Australian Famous Names Starting with Letter R

Is an Australian cricket player, who plays for the Tasmanian Tigers. He plays club cricket for, and

Is an Australian cricket player, who plays for the Tasmanian Tigers. He plays club cricket for, and captains Tasmania University Cricket Club. Rhett is a right-handed middle order batsman who has recently been performing consistently for club side University. He has had limited opportunities to establish himself in the Tiger's line-up. On 18-20 November 2007, he assisted the Australian national side as a 12th man during the Hobart Test against Sri Lanka. In the first innings, he was involved in the run out of Farveez Maharoof and caught Michael Vandort off the bowling of Mitchell Johnson. In the second innings he was involved in the run out of Dilhara Fernando.

Is an Australian football (soccer) player, who currently plays for Canberra United FC in the Austral

Is an Australian football (soccer) player, who currently plays for Canberra United FC in the Australian W-League. She has represented Australia at the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup, 2004 Olympics and the 2006 AFC Women's Asian Cup.

An Australian entertainer.Burchmore gave her first major Australian breakthrough performance in the

An Australian entertainer.Burchmore gave her first major Australian breakthrough performance in the 1988 production of Sugar Babies, opposite Garry McDonald and Broadway theatre performer Eddie Bracken. Later that year, she reprised her role opposite Mickey Rooney and Ann Miller in London’s West End theatre production. Whilst in the U.K she also starred in the revival of Stop The World - I Want To Get Off.After a string of further stage performances, playwright David Atkins wrote a role especially for Burchmore in his tap dancing musical, Hot Shoe Shuffle. Then in 1997, she gave the Crown Casino in Melbourne its opening performance with her very own cabaret spectacular, Red Hot & Rhonda, playing to an audience of over 60,000. The year proved to be big for Burchmore, she also secured a role on Broadway in the Irving Berlin classic,

Is an Australian football (soccer) player who currently plays for A-League club Sydney FC as well as

Is an Australian football (soccer) player who currently plays for A-League club Sydney FC as well as Australia's U-20 team the 'young Socceroos'. On December 21, 2008, Rhyan Grant made his senior debut for Sydney FC against Perth Glory at the Sydney Footb

Is a stand-up comedian from New Zealand, known for his energetic physical comedy routines, telling s

Is a stand-up comedian from New Zealand, known for his energetic physical comedy routines, telling stories accompanied with mime and sound effects[1] of things such as machinery and animals.[2] Darby was nominated for the Billy T Award in 2001 and 2002.

A Welsh-Australian archeologist.

A Welsh-Australian archeologist.

Is a football (soccer) player who represented New Zealand at international level and plays for F.C.

Is a football (soccer) player who represented New Zealand at international level and plays for F.C. Indiana of the W-League.Percival made her Football Ferns debut in a 0-3 loss to China on 14 November 2006, and represented New Zealand at the 2007 FIFA Wom

Is a sports and performance consultant and a former Australian cricketer

Is a sports and performance consultant and a former Australian cricketer

A Filipino-Australian retired Olympic amateur boxer/amateur boxing coach and boxing instructor. He n

A Filipino-Australian retired Olympic amateur boxer/amateur boxing coach and boxing instructor. He now resides in Blacktown, Sydney, Australia.

Was an Australian Olympic wrestler. In 1934, he competed in the first of what was to be four consecu

Was an Australian Olympic wrestler. In 1934, he competed in the first of what was to be four consecutive Commonwealth Games (then called the British Empire Games, and in 1954, the British Empire and Commonwealth Games) – an achievement amplified by the tw

Is a New Zealand former rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s. His position of preference w

Is a New Zealand former rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s. His position of preference was in the centres.

Is a former New Zealand football (soccer) player who represented his country at the 1982 FIFA World

Is a former New Zealand football (soccer) player who represented his country at the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain. He is currently head coach of both the New Zealand national team, and A-League club side Wellington Phoenix.

Was a New Zealand runner who mostly competed in distances from 1500m to 10000m.He is best known for

Was a New Zealand runner who mostly competed in distances from 1500m to 10000m.He is best known for winning the 10000m at the 1974 Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand. In the race he won in a time of 27:46.4 minutes, beating Dave Black of Engl

Is a former New Zealand rower who won an Olympic silver medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.

Is a former New Zealand rower who won an Olympic silver medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.Along with Ross Collinge, Dudley Storey and Noel Mills he won the silver medal in the coxless four. After retiring as a competitive rower Tonks turned to c

Was a New Zealand-born Australian parliamentarian, businessman and Methodist Lay preacher.He was a m

Was a New Zealand-born Australian parliamentarian, businessman and Methodist Lay preacher.He was a member of the NSW Legislative Council from 1 November 1939 until his death, representing the United Australia Party and the Liberal Party of Australia. He w

Is a former Australian politician. He was the Country Liberal Party member for Jingili in the Northe

Is a former Australian politician. He was the Country Liberal Party member for Jingili in the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly from 1984 to 1997.

Is an Australian criketer who has played for the Tasmanian Tigers. Richard attended the Australian C

Is an Australian criketer who has played for the Tasmanian Tigers. Richard attended the Australian Cricket Academy in 1994 and toured to New Zealand with them in 1994/95. He is the younger brother of former Tasmanian first class player Nick Allanby.

Is a cricketer. He started well, captaining the New Zealand Under-19s cricket team in 1993/4. He wen

Is a cricketer. He started well, captaining the New Zealand Under-19s cricket team in 1993/4. He went on to represent the full senior side in one Test match and five One Day Internationals. Representing Auckland in a match against Wellington, he scored a

Is an Australian-Uruguayan footballer who plays for River Plate de Montevideo on loan from Siena.Due

Is an Australian-Uruguayan footballer who plays for River Plate de Montevideo on loan from Siena.Due to his Australian citizenship, Porta became the first Australian to play in Uruguay and the third Australian to play in South America, after Victor Crista

was a New Zealand rower, six times Single Sculls World Champion during the early part of the 20th c

was a New Zealand rower, six times Single Sculls World Champion during the early part of the 20th century.

Born Jacob Diedrich Arnst, was a New Zealand rower, six times Single Sculls World Champion during th

Born Jacob Diedrich Arnst, was a New Zealand rower, six times Single Sculls World Champion during the early part of the 20th century.Richard Arnst was the eighth of thirteen children born to Hermann and Catharina Arnst. The family lived at Tai Tapu near C

A judge, prominent legal academic and former military officer in Australia

A judge, prominent legal academic and former military officer in Australia

Is a former New South Wales and Australian cricketer.

Is a former New South Wales and Australian cricketer.

An Australian painter.Bell came to the attention of the wider community after his painting Scientia

An Australian painter.Bell came to the attention of the wider community after his painting Scientia E Metaphysica (Bell's Theorem) won the 2003 Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award. With the text "Aboriginal Art — It's A White Thing" prominently featured across the 240 × 240 cm work, it was a winner that divided the room on both political and aesthetic grounds. It was taken literally in some quarters and seen as an attack on other artists. Others saw it as an honest statement of things as they are in the eyes of this artist, and possibly something no one else has had the guts to state quite so publicly before. Many others employed uncomfortable laughter to hide behind.

Is a New Zealand sprint canoeist who competed in the early 1990s. He was eliminated in the semifinal

Is a New Zealand sprint canoeist who competed in the early 1990s. He was eliminated in the semifinals of the K-4 1000 m event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.