Famous People with Name Forrest

Mabel Forrest            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Mabel Forrest: was an Australian writer and journalist.Helena Mabel Forrest was born near Yandilla, Queensland, daughter of James Checkley Mills and his wife Margaret Nelson, née Haxell. Mabel began writing at an early age but did not publish her first book, The Rose of Forgiveness and other Stories, until 1904. She became well-known as a writer of verse following the publication of her first volume of poems, Alpha Centauri, which appeared in Melbourne in 1909. Her first novel A Bachelor's Wife, was included in the Bookstall series in 1914. The Green Harper (prose and verse) followed in 1915, and Streets and Gardens, a small collection of verse, in 1922. In 1924 The Wild Moth, a novel, was published in London, and was followed by four other novels, Gaming Gods (1926), Hibiscus Heart (1927), Reaping Roses (1928), and White Witches (1929). Poems by M. Forrest, a collection of her verse contributions to Australian English and American magazines, was published at Sydney in 1927.

Peter James Forrest            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Peter James Forrest: is a professional Australian cricketer who currently plays for the New South Wales Blues. With a rookie contract in the 2006-07 season, Forrest made his first-class debut for New South Wales against Queensland on March 1, 2007. In this match he scored an impressive 40 in the first innings and remained unbeaten on 5 in the second innings. After solid performances in early Pura Cup games, outstanding results in the Cricket Australia Cup and notable consistency for Hawkesbury in Grade Cricket, Forrest received his first full contract for New South Wales ahead of the 2007-08 season.

Sir John Forrest            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Sir John Forrest: was an Australian explorer, the first Premier of Western Australia and a cabinet minister in Australia's first federal parliament.On 30 December 1900 Forrest accepted the position of Postmaster-General in Edmund Barton's federal government. Two days later

Ruth Jane Forrest            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Ruth Jane Forrest: is an independent member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council in the electoral division of Murchison. Forrest was first elected in May 2005. Following her first six year term, she was the only candidate to stand for election in Murchison in the 2011 perio