Australian Famous Names Starting with Letter D

An Australian painter, film maker and writer.an Australian painter, film maker and writer.Allen stud

An Australian painter, film maker and writer.an Australian painter, film maker and writer.Allen studied under Betty Churcher at the Stuartholme School, Brisbane (1965–69) and later under Roy Churcher (Betty Churcher's husband) at Brisbane Central Technical College. She won the Archibald Prize in 1986 for her portrait of her father-in-law Dr John Shera (My father-in-law watering his garden). Allen has written and illustrated two books (What Is a Portrait — Images of Vicki Myers ISBN 9781875505029, and The Autobiography of Vicki Myers — Close to the Bone ISBN 9780731802074), and has created a 50 minute film, Feeling Sexy (1999), on the struggles of an artist attempting to reconcile the conflicting demands of bohemia and suburbia. At the 1999 Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards, she was nominated for the award for "Best Direction" for that film and she won the "Best Original Screenplay" award.[2] The film was also invited to the Venice Film Festival.

Was a stage, film and television actress acclaimed in both her native UK as well as Australasia.She

Was a stage, film and television actress acclaimed in both her native UK as well as Australasia.She was a star of the London stage in the 1930s before emigrating to New Zealand in 1952, finding work in radio, theatre and television (see filmography below).Davina Whitehouse died in Auckland, New Zealand, aged 90, following a series of strokes. She was predeceased by her husband, Archie Whitehouse, and survived by her two children.

Is an Australian champion swimmer. She is one of only two swimmers to win the same Olympic event thr

Is an Australian champion swimmer. She is one of only two swimmers to win the same Olympic event three times, in her case, the 100 meters freestyle.

Is an Australian champion swimmer. She is one of only two swimmers to win the same Olympic event thr

Is an Australian champion swimmer. She is one of only two swimmers to win the same Olympic event three times, in her case, the 100 m freestyle.She is the first of only two swimmers in Olympic history (Krisztina Egerszegi being the other) to win individual gold for the same event at three successive Olympics (100 meter freestyle - 1956, 1960, 1964).[

Is a former New Zealand cricketer who played in 26 Tests and 11 ODIs from 1969 to 1978.

Is a former New Zealand cricketer who played in 26 Tests and 11 ODIs from 1969 to 1978.

Is an Australian professional surfer.

Is an Australian professional surfer.

A Mexican writer.Born Peter Warren Finlay, the "DBC" part of his nom-de-plume (normally so written,

A Mexican writer.Born Peter Warren Finlay, the "DBC" part of his nom-de-plume (normally so written, without punctuation) stands for "Dirty But Clean". "Pierre" was a nickname bestowed on him by childhood friends after a cartoon character of that name.Pierre was awarded the Booker Prize for fiction on 14 October 2003 for his novel Vernon God Little. He is the third Australian to be so honoured, although he has told the British press that he prefers to consider himself a Mexican.

Is a Greek Australian football (soccer) player. A goalkeeper, he played for many years at a variety

Is a Greek Australian football (soccer) player. A goalkeeper, he played for many years at a variety of clubs in the National Soccer League. This included being part of the 2000/01 championship side at Wollongong Wolves, and the 1997/98 Grand Final runner

Is an Australian footballer of Greek descent who plays as a goalkeeper. He is contracted to Liverpoo

Is an Australian footballer of Greek descent who plays as a goalkeeper. He is contracted to Liverpool, and currently on loan at League Two side Accrington Stanley. Bouzanis was first named in the Australian U17 side in 2005 at the age of 15. He was also l

Is an Australian cyclist from Wangaratta in Victoria known for his track cycling at the Olympic Game

Is an Australian cyclist from Wangaratta in Victoria known for his track cycling at the Olympic Games and Commonwealth Games. On Australia Day 1985 he was awarded the Order of Australia medal for service to cycling.At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angel

Educated at Westlake Boys High School. Best known internationally for his participation in the Ameri

Educated at Westlake Boys High School. Best known internationally for his participation in the America's Cup with Team New Zealand and Emirates Team New Zealand. In the 2007 Americas Cup series in Valencia, Spain, Emirates Team New Zealand, of which he wa

Is a New Zealand former rugby league footballer and coach. A New Zealand international representativ

Is a New Zealand former rugby league footballer and coach. A New Zealand international representative centre, he played his club football in England, Australia and New Zealand, but most notably with Wigan, with whom he won seven consecutive Challenge Cup

The Liberal Premier of South Australia

The Liberal Premier of South Australia

Is an Australian football (soccer) player currently playing for A-League club Perth Glory. Dean sign

Is an Australian football (soccer) player currently playing for A-League club Perth Glory. Dean signed on for his home town club Perth Glory's inaugural youth league team, and was a regular started. He made his senior debut for Perth Glory as a substitute

Is an Australian cricketer who plays first class cricket in the New Zealand domestic circuit as a ri

Is an Australian cricketer who plays first class cricket in the New Zealand domestic circuit as a right-hand batsman for Canterbury cricket team. An experienced overseas cricketer, he also played U-17 and U-19 cricket for Western Australia, and 2nd XI cri

Is an Australian football (soccer) player. He currently plays for A-League team Central Coast Marine

Is an Australian football (soccer) player. He currently plays for A-League team Central Coast Mariners.With the Central Coast Mariners he scored 8 goals from left back in 24 games and was subsequently named in FourFourTwo's A-League dream team. In March 2006 he and fellow team mate Michael Beauchamp had a ten day trial with German Bundesliga club Nuremberg. On 1 July 2006 both players transferred to Nuremberg on season-long loans. Dean has struggled to get senior games but has been a regular fixture in the Reserves scoring two goals.

Is an Australian football player. He is currently on loan at English Football League One side Hudder

Is an Australian football player. He is currently on loan at English Football League One side Huddersfield Town.With the Central Coast Mariners he scored 8 goals from left back in 24 games and was subsequently named in FourFourTwo's A-League dream team. I

Is an Australian diver, who won a bronze medal in the 2000 Summer Olympics alongside Robert Newbery.

Is an Australian diver, who won a bronze medal in the 2000 Summer Olympics alongside Robert Newbery.

Is a swimmer from New Zealand, who has represented New Zealand at both Olympic and Commonwealth Game

Is a swimmer from New Zealand, who has represented New Zealand at both Olympic and Commonwealth Games.

Jones began his first class career in the 1981–82 season with Victoria in the Sheffield Shield. He

Jones began his first class career in the 1981–82 season with Victoria in the Sheffield Shield. He made his Test debut for Australia in the West Indies in 1984. He was not picked in the original XII, but was drafted into the side after Steve Smith fell ill. Jones himself was very ill before the Test, and deemed his score of 48 on his debut as his "best knock".[1]

A Judge of the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory

A Judge of the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory

Was a New Zealand cricketer who played for Central Districts. His career was ravaged by injuries. He

Was a New Zealand cricketer who played for Central Districts. His career was ravaged by injuries. He also played for Auckland-Manukau in the Hawke Cup.

Is a former Australian first-class cricketer who played a match for New South Wales and also represe

Is a former Australian first-class cricketer who played a match for New South Wales and also represented South Australia at List A level. Although he only had a brief career in Australian domestic cricket, the right-handed batsman is noted for being the younger brother of Test players Mark and Steve Waugh. His nickname is "Korea" as he is often thought of as the forgotten "Waugh (War)".

Is an Australian figure skater. He placed fourth at the 2007 Australian national championships.

Is an Australian figure skater. He placed fourth at the 2007 Australian national championships.

Is a field hockey player from New Zealand, who earned his first cap for the national team, nicknamed

Is a field hockey player from New Zealand, who earned his first cap for the national team, nicknamed The Black Sticks, in 2001 against Malaysia. The defender played the latter part of 2005 for Dutch club Breda, returning to join the NZ team for the Oceani