- Melina Marchetta
Melina Marchetta is an Australian author and high school teacher at St Mary's Cathedral College, Sydney. Marchetta was born in Sydney in 1965. "Looking for Alibrandi" was released as a major feature film in 2000 starring Greta Scacchi, Pia Miranda and Anthony La Paglia. Marchetta's screenplay was the winner of the Premier's Literary Award and she also won the AFI Award for the Best Adapted Screenplay, one of five awards received by the film.
- Anthony Lapaglia
Anthony LaPaglia (born 31 January, 1959) is an Australian actor, best known for his role as FBI agent Jack Malone on the American TV series "Without a Trace", a role which won him a Golden Globe Award. LaPaglia was also heavily considered for the lead role of Tony Soprano on the HBO hit show "The Sopranos". He also appeared as Jimmy Wyler, the lead during the second and final season of the television program "Murder One".
- Steve Bastoni
Steve Bastoni (born March 4, 1966 in Rome, Italy) is an Italian Australian actor. Bastoni is best known for his role in "Police Rescue" as Constable Yannis 'Angel' Angelopoulos. He has also appeared in many other Australian series such as "Wildside", "Prisoner" and "Stingers". His film roles include "The Heartbreak Kid", "Suburban Mayhem", "Macbeth", "The Matrix Reloaded", …
- Marco Leonardi
Marco Leonardi (born November 14, 1971) is an Australian actor born to Italian parents. He moved to Italy at the age of four and starred in the famous movie "Cinema Paradiso" and in the Mexican movie of 1993 "Like Water for Chocolate". He has made several movies in the United States, among them, "Desperate Measures" and, more recently, "Once Upon a Time in Mexico".
- Joe Avati
Joe Avati (born 1974) is an Italian-Australian comedian who is popular amongst Italians living in Australia (and also Canada, where he has performed his routine on several occasions).
- Greta Scacchi
Greta Scacchi (born February 18, 1960 in Milan, Italy) is an Emmy Award-winning film actress. Greta's mother, an English dancer, and father, an Italian painter, divorced when she was three, and returned to England with Greta and her two older brothers. In 1975, after her mother remarried, the family moved to Australia. In 1977, Scacchi returned to England to pursue an acting career; she studied at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, …
- Pia Miranda
Pia Miranda (born June 15, 1973) is an Australian, multi-award-winning actress whose career was launched with her successful 2000 role in the feature film Looking for Alibrandi, an Australian film based on the novel by Melina Marchetta.
- Natalie Imbruglia
Natalie Jane Imbruglia (pronounced im-bru-lee-yah) (born February 4, 1975) is an Australian singer-songwriter, model and actress. In the early 1990s, Imbruglia was known to audiences as Beth Willis in the popular Australian soap "Neighbours" (also responsible for launching pop singer Kylie Minogue). Two years after leaving the program, she launched a highly successful singing career with the international hit, "Torn".
- Tina Arena
Tina Arena (born Filippina Lydia Arena on November 1, 1967, in Moonee Ponds, Melbourne, Australia) is an ARIA award winning singer/songwriter.
- Franca Arena
Franca Arena (born 23 August 1939) is an Australian politician and activist. She was a Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1981, first for the Australian Labor Party then as an Independent from 1997 until she left the Council in 1999. Long recognised as a colourful and influential figure in New South Wales politics, Arena shot to national prominence in 1996 when, under cover of Parliamentary privilege, …
- Anthony Callea
Anthony Cosmo Callea (born December 13, 1982 in Melbourne to Italian parents) is an ARIA Award winning Australian singer and was the runner-up in the 2004 season of Australian Idol. Callea currently holds the record for the highest-selling single and fastest-selling single in Australia for his debut single "The Prayer".
- Morris Iemma
Morris Iemma (pronounced Yemma), born 21 July 1961, is an Australian politician and the Premier of New South Wales. He took office on 3 August 2005 following the resignation of Bob Carr.
- Nino Randazzo
Nino Randazzo (born 1937), Italian-Australian politician, was born in the Aeolian Islands and emigrated to Australia in 1952. As a young man in Melbourne he was a member of the anti-communist Democratic Labor Party (DLP), and was a parliamentary candidate for the DLP in 1964. He was later editor of the Melbourne Italian-language daily newspaper "Il Globo". Randazzo was elected to the Italian Senate in the 2006 Italian general elections, …
- The Veronicas
The Veronicas are an Australian pop award winning singer/songwriter duo composed of identical twin sisters Lisa Marie and Jessica Louise Origliasso (born December 25, 1984 in Brisbane). who are of Italian (Sicilian) descent.
- James Gobbo
Sir James Augustine Gobbo, AC CVO QC (b. 22 March 1931, Melbourne, Victoria) was an Australian jurist and was the 25th Governor of Victoria.
- Alphonse Gangitano
Alphonse John Gangitano (March 24, 1957 - January 16, 1998) was an Italian-Australian criminal from Templestowe, Victoria, Australia, a suburb of Melbourne. Gangitano was notable for his involvement in the Melbourne underworld killings. He was once known as the 'Prince of Lygon Street'. Gangitano was also an associate of Mick Gatto. Gangitano was found dead by his wife in the laundry of their home in 1998.
- Mark Ricciuto
Mark Anthony Ricciuto (born June 8, 1975) is a prominent Australian rules football player, representing the Adelaide Crows in the Australian Football League. Ricciuto was born in Waikerie, South Australia. After some success in local leagues, he was recruited by SANFL team West Adelaide and soon after, was recruited by the Adelaide Crows as a rookie. He debuted in the AFL in 1993. Ricciuto quickly rose to prominence in the national competition.
- Vince Colosimo
Vince Colosimo (born 11 November 1966 in Melbourne) is an Australian stage and screen actor of Italian descent. He has worked in both Australia and the United States, the latter on popular shows like "The Practice" and "Without a Trace". Colosimo is not married, he shares a daughter - Lucia born in 2002- with Australia actor Jane Hall - whom he worked with on "A Country Practice" in 1994. He lives in Westgarth, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria.
- Ron Barassi
Ronald Dale Barassi, Jr (born 27 February 1936) was an Australian rules football player and coach. During a long and brilliant career, Barassi has been one of the most important figures in the history of Australian football. His father, Ron Barassi Senior, was the first Australian footballer killed at Tobruk in World War II. The young Barassi spent his latter teenage years living with Norm Smith, coach of the Melbourne Football Club and a former teammate of his father.
- Vanessa Amorosi
Vanessa Joy Amorosi (born 8 August 1981) is an Australian singer and recording artist. She was born in Melbourne, Australia. Performing since the age of 12, Amorosi was discovered and signed to a recording contract in 1997. After being signed to MarJac Productions (co-owned by managers Mark Holden and Jack Strom), recording a promo CD (entitled "Get Here") and gaining a deal with Transistor Music Australia, her first single, titled "Have A Look", …
- Joe Dolce
Joe Dolce (originally pronounced ; born 1947 in Painesville, Ohio) is an American-born, Australian-resident singer/songwriter who achieved fame with the song "Shaddap You Face", recorded under his vehicle, the group named Joe Dolce Music Theatre. Dolce is of Italian ancestry, and received the Advance Australia Award in 1981.
- John Aloisi
John Aloisi is an Australian football (soccer) striker who currently plays for Deportivo Alavés in the Spanish Segunda División and for his national team. John is the younger brother of Wellington Phoenix midfielder Ross Aloisi.
- Marco Fedi
Marco Fedi, born in Ascoli Piceno, Italy, in 1958, and emigrated to Australia in 1983, is an Italian politician representing Italians living abroad. He was elected to the Italian Chamber of Deputies in the 2006 general elections, as an overseas candidate for the centre-left coalition L'Unione (The Union). Fedi is a member of the Italian Democratic Party of the Left (DS). He was on the same ticket as Nino Randazzo who was elected to the Italian Senate.
- Mark Occhilupo
Marco Jay Luciano Occhilupo is an Australian surfer and winner of the 1999 World surfing champion title. Occhilupo - also known as Occy, began his professional career in the World Championship Tour (WCT) at the age of 17. Occhilupo’s strength under pressure ushered him into surfing’s most memorable heats. Born June 16, 1966 Occhilupo was born in Kurnell, New South Wales, where he began surfing at the age of nine.
- Brendan Fevola
Brendan 'Fev' Fevola (born January 20, 1981) is an Australian rules footballer, currently playing with the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League. He plays the position of full-forward and has apart from his sporadic footballing ability, is notable for his appearances on the Channel Nine's "The Footy Show" on Thursday nights during the season.
- Gus Mercurio
Gus Mercurio (born August 10, 1928 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is an American born Australian character actor who has appeared on both film and television. He was a former professional boxer, ex-marine and chiropractor. His raspy voice, energetic personality and natural talents quickly came to the attention of Australian television production houses. He was also a well-known boxing promoter.
- Tony Liberatore
Anthony (Tony) Liberatore (born February 11, 1966) is a former Australian rules footballer. As one of the shortest players in the history of the game, standing at 163cm, "Libba", of Italian descent, was told he didn't have what it takes to make it at the elite level by ex footscray coach Michael Malthouse. But his guts and sheer determination marked him down as one of the Western Bulldogs greats. The rover won the Brownlow Medal in 1990, …
- Paul Mercurio
Paul Joseph Mercurio (born March 31, 1963) is an Australian actor and dancer who was the star of Baz Luhrmann's "Strictly Ballroom" (1992). His father is character actor Gus Mercurio. Mercurio is one of four judges on the Australian version of the popular television show "Dancing with the Stars" which was broadcast in Australia on Channel Seven in 2004, 2005, and 2006.
- Mario Condello
Mario Condello Born in Calabria, Italy (born April 12, 1952—February 6, 2006) was an Australian criminal. Condello, a lawyer, was a part of the so-called "Carlton Crew", and a key figure of the Melbourne gangland killings saga. He was shot dead in his driveway on February 6, 2006, a day before he was due to stand trial for murder.
- Christian Vieri
Christian "Bobo" Vieri (born July 12, 1973 in Bologna, Italy) is an Italian football striker. He is currently unattached, having left Atalanta at the end of June 2007.
- Mark Philippoussis
Mark Anthony Philippoussis (born November 7, 1976) is an Australian tennis player. He turned professional in 1994 and as of 2007 resides in Nevada, USA. He regards himself as both Australian and Greek, and as a child spoke Greek as his first language though his mother is Italian. He has also had a minor career in modeling and is the current star of the American reality television dating show "Age of Love".
- Cosima de Vito
Cosima De Vito (born November 1, 1976), also known simply as Cosima, is an Australian singer-songwriter. She rose to fame as a contestant of the original "Australian Idol" series in 2003 where she caused controversy, quitting the competition due to a throat condition at short notice, coming in at third place. She has since established an independent music career, releasing a debut solo album called "Cosima".
- Robert Dipierdomenico
Robert "Dipper" DiPierdomenico (born May 5, 1958) is a former Australian rules footballer in the VFL/AFL of Italian descent.
- Virginia Trioli
Virginia Frances Trioli (born August 16 1964) is an Australian journalist and author. Born in Bendigo, she attended Donvale High School and graduated from Latrobe University in the 1980s, with a Bachelor of Arts degree with a Fine Arts major in cinema. She worked as a publicist for a book publisher, then at the Victorian Ethnic Affairs Commission prior to starting at The Age in 1990. For three years she was President of The Age's chapter of the union, …
- Anthony Rocca
Anthony Rocca (born August 15, 1977) is an Australian rules footballer who has played with the Sydney Swans and Collingwood in the AFL. Of Italian descent, Rocca is the younger brother of fellow Australian rules footballer and former teammate Saverio Rocca. Known as a family man, Anthony was rated highly as a youngster and was selected with pick no.2 by the Sydney Swans in the 1994 AFL Draft. A lifelong Collingwood supporter (hailing from the Reservoir area, …
- Robert Trimbole
Robert Trimbole was an Italian-Australian businessman, alleged drug baron and organized crime boss whose alleged involvement in the disappearance of anti-drugs campaigner Donald Mackay and involvement in drug trafficking in the Griffith, New South Wales area, led to a Royal Commission, a Coroner's inquest and an international chase by the Australian Federal Government seeking his arrest and capture after his escape to Ireland.
- Peter Matera
Peter Matera (born April 3, 1969) is a former Australian rules footballer for the West Coast Eagles in the AFL. Matera is widely regarded as the finest wingman of his generation and one of the best wingmen of all time. His remarkable skills and ability to seemingly make something out of nothing made him one of the truly elite players of the 1990s. Matera is nicknamed 'Roo', dubbed so by team mate Chris Lewis due to his supposed Kangaroo like appearance.
- Valerio Ricetti
Valerio Ricetti was an Italian-Australian hermit who lived mainly in a cave in the Griffith area for a period of 23 years. Working only at night and in the early morning hours so that he would not be seen, he turned the cave into his own private "utopia" complete with kitchen, chapel, landscaping, pathways, stone walls, stone stairs, paths, terraced gardens and cisterns for water supply.
- Con Sciacca
Concetto Antonio "Con" Sciacca AO (born 13 June 1947), Australian politician, was an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives from July 1987 to March 1996 and again from October 1998 to October 2004, representing the Division of Bowman, Queensland. He was born in Sicily, Italy, and was a solicitor and bank officer before entering politics. Sciacca was Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Social Security from 1990-94.
- Bruno Grollo
Bruno Grollo (born 1942 near Treviso) is an Australian businessman. Grollo founded one of Australia's largest building companies, Grocon, whose credits include the construction of the then tallest building in Melbourne, the Rialto Towers. He then went on to build the even taller Eureka Tower. Today Grocon employs around 1200 staff, and in 2003 his sons Adam and Daniel were instated as joint managing directors.