Famous Australians

Laurel 1 | 18

6 Jul 2007 / #31

Hmm Cate Blanchette? She's pretty big on the acting scene these days

Hugo Weaving (not really all that famous but a good actor nonetheless, the dude who played Agent Smith in The Matrix by the way.)

Michal - | 1865

6 Jul 2007 / #32

Well, no, I could not as I have only recently come back from Australia so I am only in a position now of telling you the answer-and that is, there is nothing very Polish which I saw in Sydney.

chezy1

14 Jul 2007 / #33

peter allen (tenterfield) eric banner (melbourne) cate blanchet (melbourne) leyton hewitt (adelaide) tina arena, steve irvin, hugh jackman, heath ledger, rupert murdoch, jefery rush, francis conner, portia de rossi, ian thorpe.... just a few more famous ozzies

and good old kylie was born in melbourne

PolskaDoll 27 | 1591

14 Jul 2007 / #34

Jason Donovan (Can't believe he's not been mentioned yet!)

I suppose I should include Harry Kewell even though he only plays half a game a season for Liverpool

rofl :-))

chezy1

14 Jul 2007 / #35

yeah what about good old rolfy

but guido hatzis has got to win the award for the most famous of famous :-)\

Daisy 3 | 1211

14 Jul 2007 / #36

Dame Edna Everidge

Sir Les Paterson

lef 11 | 477

14 Jul 2007 / #37

Sir Les Paterson is Australia's most famous son.

Sir Lesley Colin Patterson is Obese, lecherous and offensive, this farting, belching, nose-picking figure of Rabelaisian excess is an antipodean Falstaff.

lef 11 | 477

14 Jul 2007 / #38

Sir Les

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osiol 55 | 3921

14 Sep 2007 / #39

Poet Banjo Patterson, who amongst other things, wrote 'Waltzing Matilda'.

I saw Jason Donovan star as Rocky in the Rocky Horror Show.

Germaine Greer. She's Australian.

And of course:
The highest mountain in Oz was named after Tadeusz Kościuszko.
Most Australians pronounce it 'Mount Kozzy-okso'.

Krzysztof 2 | 971

14 Sep 2007 / #40

Nick Cave

Ronek 1 | 261

14 Sep 2007 / #41

The highest mountain in Oz was named after Tadeusz Kościuszko.

o wow, didnt know about it. I do agree he was a great man, did a lot fore poles and americans, but why would they love him so much in down under?

osiol 55 | 3921

14 Sep 2007 / #42

but why would they love him so much in down under?

A Polish geologist, Paweł Edmund Strzelecki named it. He did a lot of work in Australia.
He also knew Florence Nightingale (not Australian).
His name down under is pronounced Strezlekky!

Krzysztof 2 | 971

14 Sep 2007 / #43

why would they love him so much in down under?

they don't, it was simply a Polish geographer (Edmund Strzelecki who emigrated during partitions) who discovered the mountain and named it after Kościuszko

plk123 8 | 4119

14 Sep 2007 / #44

kosciuszko is pronounced kozyasko here in the heartland of USA

osiol 55 | 3921

14 Sep 2007 / #45

I imagine in Oz, they probably shorten it to just 'Kozzy'.
(Nothing to do with goats)

Krzysztof 2 | 971

14 Sep 2007 / #46

Kozzy sounds good, so cosy

plk123 8 | 4119

14 Sep 2007 / #47

lol.. nice, kris

osiol 55 | 3921

14 Sep 2007 / #48

Kozzy in Aussie.

plk123 8 | 4119

14 Sep 2007 / #49

Ozzy is NOT cosy. :D

ajgraham - | 121

15 Sep 2007 / #50

The Bee Gees,

The Bee Gees are from Manchester Shewolf!.......99.99% certain!

Widgie

28 Oct 2007 / #51

Cate Blanchet

sledz 23 | 2247

28 Oct 2007 / #52

crocodile Dundee

krysia 23 | 3058

28 Oct 2007 / #53

skippy da kangaroo

sledz 23 | 2247

28 Oct 2007 / #54

AC/DC

PolskaDoll 27 | 1591

28 Oct 2007 / #55

Kath and Kim

kathandkim.com

has this made it to the States yet? (or will it even?)

sledz 23 | 2247

28 Oct 2007 / #56

No never seen them

PolskaDoll 27 | 1591

28 Oct 2007 / #57

They can be quite funny, in parts :)

sledz 23 | 2247

28 Oct 2007 / #58

King Sobieski 2 | 714

28 Oct 2007 / #59

They can be quite funny, in parts :)

they can be quite painful to watch at times.

scary thing is, there are some aussies who do act like that.

PolskaDoll 27 | 1591

28 Oct 2007 / #60

Some Brit's too. :)

It's good fun. :)