List of Australians
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This is a list of notable people born in Australia.
See also the list of 100 Australian Living Treasures.
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[edit] Academia
- Glyn Davis - Vice Chancellor of the University of Melbourne
- Keith Windschuttle - historian
- Henry A. Reynolds - historian
[edit] Architecture
- See Also: List of Australian architects
- James Barnet
- Nahum Barnet
- Robin Boyd
- Charles D'Ebro
- Charles Bruce Dellit
- Phillip Gibbs
- Romaldo Giurgola
- Francis Greenway
- Roy Grounds
- Talbot Hobbs
- John Horbury Hunt
- Richard Roach Jewell
- Ross and Macdonald
- Barry Patten
- William Pitt (architect)
- Harry Seidler
- Florence Taylor - First woman architect, structural engineer and civil engineer in Australia. Appointed an Officer of the British Empire and a Commander of the British Empire
- Jørn Utzon
[edit] Aviators (pioneer)
- Nancy Bird-Walton - (born 1915)
- Lawrence Hargrave -(1850-1915)
- Harry Hawker - (1889-1921)
- Bert Hinkler - (1892-1933)
- Sir Charles Kingsford Smith - (1897-1935)
[edit] Business
- Alan Bond (also listed in crime)
- Daragh Kan - Businessman and Socialite
- Sir Lawrence Hartnett - businessman
- Lindsay Fox
- Rupert Murdoch - Media Mogul
- James Packer
- Frank Austin Pallin - Environmentalist and business man
- Richard Pratt
- Dick Smith - businessman
- Kerry Stokes
- Evan Thornley
- Malcolm Turnbull (also listed in politics)
[edit] Crime
See also: List of Australian criminals and List of Australians in international prisons
- Rodney Ansell
- Bali Nine
- Alan Bond (Also listed in business)
- Kenneth Brown - explorer and pastoralist hung for murdering his wife
- Martin Bryant - Port Arthur Massacre
- William Buckley, convict living on the Bellarine Peninsula, famous for escaping and living among the aborigines when transported to the colony of New South Wales
- Captain Thunderbolt
- Mahmoud Chami - serial gang rapist
- Eric Edgar Cooke
- Schapelle Corby
- Garry David
- Edward Eagar
- Warren Fellows
- Wade Frankum - Strathfield Massacre
- Alphonse Gangitano, Melbourne underworld criminal figure
- Andrew Garforth
- Mohammed Ghanem - serial gang rapist
- John Wayne Glover
- Sef Gonzales
- Belal Hajeid - serial gang rapist
- Sven Huebner
- Brian Keith Jones - aka Mr Baldy
- Ned Kelly - (c. 1854-1880) bushranger
- Graham Kinniburgh - Melbourne underworld criminal figure
- Julian Knight - Hoddle Street Massacre
- Maria Korp - 'body in the boot' victim
- Ivan Milat - Backpacker murderer
- Jason Moran - Melbourne underworld criminal figure
- Lewis Moran - Melbourne underworld criminal figure
- Bradley John Murdoch
- Mark Brandon Read, aka Chopper Read, Melbourne underworld criminal figure
- Jack Roche
- Michael Dennis Rohan
- Ronald Ryan
- Mahmoud Sanoussi - serial gang rapist
- Mohammed Sanoussi - serial gang rapist
- Tayaab Sheikh - serial gang rapist
- Bilal Skaf - Lebanese Australian gang rape ring leader
- Mohammed Skaf - serial gang rapist
- Christopher Skase - failed businessman and fugitive who escaped to Majorca.
- Squizzy Taylor - Melbourne gangster
- Stan Taylor
- John Travers - ringleader of the Anita Cobby murder
- Robert Trimbole - International felon and drug lord
- Andrew Veniamin
- Frank Vitkovic - Queen Street Massacre
- John Wren - Melbourne businessman and gangster
- Stephanie Lentz - We nt into a lolly shop in a balaclava and with a gun and tried to steal a very big lollypop but was unfortunately caught in the process
[edit] Film and television
- Eric Bana - actor
- Jacinda Barrett - actron
- Cate Blanchett - actress (won Golden Globe Award for Best Actress for Elizabeth and (won Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for The Aviator
- Louisa Brammall - actress (won Golden Globe Award for Best Actress for Elizabeth and (won Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for The Aviator
- Jackie Chan - actor (Australian citizen)
- John Clarke - (born New Zealand) actor, comedian
- Barry Crocker - actor/singer
- Russell Crowe - (born in New Zealand) actor
- Judy Davis - actress
- Ernie Dingo - actor
- Jon English - (born in England) actor/singer
- Errol Flynn - (1909-1959) actor
- Colin Friels - actor
- Mel Gibson - (born 1956) - actor American born, Australian raised
- Posie Graeme-Evans - (born UK, resides Sydney) television producer
- Germaine Greer - (born 1939) writer, feminist and TV personality
- David Gulpilil - actor & dancer
- Rolf Harris - artist, singer and TV personality
- Paul Hogan - (born 1939) actor/comedian
- P. J. Hogan - film director (Muriel's Wedding, My Best Friend's Wedding, Peter Pan)
- John Howard - actor
- Steph Hunt - film director, famous actress and singer (to be)
- Barry Humphries - actor/comedian
- Steve Irwin - (1962-2006) The Crocodile Hunter
- Hugh Jackman - actor
- Clive James - TV presenter / personality (was President of the Cambridge University Footlights club)
- Graham Kennedy - comedian and television host
- Nicole Kidman - (born 1967) actress American born, Australian raised
- George Lazenby - actor who played James Bond
- Heath Ledger - (born 1979) actor
- Baz Luhrmann - filmmaker
- Lex Marinos - actor
- Ray Martin - Journalist
- Garry McDonald - actor/comedian
- Darren McMullen - TV presenter / personality
- Sam Neill - (born in Northern Ireland) actor
- Bert Newton - television great
- Olivia Newton-John - (born in England) singer/actress
- Guy Pearce - (born 1967), actor
- Margaret Pomeranz AM - Film critic, former host of SBS's The Movie Show, host of ABC TV's At the Movies.
- Geoffrey Rush - actor, (won 2005 Emmy Award for Best Actor for The Life and Death of Peter Sellers)
- Yahoo Serious - comedian, filmmaker
- Magda Szubanski - (born in England) actress
- Charles 'Bud' Tingwell - actor
- Sigrid Thornton - actress
- Steve Vizard - actor/presenter
- Naomi Watts - (born in England) actress
- Hugo Weaving - (born in South Africa) - actor
- Peter Weir - (born 1944) filmmaker
- David Wenham - actor
- Kate Elise McGee - (born 1990) actress/singer
- Essie Davis - (Born in Tasmania) actress
[edit] Journalism
- Richard Ackland
- Phillip Adams
- Monica Attard
- Paul Barry
- Charles Bean
- Paul Kelly
- Christian Kerr
- Keith Dunstan
- Michelle Grattan
- Liz Jackson
- Margo Kingston
- Paul Kelly
- Phillip Knightley
- Stuart Littlemore
- Mungo Wentworth MacCallum
- David Marr (journalist)
- Chris Masters
- Stephen Mayne
- Alan Moorehead
- Keith Murdoch
- Rupert Murdoch ch - News Corporation
- Lachlan Murdoch
- George Negus
- Kerry O'Brien
- Andrew Olle
- John Pilger
- Jessica Rowe
- B.A. Santamaria (1915 - 1998) political activist and journalist
- Sue Smith - Television and radio journalist, first female reporter on the Nine Networks 'A Current Affair', and Logie Award winner.
- Sandra Sully
- Jana Wendt
- Marian Wilkinson
[edit] Law
- Marie Byles- First practicing female solicitor in NSW, Mountaineer, Explorer, Author and Feminist.
- Elizabeth Evatt AC - First Chief Justice of the Family Court of Australia
[edit] Literature
- Patsy Adam-Smith - (1924-2001) Author, Historian and Servicewoman
- David Atkins - director of the 2000 Sydney Olympics Opening Ceremony, The Man From Snowy River: Arena Spectacular
- C.E.W. Bean - (1879-1968) journalist, World War I war correspondent and historian
- John Bell - stage actor
- Ric Birch - director of the 1982 Commonwealth Games Opening and Closing Ceremonies, 1984 Los Angeles Olympics Opening Ceremony, and the 1992 Barcelona Olympics Opening Ceremony
- Damien Broderick - (born 1944) science fiction author and critic, futurist
- Vincent Buckley - (1927-1988) poet, teacher, editor, critic
- Wilfred Burchett - (1911-1983) journalist
- Peter Carey - novelist, twice winner of the Booker Prize
- C. J. Dennis - author, playwright and poet
- Robert Drewe
- Nick Earls - novelist
- Greg Egan - science fiction writer
- Nick Enright - (1950-2003) playwright
- Miles Franklin - (1879-1954) author of My Brilliant Career
- Dame Mary Gilmore - poet
- James Halliday - wine author and critic
- Nicholas Hammond (born in the United States) - author and actor
- Dorothy Hewett - poet, playwright and novelist
- A. D. Hope - (1907-2000) poet
- Steph Hunt - invented the longest word - antifaeliarticrosticracylostinaholambongaz - which means procrastination.
- Paul Jennings - children's author
- Ignatius Jones - director of the Sydney Harbour Spectacular at the 2000 Sydney Olympics Closing Ceremony, The Man From Snowy River: Arena Spectacular
- Henry Lawson - prose and poetry
- Kathy Lette - novelist (Puberty Blues)
- Norman Lindsay (Also listed in Creative Art)
- Lennie Lower- (1903-1947) novelist and journalist
- Chris Mansell (poet)
- John Marsden (writer) - most popular Australian author for young adults, and writer of the Tomorrow series.
- Alan Moorehead - journalist and author
- Sally Morgan - biographer
- Les Murray - (born 1938) poet
- D'Arcy Niland - (1919-1967) author (The Shiralee)
- Oodgeroo Noonuccal (aka Kath Walker)
- Dennis Olsen - theatre director/actor
- Ruth Park - (born in New Zealand) author
- Banjo Paterson - (1864-1941) writer, author of Waltzing Matilda and The Man from Snowy River
- Brett Peterson - Author and media critic
- Steele Rudd - Author
- Nevil Shute - Author (A Town Like Alice)
- Kenneth Slessor - (1901-1971) poet
- Christina Stead - novelist (The Man Who Loved Children)
- George Turner - novelist and critic
- Alan Villiers - (1903-1982) author, adventurer, master mariner
- Patrick White - (1912-1990) winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature
- David Williamson - playwright
- Tim Winton - Western Australian author of books such as Cloudstreet
- Judith Wright - (1915-2000) poet (South of My Days)
- Benjamin Grant - Famous novelist and poet
[edit] Medicine
- Percival Bazeley - Public health hero, brought medicine and vaccine to an entire population
- Dr John F. Cade - discovered usefulness of lithium for treating bipolar disorder
- Dr Victor Chang - heart surgeon
- Dr Kathleen Cuningham - Pioneer of Breast Cancer treatment in Australia
- Professor Susan Dorsch- Pioneer of transplantation immunology. First woman appointed to a Professorship in the faculty of Medicine (USYD). Pro-Vice Chancellor and Deputy Vice-Chancellor at the University of Sydney
- Reverend John Flynn - founder of the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia
- Dr Fred Hollows - (born New Zealand) eye doctor
- Dr Barry Marshall - joint 2005 Nobel prize in Medicine with Dr Robin Warren for the discovery that a strain of bacteria, not lifestyle, causes stomach ulcers and gastritis
- Dr William G. McBride - gynaecologist and obstetrician (alerted the world to the dangers of pregnant women taking "Thalidomide", which caused deformities in the unborn child)
- Dr Robin Warren - joint 2005 Nobel prize in Medicine with Dr Barry Marshall for the discovery that a strain of bacteria, not lifestyle, causes stomach ulcers and gastritis
- Dr Fiona Wood- inventor of spray on skin for burns victims and named Australian of the Year for 2005.
- Dr Kobie Olsen - Advanced Dentistry
[edit] Military
- Admiral Chris Barrie AC - Chief of Defence Force 1998–2002
- Percival Bazeley - Brought penicillin to Australians and allies in WWII
- Don Bennett - Aviation pioneer, commander of the Royal Air Force Pathfinders
- Henry Gordon Bennett - (1887-1962) WWI & WWII general
- Sir Thomas Blamey - WWII general and Australia's only Field Marshal
- Clive Caldwell - Top-scoring fighter ace of WWII
- Sir Henry George Chauvel - (1865-1945) WWI general
- General Peter Cosgrove - Chief of Defence Force 2002–2005
- Sir Roden Cutler - WWII Victoria Cross recipient, diplomat and Governor of New South Wales
- Sir Edward 'Weary' Dunlop - (1907-1993) WWII Surgeon
- Sir Hughie Edwards - (1914-1982) Victoria Cross recipient, senior Bomber Command Officer during WWII, Governor of Western Australia
- Air Chief Marshal Allan (Angus) Houston - Chief of the Defence Force 2005–
- Albert Jacka - First Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross in WWI
- James Whiteside M'Cay - (1864-1930) WWI general
- Rawdon Hume "Ron" Middleton VC - (1916-1942) Posthumous Victoria Cross recipient
- Sir John Monash - (1865-1931) WWI general
- Sir Leslie Morshead - (1889-1959) WWII General and Commander during the Siege of Tobruk
- Keith Payne - Victoria Cross recipient
- Arnold Potts - WWII Brigadier, esp. during decisive Kokoda Trail battles
- Keith William "Bluey" Truscott - WWII ace
- Nancy Wake - (born NZ 1912) operative with WWII French resistance
- Sir Richard Williams - First Chief of Air Staff, Royal Australian Air Force
[edit] Music
- See Also: List of Australian musicians.
- Christine Anu - singer
- Tina Arena - singer
- Jimmy Barnes - Scottish born singer
- Eric Bogle - Australian folk musician
- Daryl Braithwaite - singer
- John Butler - musician
- Nick Cave - rock singer, songwriter
- Kasey Chambers - singer
- Jason Donovan- (born 1968), pop/rock singer, actor
- Slim Dusty - singer, guitarist
- Tim Freedman - singer, songwriter (The Whitlams)
- Peter Garrett - (also listed in politics) former lead singer and songwriter of Midnight Oil
- Delta Goodrem - singer, pianist, actress
- Athol Guy - singer, double base player, a member of The Seekers
- Dame Joan Hammond - (born NZ) (1912-1996) violinist, opera singer
- Sir Bernard Heinze - conductor
- Missy Higgins - singer-songwriter
- Roxanne Hislop - Opera singer
- Michael Hutchence - (1960-1997) frontman for INXS
- Natalie Imbruglia - singer, wife of Daniel Johns
- Mick Jagger (of Australian descent) - lead singer of The Rolling Stones
- Daniel Johns - singer, songwriter, guitarist (most notably for fronting the band Silverchair
- Sir Charles Mackerras - conductor
- Dame Nellie Melba - opera singer
- Dannii Minogue - (born 1971) dance music singer, songwriter, actress, dancer, and fashion designer
- Kylie Minogue - (born 1968) pop music singer, songwriter, actress, and dancer
- James Morrison - Jazz musician, plays everything
- Lachlan Neal - Electric and upright bassist
- Olivia Newton-John - (born United Kingdom 1948) singer
- Johnny O'Keefe - singer 'The Wild One'
- Lisa Origliasso & Jessica Origliasso - The Veronicas
- Keith Potger - singer, guitarist, a member of The Seekers
- Bon Scott, Malcolm & Angus Young - members of hard rock band AC/DC
- Dame Joan Sutherland - opera singer (known as 'La Stupenda')
- Deniz Tek - of the punk rock band Radio Birdman
- Rai Thistlethwayte - singer, songwriter, guitarist (Thirsty Merc)
- Keith Urban - (born NZ 1967) country musician
- Mitchell Venn-Brown - Singer
- Oliver Witt - Double bassist (The MOB)
- George Young - songwriter, guitarist
- Rob Younger - of the punk rock band Radio Birdman
[edit] Performing Arts
- See Also: List of Australian dancers.
- David Atkins
- Deanne Berry
- Leigh Bowery
- Nathan Foley
- David Gulpilil
- Tim Harding
- Sir Robert Helpmann - dancer, choreographer
- Rebecca Jackson Mendoza
- Sonia Kruger
- Charles Lisner
- David McAllister
- Paul Mercurio
- Tara Morice
- Graeme Murphy
- Stelarc
- Stephen Page
- Rodney Rude - standup comedian
- Craig Revel Horwood
- Frances Rings
- Mandy Ritchie
- Wade Robson
- Will Sabin
- Ross Stretton
- Meryl Tankard
- Leigh Warren of Leigh Warren & Dancers
- ((Gabrielle Macdonald)) Australian born singer and actor that is hoping to boost her career by singing in the local pubs. She likes to sing children's songs but her specialties are country music and pop culture.
[edit] Politics
- Sir Edmund Barton - (1849-1920) first Prime Minister of Australia
- Sir Johannes Bjelke-Petersen - (born in New Zealand) Premier of Queensland
- Neville Bonner - First Indigenous member of Federal Parliament
- Bob Brown - Green Senator and lead spokesperson
- Jim Cairns - Treaurer and Deputy PM to Gough Whitlam
- Bob Carr - former Premier of NSW
- Ben Chifley - Labour Prime Minister 1945-49
- Don Chipp - Founder of the Australian Democrats
- Peter Costello - Treasurer in John Howard's government since 1996
- John Curtin - Australia's Prime Minister during World War II
- Edith Dircksey Cowan - first female elected representative to an Australian parliament
- Don Dunstan - Flamboyant SA premier
- Dr H.V. Evatt - Labour politician, Opposition Leader to Menzies
- Sir Arthur Fadden - Treasurer under Menzies
- Tim Fischer - Deputy Prime Minister 1996-1999
- Peter Garrett (Also listed in Music)
- Rupert Hamer - Liberal Premier of Victoria
- Pauline Hanson - former QLD Senator, founder of the One Nation Party
- Paul Hasluck
- Bob Hawke - ALP Prime Minister 1983-91
- Harold Holt - (1908-1967) Prime Minister
- John Howard - (born 1939) Prime Minister
- Paul Keating - ALP Prime Minister 1991-96
- Jeff Kennett - Former Premier of Victoria
- Sir William McMahon - Liberal Prime Minister 1971-72
- Eddie Mabo - political activist
- Malcolm Mackerras - psephologist and author of Mackerras Pendulum
- Clare Martin - first female and first ALP Chief Minister of the NT
- Sir Robert Menzies - (1894-1978) Prime Minister
- Sir Henry Parkes - "father of Federation"
- Aden Ridgeway - Australian Democrats senator and second ever indigenous member of Parliament
- B. A. Santamaria (also listed in journalism)
- Natasha Stott Despoja - Former leader of the Australian Democrats
- Malcolm Turnbull (also listed in business)
- Gough Whitlam - (1916-) Prime Minister
[edit] Science and technology
- Sir William Lawrence Bragg - physicist, Nobel Prize winner
- Professor Graeme Clarke - with his group, researched the development of the Cochlea ear implant for the profoundly deaf
- John Cornforth - chemist (born 1917) Nobel Prize winner
- Peter Doherty - immunologist, Nobel Prize winner
- Sir John Eccles (born 1903) - Nobel prize physiologist
- Lord Howard Walter Florey of Adelaide and Marston - lead development of mass-production of penicillin
- James Harrison - pioneer of mechanical refrigeration, (1816 - 1893)
- Professor Rodney Leonard Jory - (1938) physicist
- Sir Gustav Nossal - immunologist
- Clarence Herbert Smith - co-inventor, with his brother, of the Stump-jump plough
- Richard Bowyer Smith - co-inventor, with his brother, of the Stump-jump plough
- Professor Fiona Stanley - epidemiologist
- Alfred Traeger - (1895 - 1980) inventor of pedal radio
- Dr. David Warren - inventor of the Flight data recorder
- David Walker - Games Designer (Team Fortress) Now working for Valve Corporation
- Tim Wilkins - Robotics/Cybernetics Designer
- The Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists:
- Prof Peter Cullen - Director, Co-operative Research Centre for Freshwater Ecology, University of Canberra;
President, Federation of Australian Scientific and Technological Societies - Prof Tim Flannery - zoologist and author (The Future Eaters)
- Assoc Prof Ronnie Harding - Institute of Environmental Studies, University of New South Wales
- Dr Steve Morton - Chief of CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems
- Prof Hugh Possingham - Director, Ecology Centre, University of Queensland
- Dr Denis Saunders - Conservation biologist and former CSIRO chief research scientist
- Prof Bruce Thom - Emeritus Professor, University of Sydney - former Chair Australian State of the Environment Committee
- Dr John Williams - former Chief of CSIRO Land and Water
- Prof Mike Young - Director Policy and Economic Research Unit, CSIRO Land and Water
- Peter Cosier - Policy Officer with the World Wide Fund for Nature.
- Leith Boully - Board Member, Australian Broadcasting Corporation and former Chair of the Community Advisory Committee of the Murray-Darling Basin Commission
- Prof Peter Cullen - Director, Co-operative Research Centre for Freshwater Ecology, University of Canberra;
- Benjamin Ting- Human Cyborgs Association Queensland
[edit] Sport
- David Brabham Former Formula One racing driver
- Mark Webber - Formula One racing driver for Red Bull Racing
- Gary Ablett - Australian rules football
- Andrew Bogut - (born 1984) basketball player
- Allan Border - cricketer
- Sir Donald Bradman - (1908-2001) cricketer
- Matt Burke - (born 1973) rugby union player
- Greg Chappell - (born 1948) cricketer
- Margaret Smith Court - (born 1942) tennis player
- Betty Cuthbert - (born 1938) athlete
- Jade Edmistone - Swimmer
- Herb Elliott - middle distance runner
- Dawn Fraser - swimmer
- Elizabeth Fraser - Olympic Medallist (Melbourne 1956- Swimming)
- Johnny Warren - Football (soccer) player
- Cathy Freeman - (born 1973) athlete
- Andrew Gaze - (born 1965) basketball player
- Evonne Goolagong - tennis player
- George Gregan - (born 1973) rugby union player
- Kat Hunt - Won the regional and state for 60 hurdles will be going to Hobart to compete in the nationals!
- Lauren Jackson - (born 1981) basketball player
- Emma Johnson - Olympic Medallist (Atlanta 1996- Swimming)
- Patrick Johnson - athlete, first Australian to run 100m in under 10 seconds
- Alan Jones - racing car driver and 1980 Formula One World Champion
- Chris Judd - AFL footballer
- John Landy - athlete, second person to run a mile in under 4 minutes; later Governor of Victoria
- Rod Laver - (born 1938) tennis player
- Luc Longley - basketball player
- Leigh Matthews - Australian rules football player
- Mal Meninga - Rugby League icon
- Anthony Mundine - Rugby League, then boxer
- Tim McCartney-Snape - First Australian to Climb Everest
- Greg Norman - (born 1955) golfer
- Kieren Perkins - swimmer
- Mark Philippoussis - tennis player
- Patrick Rafter - tennis player
- Ian Thorpe - (born 1982) swimmer
- Kostya Tszyu - (born 1969) world boxing champion, Russian born but Australian citizen.
- Shane Warne - cricketer
- Mark Waugh - cricketer
- Steve Waugh - cricketer
- Ted Whitten - Australian rules football player
- Todd Woodbridge - (born 1971) tennis player
- Mark Woodforde - tennis player
[edit] Visual Art
- Howard Arkley - painter
- Charles Bannon - printmaker
- Charles Billich - painter
- Kat Black - video and digital artist
- Charles Blackman - painter
- Peter Booth - painter
- Arthur Boyd - painter
- Noel Counihan - social realist painter
- Helen Daniels - painter
- Frank Darcy - painter
- Sir William Dobell - painter
- Ken Done - painter
- Sir Russell Drysdale - painter
- Donald Friend - painter
- Joy Hester - painter
- Sir Hans Heysen - painter
- Nora Heysen - (died 2003) painter
- Robert Hughes - art critic
- Charles Kerry - photographer
- Norman Lindsay - painter, author
- Michael Leunig - cartoonist
- Lewis Miller - painter
- Tracey Moffatt - film and video maker, photographer
- Reg Mombassa - Pop artist, cartoonist and businessman
- Albert Namatjira - (1902-1959) painter
- Sir Sidney Nolan - painter
- Frank Plicka - photographer
- Margaret Preston - (1875-1963) modernist painter and woodblock artist
- Tom Roberts - painter
- Martin Sharp - pop artist
- Heather Shimmen - painter, printmaker
- Jeffrey Smart - painter
- Sir Arthur Streeton - painter
- Les Tanner-(1927-2001) cartoonist
- Albert Tucker - painter
- Brett Whiteley - painter
[edit] Other
- Tilly Aston - Disability activist and founder of Association for the Advancement of the Blind
- Daisy Bates - self-proclaimed anthropologist
- James Busby - "Father of Australian wine"
- Alex Brawn - "Industrialist and Publican"
- Mary Elizabeth Donaldson - Crown Princess of Denmark, wife of HRH Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark
- Len Evans - winemaking pioneer
- Megan Gale - model and actress
- Alan J. Gow - motorsport executive
- Eve van Grafhorst - AIDS patient and activist (moved to New Zealand)
- William Guilfoyle - (1840-1912) - landscape designer
- Mamdouh Habib - former Guantanamo Bay inmate
- David Hicks - Guantanamo Bay inmate
- Clement Hodgkinson - (1818-1893) explorer, surveyor, landscape designer of Melbourne parks and gardens
- Frank Hurley - photographer on Shackleton's ill-fated Antarctica expedition
- Sir Sidney Kidman - (1857 - 1935) pastoralist
- Marcia Langton Professor and Aboriginal scholar
- Elle MacPherson - model
- Michael Mansell - Aboriginal activist
- John Marsden (lawyer) - Sydney solicitor
- Sir Douglas Mawson - explorer
- John Rudder - linguist (Australian Aboriginal languages)
- Max Schubert - winemaker Penfolds Grange
- Peter Singer - philosopher, major influence on animal rights movement.
- Paul Stoddart - former owner of Minardi F1 team
- Olegas Truchanas - conservationist and wildlife photographer
- Trugernanna or Truganini - called last of the Tasmanian Aborigines
- Wayne Sievers - former Australian police officer, trade union official, social justice campaigner and political figure
