Australian Famous Names Starting with Letter O

Was an Austrian-born American inventor who held numerous patents.The "Flashmatic" remote control, in

Was an Austrian-born American inventor who held numerous patents.The "Flashmatic" remote control, invented by Eugene Polley, another engineer at Zenith, was the first wireless remote control, replacing the signal cable based remote control devices, which never were a success. The Flashmatic used directional flashlight in the transmitter device, and photo cells in the television set itself. One of the major shortcomings of this technology was that if the television set was exposed to direct sunlight, it could trigger one of the remote control functions inadvertently due to the lack of sufficient protection circuitry, which is why the engineers at Zenith had to go back to the drawing board.

Is a former New Zealand rugby league player and the current Australian Powerlifting champion.Manuel

Is a former New Zealand rugby league player and the current Australian Powerlifting champion.Manuel played for the Warriors for two seasons, winning the Rookie of the Year award in 1999. In 2000 he represented the New Zealand Maori at the World Cup. He th

Is a retired professional cyclist, who commenced her cycling career in 2001 at the age of 21.Her gre

Is a retired professional cyclist, who commenced her cycling career in 2001 at the age of 21.Her greatest success as a road cyclist has arguably been in Australian tours, including the Australian Criterium, Bay Series Criterium and the Geelong Tour, with

Is a Samoan Oceania and South Pacific Games Champion in weightlifting. At one time he held 5 South

Is a Samoan Oceania and South Pacific Games Champion in weightlifting. At one time he held 5 South Pacific records in two different weight classes. In his final appearance at the 2002 Commonwealth Games he got a silver in the "clean and jerk" and a bronz

Was a Lithuanian-Australian conservationist and nature photographer.He was a key figure in the attem

Was a Lithuanian-Australian conservationist and nature photographer.He was a key figure in the attempt to stop the damming of the ecologically sensitive Lake Pedder in South West Tasmania by the Hydro Electricity Commission. His photographs, along with those of his protege, Peter Dombrovskis, helped raise public awareness of the importance of the south-west Tasmania.

Was an Australian journalist, novelist and short story writer.Masters wrote as a journalist for most

Was an Australian journalist, novelist and short story writer.Masters wrote as a journalist for most of her life, and supplemented the family income by writing for local newspapers in the towns she lived in with her husband. On their return to Sydney, she wrote for papers such as The Manly Daily and The Sydney Morning Herald.While she wanted to write fiction from an early age, she was not published as a writer of fiction until the late 1970s. During this decade she wrote several radio plays, receiving many rejections, but on 29 April 1977, her radio play The Penny Ha-penny Stamp was broadcast.[3] However with the publication of her short story, Call me Pinkie, in The Sydney Morning Herald in 1978, she moved from writing drama to prose fiction.[3] Between 1979 and 1980, she won nine awards for her short stories.[4] She wrote fiction full-time from 1982, after the publication of The Home Girls.[5]

Is an Australian footballer who currently plays for Aldershot Town on loan from Reading. He is a lef

Is an Australian footballer who currently plays for Aldershot Town on loan from Reading. He is a left sided attacking midfielder. Bozanic started his professional career with Australian A-League side Central Coast Mariners, where he was one of the locals

Was a businessman and Lord Mayor of Melbourne.Nilsen was elected to the Melbourne City Council in 19

Was a businessman and Lord Mayor of Melbourne.Nilsen was elected to the Melbourne City Council in 1934, representing the Gipps Ward. He sat on the electric-supply committee for thirty years. He was elected Lord Mayor of Melbourne in August 1951 and served

Was an Australian bantamweight professional boxer who tied for bronze against Brunon Bendig in Boxin

Was an Australian bantamweight professional boxer who tied for bronze against Brunon Bendig in Boxing at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

Is a former weightlifting competitor for New Zealand.

Is a former weightlifting competitor for New Zealand.

Is a professional Australian tennis player. The right-hander was born in and lives in Melbourne, Aus

Is a professional Australian tennis player. The right-hander was born in and lives in Melbourne, Australia. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 138, which she reached on 7 December 2009. Her career high in doubles is 170, which she reached on 20 September

The first directly elected President of Republic of Singapore

The first directly elected President of Republic of Singapore

Is a former tennis player from New Zealand, who was among the world’s top 20 for five years and in

Is a former tennis player from New Zealand, who was among the world’s top 20 for five years and in 1971 and 1972 he reached the quarterfinals at Wimbledon. He made the final of the Australian Open in 1973, losing to John Newcombe in four sets, and was a U.S. Open quarterfinalist in 1973 and also a quarterfinalist at the French Open in 1975.

Is a New Zealand rugby union footballer who plays for the Auckland Blues Super 14 franchise and Auck

Is a New Zealand rugby union footballer who plays for the Auckland Blues Super 14 franchise and Auckland in the Air New Zealand Cup.

Was an Australian poet, political activist, artist and educator. She was also a campaigner for Abori

Was an Australian poet, political activist, artist and educator. She was also a campaigner for Aboriginal rights.[2] Oodgeroo was best known for her poetry, and was the first Aboriginal Australian to publish a book of verse.[3]Oodgeroo loved the sea and the seashore, but not her schooling. She wrote with her left hand, and was punished for it. She left school at age 13 in 1933, at the height of the Depression, to work as a domestic servant in Brisbane.[2] In 1942, during World War II with her brothers Eddie and Eric imprisoned as POWs in Singapore, she volunteered for war service in the Australian Women's Army Service.[4] As a communication worker in Army HQ in Brisbane she received training in book keeping, typing and shorthand, reaching the rank of corporal.[citation needed] During her war service “Oodgeroo noticed a big difference in the way she was treated once she had enlisted. She experienced social equality.”[4]

Is an Australian football (soccer) player who currently plays for North Queensland Fury. His older b

Is an Australian football (soccer) player who currently plays for North Queensland Fury. His older bother Zaki Malik is also a footballer who plays in the FFSA Super League for the Adelaide Galaxy. Malik signed for Adelaide United's youth squad at the com

Is a former Australian international footballer who played as a central midfielder. Crino played pri

Is a former Australian international footballer who played as a central midfielder. Crino played primarily in the National Soccer League with South Melbourne, Footscray JUST and Preston. A regular player in the Australian national side through the 1980s C

Is a basketball player who currently plays for the New Zealand Breakers in the Australian National B

Is a basketball player who currently plays for the New Zealand Breakers in the Australian National Basketball League. Forman played for the Adelaide 36ers from 2001 until 2006, winning a championship in 2002, before moving to the Breakers at the end of th

Is a Fijian football striker playing for Fiji national football team and Lautoka F.C.. Nicknamed Ozz

Is a Fijian football striker playing for Fiji national football team and Lautoka F.C.. Nicknamed Ozzy, he participated in South Pacific Games 2007 (where he was the tournament's top goalscorer with 10 goals) and the ongoing 2010 FIFA World Cup qualificati

A geographer best known for his role in strengthening geography

A geographer best known for his role in strengthening geography

Is an Australian/Turkish professional footballer (soccer) that is a defender who signed for Denizlis

Is an Australian/Turkish professional footballer (soccer) that is a defender who signed for Denizlispor at the January 2010 winter transfer-window on a 3 + 2 year contract, however will join the squad in June 2010.

Is an Australian strongman. Otto Acron was born May 12, 1935 as Alexander James Alsop in Sydney, Aus

Is an Australian strongman. Otto Acron was born May 12, 1935 as Alexander James Alsop in Sydney, Australia to Lilly Elizabeth and James Gess Alsop. He had two brothers, Ken his older and Ian his younger brother. His father worked on the railways as a boil

Was an Austrian-American mathematician and historian of science who became known for his research on

Was an Austrian-American mathematician and historian of science who became known for his research on the history of astronomy and the other exact (i.e., mathematical) sciences in antiquity and into the Middle Ages. By studying clay tablets he discovered that the ancient Babylonians knew much more about mathematics and astronomy than had been previously realized. He has been called "most original and productive scholar of the history of the exact sciences, perhaps of the history of science, of our age." (from the N.A.S. biography).

Was an Australian cricketer who played in one Test in 1928, as well as representing Australia at rug

Was an Australian cricketer who played in one Test in 1928, as well as representing Australia at rugby union. He is the only Australian rugby / cricket dual international. He attended Brisbane Grammar School and the University of Sydney whilst living in St Andrew's College, Sydney

Was a rugby union player who represented Australia.Fox, a wing, was born in Kogarah, New South Wales

Was a rugby union player who represented Australia.Fox, a wing, was born in Kogarah, New South Wales and claimed 1 international rugby cap for Australia.