Australian Famous Names Starting with Letter J

Is a Semi-Professional Soccer player, who is currently playing on loan for London City from Queanbey

Is a Semi-Professional Soccer player, who is currently playing on loan for London City from Queanbeyan United Itskoes. He is known by the nickname Double Bounce Zaroona, and has become a favourite with fans at London City due to his trademark zig-zag runs

Is an Australian journalist and crime writer

Is an Australian journalist and crime writer

Was a professional rugby league player who played for Balmain, North Sydney and Manly Warringah in t

Was a professional rugby league player who played for Balmain, North Sydney and Manly Warringah in the NSWRL between 1942 and 1951. A Manly junior who started out as a hooker with North Narabeen Surf Club, he was shifted to the wing as a 16 year old after

Is an Australian former rugby league footballer of the 1960s and 70s. An Australian international an

Is an Australian former rugby league footballer of the 1960s and 70s. An Australian international and Queensland interstate representative halfback, he played his club football in the Brisbane Rugby League premiership for Norths, with whom he won the 1968

Australian featherweight boxer, who was born as Jean-Pierre Famechon in France. He moved to Australi

Australian featherweight boxer, who was born as Jean-Pierre Famechon in France. He moved to Australia in 1950 aged five. Over his twenty-year career he became known as a tough fighter, a career record of 56 wins (20 by KO), 6 draws and 5 losses.

Was a professional boxer who on June 14, 1954 became the New Zealand featherweight champion, and on

Was a professional boxer who on June 14, 1954 became the New Zealand featherweight champion, and on 16 May 1955 the New Zealand lightweight champion. Trained by Ron Grimmer who also trained Manny Santos and Toro George. Hanks was considered one of the mos

Was part of the famous 1868 Aboriginal cricket tour of England. He was a skilful all-rounder, being

Was part of the famous 1868 Aboriginal cricket tour of England. He was a skilful all-rounder, being a right arm bowler and right-handed batsman. He was born in Australia in 1841 on Mullagh Station, a member of the Jardwadjali people, about 10 miles north of Harrow, Victoria, and learned to play cricket whilst working on the adjoining Pine Hills agricultural property. He was given the name "Black Johnny" to distinguish him from a "White Johnny". He never appeared in inter-colonial cricket although he did represent Victoria against a touring England side in 1879, top scoring with 36 in the second innings. He was then 38 years old, and instead of going in first-wicket-down as he did for his club, batted at nine and 10.

Australian politician

Australian politician

Is currently the head coach of the Australia national baseball team.Deeble was a pitcher on the nati

Is currently the head coach of the Australia national baseball team.Deeble was a pitcher on the national team he now coaches from 1983 to 1995, a playing career which included the 1988 Olympics and an Australian Baseball League championship with the Melbo

Is a former professional tennis player from Australia. Ireland enjoyed most of his tennis success wh

Is a former professional tennis player from Australia. Ireland enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won 1 doubles title. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 90 in 1995.

Was an Australian expressionist artist, considered a major developer of 20th century Australian expr

Was an Australian expressionist artist, considered a major developer of 20th century Australian expressionism, even though his career 'only' lasted 20 years. He was born in the Newcastle, New South Wales suburb of Merewether.Molvig won the Archibald Prize in 1966 with a portrait of painter Charles Blackman and portraits of Molvig by artist John Rigby were hung in the Archibald in 1953 and 1959. He won many other prizes including the 1955 and 1956 Lismore Prize, 1961 Transfield Prize (City Industrial), 1963 Perth Prize (The Family), 1965 David Jones Prize (Underarm Still Life), 1966 Corio Prize (The Publican) and 1969 Gold Coast Prize (Tree of Man X). During the late fifties/early sixties Molvig held weekly, very informal, life drawing classes which were central to the Brisbane art scene at the time,

Was an Australian politician.He was a Bellarine Shire Councillor from 1869 to 1975 and president fro

Was an Australian politician.He was a Bellarine Shire Councillor from 1869 to 1975 and president from 1870 to 1872. In 1871 he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly as the member for South Grant; he transferred to Barwon in 1877 but was unseat

Is an Australian football (soccer) player, who currently plays for Wellington Phoenix in Australian

Is an Australian football (soccer) player, who currently plays for Wellington Phoenix in Australian A-League. He is generally a defender but can also play in midfield. He joined FC Politehnica in the summer of 2005, from fellow Divizia A side FC National

Is an Australian football (soccer) player.

Is an Australian football (soccer) player.

Was an Australian professional wrestler who is known worldwide under the name "Lord" Jonathan Boyd.

Was an Australian professional wrestler who is known worldwide under the name "Lord" Jonathan Boyd. Initially Boyd competed both in North American and international promotions as part of the Royal Kangaroos with his cousin Norman Frederick Charles III. La

Was a New Zealand domestic cricketer for Auckland. A right-hand batsman and wicket keeper, Cain play

Was a New Zealand domestic cricketer for Auckland. A right-hand batsman and wicket keeper, Cain played eight first-class matches and three List-A across the 1994/95 New Zealand domestic season.

Is a creationist author. His writings on creationism have attracted attention from supporters and op

Is a creationist author. His writings on creationism have attracted attention from supporters and opponents. A FIDE Master in chess, he achieved a draw against former world champion Boris Spassky during a tournament in Wellington in 1988, and was New Zea

Is a swimmer from New Zealand, who competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, in the 200, 400 a

Is a swimmer from New Zealand, who competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, in the 200, 400 and 1500m freestyle.

Is an Australian football (soccer) player. He previously played for Hayes, Rushden & Diamonds, Wokin

Is an Australian football (soccer) player. He previously played for Hayes, Rushden & Diamonds, Woking, Chester City, Stevenage Borough and Hereford United. His most recent club was Kidderminster Harriers, where he was on loan from Cambridge United until t

Is a New Zealand politician, and was New Zealand's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom from 2005

Is a New Zealand politician, and was New Zealand's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom from 2005 to March 2008 [1]. He formerly served as Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives. He is a member of the Labour Party, and was until recently t

A Slow Left-Arm Orthodox spinner, Holland went from uncapped state player to making it to the Austra

A Slow Left-Arm Orthodox spinner, Holland went from uncapped state player to making it to the Australian squad within a year. He made his initial appearances for Victoria early in 2008-09 when Bryce McGain was injured and Cameron White was in India with the Test squad. Although his results from four Sheffield Shield outings, five one-day games and two Twenty20s were moderate, he showed enough potential to earn a place in the Australia A team that beat Pakistan A in Queensland in mid-2009.

Is an Australian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler who play

Is an Australian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler who played for the Victorian Bushrangers from season 2000/01 to 2006/07. A consistent All-rounder for Victoria, Derbyshire and Berkshire, Moss became one of Australia's most unsung yet successful cricketers on the domestic scene. Prior to his first class debut, Moss played for Australia in the Maccabiah Games in Israel, a competition in which the best Jewish sportsmen from around the world compete representing their country. Moss was involved in a life shaping event, when a bridge collapsed as the Australian team were walking in Tel Aviv, killing 4 people. The Sydney native first played cricket for Hampshire's Second XI in one game in 2000, before moving back to his home country and playing for Victoria, as the Sydney native was unable to crack the New South Wales squad.

Is a former cricketer who played five One Day Internationals but no Tests for New Zealand.

Is a former cricketer who played five One Day Internationals but no Tests for New Zealand.

Is a New Zealand soccer player who plays as a Defender. Perry played for the New Zealand national so

Is a New Zealand soccer player who plays as a Defender. Perry played for the New Zealand national soccer team, the All Whites, collecting 28 caps (2 goals) in official FIFA internationals. He played his last game for New Zealand against Solomon Islands in

An Australian politician, is a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing David

An Australian politician, is a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Davidson for the Liberal Party of Australia since 2007.In 2005 O'Dea was the general manager of the Crown Insurance Group and a director with HCF and was named