1. Michael Katsidis (1980)

Australian Boxer

Crowd-pleasing Australian fighter who became the WBO Lightweight titleholder, and was the Australian Light Welterweight champion.

2. Gina Jeffreys (1968)

Country Singer

Country singer whose Australian Platinum and Gold albums include The Flame and Somebody's Daughter. She won Tamworth Country Music Awards for several songs, including "Two Stars Fell" and "Dancin' with...

3. Jared Graves (1982)

Australian Racing Cyclist

Cyclist who is widely considered the greatest four-cross racer of all time. He has earned victories at many of the sport's most high-profile events, including the 2009 UCI 4X World...

4. Will Power (1981)

Australian Racing Driver

IndyCar Series driver who won his first series race in 2009, the Rexall Edmonton Indy, racing for Team Penske; finished second in points in 2010.

5. Shane Withington (1958)

Australian Actor

Australian actor who played the role of John Palmer in the series Home and Away and the role of Brendan Jones in the series A Country Practice.

6. Geoffrey Rush (1951)

Australian Actor

Academy Award-winning actor well known for his role in The King's Speech and for playing Captain Barbossa in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise. In 2017 he began starring in National Geographic's...

7. Jodie Fields (1984)

Australian Cricketer

Right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper who has captained Australia's national team.

8. Daniel Bowles (1991)

Australian Soccer Player

In 2014, this Australian right full back joined the Queensland-based Brisbane Roar Football Club. Previously, he had played for the senior squads of Adelaide United and Gold Coast United.

9. Sonia Kruger (1965)

Television Presenter

TV host who is based in Australia who has hosted programs like Dancing with the Stars, and Big Brother Australia on the Nine Network.

10. Shane Webcke (1974)

Australian Rugby League Player

Shane Webcke is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who spent his entire top-grade career playing for the Brisbane Broncos. His position of choice was at prop forward and...

11. Joshua Eagle (1973)

Australian Tennis Player

Joshua Eagle is a former professional male tennis player and current professional tennis coach from Australia. In January 2013 he was appointed as the Australian Davis Cup coach having previously...

12. Stephen Eaton (1975)

Australian Paralympic Thrower

Stephen Robert Eaton OAM is an Australian athlete with cerebral palsy from Toowoomba Queensland who competes at the national and international level in discus throwing and shot put at events...

13. Ben Lowe (1985)

Australian Rugby League Player

Ben Lowe born 13 March 1985 in Toowoomba Queensland is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who is currently playing for the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the National Rugby League...

14. Adam Brideson (1981)

Australian Rugby League Player

Adam Brideson is an Australian professional rugby league player for the Canterbury Bulldogs. Playing his Junior Football in the Toowoomba Rugby League Team the Southern Suburbs Tigers Brideson usually plays...

15. Ron Elstob (1924)

Australian Politician

Ronald Charles Ron Elstob is a former Australian politician. Born in Toowoomba Queensland he was a waterside worker in Adelaide South Australia and an official with the Waterside Workers' Federation....

16. Rhonda Thorne (1958)

Australian Squash Player

Rhonda Thorne is a former World No. 1 squash player from Australia. She was one of the leading players on the international squash circuit in the late-1970s and early-1980s...

17. Chloe Sims (gymnast) (1990)

Australian Gymanst

Chloe Leigh Sims is an Australian gymnast. She finished first all-around at the 2005 Australian junior championships and first all-around at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne. She was a...

18. Tim Cuddihy (1987)

Archer

Timothy John Cuddihy is an archer from Toowoomba Australia who competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's individual matchplay archery. He won his first three elimination matches advancing to...

19. Littleton Groom (1867)

Australian Politician

Sir Littleton Ernest Groom KC KCMG was an Australian Commonwealth Minister Speaker of the House of Representatives and Australia's 17th longest serving federal Parliamentarian. He was a member of every...

20. Clive Berghofer (1935)

Australian Politician

Clive John Berghofer is an Australian property developer politician and philanthropist. Berghofer was an alderman on Toowoomba City Council from 1973 to 1982 serving as Toowoomba's 61st Mayor from 1982...

21. Bill Wood (politician) (1935)

Australian Politician

Bill Wood is an Australian politician who was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland and later the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly. He was elected to the Queensland...

22. Lloyd Roberts (politician) (1907)

Australian Politician

Lloyd Henry Scurfield Roberts was an Australian politician. He was the Country Party member for Whitsunday in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 1950 to 1961.

23. Elizabeth Maree Tomkins (1982)

Australian Film Producer

Elizabeth Maree Tomkins is an Australian film producer credited as 'Liz Tomkins'. She studied at Queensland College of Art graduating in 2005 and later began work at Briz 31 Community...

24. Peter Wood (Australian politician) (1935)

Australian Politician

Peter Wood was an Australian politician. Wood and his twin brother Bill were the sons of Les Wood also a Labor politician. Peter was elected to the Legislative Assembly of...

25. Tim Watts (politician) (1982)

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Timothy Graham Tim Watts is an Australian politician. He has been an Labor member of the Australian House of Representatives since September 2013 representing the Division of Gellibrand Victoria. Prior...

26. Cheryl Praeger (1948)

Mathematician

Cheryl Elisabeth Praeger AM is an Australian mathematician. Praeger received BSc and MSc degrees from the University of Queensland and doctorate from the University of Oxford in 1973 under direction...

27. Chay Hews (1976)

Australian Soccer Player

Chay Hews is an Australian football player who plays for Brisbane Strikers.

28. Paul Kronk (1954)

Australian Tennis Player

Paul Kronk is a former tennis player from AustraliaKrok won seven doubles titles during his professional career. The right-hander reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on 25 April 1976 when he...

29. Michael Dighton (1976)

Australian Cricketer

Michael Gray Dighton is an Australian cricket player who played for the Tasmanian Tigers. He plays club cricket for North Hobart Cricket Club. He is an excellent opening batsman particularly...

30. Meshel Laurie (1976)

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31. Paul McCabe (1959)

Australian Rugby League Player

Paul McCabe is an Australian former rugby league footballer of the 1970s and 80s. He played for several clubs as well as representing Queensland in State of Origin series. McCabe...

32. Ross Case (1951)

Australian Tennis Player

Ross Case was an Australian tennis player. His career-high singles ranking was world no. 14. With Geoff Masters he won two Grand Slam doubles titles: in 1974 at the Australian...

33. Dan Stains (1964)

Australian Rugby League Player A

Dan Stains is an Australian former rugby league footballer and coach. He played primarily for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks usually as a Second-row Prop and as a Hooker. He played for...

34. Keith Wright (1942)

Writer

35. Desley Scott (1943)

Australian Politician In The Que

Desley Carleton Scott is an Australian Labor Party politician and member for Woodridge in the Parliament of Queensland. Scott was elected to parliament at the 2001 state election after working...

36. Rohan Hancock (1955)

Australian Rugby League Player

Rohan Han* is an Australian former rugby league footballer of the 1970s and 80s. An Australian international and Queensland representative prop forward he played his club football in Queensland with...

37. John Gayler (1943)

Australian Politician

John Gayler was an Australian politician. Born in Toowoomba Queensland he was a solicitor before entering politics. In 1983 he was elected to the Australian House of Representatives as the...

38. Damien Hooper (1992)

Australian Boxer

Damien Hooper is an Australian amateur boxer of Indigenous Australian heritage selected for the 2012 Summer Olympics in the light heavyweight division.

39. Ann Bressington (1955)

Australian Politician

Ann Marie Bressington is an Australian politician. She was elected to the South Australian Legislative Council at the 2006 South Australian election as Nick Xenophon's running mate on his independent...

40. Glynis Nunn (1960)

Australian Heptathlete

Glynis Leanne Nunn-Cearnes OAM is a former Australian heptathlete the first Olympic champion in the event. Born in Toowoomba Queensland she began competing in athletics at age 9 when she...

41. Jack Breheny (1910)

Australian Politician

John Gerald Jack Breheny was an Australian politician. He was born in Toowoomba in Queensland. In 1951 he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly as a Liberal member...

42. Tim Watts (1970)

British Film Director

Tim Watts is a short film maker and caricaturist on TV's Spitting Image. Watts won the BAFTA award with longtime collaborator David Stoten in 1994 for The Big Story.

43. Kurt Wrigley (1969)

Australian Rugby League Player

Kurt Wrigley is an Australian former professional rugby league player. During a short 5 year career he played for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks St. George Dragons and the Adelaide Rams.

44. Don Bennett (1910)

Royal Air Force Air Marshals

Air Vice-Marshal Donald Clifford Tyndall Bennett CB CBE DSO RAF was an Australian aviation pioneer and bomber pilot who rose to be the youngest Air Vice-Marshal in the Royal Air...

45. Jaiman Lowe (1983)

Australian Rugby League Player

Jaiman Lowe is an Australian professional rugby league footballer for the Melbourne Storm of the National Rugby League. He has previously played for the North Queensland Cowboys and the South...

46. Adam Mogg (1977)

Australian Rugby League Player

Adam Mogg is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 2000s. A Queensland State of Origin representative three-quarter back he played in the National Rugby League for Australian...

47. Rachael Grinham (1977)

Australian Squash Player

Rachael Margaret Grinham is a professional squash player from Australia. She won the World Open in 2007 and the British Open in 2003 2004 2007 and 2009. She reached the...

48. Ben Ridge (1989)

Australian Rugby League Player

Ben Ridge is an Australian professional rugby league footballer for the Gold Coast Titans of the National Rugby League. His primarily plays second-row and lock.

49. John Rillie (1971)

Australian Basketball Player

John Rillie is an Australian basketball player. Rillie previously captained the Townsville Crocodiles in the NBL but his contracted was not renewed. In his first season in the NBL Rillie...

50. Darren Lange (1971)

Swimmer

Darren Niel Lange is a former freestyle swimming champion from Australia. He was born on 5 August 1971 and raised in Toowoomba Queensland. As a 15 year old boy from...