Australian Famous Names Starting with Letter W

Was an Australian cricket player, who played one first-class cricket match for Tasmania on 29 and 30

Was an Australian cricket player, who played one first-class cricket match for Tasmania on 29 and 30 March, 1852. He made 10 not out.

Was an Australian first-class cricketer representing the state of Queensland. A wicket-keeper, he ma

Was an Australian first-class cricketer representing the state of Queensland. A wicket-keeper, he made his first-class debut against a touring English team at Caloundra's Roy Henzall Oval in the season of 1992–93, claiming three catches and a stumping in England's first innings. With fellow Queensland wicketkeeper Ian Healy on Test duties, Seccombe remained the Bulls' first-choice gloveman throughout the 1990s and into the new century. He toured England in 2001 as Adam Gilchrist's deputy in the Australian cricket team, playing four first-class matches for a return of eight catches and two stumpings.

Is an Australian professional "Mid/Current School" Bicycle Motocross (BMX) and Mountain Bike (MTB) r

Is an Australian professional "Mid/Current School" Bicycle Motocross (BMX) and Mountain Bike (MTB) racer whose prime competitive years are from 1995 to 2003 in BMX and 1999 to 2004 in MTB. Usually goes by the moniker "Bootsie" or "Bootsey", an obviously d

Is an Australian professional cricketer playing for first-class team Queensland. as bulls batter. He

Is an Australian professional cricketer playing for first-class team Queensland. as bulls batter. He is only 24 but have scored 3 100's and 2 50's. Townsend opened in the Queensland vs Victoria 2010 Sheffield Shield Final, scoring 1 run in the first innings and 19 in the second innings.

Is an Australian born footballer, currently playing for New South Wales Premier League club Bonnyrig

Is an Australian born footballer, currently playing for New South Wales Premier League club Bonnyrigg White Eagles. Oostendorp started his career at the 2004-05 Australian Institute of Sport Football Program. From there he moved to Marconi Stallions, and

Is a Lebanese-Australian poet and journalist.Wadih Sa'adah was born in Lebanon in 1948. He has worke

Is a Lebanese-Australian poet and journalist.Wadih Sa'adah was born in Lebanon in 1948. He has worked as a journalist in Beirut, London, Paris and Nicosia, before migrating to Australia in 1988.

Is a New Zealand rugby league player who currently plays for the Melbourne Storm in the National Rug

Is a New Zealand rugby league player who currently plays for the Melbourne Storm in the National Rugby League.[1] He primarily plays in the second row, although he also plays in the centres.

Is a New Zealand Rugby Union player. He first played for the New Zealand Maori and then the All Blac

Is a New Zealand Rugby Union player. He first played for the New Zealand Maori and then the All Blacks from 1962 to 1967, as a breakaway. During his All Blacks career, he was on tour to Australia, the British Isles and South Africa. After his retirement f

Is an Australian lawyer and Muslim community leader

Is an Australian lawyer and Muslim community leader

Was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Essendon Bombers during the 1940s. He also rep

Was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Essendon Bombers during the 1940s. He also represented Western Australia at first class cricket and is the older brother of Fred Buttsworth. A defender, Buttsworth was a best and fairest for Essendon three times and was named at centre half back in the club's 'Team of the Century'.

Is a former boxer. An Aboriginal Australian. His first fight was in South Sydney Leagues Club in 197

Is a former boxer. An Aboriginal Australian. His first fight was in South Sydney Leagues Club in 1971 at the age of 17 and his last fight was in 1986 at the age of 32 when he announced his retirement after fighting Doug Sam at the Bruce Stadium in Canberr

A former boxer. An Aboriginal Australian, he was born 11 August 1954 in Wellington, NSW. Described b

A former boxer. An Aboriginal Australian, he was born 11 August 1954 in Wellington, NSW. Described by Boxing 1970-1980

Is a tennis coach and former professional tennis player from Australia.Masur began playing tennis at

Is a tennis coach and former professional tennis player from Australia.Masur began playing tennis at the age of 8. In 1980, he won the boy's doubles title at the Australian Open. In 1981, aged 18, he won the Australian Junior Championships. He turned professional in 1982.

Is a retired Australian international soccer player who played professionally for Sydney Croatia. He

Is a retired Australian international soccer player who played professionally for Sydney Croatia. He also played for Sydney United.

Is a Canadian-born Australian politician. He has been an Australian Labor Party member of the New So

Is a Canadian-born Australian politician. He has been an Australian Labor Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Council since May 2011, when he was elected to fill the vacancy left by the retirement of Eddie Obeid.Secord was previously the Chief

Was an Australian architect and town planner, noted for designing the layout of the campus of Macqua

Was an Australian architect and town planner, noted for designing the layout of the campus of Macquarie University

Is an Australian former association footballer. Ardone played his early football for Sydney Olympic,

Is an Australian former association footballer. Ardone played his early football for Sydney Olympic, making his National Soccer League debut in 1992. He moved in 1993 to Parramatta Eagles where spent a season before moving again to Heidelberg United. Ardo

Was a New Zealand cricketer and Test match captain. He played domestic first-class cricket for Cante

Was a New Zealand cricketer and Test match captain. He played domestic first-class cricket for Canterbury and Otago. Three of his five sons, Sir Richard, Dayle and Barry played cricket for New Zealand. The Chappell-Hadlee Trophy, which is competed for by

Is a former Australian cricketer who had a brief first class cricket career in the 1959/60 season fo

Is a former Australian cricketer who had a brief first class cricket career in the 1959/60 season for New South Wales cricket team. A slow left-arm orthodox spin bowler, Wellham collected 19 wickets from his seven appearances at a bowling average of 23.26 runs per wicket. His nephew, Dirk Wellham, was an Australian Test and One Day International player.

Was a judge on the Supreme Court of Queensland

Was a judge on the Supreme Court of Queensland

Was an Australian football goalkeeper and first-class cricketer. Born in Waverley, Sydney, New South

Was an Australian football goalkeeper and first-class cricketer. Born in Waverley, Sydney, New South Wales; he moved to the United Kingdom and played in the Football League for Rochdale and played first-class cricket for Leicestershire. He also saw active

A free market economist and anarcho-capitalist associated with the Austrian School.Block now holds t

A free market economist and anarcho-capitalist associated with the Austrian School.Block now holds the Harold E. Wirth Endowed Chair in Economics at Loyola University in New Orleans. From 1979 to 1991, he was the Senior Economist with the Fraser Institute, and, from 1998 to 2002, he was a member of the Board of Trustees of the Aspen Institute. In addition to his faculty position at Loyola, Block is also a Senior Faculty member of the Ludwig von Mises Institute for Austrian Economics. His most famous work is Defending the Undefendable, of which John Stossel said, "Defending the Undefendable... opened my eyes to the beauties of libertarianism

Was a New Zealand cricketer who played for Wellington. He was born in Wellington and died in Mount M

Was a New Zealand cricketer who played for Wellington. He was born in Wellington and died in Mount Maunganui. Christopherson made a single first-class appearance for the side, during the 1926-27 season, against Auckland. He scored 46 runs in the first inn

Was an Australian cricketer, engineer and public service administrator. In 1930 he was appointed a C

Was an Australian cricketer, engineer and public service administrator. In 1930 he was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George for his service as President of the Sydney Harbour Trust (1924-1930).

Was an Australian cricketer who played in 3 Tests between 1887 and 1892. He was the brother of the g

Was an Australian cricketer who played in 3 Tests between 1887 and 1892. He was the brother of the great all-rounder George Giffen.