Australian Famous Names Starting with Letter W

Is an Australian netball player. Jones was captain of the Victorian Under 19 team in 1996?97 and the

Is an Australian netball player. Jones was captain of the Victorian Under 19 team in 1996?97 and the Under 21 team from 1997?99. She was also a member of the Australian national team from 2005?07. She played in the Commonwealth Bank Trophy with the Melbou

An Australian-based adult alternative pop singer who has won seven ARIA awards and achieved a number

An Australian-based adult alternative pop singer who has won seven ARIA awards and achieved a number of hit records in the 1990s.Born in 1960 in Montreal. At the age of 15, she joined friends in the Little Benny Blues Band named after Little Benny Park where they used to hang out. Matthews left school at the age of 16 and went busking across North America with a couple of friends. She found herself in Los Angeles where she worked as a session musician.

Is a former Western Australian field hockey player.In her youth, she moved to Perth to study, and wa

Is a former Western Australian field hockey player.In her youth, she moved to Perth to study, and was selected for the state team at the age of 16: the youngest ever. Pritchard would play for her state for 13 years. Soon after she was selected for the Aus

Is an Australian equestrian and Olympic champion.

Is an Australian equestrian and Olympic champion.

An Australian artist.She won the Sulman Prize in 1986 with Black Sun - Morning and Night and the Arc

An Australian artist.She won the Sulman Prize in 1986 with Black Sun - Morning and Night and the Archibald Prize in 1996 with Self Portrait - as Diana of Erskineville. She has entered the Archibald Prize at least 6 times and been hung at least 3 times. She was interviewed in the 2005 Peter Berner documentary about the Archibald Prize called Loaded Brush.She was one of Australia's official war artists sent to East Timor in 1999.

Is a retired Australian female professional tennis player who was nicknamed "Rabbit" by her peers be

Is a retired Australian female professional tennis player who was nicknamed "Rabbit" by her peers because of her footspeed around the court. She was ranked in the year-end world top 20 for ten consecutive years (1977 through 1986) and in the year-end world top 10 for eight consecutive years from 1977 to 1984. Her highest singles ranking was World No. 3 in January 1985.

Is a professional lacrosse player with the Denver Outlaws of Major League Lacrosse and the Washingto

Is a professional lacrosse player with the Denver Outlaws of Major League Lacrosse and the Washington Stealth of the National Lacrosse League. Originally from the West Torrens Lacrosse Club in Adelaide, South Australia, Green played on the Australian Nati

Is an Australian first-class cricketer who plays for the Western Warriors. He is an top order batsma

Is an Australian first-class cricketer who plays for the Western Warriors. He is an top order batsman who bats left-handed and is an occasional left-arm medium bowler. Robinson only made his first class debut for Western Australian at the age of 28. His best performance with the bat to date has been 141 against South Australia, as well as a valuable pair of 78 and 46 against the Queensland Bulls side to help the Warriors to achieve an outright victory at The Gabba. Wes also notched up his second ODD half-century, with a 78 against the Queensland Bulls at the WACA.

Is a New Caledonian footballer, who currently plays for CS Sedan. Lautoa earned in 2008 his first ca

Is a New Caledonian footballer, who currently plays for CS Sedan. Lautoa earned in 2008 his first call-up for the New Caledonia national football team.

Is an Australian cyclist. He was born in Launceston, Tasmania Australia and started cycling with the

Is an Australian cyclist. He was born in Launceston, Tasmania Australia and started cycling with the West Tamar Cycling Club.He began his career with the Australian Continental Team Southaustralia.com-AIS cycling Team and later joined the La Française des

Is a New Zealand professional racing cyclist. He won a bronze medal in the men's team pursuit event

Is a New Zealand professional racing cyclist. He won a bronze medal in the men's team pursuit event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in China. Gough rode in the team's preliminary events, but made way for Hayden Roulston to join the team in the final. The Inte

Was an Australian politician. He was an Australian Labor Party member of the New South Wales Legisla

Was an Australian politician. He was an Australian Labor Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1922 until 1932, representing the electorates of Botany (1922–1927), Alexandria (1927–1930) and Barwon (1930–1932). He was Secretary of

A judge on the High Court of Australia.

A judge on the High Court of Australia.

Is a former footballer. Quested played one match for England B and one unofficial international for

Is a former footballer. Quested played one match for England B and one unofficial international for Australia. He was born in Folkestone, England.Quested was stationed with the Royal Navy on the H.M.S. Golden Hind. Playing for the Golden Hind team in the

Is a Papua New Guinean-born, Australian rugby union player who plays at scrum-half for the Queenslan

Is a Papua New Guinean-born, Australian rugby union player who plays at scrum-half for the Queensland Reds in the Super 14 competition, in which he debuted round one, 2007. Currently, he plays for the Wallabies.

Is a undefeated Australian super featherweight boxer, based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Is a undefeated Australian super featherweight boxer, based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Is an Australian politician. He is a Country Liberal Party member of the Northern Territory Legislat

Is an Australian politician. He is a Country Liberal Party member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly, having held the seat of Katherine since the 2008 election. He is the Shadow Minister for Primary Industry, Fisheries, Resources and Local Gov

Was a cricketer who played for Victoria and Australia. Carkeek, generally known otherwise as "Bill",

Was a cricketer who played for Victoria and Australia. Carkeek, generally known otherwise as "Bill", earned the nickname "Barlow" amongst Australian cricketing community, because his batting style reminded all and sundry of Dick Barlow, the notoriously defensive opening batsman for both England and Lancashire. He played for Victoria for 10 years from 1903-04, and was rated as steady rather than spectacular. He toured England in 1909 as the second wicketkeeper to Sammy Carter and came back in 1912 as first choice on the tour that was blighted by the dispute between Australia's leading Test players and the Australian Board of Control. It was on this tour that he played his six Test matches, three each against England and South Africa in the Triangular Tournament. He scored only 16 runs and took just six catches.

Was an Australian cricketer who played 22 Tests between 1934 and 1948, captaining his country in one

Was an Australian cricketer who played 22 Tests between 1934 and 1948, captaining his country in one Test. A right-handed opening batsman, his partnership with Jack Fingleton in the 1930s is regarded as one of the finest in Australian Test history. After the interruption of World War II, Brown was a member of Don Bradman's Invincibles, who toured England in 1948 without defeat. In a match in November 1947, Brown was the unwitting victim of the first instance of "Mankading".

Was a cricketer who played for Canterbury, Auckland and New Zealand. A leg spin and googly bowler an

Was a cricketer who played for Canterbury, Auckland and New Zealand. A leg spin and googly bowler and lower-order batsman, Bell had played only five first-class games when he was picked for the New Zealand tour of South Africa in 1953-54 when regular spin

A leg spin and googly bowler and lower-order batsman, Bell had played only five first-class games wh

A leg spin and googly bowler and lower-order batsman, Bell had played only five first-class games when he was picked for the New Zealand tour of South Africa in 1953-54 when regular spinner Alex Moir was left out of the touring party. An early return of four wickets against Eastern Province suggested he might do well, but in two Test match appearances, at Cape Town and Port Elizabeth, he took just two wickets, and was never picked again.

Is an Australian professional wrestler better known by his stage name Bill Dundee. Crookshanks is th

Is an Australian professional wrestler better known by his stage name Bill Dundee. Crookshanks is the father of Jamie Dundee and the father-in-law of wrestler Bobby Eaton.e started wrestling in Australia in 1962 and finally arrived in the United States as

Was a New Zealand rugby footballer who represented his country in both rugby union and rugby league.

Was a New Zealand rugby footballer who represented his country in both rugby union and rugby league. He was part of the 1905 The Original All Blacks tour and the professional 1907-1908 New Zealand rugby tour of Great Britain.

Is a former New Zealand rower.At the 1950 British Empire Games he won the silver medal as part of th

Is a former New Zealand rower.At the 1950 British Empire Games he won the silver medal as part of the men's eight alongside crew members Donald Adam, Kerry Ashby, Murray Ashby, Bruce Culpan, Thomas Engel, Graham Jarratt, Don Rowlands and Edwin Smith.

Was an Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the VFL. Allen was a ruckman and play

Was an Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the VFL. Allen was a ruckman and played during a dour period for the club. He was with Melbourne from 1910 to 1923 but missed the 1916, 1917 and 1918 seasons due to the war. During the summer of 1914/15 he played a couple of first class cricket matches for Victoria in the Sheffield Shield.