List of people on postage stamps of Australia

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

New South Wales 1850–1912

• 3rd Baron Carrington (1888)
• James Cook (1888)
• Arthur Phillip (1888)
• Queen Victoria (1851)

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)

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
• Nicholas Brierley, 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

• 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
• Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge (2011)
• Dr Victor Chang, cardiac surgeon (2012)
• Charles, Prince of Wales, British Royal (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
• 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, British 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)
• 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)
• 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 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)
• Dawn Fraser, swimmer (1998)
• 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
• Stanley Goble, aviator (1994)
• Duke of Gloucester, British royal and Governor-General (1945)
• 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, (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
• Roy Higgins, jockey (2007)
• Bert Hinkler, aviator (1978)
• 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

• Private Edward Kenna, recipient of the Victoria Cross (2000)
• Graham Kennedy, television In Melbourne Tonight, (2006)
• Thomas Keneally, novelist (2010)
• 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

• Thomas Laby, nuclear scientist (1976)
• Peter Lalor, political activist (2004)
• Anne-Louise Lambert, actor Picnic at Hanging Rock, (1995)
• Charles Cochrane-Baillie, 2nd Baron Lamington, as Governor of Queensland and Lady Lamington (2009) with the eponymous dessert
• Lydia Lassila, Winter Olympics gold medallist (2010)
• Rod Laver, tennis player (2003)
• Henry Lawson, poet (1949)
• Louisa Lawson, writer, journalist, suffragist, publisher (1975)
• William Lawson, explorer (1963, 2012)
• Ludwig Leichhardt, explorer (1983)
• John Lennon, musician (1988)
• Walter Lindrum, billiards (1981)
• Roy Longmore, World War I veteran (2000)
• Frank Lowy, philanthropist (2008)
• Lottie Lyell, cinema actor The Sentimental Bloke, (1983, 1989)
• Thomas Ranken Lyle, radiologist (1995)
• Dame Enid Lyons, politician (1993)
• Joseph Lyons, Prime Minister (1975)

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)
• Joe Marston, soccer (2012)
• 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
• Isaac Nichols, first New South Wales Postmaster (1959, 2009)
• Florence Nightingale, nurse (1955)
• Sir Gustav Nossal, medical scientist (2002)

O

• Professor Chris O'Brien, head and neck surgeon (2012)
• Stuart O'Grady, cyclist (2004) Olympic gold medal
• Johnny O'Keefe, Rock'n'Roll (1998)
• Susie O'Neill, swimmer (2000, 2012) Olympic gold medal
• Nathan Outteridge, sailing (2012) Olympic gold medal
• John Oxley, explorer (1976)

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)
• 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)
• 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)
• Lionel Rose, boxer (2005) (though only his gloves pictured)
• Murray Rose, swimmer (1998)
• Normie Rowe, Rock'n'Roll (1998)
• Sydney Rowell, military leader; the stamp commemorating the ANZUS treaty (2011)
• Geoffrey Rush, actor (2009)

S

• Joe Saba, fashion designer (2005)
• Santa Claus, (1977)
• Ellen Savage, army nurse (1995)
• Mark Schwarzer, soccer (2012)
• Rose Scott, women's rights (1996)
• James Scullin, Prime Minister (1975)
• William Shakespeare, playwright (1988)
• Lieut. John Shortland (1947)
• Billy Slater, rugby league (2012)
• Father Joseph Patrick Slattery, radiologist, physicist, Catholic priest (1995)
• Tom Slingsby, sailing (2012) Olympic gold medal
• David Smith, canoeist (2012) Olympic gold medal
• Sir Keith Smith, aviator (1994)
• Sir Ross Smith, aviator (1994)
• Tate Smith, canoeist (2012) Olympic gold medal
• Victor and Loti Smorgon, as philanthropists (2008)
• Emma Snowsill, triathlete (2008) Olympic gold medal
• Daniel Solander, botanist (1970)
• Catherine Helen Spence, teacher and journalist (1975)
• Sir Baldwin Spencer, anthropologist (1976)
• Fiona Stanley, epidemiologist (2002)
• Murray Stewart, canoeist (2012) Olympic gold medal
• Nellie Stewart, actor (1989)
• Dr Jane Stocks Greig, public health specialist (2012)
• 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)
• Sir Paul Edmund de Strzelecki, explorer (1983)
• John McDouall Stuart, explorer (1962, 2012)
• Charles Sturt, explorer (1930)
• Anne Summers, advancing women's equality (2011)
• Dame Joan Sutherland, opera singer (2004)
• The Jolly Swagman, sheep thief – the subject of song "Waltzing Matilda", (1980)
• Members of the Swimming Men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay team, (2000) Olympic gold medal
• Members of the Swimming Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay team, (2000) Olympic gold medal
• Members of the Swimming Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay Team, (2004) Olympic gold medal
• Members of the Swimming Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay Team, (2012) Olympic gold medal
• Members of the Swimming Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay Team, (2004) Olympic gold medal
• Members of the Swimming Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay Team, (2008) Olympic gold medal
• Members of the Swimming Women's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay Team, (2008) Olympic gold medal
• Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney, British politician (1986)

T

• 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)
• 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)
• Queen Victoria (1950, 1953, 1955, 1960, 1999, 2000, 2015)
• 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)
• 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)

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
• Lisa McIntosh, athlete (as Elizabeth McIntosh)
• 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)
• 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)
• 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 – with Arenga listeri (1978)
• Vice-Admiral John MacLear, (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 S. Fremantle, navigator (1982, 1990)
• Captain William Keeling, navigator (1984, 1990)
• Captain P. G. Taylor, aviator (1989)
• Queen Victoria (1982)

See also

• List of flora on stamps of Australia
• List of people who have appeared on Australian currency
• Australian Legends
• List of people on stamps

References