Australian Famous Boy Names with Letter W

Is a former Australian politician. He was the Labor member for Albert (1972–74) and Woodridge (197

Is a former Australian politician. He was the Labor member for Albert (1972–74) and Woodridge (1977–2000) in the Queensland Legislative Assembly.He was first elected to parliament at the 1972 by-election for the seat of Albert following Liberal MLA Bill H

Was an Australian politician.Dick was elected as a Free Trade Party member for Newcastle East the Ne

Was an Australian politician.Dick was elected as a Free Trade Party member for Newcastle East the New South Wales Legislative Assembly in 1894, which he held until its abolition in 1904. He then became member for Newcastle until his life appointment to th

Was an Australian sportsman. He captained Queensland at first-class cricket and represented Australi

Was an Australian sportsman. He captained Queensland at first-class cricket and represented Australia in rugby union. Evans, who often batted with the tail, made just one first-class century. It came against New South Wales at the Brisbane Cricket Ground in 1908, when he came in at number nine in the batting order and scored 103 not out. When he returned to cricket in 1902 it was as a wicket-keeper and he kept wicket for all but one of his first-class matches from that point.

Was an early school master in Sydney, Australia; several of the Premiers of New South Wales attended

Was an early school master in Sydney, Australia; several of the Premiers of New South Wales attended his school. In 1859 Cape was elected a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Wollombi, and interested himself in the educational life of

Is a former Fijian cricketer. Apted was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. Apted

Is a former Fijian cricketer. Apted was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. Apted made his first-class debut for Fiji in 1954 against Otago during Fiji's 1953/54 tour of New Zealand, where on debut he scored his maiden first-class half

Is a former Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football Le

Is a former Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the early 1950s and also a former first-class cricketer for Victoria. Murray was a regular in the South Melbourne team for the 1951 and 1952 VFL seasons and received three Brownlow votes in the latter. In 1953 he struggled to keep his spot in the side and after managing just one senior game the following year, left the club and turned to cricket. While handy with the bat, Murray was primarily a right-arm medium pace bowler and made four first-class appearances in the Sheffield Shield with Victoria, for a return of nine wickets at 36.88. All his matches came in the 1957/58 competition and in one, against Western Australia, he dismissed Test cricketers Ken Meuleman and Barry Shepherd.

Is a former Australian politician.On 19 November 1969, he was appointed to the Australian Senate as

Is a former Australian politician.On 19 November 1969, he was appointed to the Australian Senate as a Labor Senator for Victoria, filling the casual vacancy caused by the death of Sam Cohen. Brown's appointment lasted until the 1970 election, when he was

Played 15 Tests and 61 One Day Internationals for New Zealand.

Played 15 Tests and 61 One Day Internationals for New Zealand.

Was an English artist who travelled aboard HMS Investigator on her voyage to Australia.During his st

Was an English artist who travelled aboard HMS Investigator on her voyage to Australia.During his studies at the Royal Academy Westall's work came to the attention of Joseph Banks, who was at the time keen to find a landscape artist for Matthew Flinders' expedition aboard HMS Investigator. With the support of Banks, Westall was appointed by the Admiralty in London as landscape and topographical artist for the expedition, which in time has come to be regarded as one of the notable scientific and botanical studies ever undertaken.

Was an architect, notable not only for his work in Australia, the country to which he emigrated in 1

Was an architect, notable not only for his work in Australia, the country to which he emigrated in 1858, but also for having a successful career as an ecclesiastical architect in England before his departure.In Australia, Wardell designed many public buildings. Most notable were St Patrick's Cathedral, Melbourne; Government House, Melbourne; St John's College, University of Sydney and St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney. He worked in both the Gothic and classical styles. Wardell not only constructed major works in the public sector, he also maintained a large private practice building houses and business premises for private individuals. He was Director-General of public works in Melbourne from 1861 until 1878. As an architect he is often compared with his friend and English counterpart Augustus Pugin.

Was a British Conservative politician and later an Australian Liberal politician. He was one of a se

Was a British Conservative politician and later an Australian Liberal politician. He was one of a select few to have served in both the UK and Australian parliaments.A member of the Conservative Party, in 1955 he was elected to the House of Commons for th

Was an Australian sportsman who played first-class cricket with Victoria and Australian rules footba

Was an Australian sportsman who played first-class cricket with Victoria and Australian rules football for Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Nicknamed 'Weary', Wilson was recruited to Essendon from Ascot Vale Presbyterians and made his VFL debut in 1932. After 30 games he left Essendon and turned his attention to cricket and played three first-class cricket matches in the 1935/36 season. He was a right-arm fast-medium pace bowler and took seven wickets at 38.28 in those matches. His best performance came in a Sheffield Shield encounter against South Australia at the Adelaide Oval when he took 3/122 in the first innings.

Was a rugby league player in the Australian competition the New South Wales Rugby League(NSWRL) in t

Was a rugby league player in the Australian competition the New South Wales Rugby League(NSWRL) in the years 1940 and 1941.

Is an Australian former football (soccer) player.Hastie played at Croydon City in Melbourne before b

Is an Australian former football (soccer) player.Hastie played at Croydon City in Melbourne before being signed to Heidelberg United in the National Soccer League. On a trip to Scotland with the Australia U-16 team he was spotted by Scottish team Celtic.

Is a professional rugby league player for the Melbourne Storm in the National Rugby League (NRL) com

Is a professional rugby league player for the Melbourne Storm in the National Rugby League (NRL) competition. Isa plays on the wing or in the centres.

Is a New Zealand broadcaster and former politician. He was an Alliance MP from 1999 to 2002.is a New

Is a New Zealand broadcaster and former politician. He was an Alliance MP from 1999 to 2002.is a New Zealand broadcaster and former politician. He was an Alliance MP from 1999 to 2002.

Is an Australian rugby league footballer of Tongan descent who plays for Hull of Super League. He pr

Is an Australian rugby league footballer of Tongan descent who plays for Hull of Super League. He previously played for the Wests Tigers, South Sydney Rabbitohs and St. George Illawarra Dragons in the National Rugby League as well as the Castleford Tigers

Is a New Zealand politician and leader of New Zealand First, a political party he founded in 1993. P

Is a New Zealand politician and leader of New Zealand First, a political party he founded in 1993. Peters has had a turbulent political career since entering Parliament in 1978. He served as Minister of Maori Affairs in the Bolger National Party Governmen

Is a Jamaican born, Australian cricketer who has played first class matches for Western Warriors. Hi

Is a Jamaican born, Australian cricketer who has played first class matches for Western Warriors. His first match was a warm-up match against South Africa during their 2005–06 tour of Australia, where Gillies had two wickets in his very first over, and a report from Cricket Australia later described his bowling as "continually troubling the batsmen". Gillies ended with three wickets for 58, and 20 runs, as the Warriors beat the South African national team by an innings and 48 runs.

Was an Australian artist, prominent in the Hunter Valley.Degenhardt won the inaugural Newcastle Art

Was an Australian artist, prominent in the Hunter Valley.Degenhardt won the inaugural Newcastle Art Prize and was a regional winner of Maitland Art Prize. He presented a one man exhibitions at Barry Stern Galleries 1968, Sydney and Lights Gallery, Newcastle 1963. He was a frequent contributor to the Blake Prize for religious art. He is represented in many private collections throughout the world.

Was an Austrian theoretical physicist noted for his work on spin theory, and for the discovery of th

Was an Austrian theoretical physicist noted for his work on spin theory, and for the discovery of the exclusion principle underpinning the structure of matter and the whole of chemistry.

Was an Australian photographer who specialised in architectural and industrial photography.Sievers w

Was an Australian photographer who specialised in architectural and industrial photography.Sievers was born in Berlin, Germany. His father was Professor Johannes Sievers, an art and architectural historian with the German Foreign Office until his dismissal by the Nazi government in 1933.

Was an Australian photographer who specialised in architectural and industrial photography.He studie

Was an Australian photographer who specialised in architectural and industrial photography.He studied at the Contempora School for the Applied Arts in Berlin (an off-shoot of the famous Bauhaus) from 1936 to 1938, which like the Bauhaus, strongly emphasized the unity of all applied arts. He took architectural photographs for his father's books on Berlin's historical buildings, particularly the work of Karl Schinkel. He also spent a year working in Portugal 1935 to 1936. In 1938, he was retained as a teacher at the Contempora, but decided to immigrate to Australia following news of the school's immanent closure by the authorities. He had arranged for his photographic equipment to be transported, but was briefly questioned by the Gestapo, then conscripted as an aerial photographer for the Luftwaffe. He fled the country immediately, going first to England in June.

Is a Brunei-born actor, singer, a former model, and gym instructor.

Is a Brunei-born actor, singer, a former model, and gym instructor.

Is a former New Zealand politician. He served as Deputy Prime Minister in Jenny Shipley's National P

Is a former New Zealand politician. He served as Deputy Prime Minister in Jenny Shipley's National Party government from August 1998 to December 1999.Creech was born in Oceanside, California, United States. His mother, a New Zealander, had met his father