Australian Famous Names Starting with Letter B

Is an Australian cricket player, who played for the Tasmanian Tigers from 1997 until 2000. A tall fa

Is an Australian cricket player, who played for the Tasmanian Tigers from 1997 until 2000. A tall fast bowler, he was known for his consistent line and length bowling but faded from the scene in 1999.

Is a Solomon Islands footballer who currently plays as a striker for NZFC side Waitakere United. A s

Is a Solomon Islands footballer who currently plays as a striker for NZFC side Waitakere United. A small but speedy striker, Totori made his name at fellow NZFC side YoungHeart Manawatu before moving to Waitakere United in 2007. In 2008 he moved abroad si

Is an Australian football (soccer) player. He currently plays with Marconi Stallions in the NSW Prem

Is an Australian football (soccer) player. He currently plays with Marconi Stallions in the NSW Premier League. He previously played for A-League side Sydney FC. He is of Croat origin, and attended the Trinity Grammar School in Summer Hill where he was Ca

Is an Australian cricketer who plays for the Tasmanian Tigers in Australian domestic cricket. He is

Is an Australian cricketer who plays for the Tasmanian Tigers in Australian domestic cricket. He is Ricky Ponting's second cousin. Hilfenhaus plays club cricket for Tasmania University Cricket Club. Prior to turning fully professional, he worked as a bricklayer as well as playing cricket. He is right-arm fast-medium bowler known for his ability to swing the ball. He has best bowling figures of 7/58. Hilfenhaus made his International début in a Twenty20 international for Australia against England at the Sydney Cricket Ground on 9 January 2007. He bowled four overs and took two wickets for 16 runs. This was followed up by selection in the one-day team for the One Day International on 14 January against New Zealand at Bellerive Oval, his state team's home ground. He took his first ODI wicket (Brendon McCullum) in his second over. Hilfenhaus has missed out on playing in the Australian Cricket Team on so many different occasions but most recently named in the 13 man squad to play in the 2nd 3 Mobile Test at the MCG against The South African Cricket Team 08/09 Season. He flew to Melbourne to spend Christmas Day with The Australian Cricket Team but didn't get in the team so he flew back to Tasmania for Boxing Day. He is an avid golfer with an eight handicap and was Mr September in the McGrath Foundation's 2009 Men Of Cricket calendar.

A professional rugby league player for the Wests Tigers in the Australian National Rugby League (NRL

A professional rugby league player for the Wests Tigers in the Australian National Rugby League (NRL) competition. He has represented New Zealand in internationals. He primarily plays at five-eighth.Marshall made his debut on the 27 July, 2003, at age 18 against the Newcastle Knights, coming on as a replacement in the 14th minute as fullback. The Tigers won the game 50–16. Marshall continued to make appearances for Wests Tigers for the remainder of 2003, when his studies allowed, playing half back.

Is a former Australian world surfing champion.

Is a former Australian world surfing champion.

An Australian novelist. He was born in Lansing, Michigan in the United States, and emigrated to Aust

An Australian novelist. He was born in Lansing, Michigan in the United States, and emigrated to Australia when he was nine months old.He won the 1996 The Australian/Vogel Literary Award, three times Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Australian novelist, winner of a 2001 Arts Council England Writer's Award.He currently directs The Writing Workshop, which runs creative writing programs for children in Sydney, and via the internet.

Was an Australian sportsman who played first-class cricket for Victoria and Tasmania as well as Aust

Was an Australian sportsman who played first-class cricket for Victoria and Tasmania as well as Australian rules football with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Considine, an Old Paradian, played regularly for Hawthorn from Round 7 in the 1952 VFL season. He managed just three senior appearances the next season and ended his league career with 16 games and seven goals. As a right arm fast bowler, Considine took 25 wickets at 29.44 from eight first-class matches. His best bowling performance was figures of 6/85 which were taken when he represented Victoria against Western Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in a Sheffield Shield match. The Ararat born paceman played one match for Tasmania, in 1954/55, against the Marylebone Cricket Club and his three top order wickets were Denis Compton, Len Hutton and Reg Simpson.

Is a former Australian politician. Born in Currie, Tasmania, he was educated at the University of Me

Is a former Australian politician. Born in Currie, Tasmania, he was educated at the University of Melbourne before becoming a barrister. In 1984, he was elected to the Australian Senate as a Labor Senator for Victoria.

Arguably New Zealand's most famous soldier and military commander, also served as Governor-General o

Arguably New Zealand's most famous soldier and military commander, also served as Governor-General of New Zealand.He became an officer in the British Army in World War I, during which he won the Victoria Cross and became one of the British Empire's most highly decorated soldiers.

Is a former all-rounder who played for the New Zealand cricket team, and is the father of New Zealan

Is a former all-rounder who played for the New Zealand cricket team, and is the father of New Zealand cricketer Chris Cairns.

Was an Australian activist, educator, poet, journalist, and author of several law books and poetry b

Was an Australian activist, educator, poet, journalist, and author of several law books and poetry books. O'Dowd worked as an assistant-librarian and later Chief Parliamentary Draughtsman in the Supreme Court at Melbourne for 48 years; [1] he was also a co-publisher and writer for the radical paper Tocsin. Bernard O'Dowd lived to age 87.Bernard O'Dowd was born in 1866 at Beaufort, Victoria, as the eldest son of Irish migrants.[1] O'Dowd had been a child prodigy who read Milton's "Paradise Lost" at age 8.[1] He had been employed as a head teacher at a Catholic School in Ballarat, but he was dismissed for heresy.[1] He then opened up his own school in Beaufort. In the year 1886, at age 20, he moved to Melbourne, where in 1887, he gained employment as an assistant-librarian in the Supreme Court Library, working with the Victorian colonial and State government until 1935, and retiring as Chief Parliamentary Draughtsman.[1][2]

Is an Australian professional racing cyclist, currently riding for Fly V Australia presented by Succ

Is an Australian professional racing cyclist, currently riding for Fly V Australia presented by Successful Living.

Is an Australian professional tennis player of Bosnian and Croatian descent. In 2004 and 2006, respe

Is an Australian professional tennis player of Bosnian and Croatian descent. In 2004 and 2006, respectively, Tomic won the 12s and 14s Orange Bowl titles – one of the most prestigious events on the junior tour. He began 2008 by winning Nottinghill, an Aus

Was a New Caledonian politician. The son of former senator Dick Ukeiwé, he was at one time a member

Was a New Caledonian politician. The son of former senator Dick Ukeiwé, he was at one time a member of the New Caledonia national football team. A Kanak, he was against independence from France.

An Australian art historian, art critic and academic.Educated at the University of Sydney and at the

An Australian art historian, art critic and academic.Educated at the University of Sydney and at the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes, University of London; completed a PhD at the Australian National University; taught in the NSW Department of Education, 1935-1944, and then served as an education officer for the Art Gallery of NSW country art exhibitions programme, 1944-1952.He was a lecturer, then senior lecturer, in the University of Melbourne's Fine Arts Department, 1955-1963, and art critic for The Age newspaper, Melbourne, 1963-1966. Subsequently he was the founding Professor of Contemporary Art and Director of the Power Institute of Fine Arts, University of Sydney, 1967-1977. He was the president of the Australian Academy of the Humanities, 1977-1980. Currently, he is a professorial fellow in the department of Art History at the University of Melbourne. He is a recipient, Chevalier, of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.

A German-born British mathematician who was one of the leading figures in group theory, greatly infl

A German-born British mathematician who was one of the leading figures in group theory, greatly influencing the direction of the subject.

Is a former Australian politician and member of the South Australian Legislative Council. Born in Si

Is a former Australian politician and member of the South Australian Legislative Council. Born in Singapore, Pfitzner, a doctor, was appointed to the Legislative Council as a member of the Liberal Party in 1990. She was defeated in 1997, but ran as an ind

Is an Australian rugby union footballer with the NSW Waratahs in the Super 14 competition. His usual

Is an Australian rugby union footballer with the NSW Waratahs in the Super 14 competition. His usual position is fly-half or inside centre and he previously played for the Queensland Reds. Barnes has recently been named vice-captain of the Wallabies

Was an Australian sportsman who represented Tasmania and Victoria at first-class cricket and played

Was an Australian sportsman who represented Tasmania and Victoria at first-class cricket and played Australian rules football with Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Davie was recruited locally to Geelong and played 14 games during the 1917 VFL season, which had been depleted due to the war, and a further 12 games in 1918. He made the seniors just once in 1919 and in what was his last game he kicked the only goal of his career. An opening batsman, Davie made his first-class debut in the 1921/22 summer, for Tasmania against Victoria at Launceston. He scored 56 in both innings and also claimed the wicket of Clarrie Grimmett. Victoria's wicket-keeper in that match, Jim Atkinson, played in the VFL and had also been Davie's opponent when he made his league debut. Davie played another first-class match a year later and then didn't make another appearance until 1927, this time a Sheffield Shield fixture for Victoria.. It was his final match and he finished his cricket career with 179 runs at 35.80 and the one wicket at an unflattering average of 167.00.

Was an Australian tennis player.

Was an Australian tennis player.

Sutcliffe was one of the best left-hand bats of his era, and his batting feats on tour in 1949, whic

Sutcliffe was one of the best left-hand bats of his era, and his batting feats on tour in 1949, which included four fifties and a century in the Tests, earned him the accolade of being one of Wisden's five cricketers of the year.

Was a Tasmanian cricket player, who played first class cricket for Tasmania eight times between the

Was a Tasmanian cricket player, who played first class cricket for Tasmania eight times between the 1952-53 season until the 1956-57 season. Despite his small stature, he was an agile wicket-keeper. Brownlow captained the Tasmanian side on two occasions in the 1956-57 season, but Tasmanian lost both of those matches. Following his career as a player, Brownlow became a selector for the Tasmanian state side, and went on to serve as an administrator for the Tasmanian Cricket Association for many years, eventually serving as chairman of the TCA.

Was an Australian trade unionist, politician and Senator, representing the Australian Labor Party (A

Was an Australian trade unionist, politician and Senator, representing the Australian Labor Party (ALP). He would have been a minor figure in Australia’s political history but for the events that followed his sudden death. These circumstances contributed

Was a New Zealand rower who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics.In 1932 he was a member of the New

Was a New Zealand rower who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics.In 1932 he was a member of the New Zealand boat which was eliminated in the repêchage of the eights competition.