Australian Famous Names Starting with Letter W

Was an Australian poet, journalist, and Labor Member of the Legislative Assembly in Queensland. He e

Was an Australian poet, journalist, and Labor Member of the Legislative Assembly in Queensland. He edited the "Brisbane Worker".He published Banjo, of the Overflow, a parody of Banjo Paterson’s Clancy of the Overflow in 1892, as part of the Bulletin Debate about the true nature of life in the Australian bush. Like many of his poems (including those later published in Phases), it was first published in the Sydney Bulletin.

Was an Australian politician, elected as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly.Electe

Was an Australian politician, elected as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly.Elected the Australian Labor Party member for the New South Wales Electoral district of Yass in 1941, Sheahan served in parliament until 1973 (from 1950 as the m

Was a businessman and long-term Mayor of Fremantle, Western Australia.He served as a councillor of t

Was a businessman and long-term Mayor of Fremantle, Western Australia.He served as a councillor of the Real Estate Institute of Western Australia from 1949 to 1964 and was a Board member at the State Electricity Commission from 1954 to 1974.

Was an Australian painter and war artist best known for his works commemorating those who died in th

Was an Australian painter and war artist best known for his works commemorating those who died in the First World War.Upon returning to Australia, Longstaff continued to paint and teach art. He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force at the outbreak of the First World War and was injured in the Gallipoli campaign. In October 1915 he joined a remount unit and served in France and Egypt before being evacuated to England in 1917. In England, he began drawing again and was trained in the art of camouflage. During his time in Egypt, Longstaff had made images of the Anzac Mounted Division and the other units. Upon his appointment as an Official War Artist in 1918 he produced numerous works during the final campaigns of the Western Front.

Was a Scottish-born Australian poet.Destitution and illness followed and Gay had to go back to his p

Was a Scottish-born Australian poet.Destitution and illness followed and Gay had to go back to his people. Again he went to London but his strength was not sufficient and he had to go into hospital in Glasgow. Tuberculosis threatened, and a sea voyage was tried and he arrived at Dunedin, New Zealand, in 1885. Gay obtained work as a purser's clerk on vessels of the Union Line for nearly two years, when illness again led to his living with some relatives at Hawke's Bay who nursed him back to comparative health. In 1888 he went to Melbourne and obtained a mastership at Scotch College but teaching was beyond his strength. In 1891 he was in the Austin hospital, and in 1893 went to live at Bendigo. His first volume Sonnets and Other Verses, published in 1894, was followed by two other volumes Sonnets and Christ on Olympus and Other Poems in 1896. A small selection appeared in 1910 and The Complete Poetical Works of William Gay in 1911. A prose essay Walt Whitman: His Relation to Science and Philosophy was issued in 1895. Gay was a supporter of Federation and edited "The Commonwealth & the Empire" with Mary Sampson. Gay died on 22 December 1897.

Is an Australian politician. He was a National Party member of the Australian Senate from 1990 to 19

Is an Australian politician. He was a National Party member of the Australian Senate from 1990 to 1999, representing the state of Queensland.Bill O'Chee was appointed to the Senate in 1990 to a casual vacancy caused by the resignation of John Stone. He wa

Was an Australian politician.He was appointed Minister for Agriculture in 1914, serving until 1920.

Was an Australian politician.He was appointed Minister for Agriculture in 1914, serving until 1920. He was part of the conscription split in the Labor Party in 1916, joining the National Labor Party and then the Nationalist Party in 1917. In 1920, with th

Governor-General of Australia

Governor-General of Australia

Was an Australian sportsman who represented Victoria at first-class cricket and played Australian ru

Was an Australian sportsman who represented Victoria at first-class cricket and played Australian rules football with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Born in West Brunswick, Kinnear came from a strong sporting family with his brother Joe Kinnear playing VFL football at Melbourne and also cricket for Victoria. His nephew Colin later coached the Sydney Swans. Kinnear made his only first-class cricket appearance with Victoria during the 1935/36 cricket season, against Tasmania at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Opening the batting for Victoria, who amassed 531 runs, Kinnear managed to contribute only two of them before being dismissed by future South Melbourne footballer Alan Pearsall.

Was a rugby union player who represented Australia.George, a fly-half, was born in Sydney, New South

Was a rugby union player who represented Australia.George, a fly-half, was born in Sydney, New South Wales and claimed a total of 12 international rugby caps for Australia.

A Justice of the High Court of Australia

A Justice of the High Court of Australia

Was a Australian architect, artist and author. [1] He "is regarded as one of the most outstanding ar

Was a Australian architect, artist and author. [1] He "is regarded as one of the most outstanding architects of the twentieth century". Early Australian architecture was the chief influence on his architectural work. Two of his best-known house commissions were built in the suburbs north of Sydney: Eryldene in Gordon (1914); and Purulia in Wahroonga (1916.

Was a cricketer who played for Victoria and Australia. Predominately an opening batsman, Ponsford tw

Was a cricketer who played for Victoria and Australia. Predominately an opening batsman, Ponsford twice broke the world record for the highest first-class score. He is regarded as one of the finest players of spin bowling.

Was a New Zealand/Australian poet who was born in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England. His family moved t

Was a New Zealand/Australian poet who was born in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England. His family moved to New Zealand in 1924. He had about "seven years of formal schooling" in England, Scotland and NZ before getting work at 15. His first job was as a radio mechanic. In 1936, he emigrated to Australia working in commercial radio, and then the Australian Broadcasting Commission. He then did army service, returned to ABC, and resigned spending a year in the Northern Territory, becoming a free lance writer.

A British physicist and chemist who uniquely shared the Nobel Prize in Physics with his son

A British physicist and chemist who uniquely shared the Nobel Prize in Physics with his son

Was an Australian politician and judge.In 1871 Bundey was elected to the South Australian House of A

Was an Australian politician and judge.In 1871 Bundey was elected to the South Australian House of Assembly for Onkaparinga, and from July 1874 to March 1875 was minister for justice and education in the third Arthur Blyth ministry. He was responsible for

Was an Australian cricketer who played in 2 Tests between 1881 and 1884.

Was an Australian cricketer who played in 2 Tests between 1881 and 1884.

Was an Australian politician. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1938

Was an Australian politician. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1938 until 1962 and, variously, a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and the Lang Labor Party. He was the Speaker of the New South Wales Legislative Ass

Was a lawyer, a politician and a cricketer.

Was a lawyer, a politician and a cricketer.

Was a Scottish-Australian narrative poet and horseman. He was born near Kelso, Borders, Scotland and

Was a Scottish-Australian narrative poet and horseman. He was born near Kelso, Borders, Scotland and arrived in Australia in 1889 returning to Scotland after a decade [1].Ogilvie had a deep love of horses and riding and he naturally became interested in the outback. Before long he became an expert station hand, drover and horse breaker, working on such stations as Belalie on the Warrego, and Maoupe in South Australia.[2] He was a friend of Harry "Breaker" Morant[3] and was described as a quiet-spoken Scot of medium height, with a fair moustache and red complexion. He wrote lyrical and romantic poetry noted for its balladic style, with expressive descriptions of outback life and characters. Will, as he was known, also wrote a great deal of work on English and Scottish themes and his work has been included in collections of English and Scottish poetry. All of his work was originally published in and he is most closely associated with Australia.

Was an Australian pastoralist and politician. Suttor was born in Baulkham Hills, New South Wales, th

Was an Australian pastoralist and politician. Suttor was born in Baulkham Hills, New South Wales, the third son of George Suttor and his wife Sarah Maria, née Dobinson.From 1843-54 Suttor represented the Counties of Roxburgh, Phillip and Wellington in the

Queensland squatter and politician. Member of New South Wales' Legislative Assembly 1859-1860, membe

Queensland squatter and politician. Member of New South Wales' Legislative Assembly 1859-1860, member of Queensland's Legislative Assembly from 1865–1878 and Queensland’s Legislative Council from 1879-1888. Queensland Minister of the Crown 1870-1873, Spea

He moved to Tasmania in 1837 and for over 20 years practised as a solicitor. In 1857 he was elected

He moved to Tasmania in 1837 and for over 20 years practised as a solicitor. In 1857 he was elected a member of the legislative council for Tamar and was colonial secretary in the Weston cabinet. He held this office for five and a half years until his resignation in 1862. He was also an Australian cricket player, who played two games for Tasmania in 1851. He has the distinction of having participated in the first ever first class cricket match in Australia, and bowled the first ever ball in a first class cricket match in Australia. He opened the bowling for Tasmania in both innings, bowling right arm underarm, and took 4/52, and 5/26 for 9/78 for the match.

Was an Australian freestyle swimmer of the 1910s and early 1920s, who won a silver medal in the 4x20

Was an Australian freestyle swimmer of the 1910s and early 1920s, who won a silver medal in the 4x200m freestyle relay at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp. He also competed in the 100m and 400m freestyle events.

Australian politician and judge

Australian politician and judge