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There are many famous Australians, past and present, and no list would ever do them all justice. Here is a small selection of famous Australians with which to begin:

  • The Crocodile hunter, Steve Irwin and his daughter Bindi
  • Paul Hogan (a.k.a. Crocodile Dundee)
  • Aboriginal painter Albert Namatjira
  • Olympic gold medallists Cathy Freeman, Shirley Strickland, Ian Thorpe, Kieran Perkins, Grant Hackett, Stephanie Rice, Shane Gould, Dawn Fraser - among many others
  • Television presenters Rolf Harris (not born in Australia, but lived here most of younger life), Ernie Dingo
  • Golfer Greg Norman
  • Cricketers Sir Donald Bradman; the Chappell brothers; Dennis Lillee
  • Australian Footballer Ron Barassi; Ted Whitten; Leigh Matthews; Gary Ablett and Haydn Bunton
  • Tennis players Lleyton Hewitt, Evonne Goolagong-Cawley, Rod Laver, John Newcombe, the "Woodies", Harry Hopman and Margaret Court
  • Dame Edna Everage
  • Actresses Nicole Kidman, Kate Blanchett, Sigrid Thornton and Naomi Watts
  • Actors Hugh Jackman, Heath Ledger, Simon Baker, Mel Gibson, Russell Crowe, Geoffrey Rush (among many others)
  • Authors Colin Thiele, Thomas Keneally, Judy Blume, just to name a few
  • Bands and singers AC-DC, Midnight Oil, Men at Work, The Seekers, Olivia Newton-John, Kylie Minogue, Dannii Minogue, the Bee Gees, Frank Ifield, Natalie Imbruglia, Gypsy & the Cat, etc
  • Children's group The Wiggles
  • First Australian explorer William Charles Wentworth; Australian explorers Hamilton Hume and Hovell, John Forrest and Alexander Forrest; Robert Burke and Wills; John Eyre; Douglas Mawson, who headed up the famous Australia-NZ expedition to Antarctica
  • Father of Australian Federation, Sir Henry Parkes
  • Famous aviator Charles Kingsford-Smith
  • model Elle MacPherson
  • Mary Elizabeth Donaldson - wife of HRH Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark
  • Boer War and WWI correspondent CEW Bean
  • Famous patriotic poets and writers AB 'Banjo' Paterson and Henry Lawson
  • Painters Ken Done, Russell Drysdale, Norman Lindsay, Sidney Nolan, Sir Arthur Streeton
  • Statesman and Politician Sir Robert Menzies
  • Surgeons Edward 'Weary' Dunlop and John Flynn ("flying doctor")
  • Social commentator BA Santamaria
  • Opera singer Dame Nellie Melba
  • Musicians and Composers Percy Grainger and Roger Woodward

    See the related link below for a list of famous Australians

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