Australian Famous Names Starting with Letter D

Is a former New Zealand cricketer who played for the Central Districts Stags. In 1989-90 Leonard too

Is a former New Zealand cricketer who played for the Central Districts Stags. In 1989-90 Leonard took 10 for 133 for the Central Districts Stags against the Northern Districts Knights in Rotorua for his first-class debut. He was born in Timaru.

Is a retired Australian politician who served 21 years in the Australian Senate as a Liberal senator

Is a retired Australian politician who served 21 years in the Australian Senate as a Liberal senator representing Queensland from 1978 to 1999. David MacGibbon was first elected to the Australian Senate as a Liberal Senator for Queensland in 1977. He was

Is an Australian Aerial/Freestyle Skier. He is currently the only male on the Australian Aerial Skii

Is an Australian Aerial/Freestyle Skier. He is currently the only male on the Australian Aerial Skiing Team, and therefore ranked #1 (by default) in Australia. As at 8 February 2010, he is ranked number 21 in the world by the FIS, based on FIS points. Mor

Is a former Australian cricketer who played in 3 Tests from 1964 to 1966.

Is a former Australian cricketer who played in 3 Tests from 1964 to 1966.

Is a retired Australian television newsreader. Johnston, known as DJ to hundreds of thousands of vie

Is a retired Australian television newsreader. Johnston, known as DJ to hundreds of thousands of viewers and colleagues, read his last bulletin on Seven on September 23, 2005. He and wife Eve retired in a property at Bendigo to enjoy country life and be close to their daughter, her husband and their grandchildren.

Is one of Australia's most well-known playwrights

Is one of Australia's most well-known playwrights

Is a professional rugby league player in the National Rugby League competition. In 2006 Kidwell sign

Is a professional rugby league player in the National Rugby League competition. In 2006 Kidwell signed a pre-contract agreement to represent the South Sydney Rabbitohs until 2009. Kidwell has previously played for the Melbourne Storm,Sydney Roosters, Parramatta Eels and the Adelaide Rams.

Is a leading contemporary practitioner and theorist of counterinsurgency and counterterrorism

Is a leading contemporary practitioner and theorist of counterinsurgency and counterterrorism

Is a prominent Australian racehorse trainer. In partnership with brothers Anthony, Michael, and Rich

Is a prominent Australian racehorse trainer. In partnership with brothers Anthony, Michael, and Richard, he has been a prolific winner of Australia's major races in past 20 years, with four Golden Slippers, four Caulfield Cups, two Cox Plates, and five Me

He was trained as an actor and stuntman and holds a black belt in Taekwondo, is a skilled gymnast an

He was trained as an actor and stuntman and holds a black belt in Taekwondo, is a skilled gymnast and traceur.In 1999 Filmore was an announcer and host of the radio show David Filmore Live on KLAS FM 89.7 in Los Angeles, and reported from the red carpet for the 2000 Academy Awards. He appeared in the minor uncredited role of ôGoo Personö in the 2000 Adam Sandler movie Little Nicky, and as a Basketball Fan in the 2000 movie Bedazzled starring Brendan Fraser, a remake of the 1967 Dudley Moore film.

Is a New Zealand former rugby league player. He is the brother of another international, John Lomax.

Is a New Zealand former rugby league player. He is the brother of another international, John Lomax.

Is a New Zealand musician who played in The Mutton Birds. He has composed music for several films, i

Is a New Zealand musician who played in The Mutton Birds. He has composed music for several films, including Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings. He produced Fur Patrol's debut album Pet. Long wrote original score for the TV series The Insider's Guide to Happiness and The Insider's Guide to Love, for which he was awarded Achievement in Original Music at the 2005 and 2006 New Zealand Film and TV Awards.

Is a former professional male tennis player on the ATP tour. A product of legendary Australian playe

Is a former professional male tennis player on the ATP tour. A product of legendary Australian player and coach, Tony Roche's junior tennis academy, played left-handed and turned pro in 1985. As a junior player, Macpherson was one of Australia's top prosp

Is an acclaimed Australian writer

Is an acclaimed Australian writer

Known as an Australian poet, was born Lajos or Ludwig Detsinyi, into a Jewish family in Hungary (the

Known as an Australian poet, was born Lajos or Ludwig Detsinyi, into a Jewish family in Hungary (then part of Austria-Hungary). He used as well the names Louis Adam and Louis Destiny. He also wrote novels and short stories, and plays.He was brought up in Germany, where he first became a communist at age 17. He then worked in the Netherlands, and emigrated to Palestine. He fought in the International Brigade in the Spanish Civil War, writing about this in My Strange Friend (1991); and then worked for the BBC in London from 1938. After World War II he settled in Australia from 1950, making his mark with the satirical poem Rob the Robber (1954). In 1991 he was given the Patrick White Award for important though under-recognised writers.

Was an Irish-born poet and journalist, active in New Zealand and Australia.Wright went to New Zealan

Was an Irish-born poet and journalist, active in New Zealand and Australia.Wright went to New Zealand when he was about 18 and had some years of station life, during which he did much writing in both prose and verse. He studied for the Congregational ministry and attended university classes at Dunedin in 1897. He had done much private reading, but found that apart from English his education was generally below that of the other students. He won a university prize for a poem, and published about this period, Aorangi and other Verses (1896), Station Ballads and other Verses (1897), Wisps of Tussock (1900), and New Zealand Chimes (1900). None of these were important, though they contained some good popular verse. As a clergyman Wright was liked, but he found the work uncongenial and gave it up for journalism in which he had considerable experience in New Zealand.

Is an Australian football (soccer) player.

Is an Australian football (soccer) player.

Was an Cornish-born Australian politician. Migrating to Australia in 1884, he continued his engineer

Was an Cornish-born Australian politician. Migrating to Australia in 1884, he continued his engineering work with the Adelaide Steamship Company but resigned in 1887 after labour troubles. He subsequently became President of the Adelaide Trades and Labour

Was an Australian politician and member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1921 until

Was an Australian politician and member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1921 until his death in 1928. He was a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) .He was re-elected at the 1922 and 1925 elections. After the abolition of proportion

An Australian poet, novelist, publisher and critic. He is currently the publisher of Puncher & Wattm

An Australian poet, novelist, publisher and critic. He is currently the publisher of Puncher & Wattmann, an independent press which publishes Australian poetry and literary fiction. He is also treaurer of the Poets Union Inc.Musgrave was born in Sydney and educated at Sydney University where in 1997 he received a PhD for his thesis on the topic of Menippean satire. He worked for a number of years as a CIO in the Health Insurance industry.His first book, To Thalia (Five Islands Press), was published and commended in the 2004 Anne Elder Award; it was followed by On Reflection (Interactive) in 2005 and Watermark (Picaro) in 2006. Several of his poems have won major awards in Australia.

He 38th Premier of South Australia

He 38th Premier of South Australia

Is a New Zealand cricketer who played for the Central Districts Stags in the 2000-01 when they won t

Is a New Zealand cricketer who played for the Central Districts Stags in the 2000-01 when they won the Shell Cup. His highest first-class is the 212 not out when he carrying the bat for the Central Districts Stags against the Canterbury Wizards at Horton

S editor of The Daily Telegraph in Sydney, Australia

S editor of The Daily Telegraph in Sydney, Australia

Meritus Professor at the Australian National University in Canberra,

Meritus Professor at the Australian National University in Canberra,

Is a social historian of science

Is a social historian of science