Australian Famous Names Starting with Letter S

Is a New Zealand football (soccer) who plays for New Zealand Football Championship side Waikato FC a

Is a New Zealand football (soccer) who plays for New Zealand Football Championship side Waikato FC and has represented New Zealand at the Olympic Games. Van Rooyen was included in the New Zealand squad for the football tournament at the Summer Olympics in

Is a professional Australian cricketer. Tait plays domestic cricket for South Australia and is also

Is a professional Australian cricketer. Tait plays domestic cricket for South Australia and is also a representative for Australia at Test, One Day International and Twenty20 International level. He is a right arm fast bowler. Tait made his Test debut against England on 25 August 2005 at Trent Bridge. Tait made his One Day International debut on 2 February 2007 against England at the Sydney Cricket Ground in the 2006-07 Commonwealth Bank Series. In February 2009, the Rajasthan Royals of the Indian Premier League bought Tait for USD375,000. Tait later pulled out with injury.

Is an Australian artist, film maker, academic and curator

Is an Australian artist, film maker, academic and curator

He played in one Test at The Oval in London in 1997. He played in 138 first-class cricket matches fo

He played in one Test at The Oval in London in 1997. He played in 138 first-class cricket matches for Tasmania and Gloucestershire taking 274 wickets with his best bowling 7/64. He was dropped from the Tasmanian team in 2002.

Is a professional snooker and pool player that has won major snooker and pool tournaments in Austral

Is a professional snooker and pool player that has won major snooker and pool tournaments in Australia, New Zealand,England and America. He is the only Australian snooker player ever to win the Australian Open Snooker, Australian National Snooker, Austral

Is a former first-class cricketer. Craig played first-class cricket for the Victorian Bushrangers, d

Is a former first-class cricketer. Craig played first-class cricket for the Victorian Bushrangers, debuting in 1996/97 after graduating from the Australian Cricket Academy. He was used for his part-time legspin and his middle-order batting. His finest knock with the bat was an unbeaten 128 in 1998/99. In his first-class career he averaged 31 with Victoria over the space of 20 matches, and was cut from the state squad after the 2001/02 season. Following this he became a prominent all-rounder in Victorian Premier Cricket, opening the batting for St Kilda Cricket Club.

Played 19 Tests and 38 One Day Internationals for New Zealand, he retired from all cricket after the

Played 19 Tests and 38 One Day Internationals for New Zealand, he retired from all cricket after the 2003 Cricket World Cup.

Is an Australian medley and freestyle swimmer. She competed in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay at the

Is an Australian medley and freestyle swimmer. She competed in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay at the 2004 Summer Olympics, in which Australia placed fourth.

Is a retired female basketball player from Australia, who played for the Canberra Capitals. A three-

Is a retired female basketball player from Australia, who played for the Canberra Capitals. A three-time Olympian she was a member of the national women's team that claimed the bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.

Is an Australian politician. She was an Australian Labor Party member of the Western Australian Legi

Is an Australian politician. She was an Australian Labor Party member of the Western Australian Legislative Council from May 2005, representing the Mining and Pastoral electoral region. A former union official, she was one of several state MPs to become i

She is an Australian cricketer who has played three women's test matches and 37 women's one-day inte

She is an Australian cricketer who has played three women's test matches and 37 women's one-day internationals for Australia. She has the best bowling figures for Australia.[Nitschke was named as the 2009 Australian Women's International Cricketer of the Year

Is an Australian netball player. A ten-year veteran of the Australian national team, she was also th

Is an Australian netball player. A ten-year veteran of the Australian national team, she was also the inaugural captain of the Melbourne Kestrels in the national Commonwealth Bank Trophy from 1997 to 2000. After two years out of the game between 2001 and

Is an Australian sprint canoer who competed from the mid 1990s to the early 2000s. Competing in two

Is an Australian sprint canoer who competed from the mid 1990s to the early 2000s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, she earned her best finish of eighth in the K-4 500 m event at Atlanta in 1996.

Is the founder chairman and chief executive officer of Suntech Power

Is the founder chairman and chief executive officer of Suntech Power

An Australian-born singer, musician, TV personality, actress and author.While studying in Sydney she

An Australian-born singer, musician, TV personality, actress and author.While studying in Sydney she began singing at parties and private functions to support her studies, accompanying herself on the zither. Self-taught, she is said to have found the zither whilst rummaging in a cupboard as a small child. She then entered and won a Sydney radio talent quest. This led to offers of engagements on radio and in theatre and cabaret.

Was an Australian athlete.

Was an Australian athlete.

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

Is a retired field hockey player from New Zealand, who was a member of the national team that finished sixth at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. She was born in East Gore.

An author of fiction and non-fiction. She was born in Australia, but holds citizenship in Great Brit

An author of fiction and non-fiction. She was born in Australia, but holds citizenship in Great Britain and in the United States[1].Hazzard is best known as the author of four novels and two collections of short fiction, a body of fiction as distinguished as it is small. Her first book, the story collection Cliffs of Fall, was published in 1963. In 1977 her short story "A Long Story Short", originally published in The New Yorker on July 26, 1976, received an O. Henry Award.The Transit of Venus, her third novel, won the 1980 National Book Critics Circle Award[4]. Her next novel, The Great Fire, which took her twenty years to write, garnered the 2003 National Book Award and the 2004 Miles Franklin Award. It was also shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction, longlisted for the 2004 Man Booker Prize, and named a 2003 Book of the Year by The Economist[5].

Is a New Zealand wheelchair rugby player, and a member of the national team, the Wheel Blacks.

Is a New Zealand wheelchair rugby player, and a member of the national team, the Wheel Blacks.

A New Zealand born musician. She has had several hits in her native country, as well as a few minor

A New Zealand born musician. She has had several hits in her native country, as well as a few minor international hits, most notably "(Glad I'm) Not a Kennedy" and "Soviet Snow". Laing also contributed to the Manfred Mann's Earth Band album Somewhere in Afrika. Laing also contributed music to, and appeared in, the 1985 action film Shaker Run.Currently she resides in New Zealand and occasionally plays live shows, enjoying a small but devoted fan base.

Is an Australian gymnast, training at the Waverley Gymnastics Centre in Victoria under John Hart and

Is an Australian gymnast, training at the Waverley Gymnastics Centre in Victoria under John Hart and Shaoyi Jiang. She was a member of the Australian team at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.

Is a New Zealand-born rugby footballer. He currently plays rugby union at centre for Bath Rugby. He

Is a New Zealand-born rugby footballer. He currently plays rugby union at centre for Bath Rugby. He has also previously played rugby league for the Bradford Bulls in Super League and New Zealand Warriors in the National Rugby League. Hape has also represe

Is a rugby union centre who represents Counties Manukau in the ITM Cup and the Highlanders in the Su

Is a rugby union centre who represents Counties Manukau in the ITM Cup and the Highlanders in the Super 15 competition. Piutau broke into the Counties Manukau side during the 2006 Air New Zealand Cup after coming up through the various representative age

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.

Was a world champion amateur and professional track cyclist from Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Whi

Was a world champion amateur and professional track cyclist from Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. While a teenager, Patterson won every Victorian and Australian title between 1,000 metres and ten miles (16.1 km). He represented Australia in cycling at the