New South Wales, Australia

1. Taya Smith (1989)

Gospel Singer

Member of the Australian worship music group Hillsong United. She contributed vocals to the American Billboard Christian Songs chart-topping track "Oceans (Where Feet May Fail)." 

2. LazarBeam (1994)

YouTube Star

YouTube gamer who initially gained a following for his Madden challenge videos. Especially popular are his videos featuring tiny, talentless created players. He also features videos of GTA V with mods, Beam...

3. Anthony Minichiello (1980)

Australian Rugby League Player

Rugby fullback and wing who debuted in the NRL for the Sydney Roosters in 2000.

4. Adrian Buchan (1982)

Australian Surfer

Professional surfer who was sponsored by Hurley International, JS Industries, and a couple others. He was named Australian Pro Junior Champion in 2000 and 2001.

5. Alan Freeman (1927)

British Dj

This famous disc jockey had a four-decade career on several United Kingdom radio stations, including the BBC's Light Program, Radio 1, Capitol Radio, and XFM-London. He was the 2000 recipient...

6. Pearl Mary Gibbs (1901)

Activist

Prominent female activist also known for her work in relation to the Indigenous Australian population. In the 1930's, she became a member and eventual leader of the Aborigines Progressive Association social movement....

7. Robbie Farah (1984)

Australian Rugby League Player

Professional rugby player who is known for being the captain of the Wests Tigers club of the National Rugby League. He won the 2005 NRL Premiership with the Wests Tigers.

8. Philip Cox (1939)

American Architect

Architect of North Melbourne Stadium, the National Institute of the Circus Arts, and the Sydney Football Stadium. His firm handled projects not just in Australia, but also in South-East Asia,...

9. Daine Laurie (1999)

Rugby Player

Professional fullback who signed to play for the Wests Tigers of the National Rugby League. He previously played for the Penrith Panthers, with whom he won the Jersey Flegg Player of the...

10. Kim Ravaillion (1993)

Netball Player

Professional netball midcourter who is known for her career with the Australian national netball team. In 2014, she was a part of the team that won the gold medal at...

11. Krystal Forscutt (1986)

Model

Australian swimsuit model who gained reality fame on the TV show, Big Brother, as well as the film It Takes Two.

12. Pat Richards (1982)

Australian Rugby League Player

Australian rugby footballer who won a National Rugby League title with the Wests Tigers, the first in franchise history, in 2005. He has since gone on to represent Ireland in...

13. Jack Freestone (1992)

Actor

Professional surfer sponsored by Billabong, he was twice crowned the ASP Men's World Junior Champion.

14. Jeff Hardy (1977)

Professional Wrestler And Musici

Former Hardcore Champion who rose to fame in the WWE after wrestling with the Organization of Modern Extreme Grappling Arts.

15. Jemma Rix (1984)

Australian Performer

Theatre actress best known for her role as Elphaba in the Australian production of the hit musical Wicked. She was nominated for Best Leading Actress in a Musical at the...

16. Taylor Corry (1995)

Australian Female Swimming Paral

Paralympic swimmer who won silver at the 2012 Paralympic Games in the 100 meter backstroke and 200 meter freestyle.

17. Budjerah (2002)

Songwriter

Aboriginal Australian singer-songwriter who has gained fame for his 2020 breakout single, "Missing You." He released his self-titled debut EP in March 2021.

18. Joanne Hunt (1974)

TV Actress

Actress known for appearing in the Australian soap opera Home and Away. She also had roles in the 2008 film Restraint and the 2015 TV mini-series The Unfortunate Files.

19. Ashton Sims (1985)

Australian Rugby League Player

Ashton Sims is an Australian professional rugby league footballer for the North Queensland Cowboys of the National Rugby League. A Fiji international representative forward he previously played for the St....

20. Corey Pearson (1973)

Australian Rugby League Player

Corey Pearson 9 January 1973 in New South Wales) is an Australian professional rugby league player of the 1990s and 2000s. Pearson played for the Balmain Tigers St. George Dragons...

21. Bryson Goodwin (1985)

Australian-new Zealand Rugby Lea

Bryson Goodwin is a New Zealand-Australian professional rugby league footballer for the South Sydney Rabbitohs of the National Rugby League. He previously played for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks and the Canterbury-Bankstown...

22. Shawn Budd (1974)

Australian Snooker And Pool Play

Shawn Budd is a professional snooker and pool player that has won major snooker and pool tournaments in Australia New Zealand England and America. He is the only Australian snooker...

23. Joel Parsons (1985)

Australian Speedway Rider

Joel Lewis Parsons is a professional speedway rider.

24. Teigan Van Roosmalen (1991)

Swimmer

Teigan Van Roosmalen is a Paralympic S13 swimmer from Australia. She is legally blind and deaf. She has a swimming scholarship from the Australian Institute of Sport. Her events are...

25. Coral Buttsworth (1900)

Tennis Player

Coral McInnes Buttsworth was a female tennis player from Australia who won the singles title at the Australian Championships in 1931 and 1932 and the women's doubles title there in...

26. Joel Clinton (1981)

Australian Rugby League Player

Joel Clinton is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 2000s and 2010s. An Australian international representative prop forward he played his club football in the National Rugby...

27. Graeme Brewer (1958)

Swimmer

Graeme Brewer was an Australian freestyle swimmer of the late 1970s and early 1980s who won a bronze medal in the 200 m freestyle at the 1980 Moscow Olympics. In...

28. William Samuel Viner (1881)

Australian Chess Master

Samuel Viner was an Australian chess master. He was the West Australian champion in 1900 1901 1903 and 1905 and won the Perth Chess Club's handicap tournament three times. He...

29. Stephen Gageler (1958)

Judge

Stephen Gageler /stivɨnɡeɪdʒlər/ is a Justice of the High Court of Australia. He was previously a barrister based in Sydney New South Wales and the Solicitor-General of Australia the Commonwealth's...

30. Graham Lovett (1947)

English Footballer

Graham John Lovett is a retired English footballer who played most of his career as a midfielder for West Bromwich Albion where he was on the winning sides for the...

31. Norma Moriceau (1944)

Costume & Make-up

32. Kim Booth (Unknow)

Australian Politician

Kim Dion Booth is an Australian politician. He is the leader of the Tasmanian Greens and represents the Division of Bass in the Tasmanian House of Assembly.

33. Tyan Taylor (1990)

Australian Female Goalball Paral

Tyan Little Girl Taylor is an Australian goalball winger and is classified as a B3 competitor. In 2009 after only a month playing the sport Taylor was named to the...

34. Michael McHugh (1935)

Justice Of The High Court Of Aus

Michael Hudson McHugh AC QC is a former justice of the High Court of Australia; the highest court in the Australian court hierarchy.

35. William Gillies (Australian politician) (1868)

Australian Politician

Neil Gillies was ALP Premier of Queensland Australia from 26 February 1925 to 22 October 1925. Gillies was born in Eccleston New South Wales the son of Dougald Gillies farmer...

36. Blake Lazarus (1988)

Greek-australian Rugby League Pl

Blake Lazarus is an Greek-Australian rugby league player for the Wests Tigers in the NRL competition.

37. Mitch Dening (1988)

Australian Baseball Player

Mitchell John Dening is an Australian professional baseball outfielder in the Boston Red Sox organization. Dening started his overseas baseball career by touring South Africa with the Australian Schoolboys team...

38. Joe Robinson (musician) (1991)

Australian Musician

Joe Robinson is an Australian guitar player and vocalist. A largely self-taught musician from Temagog NSW he is best known for his virtuoso guitar abilities and for winning the 2008...

39. Lance Sharkey (1898)

Australian Journalist

Lawrence Louis Lance Sharkey was an Australian trade union activist a radical journalist and a Communist politician. From 1948 to 1965 Sharkey served as the Secretary-General of Communist Party of...

40. Matt Gillett (1988)

Australian Rugby League Player

Matt Gillett is an Australian professional rugby league footballer for the Brisbane Broncos of the NRL. As a utility forward he made his debut for the Broncos in 2010. Gillett...

41. Will Caldwell (1982)

Australian Rugby Union Player

Caldwell is an Australian rugby union footballer who currently plays for the New South Wales Waratahs in the international Super Rugby competition as a lock.

42. Graeme McDougall (1946)

Australian Politician

Graeme Robert McDougall is an Australian politician who was the Liberal Party of Australia member of the House of Representatives for the electorate of Griffith in Queensland from 2 March...

43. Scott Fava (1976)

Australian Rugby Union Player

Scott Fava is a retired Australian rugby union footballer.

44. Amanda Fazio (1954)

Australian Politician

Amanda Ruth Fazio MLC an Australian politician is a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council representing the Australian Labor Party. Whilst Fazio was elected to the Council on...

45. Jeff Hunter (politician) (1959)

Australian Politician

Jeffery Hunter is a retired Australian politician. He was the Member of Parliament for the electorate of Lake Macquarie in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 25 May 1991...

46. Leopold William Jerome Fane De Salis (1845)

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47. Gary Foley (1950)

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Dr Gary Foley is an Australian Aboriginal Gumbainggir activist academic writer and actor. He is best known for his role in establishing the Aboriginal Tent Embassy in Canberra in 1972...

48. Joanne Horniman (1951)

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Joanne Horniman is an Australian author who has won several awards for her books for children teenagers and young adults. Her novels often set in country New South Wales and...

49. William Larnach (1833)

New Zealand Politician

James Mudie Larnach was a New Zealand businessman and politician. He is known for building Larnach Castle and for his suicide.

50. Bronwyn Oliver (1959)

Australian Sculptor

Bronwyn Joy Oliver was an Australian sculptor who worked primarily in metal. Raised in rural New South Wales she trained at Sydney's College of Fine Arts and London's Chelsea School...

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