Australian Famous Names Starting with Letter D

Is a former Australian sportsman, playing both first class cricket with Western Australia and Austra

Is a former Australian sportsman, playing both first class cricket with Western Australia and Australian rules football for East Perth in the WAFL. Chadwick was a right-handed batsman and made 4082 runs at 34.30 during his cricketing career, with 9 centuries. As a footballer he was a wingman and played a club record 269 games for East Perth, winning their best and fairest award twice. In 1964 he won a Simpson Medal for his performances with the Western Australian state team in tours of Melbourne and Adelaide.

Is a New Zealand cricketer. He played in the 2004 U-19 Cricket World Cup in Bangladesh and he was aw

Is a New Zealand cricketer. He played in the 2004 U-19 Cricket World Cup in Bangladesh and he was awarded a player's contract for Auckland for the 2006-07 and for Otago for the 2007-08. He is the older brother of Andrew de Boorder. He plays his club crick

Is a former Australian politician. He was a Liberal member of the New South Wales Legislative Counci

Is a former Australian politician. He was a Liberal member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1973 to 1981 and from 1981 to 1984.He served in the RAAF from 1945 to 1946. On 23 August 1950 he married Phyllis, with whom he had four daughters. H

Is a former New Zealand politician. He was a prominent member of the National Party during the late

Is a former New Zealand politician. He was a prominent member of the National Party during the late 1970s and early 1980s, and was known for his support of free market economics and trade liberalization. Quigley left the National Party after clashing with

A novelist and short story writer.He was born in England, raised in New Zealand and now lives in Syd

A novelist and short story writer.He was born in England, raised in New Zealand and now lives in Sydney, Australia. He was formerly in advertising, but walked away at the peak of his career, to follow his dream to write novels. Derek Hansen's works have been published in the USA, United Kingdom, Europe and China. He is married, and has two adult children.

An Australian visual artist, born in Sydney in 1952. He has worked in a variety of media creating pe

An Australian visual artist, born in Sydney in 1952. He has worked in a variety of media creating performance, video, sound and photographic art works. His work is concerned with an ongoing examination of the transformation of modes of historical avant-gardism into the present. His "clean, crisp Cibachromes" of refrigerators were exhibited at the 14th Sydney Biennale in 2004.[1]He has exhibited internationally, extensively throughout Australia including: On Reason and Emotion: 2004 Biennale of Sydney, at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, the 2004 Adelaide Biennale of Australian Art at the Art Gallery of South Australia, and the 2003 Clemenger Contemporary Art Award at the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne, 1992 Encounters with Diversity, PS1. New York, 1990 Biennale of Sydney: The Readymade Boomerang: Certain Relations in 20th Century Art, National Review of Live Art Glasgow, UK

Is an Australian football (soccer) striker who currently plays for Lokomotiv Cove in the Eastern Sub

Is an Australian football (soccer) striker who currently plays for Lokomotiv Cove in the Eastern Suburbs Premier League, he previously played for APIA Leichhardt, Sydney Olympic and West Adelaide in the now defunct National Soccer League between 1990 and

Dermott, nicknamed The Kid, played most of his career (189 games and 427 goals) in the centre half f

Dermott, nicknamed The Kid, played most of his career (189 games and 427 goals) in the centre half forward position at the Hawthorn Football Club, where he formed part of a potent forward line that included champion players such as Jason Dunstall.He debut

Is a New Zealand rugby union footballer who plays at the position of hooker. He plays for Auckland a

Is a New Zealand rugby union footballer who plays at the position of hooker. He plays for Auckland at provincial level and the Blues in the Super 14. He was a surprise pick in the All Black squad in 2005 after playing only eight games for the Blues behind

Is a field hockey forward from Australia, who won the golden medal with the Men's National Team at t

Is a field hockey forward from Australia, who won the golden medal with the Men's National Team at the 2008 Champions Trophy in Rotterdam and has been selected for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He is captain of the NT Stingers in the National Hocke

Is an Australian basketball player, captain of the Bulleen Boomers in the Women's National Basketbal

Is an Australian basketball player, captain of the Bulleen Boomers in the Women's National Basketball League.Desi is 178 centimetres tall and plays guard. In the WNBL, she has played with AIS 1997-99; Sydney 1999/00; Townsville 2001/02; Bulleen Boomers 20

Is a former racing cyclist from New Zealand.

Is a former racing cyclist from New Zealand.

Is a former Australian cricketer who played in one Test in 1961.

Is a former Australian cricketer who played in one Test in 1961.

Is a football striker from Samoa who currently plays for NZFC team YoungHeart Manawatu. He will play

Is a football striker from Samoa who currently plays for NZFC team YoungHeart Manawatu. He will play the New Zealand winter season with Team Taranaki in the Central Premier League. He made his debut for Samoa in an April 2001 FIFA World Cup qualification

Was an Australian rules footballer who played in the VFL/AFL. From Collingwood Tech, Fothergill was

Was an Australian rules footballer who played in the VFL/AFL. From Collingwood Tech, Fothergill was a gifted sportsman who made his VFL/AFL debut aged 16, for the Collingwood Football Club in 1937. Fothergill was a small midfielder/half-forward who seemed too small at the start, at 172cm and 73 kg, but his brilliance as a footballer was something that over-shadowed his liabilities. Fothergill made an impact straight away as he played brilliant football, winning a Copeland Trophy in his debut season, and would also kick 56 goals being the club's leading goalkicker. Fothergill also played 27 first-class cricket matches for Victoria, making 1404 runs at 39.00 with one century. He made his hundred against South Australia in 1947 and once made 99 against the Australian Services XI.

Was an Australian cricketer who played 18 first-class matches in the 1940s. 14 of those games were f

Was an Australian cricketer who played 18 first-class matches in the 1940s. 14 of those games were for the Australian Services, three for New South Wales and one for the Dominions. His best performances were both for the Australian Services side in the 1945 Victory Tests against England. In July at Lord's, in the first first-class match since the break forced by the Second World War, he took 5/49. With the bat, his solitary hundred came a month later at Old Trafford, when he scored an unbeaten 110 from number eight. He also took 5/55 in the first innings of this match, but England won by six wickets. In 1950 Cristofani was employed as a professional by Accrington Cricket Club of the Lancashire League, and turned in some fine performances, for example his return of 6/23 from 8.7 eight-ball overs as Accrington crushed near neighbours Enfield.

Was an Australian long distance swimmer who swam the English Channel 19 times from 19 attempts. This

Was an Australian long distance swimmer who swam the English Channel 19 times from 19 attempts. This is more successful crossings than any other Australian. From 1975-1979 and for a period in 1980 he held the title of King of the Channel. At the time of h

Is a football (soccer) player. Giraldi signed with Australian A-League club Adelaide United for the

Is a football (soccer) player. Giraldi signed with Australian A-League club Adelaide United for the 2006-07 season, after a four-week stint with the Central Coast Mariners during the 2005-06 A-League season.

Appointed Chief Justice of the Family Court of Australia

Appointed Chief Justice of the Family Court of Australia

Is a field hockey defender from New Zealand, who finished sixth with her national team at the 2000 S

Is a field hockey defender from New Zealand, who finished sixth with her national team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. She also competed with The Black Sticks at the 1998 and the 2002 Commonwealth Games, and at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.

Was an Australian politician. She was a member of the Australian Senate from 1993 to 1999 and a memb

Was an Australian politician. She was a member of the Australian Senate from 1993 to 1999 and a member of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 2001 to 2005, representing the Greens Western Australia.In the 1989 state election, Margetts stood as

Is a former Australian politician. She was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly betw

Is a former Australian politician. She was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly between 1995–2011 representing the electorates of Badgerys Creek (1995–1999) and Mulgoa (1999–2011) for the Australian Labor Party.

Is a pioneering Australian feminist anthropologist, author and activitist

Is a pioneering Australian feminist anthropologist, author and activitist

An Australian poet. She was born Diane Mary Brotheridge in Melbourne, Australia and currently lives

An Australian poet. She was born Diane Mary Brotheridge in Melbourne, Australia and currently lives in the Barwon Heads area, near Geelong.A winner of the 1985 Mattara Poetry Prize and many other awards, Fahey has been widely published in Australian and internationally and received writing grants from the Australia Council, Arts Victoria and Arts South Australia. She has been writer in residence at Ormond College, University of Melbourne and the University of Adelaide.Her main creative concerns are nature writing, Greek myths, visual art, fairy tales and literary mystery novels. Her most recent collection Sea Wall and River Light (Five Islands Press) is a series of sonnets about Barwon Heads, tracing the year at that place.

Is an Australian football (soccer) player, who currently plays for Adelaide United in the W-League a

Is an Australian football (soccer) player, who currently plays for Adelaide United in the W-League and the Australian national football (soccer) team. She is a defender, who has been capped 86 times, scoring on three occasions. She is 169 cm tall and her weight is 62 kg. She is the younger sister of former Adelaide United player Richie Alagich.