Australian Famous Names Starting with Letter U

An Australian football (soccer) player of Turkish descent who currently plays for Avispa Fukuoka in

An Australian football (soccer) player of Turkish descent who currently plays for Avispa Fukuoka in the J.League 2nd Division.

Is an Australian television personality.Gray was a regular panellist on Graham Kennedy's Blankety Bl

Is an Australian television personality.Gray was a regular panellist on Graham Kennedy's Blankety Blanks in 1977-1978. He had earlier taken a straight dramatic role as publican Bunny Howard in the early episodes of soap opera The Young Doctors in 1976. He left his role in The Young Doctors after his initial 13-week contract expired in order to work on Blankety Blanks. Kennedy himself had convinced Gray to do Blankety Blanks [1] Gray had been receiving $100 a day for The Young Doctors, with Blankety Blanks paying $45 an episode this represented a pay cut. [2] Later Gray signed with agent Harry M Miller who negotiated the increased pay rate of $75 per episode of Blankety Blanks which remained until the series ended. [3]

Is a former field hockey player from New Zealand, who finished in eighth position with the Men's Nat

Is a former field hockey player from New Zealand, who finished in eighth position with the Men's National Team, nicknamed Black Sticks, at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. He won a silver medal with the team at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in

Was an Australian soprano, mainly known in Australia and the UK.Una Hale was born in Adelaide, South

Was an Australian soprano, mainly known in Australia and the UK.Una Hale was born in Adelaide, South Australia and came to Britain in 1946 to study at the Royal College of Music. She appeared with the Carl Rosa Opera Company from 1949 to 1954, playing many leading roles, such as Violetta in La Traviata Micaela Carmen and Marguerite in "Faust". In 1954 she was engaged by the Covent Garden Opera Company as a Principal Soprano, where she sang all the major Lyric Soprano roles, being especially noted for her portrayals of Ellen Orford (Peter Grimes), Eva (Die Meistersinger) The Marschallin (Der Rosenkavalier), and Lieu (Turandot)

Captained the Australia national women's cricket team in 4 Test matches against New Zealand and Engl

Captained the Australia national women's cricket team in 4 Test matches against New Zealand and England.[1]A right handed batswoman and off break bowler, she played 12 Test matches in all from 1948 to 1961, scoring 471 runs with a best of 108, one of her two centuries. She also took 19 wickets at 22.94. She was born on November 18, 1922 in Kew in Melbourne in Victoria where she died in 1977, aged 54.

An Australian writer of fiction and non-fiction for children and young adults. She has won eight nat

An Australian writer of fiction and non-fiction for children and young adults. She has won eight national literary prizes. Her work is characterised by a child's vision and voice of both clarity and ambiguity.

Is an Australian football (soccer) player, who currently plays for Melbourne Victory in the Australi

Is an Australian football (soccer) player, who currently plays for Melbourne Victory in the Australian W-League.

Is an Australian politician. She was elected to the Australian Senate for New South Wales in Novembe

Is an Australian politician. She was elected to the Australian Senate for New South Wales in November 2001, representing the Australian Labor Party. She began her term on 1 July 2002.She joined the NSW Premiers' Department in 1997, working in the area of

Is an Australian cricketer for the New South Wales Blues. He was awarded player of the Australian Un

Is an Australian cricketer for the New South Wales Blues. He was awarded player of the Australian Under 19 Championship in 2005 and also played for Australia in the 2006 U-19 Cricket World Cup in Sri Lanka as an opening batsman. His club side is Randwick-Petersham. In 2008 Khawaja hit consecutive double centuries for the NSW Second XI - a feat never before achieved by a NSW player. Other than being a cricket player, Khawaja is a qualified pilot and has completed a Bachelors degree in Aviation from University of New South Wales.