List of people from Ballarat explained

This is a list of people from Ballarat. Those included are notable past or present inhabitants originating from, or associated with, the Australian regional city of Ballarat, Victoria.

A

• Georgia Amoore, basketball player
• Reginald Ansett, businessman and founder of Ansett Airways^[1]

B

• Henry Bailey, Victorian Minister of Lands and Water Supply 1924-1932; born and educated in Ballarat^[2]
• Geoffrey Blainey, former professor at the University of Melbourne; former Chair in Australian Studies at Harvard University^[3]
• Sir Henry Bolte, 38th Premier of Victoria^[4]
• Ray Borner, Australian Boomers basketball player and four time Olympian^[5]
• Steve Bracks, Premier of Victoria^[6]
• John Button, Federal Labor politician^[7]

C

• Raffaello Carboni, author of an eyewitness account of the uprising at the Eureka Stockade.^[8]
• Marie Collier, operatic soprano^[9]
• F. W. Commons, monumental mason^[10]
• Susan Crennan, former Justice of the High Court of Australia

D

• David Davies, artist^[11]
• Henry Daglish, Premier of Western Australia^{[12] [13]}
• Jacqueline Dark, opera singer^[14]
• Kimberley Davies, actress
• Bob Davis, Geelong Football Club champion
• Alfred Deakin, inaugural Federal Member of Parliament for Ballarat; second Prime Minister of Australia
• Roger Donaldson, film producer, director, writer
• William Dunstan, Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Will Dyson, illustrator and political cartoonist

E

• Harold Edward Elliott, Major General of the Australian army (educated in Ballarat)
• Warren Ellis, musician, composer, member of Dirty Three, Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds, Grinderman; composed music for movies including The Proposition and The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

F

• Frank Fenner, virologist
• David Fleay, naturalist, first breeder of the platypus

G

• Duncan Gillies, Premier of Victoria

H

• Clarice Halligan, nurse, and prisoner of war.
• Edward Hardy, one of Ballarat's foremost mining experts; educated at Mt Egerton State School and worked in mining from 1869; managed many mines; president of the Ballarat Mine Managers' Association 1907-14; died in Ballarat in 1941^[15]
• Eileen Healy, an Australian Sister of Mercy^[16]
• Gertrude Healy, Australian violinist, teacher, conductor
• David Hirschfelder, film score composer, performer
• David Hobson, opera singer
• Thomas Hollway, Premier of Victoria
• Craig Revel Horwood, Australian-British dancer, choreographer, and theatre director in the United Kingdom; judge on Strictly Come Dancing
• Bridget Hustwaite (born 1991), radio and television presenter, journalist and Endometriosis Australia ambassador^[17]
• Bill Hunter, actor

I

• Bryce Ives, theatre maker, commentator, media producer, former Ballarat Young Person of the Year, Director of the Federation University Arts Academy and Gippsland Centre of Art & Design

J

• William G. James, the ABC's first Director of Music

L

• Peter Lalor, leader of the Eureka Rebellion (1854); colonial Parliamentarian; author of The Story of the Eureka Stockade
• Frank Little, Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne
• Tony Lockett, Australian Football League footballer, Brownlow Medallist and holder of the all-time goalkicking record.^{[18] [19]}
• Ted Lovett, Australian rules footballer
• Arthur Alfred Lynch, (1861-1934), son of John Lynch; engineer and journalist; a Boer Colonel in the Boer War who fought with the Boers (1899-1900); sentenced to death for treason against the British in 1903, pardoned in 1907; elected in House of Commons in absentia by Irish in 1901 and 1909-1918; later became a medical doctor^[20]

M

• Robyn Maher, basketball player
• Michael Malthouse, former coach of Collingwood Football Club, Footscray Football Club and West Coast Football Club (AFL Premiership coach in 1992, 1994 and 2010)^[21]
• Russell Mark, Olympic shooting gold medallist^[22]
• Jamie McDonald, Big Brother housemate and media personality
• Norm McLeod, Australian Footballer for Melbourne Football Club, 1897-1898 ^[23]
• Sir Douglas Menzies, Justice of the High Court of Australia
• Sir Robert Menzies, Prime Minister of Australia
• Steve Moneghetti, Olympic marathon runner^[24]
• Elsie Morison, opera singer
• Leslie Morshead, General in the Australian Army;^[25] Morshead Park is named after him

N

• Hilda Rix Nicholas, painter^[26]
• David Noonan, artist. Lives and works in London.^[27]
• Benjamin Northey, Chief Conductor of the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra

O

• James Oddie, (1824-1911), Ballarat pioneer, Responsible for the founding of; the Ballarat Fine At gallery and many of the works exhibited within, also principal founder of the Ballarat botanical gardens, first chairman of the Ballarat Municipal Council in 1856-58. built and equipped the Mount Pleasant Observatory. erected the Peter Lalor statue at the cost of £2200 in the main street of Ballarat. are amongst some of his achievements.
  • Alfred Arthur O'Connor, miner and politician

P

• Michelle Payne, 2015 Melbourne Cup winner
• Cardinal George Pell, Catholic Archbishop Emeritus of Sydney^[28]
• Drew Petrie, professional Australian rules footballer

R

• Rosina Raisbeck, opera singer^[29]
• Shayne Reese, Olympic swimmer
• Gwen Richardson, travel writer^[30]
• Alfred Ronalds, fly fishing author and artisan^[31]

S

• Cyril Staples, cricketer
• Henry Sutton, inventor^[32]
• Nathan Spielvogel, author
• Matthew Short, cricketer

T

• Jared Tallent, Olympian race walker^[33]
• Luke Tonkin, actor^[34]

V

• James Valentine, journalist

W

• Hugh D.T. Williamson (1901-1985), banking executive and philanthropist

Y

• Ellen Young (1810–1872), poet

See also

• List of people from Adelaide
• List of people from Brisbane
• List of people from Darwin
• List of people from Frankston
• List of people from Fremantle
• List of people from Melbourne
• List of people from Rockhampton
• List of residents of Sydney
• List of people from Toowoomba
• List of people from Wagga Wagga
• List of people from Wollongong

Notes and References

1. Book: Fahey, Charles. Australian Dictionary of Biography. Ansett, Sir Reginald Myles (Reg) (1909–1981). National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Australian Dictionary of Biography.
2. Book: Louis, L. J.. Australian Dictionary of Biography. Bailey, Henry Stephen (1876–1962). National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Australian Dictionary of Biography.
3. Web site: Professor Emeritus Geoffrey BLAINEY (1930-). Scott. Limmer. federation.edu.au. 17 July 2013.
4. Book: Dunstan, David. Australian Dictionary of Biography. Bolte, Sir Henry Edward (1908–1990). National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Australian Dictionary of Biography.
5. Web site: Borner still has that Olympic dream - theage.com.au. www.theage.com.au. 18 September 2002.
6. Web site: Steve Bracks - Biography.
7. Web site: Former federal Labor minister John Button dies - National - smh.com.au. www.smh.com.au. 8 April 2008.
8. Web site: Carboni . Raffaello . The Eureka Stockade . Melbourne University Press . November 2004 . 1 July 2020.
9. Web site: Ballarat's most famous people - who should've been included. Australian Community Media - Fairfax. Media. 24 March 2016.
10. Web site: Time taking a toll on cemetery history. GRANT. TILLETT. 3 November 2014.
11. Candice Bruce, 'Davies, David (1864 - 1939)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Vol. 8, MUP, 1981, p. 232.
12. Web site: Gibbney . H. J. . Daglish, Henry (1866–1920) . Australian Dictionary of Biography . 7 March 2022.
13. Web site: Henry Daglish . Parliament of Western Australia . 7 March 2022.
14. Web site: Jacqueline Lisa DARK. Scott. Limmer. federation.edu.au.
15. McCallum, M. (1916) Ballarat & District Citizens & Sports, Ballarat; The Argus Melbourne, Vic.: Friday 18 July 1941; Australian Electoral Rolls 1903 -
16. Book: Healy, Eileen Mary (1888–1966) . Anne Forbes . 1996 . Melbourne University Press . 21 November 2021.
17. Web site: Bridget Hustwaite, Triple J: Ballarat product takes evening slot . . 8 December 2017 . 24 February 2021 . Venosta, Jeremy.
18. Pat Nolan, The Courier, http://www.thecourier.com.au/story/62481/honours-for-four-ballarat-sporting-greats/ retrieved 14 Feb 2016
19. Pat Nolan, The Courier, http://www.thecourier.com.au/story/3129162/magical-night-for-ballarats-plugger/ retrieved 14 Feb 2016
20. Cf. R. L. Wallace, Australians at Boer War, (1976) Cf. O'Brien, Bye-bye Dolly Gray, (2006)
21. Web site: Michael Malthouse - The Official Website of Mick Malthouse - About Michael. www.michaelmalthouse.com.au.
22. Web site: Olympic shooting champion Russell Mark calls an end to a stellar career. 4 September 2014. ABC Ballarat.
23. Web site: Norm McLeod.
24. Web site: Australian Olympic Committee: Steve Moneghetti. Dec 2017.
25. Book: Hill, A. J.. Australian Dictionary of Biography. Morshead, Sir Leslie James (1889–1959). National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Australian Dictionary of Biography.
26. Web site: The Three Sisters, Blue Mountains. Rix Nicholas. Hilda. Spring 2013. National Gallery of Australia. 12 December 2013.
27. Web site: David Noonan - Artist's Profile - The Saatchi Gallery.
28. Web site: Davis . Rio . Mayers . Laura . George Pell's supporters and detractors attend memorial service for the Cardinal in his home town of Ballarat . ABC News . 15 January 2023 . 12 January 2023.
29. Web site: Raisbeck, Rosina - Woman - The Australian Women's Register. National Foundation for Australian Women and The University of. Melbourne. www.womenaustralia.info.
30. News: Church. Hayden. 1922-12-17. Girl is Going Diamond Hunting in Wilds of British Guiana. 12. Asheville Citizen-Times. 2021-03-24. Newspapers.com.
31. Book: Ronalds, B.F. . Alfred Ronalds: Angler, Artisan and Australian Pioneer . Medlar Press . 2022.
32. Book: McCallum, Austin. Australian Dictionary of Biography. Sutton, Henry (1855–1912). National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Australian Dictionary of Biography.
33. Web site: IAAF: Jared Tallent - Profile. iaaf.org.
34. Web site: Ballarat's Luke Tonkin to play Big Bopper. Australian Community Media - Fairfax. Media. 24 June 2009.