Australian Famous Names Starting with Letter H

A New Zealand soprano of Irish heritage. Her first internationally released album, Pure, reached #1

A New Zealand soprano of Irish heritage. Her first internationally released album, Pure, reached #1 on the UK classical charts in 2003 and has sold more than two million copies worldwide. Westenra has received awards for her contribution to music, both in New Zealand and elsewhere.Pure is the fastest-selling international début classical album to date, and Westenra became an international star, aged 16, when the first of her international albums was released. In August 2006, Westenra joined the Irish group Celtic Woman and toured with them on their 2007 Spring Tour.

Is a New Zealand snowboarder and ballroom dancer notable for her appearances on several reality tele

Is a New Zealand snowboarder and ballroom dancer notable for her appearances on several reality television series. Holt started ballroom and Latin dancing at the age of seven, and was placed 19th in the Blackpool Rising Star Professional Ballroom Competit

Is a retired Australian swimmer best known for winning five gold medals and one bronze at the 1990 C

Is a retired Australian swimmer best known for winning five gold medals and one bronze at the 1990 Commonwealth Games as a 15-year-old.

An Australian singer who became well known after appearing on the second season (2004) of television

An Australian singer who became well known after appearing on the second season (2004) of television show Australian Idol, on Network Ten. She was the fourth finalist, leaving the show on 1 November.After being turned back from her first audition for Australian Idol in her hometown of Canberra, she travelled to Sydney to try again. This time she got her chance to perform in the first round of Australian Idol in Sydney. Since placing 4th in the series, she has released her debut album and promoted it playing live around Australia and the Middle East.[citation needed]

An Australian singer-songwriter. She released three singles over two years, all of which created an

An Australian singer-songwriter. She released three singles over two years, all of which created an impression on the Australian music scene.[dubious – discuss] Her debut album Watching TV was pushed back several times, due to the sale of Zomba records to BMG Records, currently unreleased. Hayley was then signed to BMG records but asked to be released from her contract in 2004 so she could be free to pursue her own direction.

Is a football (soccer) player who represented New Zealand at international level.Moorwood scored on

Is a football (soccer) player who represented New Zealand at international level.Moorwood scored on her Football Ferns debut, a 15-0 victory over Samoa on 7 April 2003, and represented New Zealand at the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup finals in China, where

Is an Olympic and National Record holding swimmer from New Zealand. She swam for NZ at the 2008 Beij

Is an Olympic and National Record holding swimmer from New Zealand. She swam for NZ at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.Her coach for the majority of her swimming career in England was Graham Brookhouse. During her early teenage years she was a member of th

Is an association football player who represented New Zealand at international level and is contract

Is an association football player who represented New Zealand at international level and is contracted to Chelsea Ladies for the 2011 season. Moorwood scored on her Football Ferns debut, a 15-0 victory over Samoa on 7 April 2003, and represented New Zeala

Is an Australian author who has written 175 books

Is an Australian author who has written 175 books

Was an Academy Award-, BAFTA-, Golden Globe-, and SAG Award-nominated Australian film and television

Was an Academy Award-, BAFTA-, Golden Globe-, and SAG Award-nominated Australian film and television actor. After appearing in television roles during the 1990s, Ledger developed a movie career, appearing in nearly 20 films. He starred in both critical an

Is a New Zealand professional racing cyclist.

Is a New Zealand professional racing cyclist.

Is an Australian equestrian who represented Australia at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing as part

Is an Australian equestrian who represented Australia at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing as part of the dressage team.

Was an Australian politician and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly between 1953 a

Was an Australian politician and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly between 1953 and 1968 and between 1971 and 1981. He was a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP).Mallam was the unsuccessful Labor candidate for the seat of Burwood

Is an Australian football midfielder currently playing for Sydney FC of the Australian W-League and

Is an Australian football midfielder currently playing for Sydney FC of the Australian W-League and is a member of the Australian women's national team. Garriock began her career playing football in Australia. She played for Marconi Stallions, NSW Sapphires, and Queensland Sting before moving overseas. Garriock first represented the Australia in October 1999 in a friendly against China at 16 years old. She has represented her country in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney as well as the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.

Is an Australian politician. Born in Hampton in Melbourne, Victoria, she was elected to the Tasmania

Is an Australian politician. Born in Hampton in Melbourne, Victoria, she was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly as a Labor member for Lyons in 2005 in a recount caused by the resignation of Ken Bacon. She was defeated in 2010.

Is a contemporary Australian visual artist

Is a contemporary Australian visual artist

Was an Australian politician, representing the electoral district of Mitcham (now Waite) in the Sout

Was an Australian politician, representing the electoral district of Mitcham (now Waite) in the South Australian House of Assembly for the Australian Democrats.While Millhouse originally represented the Liberal and Country League (the predecessor to the L

Was an Australian male tennis player.

Was an Australian male tennis player.

Was a New Zealand cricketer who played first class cricket for Auckland and briefly for a pre-Test s

Was a New Zealand cricketer who played first class cricket for Auckland and briefly for a pre-Test status New Zealand international side between 1920 and 1932 as a right-handed batsman. He made 1,208 runs from his thirty matches at 23.23, including one ce

Is a former Fijian sportsman, politician and civil servant. He represented Fiji as a boxer at the 19

Is a former Fijian sportsman, politician and civil servant. He represented Fiji as a boxer at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. There he competed in the welterweight category losing 5-0 on points in the first round to Nicolae Linca of Roma

Is a former Australian cricketer who played in 16 Tests from 1966 to 1970.

Is a former Australian cricketer who played in 16 Tests from 1966 to 1970.

Was Professor of International Relations at the Australian National University

Was Professor of International Relations at the Australian National University

Is a former international cricketer who played 30 Tests and nine One Day Internationals for New Zeal

Is a former international cricketer who played 30 Tests and nine One Day Internationals for New Zealand.

Is a German-born, Australian sprint canoer who competed in the early 1960s. At the 1960 Summer Olymp

Is a German-born, Australian sprint canoer who competed in the early 1960s. At the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, she was eliminated in the semifinals in both in the K-1 500 m event and the K-2 500 m event.

Was an Australian sportsman who played first-class cricket for Victoria and Australian rules footbal

Was an Australian sportsman who played first-class cricket for Victoria and Australian rules football in the VFL with University. An Xavier College recruit, Schrader appeared in 13 games and kicked four goals for University in the 1914 VFL season but failed to play in a winning side all year. Much later, in 1930, Schrader made his first-class cricket debut when he was picked as a right-arm medium pace bowler to take on Tasmania at the MCG. He took three wickets in the match and made 42 with the bat, despite coming in at number 11. His second and only other first-class match came a year later against both the same opponents and on the same ground. Schrader took two wickets, including that of fellow dual VFL and cricket representative Laurie Nash.