Australian Famous Names Starting with Letter P

An Australian author. Robb spent his formative years in both Australia and New Zealand, and between

An Australian author. Robb spent his formative years in both Australia and New Zealand, and between 1978 and 1992 he spent most of his time in Naples and southern Italy, interspersed with sojourns in Brazil. At the end of 1992 he returned to Sydney.His first book, Midnight in Sicily, was published in Australia in October 1996. It won the Victorian Premier's Literary Prize for non-fiction in 1997

Australian politician

Australian politician

An Australian academic, historian, journalist and a novelist of historical[3] and crime fiction.[4].

An Australian academic, historian, journalist and a novelist of historical[3] and crime fiction.[4]. As crime fiction writer, he has been described as "the Godfather of contemporary Australian crime-writing".[4]Corris' secondary school education was at Melbourne High School[5][2] He was a Bachelor level student at the University of Melbourne, then gained a Master of Arts in History at Monash University.[2] Corris then studied at the Australian National University where he awarded a PhD in History.[1].

An Australian musician and politician

An Australian musician and politician

Plays first class cricket for the Southern Redbacks as a bowler. He has also played for South Austra

Plays first class cricket for the Southern Redbacks as a bowler. He has also played for South Australia Second XI. He has a right-hand batting style and bowls Right-arm fast-medium. Peter George is a bowler with a very similar mould and action to past hero Glenn McGrath. George had his first class debut for the Redbacks in November of the 2008/09 season.

Born on 31 October 1961 in Pukerua Bay, a coastal town near Wellington, New Zealand, Jackson was an

Born on 31 October 1961 in Pukerua Bay, a coastal town near Wellington, New Zealand, Jackson was an only child to Bill and Joan Jackson, both immigrants from England. As a child, Jackson was a keen film fan, growing up on Ray Harryhausen films as well as

Is an Australian politician

Is an Australian politician

Is an Australian former rugby league and rugby union footballer of the 1980s, 90s and 2000s. A Queen

Is an Australian former rugby league and rugby union footballer of the 1980s, 90s and 2000s. A Queensland State of Origin representative forward, he played ten seasons with the Brisbane Broncos and finished his career playing rugby union for the ACT Brumb

Is a former New Zealand All Black rugby test player who was banned by officialdom for 38 years for s

Is a former New Zealand All Black rugby test player who was banned by officialdom for 38 years for signing to join with the professional rugby league in England in 1950.

Is an Australian sprint canoer who competed in the late 1990s and early 2000s. He won a bronze medal

Is an Australian sprint canoer who competed in the late 1990s and early 2000s. He won a bronze medal in the K-4 1000 m event at the 1997 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Dartmouth.

Is a former New Zealand cricketer who played for the Central Districts Stags and played for Nelson,

Is a former New Zealand cricketer who played for the Central Districts Stags and played for Nelson, Manawatu and Hawke's Bay in the Hawke Cup. He is also the current coaching director of the Central Districts Stags cricket team. He was born in Napier.

(born on 31 July 1959 in Singapore) is an Australian golfer

(born on 31 July 1959 in Singapore) is an Australian golfer

Is an Austraian former footballer who played as a winger.He spent his entire career with NSL club Ma

Is an Austraian former footballer who played as a winger.He spent his entire career with NSL club Marconi. He started in 1977 until 1988. He made a total of 186 national league appearances. He also played on loan in Hong Kong for Eastern AA in the early 1

Was a football (soccer) player who represented New Zealand internationally, being part of the 1982 s

Was a football (soccer) player who represented New Zealand internationally, being part of the 1982 squad that participated at 1982 FIFA World Cup finals. He was a member of the squad that qualified for the 1982 FIFA World Cup finals in Spain, his sole app

Is the youngest jockey ever to win the Melbourne Cup. He won in 1876 riding Briseis at the recorded

Is the youngest jockey ever to win the Melbourne Cup. He won in 1876 riding Briseis at the recorded age of thirteen (he was actually twelve, being 8 days short of his thirteenth birthday). His record is unlikeley to be beaten as he rode in the Melbourne C

Was an Australian first-class cricketer who played for the New South Wales Blues and the Queensland

Was an Australian first-class cricketer who played for the New South Wales Blues and the Queensland Bulls later on in his career. A right-handed batsman, he played between 1983 and 1991. His best season came in 1984/85 when he made 919 runs in his 12 matches.

Was an Australian politician. Born in Rainbow, Victoria, he attended Longerenong Agricultural Colleg

Was an Australian politician. Born in Rainbow, Victoria, he attended Longerenong Agricultural College before becoming a farmer. In 1972, he was elected to the Australian House of Representatives as the Country Party member for Mallee. Fisher held the seat

Is a former New Zealand cricketer. Neutze played 15 first-class cricket matches and six limited-over

Is a former New Zealand cricketer. Neutze played 15 first-class cricket matches and six limited-over matches for Auckland, Northern Districts and Otago in his career.

Is a former Australian professional wrestler, best known for appearing in the World Wrestling Federa

Is a former Australian professional wrestler, best known for appearing in the World Wrestling Federation as Outback Jack from 1986 to 1988. He portrayed a northern Australian bushman coming to America to compete in the WWF. On the August 3, 1987 episode o

Was an Australian politician. He was a Liberal member of the New South Wales Legislative Council fro

Was an Australian politician. He was a Liberal member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1976 to 1988.In 1976, Philips was appointed as a Liberal member to the New South Wales Legislative Council. He was divorced from his first wife on 26 Apr

An Australian crime fiction writer.Formerly a journalist and journalism lecturer, Temple turned to f

An Australian crime fiction writer.Formerly a journalist and journalism lecturer, Temple turned to fiction writing in the 1990s. His Jack Irish novels (Bad Debts, Black Tide, Dead Point, and White Dog) are set in Melbourne, Australia, and feature an unusual lawyer-gambler protagonist. He has also written four stand-alone novels: An Iron Rose, Shooting Star, In the Evil Day (Identity Theory in the US), and The Broken Shore. He has won five Ned Kelly Awards for crime fiction, the most recent in 2006 for The Broken Shore, which also won the Colin Roderick Award for best Australian book and the Australian Book Publishers' Award for best general fiction. The Broken Shore also won the Crime Writers' Association Duncan Lawrie Dagger in 2007.[1]Temple is the first Australian to win a Gold Dagger.[2]

Was an Australian cricketer who played for the Tasmanian Tigers.Currently living in Brisbane, runnin

Was an Australian cricketer who played for the Tasmanian Tigers.Currently living in Brisbane, running a Fruit & Vegetable Wholesale business, Natures Fresh Food Market.

Is an Australian politician. He has been an Australian Labor Party member of the New South Wales Leg

Is an Australian politician. He has been an Australian Labor Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Council since 1996 and was also the President of the Legislative Council. Mr Primrose was previously the Labor member for Camden in the Legislativ

Is a former Australian politician. He was the Labor member for Balmain in the New South Wales Legisl

Is a former Australian politician. He was the Labor member for Balmain in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1984 to 1988.In 1976 he became a research officer for former Deputy Premier Jack Ferguson, before becoming a newspaper publisher in 198

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

Is a former professional tennis player from Australia. Tramacchi 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. 45 in 1999.