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Lists of Australians covers selected notable Australian people organised by awards and honours, occupation, ethnicity, sports and other qualities. Australians of the Year [ edit ]
20 Asian Australian people have been members of the Parliament of Australia (the Federal Parliament), including ten each in the Senate and the House of Representatives. The most common represented ethnicity are Chinese Australian (nine) and Indian Australian (three).
Cuthbert was the only Australian among the 10 inaugural inductees to the IAAF Hall of Fame in 2012. [32] There were many tributes to Cuthbert's career and life from significant Australians: Cathy Freeman: Betty is an inspiration and her story will continue to inspire Australian athletes for generations to come. I'm so happy I got to meet such a ...
John Mather (1848–1916): Scottish-Australian plein-air painter and etcher; John Baxter Mather (1853–1940): Scottish-Australian journalist, newspaper proprietor, landscape painter and art critic; John Mawurndjul (born 1952): indigenous artist in a traditional painting technique rarrk; William James Maxwell (ca.1843–1903): Scottish-born ...
Darren Lehmann – played for Australia; current (2015) coach of the Australian team; Wayne Phillips – played for Australia; Vic Richardson OBE – captained Australia; won Magarey Medal (Australian Rules Football) and represented Australia in Baseball; grandfather of Ian, Greg and Trevor Chappell; Shaun Tait – plays for Australia
Classification: People: By nationality: Australian also: Countries : Australia : People This category lists notable Australian -born people, or people who identify themselves as Australian.
The Forbes list of Australia's 50 richest people is a list of Australia's fifty wealthiest individuals and families, ranked by personal net worth published annually by Forbes Asia magazine. The list provides a short summary on some of the known business activities of the individuals and families, together with commentary on how their ranking ...
Since 1915 there have been fifteen Australians awarded the Nobel Prize. [1] Almost half of these prizes (eight) have been awarded in the field of Physiology or Medicine [2] Most Australians awarded Nobel prizes before the end of the awarding of British/Imperial honours (in 1992) also received (or were offered) knighthoods.