Australian Famous Names Starting with Letter R

Was an Australian pastoralist and politician. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Ass

Was an Australian pastoralist and politician. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1856 until 1860. He was born at the family's extensive estate on the Nepean River and was educated at Sydney College. He inherited a share of hi

Is a New Zealand sprint canoer who competed in the mid 1980s. At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Ang

Is a New Zealand sprint canoer who competed in the mid 1980s. At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, he was eliminated in the semifinals of the K-2 1000 m event.

Was an Australian first-class cricketer who played with New South Wales and represented them in the

Was an Australian first-class cricketer who played with New South Wales and represented them in the Sheffield Shield. Massie also served in World War I as an officer in the Australian Imperial Force, seeing action at Gallipoli and on the Western Front in France. Injuries sustained in the war ended his cricket career, but he had a successful business career, principally with British American Tobacco. In 1913 he won the NSW Amateur Boxing Heavy Weight Championship and the following year was state champion in the 120 yard hurdles. He also excelled at rifle-shooting and rowing.

Was an Australian politician.He was later an electorate assistant and served on Hobart City Council.

Was an Australian politician.He was later an electorate assistant and served on Hobart City Council. In 1990, he was appointed to the Australian Senate as a Democrat Senator for Tasmania, filling the casual vacancy caused by the resignation of Norm Sander

Australian politician

Australian politician

Was an Australian politician. He was the Labor member for Lockyer in the Queensland Legislative Asse

Was an Australian politician. He was the Labor member for Lockyer in the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 1918 to 1920.

Is a former Test and first-class cricketer. A right-handed batsman and left-arm orthodox spin bowler

Is a former Test and first-class cricketer. A right-handed batsman and left-arm orthodox spin bowler in his playing career, Inverarity was also one of the enduring captains in the Australian Sheffield Shield during the late 1970s and early 1980s.

Has played in four Tests and seven One Day Internationals for New Zealand in 1996.

Has played in four Tests and seven One Day Internationals for New Zealand in 1996.

Was an Australian politician, and a member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1977

Was an Australian politician, and a member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1977 until 1993 representing the seats of Gosnells and Armadale.He was preselected for the new seat of Gosnells ahead of the 1977 state election, beating Nick C

Is an Australian cricketer who is a member of the Victorian Bushrangers side. He is a Left Handed Hi

Is an Australian cricketer who is a member of the Victorian Bushrangers side. He is a Left Handed Higher Middle Order Batsman & Right Arm Medium Bowler. He also plays for Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League.

Was a New Zealand cricketer who played 15 first-class matches between the 1873–74 and 1893–94 se

Was a New Zealand cricketer who played 15 first-class matches between the 1873–74 and 1893–94 seasons, all for Auckland. Yates scored only one half-century, making precisely 50 against Wellington at Auckland Domain in April 1887. He acted as captain for t

Known as Bob or Rob is a former first-class South Australian cricketer. Zadow abandoned a promising

Known as Bob or Rob is a former first-class South Australian cricketer. Zadow abandoned a promising SANFL career by moving to England in 1976 to play as an overseas amateur for Flowery Field Cricket Club in the Saddleworth and District League. From 1979/80 he started to play regular first-class cricket for South Australia and was soon chosen to captain the side. In 32 matches (59 innings) he scored 1472 runs at an average of 26.28 including 2 x 100s and 5 x 50s. After retirement from state cricket he went on to play for many years for his Adelaide grade club, Tea Tree Gully CC, where he became the highest run-scorer in South Australian grade cricket history with 9318, second only now to Wayne Bradbrook - Northern Districts CC with 9619 runs. The Rob Zadow Medal (the award presented to the Best Player of the One Day District Grand Final) was won in February 2008 by Cameron Borgas for the final between Sturt CC and Tea Tree Gully CC.

Was a Scottish-born New Zealand cricketer who played for Otago. Johnston made two first-class appear

Was a Scottish-born New Zealand cricketer who played for Otago. Johnston made two first-class appearances for the team, between 1873 and 1874, both against Canterbury.

A Western Australian artist who has also been an illustrator, art teacher, sculptor and printmaker.H

A Western Australian artist who has also been an illustrator, art teacher, sculptor and printmaker.He taught art at Perth College, Hale School in the 1950's and at Guildford Grammar School in the 1960's. In the 1960's Bob Juniper's trips into the Australian outback inspired the subjects of much of his abstract style of art. He designed the coat of arms for the Commonwealth Law Courts in Perth, in 1992. His works are held in mumerous collections, including Art Gallery of Western Australia, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Australian National Gallery, National Gallery of Victoria, Queensland Art Gallery and Parliament House, Canberra

Is the Deputy Premier of Victoria

Is the Deputy Premier of Victoria

Is a retired weightlifter from Australia, who won the silver medal in the Lightheavyweight (82.5 kg

Is a retired weightlifter from Australia, who won the silver medal in the Lightheavyweight (82.5 kg) category at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Kabbas became president of the Australian weightlifting federation in October 2007.

Was an Australian constructivist sculptor and teacher. He is often described in contemporary art lit

Was an Australian constructivist sculptor and teacher. He is often described in contemporary art literature as Australia's greatest sculptor. Throughout his career he produced some 1,300 pieces of sculpture and approximately 5,000 drawings.At the age of six he made his first model ship after being taken on a ferry ride on Sydney Harbour. Model making became a passion. He trained to work in the wool industry but in 1939 he joined the Royal Australian Navy. He was employed to make models of planes while he was serving in the Defensively Equipped Merchant Ships at the Gunnery Instruction Centre during World War II.

Was a New Zealand business man who founded the Farmers Trading Company, the first department store i

Was a New Zealand business man who founded the Farmers Trading Company, the first department store in New Zealand. He was also a Christian writer and philanthropist.[1] In 2008, the Bible College of New Zealand renamed itself Laidlaw College in recognition of his role as one of the College's founders, and because of "his significant influence in both society and church"

Was an Australian cricket player, who played for the Tasmanian Tigers. He was a right-handed batsman

Was an Australian cricket player, who played for the Tasmanian Tigers. He was a right-handed batsman who only represented the team from 1977 until 1982.

Is a professor of politics at La Trobe University

Is a professor of politics at La Trobe University

Is an Australian football (soccer) player for Persema Malang. An attacking midfielder, Gaspar is a f

Is an Australian football (soccer) player for Persema Malang. An attacking midfielder, Gaspar is a former player of Malaysian side Sabah FA where he played for 2 seasons and in this time he reached the Malaysian cup final. Robert also spent 2 years with

Is a former Australian, Victorian and Western Australian cricketer and played for a time also with t

Is a former Australian, Victorian and Western Australian cricketer and played for a time also with the Marylebone Cricket Club in Britain.

He studied medicine at the University of Adelaide

He studied medicine at the University of Adelaide

Has been Chief Scientific Adviser to HM Government, President of the Royal Society, and a Professor

Has been Chief Scientific Adviser to HM Government, President of the Royal Society, and a Professor at Sydney, Princeton, Oxford, and Imperial College London. He is a Fellow of Merton College, Oxford and crossbencher in the House of Lords and President El

Is a creative writing instructor

Is a creative writing instructor