Australian Famous Names Starting with Letter J

Is an Australian football (soccer) who currently plays for Central Coast Mariners in the Australian

Is an Australian football (soccer) who currently plays for Central Coast Mariners in the Australian W-League. She played for Sydney FC during the 2008–09 season of the W-League.

Is an Australian netball player. She represented the national squad from 2002?2004, and was a member

Is an Australian netball player. She represented the national squad from 2002?2004, and was a member of the open squad in 2005 and 2006. Shynn played franchise netball in the Commonwealth Bank Trophy for her home team Perth Orioles from 1999?2006. In 2006

Is an Australian netball player. Having grown up in her home town of Drouin, West Gippsland she was

Is an Australian netball player. Having grown up in her home town of Drouin, West Gippsland she was added to the Melbourne Phoenix squad in the middle of the 2005 Commonwealth Bank Trophy, as a replacement for Kara Richards who had to withdraw due to scho

Is an Australian sailor. She resides in Buderim, Queensland. In May 2010, she unofficially became th

Is an Australian sailor. She resides in Buderim, Queensland. In May 2010, she unofficially became the youngest person to sail non-stop and unassisted around the world, although her route did not meet World Sailing Speed Record Council (WSSRC) criteria for

Is an Australian swimmer. She trains at the Redcliffe Leagues Lawnton club in Brisbane, under vetera

Is an Australian swimmer. She trains at the Redcliffe Leagues Lawnton club in Brisbane, under veteran coach Ken Wood.

Was an Australian novelist.Jessie Catherine Couvreur was born at Highgate, London. Her father, Alfre

Was an Australian novelist.Jessie Catherine Couvreur was born at Highgate, London. Her father, Alfred James Huybers, came originally from Antwerp, and his daughter was of Dutch, French and English descent. She arrived in Tasmania with her parents in December 1852 and was educated at Hobart. In June 1867 she was married to Charles F. Fraser and went to live in Melbourne. The marriage was unfortunate, and was dissolved on the petition of the wife about 1870. In 1873 she visited Europe, and between 1879 and 1883 spent much time there giving courses of lectures in French at various European cities. She also wrote for the Nouvelle Revue and received from the French government the decoration of Officier d'Académie. She revisited Tasmania but returned in 1883 to live permanently in Europe. In 1885 she married M. Couvreur a well-known Belgian politician and publicist.

Is an Australian gymnast and Olympic trampoline champion.

Is an Australian gymnast and Olympic trampoline champion.

Is a football (soccer) player who represented New Zealand at international level.Gilmore made her Fo

Is a football (soccer) player who represented New Zealand at international level.Gilmore made her Football Ferns as a substitute in a 7-0 win over Trinidad & Tobago on 8 August 1993, and finished her international career with 17 caps to her credit.

Captained the Australia national women's cricket team on 4 occasions. A right handed batswoman, she

Captained the Australia national women's cricket team on 4 occasions. A right handed batswoman, she made her debut against New Zealand in 1979 and played 12 Test matches up to her last, against England in 1985.[1]

Is an Australian-American author, best known for her autobiographies, in particular her first memoir

Is an Australian-American author, best known for her autobiographies, in particular her first memoirs, The Road from Coorain. She was also Smith College's first woman president, from 1975-1985, and now serves as a Visiting Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Is a retired field hockey player from New Zealand, who was a member of the national team that finish

Is a retired field hockey player from New Zealand, who was a member of the national team that finished sixth at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. She was born in Taumarunui, Manawatu-Wanganui.

Was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League. He also appeared in 10 first-cl

Was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League. He also appeared in 10 first-class matches for the Victoria cricket team, he took 42 wickets at 24.83 with a best of 7/108.

Was an Australian politician. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1947

Was an Australian politician. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1947 until 1956 . He was a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) until he resigned from the party in 1952 and then sat as an independent Labor member.

Is a former Australian football player. Renowned for his exceptional speed, he was capped 27 times f

Is a former Australian football player. Renowned for his exceptional speed, he was capped 27 times for the Socceroos and played as a forward and midfielder for Sydney City, Sydney Olympic, Sydney Croatia, AEK Athens, Athinaikos and Kastoria. Patikas repre

Is a New Zealand racing driver who has spent most of his racing life in Australia. While retired fro

Is a New Zealand racing driver who has spent most of his racing life in Australia. While retired from professional racing, Richards continues to compete in the historic category Touring Car Masters while running a team in the Australian Carrera Cup Champi

Is a former Australian rules football player.

Is a former Australian rules football player.

Is a rugby union coach and former player. Williams is currently assistant coach to the Australian na

Is a rugby union coach and former player. Williams is currently assistant coach to the Australian national rugby union team.On returning to Australia, Williams played Sydney club rugby while remaining on the fringes of the NSW Waratahs team. It wasn't unt

His career as both a solo performer and as the lead vocalist with the rock band Cold Chisel has made

His career as both a solo performer and as the lead vocalist with the rock band Cold Chisel has made him one of the most popular and best-selling Australian music artists of all time. The combination of 14 Australian Top 40 albums for Cold Chisel and 12 charting solo albums gives Barnes the highest number of hit albums of any Australian artist.

Is a retired football player. Fraser played eight matches for Australia. Fraser played for St. Georg

Is a retired football player. Fraser played eight matches for Australia. Fraser played for St. George Budapest in the New South Wales first division between 1970 and 1974. Fraser played his eight matches for Australia in the qualification matches for the

An Australian actress, best known for playing the role of Louise Carpenter in the Australian soap op

An Australian actress, best known for playing the role of Louise Carpenter in the Australian soap opera Neighbours.[1] She played the role from being two months old in 1994 until 2001, when her parents and the producers felt she should concentrate on her studies.[2],More recently, she has appeared in numerous adverts and has done some modelling work.[1]Her cousin, Fabian Tolli, is married to her former Neighbours co-star Kym Valentine, who played Libby Kennedy.[1]In her spare time she enjoys swimming, dancing, going to music classes and riding her bike. She enjoys having sleepovers with her friends. When she is older she would like to be a lolly maker or a scientist.[1]

Angel was a giant fast bowler from Western Australia. 6' 6" (1.98m) and a big, strapping man, he had

Angel was a giant fast bowler from Western Australia. 6' 6" (1.98m) and a big, strapping man, he had an ungainly and lumbering approach to the wicket and hit the deck hard. On the fast WACA Ground, his bounce was a threat and lot of his wickets in the domestic circle came from playing on this pitch.

Is a football (soccer) player who represented New Zealand at international level.Fisher made her Foo

Is a football (soccer) player who represented New Zealand at international level.Fisher made her Football Ferns in a 0-2 loss to Taiwan on 7 October 1982, and finished her international career with 13 caps and one goal to her credit.

Was a Formula One and sports car endurance driver from Austria. After a successful junior formula ca

Was a Formula One and sports car endurance driver from Austria. After a successful junior formula career, including wins in Formula 2. He participated in eight F1 Grands Prix for Osella, debuting on May 6, 1984, scoring no points.

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

Is a former football (soccer) player who represented New Zealand at international level.Nicholson made her Football Ferns début in a 2-2 draw with Australia on 8 October 1979,and finished her international career with five caps to her credit.

Was an Australian author, best known for her "ambiguous and intriguing" novel Picnic at Hanging Rock

Was an Australian author, best known for her "ambiguous and intriguing" novel Picnic at Hanging Rock.[1] In 1922 Joan Weigall married Daryl Lindsay, in London on St. Valentine's Day. The day was always a very special occasion for her, and she set her most famous work, Picnic at Hanging Rock, on St. Valentine's Day. Sir Daryl was the youngest of the famous Lindsay family of artists and writers, the most famous of whom was Norman. He was a painter who had moderate success, particularly with his works on white flowers - a difficult subject to paint. When the couple returned to live in Australia, they renovated a farmhouse in Baxter, Mulberry Hill, and lived happily there until the Great Depression forced them to take up humble lodgings in Bacchus Marsh and rent out their home until the worst was over.