List of people on stamps of Australia

This is a list of people on the postage stamps of Australia.__NOTOC__compactTOC 2006 Commonwealth Games Gold Medal winners, Australian Antarctic Territory, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, See also

New South Wales 1850-1912

*Charles Robert, Baron Carrington (1888)
*James Cook (1888)
*Arthur Phillip (1888)
*Victoria of the United Kingdom (1851)

Queensland 1860-1912

*Victoria of the United Kingdom (1860)

South Australia 1855-1912

*Victoria of the United Kingdom (1855)

Tasmania 1853-1912

*Saint George (1863)
*Victoria of the United Kingdom (1855)

= Victoria 1850-1912 =

*Edward VII of the United Kingdom (1901)
*Victoria of the United Kingdom (1850)

Western Australia 1854-1912

*Victoria of the United Kingdom (1886)

Australia 1913-

A

* Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester (1945)
* Prue Acton, fashion designer (2005)
* Brett Aitken, cyclist (2000) Olympic gold medal
* Jenny Armstrong, sailing (2000)Olympic gold medal

B

* Lord Robert Baden-Powell, scout movement founder (1960, 2008)
* Suzanne Balogh, trap-shooter (2004) Olympic gold medal
* Joseph Banks, naturalist (1970, 1986)
* Jenny Bannister, fashion designer (2005)
* Edmund Barton, prime minister (1951, 1969, 2001)
* George Bass, explorer (1963, 1999)
* Ryan Bayley, cyclist (2004) Olympic gold medal
* Troy Bayliss, motorcycle Grand Prix rider, (2004)
* Daryl Beattie, motorcycle Grand Prix rider, (2004)
* Dale Begg-Smith, skier (2006) Olympic gold medal
* Gregory Blaxland, explorer (1963)
* Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, queen consort (1937)
* Arthur Boyd, artist (1999)
* Steven Bradbury, short track speed skater (2002) Olympic gold medal
* Sir Donald Bradman, cricketer (1997, 2001)
* Scobie Breasley, jockey (2007)
* Scott Brennan, rower (2008) Olympic gold medal
* Nicholas Brierley, actor The Story of the Kelly Gang, (1995)
* Sir Norman Brookes, tennis player (1981)
* Graeme Brown, cyclist (2004) Olympic gold medal
* Stanley Melbourne Bruce, prime minister (1972)
* Robert Burke, explorer (1983)
* Sir Macfarlane Burnet, medical scientist (1995)
* Lauren Burns, taekwondo (2000) Olympic gold medal

C

* Alec Campbell, World War I veteran (2000)
* Alisa Camplin, Aerial (freestyle) skier (2002) Olympic gold medal
* Sara Carrigan, cyclist (2004) Olympic gold medal
* Prince Charles, British Royal (1981)
* Charles Chauvel, film director(1989)
* Ben Chifley, prime minister (1975, 1994)
* Caroline Chisholm, social worker and reformer (1968)
* Winston Churchill (1965)
* Marcus Clarke, writer (1973)
* Con Colleano, circus performer (1997)
* David Collins, lieutenant governor (1953)
* Percy Collins, ship's stoker (1995)
* James Cook, explorer (1963, 1970, 1999)
* Joseph Cook, prime minister (1972)
* Natalie Cook, beach volleyball (2000) Olympic gold medal
* Margaret Court Smith (2003)
* Edith Cowan, judge and legislator (1975)
* David Crawshay, rower (2008) Olympic gold medal
* Bart Cummings, racehorse trainer(2007)
* John Curtin, prime minister (1975, 1994)
* Betty Cuthbert, runner (1998)
* Lieutenant Arthur Roden Cutler, recipient of Australia's Victoria Cross (2000)
* Members of the Cycling Men's Team Pursuit, Olympic gold medal (2004)

D

* William Dampier, explorer (1963,1966, 1985, 1999)
* Edgeworth David, geologist (1968)
* Alfred Deakin, prime minister (1969)
* Tom Derrick ,recipient of Australia's Victoria Cross (1995)
* Michael Diamond, trap-shooter (2000) Olympic gold medal
* Diana, Princess of Wales, British Royal(1981)
* Collette Dinnigan, fashion designer (2005)
* Peter Doherty, immunologist (2002)
* Jason Donovan, television actor Neighbours, (2006)
* Mick Doohan, motorcycle Grand Prix rider (2004)
* Edward Dunlop, soldier surgeon (1995)
* Fanny Durack, swimmer (1996)
* Slim Dusty, musician (2001)

E

* Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, British royal (1963)
* Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (1947 and many later)
* Herb Elliot, runner (1998)
* Members of the Equestrian three-day event team (2000) Olympic gold medal
* Dame Edna Everage, character (2006)
* Edward Eyre, explorer (1991)

F

* Arthur W. Fadden, prime minister (1975, 1994)
* Lady Mary Fairfax, as philanthropist (2008)
* Simon Fairweather, archer (2000) Olympic gold medal
* William J. Farrer, plant breeder (1948)
* Members of the Field hockey Women's team, (2000) Olympic gold medal
* Members of the Field Hockey Men's team, (2004) Olympic gold medal
* Andrew Fisher, prime minister (1972)
* Walter Filmer, radiologist (1995)
* Edwin Flack, runner (1996)
* Matthew Flinders, explorer (1963, 1980, 1999)
* Sir Howard Florey,medical scientist (1995)
* Francis Michael Forde, prime minister (1994)
* Alexander Forrest, explorer (1983)
* John Forrest, explorer and politician (1949, 1976)
* Dawn Fraser, swimmer (1998)
* Duncan Free, rower (2008) Olympic gold medal
* Cathy Freeman, athlete (2000, 2003) Olympic gold medal

G

* Wayne Gardner, motorcycle Grand Prix rider (2004)
* Saint George, on gold sovereign (1999)
* George III of the United Kingdom (1986)
* George V of the United Kingdom (1914)
* George VI of the United Kingdom (1937)
* Adam Gilchrist, cricketer (2007)
* Ernest Giles, explorer (1976)
* Dame Mary Gilmore, writer (1973)
* Drew Ginn, rower (2004, 2008) Olympic gold medal
* Stanley Goble, aviator (1994)
* The Duke of Gloucester, British royal & Governor General (1945)
* The Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, British royal & wife of Governor General (1945)
* Leon Goldsworthy, bomb disposal(1995)
* William Gosse, explorer (1976)
* John Gould, ornithologist (1976)
* Dr W G Grace, English cricketer (1988)
* Vivean Gray, actor Picnic at Hanging Rock (film), (1995)
* Walter Burley Griffin, architect (1963)
* Sir Samuel Griffith, first Chief justice of the High Court, (2003)

H

* Grant Hackett, swimmer (2000, 2004) Olympic gold medal
* Lawrence Hargrave, aviation pioneer (1965, 1994)
* Edward Hargraves gold discoverer (1951)
* Dirk Hartog, navigator (1985)
* Harry Hawker, aviator (1978)
* Edward Hargraves gold discoverer (1951)
* Henry, Duke of Gloucester (1945)
* Jodie Henry, swimmer (2004) Olympic gold medal
* Roy Higgins, jockey (2007)
* Bert Hinkler, aviator (1978)
* Fred Hollows,ophthalmologist (1995)
* Steven Hooker, pole vaulter (2008) Olympic gold medal
* William Hovell, explorer (1976)
* Captain Neville Reginald Howse, recipient of Australia's Victoria Cross (2000)
* William Morris Hughes (1972)
* Hamilton Hume, explorer (1976)
* Sir Barry Humphries, actor (2006)
* Captain John Hunter, second governor of New South Wales (1986)

I

* Bob Ingham, racehorse owner/breeder (2007)
* Sir Isaac Isaacs, Governor-General (1973)
* Akira Isogawa, fashion designer (2005)

J

* Marjorie Jackson, runner (1998)
* Gwoya Jungarai known as One Pound Jimmy, Aboriginal (1950, 1952)
* Leisel Jones, swimmer (2008) Olympic gold medal

K

* Private Edward Kenna, recipient of Australia's Victoria Cross (2000)
* Graham Kennedy, television In Melbourne Tonight, (2006)
* Phillip Parker King, admiral (1963, 1999) (sic???)
* Tom King, sailor (2000) Olympic gold medal
* Charles Kingsford Smith, pilot (1958, 1978)
* John Simpson Kirkpatrick, war hero (with donkey Murphy Duffy Abdul), (1965)

L

* Thomas Laby, nuclear scientist (1976)
* Peter Lalor, political activist (2004)
* Anne Louise Lambert, actor Picnic at Hanging Rock (film), (1995)
* Rod Laver, tennis player (2003)
* Henry Lawson, poet (1949)
* Louisa Lawson, journalist (1975)
* William Lawson, explorer (1963)
* Ludwig Leichhardt, explorer (1983)
* John Lennon, musician (1988)
* Walter Lindrum, billiards (1981)
* Roy Longmore, World War I veteran (2000)
* Frank Lowy, as philanthropist (2008)
* Lottie Lyell, cinema actor The Sentimental Bloke, (1983, 1989)
* Thomas Lyle, radiologist (1995)
* Dame Enid Lyons, politician (1993)
* Joseph Lyons, prime minister (1975)

M

* Captain John Macarthur, wool pioneer (1934) depicting a merino ram
* Garry McCoy, motorcycle Grand Prix rider (2004)
* Scott McGrory, cyclist (2000) Olympic gold medal
* Ivor McIntyre, aviator (1994)
* Jean Macnamara,medical scientist (1995)
* Anna Meares, cyclist (2004) Olympic gold medal
* Nellie Melba, opera singer (1963)
* Sir Robert Gordon Menzies, prime minister (1994)
* Paul Mercurio, actor Strictly Ballroom (1995)
* Don Metcalf, medical scientist (2002)
* Flight Sergeant Rawdon Middleton, recipient of Australia's Victoria Cross (1995)
* Professor Nancy Millis, medical scientist (2002)
* Kylie Minogue, as television actor Neighbours, (2006)
* Matthew Mitcham, diver (2008) Olympic gold medal
* Sir Thomas Mitchell (1946)
* John Monash, general (1965)
* Gladys Moncrieff singer (1989)
* George Moore jockey (2007)
* Tara Morice, actor Strictly Ballroom, (1995)
* Russell Morris, Rock'n'Roll (1998)
* Helen Morse, actor Picnic at Hanging Rock (film) (1995)
* Baron Ferdinand von Mueller (1948, 1996)
* Darby Munro, jockey (1981)
* Dame Elisabeth Murdoch, as philanthropist (2008)

N

* Albert Namatjira, artist (1968)
* Chantelle Newbery, diver (2004) Olympic gold medal
* Isaac Nichols, first NSW Postmaster (1959)
* Florence Nightingale, nurse (1955)
* Sir Gustav Nossal, medical scientist (2002)

O

* Stuart O'Grady, cyclist (2004) Olympic gold medal
* Johnny O'Keefe, Rock'n'Roll (1998)
* Susie O'Neill, swimmer (2000) Olympic gold medal
* John Oxley, explorer (1976)

P

* Earle Page, prime minister (1975)
* Malcolm Page, sailor (2008) Olympic gold medal
* Walter Parker (1894–2000), World War I veteran (2000) [" [http://www.auspost.com.au/BCP/0,1467,CH3007%257EMO19,00.html Previous Australia Post Australian Legends] ", Australia Post.]
* Sir Henry Parkes, father of federation (1951, 1989)
* Sydney Parkinson, Scottish botanical illustrator(1986)
* Tessa Parkinson, sailor (2008) Olympic gold medal
* Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson, poet, writer (1968)
* William Paterson, banker (1953)
* Warrant Officer Class II Keith Payne, recipient of Australia's Victoria Cross (2000)
* George Peppin junior sheep breeder (1997)
* Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (1954)
* Arthur Phillip, first governor (1937, 1986)
* Ricky Ponting, cricketer (2007)
* Kerri Pottharst, beach volleyball (2000) Olympic gold medal

Q

R

* Chips Rafferty, actor (1989)
* Elise Rechichi, sailor (2008) Olympic gold medal
* Sir George Reid, prime minister (1969)
* Ethel Florence Richardson, novelist (1975)
* Roy Rene, comedian (1989)
* Stephanie Rice, swimmer (2008) Olympic gold medal
* Gina Riley, television actor Kath & Kim (2006)
* Rachel Roberts, actor Picnic at Hanging Rock (film), (1995)
* Lionel Rose, boxer (2005) (though only his gloves pictured)
* Murray Rose, swimmer (1998)
* Normie Rowe, Rock'n'Roll (1998)

S

* Joe Saba, fashion designer (2005)
* Santa Claus, (1977)
* Ellen Savage, army nurse (1995)
* Rose Scott, women's rights (1996)
* James H. Scullin (1975)
* William Shakespeare, playwright (1988)
* Lieut. John Shortland (1947)
* Joseph Slattery, radiologist (1995)
* Sir Keith Macpherson Smith, aviator (1994)
* Sir Ross Macpherson Smith, aviator (1994)
* Victor and Loti Smorgon, as philanthropists (2008)
* Emma Snowsill, triathlete (2008) Olympic gold medal
* Daniel Carlsson Solander, botanist (1970)
* Catherine Helen Spence, teacher and journalist (1975)
* Sir Walter Baldwin Spencer, anthropologist (1976)
* Fiona Stanley, epidemiologist (2002)
* Nellie Stewart, actor (1989)
* Dr Emma Constance Stone, physician (1975, 1990)
* Belinda Stowell, sailing (2000) Olympic gold medal
* Graeme "Shirley" Strachan, Rock'n'Roll (1998)
* Shirley Strickland, runner (1998)
* Paul Strzelecki, explorer (1983)
* John McDouall Stuart, explorer (1962)
* Charles Sturt, explorer (1930)
* Dame Joan Sutherland, opera singer (2004)
* The Jolly Swagman, sheep thief -the subject of song Waltzing Matilda, (1980)
* Members of the Swimming Men's 4x100 m freestyle relay team, (2000) Olympic gold medal
* Members of the Swimming Men's 4x200 m freestyle relay team, (2000) Olympic gold medal
* Members of the Swimming Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay Team, (2004) Olympic gold medal
* Members of the Swimming Women's 4x100m Medley Relay Team, (2004) Olympic gold medal
* Members of the Swimming Women's 4x100m Medley Relay Team, (2008) Olympic gold medal
* Members of the Swimming Women's 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay Team, (2008) Olympic gold medal
* Lord Sydney, British politician (1986)

T

* Senator Dorothy Tangney, politician (1993)
* John Tapp, horse race caller (2007)
* Abel Tasman, navigator (1963, 1966, 1985, 1999)
* Arthur Tauchert, cinema actor The Sentimental Bloke, (1983, 1989)
* Griffith Taylor, explorer (1976)
* Leonard Teale, television actor Homicide (2006)
* Petria Thomas, swimmer (2004) Olympic gold medal
* Freda Thompson, aviator (1994)
* Billy Thorpe, Rock'n'Roll (1998)
* Ian Thorpe, swimmer (2000, 2004) Olympic gold medal
* James Tomkins, rower (2004) Olympic gold medal
* Libby Trickett, swimmer (2008) Olympic gold medal
* Truganini, Tasmanian aborigine (1975)
* Victor Trumper, cricketer (1981)
* Robert Tudawali, actor Jedda (1995)
* Mark Turnbull, sailor (2000) Olympic gold medal
* Jane Turner, television actor Kath & Kim (2006)

U

* Charles Ulm, aviator (1978)

V

* George Vancouver, explorer (1991)
* Jessie Vasey, founder War Widows' Guild of Australia(1995)
* Victoria of the United Kingdom (1950, 1953, 1955, 1960, 1999, 2000)
* Willem de Vlamingh, navigator (1996)

W

* Ken Wallace, canoeist (2008) Olympic gold medal
* Peter Warburton, explorer (1976)
* Shane Warne, cricketer (2007)
* Members of the Water Polo Women's team, (2000) Olympic gold medal
* Len Waters, fighter pilot (1995)
* John C. Watson, prime minister (1969)
* Jacki Weaver, actor Picnic at Hanging Rock (film), (1995)
* William Wentworth, explorer, journalist (1963, 1973, 1974)
* J C Williamson, stage entrepreneur (1989)
* William Wills, explorer (1983)
* Nathan Wilmot, sailor (2008) Olympic gold medal
* Margaret Windeyer, women's rights (1996)
* May Wirth, circus performer (1997)

X

Y

* Blamire Young, stamp designer (1976)

Z

* Carla Zampatti, fashion designer (2005)

2006 Commonwealth Games Gold Medal winners

* Lynsey Armitage, lawn bowls
* Dina Aspandiyarova, shooting
* Suzanne Balogh, shooting
* Katherine Bates, cyclist
* Natalie Bates, cyclist
* Ryan Bayley, cyclist
* Deserie Baynes, shooting
* Bree Cole, diver
* Matthew Cowdrey, swimmer
* Nathan Deakes, walker
* Michael Diamond, shooting
* Hollie Dykes, gymnast
* Sophie Edington, swimmer
* Joanna Fargus, swimmer
* Sean Finning, cyclist
* Jarrod Fletcher, boxer
* Natalie Grinham, squash
* Rachael Grinham, squash
* Matthew Hayman, cyclist
* Francis Heath, athlete
* Matthew Helm, diver
* Steven Hooker, pole vault
* Kym Howe, pole vault
* Damian Istria, gymnast
* Joshua Jefferis, gymnast
* Leisel Jones, swimmer
* Brad Kahlefeldt, triathlon
* Aleksan Karapetyan, weightlifter
* Kelvin Kerkow, lawn bowls
* Ben Kersten, cyclist
* Joe Kneipp, squash
* Brooke Krueger-Billett, hammer throw
* Libby Trickett, swimmer (as Libby Lenton)
* Deborah Lovely, weightlifter
* Katie Mactier, cyclist
* Lauryn Mark, shooting
* Russell Mark, shooting
* Scott Martin, discus
* Kerryn McCann,marathon athlete
* Elizabeth McIntosh, athlete
* Anna Meares, cyclist
* Danni Miatke, swimmer
* David Moore, shooting
* Karen Murphy, lawn bowls
* Chantelle Newbery, diver
* Nathan O'Neill, cyclist
* Bradley Pitt, boxer
* Jana Pittman, hurdler
* Chris Rae, weightlifter
* Natalia Rahman, shooting
* Stuart Rendell, hammer throw
* Daniel Repacholi, shooting
* Stephanie Rice, swimmer
* Jane Saville, walker
* Jessicah Schipper, swimmer
* Bruce Scott, shooting
* Chloe Sims, gymnast
* Emma Snowsill, triathlon
* John Steffensen, athlete
* Sharleen Stratton, diver
* Bronwyn Thompson, long jump
* Loudy Tourky, diver
* Craig Trembath, shooting
* Benjamin Turner, weightlifter
* Adam Vella, shooting
* Oenone Wood, cyclist
* Lalita Yauhleuskaya, shooting

Australian Antarctic Territory

* Louis Bernacchi, physicist, astronomer(2001)
* Richard Byrd, aviator (1979)
* James Cook, navigator (1972)
* Edgeworth David, geologist (1959)
* Frank Debenham, geographer (2001)
* Alistair Mackay, polar explorer (1959)
* Sir Douglas Mawson, explorer (1959, 1961, 1982, 1999, 2001)
* Griffith Taylor, geographer (2001)

Christmas Island 1958-

* Admiral Pelham Aldrich (1978)
*Charles Andrews, naturalist (1978)
*Andrew Clunies Ross, first settler (1977)
*George Clunies Ross, phosphate miner (1977)
*William Dampier, explorer (1977)
*Fam Choo Beng, educator (1977)
*Edmond Halley, astronomer (1986)
*Richard Hanitsch, biologist (1978)
*Sir Rowland Hill, postage stamp pioneer (1979)
*J. J. Lister, naturalist (1978)
*Vice-Admiral John MacLear, (1978) HMS Challenger (1858)
*Sir William Henry May, admiral (1978, 1988)
*Sir John Murray, oceanographer (1978, 1989)
*Victor Purcell, (1978)
*Henry Ridley, botanist (1977, 1990)
*Captain Joshua Slocum, yachtsman (1978)
*Sir Harold Spencer Jones, astronomer (1978)
*Victoria of the United Kingdom (1958)

Cocos (Keeling) Islands 1963-

* Lord Robert Baden-Powell, scout movement founder (1982)
* Captain Edward Belcher, explorer (1990)
* Prince Charles, British Royal (1980, 1981)
* Charles Darwin, naturalist (1981, 1986)
* Diana, Princess of Wales, British Royal (1981)
* Sir Francis Drake, navigator (1980)
* Captain Robert FitzRoy, explorer (1990)
* Captain S Fremantle, navigator (1982, 1990)
* Captain William Keeling, navigator (1984, 1990)
* Captain P G Taylor, aviator (1989)
* Victoria of the United Kingdom (1982)

ee also

*List of flora on stamps of Australia
*Australian Legends
*List of people on stamps

References