Australian Famous Names Starting with Letter W

Was an Australian sportsman who played first-class cricket with Victoria and Australian rules footba

Was an Australian sportsman who played first-class cricket with Victoria and Australian rules football for Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Nicknamed 'Weary', Wilson was recruited to Essendon from Ascot Vale Presbyterians and made his VFL debut in 1932. After 30 games he left Essendon and turned his attention to cricket and played three first-class cricket matches in the 1935/36 season. He was a right-arm fast-medium pace bowler and took seven wickets at 38.28 in those matches. His best performance came in a Sheffield Shield encounter against South Australia at the Adelaide Oval when he took 3/122 in the first innings.

Was a rugby league player in the Australian competition the New South Wales Rugby League(NSWRL) in t

Was a rugby league player in the Australian competition the New South Wales Rugby League(NSWRL) in the years 1940 and 1941.

Is an Australian former football (soccer) player.Hastie played at Croydon City in Melbourne before b

Is an Australian former football (soccer) player.Hastie played at Croydon City in Melbourne before being signed to Heidelberg United in the National Soccer League. On a trip to Scotland with the Australia U-16 team he was spotted by Scottish team Celtic.

Is a professional rugby league player for the Melbourne Storm in the National Rugby League (NRL) com

Is a professional rugby league player for the Melbourne Storm in the National Rugby League (NRL) competition. Isa plays on the wing or in the centres.

Is a New Zealand broadcaster and former politician. He was an Alliance MP from 1999 to 2002.is a New

Is a New Zealand broadcaster and former politician. He was an Alliance MP from 1999 to 2002.is a New Zealand broadcaster and former politician. He was an Alliance MP from 1999 to 2002.

Is an Australian rugby league footballer of Tongan descent who plays for Hull of Super League. He pr

Is an Australian rugby league footballer of Tongan descent who plays for Hull of Super League. He previously played for the Wests Tigers, South Sydney Rabbitohs and St. George Illawarra Dragons in the National Rugby League as well as the Castleford Tigers

Is a former swimmer from New Zealand.At the 1950 British Empire Games she won the silver medal as pa

Is a former swimmer from New Zealand.At the 1950 British Empire Games she won the silver medal as part of the women's 440 yard freestyle relay. Her teammates in the relay were Norma Bridson, Joan Hastings and Kristin Jacobi. In addition individually she p

Is a New Zealand politician and leader of New Zealand First, a political party he founded in 1993. P

Is a New Zealand politician and leader of New Zealand First, a political party he founded in 1993. Peters has had a turbulent political career since entering Parliament in 1978. He served as Minister of Maori Affairs in the Bolger National Party Governmen

Is a Jamaican born, Australian cricketer who has played first class matches for Western Warriors. Hi

Is a Jamaican born, Australian cricketer who has played first class matches for Western Warriors. His first match was a warm-up match against South Africa during their 2005–06 tour of Australia, where Gillies had two wickets in his very first over, and a report from Cricket Australia later described his bowling as "continually troubling the batsmen". Gillies ended with three wickets for 58, and 20 runs, as the Warriors beat the South African national team by an innings and 48 runs.

Was an Australian artist, prominent in the Hunter Valley.Degenhardt won the inaugural Newcastle Art

Was an Australian artist, prominent in the Hunter Valley.Degenhardt won the inaugural Newcastle Art Prize and was a regional winner of Maitland Art Prize. He presented a one man exhibitions at Barry Stern Galleries 1968, Sydney and Lights Gallery, Newcastle 1963. He was a frequent contributor to the Blake Prize for religious art. He is represented in many private collections throughout the world.

Was an Austrian theoretical physicist noted for his work on spin theory, and for the discovery of th

Was an Austrian theoretical physicist noted for his work on spin theory, and for the discovery of the exclusion principle underpinning the structure of matter and the whole of chemistry.

Was an Australian photographer who specialised in architectural and industrial photography.Sievers w

Was an Australian photographer who specialised in architectural and industrial photography.Sievers was born in Berlin, Germany. His father was Professor Johannes Sievers, an art and architectural historian with the German Foreign Office until his dismissal by the Nazi government in 1933.

Was an Australian photographer who specialised in architectural and industrial photography.He studie

Was an Australian photographer who specialised in architectural and industrial photography.He studied at the Contempora School for the Applied Arts in Berlin (an off-shoot of the famous Bauhaus) from 1936 to 1938, which like the Bauhaus, strongly emphasized the unity of all applied arts. He took architectural photographs for his father's books on Berlin's historical buildings, particularly the work of Karl Schinkel. He also spent a year working in Portugal 1935 to 1936. In 1938, he was retained as a teacher at the Contempora, but decided to immigrate to Australia following news of the school's immanent closure by the authorities. He had arranged for his photographic equipment to be transported, but was briefly questioned by the Gestapo, then conscripted as an aerial photographer for the Luftwaffe. He fled the country immediately, going first to England in June.

Is a Brunei-born actor, singer, a former model, and gym instructor.

Is a Brunei-born actor, singer, a former model, and gym instructor.

Is a former New Zealand politician. He served as Deputy Prime Minister in Jenny Shipley's National P

Is a former New Zealand politician. He served as Deputy Prime Minister in Jenny Shipley's National Party government from August 1998 to December 1999.Creech was born in Oceanside, California, United States. His mother, a New Zealander, had met his father

Is a former New Zealand rower who won an Olympic Gold medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. H

Is a former New Zealand rower who won an Olympic Gold medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. He teamed with Dick Joyce, Tony Hurt, John Hunter, Lindsay Wilson, Athol Earl, Trevor Coker and Gary Robertson and Simon Dickie (cox) to win the Gold medal

Was a cricketer. He made his first-class debut against the touring South Africans at the WACA Ground

Was a cricketer. He made his first-class debut against the touring South Africans at the WACA Ground in 1932. Opening the batting, he made 56 runs before being dismissed by Xen Balaskas. In 1980, Hill-Smith was made an Officer in the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to the wine industry and horse racing.

Is a former New Zealand cricketer who played in 2 Tests in 1964.

Is a former New Zealand cricketer who played in 2 Tests in 1964.

Is a retired New Zealand footballer, who played as a striker. He also appeared for the New Zealand n

Is a retired New Zealand footballer, who played as a striker. He also appeared for the New Zealand national team in its first FIFA World Cup participation, in 1982. Making his debut for New Zealand on 16 October 1980 against Kuwait, not yet aged 18, scori