($1,800,000). Notable residents Barry Cable, the star Perth and North Melbourne Australian Rules Football player came from Narrogin Albert Facey (1894–1982), author of A Fortunate Life, lived a period of his life in Narrogin Bevan George, field hockey player who won the gold medal with the Australian Men's Team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens Brian Glencross, a retired Australian field hockey player and coach of the Australian Women's Team Brad Hogg, retired Australian cricketer, current player of the Melbourne Renegades and former player for the Perth Scorchers Shaun Marsh, Australian cricketer and the elder son of retired cricketer Geoff Marsh Matthew Tonts, Professor of Geography, The University of Western Australia and Chair of the Western Australian Environmental Protection Authority was born and grew up in Narrogin Mudrooroo, novelist, poet, essayist and playwright, was born in Narrogin. Rex T. Prider (1910–2005), Professor of Geology, University of Western Australia (1949-1975), was born and grew up in Narrogin Stephen Smith, an Australian Labor Party politician See also Narrogin Senior High School References External links Shire of Narrogin Narrogin Observer newspaper Towns in Western Australia Australian Grand Prix Grain receival points of Western Australia Shire of Narrogin