Australian Famous Names Starting with Letter G

Is an Australian historian. He attended Wesley College, Perth from 1943 to 1947. He has been publish

Is an Australian historian. He attended Wesley College, Perth from 1943 to 1947. He has been publishing works on Australian history since 1952, and has authored 13 books, most recently Edmund Barton: The One Man for the Job (a biography of Australia's first Prime Minister), which was awarded the NSW History Award, Centenary of Federation Prize in 2001.

Is an Australian political adviser.

Is an Australian political adviser.

An Australian poet, translator, teacher and jazz enthusiast.He has published over seventeen collecti

An Australian poet, translator, teacher and jazz enthusiast.He has published over seventeen collections of poetry, as well as prose and verse novels. Poetry and jazz are his driving interests, and he has also written a biography of the jazz musician, Bernie McGann. He organises poetry readings and jazz events in Canberra.Page has held residencies at numerous academic, military and political institutions, including Edith Cowan University, Curtin University, the Australian Defence Force Academy, and the University of Wollongong and as the Chair of the Australian Socialist Alliance. From 1974 to 2001 Page was head of the English department at Narrabundah College, a secondary college in the A.C.T.. Geoff Page retired from teaching in 2001.

An Australian classical pianist.Madge often performs long and arduous works. He has twice recorded S

An Australian classical pianist.Madge often performs long and arduous works. He has twice recorded Sorabji's Opus Clavicembalisticum, one of the longest and most difficult works ever written for the piano. In 1982, 52 years after the first public performance (by the composer), Madge gave the work only its second public performance.Geoffrey Douglas Madge was born in Adelaide (Australia), and had his first piano lessons at the age of eight. After hearing the great pianist Benno Moiseiwitsch he decided to continue his piano studies with Clemens Leske at the Elder Conservatorium in Adelaide. During this period he was actively busy as a composer, writing string quartets, songs and works for piano solo. At an early stage he developed an interest in unjustifiably neglected composers and this became one of his main enterprises.

Was an Australian author and historian.Dutton was born in Kapunda, South Australia in 1922 and died

Was an Australian author and historian.Dutton was born in Kapunda, South Australia in 1922 and died in September 1998. He was awarded an Order of Australia in 1976.Dutton wrote or edited over 200 books, including poetry, fiction, biographies, art appreciation, art and literary history, travel books, novels for children and critical essays. Whilst at Adelaide University, he also wrote for the student newspaper On Dit.

Is a former Australian and Queensland cricketer. He played in 21 Tests and 15 One Day Internationals

Is a former Australian and Queensland cricketer. He played in 21 Tests and 15 One Day Internationals between 1974 and 1980.

Was an accountant and Treasurer of the Government of New South Wales, Australia. Eagar worked at the

Was an accountant and Treasurer of the Government of New South Wales, Australia. Eagar worked at the Bank of New South Wales from 1854 for around five years before being appointed to the New South Wales Legislative Council, the upper house of the state go

Is a former Australian cricketer and the current coach of the Pakistan cricket team. Nicknamed "Henr

Is a former Australian cricketer and the current coach of the Pakistan cricket team. Nicknamed "Henry" after the Australian poet, Lawson was a fast bowler for New South Wales (NSW) and Australia.[2] He first played for NSW in 1977–78, made his international debut in 1980–81. Lawson made three tours of England, including the 1989 Ashes-winning tour.

Is a former Australian politician. He was a Liberal member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, re

Is a former Australian politician. He was a Liberal member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, representing Malvern from 1982 to 1992 and Mordialloc from 1992 to 2002.In 1979, he was the unsuccessful Liberal candidate for the state seat of Brunswick, a

To an Australian father and a Thai mother is a swimmer from Australia who won a bronze medal at the

To an Australian father and a Thai mother is a swimmer from Australia who won a bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Huegill also competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics, where he placed 8th in the 100ám butterfly.Huegill is a previous world record holder in the 50 m butterfly.

Is a former Australian cricketer. He was an all-rounder who played for the Queensland Bulls in Austr

Is a former Australian cricketer. He was an all-rounder who played for the Queensland Bulls in Australia between 1989 and 2000, as well as seasons in England. He was no-balled for throwing by umpire Ross Emerson in a Sheffield Shield match in 1998 against Tasmania.

Australian academic and former politician, was the Premier of Western Australia

Australian academic and former politician, was the Premier of Western Australia

Is an Australian politician. He has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislati

Is an Australian politician. He has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly since 1999, representing Ballarat East.He joined the Australian Labor Party in 1987, and was elected to Ballarat City Council in 1989. He was m

An Australian classical pianist and conductor

An Australian classical pianist and conductor

An Australian classical pianist and conductor. Born in Sydney, he was raised in Dubbo, New South Wal

An Australian classical pianist and conductor. Born in Sydney, he was raised in Dubbo, New South Wales before moving to Canberra. He attended the Canberra School of Music where he studied piano with Larry Sitsky. He also studied at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, graduating with a Doctor of Philosophy, and also completed a Masters degree at the University of Tasmania. In 1984, he moved to Amsterdam to study fortepiano with Stanley Hoogland at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague. In 1996 he was a professor at the Royal College of Music in London. Since 2000, he has been based in Canberra.

An Australian poet, children's writer, and tax lawyer. Lehmann grew up in McMahon's point, Sydney, a

An Australian poet, children's writer, and tax lawyer. Lehmann grew up in McMahon's point, Sydney, and attended high school at the Shore School in North Sydney. He graduated in Arts and Law from the University of Sydney in 1960 and 1963 respectively. In 1961, he demonstrated in a student newspaper article that fellow student Robert Hughes had published plagiarised poetry by Terence Tiller and others, and a drawing by Leonard Baskin.[1

Geoff Rabone played for Wellington from 1940-41 to 1950-51 and for Auckland from 1951-52 to 1959-60

Geoff Rabone played for Wellington from 1940-41 to 1950-51 and for Auckland from 1951-52 to 1959-60 as a dour right-handed batsman and as a right-arm off-break bowler who bowled the occasional leg-break too. He represented New Zealand in 12 Test matches between 1949 and the 1954-55 seasons and he was the South African Cricketer of the Year in 1954.

Is an Australian politician representing the electoral district of Frankston for the Liberal Party o

Is an Australian politician representing the electoral district of Frankston for the Liberal Party of Australia since the 2010 Victorian State election.

Was a rugby union player who represented Australia.Storey, a lock, was born in Strathfield, New Sout

Was a rugby union player who represented Australia.Storey, a lock, was born in Strathfield, New South Wales and claimed a total of 8 international rugby caps for Australia.

Was an Australian pianist, most particularly notable as an accompanist to singers and instrumentalis

Was an Australian pianist, most particularly notable as an accompanist to singers and instrumentalists. After the retirement of Gerald Moore, he was generally considered the world’s finest and most sympathetic accompanist of lieder singers.Geoffrey Parsons was born in the Sydney suburb of Ashfield, to a working class family. He had two older brothers and a large extended family. He originally intended to study architecture, but his love of music prevailed. He studied with Winifred Burston (a student of Ferruccio Busoni) at the NSW State Conservatorium of Music from 1941 to 1948, and under the general tutelage of Eugene Goossens. He won the ABC's Instrumental and Vocal Competition in 1947 with a performance of Brahms’ Piano Concerto No. 2. He toured Australia with Essie Ackland in 1948, and in 1950 travelled to Britain to perform with bass baritone Peter Dawson. The six-concert tour completed,

Australian artist who won the Archibald Prize in 1990 with a portrait of Dorothy Hewett, and the Sul

Australian artist who won the Archibald Prize in 1990 with a portrait of Dorothy Hewett, and the Sulman Prize in 1976 with Untitled Jane. Has held 41 solo exhibitions in his career.

Is a former South Australian cricketer who is considered unlucky by some judges to not have played f

Is a former South Australian cricketer who is considered unlucky by some judges to not have played for Australia. Attenborough retired from cricket in 1981, having played 57 first-class matches, taking 193 wickets at 31.96 with best bowling figures of 7/90 and scoring 738 runs at 10.39 with a highest score of 54. He also played nine List A matches, taking 10 wickets at 31.60 and scoring five runs at 1.25. Following his retirement, Attenborough currently runs Ashross Agencies, which supplies the embroidery on the Australian team's uniforms.

He was a steady, determined right-handed opening batsman and capable fielder, making his first-class

He was a steady, determined right-handed opening batsman and capable fielder, making his first-class debut for Western Australia as a nineteen year old in the 1977-1978 Sheffield Shield season.

An Australian born human rights lawyer, academic, author and broadcaster. He holds dual Australian a

An Australian born human rights lawyer, academic, author and broadcaster. He holds dual Australian and British citizenship.Geoffrey Robertson is joint head of Doughty Street Chambers. He serves as a Master of the Bench at the Middle Temple, a recorder and visiting professor at Queen Mary, University of London.Geoffrey Robertson was born in Australia and grew up in the Sydney suburb of Eastwood, attending Epping Boys' High School. He obtained his law degree from the Sydney University Law School before winning a Rhodes Scholarship to study at Oxford.

Captained the Under-19 Australian team for 3 tests and 12 ODI in the 1980s, including captaining the

Captained the Under-19 Australian team for 3 tests and 12 ODI in the 1980s, including captaining them when they won the 1988 Youth World Cup, beating a Pakistan team (containing Inzamam-ul-Haq) in the final. He played 11 Youth tests in total and 19 ODIs. He made his first-class debut for Victoria in 1985 against the touring Indians - he scored 2 and took the wicket of Roger Binny. He was also a gifted Australian rules footballer and played three VFL games for Essendon during the late 1980s.