Famous Australians

Note :
Many of the following were neither born in Australia nor, indeed, lived in Australia. However, they are all linked to the development of Australia in some way.

Banks, Sir Joseph Naturalist, explorer Barton, Sir Edmund First Prime Minister Bird, Nancy Aviator Bragg, Sir William Henry [& Sir William Laurence] [Xray Crystallography] Nobel Laureates Bradman, Sir Donald Cricketer Burnet, Sir Frank Macfarlane [Medicine] Nobel Laureate Chang, Victor Heart surgeon Chifley, Joseph Benedict Prime Minister Chisholm, Caroline Social work with women in early New South Wales Clarke, Marcus Writer [scroll down to information] Cook, Captain James Navigator, explorer Cornforth, John Warcup [Chemistry] Nobel Laureate Cowan, Edith Magistrate, First Female Australian Parliamentarian, Welfare worker Curtin, John WW II Prime Minister Cuthbert, Betty Olympic Athlete Dixon, Sir Owen Jurist, Diplomat Doherty, Peter Charles [Medicine] Nobel Laureate Dorrington, Annie Australian flag designer [shared] Dunlop, Sir Edward ‘Weary’ Surgeon, POW [WW II] Eccles, John Carew [Medicine] Nobel Laureate Evatt, Dr Herbert Vere First President of the United Nations Everage, Dame Edna Show business personality Farrer, William Agriculture [wheat development] Flinders, Matthew Circumnavigated and named Australia. Also access archival material at Matthew Flinders Florey, Sir Howard Science/medicine [penicillin], Nobel Laureate Flynn, The Rev. Doctor John Founded The Flying Doctor Service Fraser, Dawn Olympic swimmer Frazer, Ian Immunologist, Florey Medal winner, Australian of the Year Grainger, George Percy Musician & Composer Greer, Germaine Feminist Hargrave, Lawrence Flight, box kites Helpmann, Sir Robert Ballet dancer and director Hinkler, Bert Aviator; first to fly solo England/Australia Hollows, Fred Humanitarian, eye surgery in the Third World as well as Australia Hughes, William Morris WW I Prime Minister

Hurley, Frank Photographer [Antarctic/WW I] Katz, Sir Bernard [Medicine] Nobel Laureate Kelly, Edward [Ned] Bushranger Kenny, Elizabeth Nurse [polio] Kingsford-Smith, Sir Charles Aviator; first to fly US/Australia Lalor, Peter Rebel [Eureka Stockade], politician Lawson, Henry Writer and poet Lindsay, Norman Alfred William Artist & writer Lyons, Dame Enid First female Federal politician Macarthur, Elizabeth ‘Mother’ of the Australian sheep industry Macarthur, John Early agriculturalist Macquarie, Lachlan New South Wales Governor, early 1800s Mawson, Sir Douglas Antarctic explorer Melba, Dame Nellie Opera singer, soprano Menzies, Sir Robert Longest serving Australian Prime Minister Mort, Thomas Sutcliffe Refrigerated transport Murdoch, Rupert Media owner Nolan, Sydney Artist [Ned Kelly series] O’Connor, Charles Yelverton Engineer, Public Servant, Railways Commissioner [WA] Oliphant, Sir Mark Physicist Parkes, Sir Henry ‘Father of Federation’ Paterson, Andrew Barton Writer and poet [Waltzing Matilda] Phillip, Arthur First Governor of New South Wales colony Prokhorov, Aleksandr Mikhailovich [Physics] Nobel Laureate Ruse, James Convict and farmer Sturt, Charles Early explorer Stuart, John McDouall Explorer; North/South crossing of Australia Sutherland, Dame Joan Opera singer, soprano Thomas, Andrew Astronaut Thorpe, Ian Olympic swimmer Tao, Terrence [Mathematics] Fields Medal Trumper, Victor Cricketer Tucker, Albert Artist Wentworth, William Charles Explorer, politician White, Patrick Writer, Nobel Laureate