Australian Famous Names Starting with Letter L

Was a cricketer who played one One Day International for New Zealand in 1979. Stott was a lower-orde

Was a cricketer who played one One Day International for New Zealand in 1979. Stott was a lower-order right-handed batsman and a medium-paced right-arm bowler who played New Zealand domestic cricket for Auckland for 15 seasons from 1969/70 - 1983/84. His

Was a New Zealand cricketer who played one Test for New Zealand, against England in March 1955. Play

Was a New Zealand cricketer who played one Test for New Zealand, against England in March 1955. Playing as a specialist batsman, Watt made two runs in two innings, as he was twice bowled by England's bowlers. In first class cricket he played a total of 48 matches, making just over 2,000 runs at a batting average of 23.30 - often opening the batting for Otago with Bert Sutcliffe, whose first-class average was just over twice of Watt's.

A boxer, who lives in Melbourne, Australia. He was world boxing champion in 1985 winning the IBF sup

A boxer, who lives in Melbourne, Australia. He was world boxing champion in 1985 winning the IBF super lightweight world title and also won the WBF Welterweight division 1993, IBO Light Welterweight (aka Super Lightweight) division in 1994, IBO Lightweight division in 1995.

An Australian football (soccer) player of Turkish descent. He plays as a defender.

An Australian football (soccer) player of Turkish descent. He plays as a defender.

Is a footballer who currently plays for HB Tórshavn. He usually plays as a left midfielder or up-fr

Is a footballer who currently plays for HB Tórshavn. He usually plays as a left midfielder or up-front. Previously he played for Skála ÍF, EB Streymur and B36 Tórshavn. He has been capped at full international level by the Faroe Islands.

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

Was an Australian politician. He was a Labor member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, representing Cobar from 1965 to 1968 and Broken Hill from 1968 to 1981.In 1965, when Ernest Wetherell, the Labor member for the state seat of Cobar, retired,

Was an Australian politician. Born in Subotica in the former Yugoslavia (now located in Serbia), he

Was an Australian politician. Born in Subotica in the former Yugoslavia (now located in Serbia), he was a stationmaster before entering politics. In 1980, he was elected to the Australian House of Representatives as the Labor member for Hotham.[1] He held

An Australian painter and visual artist, known for his portraits and figurative works. His father Pe

An Australian painter and visual artist, known for his portraits and figurative works. His father Peter Miller was a painter in the social realist tradition. His sister Lisa Miller is an Australian singer/songwriter.Lewis studied painting at the Victorian College of the Arts in Melbourne from 1977 to 1979, and then travelled to London, Europe and Malaysia. He held his first solo exhibition in 1986 and is represented in the National Gallery of Australia, state and private galleries. In 1998 he won the prestigious Archibald Prize,[1] which brought him greater prominence and lead to many further commissions. He has travelled widely, including trips to the USA in 1998, 2000, 2003 and 2005.

S a prominent Australian lawyer and a judge in the Supreme Court of Victoria

S a prominent Australian lawyer and a judge in the Supreme Court of Victoria

is a field hockey defender from Australia, who was a member of the team that won the golden medal a

is a field hockey defender from Australia, who was a member of the team that won the golden medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens by beating title holders The Netherlands in the final.

Is a rugby league player who currently plays for the Newtown Jets in the New South Wales Cup. He pla

Is a rugby league player who currently plays for the Newtown Jets in the New South Wales Cup. He plays as a half-back or five-eighth. He is the brother of Kieran Foran.

Is an Australian minor league baseball player. He is currently a pitcher in the Minnesota Twins orga

Is an Australian minor league baseball player. He is currently a pitcher in the Minnesota Twins organisation.He debuted for the Perth Heat in the 2008 Claxton Shield and went 3-0 with a 1.90 ERA and 25 K's, a competition high. Liam was then added to the A

Is a New Zealand association football player who currently plays for Glenfield Rovers in the Norther

Is a New Zealand association football player who currently plays for Glenfield Rovers in the Northern Premier League. Born in England he moved to New Zealand at a young age where he played his junior football for Waitakere City (formerly Massey AFC) footb

Is an Australia cricketer who played in the 2002 Under 19 Cricket World Cup in New Zealand. An openi

Is an Australia cricketer who played in the 2002 Under 19 Cricket World Cup in New Zealand. An opening batsman, he made his List A debut for the Western Warriors in January 2006, replacing Adam Voges who was suspended and his first-class debut in November 2007. After making his debut century in January 2008 he was seen as a replacement for the retiring Justin Langer.

An award-winning Australian novelist. He was born in Melbourne, where until 2007, he taught creative

An award-winning Australian novelist. He was born in Melbourne, where until 2007, he taught creative writing at the Chisholm Institute of Technology in Frankston.Educated at St Bede's College, Melbourne and Melbourne Teacher's College. Davison was awarded the National Book Council's Banjo Award for Fiction in 1993 and has been shortlisted for several literary prizes such as The Age Book of the Year Award and the Victorian Premier's Literary Award. His work is characterised by its sharp and perceptive insights into Australian history and landscape.

Is an Australian football (soccer) player who was recently released from Australian A-League club Br

Is an Australian football (soccer) player who was recently released from Australian A-League club Brisbane Roar. He is currently on a three year contract with the Hyundai A-League team, Sydney FC.He formerly played for the Newcastle Jets in the inaugural

Is a retired field hockey forward, who twice won the golden medal with the Australian Women’s Hock

Is a retired field hockey forward, who twice won the golden medal with the Australian Women’s Hockey Team, best known as the Hockeyroos, at the Summer Olympics: in Seoul (1988) and in Atlanta, Georgia (1996).

Is a member of the New Zealand Parliament and was Minister of Commerce, Minister of Food Safety and

Is a member of the New Zealand Parliament and was Minister of Commerce, Minister of Food Safety and Associated Minister of Justice in the Fifth Labour Government of New Zealand.[1] She resigned from Cabinet on 20 February 2004 after apparently lying about

Is a Australian association footballer currently playing for Newcastle United Jets.

Is a Australian association footballer currently playing for Newcastle United Jets.

A contemporary Australian poet.Lidija Cvetkovic was born in the former Yugoslavia and emigrated to A

A contemporary Australian poet.Lidija Cvetkovic was born in the former Yugoslavia and emigrated to Australia with her family in 1980. She earned a BA at the University of Queensland and has worked as a teacher and currently as a psychologist. Her writing draws on her Yugoslav heritage and the former country's history in an intensely lyrical manner. Her War is Not the Season for Figs won the 2003 Thomas Shapcott Poetry Prize and the 2004 Anne Elder Award.

An Australian author. She has also written for several publications, including The Age, and manages

An Australian author. She has also written for several publications, including The Age, and manages insideadog.com.au, a website for teenagers about books, as part of her role at the Centre For Youth Literature at the State Library of Victoria.Wilkinson was born in Melbourne, the daughter of prominent children's author, Carole Wilkinson, and film and television sound recordist, John Wilkinson. She attended Spensley Street Primary School and Mac.Robertson Girls' High School and has referred to her high school self as "a bit of a nerd". Heavily involved in drama, in Year 7 she played Aphrodite in a musical version of The Odyssey.

An award-winning Australian novelist, essayist and poet who now lives in New York City. Much of her

An award-winning Australian novelist, essayist and poet who now lives in New York City. Much of her writing deals with her Jewish family semi-biographically and with her feelings about the Holocaust.During World War II Brett's parents Max and Rose survived six years in the Lódz ghettos in Poland, before being taken to Auschwitz concentration camp where they were eventually separated. It took them six months to find each other again after the war ended in 1945. Brett was born in a displaced persons' camp in Germany in 1946. She was aged two (1948) before her parents were able to leave Germany and emigrate to Melbourne, Australia.

Is the 4th Chief Minister of the State of Penang and Secretary-General of the Malaysian Democratic A

Is the 4th Chief Minister of the State of Penang and Secretary-General of the Malaysian Democratic Action Party

Was a Scottish-Aboriginal Koori Artist of Wiradjuri descent[1] from Melbourne, Australia.Onus was a

Was a Scottish-Aboriginal Koori Artist of Wiradjuri descent[1] from Melbourne, Australia.Onus was a largely self-taught artist who began as a motor mechanic before making artifacts for the tourist market with his father's business, Aboriginal Enterprise Novelties.[2] Onus was a successful painter, sculptor and maker of prints. His painting Barmah Forest won Canberra's national Aboriginal Heritage Award in 1994.[3]Onus' works often involve symbolism from Aboriginal styles of painting, along with recontextualisation of modern artistic elements. The images in his works include haunting portrayals of the Barmah red gum forests of his father's ancestral country, and the use of rarrk cross-hatching-based based painting style that he learned (and was given permission to use)[4] when visiting the Indigenous communities of Maningrida.

An Australian writer and performance artist, and is the co-founder of a political theatre performanc

An Australian writer and performance artist, and is the co-founder of a political theatre performance group called Difficult Women.Van Hek was born in Melbourne but lived in Europe and India for some years. Returning to Australia in the 70s, she built a stone house on the Brass Knocker Creek near the Wadbilliga river and state forest in the southeastern corner of New South Wales.Van Hek was the lead singer of the electro-dance band called Skin the Wig in the 80s. She co-wrote and sung the song Intimacy which was part of The Terminator film. She recorded a solo CD River of Life featuring songs of New Zealand writer, Kath Tait.