Famous people who grew up or lived in and around Perth
4 notable people grew up or lived in and around Perth. Each listing explores the home and neighbourhood, and how the place shaped the person they became.
Bon Scott1956–1966
📍 Fremantle WA 6160, Australia
I was born Ronald Belford Scott in Forfar, Scotland, in July 1946, and grew up in Kirriemuir, a small red-sandstone town in Angus. In 1952 my family emigrated to Australia, settling first…
Heath Ledger1979–1995
📍 Applecross, Perth, WA 6153, Australia
I grew up on the western side of the Swan River, in and around Applecross, where the water was never far and the light came off it golden in the late afternoon. My name came from a…
Polly Farmer1937–1952
📍 Sister Kate's Home, Queens Park, Perth, WA 6107, Australia
I was a Noongar child, taken young to Sister Kate's home for children at Queens Park, in Perth's south-east — one of the Stolen Generations, raised apart from my mother. They nicknamed me…
Sam Kerr1993–2008
📍 East Fremantle WA 6158, Australia
Samantha May Kerr was born in East Fremantle, a riverside suburb of Perth, in Western Australia, in September 1993, the daughter of Roger Kerr and Roxanne Regan. Her father had been born in…