Famous Indigenous Australians

• Bandler, Dr Faith
• Blair, Harold
• Bennelong
• Bonner, Neville
  [First Indigenous Senator]
• Burnum Burnum
  [Harry Penrith]
  [Advocate, activist]
• Dodson, Mick
  [Advocate, activist, representative]
• Dodson, Patrick
  [Activist, consultant, representative]
• Freeman, Cathy
  [Olympic athlete]
• Mabo, Eddie
• Mokare
  [Indigenous guide]
• Monks, Rosie Kunoth
  [Film star, nun, social worker]
• Morgan, Sally
• Namatjira, Albert

• Nicholls, Sir Doug
  [First Indigenous State Governor]
• Noonuccal, Oodgeroo
  [Kath Walker]
• O’Shane, Pat
• Pearson, Noel
  [Lawyer, activist]
• Pemulwuy
• Perkins, Charles
  [Activist, sportsman]
• Ridgeway, Aden
• Saunders, Captain Reginald
  [First Indigenous commissioned army officer]
• Smith, Shirley
  [‘Mum Shirl’]
• Truganini
• Unaipon, David
• Yagan
• Yindi, Yothu
• Yunupingu, Mandaway

Famous Australians

Note :
Many of the following were neither born in Australia nor, indeed, lived in Australia. However, they are all linked to the development of Australia in some way.

Banks, Sir Joseph Naturalist, explorer Barton, Sir Edmund First Prime Minister Bird, Nancy Aviator Bragg, Sir William Henry [& Sir William Laurence] [Xray Crystallography] Nobel Laureates Bradman, Sir Donald Cricketer Burnet, Sir Frank Macfarlane [Medicine] Nobel Laureate Chang, Victor Heart surgeon Chifley, Joseph Benedict Prime Minister Chisholm, Caroline Social work with women in early New South Wales Clarke, Marcus Writer [scroll down to information] Cook, Captain James Navigator, explorer Cornforth, John Warcup [Chemistry] Nobel Laureate 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 [Medicine] Nobel Laureate Dorrington, Annie Australian flag designer [shared] Dunlop, Sir Edward ‘Weary’ Surgeon, POW [WW II] Eccles, John Carew [Medicine] Nobel Laureate Evatt, Dr Herbert Vere First President of the United Nations Everage, Dame Edna Show business personality Farrer, William Agriculture [wheat development] Flinders, Matthew Circumnavigated and named Australia. Also access archival material at Matthew Flinders Florey, Sir Howard Science/medicine [penicillin], Nobel Laureate 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 [Medicine] Nobel Laureate 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 Australian 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, Arthur First Governor of New South Wales colony Prokhorov, Aleksandr Mikhailovich [Physics] Nobel Laureate Ruse, James Convict and farmer Sturt, Charles Early 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 [Mathematics] Fields Medal Trumper, Victor Cricketer Tucker, Albert Artist Wentworth, William Charles Explorer, politician White, Patrick Writer, Nobel Laureate

Harmony Day at AMES

Yesterday, we had a really wonderful day together to celebrate our diversity.

On Harmony Day, let's...

Honour our tradition of a fair go
Appreciate the benefits of our culture diversity
Respect each other
Mark the day with a celebration of
Our successes as a vibrant, cohesive, incusive
Nation and wear this badge, along with
Your fallow Australians to show that

EVERYONE BELONGS

By: Misshaudau

Aussie Ladette to Lady

Watch the video here

Ladette Nicole's exit interview

Q: Have you become a lady?
A: I'd like to think yes.

Q: Tell us about the other ladettes. Were there any clashes/fights in the house?
A: There were a few fights. I clashed with a few girls, but always made friends afterwards. Just what you would typically find when you put eight girls together. There was always bitching but we were always friends as well.

Q: Tell us about your biggest ladette moment at Eggleston Hall?
A: Probably, when someone grabbed my legs underneath the rug when we were playing the midnight chase, and I wanted to fight whoever it was that had me. I think that was my worst time. And I think once I had seen how bad I was, I slowed down after that. That was a good nudge for me.

Q: Did you get homesick?
A: Definitely. Very homesick. Just being in a completely different atmosphere, it was so different there.

Q: What was the hardest challenge that you had to undertake?
A: All challenges where hard. Hard to say which one would have been the hardest. The masked ball was tough, because I was set to host that with just one other girl. We had to do it in quite a short time.

Q: Do you think you gave it your best shot?
A: Yes, I'd say so. I probably could have done a bit better, but I gave it my best.

Q: Did you change as a person?
A: Definitely. I have a lot more self-respect and self-confidence now, which is good. I notice a lot of little things are different, which is good. Like, it's all in a good way.

Q: Was your time at Eggleston Hall what you expected?
A: No, it was more than what I expected, for sure. I wasn't expecting it to be as hard as it was. Very full-on.

Q: Are the tutors as mean as they come across on TV?
A: Yes. Yes. There are things that I did back then that I could never picture myself doing now, which would be a big shock to watch. They have got a lot of footage of me at my old job, just behaving in a way that I wouldn't like to behave now.

Q: Who do you think will win?
A: Sarah. I had my money on her really badly. She changed the most. She had never worn makeup or dresses, or anything like that. It was only the fourth weekend, and she had already completely changed to a different person. She enjoyed putting on makeup and dresses, and it was just amazing to see what she had accomplished. I really thought she would win it for sure.

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