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S a former Australian cricketer who played in 29 Tests and one ODI from 1963 to 1971.

S a former Australian cricketer who played in 29 Tests and one ODI from 1963 to 1971.

Is a former Australian cricketer who played in 29 Tests and one ODI from 1963 to 1971. Connolly had

Is a former Australian cricketer who played in 29 Tests and one ODI from 1963 to 1971. Connolly had been a fast bowler in his youth, but slowed his pace to increase his accuracy and became a reliable support bowler in partnership with Garth McKenzie. He was instrumental in Australia's 159 run victory at Old Trafford in 1968, the only time England lost a match in a sequence of 40 tests between 1966 and 1971. He was recalled for his last Test match in the 1970-71 Ashes series, but was dropped after England's 299 victory in the Fourth Test at Sydney.

An Australian politician,

An Australian politician,

Was an Australian politician. At Melbourne University he edited Farrago, the Melbourne University St

Was an Australian politician. At Melbourne University he edited Farrago, the Melbourne University Student Union paper.[1] He also edited Lot's Wife at Monash University.[2] In 1983, he was elected to the Australian House of Representatives as the Labor me

An Australian playwright and author.In Australia, his best-known play is The One Day of the Year, wh

An Australian playwright and author.In Australia, his best-known play is The One Day of the Year, which dramatised the growing social divide in Australia and the questioning of old values. In the play, ANZAC Day is critiqued by the central character, Hughie, as a day of drunken debauchery by returned soldiers and as a day when questions of what it means to be loyal to a Nation or Empire must be raised.

Is a neuroscientist, entrepreneur and philanthropist

Is a neuroscientist, entrepreneur and philanthropist

Is an historian specializing in early American history

Is an historian specializing in early American history

Is a former sportsman who played Australian rules football with East Fremantle in the WANFL and firs

Is a former sportsman who played Australian rules football with East Fremantle in the WANFL and first-class cricket for Western Australia during the 1950s. He is a half forward flanker in East Fremantle's official 'Team of the Century'. Preen was mainly a centre half forward but could also be used in the ruck. He played at East Fremantle between 1953 and 1959, a career which yielded 122 senior games with Best and fairest award wins in 1954 and 1958 as well as a premiership in 1957. He regularly represented Western Australia at interstate football, in all playing 15 state games, with his performance in 1958 earning him All-Australian selection.

Is a professional rugby league player who is the current captain of the Canberra Raiders in the Nati

Is a professional rugby league player who is the current captain of the Canberra Raiders in the National Rugby League (NRL) competition. His position of choice is at lock. While attending Farrer Memorial Agricultural High School in 1998, Tongue was select

Is a former Australian cricketer who played in 14 Tests and 6 ODIs from 1975 to 1977.

Is a former Australian cricketer who played in 14 Tests and 6 ODIs from 1975 to 1977.

Is an Australian poet.

Is an Australian poet.

Was an Australian politician. Born in Melbourne, he attended Wesley College and then the University

Was an Australian politician. Born in Melbourne, he attended Wesley College and then the University of Melbourne before becoming an accountant. He served in the military 1942-46. In 1966, he was elected to the Australian House of Representatives as the Li

An author and journalist, based in Brisbane on the east coast of Australia. He is a section editor a

An author and journalist, based in Brisbane on the east coast of Australia. He is a section editor at weekly music magazine Rave, where he has published interviews with Cut Copy, LCD Soundsystem, M.I.A and Soulwax, and is a frequent contributor to The ABC's Unleashed blog.Duncan is perhaps most notable as the author of the novel "Sushi Central", which was published under the title "Dance, Recover, Repeat" in the United States by MTV Books. His second novel, Metro was published in Australia in August 2006, and was released in the UK by Burning House Books in February 2008.

Was a cricketer who played for South Australia and Victoria. Following his brief playing career, Moy

Was a cricketer who played for South Australia and Victoria. Following his brief playing career, Moyes, a professional journalist, he later gained greater fame as a writer and commentator on the game. As a right-hand batsman Moyes scored 883 runs at an average of 29.43 and a highest score of 104 in 103 minutes, against Western Australia in his first season. His leg break bowling took 5 wickets at an average of 53.60, with best figures of 2 for 22. Moyes became well-known as a cricket commentator for the ABC between 1950 and 1963.

Was an Australian rules footballer who played with Norwood in the SAFA and first-class cricketer who

Was an Australian rules footballer who played with Norwood in the SAFA and first-class cricketer who played for South Australia. Green was raised in Adelaide and educated at Geelong Grammar School. He played 13 Victorian Football Association (VFA) matches for the Geelong Football Club in 1892 before returning to South Australia the following year where he joined Norwood. Playing mainly as a rover, Green was a member of Norwood's 1894 premiership side. In 1898 Green became the inaugural winner of the Magarey Medal and retired from the game on a high. He also played seven first-class cricket matches for South Australia between 1894/95 and 1898/99.

Was a Wellington postal clerk, a rugby union forward, author of the book "Modern Rugby Football: New

Was a Wellington postal clerk, a rugby union forward, author of the book "Modern Rugby Football: New Zealand Methods; Points for the Beginner, the Player, the Spectator" and a pioneer of rugby league.

Was an Australian cricketer. He was a left-handed batsman and left-arm slow bowler who played for Ot

Was an Australian cricketer. He was a left-handed batsman and left-arm slow bowler who played for Otago. He was born in Sydney and died in Dunedin. Alloo made a single first-class appearance for the side, during the 1914-15 season, against Wellington. Batting in the lower order in the first innings, he scored 4 runs, but, when Wellington forced the follow-on, Alloo moved further up the order, where he scored a duck.

He shortest serving Justice of the High Court of Australia

He shortest serving Justice of the High Court of Australia

Was an Australian rugby union lock who played with the Souths rugby union club in Sydney and at the

Was an Australian rugby union lock who played with the Souths rugby union club in Sydney and at the age of nineteen was selected for the Australian national team in two Tests against New Zealand in 1907.

Was an Australian politician.In 1911 he moved to New South Wales and worked at Balmain Colliery, bec

Was an Australian politician.In 1911 he moved to New South Wales and worked at Balmain Colliery, becoming president and secretary of the Illawarra Colliery Employees' Association from 1913 to 1915. The first general secretary of the Australasian Coal and

Was a cricketer: a fast bowler who had a short first-class career of just four games, all in 1889-90

Was a cricketer: a fast bowler who had a short first-class career of just four games, all in 1889-90, but who nevertheless holds a unique record: he is the only man to have taken all ten wickets in an innings in an 11-a-side match on his first-class debut

Was an Australian politician. He arrived in Western Australia in 1895, and represented the Kalgoorli

Was an Australian politician. He arrived in Western Australia in 1895, and represented the Kalgoorlie area in both state and federal parliaments for the Australian Labor Party, as well as serving as Minister for Defence and later Postmaster-General in the

A British/Australian geologist and naturalist

A British/Australian geologist and naturalist

Better known as Young Griffo, was a world featherweight boxing champion. Griffo turned pro in 1886 a

Better known as Young Griffo, was a world featherweight boxing champion. Griffo turned pro in 1886 and fought primarily in his home land of Australia. He held the Australian featherweight title for many years, and in 1890 challenged Torpedo Billy Murphy

Was the Australian official war artist to the 5th Division in the First World War.Fullwood was born

Was the Australian official war artist to the 5th Division in the First World War.Fullwood was born in Erdington, Birmingham, son of Frederick John Fullwood, jeweller, and his wife Emma, née Barr. From 1878, Fullwood studied art at evening classes at the Birmingham Institute. After graduation, he migrated to Sydney in 1881 and obtained work at John Sands Limited as a lithographic draughtsman and designer. He joined the Art Society of New South Wales in 1884, and shortly afterwards obtained a position on the staff of the Picturesque Atlas of Australia, for which he travelled a good deal in the north and did many drawings. He afterwards worked on the Sydney Mail and other illustrated papers of the time. He kept up his painting, and in 1892 two of his water-colours were purchased for the national gallery at Sydney