Australian Famous Names Starting with Letter S

Was an Australian first-class cricketer who played for the Queensland Bulls between 1959/60 and 1975

Was an Australian first-class cricketer who played for the Queensland Bulls between 1959/60 and 1975/76. He was a right-handed opening batsman and despite a prolific career for Queensland he never represented Australia. The closest he got was as 12th man for Australia against West Indies in 1964-65 but never played due to the success of Australian openers Bill Lawry and Bob Simpson. In 1970-71 he scored 177 against an MCC attack which included John Snow and Peter Lever thus proving he could perform against the very best. The son of Glenn Trimble, he finished his 144 game career with 10282 runs at 41.79 and a highest score of 252 not out. Until Stuart Law passed him in the late 90's he was the leading run scorer for Queensland.

Was an important figure in developing cricket in Victoria in its formative years. Cosstick was a rig

Was an important figure in developing cricket in Victoria in its formative years. Cosstick was a right-hand batsman and right-arm medium-fast roundarm bowler. He played 18 matches for Victoria from 1860 to 1876. As a batsman he scored 315 runs at an average of 9.84 with a highest score of 36. He took 106 wickets at an average of 9.41, with best figures of 9 for 61. He took five wickets in an innings 11 times, and ten wickets in a match on 5 occasions. He also took 14 catches. In 1869 Cosstick took 6 wickets for 1 run against Tasmania. At the age of 41, Cosstick umpired in the second ever Test match, played between Australia and England in Melbourne on 31 March to 4 April 1877. His colleague was Richard Terry.

Is a soccer player from New Zealand who currently plays for Team Wellington in the New Zealand Footb

Is a soccer player from New Zealand who currently plays for Team Wellington in the New Zealand Football Championship. Jenkins has represented New Zealand at Under 20, Under 23 and A level. His first cap for the NZ Under 20s was against Australia in Sydney

Is a professional Australian tennis player. His highest ATP singles ranking is 220, which he reached

Is a professional Australian tennis player. His highest ATP singles ranking is 220, which he reached on 16 November 2009. His career high in doubles was at 213 set at 12 July 2010. Groth and Andrew Kennaugh of Great Britain lost in the finals of the 2005

Was an Australian politician. Born in Sydney, he was educated at Wesley College, Melbourne and then

Was an Australian politician. Born in Sydney, he was educated at Wesley College, Melbourne and then the University of Melbourne. He served in the military from 1942 to 1943 and became a barrister in 1946. In 1961, he was elected to the Australian Senate a

Was an Australian politician. Born in Adelaide, he was educated in that city at St Peter's College.

Was an Australian politician. Born in Adelaide, he was educated in that city at St Peter's College. He became a wool-classer, then a seaman and Port Phillip pilot, earning the rank of ship's master in 1938.Having served as Mayor and Councillor on Williams

Was an Australian politician. He was a Labor member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, serving

Was an Australian politician. He was a Labor member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, serving as the member for Balonne from 1927 to 1932 and for Fortitude Valley from 1933 to 1950. He served as Speaker of the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 19

Was an Australian social reformer, hat manufacturing unionist and a Protectionist politician.Mauger

Was an Australian social reformer, hat manufacturing unionist and a Protectionist politician.Mauger attempted to run for politics in various State electorates before becoming a Member of Parliament. He stood for the seat of Fitzroy in 1892, South Melbourn

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. Messam was included in the New Zealand squad for the football tournament at the Summer Olympics in Bei

Was a Test and first-class cricketer. He is one of only five cricketers to have represented both Aus

Was a Test and first-class cricketer. He is one of only five cricketers to have represented both Australia and England at Test cricket, making three appearances for each nation. In 1889 he was named as one of the inaugural Wisden Cricketers of the Year, subtitled the "Six Great Bowlers of the Year".

A solid right-handed batsman, Jones and a handy mediuam pace back bowler Jones excelled for New Sout

A solid right-handed batsman, Jones and a handy mediuam pace back bowler Jones excelled for New South Wales and later for Queensland and Auckland. Testament to his batting skill, his first class career lasted over 30 years.

Was a notable New Zealand newspaper owner, entrepreneur and politician. He was the Father of Journal

Was a notable New Zealand newspaper owner, entrepreneur and politician. He was the Father of Journalism in New Zealand.Samuel Revans is known to have been a native of London but, as was common in the early 19th century, the day, month and even the exact y

Was a seaman and an Australian politician, elected as a member of the New South Wales Legislative As

Was a seaman and an Australian politician, elected as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing the seat of Hurstville.Toombs was a longtime member of the Australian Labor Party, including service as a member of the central executi

A contemporary Indigenous Australian poet.Samuel Wagan Watson was born in Brisbane, his family is Ir

A contemporary Indigenous Australian poet.Samuel Wagan Watson was born in Brisbane, his family is Irish, German, Bundjalung and Birri Gubba. His poetry ranges from observation of everyday experience to the effects of colonisation in a vividly direct, almost tactile, language.In the late 1990s the Brisbane City Council set up a project to raise awareness of the Boondall Wetlands. The project was set up to bring together historians, poets, photographers, environmentalists and designers and show the cultural history of the Wetlands, both the local indigneous history and the experiences of European settlers.[1] Samuel Watson was invited to this project, with the poets Brett Dionysius and Liz Hall-Downs, and in 2000 an audio CD was produced of their work, called Blackfellas Whitefellas Wetlands. The very different voices and focus of the three poets worked together to create a sense or place and of history.[2]

An Australian politician, Premier of Queensland, Chief Justice and the principal author of the Const

An Australian politician, Premier of Queensland, Chief Justice and the principal author of the Constitution of Australia.

Was an Australian geologist who was an early advocate of the theory of continental drift. His work o

Was an Australian geologist who was an early advocate of the theory of continental drift. His work on plate tectonics reconstructions led him to develop the theory of the expanding earth.Despite the eventual acceptance of the plate expansion and subduction paradigm over Carey's theory, he is widely regarded as making substantial contributions to the field of tectonics and considerable influence in the initial acceptance of continental drift over a static model. In 1946, he became the founding professor of geology at the University of Tasmania. He retired from this position 30 years later in 1976.

Is a professional rugby league player who has represented his country and currently plays his club f

Is a professional rugby league player who has represented his country and currently plays his club football for Hull F.C. in the Super League competition. His position of choice is at prop forward. Moa was signed on a one year contract from Cronulla-Suthe

Is a Fijian international footballer who plays as a defender. As of February 2010, he plays for Rewa

Is a Fijian international footballer who plays as a defender. As of February 2010, he plays for Rewa in the National Football League and has won seven caps for his country.

Is a former professional male tennis player from Australia and former World No. 2 in doubles (5 Marc

Is a former professional male tennis player from Australia and former World No. 2 in doubles (5 March 2001). He is the son of former Australian tennis champion Fred Stolle. He was born in Sydney and now lives in Aventura, Florida, United States.

Is a former Australian freestyle swimmer, who won gold in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay at the 1

Is a former Australian freestyle swimmer, who won gold in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics. At the age of 14 years and 6 months, she became the youngest Australian to win an Olympic gold medal, a record that still stands. Morga

Is New Zealands most famous[weasel words] female ultramarathon runner who shot to fame in 1990 by se

Is New Zealands most famous[weasel words] female ultramarathon runner who shot to fame in 1990 by setting a new 6 day track world record in Campbelltown, Australia Nov.18-24, 1990.

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.

Is a former New Zealand politician and diplomat. She served as deputy leader (and briefly leader) of

Is a former New Zealand politician and diplomat. She served as deputy leader (and briefly leader) of the Alliance party, and was later High Commissioner to Niue.In 1991, Lee became president of Mana Motuhake. Shortly after this, Mana Motuhake agreed to be

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.

An Italian artist, living and working in Australia. He is a figurative painter, whose work is "cubis

An Italian artist, living and working in Australia. He is a figurative painter, whose work is "cubist-futurist".[1] He is a winner of the Sir John Sulman Prize.[2] He arrived in Australia in 1993, and graduated with a degree in Fine Arts at the National Art School.[3] The new environment of Australia had a significant effect on his work.[3] He staged his first solo exhibition in 1996.In 2005, Nocentini was awarded the $10,000 Sir John Sulman Prize for his painting My Son Has Two Mothers.[2][4] The work was exhibited at the Art Gallery of New South Wales.[5] The inspiration for it came from the artist's "assisting two lesbian friends to conceive a child"; Nocentini has shown himself as a harlequin, a reference to Picasso, whose influence is apparent in the work.[1]