Name 10 Famous Australians - Staying away from the obvious

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  1. dreamboy3000

    dreamboy3000 Well-Known Member

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    Errol Flynn, born in Tazzy i think
     
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    The Hoodoogurus
     
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  5. Jim

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    Yvonne Cawley aka Goolagong
     
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    Infamous rather than famous

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    Dame Nelly Melba- even had a pudding name after her
     
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  8. Jim

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    John Pilger
    Gough Whitlam
     
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  9. Gue

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    More than 10 but should be at least 10 that you all know.

    Mary Elizabeth Donaldson (Crown Princess of Denmark)
    Elle MacPherson (the body)
    Sir Douglas Mawson (explorer)
    Max Schubert (winemaker)
    Eric Bana (Actor, The Hulk, Black Hawk Down)
    Cate Blanchett (Actress, won Golden Globe for Elizabeth and Oscar for The Aviator)
    Errol Flynn (Actor)
    Rolf Harris
    Paul Hogan (Actor, Crocodile Dundee)
    PJ Hogan (Director, My Best Friend's Wedding and Peter Pan)
    Barry Humphries (Comedian, Dame Edna Everidge)
    Steve Irwin (The Crocodile Hunter)
    Hugh Jackman (Actor, X-Men (Wolverine))
    Clive James
    George Lazenby (Actor, James Bond)
    Heath Ledger (Actor, Brokeback Mountain)
    Baz Luhrmann (Director, Romeo & Juliet and Moulin Rouge)
    Guy Pearce (Actor, LA Confidential and Memento)
    Geoffrey Rush (Actor, Oscar for Shine and nominations for Shakespeare in Love and Quills)
    Peter Weir (Director, Dead Poets Society and The Truman Show and Master and Commander)
    Rupert Murdoch (Chairman News Corporation, Sky Television)
    Henry Lawson (Prose and Poet)
    Banjo Patterson (writer, author of Waltzing Matilda and The Man from Snowy River)
    Dr Barry Marshall (Nobel prize for Medicine)
    Dr Robin Warren (Nobel prize for Medicine)
    Dr Fiona Wood (Inventor of Spray-on skin for burns victims)
    Sir Edward 'Weary' Dunlop (WWII surgeon)
    Albert Jacka (1st Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross in WW1)
    Sir John Monash (WW1 General)
    Tina Arena (singer)
    John Butler (musician)
    Nick Cave (singer/songwriter)
    Kasey Chambers (singer/songwriter)
    Slim Dusty (singer)
    Delta Goodrem (singer/actress)
    INXS
    Natalie Imbruglia (singer)
    Dame Nellie Melba (opera singer)
    Kylie Minogue (singer)
    Johnny O'Keefe (singer)
    AC/DC
    Dame Joan Sutherland (opera singer)
    Sir Robert Helpmann (dancer/choreographer)
    Sir William Bragg (Nobel prize for Physics)
    John Cornforth (Nobel prize for Chemistry)
    Peter Doherty (Nobel prize for Medicine)
    Lord Howard Walter Florey (Developed mass-production of penicillin)
    Allan Border (cricket)
    Sir Donald Bradman (cricket)
    Matt Burke (rugby union)
    Greg Chappell (cricket)
    Margaret Court (tennis)
    Betty Cuthbert (athletics)
    Herb Elliott (athletics)
    Dawn Fraser (swimming)
    Cathy Freeman (athletics)
    Evonne Goolagong Cawley (tennis)
    George Gregan (rugby union)
    Lauren Jackson (basketball)
    Patrick Johnson (1st Australian to run 100m in under 10sec)
    Sir Jack Brabham (3 time Formula One World Champion)
    Alan Jones (1980 Formula One World Champion)
    Mark Webber (Formula One driver)
    Paul Stoddart (Former owner of Minardi F1 team)
    John Landy (2nd person to break the 4min mile)
    Rod Laver (tennis)
    Luc Longley (basketball)
    Anthony Mundine (rugby league/boxer)
    Greg Norman (golf)
    Keiran Perkins (swimming)
    Mark Philipoussis (tennis)
    Patrick Rafter (tennis)
    Ian Thorpe (swimming)
    Shane Warne (cricket)
    Steve Waugh (cricket)
    Todd Woodbridge (tennis, won Wimbledon doubles title 9 times)
    Lleyton Hewitt (tennis)
     
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  10. Gue

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    Former Barnsley players Jacob Burns and David Scarsella

    And of course the current footballers in the UK:

    Aaron Downes, Chesterfield
    Adam Griffiths, Watford
    Anthony Danze, Crystal Palace
    Brad Jones, Middlesbrough
    Brett Emerton, Blackburn Rovers
    Chris Coyne, Luton Town
    Chris Herd, Aston Villa
    Craig Moore, Newcastle United
    Danny Tiatto, Leicester City
    Frank Talia, Wycombe Wanderers
    Gareth Edds, Milton Keynes Dons
    Gareth Musson, Wolverhampton Wanderers
    Harry Kewell, Liverpool
    James Wesolowski, Leicester City
    Joel Griffiths, Leeds
    Joel Porter, Hartlepool
    John Filan, Wigan
    Jon Brady, Hereford
    Josip Skoko, Wigan
    Les Pogliacomi, Oldham Athletic
    Lucas Neill, Blackburn Rovers
    Luke Wilkshire, Bristol City
    Mark Robertson, Stockport County
    Mark Schwarzer, Middlesbrough
    Mark Viduka, Middlesbrough
    Nick Rizzo, Milton Keynes Dons
    Patrick Kisnorbo, Leicester City
    Paul Henderson, Leicester City
    Paul Reid, Brighton & Hove Albion
    Predrag Bojic, Northampton Town
    Rhys Williams, Middlesbrough
    Richard Garcia, Colchester
    Rostyn Griffiths, Blackburn Rovers
    Ruben Zadkovich, Notts County
    Scott Guyett, Yeovil Town
    Shane Huke, Peterborough
    Shane Lowry, Aston Villa
    Stan Lazaridis, Birmingham City
    Tim Cahill, Everton
    Tony Popovic, Crystal Palace
    Trent McClenahan, West Ham United
     
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    when are you posting the famous ones
     
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  13. Jim

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    Pete Doherty's got a Nobel Prize for medicine

    is that for his experiments with opiates?
     
    Jimmy Jazz, Aug 25, 2006
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  14. Gue

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    yay, fame at last, nt
     
    Guest, Aug 25, 2006
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