Australian Famous Names Starting with Letter E

Was an Australian author whose novels included Prelude to Christopher (1934) and Return to Coolami (

Was an Australian author whose novels included Prelude to Christopher (1934) and Return to Coolami (1936), both winners of the Australian Literature Society Gold Medal for literature.[1]She was the second of three children born to the poet, writer and parliamentarian, Dowell Philip O'Reilly and his wife, Eleanor McCulloch O'Reilly. On finishing school and unable to enter university, having failed mathematics, she learnt typing and took a secretarial job. In 1922 she married Dr Eric Payten Dark, a general practitioner who wrote books, articles and pamphlets on politics and medicine. Dr Eric Payten Dark (1889-1987) was an active member of the Labor left in New South Wales, was involved in contemporary political debate and was a committed socialist, although never a member of the Communist Party. His books include The World Against Russia and Who are the Reds. They lived in Katoomba, New South Wales, where Eleanor wrote eight of her ten novels, including short stories and articles.[2]

Was an award-winning Australian author of novels for young adults and older children. Her books expl

Was an award-winning Australian author of novels for young adults and older children. Her books explore a wide range of issues, including Australian history, religion, autism, bigotry, materialism and alienation. She was a Member of the Order of Australia.Eleanor Rachel Therese Spence was born on 21 Oct 1928 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. She attended the University of Sydney, gaining her Bachelor of Arts degree in 1949. During the next decade she worked as a teacher and as a children's librarian.[1] These experiences led to her interest in writing for young people. Her first novel, Patterson's Track, was published in 1958.

Is an Australian football (soccer) player who plays as a striker for the Australian Institute of Spo

Is an Australian football (soccer) player who plays as a striker for the Australian Institute of Sport in the National Youth League. Eli migrated to Perth, Western Australia from Bosnia, and has represented Australia at an under-17 and under-20 level. On

Was an Australian politician. Born in Port Macquarie, New South Wales to farmer William Binney and S

Was an Australian politician. Born in Port Macquarie, New South Wales to farmer William Binney and Sophia Selina Turnbull, he was educated at state schools. He then worked on a dairy farm before joining New South Wales Railways in 1925.He was active in lo

Is a field hockey striker who represented Australia at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He curre

Is a field hockey striker who represented Australia at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He currently works as an architectural model maker in Perth.

Was a New Zealand-born Australian painter, winner of the Wynne Prize seven times.Gruner managed to d

Was a New Zealand-born Australian painter, winner of the Wynne Prize seven times.Gruner managed to do some painting on weekends, and in the year 1901, began to send work to the exhibitions of the Society of Artists at Sydney. About 10 years of hard work followed before the merit of his work was recognized. In 1911 a small shop was started in Bligh-street, Sydney, to sell works of art produced in Australia and for a time Gruner took charge of it. He then became an assistant to Julian Ashton at the Sydney Art School, and during Ashton's illness took complete charge of the classes for about three months. In 1916 he was the winner of the Wynne art prize with a small landscape "Morning Light" which was purchased by the national gallery of New South Wales. He was the winner of the Wynne prize again in 1919, and in the following year the trustees commissioned him to paint a large picture for the gallery "The Valley of the Tweed".

Is an Australian association footballer currently playing for Australian W-League team Perth Glory.

Is an Australian association footballer currently playing for Australian W-League team Perth Glory.

Is now one of Australia's most respected living artists and was listed in Australian Art Collector i

Is now one of Australia's most respected living artists and was listed in Australian Art Collector in 2002 as one of the 50 most collectable. She has won the Fleurieu Art Prize, The Portia Geach Portrait Prize, The Mosman Prize, and The Tattersalls Art Prize amongst others,and is represented in many private and public collections including Artbank, The Queensland Art Gallery, The Gold Coast City Art Gallery and the Art Gallery of New South Wales.From 1953-57 she attended the National Art School in Sydney.In 1961 she studied with Oskar Kokoschka in Salzburg and spent 10 years studying and travelling throughout France and Italy. She taught at the National Art School in Sydney from 1969-2001 and has been an arts educator at various other institutions from that time until the present day.view images, bio

Was a German born artist who achieved recognition as an Australian Expressionist painter. She studie

Was a German born artist who achieved recognition as an Australian Expressionist painter. She studied under Max Liebermann at the Berlin Academy of Art from 1916 until 1919. After which, Blumann taught in various schools in Germany from 1920 to 1923, when she married Arnold Blumann. She fled Nazi Germany with her husband in 1934, moving to Perth in 1938. With the Curator of the Art Gallery of Western Australia, Robert Campbell, she helped found the Art Group, a discussion group through which she promoted modernist ideas and attitudes in art and art education. However, in the 1950s Blumann became disillusioned with the possibilities of art in Western Australia and only painted sporadically. Her work first received national attention in the late 1970s some fifteen years before she died in 1990, aged 93.

Is an Australian football (soccer) player, who currently plays for Brisbane Roar in the Australian W

Is an Australian football (soccer) player, who currently plays for Brisbane Roar in the Australian W-League.

Is an Australian sailor from Perth, Western Australia. Rechichi and crewmate Tessa Parkinson represe

Is an Australian sailor from Perth, Western Australia. Rechichi and crewmate Tessa Parkinson represented Australia in the 470 class at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Qingdao, China, winning the Gold Medal.

Is a former captain of the Australian Women's Water Polo team. She is a right-handed utility and pla

Is a former captain of the Australian Women's Water Polo team. She is a right-handed utility and played her 100th international game on 20 August 2005 against the Netherlands during the FINA World League Final series in Kirishi, Russia.

Is an Australian water polo player from the gold medal squad of the 2000 Summer Olympics, when women

Is an Australian water polo player from the gold medal squad of the 2000 Summer Olympics, when women's water polo was contested for the first time at the Olympic Games. She was the goalkeeper of the Australian team, which beat USA 4-3 in the final game in

Is a former Australian politician. She was a Labor member of the New South Wales Legislative Council

Is a former Australian politician. She was a Labor member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1982 to 1998.In 1982, Symonds was appointed to the New South Wales Legislative Council as a Labor member following the resignation of Peter Baldwin,

Is an Australian sprint canoer who competed in the mid 1980s. At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Ang

Is an Australian sprint canoer who competed in the mid 1980s. At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, she finished eighth in the K-1 500 m event.

Is a New Zealand football player who represented her country.Milne was a member of the New Zealand s

Is a New Zealand football player who represented her country.Milne was a member of the New Zealand squad in the 2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup playing all 3 group games; a 2-3 loss to Nigeria, a 4-3 win over hosts Chile and a 1-1 draw with England.

Is a former football (soccer) player who represented New Zealand at international level.Clark made a

Is a former football (soccer) player who represented New Zealand at international level.Clark made a single appearance for Football Ferns in a 1-1 draw with apua New Guinea on 7 November 1996.

Is an Australian former netball player, who was captain of the Australian netball team from 1992 unt

Is an Australian former netball player, who was captain of the Australian netball team from 1992 until her retirement from the sport in 2007.

Was an Australian soprano. She was the prima donna at London's Sadler's Wells Opera (English Nationa

Was an Australian soprano. She was the prima donna at London's Sadler's Wells Opera (English National Opera) through much of the 1950s and 1960s.[1]She was born Betty Drina Fretwell in Murrumbeena, a suburb of Melbourne. As a child she had hoped to become a ballerina. However, she grew too big for this profession. She focussed instead on singing, taking vocal studies in Melbourne. Her operatic career began in 1950. In 1954, she sang Antonia in Offenbach's The Tales of Hoffmann before Queen Elizabeth II who was on her first tour of Australia.[2] In order to gain greater skill she moved to London to study under the tenor Joseph Hislop who had also coached Jussi Björling and Birgit Nilsson.[1]

An Australian novelist and short story writer.She was born in Sydney but spent her childhood in indu

An Australian novelist and short story writer.She was born in Sydney but spent her childhood in industrial Newcastle, New South Wales. She lived in London from 1951 to 1959. On her return to Sydney she worked as a reviewer for The Sydney Morning Herald, for the ABC, and in publishing.[1]

Was an Australian Liberal Party Member of the House of Representatives for the Division of Lilley fr

Was an Australian Liberal Party Member of the House of Representatives for the Division of Lilley from 1996. She was defeated at the 1998 general election by Wayne Swan.

Was an Australian politician. She was a Country Liberal Party member of the Northern Territory Legis

Was an Australian politician. She was a Country Liberal Party member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly from 1974 to 1977, representing the suburban Darwin electorate of Sanderson. She served as Executive Member (in effect, Minister) for Educa

Is a former swimmer from New Zealand.

Is a former swimmer from New Zealand.

An English award-winning author notable in Australian literature for her critically acclaimed novels

An English award-winning author notable in Australian literature for her critically acclaimed novels

A young soprano from Rotorua, New Zealand. A scholarship student at King's College, Auckland in 2007

A young soprano from Rotorua, New Zealand. A scholarship student at King's College, Auckland in 2007, Marvelly is currently signed with record label EMI Classics, a subsidiary of EMI Group.In 2007 Marvelly appeared at a charity gala organized by Michelle Ong during the premiere of The Golden Compass in Hong Kong on December 16 2007 with an audience of multiple Hollywood stars. Later that month she appeared in Sydney's Carols in the Domain.In July, 2008, Marvelly sang at the Beijing opening of Air New Zealand's inaugural Auckland-Beijing flight. Later, in August, Marvelly also made an appearance in Kuala Lumpur for the Malaysia New Zealand Business Council.