never heard of him
But if they send up Steve Irwin, please let me know - especially if it's a one-way trip
As far as i know the main current space-related activities here would be the <a href="http://www.marssociety.org.au:>; Mars Society Australia, with especially active branches in Victoria and Western Australia. One guy in Perth is working on a pressured mars rover - in his garage ..
Rocket history in this country is mainly centred on Woomera, and I believe Kistler is trying to set up operations there