Australian singer Kylie Minogue was born in Melbourne on 28 May 1968, the daughter of former ballet dancer Carol Minogue (née Ann Jones) and car company accountant Ronald Charles Minogue. She is of English, Irish, and Welsh descent, and was named after the Nyungar word for "boomerang".

She is the eldest of three children: her brother, Brendan Minogue, is a news cameraman in Australia, and her ...