List of people from Wagga Wagga

This article is a list of notable people from the Australian regional city of Wagga Wagga, New South Wales.

## Arts, literature[edit]

* Patricia Carlon (crime writer, born in Wagga Wagga)[1]
* Flora Eldershaw (novelist and critic, educated and died in Wagga Wagga)[2]
* Dame Edna Everage (fictional character)
* Billy Field (singer and songwriter)[3]
* Dame Mary Gilmore (socialist, poet and journalist)
* Andrew Mueller (journalist, author)
* Nina Las Vegas (Nina Agzarian) (DJ and radio presenter)
* George Moore (radio presenter)

## Business[edit]

* Geoff Dixon (Qantas CEO)
* Allan Fife (founder of Fife Capital)
* Don Kendell (founder of Kendell Airlines)
* Raelene Castle (Rugby Australia CEO) (2017-2020)

## Crime[edit]

* Janine Balding (born and raised in Wagga Wagga, raped and murdered in Sydney in 1988)[4]
* Andrew John Harper (the "Heartbreak Bandit" - defrauded and deceived women and business people)
* Arthur Orton (famous imposter claiming to be the Tichborne heir in late 19th century)[5]

## Film, television, and theatre[edit]

* Louise Alston (film director and producer)
* Sharna Burgess (professional ballroom dancer on Dancing with the Stars)
* Bill Kerr (actor)
* Lex Marinos (actor)
* Wayne Pygram (actor)
* Geraldine Quinn (performer)
* Kerry Casey (actor)

## Military and policing[edit]

* Henry Baylis (first police magistrate of the area)
* Sir Thomas Blamey (World War II general and Australia's first and only Field-Marshal)[6]
* John Hurst Edmondson (Australia's first World War II Victoria Cross recipient)

## Music[edit]

* Carmel Kaine (Classical violinist)
* Sam Moran (former member of the children's musical group The Wiggles)

## Politics and government[edit]

* Helen Coonan (former Liberal party senator for New South Wales 1996-2011)
* Charles Hardy (politician)
* Michael McCormack (Member for the Riverina and former Deputy Prime Minister)

## Sport[edit]

* George P. Anderson (Australian rules footballer)
* David Barnhill (Rugby League footballer)[7]
* Alex Blackwell (cricketer)
* Kate Blackwell (cricketer)
* Scobie Breasley (jockey)[8]
* Greg Brentnall (Rugby League footballer)[8]
* Wayne Carey (Australian rules footballer)[8]
* Wayne Carroll (Australian rules footballer)
* Ben Cross (Rugby League footballer; played for Canberra, Melbourne and Newcastle)
* Neale Daniher (Australian rules footballer)
* Terry Daniher (Australian rules footballer)[8]
* Patrick Dwyer (Olympic athlete)
* Steve Elkington (golfer)[8]
* Marc Glanville (Rugby League footballer)
* Paul Hawke (Australian rules footballer)
* Elliott Himmelberg (Australian rules footballer)
* Harrison Himmelberg (Australian rules footballer)
* Nathan Hines (Rugby Union footballer)
* Brad Kahlefeldt (2006 Commonwealth Games Triathlon gold medallist)[8]
* Paul Kelly (Australian rules footballer)[8]
* Geoff Lawson (cricketer)[8]
* Jim Lenehan (Rugby Union footballer)
* Jack Littlejohn (Rugby League footballer)
* Steve Martin (Australian Rugby League Team)
* Bill Mohr (Australian rules footballer)
* Cameron Mooney (Australian rules footballer)
* Chris Mortimer (Rugby League footballer)[8]
* Peter Mortimer (Rugby League footballer)
* Steve Mortimer (Rugby League footballer)[8]
* Nigel Plum (Rugby League footballer)
* Alicia Quirk (Australian Women's Rugby sevens player and 2016 Summer Olympics gold medal winner)
* Tony Roche (tennis player)[8]
* Adam Schneider (Australian rules footballer)
* Nathan Sharpe (Rugby Union footballer)
* Nick Skinner (Rugby League footballer)
* Michael Slater (cricketer)[8]
* Jamie Soward (Rugby League footballer and coach)
* Peter Sterling (Rugby League footballer and TV presenter/sports commentator)[8]
* Mark Taylor (cricketer)[8]

## Other[edit]

* William Monks (architect)
* Thomas Smith Bellair (actor and Wagga Wagga publican)

## References[edit]

1. ^ Wyndham, Susan (20 October 2002). "Stranger than fiction". The Age. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
2. ^ Dever, Maryanne, "Eldershaw, Flora Sydney (1897–1956)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 15 May 2023
3. ^ McFarlane, Ian (2017). "Billy Field". The Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop. Jenkins, Jeff (Foreword) (2nd ed.). Gisborne, VIC: Third Stone Press. p. 168\. ISBN 978-0-9953856-0-3.
4. ^ Allard, Tom (21 November 2014). "Teen killers of Janine Balding have received 'cruel, inhumane and degrading' punishment: UN". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
5. ^ Twain, Mark (1897). "Chapter XV". Following the Equator. literaturecollection.com.
6. ^ Horner, David, "Blamey, Sir Thomas Albert (1884–1951)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 15 May 2023
7. ^ "David Barnhill - Playing Career - Summary". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
8. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Sporting Hall of Fame". Museum of the Riverina. Archived from the original on 20 June 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2016.