Australian Famous Names Starting with Letter R

Captained the Australian Women's Cricket team on four occasions. She was born on 3 August 1945 in Sh

Captained the Australian Women's Cricket team on four occasions. She was born on 3 August 1945 in Shepparton, Victoria and made her Test debut against New Zealand in 1972.[1] A right handed batswoman and right arm fast-medium bowler, she scored 162 runs in her 16 tests and took 57 wickets at 18.24 with a best of 5 for 33. She played 23 one day internationals, scoring 207 runs and taking 24 wickets at 18.66. She played her last Test against England in 1985.

Is a New Zealand soccer player, currently playing for NZFC outfit Team Wellington.De Gregorio began

Is a New Zealand soccer player, currently playing for NZFC outfit Team Wellington.De Gregorio began his senior club career with Wellington United in 1997 before spending time in Europe with Bohemian F.C., Dordrecht and Clyde. He returned to New Zealand in

A retired Adjunct Professor

A retired Adjunct Professor

Was an Italian writer. He is primarily remembered now as the author of the main eyewitness account o

Was an Italian writer. He is primarily remembered now as the author of the main eyewitness account of events at the Eureka Stockade in Ballarat, Australia.He was born in Urbino, Italy in 1817. Dedicated to the cause of Italian nationalism, he fought with the forces of Mazzini and Garibaldi to free Italy from Austrian influence. After the fall of the Roman Republic (1849–1850), he fled to London and then to Melbourne. He arrived on the Ballarat goldfields in 1853, and became a member of the miners' central committee. By the time of the Eureka Stockade he had been on or around the goldfields for almost two years. On November 30, 1854, he called on all miners "irrespective of nationality, religion or colour to salute the Southern Cross as a refuge of all the oppressed from all countries on Earth." When the stockade was attacked om December 3, 1854

Is a former female boxer who currently lives in Melbourne, Australia.Mako's career in boxing spanned

Is a former female boxer who currently lives in Melbourne, Australia.Mako's career in boxing spanned over the 2 years of 2000 to 2001,but in that time she provided female boxing with pazzazz and glamour with her amazonian physique and film star looks - a

Is a former Australian politician. He was an Australian Labor Party member of the South Australian H

Is a former Australian politician. He was an Australian Labor Party member of the South Australian House of Assembly between 1993 and 2002, representing the electorate of Ross Smith. He was the deputy leader of the State Parliamentary Labor Party, and thu

A British-born botanist and geologist

A British-born botanist and geologist

Australian politician, was Treasurer for the final years of the Keating Labor Government

Australian politician, was Treasurer for the final years of the Keating Labor Government

Is a Australian tennis player of of Pakistani descent. Junaid is based in Melbourne, Victoria. He us

Is a Australian tennis player of of Pakistani descent. Junaid is based in Melbourne, Victoria. He usually plays doubles with Philipp Marx from Germany. Rameez is currently ranked top 100 in doubles, and has also played doubles with Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi be

Is a former field hockey player from New Zealand, who was a member of the national team that won the

Is a former field hockey player from New Zealand, who was a member of the national team that won the golden medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.After a long and distinguished playing career, Patel has continued to serve hockey well as an adminis

Is an Australian sprint canoer who competed in the 1990s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won a

Is an Australian sprint canoer who competed in the 1990s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the K-4 1000 m event at Barcelona in 1992.

Is a former water polo player from Australia, who competed for his native country at two consecutive

Is a former water polo player from Australia, who competed for his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1976. He finished in 11th and 7th position with the Australian National Men's Team.

Was an Australian poet, novelist, short story writer and Queensland state politician.Bedford had a s

Was an Australian poet, novelist, short story writer and Queensland state politician.Bedford had a short story accepted by The Bulletin in 1886, the first of many contributions. In 1888 he worked for a time on the Argus (Broken Hill, NSW), and in 1889 on The Age, Melbourne for about two years. Freelancing followed, verse, short stories and sketches, written while travelling in Australia searching for payable mining fields. From 1901 to 1904 Bedford was in Europe and wrote a series of travel sketches. In 1916 these were collected and published under the title of Explorations in Civilization. His first novel, True Eyes and the Whirlwind, appeared in London in 1903, and his Snare of Strength was published two years later.

Was an Australian politician.He served in the Australian Imperial Force from 1943 to 1945 as a serge

Was an Australian politician.He served in the Australian Imperial Force from 1943 to 1945 as a sergeant in the Pacific Islands Light AA Unit. Having joined the Australian Labor Party he became president of the Clifton Hill branch from 1952 to 1955 and pre

Is a New Zealand rugby union player. He played at the hooker position. In 1977 he captained the All

Is a New Zealand rugby union player. He played at the hooker position. In 1977 he captained the All Blacks to a series win over the British Lions and played 3 games for the World Invitation XV in South Africa. In 2006, Norton was made a Member of the New

S a British freelance researcher and theoretician in both architecture and cybernetics.

S a British freelance researcher and theoretician in both architecture and cybernetics.

Is a New Zealand wrestler who represented New Zealand in graeco-roman wrestling in the 63 kg class

Is a New Zealand wrestler who represented New Zealand in graeco-roman wrestling in the 63 kg class at the 2000 Summer Olympics; see Wrestling at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Is a Fijian rugby union player. He plays as a centre or wing for Stade Rochelais. Rabeni is also ren

Is a Fijian rugby union player. He plays as a centre or wing for Stade Rochelais. Rabeni is also renowned in both club and international level for his physicality and bone crunching tackles, earning him the nickname "Rambo". Rabeni made his Sevens debut i

Is a New Zealand netball player. Everitt played in the ANZ Championship for the Northern Mystics fro

Is a New Zealand netball player. Everitt played in the ANZ Championship for the Northern Mystics from 2008?09.

A professional New Zealand kickboxer, boxer and martial artist. He is five time Muay Thai World cham

A professional New Zealand kickboxer, boxer and martial artist. He is five time Muay Thai World champion and eight time K-1 World Grand Prix Finals tournament participant, currently living in Las Vegas, NV and training with Xtreme Couture

Was an Australian football (soccer) player.

Was an Australian football (soccer) player.

Is a former Australian basketball player who competed in the National Basketball League. Borner play

Is a former Australian basketball player who competed in the National Basketball League. Borner played 518 NBL games over 22 seasons for four separate teams: (Coburg/North Melbourne, Illawarra/Wollongong, Geelong and Canberra.

Is an Australian fencer. He competed in the team foil event at the 1956 Summer Olympics.

Is an Australian fencer. He competed in the team foil event at the 1956 Summer Olympics.

An Australian artist born in Melbourne. He won the Archibald Prize in 1969 with a portrait of George

An Australian artist born in Melbourne. He won the Archibald Prize in 1969 with a portrait of George Johnston.His painting The Offering (1971) is in the Vatican Museum collection. Many of his works are in Australian galleries. He is known for serene views of Islander people and ocean landscapes, many of which are based on the art of Gauguin. He spent time in Townsville, Cape York and other parts of northern Australia during the Second World War. Returning from the Second World War, he enrolled in Art School at Swinburne University of Technology and later travelled to New Guinea, Tahiti and Fiji. While a portrait of his won the Archibald Prize in 1969, he is not known usually for portrait painting. He has received an Order of Australia medal.

Is an Australian backstroke swimmer. Hass immigrated to Australia with his family in 1993, and compl

Is an Australian backstroke swimmer. Hass immigrated to Australia with his family in 1993, and completed his schooling at Ivanhoe Grammar School. After swimming the heat of the 4 × 200 freestyle relay at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, J