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| Rank | Topic | Wikipedia views Oct 21 2010 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Lennon, musician (1988) | 755028 |
| 2 | William Shakespeare, playwright (1988) | 45781 |
| 3 | Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia (1947 and many later) | 35488 |
| 4 | Queen Victoria (1950, 1953, 1955, 1960, 1999, 2000) | 27418 |
| 5 | Sir Winston Churchill (1965) | 21355 |
| 6 | Diana, Princess of Wales, British Royal(1981) | 16803 |
| 7 | Charles, Prince of Wales, British Royal (1981) | 12563 |
| 8 | Kylie Minogue, as television actor Neighbours, (2006) | 12484 |
| 9 | Nicole Kidman, actor (2009) | 10268 |
| 10 | King George III (1986) | 10204 |
| 11 | Ian Thorpe, swimmer (2000, 2004) Olympic gold medal | 9793 |
| 12 | Russell Crowe, actor (2009, 2010) | 9101 |
| 13 | King George VI (1937) | 7764 |
| 14 | King George V (1914) | 7415 |
| 15 | Florence Nightingale, nurse (1955) | 7199 |
| 16 | James Cook, explorer (1963, 1970, 1999) | 7174 |
| 17 | Cate Blanchett, actor (2009) | 6681 |
| 18 | Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, consort of the Queen of Australia (1963) | 6527 |
| 19 | Santa Claus, (1977) | 6260 |
| 20 | Queen Elizabeth (later the Queen Mother), queen consort (1937) | 4940 |
| 21 | Saint George, on gold sovereign (1999) | 4314 |
| 22 | Geoffrey Rush, actor (2009) | 4202 |
| 23 | Leisel Jones, swimmer (2008) Olympic gold medal | 3296 |
| 24 | Libby Trickett, swimmer (2008) Olympic gold medal | 2372 |
| 25 | Stephanie Rice, swimmer (2008) Olympic gold medal | 2226 |
| 26 | Ricky Ponting, cricketer (2007) | 2215 |
| 27 | Sir Donald Bradman, cricketer (1997, 2001) | 2088 |
| 28 | Mark Webber, Formula One driver, (2009) | 1972 |
| 29 | Lord Baden-Powell, scout movement founder (1960, 2008) | 1809 |
| 30 | Jason Donovan, television actor Neighbours, (2006) | 1732 |
| 31 | Anna Meares, cyclist (2004) Olympic gold medal | 1685 |
| 32 | Cathy Freeman, athlete (2000, 2003) Olympic gold medal | 1320 |
| 33 | Shane Warne, cricketer (2007) | 1184 |
| 34 | Anna Pavlova, ballerina (2009) with the dessert pavlova | 1026 |
| 35 | Dame Edna Everage, character (2006) | 1015 |
| 36 | Barry Humphries, actor (2006) | 959 |
| 37 | Grant Hackett, swimmer (2000, 2004) Olympic gold medal | 904 |
| 38 | Sir Robert Menzies, prime minister (1994) | 898 |
| 39 | Abel Tasman, navigator (1963, 1966, 1985, 1999) | 821 |
| 40 | Susie O'Neill, swimmer (2000) Olympic gold medal | 817 |
| 41 | Matthew Mitcham, diver (2008) Olympic gold medal | 798 |
| 42 | Peter Carey, Novelist (2010) | 743 |
| 43 | Adam Gilchrist, cricketer (2007) | 743 |
| 44 | Dr W. G. Grace, English cricketer (1988) | 676 |
| 45 | George Vancouver, explorer (1991) | 650 |
| 46 | Sir Joseph Banks, naturalist (1970, 1986) | 644 |
| 47 | Steven Hooker, pole vaulter (2008) Olympic gold medal | 628 |
| 48 | Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson, poet, writer (1968) | 628 |
| 49 | Rod Laver, tennis player (2003) | 621 |
| 50 | Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester (1945) | 613 |
| 51 | Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester (1945) | 581 |
| 52 | Dame Joan Sutherland, opera singer (2004) | 569 |
| 53 | Michael Doohan, motorcycle Grand Prix rider (2004) | 559 |
| 54 | Margaret Smith Court (2003) | 536 |
| 55 | Matthew Flinders, explorer (1963, 1980, 1999) | 529 |
| 56 | Jodie Henry, swimmer (2004) Olympic gold medal | 512 |
| 57 | Rachel Roberts, actor Picnic at Hanging Rock, (1995) | 495 |
| 58 | Arthur Phillip, first governor (1937, 1986) | 481 |
| 59 | Sir John Monash, general (1965) | 469 |
| 60 | Henry Lawson, poet (1949) | 452 |
| 61 | Thomas Keneally, novelist (2010) | 449 |
| 62 | John Curtin, Prime Minister (1975, 1994) | 445 |
| 63 | Sir Edmund Barton, prime minister (1951, 1969, 2001) | 442 |
| 64 | William Dampier, explorer (1963,1966, 1985, 1999) | 439 |
| 65 | Albert Namatjira, artist (1968) | 409 |
| 66 | Alfred Deakin, Prime Minister (1969) | 409 |
| 67 | Dame Nellie Melba, opera singer (1963, 2009) | 404 |
| 68 | Fred Hollows,ophthalmologist (1995) | 394 |
| 69 | Dawn Fraser, swimmer (1998) | 383 |
| 70 | Frank Lowy, philanthropist (2008) | 368 |
| 71 | Howard Florey, Baron Florey, medical scientist (1995) | 361 |
| 72 | Tim Winton, novelist (2010) | 357 |
| 73 | Billy Hughes, Prime Minister (1972) | 341 |
| 74 | Duke of Gloucester, British royal and Governor-General (1945) | 331 |
| 75 | Paul Mercurio, actor Strictly Ballroom (1995) | 315 |
| 76 | Dame Elisabeth Murdoch, philanthropist (2008) | 307 |
| 77 | Ryan Bayley, cyclist (2004) Olympic gold medal | 301 |
| 78 | Walter Burley Griffin, architect (1963) | 293 |
| 79 | Sir Henry Parkes, father of federation (1951, 1989) | 285 |
| 80 | Sir Charles Kingsford Smith, pilot (1958, 1978) | 272 |
| 81 | Ben Chifley, Prime Minister (1975, 1994) | 270 |
| 82 | Petria Thomas, swimmer (2004) Olympic gold medal | 264 |
| 83 | Baron Ferdinand von Mueller, explorer (1948, 1996) | 258 |
| 84 | David Malouf, writer (2010) | 255 |
| 85 | Slim Dusty, musician (2001) | 247 |
| 86 | Andrew Fisher, Prime Minister (1972) | 242 |
| 87 | John Gould, ornithologist (1976) | 240 |
| 88 | Michael Diamond, trap-shooter (2000) Olympic gold medal | 234 |
| 89 | Sir Macfarlane Burnet, medical scientist (1995) | 233 |
| 90 | Tara Morice, actor Strictly Ballroom, (1995) | 227 |
| 91 | Billy Thorpe, Rock'n'Roll (1998) | 226 |
| 92 | Joseph Lyons, Prime Minister (1975) | 225 |
| 93 | Charles Sturt, explorer (1930) | 217 |
| 94 | George Bass, explorer (1963, 1999) | 204 |
| 95 | Johnny O'Keefe, Rock'n'Roll (1998) | 189 |
| 96 | James Scullin, Prime Minister (1975) | 187 |
| 97 | John Oxley, explorer (1976) | 187 |
| 98 | Steven Bradbury, short track speed skater (2002) Olympic gold medal | 183 |
| 99 | Jacki Weaver, actor Picnic at Hanging Rock, (1995) | 183 |
| 100 | Arthur Boyd, artist (1999) | 180 |
| 101 | Viscount Bruce, Prime Minister (1972) | 180 |
| 102 | Graham Kennedy, television In Melbourne Tonight, (2006) | 179 |
| 103 | Gina Riley, television actor Kath and Kim (2006) | 179 |
| 104 | Sir John Forrest, explorer and politician (1949, 1976) | 171 |
| 105 | Caroline Chisholm, social worker and reformer (1968) | 169 |
| 106 | Dirk Hartog, navigator (1985) | 167 |
| 107 | Chris Watson, Prime Minister (1969) | 166 |
| 108 | Peter C. Doherty, immunologist (2002) | 165 |
| 109 | Sir Edward "Weary" Dunlop, soldier surgeon (1995) | 159 |
| 110 | Collette Dinnigan, fashion designer (2005) | 158 |
| 111 | Dame Mary Gilmore, writer (1973) | 158 |
| 112 | Edward John Eyre, explorer (1991) | 157 |
| 113 | Ludwig Leichhardt, explorer (1983) | 153 |
| 114 | Wayne Gardner, motorcycle Grand Prix rider (2004) | 148 |
| 115 | Troy Bayliss, motorcycle Grand Prix rider, (2004) | 147 |
| 116 | Edith Cowan, judge and legislator (1975) | 145 |
| 117 | Herb Elliott, runner (1998) | 143 |
| 118 | Peter Lalor, political activist (2004) | 140 |
| 119 | Sir George Reid, prime minister (1969) | 139 |
| 120 | Chips Rafferty, actor (1989) | 137 |
| 121 | Sir Thomas Mitchell (1946) | 137 |
| 122 | Helen Morse, actor Picnic at Hanging Rock (1995) | 136 |
| 123 | Robert O'Hara Burke, explorer (1983, 2010) | 135 |
| 124 | Frank Forde, Prime Minister (1994) | 135 |
| 125 | Graeme "Shirley" Strachan, Rock'n'Roll (1998) | 134 |
| 126 | Sir Earle Page, Prime Minister (1975) | 134 |
| 127 | Rose Scott, women's rights (1996) | 133 |
| 128 | Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney, British politician (1986) | 132 |
| 129 | Sir Arthur Fadden, Prime Minister (1975, 1994) | 131 |
| 130 | Sir Joseph Cook, Prime Minister (1972) | 127 |
| 131 | Jane Turner, television actor Kath & Kim (2006) | 126 |
| 132 | Stuart O'Grady, cyclist (2004) Olympic gold medal | 119 |
| 133 | Betty Cuthbert, runner (1998) | 118 |
| 134 | Lionel Rose, boxer (2005) (though only his gloves pictured) | 117 |
| 135 | Murray Rose, swimmer (1998) | 114 |
| 136 | Sir Gustav Nossal, medical scientist (2002) | 110 |
| 137 | Sir Samuel Griffith, first Chief justice of the High Court, (2003) | 109 |
| 138 | Anne-Louise Lambert, actor Picnic at Hanging Rock, (1995) | 108 |
| 139 | Bart Cummings, racehorse trainer (2007) | 106 |
| 140 | Natalie Cook, beach volleyball (2000) Olympic gold medal | 106 |
| 141 | John Simpson Kirkpatrick, war hero (with donkey Murphy Duffy Abdul), (1965) | 104 |
| 142 | Lawrence Hargrave, aviation pioneer (1965, 1994) | 104 |
| 143 | Normie Rowe, Rock'n'Roll (1998) | 102 |
| 144 | Shirley Strickland, runner (1998) | 97 |
| 145 | Russell Morris, singer (1998) | 96 |
| 146 | Sir Isaac Isaacs, Governor-General (1973) | 95 |
| 147 | Daniel Solander, botanist (1970) | 94 |
| 148 | William Wentworth, explorer, journalist (1963, 1973, 1974) | 94 |
| 149 | William John Wills, explorer (1983, 2010) | 92 |
| 150 | Captain John Hunter, second governor of New South Wales (1986) | 91 |
| 151 | John McDouall Stuart, explorer (1962) | 90 |
| 152 | William Paterson, banker (1953) | 89 |
| 153 | Captain John Macarthur, wool pioneer (1934) depicting a merino ram | 86 |
| 154 | Emma Snowsill, triathlete (2008) Olympic gold medal | 80 |
| 155 | Vivean Gray, actor Picnic at Hanging Rock, (1995) | 80 |
| 156 | Edwin Flack, runner (1996) | 79 |
| 157 | Alec Campbell, World War I veteran (2000) | 79 |
| 158 | Sir Roden Cutler, recipient of the Victoria Cross (2000) | 77 |
| 159 | Dale Begg-Smith, skier (2006) Olympic gold medal | 77 |
| 160 | Fiona Stanley, epidemiologist (2002) | 75 |
| 161 | Garry McCoy, motorcycle Grand Prix rider (2004) | 75 |
| 162 | Phillip Parker King, admiral (1963, 1999) (sic???) | 72 |
| 163 | Marcus Clarke, writer (1973) | 71 |
| 164 | Scobie Breasley, jockey (2007) | 67 |
| 165 | Sir Edgeworth David, geologist (1968) | 67 |
| 166 | Alisa Camplin, Aerial (freestyle) skier (2002) Olympic gold medal | 66 |
| 167 | Akira Isogawa, fashion designer (2005) | 66 |
| 168 | Sir Norman Brookes, tennis player (1981) | 66 |
| 169 | James Tomkins, rower (2004) Olympic gold medal | 64 |
| 170 | Walter Lindrum, billiards (1981) | 62 |
| 171 | Sir Sir Walter Spencer, anthropologist (1976) | 62 |
| 172 | Edward Hargraves gold discoverer (1951) | 62 |
| 173 | Victor Trumper, cricketer (1981) | 61 |
| 174 | Chantelle Newbery, diver (2004) Olympic gold medal | 61 |
| 175 | Dame Enid Lyons, politician (1993) | 60 |
| 176 | Gregory Blaxland, explorer (1963) | 60 |
| 177 | Ethel Florence Richardson, novelist (as "Henry Handel Richardson"; 1975) | 57 |
| 178 | Marjorie Jackson, runner (1998) | 56 |
| 179 | Bert Hinkler, aviator (1978) | 56 |
| 180 | Carla Zampatti, fashion designer (2005) | 56 |
| 181 | Harry Hawker, aviator (1978) | 55 |
| 182 | Louisa Lawson, journalist (1975) | 55 |
| 183 | Roy Rene, comedian (1989) | 53 |
| 184 | Lauren Burns, taekwondo (2000) Olympic gold medal | 52 |
| 185 | Catherine Helen Spence, teacher and journalist (1975) | 50 |
| 186 | Willem de Vlamingh, navigator (1996) | 50 |
| 187 | Charles Chauvel, film director(1989) | 50 |
| 188 | Ernest Giles, explorer (1976) | 49 |
| 189 | Daryl Beattie, motorcycle Grand Prix rider, (2004) | 48 |
| 190 | Fanny Durack, swimmer (1996) | 48 |
| 191 | David Collins, lieutenant governor (1953) | 47 |
| 192 | Graeme Brown, cyclist (2004) Olympic gold medal | 47 |
| 193 | Leonard Teale, television actor Homicide (2006) | 46 |
| 194 | Simon Fairweather, archer (2000) Olympic gold medal | 45 |
| 195 | Sara Carrigan, cyclist (2004) Olympic gold medal | 45 |
| 196 | Sydney Parkinson, Scottish botanical illustrator(1986) | 43 |
| 197 | Hamilton Hume, explorer (1976) | 43 |
| 198 | Prue Acton, fashion designer (2005) | 43 |
| 199 | William Farrer, plant breeder (1948) | 41 |
| 200 | Gwoya Jungarai known as One Pound Jimmy, Aboriginal (1950, 1952) | 40 |
| 201 | Tom Derrick, recipient of the Victoria Cross (1995) | 40 |
| 202 | Charles Cochrane-Baillie, 2nd Baron Lamington, as Governor of Queensland and Lady Lamington (2009) with the eponymous dessert | 39 |
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