List of people from Darwin
Encyclopedia
The following is a list of notable people who come from or who have significant associations with Darwin
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Darwin, Northern Territory
Darwin is the capital city of the Northern Territory, Australia. Situated on the Timor Sea, Darwin has a population of 127,500, making it by far the largest and most populated city in the sparsely populated Northern Territory, but the least populous of all Australia's capital cities...
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Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
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Sport
- Andrew McLeodAndrew McLeodAndrew Luke McLeod is a former Australian rules footballer for the Adelaide Football Club. He is the games record holder for Adelaide, having played 340 games....
- Joe Anderson
- Graeme BrownGraeme BrownGraeme Allen Brown OAM is a professional cyclist and dual Olympic gold medallist from Australia.-Cycling career - road and track:...
- Anthony CorrieAnthony CorrieAnthony Corrie is an Australian rules footballer who has previously played for the Brisbane Lions and the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League , and is currently without a team....
- Kerry DieneltKerry DieneltKerry Dienelt is a former softball catcher from Australia, who won a bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics and 2000 Summer Olympics....
- Frank FarinaFrank FarinaFrank Farina OAM is a retired Australian football player. He most currently coaches the Papua New Guinea national football team....
- Fabian FrancisFabian FrancisFabian Francis, is a former Australian rules football and rugby league footballer, most notable for his brief professional career with the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League.-Early life:...
- Mark HickmanMark HickmanMark Christopher Hickman OAM is a field hockey goalkeeper from Australia. He was a part of the team that won the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece....
- Stephen HoltStephen HoltStephen Harris Holt is a former field hockey defender and midfielder from Australia, who was a member of the team that won the bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney....
- Damien MartynDamien MartynDamien Richard Martyn is a former Australian cricketer. He played for the national team sporadically in 1992–1994 before becoming a regular ODI player in 1999–2000 and a regular Test player in 2001 until his retirement in late 2006...
- Paul Miller (boxer)Paul Miller (boxer)Paul James Miller is a boxer from Australia, who represented his native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney in the Men's 75 kg Division...
- Ian van der WalIan van der WalIan van der Wal was an Australian sprint-middle distance freestyle swimmer, who represented Australia at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. He was a member of the 4x100m and 4x200m freestyle relay teams...
- Erika YamasakiErika YamasakiErika Yamasaki is an Australian weightlifter. She started Weightlifting in 2000, when she was tested in a talent identification program. Erika first started to represent Australia in 2003 at the Oceania Championships...
- Cyril RioliCyril RioliCyril Rioli is a professional Australian rules footballer currently playing with the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League...
- Cameron StokesCameron StokesCameron Stokes was a Australian rules football player listed for the Hawthorn Football Club. Stokes was recruited to the Hawks via the 2007 AFL rookie draft, selected at pick 54. He made his AFL debut in the opening round of the 2008 AFL season, alongside fellow Northern Territorian Cyril Rioli...
- Nova Peris-KneeboneNova Peris-KneeboneNova Maree Peris, AO, is an Australian athlete. She was a representative in the Australian Women's Hockey team at the 1996 Summer Olympics becoming the first Aboriginal Australian to win an Olympic gold medal.In 1997, she switched sports to athletics and a year later she became a double gold...
- Gilbert McAdamGilbert McAdamGilbert McAdam was an Indigenous Australian Australian rules football player and one of three McAdam brothers to play in the Australian Football League.-Early career:...
- Peter BurgoynePeter BurgoynePeter Gabriel Burgoyne is a former Australian rules footballer with Port Adelaide in the Australian Football League. He played primarily in midfield and on the half back flank.-Early life:...
- Matthew Stokes
- Matthew WhelanMatthew WhelanMatthew Whelan is a former professional Australian rules football player.Wearing the number 45 jersey, Whelan was reliable defender/back pocket known by Demons fans simply as the "Wheels". He also earned the nickname "Wrecker" for his big hits and tough and uncompromisingly defensive style of...
- Michael LongMichael LongMichael Long is a former Australian rules footballer of Aboriginal descent and spokesperson for indigenous rights and against racism in sport.-Early career:...
- Michael Ahmat
- Maurice RioliMaurice RioliMaurice Rioli was an Australian rules football player best known for his time spent with the Richmond Football Club in the Victorian Football League...
- Adrian McAdamAdrian McAdamAdrian McAdam is a former Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne in the Australian Football League during the early 1990s....
- Robbie Ahmat
Arts
- Jessica MauboyJessica MauboyJessica Hilda Mauboy , is an Indigenous Australian R&B singer-songwriter and actress. In 2006, Mauboy was the runner-up on the fourth season of Australian Idol, she had auditioned for the talent show in Alice Springs to pursue a recording career...
- The GroovesmithsThe Groovesmiths-Demonstrations Of Intent:The band's debut EP features 5 original songs, written by Gavin Shoesmith.# "Bushranger" – 3:51# "Lonely" – 4:05# "Rebirth" – 5:04# "Viva La Revolution" – 3:33# "Oh The Sun Is Shining" – 4:35...
- Tex PerkinsTex PerkinsTex Perkins is an Australian singer-songwriter, who is widely known for fronting the popular Australian rock-band The Cruel Sea, but has also performed with the Beasts of Bourbon, Thug, James Baker Experience, The Butcher Shop, Salamander Jim, and Tex, Don and Charlie. He has also released many...
- Christopher Skinner
- Ian MossIan MossIan Moss is an Australian rock musician, best known as the guitarist and occasional singer of Cold Chisel. In that group's initial ten year career, Moss recorded eight albums, three of which were No. 1 national hits. His solo career began with a No. 1 album and single and five ARIA Awards...
- Aaron PedersenAaron PedersenAaron Pedersen is an Australian television and film actor of Arrente/Arabana Australian Aboriginal descent.-Career:Prior to Aaron's acting career, Aaron plied his trade as a journalist with ABC2 at Elsternwick studios in Melbourne....
- David GulpililDavid GulpililDavid Gulpilil Ridjimiraril Dalaithngu , is an Indigenous Australian traditional dancer and actor. His first starring role was Walkabout....
- Warwick ThorntonWarwick ThorntonWarwick Thornton is an Australian film director, screenwriter and cinematographer. His debut feature film, Samson and Delilah won the Caméra d'Or at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival.-Family:Thornton was born and raised in Alice Springs...
- Rachel PerkinsRachel PerkinsRachel Perkins is a film and television director, film and television producer and a writer. She is known for her films Bran Nue Dae, Radiance and One Night the Moon. Perkins is an Arrernte woman from Central Australia, who was raised in Canberra by parents Eileen and Charles Perkins...
- Ted EganTed EganEdward Joseph Egan AO is an Australian folk musician, and was a public servant who served as Administrator of the Northern Territory from 2003 to 2007.-Early life:...
- Gregg TurkingtonGregg TurkingtonGregg Turkington is an Australian-born U.S. comedian, best known for his stand-up comedy character, Neil Hamburger. He has also participated in a number of avant-garde and post punk bands...
- The PoorThe PoorThe Poor are an Australian hard rock band that formed in the mid-1980s in Darwin, Northern Territory. They released a debut album titled Who Cares on 15 March 1994 on the Sony label. Who Cares debuted at #4 on the Australian albums chart...
The poorThe PoorThe Poor are an Australian hard rock band that formed in the mid-1980s in Darwin, Northern Territory. They released a debut album titled Who Cares on 15 March 1994 on the Sony label. Who Cares debuted at #4 on the Australian albums chart...
Media
- Charlie King (sports broadcaster)Charlie King (sports broadcaster)-Media:He is a commentator for ABC Radio Grandstand and is based in Darwin.He hosts Grandstand and Sporttalk, Northern Territory style.He has commentated on various sports including Australian rules football and cricket....
- Michael TunnMichael TunnMichael Tunn is an Australian radio announcer and television presenter. He was hired by Australia's national youth station Triple J in 1990 at the age of 17, making him Australia's youngest professional radio presenter at the time....
- Ron WilsonRon Wilson (newsreader)Ron Wilson is a news presenter with Network Ten. an Australian television network.WIlson is currently the presenter of Ten Early News and also Ten Morning News on Monday & Tuesday...
Politics
- Mark TextorMark TextorMark Textor is an Australian pollster and campaign strategist. He was the principal pollster for former Australian Prime Minister John Howard....
- Goff LettsGoff LettsDr Godfrey Alan Letts CBE was the Majority Leader of the Northern Territory of Australia from 1974 to 1977.Born in Donald, Victoria, Letts attended Melbourne Grammar and Melbourne and Sydney Universities, graduating with a Bachelor of Veterinarian Science in 1950...
- Paul EveringhamPaul EveringhamPaul Anthony Edward Everingham AO was the first Chief Minister of the Northern Territory of Australia when it was granted self-government in 1978....
- Ian TuxworthIan TuxworthIan Lindsay Tuxworth is an Australian politician, who was Chief Minister of the Northern Territory of Australia from 17 October 1984 until he resigned on 10 May 1986....
- Stephen HattonStephen HattonStephen Paul Hatton is an Australian politician, who was Chief Minister of the Northern Territory of Australia from 1986 to 1988. From 1983 until his retirement in 2001, he was MLA for the seat of Nightcliff...
- Shane StoneShane StoneShane Leslie Stone AC, QC is an Australian political figure. From 26 May 1995 to 8 February 1999 he was Chief Minister of the Northern Territory, representing the Country Liberal Party.-Biography:Stone was born in Bendigo, Victoria...
- Denis Burke
- Clare MartinClare MartinClare Majella Martin is a former Australian politician. She is the current CEO of the Australian Council of Social Service . A former journalist, she was elected to the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly in a shock by-election win in 1995...
- William Forster (judge)William Forster (judge)Sir William Edward Stanley Forster was the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory holding that position from 1979 to 1985...
- Bob Collins (Australian politician)
- Brian Frank MartinBrian Frank MartinBrian Frank Martin AO MBE QC was the fourth Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory. He was appointed to that position on 26 February 1993 when the former Chief Justice Austin Asche took up appointment as Administrator of the Northern Territory...
- Brian Ross MartinBrian Ross MartinBrian Ross Martin AO QC was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory from 2004 to 2010. He was sworn in as the Northern Territory's fifth Chief Justice on 27 January 2004 following the retirement of Brian Frank Martin.At the time of his appointment he was a judge of the...
- Dean MildrenDean MildrenDean Mildren RFD QC is a Judge of the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory. He was appointed to the Court on 27 June 1991.-Education and pre-Northern Territory:...
- James MuirheadJames MuirheadJames Henry Muirhead AC KStJ QC was an Administrator of the Northern Territory and a Judge of the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory.-Pre-Northern Territory:...
- Harold Nelson (Australian politician)Harold Nelson (Australian politician)Harold George Nelson was the inaugural member for the Northern Territory in the Australian House of Representatives....
- Kevin O'Leary (judge)
- Trevor RileyTrevor RileyTrevor John Riley QC is the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory. He was appointed a judge of the Supreme Court on 1 February 1999 and Chief Justice on 27 September 2010....
- Stephen SouthwoodStephen SouthwoodStephen Roger Southwood QC is a Judge of the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory. He was appointed to the Court on 31 January 2005....
- John AnictomatisJohn AnictomatisJohn Christopher Anictomatis AO . Administrator of Northern Territory 28 November 2000 to 30 October 2003. John Anictomatis was sworn in by William Deane, the Governor General of Australia...
- Charles PerkinsCharles PerkinsCharles Nelson Perkins, AO, commonly known as Charlie Perkins, was an Australian Aboriginal activist, football player and administrator. He was known as Kumantjayi Perkins in the period immediately following his death...