Australian Famous Names Starting with Letter W

Was a New Zealand rugby footballer who was part of the professional 1907-1908 New Zealand rugby tour

Was a New Zealand rugby footballer who was part of the professional 1907-1908 New Zealand rugby tour of Great Britain. He was the brother of Richard Wynyard. He also was a New Zealand cricketer who played for Auckland and Wellington.

Was an Australian cricketer who played in one Test held from 1 January to 5 January 1885.

Was an Australian cricketer who played in one Test held from 1 January to 5 January 1885.

Was a New Zealand rugby union and rugby league international. He was part of the 1905 Original All B

Was a New Zealand rugby union and rugby league international. He was part of the 1905 Original All Blacks tour and the professional 1907-1908 New Zealand rugby tour of Great Britain.

Was an Australian rules footballer in the West Australian Football League (WAFL) and the Goldfields

Was an Australian rules footballer in the West Australian Football League (WAFL) and the Goldfields Football League. Truscott was made a member of the Fremantle Football Club created Fremantle Football Hall of Legends in 1996. In 2004 he was awarded Legend Status in the West Australian Football Hall of Fame. The Nipper Truscott Pavilion at East Fremantle Oval - site of the first AFL game for the Fremantle club - is named in his honor.

Is a former National Party of Australia politician and Australian rules footballer.In the 1979 state

Is a former National Party of Australia politician and Australian rules footballer.In the 1979 state election, McGrath was elected into the Victorian Legislative Assembly as the member for Lowan. In his fourth term he was appointed Shadow Minister for Agr

Was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the VFL. He was also a first-class cr

Was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the VFL. He was also a first-class cricketer, representing both Queensland and Victoria. South Australian born Bill Stewart came to Essendon from Bendigo club Castlemaine. He participated in Essendon's 1911 and 1912 premierships as a centreman, the position he would occupy for his entire career. In 1912 he represented Victoria in an interstate match against South Australia. When he returned to Australia he became coach of Footscray who were competing in the VFA and steered them to the 1919 premiership. In Sewart's 13 first-class cricket matches he made 435 runs at 20.71. Two of those matches were for Queensland in the 1908/09 summer while the rest were with Victoria. He represented Victoria in the 1909/10 and 1913/14 Sheffield Shield seasons.

Was a cricketer who played 400 first-class matches for New South Wales, Somerset and a Commonwealth

Was a cricketer who played 400 first-class matches for New South Wales, Somerset and a Commonwealth XI. He joined Somerset when he was 38. He played his last and 350th first-class game for Somerset when he was 49. After stopping playing, he umpired first-class games for 16 years and also stood in 10 Test matches and 9 One Day Internationals as umpire. Alley was an all-rounder. He scored 19,612 runs at an average of 31.88 batting left-handed. He took 768 wickets at 22.68 runs per wicket, with a best of 8 for 65, bowling right arm medium fast. He also took 267 catches in the field. His best season was his testimonial season in 1961 when, at the age of forty-two, he scored over 3,000 runs for Somerset and achieved his highest score of 221 not out.

Was a rugby union player who represented Australia.Douglas was born in Sydney, New South Wales and c

Was a rugby union player who represented Australia.Douglas was born in Sydney, New South Wales and claimed one international rugby cap for Australia.

Was leader of the Australian Labor Party in the Victorian Legislative Council and a minister in the

Was leader of the Australian Labor Party in the Victorian Legislative Council and a minister in the Labor government of John Cain.In 1976 Landeryou were elected to the Legislative Council as member for Doutta Galla Province, a safe Labor seat in the north

Was a New Zealand rugby union player. Lunn played 47 first class games, of which all but six were fo

Was a New Zealand rugby union player. Lunn played 47 first class games, of which all but six were for Otago. He played in two test matches for the All Blacks.

Was an Australian Test cricketer who played 22 Tests between 1934 and 1948. Brown captained Australi

Was an Australian Test cricketer who played 22 Tests between 1934 and 1948. Brown captained Australia in one Test in March 1946, against New Zealand in a match retrospectively awarded Test status. A right-handed opening batsman who along with Jack Fingleton formed an opening pair in the 1930s regarded as one of the finest in Test history, Brown was a member of Don Bradman's Invincibles that toured England in 1948 without suffering a defeat. Due to the presence of Arthur Morris and Sid Barnes as the preferred openers, Brown only played in two of the five Tests, batting out of position in the middle order. Brown was also notable for being the first player to be "Mankaded" – In a match in 1947–48, Brown had backed up too far and left his crease before the bowler, India's Vinoo Mankad delivered the ball. Mankad promptly removed the bails with Brown out of his ground.

Was an Australian politician. He was an Australian Labor Party member of the New South Wales Legisla

Was an Australian politician. He was an Australian Labor Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1930 to 1932, representing the electorate of Waverley.Clementson entered state politics amidst the landslide Labor win at the 1930 elect

Was an Australian cricketer who played in 1 Test in 1932.

Was an Australian cricketer who played in 1 Test in 1932.

Was a New Zealand politician. He began his career in the labour movement, but was a strong opponent

Was a New Zealand politician. He began his career in the labour movement, but was a strong opponent of socialism, and rejected the militant views held by many of his colleagues.

Was an Australian cricketer who played in forty Test matches from 1947 to 1955. A left arm pace bowl

Was an Australian cricketer who played in forty Test matches from 1947 to 1955. A left arm pace bowler, as well as a left arm orthodox spinner, Johnston was best known as a spearhead of Don Bradman's undefeated 1948 touring team, well known as "The Invincibles". Johnston headed the wicket-taking lists in both Test and first-class matches on the tour, and was the last Australian to take over 100 wickets on a tour of England. In recognition of his performances, he was named by Wisden as one of its Cricketers of the Year in 1949. The publication stated that "no Australian made a greater personal contribution to the playing success of the 1948 side". Regarded by Bradman as Australia's greatest-ever left-arm bowler, Johnston was noted for his endurance in bowling pace with the new ball and spin when the ball had worn.

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 Gold medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.He's considered to be one of New Zealand's outstanding players in history, and was selected for four Ol

Was the first ever chairman of the South Australian National Football League (SANFL), then called th

Was the first ever chairman of the South Australian National Football League (SANFL), then called the South Australian Football Association (SAFA). A South Australian first-class cricket representative, he is best known for coming up with the idea of the Magarey Medal.

Was an Australian sportsman who played first-class cricket for Western Australia and Australian rule

Was an Australian sportsman who played first-class cricket for Western Australia and Australian rules football in the Western Australian Football Association. He spent 10 season in the Western Australian Football Association, playing in an unprecedented eight premierships. As their inaugural captain, Bateman started out at the now Fremantle Football Club in 1885. Two years later they disbanded and he moved to the Unions Football Club, who found themselves taken over by Fremantle in 1890.

Was an Australian mining magnate, pastoralist, politician, author, sculptor and philanthropist. Some

Was an Australian mining magnate, pastoralist, politician, author, sculptor and philanthropist. Somewhat eccentric, in 1892 he was the donor of a copy of Antonio Canova's Venus, Adelaide's then controversial first public statue, which is still on display

Was the last traditional ngurungaeta (elder) of the Wurundjeri-willam clan, based around the area of

Was the last traditional ngurungaeta (elder) of the Wurundjeri-willam clan, based around the area of present-day Melbourne, Australia. He became an influential spokesman for Aboriginal social justice and an important informant on Wurundjeri cultural lore.Ninggalobin, Poleorong and Billibellary were the leading song makers and principal Wurundjeri leaders in the Melbourne region. European colonisation had caused disruptions to initiation ceremonies. In response these three men gathered at South Yarra in the late 1830s and inducted the young William Barak into Aboriginal lore. This entailed formally presenting Barak with the symbols of manhood: strips of possumskin tied around his biceps; the gombert (reed necklace) around his neck; given his ilbi-jerri, a sharp and narrow bone or nose-peg;

An Australian poet and short-story writer.Blocksidge was born in Brisbane, Queensland, the son of Ge

An Australian poet and short-story writer.Blocksidge was born in Brisbane, Queensland, the son of George Henry Blocksidge, an auctioneer and estate agent. He was educated at Brisbane Grammar School and by a private tutor David Owen, M.A., a classical scholar who became a close friend.In 1908 Blocksidge travelled to London with his friend Robert Graham Brown. He travelled the Continent and published ten books including two of prose, beginning with Songs of the South, which was followed a year later by Australia to England and other Verses. Both of these books were suppressed shortly after their publication. In 1910 no fewer than four volumes were privately printed, Moreton Miles, Southern Songs, A Northern Trail, and The New Life, of which copies were sent to the principal public libraries, but few, if any, were sold to the public. There was no publisher's name on any of the volumes

Was an Australian-born New Zealand cricketer who played for Otago. He was born in Launceston and die

Was an Australian-born New Zealand cricketer who played for Otago. He was born in Launceston and died in Dunedin. Beal made a single first-class appearance for the side, during the 1909-10 season, against Auckland. From the tailend, he scored 1 not out in

Was a famous Australian portrait painter, winner of the Archibald Prize seven times for his traditio

Was a famous Australian portrait painter, winner of the Archibald Prize seven times for his traditional style paintings.Soon afterwards McInnes held a successful show of his paintings at the Athenaeum gallery in conjunction with F. R. Crozier, which was followed in 1911 by a journey to Europe, where he did much landscape painting and made acquaintance with the masterpieces of Rembrandt, Velasquez and Raeburn.McInnes was represented in London at the exhibition of the Royal Institute of Painters in oils in 1913, and returned to Melbourne in the same year. A one man show was held at the Athenaeum gallery and nearly everything was sold. In 1916 he acted as locum tenens for Frederick McCubbin, master of the school of drawing at the national gallery, Melbourne, during his six months' leave of absence, and after his death was temporarily appointed to the position in 1918. In 1920 he was permanently appointed. In 1921 he won the first of his Archibald Prizes for portraiture.

Was an Australian politician. He was the Labor member for Maree in the Queensland Legislative Assemb

Was an Australian politician. He was the Labor member for Maree in the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 1912 to 1929. He served as Speaker of the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 1920 to 1929.

Is a former Australian politician. Born in Dorset in the United Kingdom, he served as a police offic

Is a former Australian politician. Born in Dorset in the United Kingdom, he served as a police officer in the UK for six years before becoming an Australian citizen in 1984. He remained a policeman, serving in Brisbane, Beenleigh, Woodridge, Oxley and Bea