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media type="custom" key="5229553" =Australian Culture and History= [|Australian culture] [|Australian History] [|Australia Day] [|The Australian Bush - Australia's Culture Portal] The bush has an iconic status in Australian life and features strongly in any debate about national identity, especially as expressed in Australian literature, painting, popular music, films and foods. The bush was revered as a source of national ideals b... [|Australian food and drink - Australia's Culture Portal] Before white settlement, Aboriginal people survived off the native plants and animals of the Australian environment for thousands of years. Bush foods such as berries, roots and nectars were a vital part of the aboriginal diet in many areas. In the late... [|Australian inventions - Australia's Culture Portal] Image courtesy of the Sydney Morning Herald. Lawrence Hargrave, who achieved the first powered flight in 1894 with four box kites, was said to be symbolic of many Australian inventors and Australian innovation; 'He was interested in the invention, not th... [|Australian lighthouses - Australia's Culture Portal] Mr Salchany, lighthouse keeper of Neptune Islands signals a passing ship, 1963. In Australia, lighthouses are built in harbours, on islands, coral reefs and beaches. Courtesy of the Australian Heritage Photo Library, Department of Environment, Water Her... [|The Australian National Anthem - Australia's Culture Portal] Peter Dodds McCormick's Advance Australia Fair was officially declared Australia's national anthem by the Governor-General on 19 April 1984, close to 160 years after the first alternative anthems were put forward. South Australian Carl Linger wrote Song ...


 * [|ANZAC Day]
 * [|Australia at a glance]
 * [|Australian bush]
 * [|Australian of the Year Award]
 * [|Beach]
 * [|Changing face of early Australia]
 * [|Changing face of modern Australia]
 * [|Chinatowns across Australia]
 * [|Comedy]
 * [|David Mitchell, the Mitchell Library and Australiana]
 * [|Folklore]
 * [|Food and drink]
 * [|Holden car in Australia]
 * [|Humour]
 * [|Lighthouses]
 * [|The Lucky Country]
 * [|Australia's maritime history under sail]
 * [|Melbourne Cup]
 * [|National dress]
 * [|Ned Kelly]
 * [|Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia]

Notable and significant Australians who contributed to the making of a great nation
There are many famous Australians who have helped to shape Australia as a nation. However, it is not only about being famous. It is also very important to be significant. Why do we not focus only on famous Australians? Because there are many famous Australians who aren't important, and there are many important Australians who aren't famous.Australia is largely multi-cultural and there are many people who have helped to inspire Australians and make the country that Australia it is today.

[|200 Significant Australians] [|Australian Explorers] [|Australian Directory of significant Australians] =WOMEN= [|Edith Cowan] [|Edith Cowan] [|Emma Constance Stone] [|Emma Constance Stone] [|Fanny Cochrane] [|Fanny Cochrane] [|Fanny Cochrane] [|Fanny Cochrane] [|Nellie Melba] [|Nellie Melba] [|Nellie Melba]
 * Steve Irwin - Passionate Wildlife Expert
 * Ned Kelly - Such Is life
 * The ANZACs - Victory In Defeat
 * Burke and Wills - The Great Explorers
 * Eddie Mabo - Indigenous Land Rights
 * Banjo Patterson - The Bush Poet

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[|Douglas Mawson] [|David Unaipo] [|Simpson and his donkey] [|Les Darcy]

=Notable Australians=

The following refer to people who achieved high levels of recognition in some way linked to Australia. Some of the listed were not born in Australia, nor lived in Australia. Others were born here. Some lived permanently in Australia. All listed have contributed significantly to Australia’s development in some way, whether through discoveries, leadership, cultural achievement, sporting prowess, science, technology innovation, …. A separate listing is provided for Indigenous Australians. It includes people from all areas of achievement. A final section includes biographical information resources related to all Australian achievers. The last link above gives access to a similar listing of world figures. Each listing is given in alphabetical order, using the following format - //Surname, Title [if applicable], First Name[s]//. A brief note of area[s] and achievement[s] is provided in most cases Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are warned that the following may contain images and voices of deceased persons. 

Famous Australians
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 * [|Banks, Sir Joseph] || Naturalist, explorer ||
 * [|Barton, Sir Edmund] || First Prime Minister of Australia ||
 * [|Bird, Nancy] || Aviator ||
 * [|Bragg, Sir William Henry] || Nobel Laureate [Xray Crystallography] ||
 * [|Bragg, Sir William Laurence] || Nobel Laureate [Xray Crystallography] ||
 * [|Bradman, Sir Donald] || Cricketer ||
 * [|Burnet, Sir Frank Macfarlane] || Nobel Laureate [Medicine] ||
 * [|Chang, Victor] || Heart surgeon ||
 * [|Chifley, Joseph Benedict] || Prime Minister ||
 * [|Chisholm, Caroline] || Social work with women in early New South Wales ||
 * [|Clarke, Marcus] || Writer ||
 * [|Cook, Captain James] || Navigator, explorer ||
 * [|Cornforth, John Warcup] || Nobel Laureate [Chemistry] ||
 * [|Cowan, Edith] || Magistrate, First Female Australian Parliamentarian, Welfare worker ||
 * [|Curtin, John] || WW II Prime Minister ||
 * [|Cuthbert, Betty] || Olympic Athlete ||
 * [|Dixon, Sir Owen] || Jurist, Diplomat ||
 * [|Doherty, Peter Charles] || Nobel Laureate [Medicine] ||
 * [|Dorrington, Annie] || Australian flag designer [shared] ||
 * [|Dunlop, Sir Edward ‘Weary’] || Surgeon, POW [WW II] ||
 * [|Eccles, John Carew] || Nobel Laureate [Medicine] ||
 * [|Evatt, Dr Herbert Vere] || Politician, First President of the United Nations ||
 * [|Everage, Dame Edna] || Show business personality ||
 * [|Farrer, William] || Agriculture [wheat development] ||
 * [|Flinders, Matthew] || Circumnavigated and named Australia. ||
 * [|Florey, Lord Howard] || Nobel Laureate, Science/Medicine, [penicillin] ||
 * [|Flynn, The Rev. Doctor John] || Founded The Flying Doctor Service ||
 * [|Fraser, Dawn] || Olympic swimmer ||
 * [|Frazer, Ian] || Immunologist, Florey Medal winner, Australian of the Year ||
 * [|Grainger, George Percy] || Musician & Composer ||
 * [|Greer, Germaine] || Feminist ||
 * [|Hargrave, Lawrence] || Flight, box kites ||
 * [|Helpmann, Sir Robert] || Ballet dancer and director ||
 * [|Hinkler, Bert] || Aviator; first to fly solo England/Australia ||
 * [|Hollows, Fred] || Humanitarian, eye surgery in the Third World as well as Australia ||
 * [|Hughes, William Morris] || WW I Prime Minister ||
 * [|Hurley, Frank] || Photographer [Antarctic/WW I] ||
 * [|Katz, Sir Bernard] || Nobel Laureate [Medicine] ||
 * [|Kelly, Edward [Ned]] || Bushranger ||
 * [|Kenny, Elizabeth] || Nurse [polio] ||
 * [|Kingsford-Smith, Sir Charles] || Aviator; first to fly US/Australia ||
 * [|Lalor, Peter] || Rebel [Eureka Stockade], politician ||
 * [|Lawson, Henry] || Writer and poet ||
 * [|Lindsay, Norman Alfred William] || Artist & writer ||
 * [|Lyons, Dame Enid] || First female Federal politician ||
 * [|Macarthur, Elizabeth] || Mother of the Australian sheep industry ||
 * [|Macarthur, John] || Early agriculturalist ||
 * [|Macquarie, Lachlan] || New South Wales Governor, early 1800s ||
 * [|Mawson, Sir Douglas] || Antarctic explorer ||
 * [|Melba, Dame Nellie] || Opera singer, soprano ||
 * [|Menzies, Sir Robert] || Longest serving Prime Minister ||
 * [|Mort, Thomas Sutcliffe] || Refrigerated transport ||
 * [|Murdoch, Rupert] || Media owner ||
 * [|Nolan, Sydney] || Artist [Ned Kelly series] ||
 * [|O’Connor, Charles Yelverton] || Engineer, Public Servant, Railways Commissioner [WA] ||
 * [|Oliphant, Sir Mark] || Physicist ||
 * [|Parkes, Sir Henry] || Father of Federation ||
 * [|Paterson, Andrew Barton] || Writer and poet [Waltzing Matilda] ||
 * [|Phillip, Captain Arthur] || First Governor of New South Wales colony ||
 * [|Prokhorov, Aleksandr Mikhailovich] || Nobel Laureate [Physics] ||
 * [|Ruse, James] || Convict, farmer ||
 * [|Sturt, Charles] || Inland Explorer ||
 * [|Stuart, John McDouall] || Explorer; North/South crossing of Australia ||
 * [|Sutherland, Dame Joan] || Opera singer, soprano ||
 * [|Thomas, Andrew] || Astronaut ||
 * [|Thorpe, Ian] || Olympic swimmer ||
 * [|Tao, Terrence] || Fields Medal [Mathematics] ||
 * [|Trumper, Victor] || Cricketer ||
 * [|Tucker, Albert] || Artist ||
 * [|Wentworth, William Charles] || Explorer, politician ||
 * [|White, Patrick] || Nobel Laureate [Literature] ||
 * [|Wilkins, Sir Hubert] || Polar explorer, War Photographer, explorer ||

Famous Indigenous Australians

 * [|Bandler, Dr Faith] || Campaigner for Indigenous rights, writer ||
 * [|Blair, Harold] || Singer and Aboriginal activist ||
 * [|Bennelong] || Mediator ||
 * [|Bonner, Neville] || First Indigenous Senator ||
 * [|Burnum Burnum] || [Harry Penrith] Advocate, activist ||
 * [|Dodson, Mick] || Advocate, activist, representative, Australian of the Year ||
 * [|Dodson, Patrick] || Activist, consultant, representative ||
 * [|Freeman, Cathy] || Olympic athlete ||
 * [|Mabo, Eddie] || Land Rights campaigner ||
 * [|Mokare] || Indigenous guide ||
 * [|Monks, Rosie Kunoth] || Film star, nun, social worker ||
 * [|Morgan, Sally] || Writer ||
 * [|Namatjira, Albert] || Artist ||
 * [|Nicholls, Sir Doug] || First Indigenous State Governor, Footballer ||
 * [|Noonuccal, Oodgeroo] || [Kath Walker] Poet, artyist, educator, activist ||
 * [|O’Shane, Pat] || Magistrate, University Chancellor ||
 * [|Page, Stephen] || Dancer, choreographer ||
 * [|Pearson, Noel] || Lawyer, activist ||
 * [|Pemulwuy] || Indigenous resistance fighter ||
 * [|Perkins, Charles] || Activist, sportsman ||
 * [|Ridgeway, Aden] || Senator, television presenter ||
 * [|Saunders, Captain Reginald] || First Indigenous commissioned army officer ||
 * [|Smith, Shirley] || Activist, helper [‘Mum Shirl’] ||
 * [|Truganini] || Tasmanian Aboriginal spokesperson and leader ||
 * [|Unaipon, David] || Inventor, spokesman ||
 * [|Yagan] || Indigenous resistance fighter ||
 * [|Yindi, Yothu] || Musicians ||
 * [|Yunupingu, Mandaway] || Musician, teacher, activist ||

** There are many notable and interesting Australians who have inspired others. They have taken risks, followed their dream or reached for the stars. It was often not an easy path they chose, either. **
 * The personalities featured are both historical and contemporary Australians who hold a special place in Australia's history. **

[|BTN - DON BRADMAN] [|Bradman Museum] [|The Bradman Pages]
 * 23 July || [|Pat O'Shane] ||
 * 30 July || [|Sir Douglas Mawson] ||
 * 06 August || [|Oodgeroo Noonuccal] ||
 * 20 August || [|Dame Enid Lyons] ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">27 August || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Sir Robert Menzies] ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">3 September || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica;">[|Jenny Kee] ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">10 September || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica;">[|Sir Mark Oliphant] ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">17 September || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica;">[|Janet Holmes a'Court] ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">24 September || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica;">[|Ned Kelly] ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">15 October || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica;">[|Caroline Chisholm] ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">22 October || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica;">[|R M Williams] ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">29 October || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica;">[|Dame Roma Mitchell] ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">05 November || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica;">[|Paul Jennings] ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">12 November || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica;">[|Edith Cowan] ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">19 November || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica;">[|John Curtin] ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">26 November || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica;">[|Nancy Wake-Forward] ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">03 December || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica;">[|Barry Humphries] ||
 * [[image:http://www.cap.nsw.edu.au/bb_site_intro/stage3_modules/exchangestudent/gifs/RD_DOT.GIF width="14" height="14" align="bottom" link="http://www.celebrityspeakers.com.au/brspeaker_bio.asp?Speaker_Index_Text=95"]][|DAWN FRASER] || [[image:http://www.cap.nsw.edu.au/bb_site_intro/stage3_modules/exchangestudent/gifs/RD_DOT.GIF width="14" height="14" align="bottom" link="http://www.womenaustralia.info/biogs/IMP0178b.htm"]][|Dawn Fraser] || [[image:http://www.cap.nsw.edu.au/bb_site_intro/stage3_modules/exchangestudent/gifs/RD_DOT.GIF width="14" height="14" align="bottom" link="http://www.dinkumaussies.com/..%2FSPORTING%20Oz%20Swimming%2FDawn%20Fraser.htm"]][|SPORTING Oz Swimming] ||


 * [[image:http://www.cap.nsw.edu.au/bb_site_intro/stage3_modules/exchangestudent/gifs/SPHERE03.GIF width="14" height="14" align="bottom" link="http://www.dinkumaussies.com/AVIATION/Sir%20Charles%20Kingsford-Smith.htm"]][|CHARLES KINGSFORD SMITH] || [[image:http://www.cap.nsw.edu.au/bb_site_intro/stage3_modules/exchangestudent/gifs/SPHERE03.GIF width="14" height="14" align="bottom" link="http://www.allstar.fiu.edu/aero/ksmith.htm"]][| Pioneer Australian Aviator Explorer] || [[image:http://www.cap.nsw.edu.au/bb_site_intro/stage3_modules/exchangestudent/gifs/SPHERE03.GIF width="14" height="14" align="bottom" link="http://www.ctie.monash.edu.au/hargrave/k-smith.html"]][|Charles Edward Kingsford Smith] ||


 * [[image:http://www.cap.nsw.edu.au/bb_site_intro/stage3_modules/exchangestudent/gifs/YL_DOT.GIF width="14" height="14" align="bottom" link="http://civicsandcitizenship.edu.au/cce/default.asp?id=9139"]][|FRED HOLLOWS] || [[image:http://www.cap.nsw.edu.au/bb_site_intro/stage3_modules/exchangestudent/gifs/YL_DOT.GIF width="14" height="14" align="bottom" link="http://www.hollows.org/content/TextOnly.aspx?s=44"]][| The Fred Hollows story] || [[image:http://www.cap.nsw.edu.au/bb_site_intro/stage3_modules/exchangestudent/gifs/YL_DOT.GIF width="14" height="14" align="bottom" link="http://www.civicsandcitizenship.edu.au/cce/default.asp?id=9139"]][| Discovering Democracy - Fred Hollows] ||


 * [[image:http://www.cap.nsw.edu.au/bb_site_intro/stage3_modules/exchangestudent/gifs/BL_DOT.GIF width="14" height="14" align="bottom" link="http://www.cathyfreeman.com.au/"]][|Cathy Freeman's official site] || [[image:http://www.cap.nsw.edu.au/bb_site_intro/stage3_modules/exchangestudent/gifs/BL_DOT.GIF width="14" height="14" align="bottom" link="http://www.abc.net.au/news/olympics/athletes/freeman.htm"]][|Olympic Profile Cathy Freeman] || [[image:http://www.cap.nsw.edu.au/bb_site_intro/stage3_modules/exchangestudent/gifs/BL_DOT.GIF width="14" height="14" align="bottom" link="http://www.kidcyber.com.au/topics/Freemancathy.htm"]][|Catherine Freeman] ||


 * [[image:http://www.cap.nsw.edu.au/bb_site_intro/stage3_modules/exchangestudent/gifs/GR_DOT.GIF width="14" height="14" align="bottom" link="http://www.dicksmithfoods.com.au/index.php?d=main&p=bio"]][| Dick Smith] || [[image:http://www.cap.nsw.edu.au/bb_site_intro/stage3_modules/exchangestudent/gifs/GR_DOT.GIF width="14" height="14" align="bottom" link="http://teachit.acreekps.vic.edu.au/cyberfair2001/dicksmith.htm"]][|Dick's Life In Brief] || [[image:http://www.cap.nsw.edu.au/bb_site_intro/stage3_modules/exchangestudent/gifs/GR_DOT.GIF width="14" height="14" align="bottom" link="http://teachit.acreekps.vic.edu.au/cyberfair2001/dicksmith.htm"]][|Dick Smith] ||


 * [[image:http://www.cap.nsw.edu.au/bb_site_intro/stage3_modules/exchangestudent/gifs/OR_DOT.GIF width="14" height="14" align="bottom" link="http://whitewolf.newcastle.edu.au/words/authors/P/PatersonAB_Banjo/"]][|The Works of Banjo Paterson] || [[image:http://www.cap.nsw.edu.au/bb_site_intro/stage3_modules/exchangestudent/gifs/OR_DOT.GIF width="14" height="14" align="bottom" link="http://whitewolf.newcastle.edu.au/words/authors/P/PatersonAB_Banjo/notes.html"]][| Banjo Patterson] || [[image:http://www.cap.nsw.edu.au/bb_site_intro/stage3_modules/exchangestudent/gifs/OR_DOT.GIF width="14" height="14" align="bottom" link="http://gutenberg.net.au/pages/paterson.html"]][|Andrew Barton Patterson] ||