Australian Famous Names Starting with Letter W

Was Chief Justice of New South Wales, Australia

Was Chief Justice of New South Wales, Australia

Was a pioneer New Zealand and Australian rugby union player and an Australian rugby league player. H

Was a pioneer New Zealand and Australian rugby union player and an Australian rugby league player. He represented both countries in union and Australia in league. He was one of the first dual-code rugby internationals.He played for the Glebe rugby union c

Was a former Australian politician and the current Victorian State President of The Nationals. He wa

Was a former Australian politician and the current Victorian State President of The Nationals. He was the Nationals member of the Victorian Legislative Council representing North Eastern Province from June 1978 until November 2006 (excepting a four-month

Was an Australian politician. Born in Horsham, Victoria, he attended state schools and then the Univ

Was an Australian politician. Born in Horsham, Victoria, he attended state schools and then the University of Melbourne before returning to Horsham as a dentist; he also sat on Horsham City Council. In 1949, he was elected to the Australian House of Repre

Australian Labor Party Member of the Australian House of Representatives.

Australian Labor Party Member of the Australian House of Representatives.

Is a former New Zealand cricketer, who played two first-class cricket matches for Northern Districts

Is a former New Zealand cricketer, who played two first-class cricket matches for Northern Districts from 1964–1965. A right-arm medium pace bowler, Holt took four wickets at 35.00, and scored 37 runs with the bat at 18.50. Holt also played ten matches fo

An award-winning Australian painter and lithographer.Robinson studied art at the Central Technical C

An award-winning Australian painter and lithographer.Robinson studied art at the Central Technical College from 1955 to 1956. After graduating, he began working as an art instructor, eventually becoming head of the Painting Department at the Brisbane College of Advanced Education in 1982. In 1989 he retired to work full-time on his paintings.The Metropolitan Museum of Art has several of his works in their collection, as does the National Gallery of Australia and several smaller Australian galleries.He has won the Archibald Prize for portraiture twice: first in 1987 for Equestrian self portrait, then in 1995 for Self-portrait with stunned mullet. He has also won the Wynne Prize for landscape painting in 1990 (The rainforest) and 1996 (Creation landscape – earth and sea).

Is a former New Zealand cricketer who has played eight Tests for New Zealand, making 151 runs in eig

Is a former New Zealand cricketer who has played eight Tests for New Zealand, making 151 runs in eight Tests as a specialist batsman. All his Tests were against England, and he only passed 25 once - scoring 65 in a lost cause at Wellington in 1962–63. His first class career started with Auckland, but he later moved to Australia, where he made his highest first-class score with 122 for Western Australia.

Was a New Zealand and South African chemist.Rapson studied at Auckland University College as a Junio

Was a New Zealand and South African chemist.Rapson studied at Auckland University College as a Junior University Scholar, Senior University Scholar, Duffus Lubecki Scholar and lastly Sir George Grey Scholar. In 1933 he became lecturer in chemistry at the University College. The following year he went to study organic chemistry in Oxford with Professor (later Sir) Robert Robinson. He developed the Rapson-Robinson synthesis (steroids), while completing his thesis in 1935 at the age of 23. He was then appointed lecturer in organic chemistry at the University of Cape Town (1935 – 41).

Was an Australian chess master.He was the West Australian champion in 1900, 1901, 1903 and 1905, and

Was an Australian chess master.He was the West Australian champion in 1900, 1901, 1903 and 1905, and won the Perth Chess Club's handicap tournament three times. He also won four times Australian Chess Championship (1906, 1912, 1913, 1924) and once New Zea

Was a New Zealand politician.He was born in Yorkshire, England, and trained as a lawyer. After worki

Was a New Zealand politician.He was born in Yorkshire, England, and trained as a lawyer. After working for a time in London, he moved to Lyttelton, New Zealand, with his two brothers in 1851. Soon afterwards, he moved to Wellington, where he resumed his l

Australian colonial politician

Australian colonial politician

Was an Australian cricket player, who played four first class cricket matches for the Tasmanian Tige

Was an Australian cricket player, who played four first class cricket matches for the Tasmanian Tigers between 1982 and 1987. He also played one List A cricket match for the Tasmanian Tigers. He was a medium-fast bowler.

Was an Australian physicist and writer for The Age newspaper.

Was an Australian physicist and writer for The Age newspaper.

Is a former Australian politician. He was the Labor member for Albert (1972–74) and Woodridge (197

Is a former Australian politician. He was the Labor member for Albert (1972–74) and Woodridge (1977–2000) in the Queensland Legislative Assembly.He was first elected to parliament at the 1972 by-election for the seat of Albert following Liberal MLA Bill H

Was an Australian politician.Dick was elected as a Free Trade Party member for Newcastle East the Ne

Was an Australian politician.Dick was elected as a Free Trade Party member for Newcastle East the New South Wales Legislative Assembly in 1894, which he held until its abolition in 1904. He then became member for Newcastle until his life appointment to th

Was an Australian sportsman. He captained Queensland at first-class cricket and represented Australi

Was an Australian sportsman. He captained Queensland at first-class cricket and represented Australia in rugby union. Evans, who often batted with the tail, made just one first-class century. It came against New South Wales at the Brisbane Cricket Ground in 1908, when he came in at number nine in the batting order and scored 103 not out. When he returned to cricket in 1902 it was as a wicket-keeper and he kept wicket for all but one of his first-class matches from that point.

Was an early school master in Sydney, Australia; several of the Premiers of New South Wales attended

Was an early school master in Sydney, Australia; several of the Premiers of New South Wales attended his school. In 1859 Cape was elected a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Wollombi, and interested himself in the educational life of

Is a former Fijian cricketer. Apted was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. Apted

Is a former Fijian cricketer. Apted was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. Apted made his first-class debut for Fiji in 1954 against Otago during Fiji's 1953/54 tour of New Zealand, where on debut he scored his maiden first-class half

Is a former Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football Le

Is a former Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the early 1950s and also a former first-class cricketer for Victoria. Murray was a regular in the South Melbourne team for the 1951 and 1952 VFL seasons and received three Brownlow votes in the latter. In 1953 he struggled to keep his spot in the side and after managing just one senior game the following year, left the club and turned to cricket. While handy with the bat, Murray was primarily a right-arm medium pace bowler and made four first-class appearances in the Sheffield Shield with Victoria, for a return of nine wickets at 36.88. All his matches came in the 1957/58 competition and in one, against Western Australia, he dismissed Test cricketers Ken Meuleman and Barry Shepherd.

Is a former Australian politician.On 19 November 1969, he was appointed to the Australian Senate as

Is a former Australian politician.On 19 November 1969, he was appointed to the Australian Senate as a Labor Senator for Victoria, filling the casual vacancy caused by the death of Sam Cohen. Brown's appointment lasted until the 1970 election, when he was

Played 15 Tests and 61 One Day Internationals for New Zealand.

Played 15 Tests and 61 One Day Internationals for New Zealand.

Was an English artist who travelled aboard HMS Investigator on her voyage to Australia.During his st

Was an English artist who travelled aboard HMS Investigator on her voyage to Australia.During his studies at the Royal Academy Westall's work came to the attention of Joseph Banks, who was at the time keen to find a landscape artist for Matthew Flinders' expedition aboard HMS Investigator. With the support of Banks, Westall was appointed by the Admiralty in London as landscape and topographical artist for the expedition, which in time has come to be regarded as one of the notable scientific and botanical studies ever undertaken.

Was an architect, notable not only for his work in Australia, the country to which he emigrated in 1

Was an architect, notable not only for his work in Australia, the country to which he emigrated in 1858, but also for having a successful career as an ecclesiastical architect in England before his departure.In Australia, Wardell designed many public buildings. Most notable were St Patrick's Cathedral, Melbourne; Government House, Melbourne; St John's College, University of Sydney and St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney. He worked in both the Gothic and classical styles. Wardell not only constructed major works in the public sector, he also maintained a large private practice building houses and business premises for private individuals. He was Director-General of public works in Melbourne from 1861 until 1878. As an architect he is often compared with his friend and English counterpart Augustus Pugin.

Was a British Conservative politician and later an Australian Liberal politician. He was one of a se

Was a British Conservative politician and later an Australian Liberal politician. He was one of a select few to have served in both the UK and Australian parliaments.A member of the Conservative Party, in 1955 he was elected to the House of Commons for th