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.
Arts, literature[edit]
- Patricia Carlon (crime writer, born in Wagga Wagga)[1]
- Flora Eldershaw (novelist and critic, educated and died in Wagga Wagga)[2]
- Dame Edna Everage (fictional character)
- Billy Field (singer and songwriter)[3]
- Dame Mary Gilmore (socialist, poet and journalist)
- Andrew Mueller (journalist, author)
- Nina Las Vegas (Nina Agzarian) (DJ and radio presenter)
- George Moore (radio presenter)
Business[edit]
- Geoff Dixon (Qantas CEO)
- Allan Fife (founder of Fife Capital)
- Don Kendell (founder of Kendell Airlines)
- Raelene Castle (Rugby Australia CEO) (2017-2020)
Crime[edit]
- Janine Balding (born and raised in Wagga Wagga, raped and murdered in Sydney in 1988)[4]
- Andrew John Harper (the "Heartbreak Bandit" - defrauded and deceived women and business people)
- Arthur Orton (famous imposter claiming to be the Tichborne heir in late 19th century)[5]
Film, television, and theatre[edit]
- Louise Alston (film director and producer)
- Sharna Burgess (professional ballroom dancer on Dancing with the Stars)
- Bill Kerr (actor)
- Lex Marinos (actor)
- Wayne Pygram (actor)
- Geraldine Quinn (performer)
- Kerry Casey (actor)
Military and policing[edit]
- Henry Baylis (first police magistrate of the area)
- Sir Thomas Blamey (World War II general and Australia's first and only Field-Marshal)[6]
- John Hurst Edmondson (Australia's first World War II Victoria Cross recipient)
Music[edit]
- Carmel Kaine (Classical violinist)
- Sam Moran (former member of the children's musical group The Wiggles)
Politics and government[edit]
- Helen Coonan (former Liberal party senator for New South Wales 1996-2011)
- Charles Hardy (politician)
- Michael McCormack (Member for the Riverina and former Deputy Prime Minister)
Sport[edit]
- George P. Anderson (Australian rules footballer)
- David Barnhill (Rugby League footballer)[7]
- Alex Blackwell (cricketer)
- Kate Blackwell (cricketer)
- Scobie Breasley (jockey)[8]
- Greg Brentnall (Rugby League footballer)[8]
- Wayne Carey (Australian rules footballer)[8]
- Wayne Carroll (Australian rules footballer)
- Ben Cross (Rugby League footballer; played for Canberra, Melbourne and Newcastle)
- Neale Daniher (Australian rules footballer)
- Terry Daniher (Australian rules footballer)[8]
- Patrick Dwyer (Olympic athlete)
- Steve Elkington (golfer)[8]
- Marc Glanville (Rugby League footballer)
- Paul Hawke (Australian rules footballer)
- Elliott Himmelberg (Australian rules footballer)
- Harrison Himmelberg (Australian rules footballer)
- Nathan Hines (Rugby Union footballer)
- Brad Kahlefeldt (2006 Commonwealth Games Triathlon gold medallist)[8]
- Paul Kelly (Australian rules footballer)[8]
- Geoff Lawson (cricketer)[8]
- Jim Lenehan (Rugby Union footballer)
- Jack Littlejohn (Rugby League footballer)
- Steve Martin (Australian Rugby League Team)
- Bill Mohr (Australian rules footballer)
- Cameron Mooney (Australian rules footballer)
- Chris Mortimer (Rugby League footballer)[8]
- Peter Mortimer (Rugby League footballer)
- Steve Mortimer (Rugby League footballer)[8]
- Nigel Plum (Rugby League footballer)
- Alicia Quirk (Australian Women's Rugby sevens player and 2016 Summer Olympics gold medal winner)
- Tony Roche (tennis player)[8]
- Adam Schneider (Australian rules footballer)
- Nathan Sharpe (Rugby Union footballer)
- Nick Skinner (Rugby League footballer)
- Michael Slater (cricketer)[8]
- Jamie Soward (Rugby League footballer and coach)
- Peter Sterling (Rugby League footballer and TV presenter/sports commentator)[8]
- Mark Taylor (cricketer)[8]
Other[edit]
- William Monks (architect)
- Thomas Smith Bellair (actor and Wagga Wagga publican)
References[edit]
- ^ Wyndham, Susan (20 October 2002). "Stranger than fiction". The Age. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
- ^ Dever, Maryanne, "Eldershaw, Flora Sydney (1897–1956)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 15 May 2023
- ^ McFarlane, Ian (2017). "Billy Field". The Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop. Jenkins, Jeff (Foreword) (2nd ed.). Gisborne, VIC: Third Stone Press. p. 168. ISBN 978-0-9953856-0-3.
- ^ Allard, Tom (21 November 2014). "Teen killers of Janine Balding have received 'cruel, inhumane and degrading' punishment: UN". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
- ^ Twain, Mark (1897). "Chapter XV". Following the Equator. literaturecollection.com.
- ^ Horner, David, "Blamey, Sir Thomas Albert (1884–1951)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 15 May 2023
- ^ "David Barnhill - Playing Career - Summary". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Sporting Hall of Fame". Museum of the Riverina. Archived from the original on 20 June 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2016.