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Australian of the Year Award - Australia's Culture PortalImage courtesy of the National Australia Day Council. On Australia Day - 26 January - each year, the Prime Minister of Australia announces the Australian of the Year, Young Australian of the Year, Senior Australian of the Year, and Local Heroes Awards. T...
Barbara Tucker, Albert Tucker, Arthur Boyd and Sidney Nolan, Hurstbridge, c. The Angry Penguin painters are considered to be the major figures of a modernist movement in Australian art, based in Melbourne, which has determined and shaped Australian conte...
While working in Sydney, Fred became aware of the need for an Aboriginal health service and set about establishing the first Aboriginal Medical Service. This attitude helped him to inspire many doctors and other health professionals to volunteer their ti...
Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission, Bringing them Home report. The first National Sorry Day was held on 26 May 1998 - one year after the tabling of the report Bringing them Home, May 1997. Aborigines Welfare Board, children doing exercises at...
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...
Australia reveres and treasures its sporting heroes. Sporting greats have inspired and united Australians, who have shared, celebrated and rewarded their successes. Since the advent of television in the 1950s, Australians have embraced the opportunity to...
The Australasian Lawn Tennis Association (ALTA) was Australia's first national tennis body. Australia has a long and successful tradition of Davis Cup competition, with the first Australasian Davis Cup crown won in 1907. Margaret Smith Court won a singl...
Marvellous Melbourne Jazz Festival - Bernie McGann Group - Bernie McGann, sax; John Pochee , drum; Chuck Yates, keyboard; Jeff Kluke, bass. An Australian jazz sound has developed through a practice of innovation where performers improvised within particu...
Many Australians are directly or indirectly involved in farming. For those Australians not involved with farming, the country's recent rural and agricultural history still has strong links to the heritage and culture of Australia. Wheat and other grain ...
Portrait of Howard Florey, c. You may have never heard of Howard Florey, but his work on the development of the first penicillin-based antibiotic medicines has probably already saved your life. Howard Florey did not discover penicillin. ...
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Australian Women Address delivered by Kay Cottee, Australian of the Year, at the National Press Club, Canberra, June 20, 1989 (website Australian Women's Archive Project )1 tape reel : 3 3/4 ips, mono ; 7 in. Cottee spoke of her non-stop voyage around the world ; preparation for the trip ; experiences on the voyage ; communications ; equipment ; the boat ; life after the voyage ; her sailing experiences and boats ; life e...
Born into an academic family in Scotland, Prof Frazer emigrated to Melbourne in 1980 to research at the prestigious Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research. And now that preventing cervical cancer is taken care of, he is focusing his research...
The Nippa Sailing Dinghy was last night declared the Australian Boat of the Year in the Sailing Trailerable Category. The award was accepted by Iain Murray who was thrilled to receive the award for his design. Points were awarded for many factors includ...
The South Australia Library Achiever of the Year Award is now administered by ALIA SA, a group which aims to support and promote the interests of library and information professionals in South Australia. Nominations are sought from all sectors of the lib...
Student Rush $15 30 minutes before performance time> Student rush tickets available to full-time students presenting valid student ID. Student rush tickets are subject to availability. For a chance to win yourself a Double pass, email Enews with THE PITC...
Student Rush $15 30 minutes before performance time> Student rush tickets available to full-time students presenting valid student ID. Student rush tickets are subject to availability. For a chance to win yourself a Double pass, email Enews with THE PITC...
Image courtesy of the National Australia Day Council. On Australia Day - 26 January - each year, the Prime Minister of Australia announces the Australian of the Year, Young Australian of the Year, Senior Australian of the Year, and Local Heroes Awards. H...
SYDNEY, 31 May 2006 - Australian of the Year and cervical cancer vaccine inventor Ian Frazer has won an award from one of America's premier cancer research groups. Frazer, the Director of The University of Queensland's Centre for Immunology and Cancer Res...
Olympian Anna Meares has been awarded the Sir Hubert Opperman medal as the 2008 Australian Cyclist of the Year. > Meares Beijing achievement follows four years of dedication and training at the Australian Institute of Sport. ’> > The 25 year old al...
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