Scottish-born triathlete and the 2013 U23 ITU World Triathlon Champion David Williamson, playwright Edward Jones, the world's first celebrity stalker Hal Porter, author Jon Ballantyne, AFL footballer and The Phonse Kyne Award winner 1994 Kat Stewart, actress Leigh Hobbs, children's author and illustrator Slim Dusty (David Gordon Kirkpatrick), AO MBE, who lived 13 June 1927 - 19 Sep 2003, was an Australian country music singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer who, with his family, spent some of his life living at Metung, 31 km (19 mi) SE of Bairnsdale. Tom Alvin, Carlton AFL footballer Terry Bourke, Filmmaker, director and writer Will Tomlinson, Professional boxer and IBO Super-featherweight World Champion Brian Royal, AFL Footballer Edward Coate, flying ace of the Second World War References External links Australian Places - Bairnsdale Bairnsdale Chamber of Commerce and Industry CASA Bairnsdale Hospital The Imperial War Graves Commission Lucknow Primary School Bairnsdale Primary School 754 Bairnsdale West Primary School Eastwood Bairnsdale McDermott Towns in Victoria (Australia) Shire of East Gippsland