List of people on the postage stamps of Australia

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This is a list of people on the postage stamps of Australia.

New South Wales 1850–1912[]

Queensland 1860–1912[]

  • Queen Victoria (1860)

South Australia 1855–1912[]

  • Queen Victoria (1855)

Tasmania 1853–1912[]

  • Saint George (1863)
  • Queen Victoria (1855)

Victoria 1850–1912[]

  • King Edward VII (1901)
  • Queen Victoria (1850)

Western Australia 1854–1912[]

  • Queen Victoria (1886)

Australia 1913–[]

A[]

  • Gary Ablett, Jr., Australian rules footballer (2012)
  • 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 Baden-Powell, Scout movement founder (1960, 2008)
  • Suzanne Balogh, trap-shooter (2004) Olympic gold medal
  • Sir Joseph Banks, naturalist (1970, 1986)
  • Jenny Bannister, fashion designer (2005)
  • Ron Barassi, Australian rules footballer (2012)
  • Sir 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
  • Mathew Belcher, sailor (2012) Olympic gold medal
  • Cate Blanchett, actor (2009)
  • Gregory Blaxland, explorer (1963, 2012)
  • Arthur Boyd, artist (1999)
  • Steven Bradbury, short track speed skater (2002) Olympic gold medal
  • Sir Donald Bradman, cricketer (1997, 2001)
  • Lawrence Bragg, Nobel Prize winner (2012) portrait by Sir William Dargie
  • Scobie Breasley, jockey (2007)
  • Scott Brennan, rower (2008) Olympic gold medal
  • , actor The Story of the Kelly Gang (1995)
  • Torah Bright, Winter Olympics gold medallist (2010)
  • Sir Norman Brookes, tennis player (1981)
  • Graeme Brown, cyclist (2004) Olympic gold medal
  • Viscount Bruce, Prime Minister (1972)
  • Robert O'Hara Burke, explorer (1983, 2010)
  • Sir Macfarlane Burnet, medical scientist (1995, 2012), the latter a portrait by Clifton Pugh
  • Lauren Burns, taekwondo (2000) Olympic gold medal

C[]

  • Tom Calma, Aboriginal elder and university chancellor (2017)
  • Alec Campbell, World War I veteran (2000)
  • Dame Kate Campbell, paediatrician (2012)
  • David Campese, rugby union (2012)
  • Alisa Camplin, Aerial (freestyle) skier (2002) Olympic gold medal
  • Peter Carey, novelist (2010)
  • Sara Carrigan, cyclist (2004) Olympic gold medal
  • Pat Cash, tennis player (2016)
  • Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge (2011)
  • Dr Victor Chang, cardiac surgeon (2012)
  • Charles, Prince of Wales, heir to the Australian thrown (1981)
  • Charles Chauvel, film director (1989)
  • Ben Chifley, Prime Minister (1975, 1994)
  • Caroline Chisholm, social worker and reformer (1968)
  • Sir Winston Churchill (1965)
  • Marcus Clarke, writer (1973)
  • Jacob Clear, canoeist (2012) Olympic gold medal
  • Con Colleano, circus performer (1997)
  • David Collins, lieutenant governor (1953)
  • Percy Collins, ship's stoker (1995)
  • James Cook, explorer (1963, 1970, 1999)
  • Sir Joseph Cook, Prime Minister (1972)
  • Natalie Cook, beach volleyball (2000) Olympic gold medal
  • Ashley Cooper, tennis player (2016)
  • Margaret Smith Court (2003)
  • Bryce Courtenay (2010), literary legend
  • Eva Cox, advancing women's equality (2011)
  • Edith Cowan, judge and legislator (1975)
  • David Crawshay, rower (2008) Olympic gold medal
  • Russell Crowe, actor (2009, 2010)
  • Bart Cummings, racehorse trainer (2007)
  • John Curtin, Prime Minister (1975, 1994)
  • Betty Cuthbert, runner (1998)
  • Sir Roden Cutler, recipient of the Victoria Cross (2000)
  • Members of the Cycling Men's Team Pursuit, Olympic gold medal (2004)

D[]

  • William Dampier, explorer (1963,1966, 1985, 1999)
  • Sir Edgeworth David, geologist (1968)
  • Alfred Deakin, Prime Minister (1969)
  • Anne Judith Denman, daughter of Governor-General Thomas Denman, 3rd Baron Denman as recipient of first Australian banknote (2013)
  • Tom Derrick, recipient of the Victoria Cross (1995)
  • Michael Diamond, trap-shooter (2000) Olympic gold medal
  • Diana, Princess of Wales, Australian Royal (1981)
  • Collette Dinnigan, fashion designer (2005)
  • Peter C. Doherty, immunologist (2002)
  • Jason Donovan, television actor Neighbours, (2006)
  • Mick Doohan, motorcycle Grand Prix rider (2004)
  • Denise Drysdale, television host (2018)
  • Sir Edward "Weary" Dunlop, soldier surgeon (1995)
  • Fanny Durack, swimmer (1996)
  • Slim Dusty, musician (2001)

E[]

Commemorating the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953
  • Sir John Carew Eccles, Nobel Prize winner (2012) portrait by Judy Cassab
  • Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh – see under Philip
  • Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia (1947 and many later)
  • Queen Elizabeth (later the Queen Mother), queen consort (1937)
  • Herb Elliott, runner (1998)
  • Roy Emerson, tennis player (2016)
  • Members of the Equestrian three-day event team (2000) Olympic gold medal
  • Elizabeth Evatt, advancing women's equality (2011)
  • Dame Edna Everage, character (2006)
  • Edward John Eyre, explorer (1991)

F[]

  • Sir Arthur Fadden, Prime Minister (1975, 1994)
  • Lady Mary Fairfax, as philanthropist (2008)
  • Simon Fairweather, archer (2000) Olympic gold medal
  • William 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 Drowley Filmer, radiologist (1995)
  • Edwin Flack, runner (1996)
  • Matthew Flinders, explorer (1963, 1980, 1999)
  • Howard Florey, Baron Florey, medical scientist (1995, 2012), the latter a portrait by Allan Gwynne-Jones
  • Frank Forde, Prime Minister (1994)
  • Alexander Forrest, explorer (1983)
  • Sir John Forrest, explorer and politician (1949, 1976)
  • Mem Fox, writer (2019)
  • Dawn Fraser, swimmer (1998)
  • Neale Fraser, tennis player (2016)
  • Duncan Free, rower (2008) Olympic gold medal
  • Jacqueline Freney, Paralympian of the year (2012)
  • Cathy Freeman, athlete (2000, 2003) Olympic gold medal

G[]

  • Wayne Gardner, motorcycle Grand Prix rider (2004)
  • William Gentry, New Zealand military leader; the stamp commemorating the ANZUS treaty (2011)
  • Saint George, on gold sovereign (1999)
  • King George III (1986)
  • King George V (1914)
  • King George VI (1937)
  • Adam Gilchrist, cricketer (2007)
  • Ernest Giles, explorer (1976)
  • Dame Mary Gilmore, writer (1973)
  • Drew Ginn, rower (2004, 2008) Olympic gold medal
  • Morris Gleitzman, writer (2019)
  • Duke of Gloucester, British royal and Governor-General (1945)
  • Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, British royal, wife of Governor-General (1945)
  • Stanley Goble, aviator (1994)
  • Leon Goldsworthy, bomb disposal (1995)
  • Evonne Goolagong Cawley, tennis player (2016)
  • William Gosse, explorer (1976)
  • John Gould, ornithologist (1976)
  • Dr W. G. Grace, English cricketer (1988)
  • Vivean Gray, actor Picnic at Hanging Rock, (1995)
  • Germaine Greer, advancing women's equality (2011)
  • 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)
  • Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester (1945)
  • Jodie Henry, swimmer (2004) Olympic gold medal
  • Lleyton Hewitt, tennis player (2016)
  • Roy Higgins, jockey (2007)
  • Bert Hinkler, aviator (1978)
  • Leigh Hobbs, writer (2019)
  • Fred Hollows, ophthalmologist (1995, 2012)
  • Steve Hooker, pole vaulter (2008) Olympic gold medal
  • William Hovell, explorer (1976)
  • Sir Neville Howse, recipient of the Victoria Cross (2000)
  • Billy Hughes, Prime Minister (1972)
  • Hamilton Hume, explorer (1976)
  • 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)
  • Iain Jensen, sailing (2012) Olympic gold medal
  • Gwoya Jungarai known as One Pound Jimmy, Aboriginal (1950, 1952)
  • Leisel Jones, swimmer (2008) Olympic gold medal

K[]

  • Thomas Keneally, novelist (2010)
  • Private Edward Kenna, recipient of the Victoria Cross (2000)
  • Graham Kennedy, television In Melbourne Tonight (2006)
  • Kerri-Anne Kennerley, television host (2018)
  • Nicole Kidman, actor (2009)
  • Phillip Parker King, admiral (1963, 1999) (sic???)
  • Tom King, sailor (2000) Olympic gold medal
  • Sir Charles Kingsford Smith, pilot (1958, 1978)
  • John Simpson Kirkpatrick, war hero (with donkey Murphy Duffy Abdul) (1965)

L[]

Henry Lawson honoured in 1949

M[]

An Australian stamp commemorating the Centenary of death of John Macarthur in 1934
  • Captain John Macarthur, wool pioneer (1934) depicting a merino ram
  • Garry McCoy, motorcycle Grand Prix rider (2004)
  • Colleen McCullough, literary legend (2010)
  • Scott McGrory, cyclist (2000) Olympic gold medal
  • Ivor McIntyre, aviator (1994)
  • Jean Macnamara, medical scientist (1995)
  • David Malouf, writer (2010)
  • Nelson Mandela, President of South Africa, Nobel Peace Prize (2015)
  • Joe Marston, soccer (2012)
  • Ray Martin, television host (2018)
  • Anna Meares, cyclist (2004, 2012) Olympic gold medal
  • Dame Nellie Melba, opera singer (1963, 2009, 2011)
  • Sir Robert Menzies, prime minister (1994)
  • Paul Mercurio, actor Strictly Ballroom (1995)
  • Don Metcalf, medical scientist (2002)
  • Flight Sergeant Rawdon Middleton, recipient of the 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)
  • Sir John Monash, general (1965)
  • Gladys Moncrieff, singer (1989)
  • George Moore, jockey (2007)
  • Tara Morice, actor Strictly Ballroom, (1995)
  • Russell Morris, singer (1998)
  • Helen Morse, actor Picnic at Hanging Rock (1995)
  • Baron Ferdinand von Mueller, explorer (1948, 1996)
  • Darby Munro, jockey (1981)
  • Dame Elisabeth Murdoch, philanthropist (2008)

N[]

  • Albert Namatjira, artist (1968)
  • Chantelle Newbery, diver (2004) Olympic gold medal
  • Neighbours 30th anniversary commemorative series with Ian Smith, Jackie Woodburne, Alan Fletcher, Ryan Moloney and Stefan Dennis and Anne Charleston
  • John Newcombe, tennis player (2016)
  • Bert Newton, television host (2018)
  • Isaac Nichols, first New South Wales Postmaster (1959, 2009)
  • Florence Nightingale, nurse (1955)
  • Sidney Nolan, artist (2017)
  • Sir Gustav Nossal, medical scientist (2002)

O[]

P[]

  • Sir Earle Page, Prime Minister (1975)
  • Malcolm Page, sailor (2008, 2012) Olympic gold medals
  • Walter Parker (ANZAC) (1894–2000), World War I veteran (2000)[1]
  • 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)
  • Anna Pavlova, ballerina (2009) with the dessert pavlova
  • Warrant Officer Class II Keith Payne, recipient of the Victoria Cross (2000, 2015)
  • Sally Pearson, hurdler (2012) Olympic gold medal
  • George Peppin junior sheep breeder (1997)
  • Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (1954, 1963)
  • Arthur Phillip, first governor (1937, 1986)
  • David Pocock, rugby union (2012)
  • Ricky Ponting, cricketer (2007)
  • Kerri Pottharst, beach volleyball (2000) Olympic gold medal

R[]

  • Arthur W. Radford, United States military leader; the stamp commemorating the ANZUS treaty (2011)
  • Chips Rafferty, actor (1989)
  • Pat Rafter, tennis player (2016)
  • John Raper, rugby league (2012)
  • Elise Rechichi, sailor (2008) Olympic gold medal
  • Sir George Reid, prime minister (1969)
  • Ethel Florence Richardson, novelist (as "Henry Handel Richardson"; 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 (1995)
  • Ben Roberts-Smith, VC, MG (2015)
  • Tony Roche, tennis player (2016)
  • Lionel Rose, boxer (2005) (though only his gloves pictured)
  • Murray Rose, swimmer (1998)
  • Ken Rosewall, tennis player (2016)
  • Normie Rowe, Rock'n'Roll (1998)
  • Sydney Rowell, military leader; the stamp commemorating the ANZUS treaty (2011)
  • Geoffrey Rush, actor (2009)

S[]

T[]

  • Shaun Tan, writer (2019)
  • Dame 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)
  • Mother Teresa Nobel Peace Prize, saint (2015)
  • 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 (1995)
  • Queen Victoria (1950, 1953, 1955, 1960, 1999, 2000, 2015)
  • Willem de Vlamingh, navigator (1996)

W[]

  • Ken Wallace, canoeist (2008) Olympic gold medal
  • Raoul Wallenberg, humanitarian hero, Honorary Citizen of Australia (2015)
  • 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)
  • Chris Watson, Prime Minister (1969)
  • Mark Webber, Formula One driver, (2009)
  • Jacki Weaver, actor Picnic at Hanging Rock, (1995)
  • William Wentworth, explorer, journalist (1963, 1973, 1974, 2012)
  • Patrick White, writer and Nobel Prize winner (2012) portrait by Brett Whiteley
  • Prince William, Duke of Cambridge (2011)
  • J. C. Williamson, stage entrepreneur (1989)
  • William John Wills, explorer (1983, 2010)
  • Nathan Wilmot, sailor (2008) Olympic gold medal
  • Margaret Windeyer, women's rights (1996)
  • Tim Winton, novelist (2010)
  • May Wirth, circus performer (1997)

Y[]

  • Blamire Young, stamp designer (1976)
  • Galarrwuy Yunupingu, Aboriginal leader (2017)

Z[]

2006 Commonwealth Games Gold Medal winners[]

Australian Antarctic Territory[]

  • Louis Bernacchi, physicist, astronomer(2001)
  • Richard Byrd, aviator (1979)
  • James Cook, navigator (1972)
  • Edgeworth David, geologist (1959)
  • John King Davis, explorer (2012)
  • Frank Debenham, geographer (2001)
  • Phillip Law, scientist (2011)
  • 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)
  • , first settler (1977)
  • George Clunies Ross, phosphate miner (1977)
  • William Dampier, explorer (1977)
  • , educator (1977)
  • Edmond Halley, astronomer (1986)
  • Richard Hanitsch, biologist (1978)
  • Sir Rowland Hill, postage stamp pioneer (1979)
  • J. J. Lister, naturalist – with Arenga listeri (1978)
  • Vice-Admiral (1978) HMS Challenger (1858)
  • Sir William May, admiral (1978, 1988)
  • Sir John Murray, oceanographer (1978, 1989)
  • Victor Purcell, Sinologist (1978)
  • Henry Ridley, botanist (1977, 1990)
  • Captain Joshua Slocum, yachtsman (1978)
  • Sir Harold Spencer Jones, astronomer (1978)
  • Queen Victoria (1958)

Cocos (Keeling) Islands 1963–[]

  • Lord Robert Baden-Powell, scout movement founder (1982)
  • Captain Edward Belcher, explorer (1990)
  • Charles, Prince of Wales (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 , navigator (1982, 1990)
  • Captain William Keeling, navigator (1984, 1990)
  • Captain P. G. Taylor, aviator (1989)
  • Queen Victoria (1982)

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Previous Australia Post Australian Legends Archived 10 November 2007 at the Wayback Machine", Australia Post.
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