Australian Famous Boy Names with Letter W

A leg break and googly bowler and a forceful lower order batsman, Merritt had played just four first

A leg break and googly bowler and a forceful lower order batsman, Merritt had played just four first-class matches when he was selected for the New Zealand tour to England in 1927 – in one of the four, he had taken eight Otago wickets for 68 runs in an innings. The 1927 tour, though no Test matches were played, was a triumph: Merritt took 107 wickets and Wisden [1] noted that though "he showed no great command of length... on certain days – and these were fairly frequent – he had the best of batsmen in trouble".

Was a New Zealand politician. He was a member of Parliament from 1928 until 1943, and was its Speake

Was a New Zealand politician. He was a member of Parliament from 1928 until 1943, and was its Speaker from 1936 till 1943. He was known for his association with John A. Lee, a prominent left-wing politician.

Was a New Zealand cricketer who played ten first-class matches for the Auckland Aces in 1880's.

Was a New Zealand cricketer who played ten first-class matches for the Auckland Aces in 1880's.

Was an Australian politician. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council between 192

Was an Australian politician. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council between 1925 and 1934 and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1934 until 1935. He was a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) .

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

Was an Australian politician, elected as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly.He worked in the New South Wales Department of Public Works from 1974 to 1978. Robb was the Australian Labor Party member for Miranda from 1978 to 1984.

Was an Australian parliamentarian and businessman. Robson served as an alderman on Ashfield council

Was an Australian parliamentarian and businessman. Robson served as an alderman on Ashfield council for ten years from 1898 and was elected mayor in 1899. In August 1905 He was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the Liberal member for

Is a former football (soccer) forward. He was a member of the Australian 1974 World Cup squad in Wes

Is a former football (soccer) forward. He was a member of the Australian 1974 World Cup squad in West Germany and represented Australia 24 times between 1971 to 1975 and scored 3 goals. Campbell started playing football as a junior in Sydney and was spott

Served as Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1912 to 1925, and was the founder of the Reform Party.

Served as Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1912 to 1925, and was the founder of the Reform Party. He is widely considered to have been one of the more skilled politicians of his time, and was known for the particular support he showed towards rural inte

Was an Australian cricket player, who played one game for Tasmania. He has the distinction of having

Was an Australian cricket player, who played one game for Tasmania. He has the distinction of having participated in the first ever first class cricket match in Australia, in which he unfortunately failed to make an impact. William Field died on June 22, 1890, in Bishopbourne, Tasmania at the age of 74.

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 until 1932, representing the electorate of Orange.Folster was the Labor candidate for the seat of Orange at the 1927 state election

Was an Australian politician, Premier of New South Wales from October 27, 1859 to March 9, 1860 and

Was an Australian politician, Premier of New South Wales from October 27, 1859 to March 9, 1860 and poet.Forster was described in his youth as a "sallow, thin, saturnine young gentleman". He was not a great orator but was a debater of ability, though his habit of indulging in bitter personalities detracted from the effectiveness of his speeches. James Martin once described him as "disagreeable in opposition, insufferable as a supporter, and fatal as a colleague" but, however true that may have been, it was only one side of his character. A cultured and honest man, thoroughly aware and disdainful of the tricks and shifts of party government, he tried to hold an independent course and do what was best for his country. This was appreciated by the constituencies that elected him to all but one of the parliaments of his lifetime.[1]

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.