Australian Famous Names Starting with Letter J

Was an Australian rugby union and rugby league footballer. He played two tests as a winger for the W

Was an Australian rugby union and rugby league footballer. He played two tests as a winger for the Wallabies in 1949.In 1949, Fogarty was chosen in two tests against a New Zealand Maori side in Brisbane and Sydney. He was also a member of the Australian t

Is a former Australian rules footballer who played for St Kilda in the VFL during the early 1970s. H

Is a former Australian rules footballer who played for St Kilda in the VFL during the early 1970s. He also represented Victoria at first-class cricket. He played the first six games of the 1971 VFL season before succumbing to a thigh injury which would keep him out of the side for the rest of the year. St Kilda made the Grand Final that year. He was St Kilda Football Clubs leading goalkicker in 1972 and participated in the finals series. As a cricketer, Stephens was a left-handed middle order batsman and appeared in a total of four first-class matches in the 1970/71 and 1971/72 Sheffield Shield seasons. On his debut against Queensland at the MCG he made his highest score of 48 in the second innings.[1] Stephens finished his career with a disappointing 123 runs at 15.37. He had played with fellow VFL footballers Peter Bedford, John Scholes and Max Walker.

Was an Australian boxing champion. During his long career in the ring he fought over 100 battles, an

Was an Australian boxing champion. During his long career in the ring he fought over 100 battles, and held the titles of bantam, feather, and light-weight champion of Australia.

Was an Australian politician, elected as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly.He was

Was an Australian politician, elected as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly.He was a Councillor on Port Stephens Council for 16 years, including three years as Mayor, and was a librarian at Nelson Bay High School for 22 years. He was mar

Is a former cricketer. He captained the New Zealand Under-19 team in three Youth Tests and three You

Is a former cricketer. He captained the New Zealand Under-19 team in three Youth Tests and three Youth ODIs in 1986/7. However, he was not able to make the grade at senior level, playing in only six first-class matches.

Was a New Zealand cricketer, who captained New Zealand for 34 Tests. He was the first New Zealand ca

Was a New Zealand cricketer, who captained New Zealand for 34 Tests. He was the first New Zealand captain to enjoy the taste of victory, both at home against the West Indies in 1956, and the first away win, against South Africa in 1962. Reid's Test statistics may seem mediocre, but in the context of a very weak side he was often the leading force with both the bat and the ball

Was a cricketer who played for Wellington cricket team and for New Zealand, but not in Test matches.

Was a cricketer who played for Wellington cricket team and for New Zealand, but not in Test matches. A hard-hitting middle order batsman and an occasional right-arm off break bowler, Jack Lamason played for seven years for Wellington in the Plunket Shield

An Australian artist born in Brisbane who is particularly known for his tropical and bush landscapes

An Australian artist born in Brisbane who is particularly known for his tropical and bush landscapes, genre and portraits.He won the Italian Government Travelling Art Prize in 1955 and the Women's Weekly Art Prize for Portraits in 1958. He also won the Sulman Prize for 1962, along with many other prizes and he has had numerous portraits hung in the Archibald Prize since the early 1950s.He was a Trustee of the Queensland Art Gallery from 1969 to 1987 and Officer-in-charge of Fine Art at the Queensland College of Art between 1974 and 1984. Rigby received an honorary doctorate from Griffith University in 1994 for services to the arts and was made an honorary member of the Royal Queensland Art Society in 2001. He was the subject of a book "John Rigby: Art and Life" launched by the Queensland Art Gallery in 2003. In 2004, the Museum of Brisbane held a special survey of his portraits spanning some 50 years.

Is an Australian basketball player. Rillie previously captained the Townsville Crocodiles in the NBL

Is an Australian basketball player. Rillie previously captained the Townsville Crocodiles in the NBL but his contracted was not renewed. In his first season in the NBL, Rillie won Rookie of the Year honours playing for the Brisbane Bullets. He is known fo

A left-handed batsman and fast-medium, round-arm bowler, Hodges started playing cricket for the famo

A left-handed batsman and fast-medium, round-arm bowler, Hodges started playing cricket for the famous Capulets club in the Collingwood district of Victoria. Following some good performances in club cricket, he soon appeared for the Richmond Cricket Club (1876/77), and later played for Victoria.

A former Australian politician and jurist, is the Chancellor of Southern Cross University and the Pr

A former Australian politician and jurist, is the Chancellor of Southern Cross University and the President of ActionAid Australia, an international aid organisation.He was a member of the Liberal Party of Australia, and the member for Lane Cove in the Ne

Was a New Zealand cricketer who played two first-class matches for the Otago Volts in the 1930's.

Was a New Zealand cricketer who played two first-class matches for the Otago Volts in the 1930's.

Australian politician, is the current South Australian Deputy Premier and Attorney-General. He has b

Australian politician, is the current South Australian Deputy Premier and Attorney-General. He has been an Australian Labor Party member of the House of Assembly seat of Enfield since 2002.Prior to the 2002 state election, Rau ran against the Enfield sitt

Is a former field hockey player from New Zealand, who twice represented his native country at the Su

Is a former field hockey player from New Zealand, who twice represented his native country at the Summer Olympics: in 1960 and in 1964. In 1972 and 1976 he was a member of the coaching staff at the Summer Olympics with the men's national team, who won the

Was an Australian politician.In 1980, he was elected to the Australian Senate as a Democrats senator

Was an Australian politician.In 1980, he was elected to the Australian Senate as a Democrats senator for Victoria. He was defeated at the 1983 election, when he was required to take second place on the Democrats ticket in deference to party leader Don Chi

Is a former Australian cricketer who played in one Test in 1973.

Is a former Australian cricketer who played in one Test in 1973.

Is an Australian documentarian and media personality, well known for pranks and indelicate handling

Is an Australian documentarian and media personality, well known for pranks and indelicate handling of controversial issues

Is a former Australian politician.In 1995 Tingle was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Coun

Is a former Australian politician.In 1995 Tingle was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Council as a Shooters Party member, serving for eleven years until his resignation in 2006. During that time he initiated 7 successful bills, served on the Sta

Is an actor and former professional wrestler. He is best known as "Vulcan" in the Australian version

Is an actor and former professional wrestler. He is best known as "Vulcan" in the Australian version of TV Series Gladiators, as well as joining the British Gladiators team in Seasons 7 and 8. He is also known for his part in the James Bond film, The Worl

Is an Australian born field hockey coach, who is a graduate of Tenri University where the majority o

Is an Australian born field hockey coach, who is a graduate of Tenri University where the majority of the men's and women's national team graduated. Sheahan has two masters degrees in sports science and has been coaching the men's and women's university t

Was a Victorian First-class cricketer and Test match umpire. He played three matches for Victoria as

Was a Victorian First-class cricketer and Test match umpire. He played three matches for Victoria as a right-hand batsman, scoring 65 runs at an average of 13.00 with a highest score of 28. He also kept wicket, taking two catches. Swift umpired 8 Test matches, and was the first Australian to regularly officiate. He made his debut in the match between Australia and England in Melbourne on 31 December 1881 to 4 January 1882, officiating with James Lillywhite.

An Australian biochemist

An Australian biochemist

Was born in Plymouth, England, nephew of the famous English watercolourist Samuel Prout.Prout emigra

Was born in Plymouth, England, nephew of the famous English watercolourist Samuel Prout.Prout emigrated to Sydney in 1840, accompanied by his wife and their seven children, Prout hoping to pursue a career in Australia as a professional artist and printer. Amongst the possessions that he brought with him to the colony of New South Wales was a lithographic press, which enabled him to set up the 'J.S. Prout and Co. Australian Lithographic Establishment.'In the first four years of his residence in Sydney, between 1840 and 1844, Prout undertook a number of sketching tours in the districts around Sydney. Prout followed the route of many artists of the period, journeying west across the Blue Mountains towards Bathurst, south to Broulee and the Illawarra district, and north to Newcastle and Port Stephens. Returning from these travels, Prout would work up his sketches into finished works in lithographs, watercolour and oil paint for sale.

Is a former judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria and the President of the Court of Appeals divisio

Is a former judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria and the President of the Court of Appeals division of the Supreme Court of Victoria

Was an Australian politician. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1945

Was an Australian politician. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1945 until 1959 and a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) .He was elected to the New South Wales Parliament as the Labor member for the seat of Blacktown