Lists of Australians covers selected notable Australian people organised by awards and honours, occupation, ethnicity, sports and other qualities.

Australians of the Year

List of Australian of the Year Award recipients The Australian of the Year Award is given annually on Australia Day. The announcement of the award has become a major public event in Australia, and is televised nationwide. The award "offers an insight into Australian identity, reflecting the ...

List of Senior Australian of the Year Award recipients The Senior Australian of the Year Award commenced in 1999, in the International Year of Older Persons, and recognises those Australians aged 60 and over who continue to achieve and contribute. 2002 is the only year, since the founding of the awa ...

List of Young Australian of the Year Award recipients The Young Australian of the Year Awards commenced in 1979, and recognises those aged 16 to 30 who are considered exceptional young Australians. 1993 was the only year in which an award was not given. Recipients See also * List of Australian ...

List of Australian Local Hero Award recipients The Local Hero AwardAustralian of the Year awardees
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Awards and honours

List of Australian Victoria Cross recipients The Victoria Cross (VC) is a military decoration awarded for valour "in the presence of the enemy" to members of the Australian Defence Force. It may be awarded to a person of any rank in any service, and to civilians under military command. Be ...

List of knights and dames of the Order of Australia Knights and Dames of the Order of Australia was the highest level of the Order of Australia from 1976 to 1986 and 2014 to 2015. History The Order of Australia is the only Australian order of chivalry, although certain dynastic British orders ...

List of companions of the Order of Australia The Order of Australia is the only Australian order of chivalry. It was established on 14 February 1975 by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, to recognise Australian citizens and other persons for achievement, meritorious service, or for both. At t ...

* Recipients of Australian civil awards and decorations

Education

List of Australian university leaders Since the development of the university sector in Australia and the foundation of the first university (University of Sydney, 1850), a small number of Vice-Chancellors have served for 15 years or more with some portion of this time in office as ...

List of University of Adelaide people This is an incomplete list of University of Adelaide people including notable alumni and staff associated with the University of Adelaide in Australia. Alumni Business * Shaun Bonett – founder of the Precision Group * John Langdon Bonython ...

List of Australian National University people This is an incomplete list of Australian National University people, including alumni and staff. Alumni Academia * Robert Addo-Fening, historian and academic *Des Ball, security specialist and ANU Professor * Andrew Barker, British classicist ...

* List of Flinders University people *

List of University of South Australia people This is an incomplete list of University of South Australia people including notable alumni and staff associated with the University of South Australia in Australia. Alumni Arts * Andrew Baines, artist * Beverley Bolin, architect * David ...

List of La Trobe University people This is an incomplete list of La Trobe University people, including alumni and staff. Alumni Academia * Lindsay Falvey – academic * Sze Flett – scientist Business * Martyn Dunne – CEO of NZ Customs *Ahmed Fahour – former CEO of Nationa ...

List of Macquarie University people This is a list of Macquarie University people. Academia and science Business Government and politics Australia *Peter Andren, Australian politician, former Member for Division of Calare, Calare in the Australian House of Representatives *Kerry ...

* List of Queensland University of Technology people *

List of University of Melbourne people This is a list of University of Melbourne people, including alumni and staff. Alumni Academia *Sir John Behan, educator; Australia's first Rhodes Scholar *Geoff Bowker, professor of informatics at the University of California, Irvine *Alec ...

* List of Monash University people * List of University of New England people * List of University of New South Wales people *

List of University of Queensland people This is a list of University of Queensland people. The University of Queensland has numerous notable alumni and faculty. Notable alumni Academia Arts Business *Kathryn Fagg AO, chair of the CSIRO from 2021 *Richard Goodmanson, former COO of ...

List of University of Sydney people This is a list of University of Sydney people, including notable alumni and staff. Alumni Academia * Dennis A. Ahlburg – former president of Trinity University; dean of the Leeds School of Business at the University of Colorado at Boulder an ...

List of University of Western Australia people The University of Western Australia has seen many notable people pass through its doors over its -year history, both as students and staff. Notable alumni Politics Business Public service and community Law Science, medicine, enginee ...

List of famous Old Sydneians The following is a list of notable past pupils of Sydney Grammar School (SGS). Former pupils of the School are known as Old Sydneians. Politics, public service and the law Lawyers High Court of Australia * Edmund Barton, Sir Edmund Barton (18 ...

Entertainment and culture

List of Australian film directors This is a list Australian film directors. A * Henry and Aaron * Sunny Abberton * Shane Abbess * Dominic Allen * Richard James Allen * Louise Alston * Stephen Amis * Mario Andreacchio * Luke Anthony * Neil Armfield * Gillian Armstrong * Eddie ...

List of Australian poets The poets listed below were either citizens or residents of Australia or published the bulk of their poetry whilst living there. A B C D E F G H I–J K L M N O P Q–R ...

List of Australian novelists This is a list of novelists living in Australia or publishing significantly while living there. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z See also

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List of Australian architects This is a list of Australian architects. A ''#top, Return to top of page'' B ''#top, Return to top of page'' C ''#top, Return to top of page'' D ''#top, Return to top of page'' E ''#top, Return to top of page'' F ''#top ...

List of Indigenous Australian musicians This is a list of Indigenous Australian musicians. Solo artists *Trevor Adamson – country/gospel singer *Baker Boy, Danzal Baker (Baker Boy) – rapper *Barkaa – rapper *Auriel Andrew – country musician *Christine Anu – singer-songwri ...

List of Indigenous Australian visual artists Numerous Indigenous Australians are noted for their participation in, and contributions to, the Visual arts of Australia and abroad. Contemporary Indigenous Australian art is a national movement of international significance with work by Indigen ...

List of Indigenous Australian writers Numerous Indigenous Australians are notable for their contributions to Australian literature and journalism. Indigenous Australian literature includes fiction, plays, letters, essays and other works. Literature * Faith Bandler activist and nov ...

* List of Australian television presenters * List of Australian Idol semi finalists *

List of Australian composers A list is a set of discrete items of information collected and set forth in some format for utility, entertainment, or other purposes. A list may be memorialized in any number of ways, including existing only in the mind of the list-maker, but ...

* List of Australian hip hop musicians * List of Australian women artists * List of Australian women photographers

Geography and ethnicity

* List of Chinese Australians * List of Sri Lankan Australians * List of Hungarian Australians * List of Turkish Australians *

List of Italian Australians This is a list of notable Italian Australians. Musicians *Vanessa Amorosi – singer, entertainer *Tina Arena – singer, entertainer *Christian Argenti – singer *Chantelle Barry – singer *Anthony Callea – singer, entertainer *Emmanuel C ...

Lists of Indigenous Australians Lists of Indigenous Australians by occupation and/or historical contribution: * List of Indigenous Australian historical figures * List of Indigenous Australian musicians * List of Indigenous Australian performing artists * List of Indigenous A ...

List of Pakistani Australians A list is a set of discrete items of information collected and set forth in some format for utility, entertainment, or other purposes. A list may be memorialized in any number of ways, including existing only in the mind of the list-maker, but ...

List of people from Adelaide This is an incomplete list of wp:n, notable people from Adelaide. Arts and music Prominent intellectuals, writers, artists, bands, and musicians to hail from Adelaide include: Actors *Dame Judith Anderson – ''Rebecca (1940 film), Rebecca' ...

* List of Noongar people *

List of people from Melbourne This is a list of notable people from Melbourne, the capital city of Victoria, Australia. Native Melburnians The following were born or grew up in Melbourne. # * 360 – hip-hop rapper Back to top A * Daevid Allen – musician * Gord ...

* List of Queenslanders * List of people from Wollongong * List of VFL/AFL players by ethnicity *

List of Oceanian Jews The vast majority of Jews in Oceania (estimation 120,000) live in Australia, with a population of about 7,000 in New Zealand (6867, according to the 2013 NZ Census). Most are Ashkenazi Jews, with many being survivors of the Holocaust arriving ...

Law and crime

List of Australian criminals This is a list of Australian people who have been Conviction, convicted of serious crimes both in Australia and overseas. Bank robbers * Brenden Abbott (born 1962), known as the Postcard Bandit * Darcy Dugan (1920–1991), bank robber and New ...

List of Australian politicians convicted of crimes The following is a list of Australian politicians convicted of crimes. Federal New South Wales Queensland Tasmania South Australia Victoria Western Australia See also *List of political controversies in Australia *Rory Amon ...

List of Australians in international prisons A list is a set of discrete items of information collected and set forth in some format for utility, entertainment, or other purposes. A list may be memorialized in any number of ways, including existing only in the mind of the list-maker, but ...

* List of judges of the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory *

List of justices of the High Court of Australia The High Court of Australia is composed of seven justices: the chief justice of Australia and six other justices. There have been 57 justices who have served as justices of the High Court since its formation under the '' Judiciary Act 1903''. U ...

*Lists of people legally executed in Australia: **

List of people legally executed in New South Wales This is a list of people executed in New South Wales. It lists people who were executed by British (and from 1901, Australian) authorities within the modern-day boundaries of New South Wales. For people executed in other parts of Australia, s ...

** List of people legally executed on Norfolk Island ** List of people legally executed in the Northern Territory ** List of people legally executed in Queensland ** List of people legally executed in South Australia ** List of people legally executed in Tasmania ** List of people legally executed in Victoria **

List of people legally executed in Western Australia This is a list of people executed in Western Australia. It lists people who were executed by Dutch East India Company (VOC), British and, from 1901, Australian authorities within the modern-day boundaries of Western Australia. For people execute ...

Literature

List of Australian novelists This is a list of novelists living in Australia or publishing significantly while living there. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z See also

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List of Australian poets The poets listed below were either citizens or residents of Australia or published the bulk of their poetry whilst living there. A B C D E F G H I–J K L M N O P Q–R ...

* List of Australian women writers

Politics

Father of the Australian Senate This article lists the longest-serving members of the Parliament of Australia. Longest total service This section lists members of parliament who have served for a cumulative total of at least 30 years. All these periods of service were spent ...

Father of the Australian House of Representatives Father of the House is a title that has been traditionally bestowed, unofficially, on certain members of some legislatures, most notably the House of Commons in the United Kingdom. In some legislatures the title refers to the longest continuously ...

* Father of the Australian Parliament * List of Australian ministers *

List of Australian opposition leaders In Australian federal politics, the Leader of the Opposition is an elected member of parliament (MP) in the Australian House of Representatives who leads the opposition. The Leader of the Opposition, by convention, is the leader of the lar ...

* List of Australian Greens parliamentarians *

List of Indigenous Australians in politics and public service Numerous Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Australia have been notable for their contributions to politics, including participation in governments, and activism. Others are noted for their public service, generally and in specific ...

List of ambassadors of Australia to Iran The ambassador of Australia to Iran is an officer of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the head of the Embassy of the Commonwealth of Australia to the Islamic Republic of Iran. The current ambassador, since May 2024, is ...

* List of ambassadors of Australia to the United Nations *

List of ambassadors of Australia to the United States The ambassador of Australia to the United States is an officer of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the director of the Embassy of Australia, Washington, D.C., Embassy of the Australia, Commonwealth of Australia to the ...

List of high commissioners of Australia to the United Kingdom The high commissioner of Australia to the United Kingdom is an officer of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the head of the High Commission of the Commonwealth of Australia to United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northe ...

List of the first women appointed to Australian judicial positions A list is a set of discrete items of information collected and set forth in some format for utility, entertainment, or other purposes. A list may be memorialized in any number of ways, including existing only in the mind of the list-maker, but ...

* List of ambassadors and high commissioners of Australia * List of prime ministers of Australia *

List of longest-serving members of the Parliament of Australia This article lists the longest-serving members of the Parliament of Australia. Longest total service This section lists members of parliament who have served for a cumulative total of at least 30 years. All these periods of service were spent ...

* People who have served in both Houses of the Australian Parliament

Mayors and lord mayors

List of mayors and lord mayors of Adelaide This is a list of the mayors and lord mayors of the City of Adelaide, a Local government in Australia, local government area of South Australia. The first local government in Australia was formed on 31 October 1840 with the election of ninet ...

List of mayors and lord mayors of Brisbane The Lord Mayor of Brisbane is the chief executive of the City of Brisbane, the capital of the Australian state of Queensland, and the head of the Brisbane City Council. Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner of the Liberal National Party of Queensland, Lib ...

* List of mayors and lord mayors of Hobart *

List of mayors and lord mayors of Melbourne This is a list of mayors and lord mayor, lord mayors of the City of Melbourne, a Local government in Australia, local government area of Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia. Mayors (1842–1902) Lord mayors (1902–1980) The title o ...

* List of mayors and lord mayors of Perth *

List of mayors, lord mayors and administrators of Sydney The Right Honourable the Lord Mayor of Sydney is the head of the Council of the City of Sydney, which is the local government area covering the central business district of Sydney in the State of New South Wales, Australia. The Lord Mayor has ...

Premiers

Premier of New South Wales The premier of New South Wales is the head of government in the state of New South Wales, Australia. The Government of New South Wales follows the Westminster system, Westminster Parliamentary System, with a Parliament of New South Wales actin ...

Premier of South Australia The premier of South Australia is the head of government in the state of South Australia, Australia. The Government of South Australia follows the Westminster system, with a Parliament of South Australia acting as the legislature. The premier i ...

Premier of Queensland The premier of Queensland is the head of government in the Australian state of Queensland. By convention the premier is the leader of the party with a parliamentary majority in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland. The premier is appointed ...

Premier of Tasmania The premier of Tasmania is the head of the Government of Tasmania, executive government in the Australian state of Tasmania. By convention, the leader of the party or political grouping which has majority support in the Tasmanian House of Assem ...

Premier of Western Australia The premier of Western Australia is the head of government of the state of Western Australia. The role of premier at a state level is similar to the role of the prime minister of Australia at a federal level. The premier leads the executive br ...

Premier of Victoria The premier of Victoria is the head of government of the state of Victoria in Australia. The premier leads the Cabinet of Victoria and selects its ministers. The premier is appointed by the governor of Victoria, must be a member of the Vic ...

Religion

List of Anglican bishops of Sydney The Archbishop of Sydney is the diocesan bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Sydney, Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), ...

Catholic Bishops and Archbishops of Perth, Western Australia The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Perth is a Latin Church metropolitan archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Australia covering the Greater Perth, Goldfields-Esperance, Peel and Wheatbelt regions of Western Australia. St Mary's Cathedral locat ...

Catholic Bishops and Archbishops of Sydney This is a list of the bishops and archbishops of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney since 1842. The title also is the Catholic Primate of Australia. List of bishops List of archbishops Auxiliary bishops See also *Roman Catholicism ...

Sport

List of Australian Test cricketers This is a list of Australia Test cricketers. A Test match is an international two-innings per side cricket match between two of the leading cricketing nations. The list is arranged in the order in which each player won his Test cap by playing f ...

Australian national cricket captains This is a list of the people who have been the official Australian Captain (cricket), captains in Tests, ODIs and Twenty20 Internationals cricket teams. Australia national cricket team, Australia participated in the first Test cricket, Test mat ...

** List of Australian Test wicket-keepers ** List of Australian Test batsmen who have scored over 5000 Test runs *

List of Australian ODI cricketers This is a list of Australian One-day International cricketers. A One Day International, or an ODI, is an international cricket match between two representative teams, each one having ODI status, as determined by the International Cricket Council ...

List of Australian Twenty20 International cricketers Since their first match in 2005, 111 players have represented Australia in Twenty20 Internationals. A Twenty20 International is an international cricket match between two representative teams, as determined by the International Cricket Council ...

Australian Test cricket umpires __NOTOC__ This is a list of umpire (cricket), cricket umpires who have officiated at least one men's Test cricket, Test match. As of June 2025, 500 umpires have officiated in a Test match. Current members of the Elite Panel of ICC Umpires, Emirate ...

* List of Australian rules football and cricket players * List of Australian Football League umpires *

Australian Rugby League's Team of the Century In late 2007, the Australian Rugby League and National Rugby League commissioned a college of 130 experts to select the Australian rugby league's 100 greatest players, 100 best rugby league players in the game's 100-year history in Australia. The l ...

* List of Australian Football League coaches * List of Australian Winter Olympians * List of VFL/AFL players by ethnicity * List of players from Australia in Major League Baseball

Miscellaneous

Australian Living Treasures National Living Treasure is a status created and occasionally updated by the National Trust of Australia's New South Wales branch, awarded to up to 100 living people. Recipients were selected by popular vote for having made outstanding contributi ...

* List of people on stamps of Australia * List of Indigenous Australians associated with European colonisation of Australia * List of Australian businesspersons