Australian Famous Names Starting with Letter S

An Australian singer/songwriter best known for fronting the band Baby Animals (1989-1994).Dishearten

An Australian singer/songwriter best known for fronting the band Baby Animals (1989-1994).Disheartened by the record company's attempt to slide her into a pop career, and missing not working with a band, she returned to Australia in mid 1989, where she and fellow Perth musicians Frank Celenza, Eddie Parise, and Dave Leslie formed the band Baby Animals. The band met with success in their native Australia, releasing two albums, touring with Van Halen, and winning various awards before permanently disbanding in 1996. [2] This was mostly due to legal battles with their record label Imago and Suze's throat surgery in 1993, which forced the band to cut short the tour for their second album.

Is a field hockey defender from New Zealand, who finished sixth with her national team at the 2000 S

Is a field hockey defender from New Zealand, who finished sixth with her national team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. She also competed with The Black Sticks at the 1998 and the 2002 Commonwealth Games, and at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, w

Is an Australian-Croatian women's basketball player who plays in Australia and the American WNBA. Th

Is an Australian-Croatian women's basketball player who plays in Australia and the American WNBA. The 6'4", 195-pound Batkovic is a bruising center known for her physical play and dominance inside. She played on Australia's two-time silver medal-winning "

Is an Australian-Croatian women's basketball player who plays in Australia and the American WNBA. Th

Is an Australian-Croatian women's basketball player who plays in Australia and the American WNBA. The 6'4", 195-pound Batkovic-Brown is a bruising center known for her physical play and dominance inside. She played on Australia's two-time silver medal-win

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

Is a former professional tennis player from Australia. Ball enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won 7 doubles titles and finished runner-up an additional 14 times. Partnering Bob Giltinan, Ball finished runner-up

Is a former New Zealand rugby league player.He represented New Zealand at the 1995 Rugby League Worl

Is a former New Zealand rugby league player.He represented New Zealand at the 1995 Rugby League World Cup where he tested positive for ephedrine.

Is an Australian businessman and property developer and sailor. Most noted for his sailing, Fischer

Is an Australian businessman and property developer and sailor. Most noted for his sailing, Fischer is described as Australia's most successful offshore sailor. He has skippered numerous yachts, notably several named Ragamuffin and has competed in six Adm

Was an Australian rugby union player, a state and national representative half-back who captained th

Was an Australian rugby union player, a state and national representative half-back who captained the Wallabies' on 45 occasions between 1928 and 1933. His first representative rugby union appearances were on the 1927-28 Waratahs tour of Britain, France a

Was an Australian politician and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly between 1941 a

Was an Australian politician and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly between 1941 and 1962. In parliament he variously represented the United Australia Party, the Liberal Party of Australia and served two terms as a conservative independe

Played eight matches for the All Blacks in 1896 & 1897 and he was also a New Zealand cricketer. In 1

Played eight matches for the All Blacks in 1896 & 1897 and he was also a New Zealand cricketer. In 1909-10 Orchard took a hat-trick for the Canterbury Wizards against the Auckland Aces in Auckland. His great-grandson Mark Orchard plays for the Northern Di

Sometimes known as Edward Sydney Gregory, was a cricketer who played for New South Wales and Austral

Sometimes known as Edward Sydney Gregory, was a cricketer who played for New South Wales and Australia. At the time of his retirement, he had played a world-record 58 Test matches during a career spanning 1890 to 1912. A right-handed batsman, he was also a renowned fielder, particularly at cover point. Test debut (cap 58) 21 July 1890 v England, Last Test 19 August 1912 v England. He is one of only three cricketers to have batted in every position of the batting order, from one to eleven, in his Test career.

A right-handed opening batsman, Graham Gedye played unobtrusively for Auckland for several seasons b

A right-handed opening batsman, Graham Gedye played unobtrusively for Auckland for several seasons before coming into prominence with two centuries in the match against Central Districts in 1963-64.

Was an Australian politician. Having joined the Balmain Labour League in 1891, he was elected to the

Was an Australian politician. Having joined the Balmain Labour League in 1891, he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the member for Balmain South in 1894. In 1902 he resigned from the party to become an Independent Labor member, bu

Was an Australian politician.From 1904 he was a member of the Farmers' and Settlers' Association, an

Was an Australian politician.From 1904 he was a member of the Farmers' and Settlers' Association, and in 1903 he was elected as a Liberal member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, representing Armidale. In 1907 he was dropped as a candidate, but

Was a first-class cricketer and entertainer, and the first Australian to appear in a Hollywood movie

Was a first-class cricketer and entertainer, and the first Australian to appear in a Hollywood movie. Deane left Australia for the United States of America in the late 1890s, where he soon became a leading Vaudeville entertainer,[9] appearing on Broadway musicals, including the original cast of Florodora, which ran for 553 performances, and The Woggle-Bug, (based on The Wonderful Wizard of Oz).

Was an Australian Artist.Sydney Long began formal art classes at the New South Wales Art Society in

Was an Australian Artist.Sydney Long began formal art classes at the New South Wales Art Society in 1890. in 1894 his Heidelberg School-influenced painting 'By Tranquil Waters' caused a small scandal, but was purchased by the Art Gallery of New South Wales. The sale brought him to the attention of Julian Ashton, a Trustee of the Gallery and founder of the influential Julian Ashton Art School (at that time called the Sydney Art School), and in 1907 he became Ashton's partner in the school.In 1898 he had a short engagement with Thea Proctor. In 1910 he moved to London, where he learned etching and became an associate of the Royal Society of Painters, Etchers and Engravers. He returned to Australia in 1921 and helped found the Australian Painters, Etchers and Engravers Society, lived in England for the period 1922-1925, then returned once more to Australia, becoming President of the Society. He won the Wynne Prize twice; in 1938 for The Approaching Storm,

Is a former New Zealand cricketer who played for Northern Districts in the 1980s. He also played for

Is a former New Zealand cricketer who played for Northern Districts in the 1980s. He also played for the Poverty Bay in the Hawke Cup.

Was an Australian cricketer who played in three Tests. In 1891/92 he played in Sydney and Melbourne,

Was an Australian cricketer who played in three Tests. In 1891/92 he played in Sydney and Melbourne, and in 1894/95 he played in Adelaide where he took 5/37 in the first innings. In the Sydney Test, he was the second victim in hat-trick by Johnny Briggs.

Is an Australian born former New Zealand cricketer. Ward was a right-handed batsman who bowled right

Is an Australian born former New Zealand cricketer. Ward was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born at Sydney, New South Wales and is considered the current oldest living first-class cricketer and the second oldest ever behin

Was an Australian operatic soprano whose stage career was made in England, who was especially distin

Was an Australian operatic soprano whose stage career was made in England, who was especially distinguished in German opera, and who created the role of Cressida in Sir William Walton's opera Troilus and Cressida in 1954.Fischer studied the piano from the age of nine, and afterwards entered the Albert Street Conservatorium for singing and voice production and obtained the full diploma. When this was completed she continued her singing studies with Adolf Spivakovsky, and worked with him for many years. She made her debut as a student in Jean-Baptiste Lully's Cadmus et Hermione at the Comedy Theatre, Melbourne, on 5 March 1932, at the Lully tercentenary festival. This was her only stage appearance in opera in Australia, but she rapidly became well-known there as a concert artist and broadcaster.

Was a female tennis player from Australia who won the singles title at the 1924 Australian Champions

Was a female tennis player from Australia who won the singles title at the 1924 Australian Championships. She reached the singles final there two other times, in 1927, losing to Esna Boyd Robertson, and in 1930, losing to Daphne Akhurst Cozens.