* 1979 – Sam Atwell, Australian actor

* 1974 – Belinda Emmett, Australian actor ( d. 2006 )

* 1968 – Eric Bana, Australian actor

* 1976 – Mark Priestley, Australian actor ( d. 2008 )

* 1981 – Jonathon Dutton, Australian actor and director

* 1983 – Stephen James King, Australian actor

* 1976 – Sam Worthington, Australian actor

* 1976 – David Lyons, Australian actor

* 1981 – Vico Thai, Australian actor

* 1987 – Kyal Marsh, Australian actor and gymnast

* 1970 – Nathan Jones, Australian wrestler and actor

* 1989 – Keegan Joyce, Australian actor

* 1949 – Rick Springfield, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor ( Zoot )

* 1959 – Mark " Jacko " Jackson, Australian footballer and actor

* 1967 – Julia Zemiro, Australian actor and television presenter

* 1978 – Paul O ' Brien, Australian actor

* 1985 – Luke Mitchell, Australian actor and model

* 1983 – Chris Hemsworth, Australian actor

* 1980 – Daniel MacPherson, Australian actor

* 1979 – Robert Jozinović, Australian actor

Scottish actor and comedian Billy Connolly infamously dismissed Braveheart as " a piece of pure Australian shite.

The Australian band VulgarGrad, fronted by actor Jacek Koman, which plays songs of the Russian criminal underground, uses a contrabass balalaika.

* 1945 – Thaao Penghlis, Australian actor

* 1972 – Paul Leyden, Australian actor

* 2003 – Ed Devereaux, Australian actor ( b. 1925 )

* Damon Ballantyne ( born 1999 ), Australian Seccondary Student

* Ian Damon, real name Ian Davidson, Australian broadcaster and disc jockey

One example of this was during the 1994 Australian Grand Prix where, following the controversial crash between Michael Schumacher and Walker's close friend Damon Hill which decided the World Drivers ' Championship in the German's favor, Walker, unlike his fellow commentators at the time, most notably former 500cc Motorcycle World Champion Barry Sheene, declined to blame Schumacher outright for the crash.

Since Mark's departure, Feeder have employed drummer Karl Brazil, although for sessions and touring commitments for Renegades ( 2010 ) they employed Australian Damon Wilson and former Mexicolas drummer Tim Trotter.

According to the Weekend Australian, Affleck and Damon have " always talked about exporting the concept " of Greenlight to other countries, with the United Kingdom, India and Australia lined up as possible destinations.

England won two out of the three matches played against Murdoch's Australian Eleven, and after the third match some Melbourne ladies put some ashes into a small urn and gave them to me as captain of the English Eleven .”

A fourth match was played, against a " United Australian XI ", which was arguably stronger than the Australian sides that had competed in the previous three matches ; this game, however, is not generally considered part of the 1882 – 83 series.

While scratch matches were played by Australian " diggers " in remote locations around the world, the game lost many of its great players to wartime service.

Australian Football is played at an amateur level in various countries around the world.

In 2006, 615, 549 registered participants played Australian football in Australia.

Australian football is played in more than 30 countries around the world.

They played 19 games of Australian rules football, against prominent clubs in Victoria and South Australia, winning six and drawing one of these ( see Australian rules football in England ).

Singles, triples and fours and Australian pairs are some ways the game can be played.

A reserves team has played in the Northern Conference of the North East Australian Football League since the competition was established in 2011.

They also played at the Australian Live Earth concert in Sydney on 7 July.

The main types of football that are played are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, Rugby league, and Rugby union.

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* Ian Stewart – Australian Rules Footballer who played 127 games for St. Kilda including the clubs first ( and thus far only ) Premiership in 1966, he is also a member of the AFL Hall of Fame with legend status

* Alastair Lynch – Australian Rules Footballer who played 306 game for Fitzroy, Brisbane Bears and the Brisbane Lions, including the 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004 Grand Finals

* Rodney Eade – Australian Rules Footballer who played 259 games for Hawthorn and the Bears, was head coach of the Western Bulldogs until Round 21, 2011

* Paul Williams – Australian Rules Footballer who played 306 games for Collingwood & Sydney, current caretaker coach of the Western Bulldogs

Their children, the first Irish Australians in the sense we understand the term, played a definitive role in shaping Australian history, society and culture.

Only months before announcing his presence on the international scene, Botham played Grade cricket for the University of Melbourne Cricket Club during the 1976 / 77 Australian Domestic Season.

Jardine's first experience against Australia came when his Oxford University team played against the 1921 Australian touring side.

Up until the fourth tour in 1877, led by Lillywhite, touring teams had played first-class games against the individual colonial sides, but Lillywhite felt that his side had done well enough against New South Wales to warrant a game against an All Australian team.

On Boxing Day 1866 an Indigenous Australian cricket team played at the MCG with 11, 000 spectators against an MCC team.

In February and March 1985 the Benson & Hedges World Championship of Cricket was played at the MCG, a One Day International tournament involving all of the then Test match playing countries to celebrate 150 years of the Australian state of Victoria.

For example, the Australian game of Manila uses a piquet deck, and Mexican stud is played with the 8s, 9s, and 10s removed from the deck ( and a joker added ).