Australian Famous Names Starting with Letter C

Was an Australian rugby union and rugby league player and represented his country at both sports - a

Was an Australian rugby union and rugby league player and represented his country at both sports - a dual-code rugby international. O'Donnell played rugby union with the Glebe club in inner city Sydney. He made his representative debut for New South Wales

Jennings was a right-hand opening batsman and occasional wicket-keeper who had a fairly undistinguis

Jennings was a right-hand opening batsman and occasional wicket-keeper who had a fairly undistinguished domestic cricketing career in Australia in which he scored just one century and averaged, in first-class matches, little over 20 runs per innings. He owed his selection for the Australian team that contested the 1912 Triangular Tournament in England to the dispute between the Australian Cricket Board of Control and senior players, including Clem Hill and Victor Trumper, which led to six leading players being omitted from the touring party.

Was an Australian politician and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1934 unti

Was an Australian politician and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1934 until his death in 1954 . He was variously a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and the Australian Labor Party (NSW). He held a number of ministerial p

Was an Australian medical doctor and first-class cricketer who played for New South Wales. He was th

Was an Australian medical doctor and first-class cricketer who played for New South Wales. He was the nephew of Australian Test cricketer Percie Charlton. In May 1915 he enlisted in the army with the rank of Captain and was posted to the 1st Field Ambulance, Australian Army Medical Corps at Gallipoli.

Claudia has participated in Australian television and movies. She portrayed a hermaphrodite named Ji

Claudia has participated in Australian television and movies. She portrayed a hermaphrodite named Jill Mayhew in the Australian television series "Good Guys Bad Guys".[1] She also had a leading role in the New Zealand soap opera City Life playing the role

The Austrian national curling team skip. She once turned down an offer to pose for the German editio

The Austrian national curling team skip. She once turned down an offer to pose for the German edition of Playboy.She has played in two European Championships, skipping her Austrian team to an 11th place finish in 2004 and 9th place in 2005.She attended th

Is an Argentine-Australian football (soccer) player who currently plays for the A-League team Wellin

Is an Argentine-Australian football (soccer) player who currently plays for the A-League team Wellington Phoenix. Adrian started his professional career with English team Southampton[1] before spending a few years with lower Football League clubs includi

Is a former Australian cricket player, who played three First-class cricket matches for Tasmania in

Is a former Australian cricket player, who played three First-class cricket matches for Tasmania in the 1987-88 season. Clay Young was a right-arm fast-medium bowler who performed well in the Tasmanian Grade Cricket competition, earning him a call up to the state side in 1987. Although performing well in one match, taking figures of 6/120 in one innings, he failed to cement a place in the side, and was not recalled.

Is an Australian equestrian who won a silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing as part of

Is an Australian equestrian who won a silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing as part of the three-day eventing team. He lives in England with his wife Lucinda Fredericks who was part of the same silver-medal winning team. Fredericks attended

Is a retired Australian international football (soccer) player. His last club was R.S.C. Anderlecht,

Is a retired Australian international football (soccer) player. His last club was R.S.C. Anderlecht, but he ended his career in late 2005 after being injured for two years. Zane was first brought to Europe as a relative unknown by Norwegian team Molde. Af

Badcock was the second youngest player for Tasmania in first class cricket at the age of 15, however

Badcock was the second youngest player for Tasmania in first class cricket at the age of 15, however he played most of his cricket for South Australia. His highest score in First class cricket was 325 against Victoria in 1936

A surveyor by profession, was the longest serving Lord Mayor of the city of Brisbane, Australia, rep

A surveyor by profession, was the longest serving Lord Mayor of the city of Brisbane, Australia, representing the Australian Labor Party from 1961 to 1975.

Was an Australian cricketer who played 49 Test matches as a specialist batsman between 1896 and 1912

Was an Australian cricketer who played 49 Test matches as a specialist batsman between 1896 and 1912. He captained the Australian team in ten Tests, winning five and losing five. A prolific run scorer, Hill scored 3,412 runs in Test cricket—a world record at the time of his retirement—at an average of 39.21 per innings, including seven centuries. In 1902, Hill was the first batsman to make 1,000 Test runs in a calendar year, a feat that would not be repeated for 45 years. Hill made his Test début in the First Test at Lord's. Australia collapsed in the first innings to be all out for 53 with Hill bowled by George Lohmann for one. England made 292 runs in reply but the second innings saw an Australian fightback.

Is an Australian economist and Emeritus Professor at the University of Queensland

Is an Australian economist and Emeritus Professor at the University of Queensland

An Australian-American sculptor

An Australian-American sculptor

Is a former New Zealand rugby league player. His preferred position was Five Eighth, although he was

Is a former New Zealand rugby league player. His preferred position was Five Eighth, although he was somewhat of a utility and spent considerable time at fullback.

Is a former professional tennis player from Australia. Letcher enjoyed most of his tennis success wh

Is a former professional tennis player from Australia. Letcher enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won 2 doubles titles and finished runner-up in doubles at 3 Grand Slam events.

Is an Australian former football (soccer) player.Sander represented Australia at the 1956 Summer Ol

Is an Australian former football (soccer) player.Sander represented Australia at the 1956 Summer Olympics.

Is an Australian former football (soccer) player. He is the father of former footballer Jason van Bl

Is an Australian former football (soccer) player. He is the father of former footballer Jason van Blerk; they were the third father-son combination to play for the Australian national football team.

Is a New Zealand rugby league player for the Melbourne Storm in the National Rugby League competitio

Is a New Zealand rugby league player for the Melbourne Storm in the National Rugby League competition. His position of choice is at Prop Forward though he can also play in the Second Row. He joined the Brisbane Broncos team in 2007, he plays for their fee

Was an Australian painter considered one of the most collected and renowned Australian Aboriginal ar

Was an Australian painter considered one of the most collected and renowned Australian Aboriginal artists. His paintings are held in many galleries and collections, Australian and worldwide.He was the most famous of the Aboriginal artists who lived around Papunya, in the Northern Territory's Western Desert area, when the acrylic painting style (known popularly as "dot art") was initiated. Geoffrey Bardon came to Papunya in the early 1970s and encouraged the Aboriginal people to put their dreaming stories on canvas, stories which had previously been depicted ephemerally on the ground. Clifford Possum emerged as one of the leaders in this school of painting, which has come to be called Papunya Tula.

Is a former New Zealand cricketer who played 90 first-class matches for Northern Districts and takin

Is a former New Zealand cricketer who played 90 first-class matches for Northern Districts and taking a record 282 wickets for the province. Nowadays he coaches the Northern Districts in the State League.

Was an Australian artist, who won the Archibald Prize three times, and an Order of Australia medal i

Was an Australian artist, who won the Archibald Prize three times, and an Order of Australia medal in 1985. A pioneering environmental activist, he was known for his landscapes, and also for portraiture. He was a member of the Antipodeans Group, who protested against Abstract Expressionism.In 1951 he started buying up former farming land at Cottles Bridge near the town of Hurstbridge, north of Melbourne, and built a small shack out of natural materials scavenged from the area. After a time he moved his family into the rudimentary dwelling and decided to attempt to live in harmony with nature. Pugh became committed to seeing the Australian bush rejuvenate in the surrounding land, buying up further paddocks, pulling down fences, uprooting exotic plants and weeds, and starting a wild animal shelter. The close observation of the nature and its cyclical rhythms became a key theme in Pugh's paintings from this time, leading to his later being recognised as a pioneer in Environmental art.

Is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper. He is currently without a club, after recent

Is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper. He is currently without a club, after recently playing for Nationwide Conference side Woking.

Is an Australian professional rugby league player for the North Queensland Cowboys in the Australian

Is an Australian professional rugby league player for the North Queensland Cowboys in the Australian National Rugby League (NRL) competition. He previously played for the Gold Coast Titans. He primarily plays at hooker.