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Is a former Australian football player who plays for ECU Joondalup in the Western Australian state l

Is a former Australian football player who plays for ECU Joondalup in the Western Australian state league. Petterson began his career in his native Australia, leaving East Fremantle Tricolore in 1989 to join English side Swindon Town.

Head of the Department of Linguistics at the Australian National University, Australia. His research

Head of the Department of Linguistics at the Australian National University, Australia. His research interests include Austronesian and Papuan languages and cultures, the prehistory of Pacific Island peoples, folk taxonomies and ethnobiology, lexicography, phraseology and idiomaticity.

Is an Australian football (soccer) player with Croatian origins playing for Floreat Athena. He last

Is an Australian football (soccer) player with Croatian origins playing for Floreat Athena. He last played as a centre full back for the Australian A-League club Perth Glory before retiring in March 2007.Kovacevic returned from playing for Selangor FC in

Is a professional male tennis player from Australia. Kratzmann turned professional in 1990 and was k

Is a professional male tennis player from Australia. Kratzmann turned professional in 1990 and was known as a doubles specialist, often partnering his brother Mark.

An economist in the Research School of Social Sciences at the Australian National University.

An economist in the Research School of Social Sciences at the Australian National University.

Is a renowned international relations academic

Is a renowned international relations academic

Is a Greek-Australian-American executive from Australia and is the Chairman, CEO and President of Th

Is a Greek-Australian-American executive from Australia and is the Chairman, CEO and President of The Dow Chemical Company based in the United States

Was an Australian politician.An alderman of Northern Illawarra Council who served several terms as m

Was an Australian politician.An alderman of Northern Illawarra Council who served several terms as mayor, he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly in 1885 as the member for Illawarra, serving until 1887. He later served a second term fro

Is a first-class cricketer who has played 26 State Championship games for Canterbury, up to the end

Is a first-class cricketer who has played 26 State Championship games for Canterbury, up to the end of the 2006/7 season. A right-handed batsman and right arm fast medium bowler, he made his debut in 2003 against Auckland.

Is a former Australian cricketer who played in 18 Tests and 8 ODIs from 1979 to 1985, and now chairm

Is a former Australian cricketer who played in 18 Tests and 8 ODIs from 1979 to 1985, and now chairman of selectors for the Australian cricket team.

Is a former New Zealand cricketer who played for the Central Districts in the State Championship and

Is a former New Zealand cricketer who played for the Central Districts in the State Championship and the State Shield before retiring in 2005 due to ankle injuries. He also played for Nelson in the Hawke Cup.

Is a retired Australian football (soccer) player who represented Australia 21 times. Marth spent all

Is a retired Australian football (soccer) player who represented Australia 21 times. Marth spent all of his club career in Australia and mainly at the Melbourne Knights, where he was involved in their two National Soccer League titles, as well as becom

Was an Australian adventurer. He is best known for his mountaineering and sea kayaking in remote par

Was an Australian adventurer. He is best known for his mountaineering and sea kayaking in remote parts of the world. He is presumed to have died following his disappearance at sea while attempting to kayak 1600 km across the Tasman Sea in February 2007. I

Was one of the leading Australian poets of the 1970s[citation needed]. Although he lacks the public

Was one of the leading Australian poets of the 1970s[citation needed]. Although he lacks the public profile of several of his contemporaries, he has since come to be regarded as a major figure in Australian poetry, with a body of work notable for its intelligence and its formal, emotional and geographical diversity.He was born in Warrnambool, Victoria in 1940. Educated at the University of Melbourne, Taylor moved to Adelaide in 1970 where he taught at the English Department at the University of Adelaide, mainly in American Literature, and in 1975 co-founded the ongoing poetry reading group Friendly Street Poets. In 1992 he became Foundation Professor of English at Edith Cowan University in Perth, Western Australia. He has been a member of the South Australian Arts Grants Advisory Committee, the Australian Society of Authors Management Committee and acting chairperson of the Literature Board of the Australia Council. In addition, he has been Chairperson of Writers' Week at the Adelaide Festival of the Arts, and was one of the founders of Adelaide's Friendly Street poetry readings, and the architect of the South Australian Writers' Centre, the first and prototype of many subsequent Writers' Centres throughout Australia.

An Australian novelist. Born in Dalby, Queensland, he is the ninth of ten children. His primary scho

An Australian novelist. Born in Dalby, Queensland, he is the ninth of ten children. His primary schooling was at St Columba's in Dalby, and later he was College Captain while attending St Mary's, Dalby. His final two years at school, years 11 and 12, were spent at Marist College Ashgrove. He commenced an Arts degree at the University of Queensland but dropped out after only one month to return home to work on the family wheat farm.His first novel, Praise, won the Australian/Vogel Literary Award in 1991, a success that launched him on a full-time writing career.

Is a former professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball League of Australia

Is a former professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball League of Australia from 1991 through till the 2001/2002 season. Currently Vlahov is a part owner of the Perth Wildcats and is on the NBL's Board of Directors.

Known popularly as Boy Charlton, was an Australian freestyle swimmer of the 1920s and 1930s who won

Known popularly as Boy Charlton, was an Australian freestyle swimmer of the 1920s and 1930s who won a gold medal in the 1500 m freestyle at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris. He set five world records and also won a further three silver and one bronze med

Is an Australian short track speed skater who competed in the 1992 Winter Olympics and in the 1994 W

Is an Australian short track speed skater who competed in the 1992 Winter Olympics and in the 1994 Winter Olympics. In 1991, Murtha was part of the Australian quartet that won the 5,000 m relay at the World Championships in 1991 in Sydney. It was the firs

(24 September 1982) is an Australian professional golfer.

(24 September 1982) is an Australian professional golfer.

Is a New Zealand horseman who was selected for six Olympic Games.Nicholson's greatest success at int

Is a New Zealand horseman who was selected for six Olympic Games.Nicholson's greatest success at international level has been in Three-Day Event Teams. He won a gold medal at the 1990 World Equestrian Games in Stockholm, a silver at the 1992 Olympics in B

An Australian novelist.He studied Arts at Melbourne University before travelling and working in cent

An Australian novelist.He studied Arts at Melbourne University before travelling and working in central and northern Australia. Following that, he lived and worked in Tokyo and Nagano, Japan. He presently lives in Vancouver, Canada.While living in Japan, he wrote his first novel, Tuvalu which won The Australian/Vogel Literary Award and Commonwealth Writers' Prize (South East Asia and South Pacific Region, Best First Book). Tuvalu was also longlisted for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, 2008.

Is a sports presenter and football (soccer) commentator, based in the United States. After nearly 12

Is a sports presenter and football (soccer) commentator, based in the United States. After nearly 12 years on free-to-air television in Australia, Orsatti left the Special Broadcasting Service (SBS), to take up a position at the global headquarters of US

Is a former Australian football (soccer) player who last played for Brisbane Roar. He attended St. J

Is a former Australian football (soccer) player who last played for Brisbane Roar. He attended St. Josephs Nudgee College in Brisbane. He was a member of Sydney FC's Grand Final winning side in 2005–06. In 2006 he was signed in his native state by Queens

Was an Australian cricketer who played in 31 Tests and 3 One Day Internationals between 1967 and 197

Was an Australian cricketer who played in 31 Tests and 3 One Day Internationals between 1967 and 1974.

Australian politician, is a former Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives represe

Australian politician, is a former Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives representing the Division of Wentworth in New South Wales.When the Coalition took government at the 1996 election, Thomson was made Parliamentary Secretary to the