List of people from Wagga Wagga
This article is a list of notable people from the Australian regional city of Wagga Wagga, New South Wales.
John Abernethy (former NSW State Coroner)
- Louise Alston (film director and producer)
- Curtis Young (Junior vice president of International Strategic Trading)
- George P. Anderson (Australian rules footballer)
- Janine Balding (born and raised in Wagga Wagga, murdered and raped in Sydney in 1988)
- David Barnhill (Rugby League footballer)[1]
- Sir Thomas Blamey (World War II general and Australia's first and only Field-Marshal)[2]
- Scobie Breasley (jockey)[3]
- Greg Brentnall (Rugby League footballer)[3]
- Sharna Burgess (professional ballroom dancer on Dancing with the Stars)
- Wayne Carey (Australian rules footballer)[3]
- Patricia Carlon (crime writer, born in Wagga Wagga)[4]
- Helen Coonan (former Liberal party senator for New South Wales 1996-2011)
- Ben Cross (Rugby League footballer; played for Canberra, Melbourne and Newcastle)
- Terry Daniher (Australian rules footballer)[3]
- Geoff Dixon (Qantas CEO)
- Patrick Dwyer (Olympic athlete)
- John Hurst Edmondson (Australia's first World War II Victoria Cross recipient)
- Flora Eldershaw (novelist and critic, educated and died in Wagga Wagga)[5]
- Steve Elkington (golfer)[3]
- Dame Edna Everage (fictional character)
- Billy Field (singer and songwriter)[6]
- Dame Mary Gilmore (socialist, poet and journalist)
- Charles Hardy (politician)
- Paul Hawke (Australian rules footballer)
- Harrison Himmelberg (Australian rules footballer)
- Nathan Hines (Rugby Union footballer)
- Brad Kahlefeldt (2006 Commonwealth Games Triathlon gold medallist)[3]
- Paul Kelly (Australian rules footballer)[3]
- Don Kendell (founder of Kendell Airlines)
- Bill Kerr (actor)
- Nina Las Vegas (Nina Agzarian) (DJ and radio presenter)
- Geoff Lawson (cricketer)[3]
- Len Lawson (convicted rapist and murderer, born and raised in Wagga Wagga)
- Jim Lenehan (Rugby Union footballer)
- Jack Littlejohn (Rugby League footballer)
- Michael McCormack (Member for the Riverina, and Deputy Prime Minister)
- Steve Martin (Australian Rugby League Team)
- David Mathew (Big Brother Australia 2005 winner)
- Greg Mathew (Big Brother Australia 2005 winner)
- Bill Mohr (Australian rules footballer)
- William Monks (architect)
- Cameron Mooney (Australian rules footballer)
- George Moore (radio presenter)
- Sam Moran (former member of the children's musical group The Wiggles)
- Chris Mortimer (Rugby League footballer)[3]
- Peter Mortimer (Rugby League footballer)
- Steve Mortimer (Rugby League footballer)[3]
- Andrew Mueller (journalist, author)
- Arthur Orton (famous imposter of the late 19th century)[7]
- Nigel Plum (Rugby League footballer)
- Wayne Pygram (actor)
- Geraldine Quinn (performer)
- Alicia Quirk (Australian Women's Rugby sevens player and 2016 Summer Olympics gold medal winner)
- Tony Roche (tennis player)[3]
- Adam Schneider (Australian rules footballer)
- Nathan Sharpe (Rugby Union footballer)
- Michael Slater (cricketer)[3]
- Jamie Soward (Rugby League footballer)
- Peter Sterling (Rugby League footballer and TV presenter/sports commentator)[3]
- Mark Taylor (cricketer)[3]
- Melanie Wells (hockey player)[3][8]
References
- ↑ Rugby League Project
- ↑ Blamey Biography on Australian Dictionary of Biography
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 "Sporting Hall of Fame". Museum of the Riverina. Retrieved 2016-01-20.
- ↑ Wyndham, Susan (October 20, 2002). "Stranger than fiction". Books. The Age. Retrieved 2007-05-08.
- ↑ Australian Dictionary of Biography
- ↑ Gold Central Victoria Archived 2015-04-18 at the Wayback Machine.. Retrieved 7 April 2015
- ↑ Twain, Mark (1897). "Chapter XV". Following the Equator. literaturecollection.com.
- ↑ "Melanie WELLS (Nee Twitt)". Hockey Australia. Archived from the original on 2008-07-23. Retrieved 2008-06-22.
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