Australian Famous Names Starting with Letter K

Is a former field hockey player from Australia, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics, s

Is a former field hockey player from Australia, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996, for her native country.Powell was a member of the Australian Women's Hockey Team, best known as the Hockeyroos, that won the gold medals a

A former New Zealand cricketer. She played for Canterbury's first-class women's cricket team, and th

A former New Zealand cricketer. She played for Canterbury's first-class women's cricket team, and the New Zealand national team. She debued in on February 7, 1995 in a Test match, and on February 12, 1995 in a One Day International. She played only five test matches, her last on July 15, 1996, however she went on to play 54 ODIs, scoring 348 runs and taking 70 wickets at 16.82, with best figures of 6/73 against England.[1]

An Australian politician

An Australian politician

The current vocalist, guitarist and songwriter of four piece rock band Little Birdy.Katy Steele was

The current vocalist, guitarist and songwriter of four piece rock band Little Birdy.Katy Steele was born in Perth, Western Australia in 1983, and has a fraternal twin brother, Jake. She and her brother are the youngest in the family. Her father, Rick Steele, is an accomplished blues musician who still performs today, together with Katy's oldest brother Jesse on drums, in his band, Rick Steele & The Hot Biscuit Band.[1] Her other older brother Luke, is the vocalist, guitarist and songwriter of alternative rock band The Sleepy Jackson. Jake performs on keyboards with his own band, Injured Ninja.[2]

Australian politician, was a National Party member of the Australian House of Representatives from O

Australian politician, was a National Party member of the Australian House of Representatives from October 1998 to July 2010, representing the Division of Riverina, New South Wales.

Was a member of the Australian Senate for the state of Tasmania from 1993 to 2005, representing the

Was a member of the Australian Senate for the state of Tasmania from 1993 to 2005, representing the Australian Labor Party.Denman was Deputy Government Whip in the Senate 1995-96 and Deputy Opposition Whip in the Senate 1997-2001. She retired at the 2004

A Liberal member of the Australian Senate since 1987, representing the state of Victoria

A Liberal member of the Australian Senate since 1987, representing the state of Victoria

Is a field hockey striker from New Zealand, who represented her native country at the 2004 Summer Ol

Is a field hockey striker from New Zealand, who represented her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. There she finished in sixth place with the Women's National Team. Sharland made her international senior debut for the Black Stic

Is a New Zealand football (soccer) player who is currently a Free Agent having last played for Mumba

Is a New Zealand football (soccer) player who is currently a Free Agent having last played for Mumbai FC in the I-League. He was born in Auckland, New Zealand. Despite his young age, he is highly experienced having already played in Japan, New Zealand and

An Australian football (soccer) attacking midfielder who currently plays for the Newcastle Jets. He

An Australian football (soccer) attacking midfielder who currently plays for the Newcastle Jets. He attended Radford College in Canberra and received a football scholarship to the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) in 2004. He is of Croatian and Laotian descent.Until that date, he had been ignored by Australia's A-League squads but soon, two European giants, PSV Eindhoven (whose interest was due to the recommendation of then Australian national team manager, Guus Hiddink) and SL Benfica, expressed interest in signing him [1]. The Portuguese side won the race for the Australian youngster but his move overseas was initially blocked by Football Federation Australia because he was under the age of 18. He eventually joined Benfica's B-Squad in January 2006.

Is a New Zealand cricketer who plays for the Auckland Aces.

Is a New Zealand cricketer who plays for the Auckland Aces.

Is an Australian netball player in the ANZ Championship, playing for the Queensland Firebirds.

Is an Australian netball player in the ANZ Championship, playing for the Queensland Firebirds.

An Australian-born New Zealand actress who rose to prominence playing Paikea Apirana (Pai), in the 2

An Australian-born New Zealand actress who rose to prominence playing Paikea Apirana (Pai), in the 2002 film Whale Rider. Castle-Hughes was cast as Pai at the age of eleven where she went from her Auckland classroom to the set in 2001. Whale Rider not only established Castle-Hughes as an actress but nominated her for many awards including an Academy Award for Best Actress of which she was the youngest female nominated in the Best Actress category.Since her debut, she has starred in four films, one of which she played the main character, the Virgin Mary in The Nativity Story. The others are Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, Hey, Hey, It’s Esther Blueburger and The Vintner's Luck.

Was a football (soccer) player who represented New Zealand internationally, appearing in all 3 match

Was a football (soccer) player who represented New Zealand internationally, appearing in all 3 matches of New Zealand's first FIFA World Cup finals appearance. Mackay made his full All Whites debut in a 4-0 win over Mexico on 20 August, 1980. He represent

An Australian physicist

An Australian physicist

Australian judge, was a Justice of the High Court of Australia.

Australian judge, was a Justice of the High Court of Australia.

Is an Australian cricketer, accountant and administrator. He was a right-handed batsman who played i

Is an Australian cricketer, accountant and administrator. He was a right-handed batsman who played in 25 first-class and nine List A limited-over matches for Tasmania between 1984-85 and 1987-88 without fulfilling his early promise. In his fifth match, he scored 121 against Queensland. He represented Sussex in 1986 at Second XI and Under-25 level, without breaking into the 1st XI. He was appointed as the Secretary & Chief Executive by the Marylebone Cricket Club on 30 January 2006, succeeding the retiring Roger Knight in October 2006. As Chief Executive of the MCC Bradshaw has a place on the administrative board of the England and Wales Cricket Board and it is reported that he was influential in the removal from office of England Coach Duncan Fletcher in April 2007.

An English mathematician who works in graph theory, stochastic processes, mathematical computing and

An English mathematician who works in graph theory, stochastic processes, mathematical computing and computational number theory

Was an Australian politician. He was an Australian Labor Party member of the New South Wales Legisla

Was an Australian politician. He was an Australian Labor Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1959 to 1965, representing the electorate of Lismore.In 1959, the state electorate of Lismore was considered highly safe for the conserv

Was an Australian cricketer who played in 8 Tests from 1931 to 1937. His cousin, Colin McDonald, als

Was an Australian cricketer who played in 8 Tests from 1931 to 1937. His cousin, Colin McDonald, also played for Victoria and Australia.

Was an Australian fencer. He competed at the 1956 and 1960 Summer Olympics.

Was an Australian fencer. He competed at the 1956 and 1960 Summer Olympics.

Was an Australian sportsman who played Australian rules football with Richmond in the Victorian Foot

Was an Australian sportsman who played Australian rules football with Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1920s and first-class cricket for Victoria. Not to be confused with Australian Test cricketer Keith Miller, who played in the Victorian Football League as well.

Was an English cricketer. He was a right-arm fast-medium bowler who took more than 250 first-class w

Was an English cricketer. He was a right-arm fast-medium bowler who took more than 250 first-class wickets. As a batsman he offered little, with a career batting average of under seven. He was born in Evesham. Aldridge debuted for Worcestershire during the 1956 season, in a game against Sussex, in which he scored a duck in each innings in which he batted, though he picked up two wickets with the ball in the first innings. Aldridge played frequently as the team's number 11 batsman during the 1956 season, taking the place of recently retired two-time Test cricketer Reg Perks. It was for Tasmania that he played his first cricket match for nearly two years against Victoria, but Aldridge was unable to make much of an impact for the team, playing just five further times until his final appearance for the side, just after Christmas in 1963. Aldridge was a tailend batsman for both his representative cricket teams in England and Australia, with seven five-wicket hauls to show for his fast-medium bowling over the eight years he played.

Was an Australian freestyle swimmer who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics. In 1920 he was elimina

Was an Australian freestyle swimmer who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics. In 1920 he was eliminated in the semi-finals of the 100 metre freestyle event as well as of the 400 metre freestyle competition. He swam in the semi-finals and helped the team

Keith Urban was born in Whangarei, New Zealand, though later moved with his parents to Caboolture, Q

Keith Urban was born in Whangarei, New Zealand, though later moved with his parents to Caboolture, Queensland, Australia. By age seven, Urban was already thinking about getting into the music business. He began learning the techniques at age six and began