Melburnian

John Batman a founder of Melbourne, was born at Parramatta, New South Wales, on 21 January 1801. His father, William Batman, came to Sydney in 1797. In 1821 John Batman, with his brother Henry, went to Tasmania and took up land in the north-east n Read more..

Adam Lindsay Gordon (1833-70), Australia's acclaimed national poet was many things in his time. A mounted trooper, champion jockey, horsebreaker and Member of Parliament. He was the first to capture Australia and her people in the words of poet Read more..

Dr John Frederick Joseph Cade (1912-1980) was an Australian psychiatrist who made perhaps one of the most important medical discoveries to sway mental health here and the world over when he found the first effective chemical treatment that would help Read more..

Ellis Rowan was a brilliant Australian naturalist, painter and illustrator. Ellis Rowan produced some of the most powerfully arresting flower paintings recorded in Australian art. She painted more species of Australian and international flora than Read more..

Sir Ernest Edward 'Weary' Dunlop is one of the extraordinary figures in Australia's history. His name and deeds are associated with compassion, courage, steadfastness and hope. Weary Dunlop, soldier, surgeon and great Australian, demonstrated a l Read more..

Fletcher Jones provides classical timeless clothing for men and women who desire high quality stylish garments. Fletcher Jones retail stores are in every state of Australia. Fletcher Jones At that time of his death in 1977, Fletcher Jones and Read more..

George James Coles (1885-1977), businessman and philanthropist, was born on 28 March 1885 at Jung Jung, near Murtoa, Victoria. The second of ten children and eldest son of George Coles, storekeeper, and his first wife Elizabeth, née Scoular, both Read more..

Germaine Greer is a writer, academic, journalist and scholar of early modern English literature, widely regarded as one of the most significant feminist voices of the later 20th century. Germaine was born on the 29 January 1939 and grew up in Ment Read more..

Public speaker - MC - Panelist - Debater - Facilitator - Host! With a diverse background Glenn Manton has the natural ability to empathize with a number of subject matters including – motivation, communication, philanthropy, community creativity-p Read more..

Harold Edward Holt CH was Australia's 17th Prime Minister whose term dramatically ended in December 1967 when he disappeared while swimming at Cheviot Beach near Portsea. 5 August 1908 – presumed dead 17 December 1967. Holt spent 32 years in Pa Read more..

Jack Pompei: Boat Builder and Advocate for Mordialloc Creek. Jack worked tirelessly over the years to protect the Mordialloc Creek. "Take the creek out of Mordialloc and there would be nothing here," is how he expressed it. "A few years back y Read more..

John Brack was one of Australia's most outstanding artists, was born in Melbourne in 1920, and his work first achieved prominence in the 1950s. For over forty years he was at the forefront of Australian art and produced some of our most iconic im Read more..

To thousands of Melburnians he was "Lolly", the old man who played the violin seemingly everywhere you went in Melbourne. Lolly played his violin on trams, trains, buses and planes, in restaurants, on street corners and at private parties. Bef Read more..

Melburnian 'Mac' Robertson was without a doubt, the greatest entrepreneur and philanthropist in contemporary Australian History. Sir Macpherson Robertson (6 September 1859 in Ballarat, Victoria - 20 August 1945 in Kew) was an Australian philanthr Read more..

The 2009 Melburnian of the Year is Susan Barton. PRAHRAN mother and founder of the Lighthouse Foundation Susan Barton was last night named 2009 Melburnian of the Year. Presented with the award by Lord Mayor Robert Doyle, Ms Barton was recognised f Read more..

The following is a List of notable Melburnians who come from or who have significant associations with Melbourne, Australia: A person from Melbourne is a Melburnian, or the variant spelling 'Melbournian' is sometimes found but is considered gramma Read more..

Edward "Ned" Kelly was born near Melbourne in January 1855 and hanged at the Melbourne gaol on 11 November 1880. Ned Kelly and his gang are Australia's most famous bushrangers, pursued by police for robbery and murder, his capture was finally mad Read more..

The State of Victoria boasts two Nobel Prize Winners, Frank Macfarlane Burnet and Sir John Carew Eccles. The Nobel Prizes are awards in Physics, Chemistry, Literature, Peace, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics. The first five prizes were insti Read more..

Sir Reginald Myles Ansett was an Australian businessman and aviator; best known for founding Ansett Airlines one of Australia's two leading domestic airlines between 1957 and 2001. He born in Inglewood, Victoria (13 February 1909 - 23 December 19 Read more..

In 2008 on the 150th anniversary of Australian Rules football, we remembered the man with his cousin H.C.A. Harrison, drafted the first rules for a new form of football in 1858. This young man was an all round sportsman, Secretary of the Melbourne Read more..

Dr Tim Flannery is one of Australia's best-known scientists as well as being one of our best-selling writers, his views are often provocative, both intellectually and socially. Timothy Fridtjof Flannery was born in Melbourne on the 28th January 1 Read more..

WEG is best known for his premiership posters of the winning teams of the Victorian Football League (VFL) Grand Final for the Weekend Herald. By 1966 Green's posters had become so popular that The Herald started producing and selling them after t Read more..