List of people from Ballarat

This article is a list of notable people from the Australian regional city of Ballarat, Victoria.
* Reginald Ansett, Businessman and founder of Ansett Airways
* Geoffrey Blainey, Former Professor of Economic History and Ernest Scott Professor of History at the University of Melbourne, and former Chair in Australian Studies at Harvard University
* Sir Henry Bolte, Premier of Victoria
* Steve Bracks, Premier of Victoria
* John Button, Federal Labor politician
* Sir [http://www.awm.gov.au/fiftyaustralians/9.asp Albert Ernest Coates] , Surgeon and Soldier (Prisoner of War Surgeon)
* Raffaello Carboni, Author of an eye witness account of the uprising at the Eureka Stockade
* John Curtin, Prime Minister of Australia
* Henry Daglish, Premier of Western Australia
* Jacqueline Dark, Opera Singer [ [http://www.ballarat.edu.au/aasp/is/library/collections/art_history/honour-roll/honourroll_Dark.shtml UB Honour Roll ] ]
* Bob Davis, Geelong Football Club champion
* Alfred Deakin, Inaugural Federal Member of Parliament for Ballarat and Second Prime Minister of Australia
* Roger Donaldson, Film Producer, Director, Writer
* Warren Ellis, Musician, Composer, Member of The Dirty Three, Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds, Grinderman Ellis has also composed music for movies such as The Proposition and The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
* Frank Fenner, Virologist
* Edward King, Lawn Bowler
* E.T.C James, Sprinter
* David Fleay, naturalist, and first breeder of the Platypus
* Duncan Gillies, Premier of Victoria
* David Hirschfelder, Film score composer, performer
* David Hobson, Opera Singer
* Thomas Hollway, Premier of Victoria
* William G. James, the ABC's first Director of Music.
* Peter Lalor, Leader of the Eureka Rebellion and colonial Parliamentarian
* Frank Little, Catholic Archibishop of Melbourne.
* Tony Lockett, Australian Football League footballer, Brownlow Medallist and holder of the all-time goalkicking record
*Peter Lalor, Leader of the Eureka Rebellion(1854)and colonial Parliamentarian
*John Lynch, (1829-1909) Peter Lalor's 21C at Eureka, later a founder of Ballarat School of Mines (1870) and author of "The Story of the Eureka Stockade".
*Arthur Alfred Lynch, (1861-1934), son of John Lynch. He was an engineer cum journalist. A Boer Colonel in the Boer War who fought with the Boers(1899-1900) - sentenced to death for treason against British (1903) pardoned in 1907,elected in House of Commons in absentia by Irish in 1901 and 1909-1918; later became a medical doctor. "Cf." R. L. Wallace, Australians at Boer War, (1976) "Cf." O'Brien, "Bye-bye Dolly Gray", (2006)
* Michael Malthouse, Current coach of Collingwood Football Club. Previous coach of Footscray Football Club and West Coast Football Club (2 Premierships in 1992 & 94).
* Sir Robert Menzies, Prime Minister of Australia
* Sir Douglas Menzies, Justice of the High Court of Australia
* Alfred Arthur O'Connor, Miner and Politician
* Steve Moneghetti, Olympic marathon runner
* Leslie Morshead, General in the Australian Army
* Cardinal George Pell, Catholic Archbishop of Sydney
* Rosina Raisbeck, Opera Singer [ [http://www.womenaustralia.info/biogs/AWE2264b.htm Raisbeck, Rosina - Australian Women Biographical entry ] ]
* James Scullin, Prime Minister of Australia, 1930-31
* Henry Sutton, Inventor [ [http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A060244b.htm Sutton, Henry (1856 - 1912) Biographical Entry - Australian Dictionary of Biography Online ] ] [ [http://www.ballarat.edu.au/aasp/is/library/collections/art_history//honour-roll/honourroll_sutton.shtml UB Honour Roll ] ]
* Harry Zehnwirth, Pioneering paediatrician

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