Australian Famous Names Starting with Letter D

Is a former professional tennis player.Balestrat began playing tennis at the age of 7. She left scho

Is a former professional tennis player.Balestrat began playing tennis at the age of 7. She left school at the age of 16 to play in international tournaments. She turned pro in 1973 and joined the WTA Tour. She reached the finals of the Australian Open in January 1977, losing to fellow Australian Kerry Melville Reid.

An Australian politician

An Australian politician

Is an Australian politician. She was a Labor member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly f

Is an Australian politician. She was a Labor member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 2001 to 2008, representing the district of Wanneroo. Guise was first elected to parliament at the 2001 state election, defeating sitting Liberal MP Iai

Is a former Australian politician.In 1989, she was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly for Br

Is a former Australian politician.In 1989, she was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly for Braddon as an Independent Green. In 1992, the five Independent Greens formed the Tasmanian Greens. Hollister held her seat until she was defeated in 1998.

An Australian academic and university administrator

An Australian academic and university administrator

Is an Australian actress.

Is an Australian actress.

Is a former New Zealand rower who won two Olympic gold medals during his career.

Is a former New Zealand rower who won two Olympic gold medals during his career.

Is an Australian former rugby union footballer of the 1950s. He represented for the Wallabies on 19

Is an Australian former rugby union footballer of the 1950s. He represented for the Wallabies on 19 occasions (10 Tests) and was Australian Captain on two occasions. He was educated at St Andrew's College at Sydney University. His club rugby was played wi

Was an Australian former football (soccer) player.

Was an Australian former football (soccer) player.

Is an active touring car racing driver from Austria. Dieter has participated in 53 24-Hour Races. He

Is an active touring car racing driver from Austria. Dieter has participated in 53 24-Hour Races. He competed in a single Formula One race in which he finished ninth. Starting with motorboats in the 1950s, he became part of the Formula 2 team of BMW which

Is a New Zealand basketball player. He is a small forward. Boucher is not known as a point scorer, b

Is a New Zealand basketball player. He is a small forward. Boucher is not known as a point scorer, but coaches rate him extremely highly for his rebounding, high steal count and all around leadership and commitment.

Is a Greek-Australian football (soccer) player, currently signed as a goalkeeper with White City Woo

Is a Greek-Australian football (soccer) player, currently signed as a goalkeeper with White City Woodville. He is 6'2" / 1.88m tall and weighs 13st 10lbs / 192lbs / 87kg. In addition to being called up to the squad for the and Greek Under-19 international

A contemporary Greek-Australian poet.Dimitris Tsaloumas was born in Greece on the island of Leros an

A contemporary Greek-Australian poet.Dimitris Tsaloumas was born in Greece on the island of Leros and came of age during the Italian and German occupation, acting as a courier for the resistance. He left for Australia in 1952 because of political persecution, where he earned a living by teaching. He started writing again in Greek and had several volumes published in that language, often with English translations.Then in 1988 his first English poems were published as Falcon Drinking. Since then he has published several more volumes, gaining a considerable reputation both in Greece and Australia. He is now able to return to his homeland and spends much of his time on Leros. A collected poems was publish by UQP in 2000.

Is a retired weightlifter from Australia, who won the gold medal in the Super Heavyweight category a

Is a retired weightlifter from Australia, who won the gold medal in the Super Heavyweight category at the 1984 Summer Olympics. He carried the Australian flag during the closing ceremony of the 1984 games, and remains Australia's only Olympic gold medalis

Is an Australia football (soccer) player who can play as a striker or midfielder. He represented his

Is an Australia football (soccer) player who can play as a striker or midfielder. He represented his country at the under 20 level.

Is an Australian football (soccer) player currently playing for Melbourne Victory. On March 31, 2009

Is an Australian football (soccer) player currently playing for Melbourne Victory. On March 31, 2009, Diogo made his senior debut for Melbourne Victory in their 1-0 victory over Kawasaki Frontale in the Asian Champions League.

Is a former New Zealand rugby union footballer. He played for the Wellington Lions, Hurricanes, New

Is a former New Zealand rugby union footballer. He played for the Wellington Lions, Hurricanes, New Zealand Maori and All Blacks. He was one of the leading locks in New Zealand rugby at provincial level with great lineout attributes, but never got a real

Is a field hockey player from New Zealand. He won a silver medal at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in t

Is a field hockey player from New Zealand. He won a silver medal at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in the men's team competition.[1] He earned a total number of 169 caps during his career.

Played for the New Zealand cricket team (national team known as the Black Caps), captaining the team

Played for the New Zealand cricket team (national team known as the Black Caps), captaining the team in 1999 with the injury of regular captain Stephen Fleming.

Is a Chilean-Australian football (soccer) player. Valle currently plays for Marconi Stallions in the

Is a Chilean-Australian football (soccer) player. Valle currently plays for Marconi Stallions in the NSWPL.

A stylish middle order batsman, he started playing for Worcestershire in 1976, having moved to Engla

A stylish middle order batsman, he started playing for Worcestershire in 1976, having moved to England in 1968. He continued to play for them until 1986, playing 236 matches, scoring 9734 runs at 29.23, and taking 357 wickets at 36.66.

A Bengali historian

A Bengali historian

A contemporary Sri Lankan-Australian poet and academic.[1]Dipti Saravanamuttu was born in Sri Lanka

A contemporary Sri Lankan-Australian poet and academic.[1]Dipti Saravanamuttu was born in Sri Lanka and arrived in Australia with her family in 1972. After studying English at Sydney University, apart from writing, she has worked as a journalist, a scriptwriter and has taught at the University of London.The subject matter of her poetry ranges from everyday conversation to literary theory with some emphasis on issues of social justice. Her collection The Colosseum won the Age Book of the Year Dinny O'Hearn award for Poetry in 2005.

Dirk Wellham is one of two players to score a century in both his first class and Test debuts. He wa

Dirk Wellham is one of two players to score a century in both his first class and Test debuts. He was the first player to captain three Australian states having captained New South Wales, Tasmania and Queensland during his career. As NSW captain, he won the Sheffield Shield in 1984-85 and 1985-86 and the McDonald's Cup in 1984-85.

Is a Dutch Australian cricketer who is a member of the Australian cricket team, the Victorian Bushra

Is a Dutch Australian cricketer who is a member of the Australian cricket team, the Victorian Bushrangers and the Delhi Daredevils in the Indian Premier League. In 2010 Nannes will be playing for the Nottinghamshire Outlaws in the revamped domestic T20 tournament in England . A left-arm fast bowler, he plays for Fitzroy-Doncaster in Victorian club cricket. He has also represented the Netherlands cricket team. In 1995, Nannes made his debut as a mogul velu., and went on to compete at Alpine skiing World Cup events, until 1999. He then turned to playing cricket for club side Fitzroy-Doncaster. He chose to represent Notts Outlaws in the 2010 Friends Provident t20. On Wednesday 10 December 2008 it was announced that Nannes was selected for the Netherlands cricket squad to play the ICC World Cup Qualifier tournament in South Africa. He made his international debut for The Netherlands in the first match of the 2009 ICC World Twenty20, opening the bowling in their surprise win over England. In a strange turn of events, Nannes was called up to the Australian T20I team in August 2009, just two months after making his debut for the Netherlands. [10] A one-day international debut followed that same month where Nannes picked up 1/20 against Scotland. Nannes played for Australia in the 2010 ICC World Twenty20 in the West Indies; Nannes played against Pakistan on 2nd May 2010 at St Lucia and he took 3 wickets for 41 runs in his allocated overs, he was unbeaten batting for 0 runs facing one ball. He also played against Bangladesh on 5th May at Barbados and hetook 4 wickets for 18 runs in his allocated overs, he did not bat.