Was a first-class cricketer for Gloucestershire County Cricket Club from 1874 to 1877, and from 1890

Was a first-class cricketer for Gloucestershire County Cricket Club from 1874 to 1877, and from 1890 to 1893 was a member of Western Australia's first Legislative Council under responsible government. During World War I, he converted his home into a war hospital at his own cost.

Was an Australian politician in the Victorian Parliament.He was an Australian Labor Party (ALP) memb

Was an Australian politician in the Victorian Parliament.He was an Australian Labor Party (ALP) member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1999 to 2010, representing the electorate of Burwood. From 2007 he was the Chair, Public Accounts and Estimat

Australian politician,

Australian politician,

Is an English Australian politician, being a Liberal member of the Western Australian Legislative As

Is an English Australian politician, being a Liberal member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly representing the electorate of Hillarys.He served in the Court Government as Minister for Works; Services; Citizenship and Multicultural Interests f

Was an Australian cricket player, who played for the Tasmanian Tigers. He was a Left-handed All roun

Was an Australian cricket player, who played for the Tasmanian Tigers. He was a Left-handed All rounder who bowled left arm medium pace, and he represented Tasmania from 1978 until 1982.

Is an Australian diver, who won a bronze medal in the 2000 Summer Olympics and two bronze medals in

Is an Australian diver, who won a bronze medal in the 2000 Summer Olympics and two bronze medals in the 2004 Summer Olympics, one with synchronised springboard diving partner Steven Barnett.

One of the world's foremost polymer chemists

One of the world's foremost polymer chemists

Is one of the world's foremost polymer chemists, particularly in the field of emulsion polymerisatio

Is one of the world's foremost polymer chemists, particularly in the field of emulsion polymerisation. In 1970, he gained his PhD from the Australian National University, and worked at the University of Sydney from then until 2006.

Is a former Australian politician. He was born in Wynyard, Tasmania. In 1986 he was elected to the T

Is a former Australian politician. He was born in Wynyard, Tasmania. In 1986 he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly representing Lyons for the Liberal Party. In 1986 he was defeated by the Duke of Avram, the head of a tiny micronation who ran a

Holland, who spent the majority of his cricketing life in Newcastle, was a late bloomer, and his Tes

Holland, who spent the majority of his cricketing life in Newcastle, was a late bloomer, and his Test debut aged 38 made him the oldest Australian debutant in more than half a century. It was not until the 1978–79 season, aged 32, that the New South Wales selectors called up Holland to continue the state’s long tradition of leg spin bowling. He quickly formed an integral part of the bowling attack that made the state the dominant domestic team in the Sheffield Shield in the 1980s. Forming a spin oriented attack with Murray Bennett (left arm orthodox) and Greg Matthews (off spin), Holland was part of the team that won the squad which won the Sheffield Shield in 1982–83, 1984–85 and 1986–87.[1]

Was an Australian politician, elected as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly.Medcal

Was an Australian politician, elected as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly.Medcalf was the member for Lachlan from 1947 to 1950 and the member for Dubbo from 1950 to 1953.

Was an Australian politician, elected as the Member for Cessnock of the New South Wales Legislative

Was an Australian politician, elected as the Member for Cessnock of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for the Liberal Party of Australia between 1988 and 1991. This was the only time since its creation in 1913 that Cessnock was not held by the Aust

Australian politician

Australian politician

Is a former road and track cyclist from New Zealand, who represented his native country in two disci

Is a former road and track cyclist from New Zealand, who represented his native country in two disciplines at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany: the men's individual road race and the men's team pursuit (track).

Was an Australian state politician. He represented the electorate of Bendigo West in the Victorian L

Was an Australian state politician. He represented the electorate of Bendigo West in the Victorian Legislative Assembly. He served as the Minister for Police and Emergency Services and Minister for Corrections.In the first Bracks Ministry, Bob Cameron was

Is a retired hockey player from Australia, who was a member of the national team that won the silver

Is a retired hockey player from Australia, who was a member of the national team that won the silver medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. Eight years earlier, when Mexico City hosted the Games, he also won a silver medal with the Austral

A prominent Australian author, playwright, actor, journalist and broadcaster.He was born in Christch

A prominent Australian author, playwright, actor, journalist and broadcaster.He was born in Christchurch, New Zealand, as Brian David Parry. However, he did not learn this until he was fifty years old, in 1997, when his adoption papers were discovered. When he was nearly three, his parents divorced and he was adopted out to another family, who renamed him. When he did not answer to the name Robert, they nick-named him Sandy. They denied his former life and always told him his early childhood memories were the product of an overly fertile imagination. As an adult, he spent several years looking for traces of his family around Europe, before finding relatives living in New Zealand. In that search, he met for the first time his 30-year old daughter Yvonne. He was aware that he had fathered a child in London when he was 20, but he knew nothing about her. He also discovered that his birth mother had been adopted.