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Actress born in 1967 whose first film was Bush Christmas but came to prominence in the film Dead Calm.
Nicole Kidman

 

Hugh Jackman was born in which city?
Sydney

 

Singer and actress who began her career as a child actress and rose to prominence in 2002 playing a shy school girl called Nina Tucker in the Australian soap opera Neighbours
Delta Goodrem

 

Which actor is best known for his role as Patrick Jane in the hit series The Mentalist?
Simon Baker

 

Paul Hogan the comedian and actor starred in a series of adverts in which he played an earthy Australian abroad in London for which drink?
Fosters

 

Born in Townsville, Queensland, which Australian was the founder of WikiLeaks?
Julian Assange

 

Which Australian born in 1934 holds the record as the youngest player to win 3 different Grand Slam tournaments, a feat he achieved in 1956?
Lew Hoad

 

Composer and lyricist of the Olivier Award-winning, Tony Award-winning show, Matilda the Musical
Tim Minchin

 

Which leader of the Labour party was the 21st Prime Minister of Australia, serving between 1972 and 1975?
Gough Whitlam

 

Musician, author and screenwriter, frontman of the Bad Seeds and whose single  "Where the Wild Roses Grow", a duet with Kylie Minogue, is his most commercially successful single to date
Nick Cave