Anna Maria Bligh (born 14 July 1960) is an Australian politician and was the 37th Premier of Queensland, being in office from 2007 to 2012. Bligh was an Australian Labour Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland seat of South Brisbane from 1995 to 2012.
Bligh was the first...
Lou Bennett is an Indigenous Australian musician and actor. Bennett started her musical career with her uncle's band "The Shades", before later joining Richard Frankland's band "Djaambi", where she met Sally Dastey and Amy Saunders. Bennett, Dastey and Saunders later formed the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) Award-winning band...
Fr Bob Maguire is a man of passion, creativity and humour; he is part Billy Connolly, part angry Old Testament prophet and part compassionate Mother Theresa. He would hate this categorisation. But he has a unique combination of traits. In each of these he is a risk taker. He...
Monica Elizabeth Jolley AO (4 June 1923 – 13 February 2007) was an English-born writer who settled in Western Australia in the late 1950s. She was 53 when her first book was published, and she went on to publish fifteen novels (including an autobiographical trilogy), four short story collections...
Tim Ferguson is one of Australia's top comedians. He is also an author and is well known in the media for his work in TV and Radio.
Ferguson grew up in the country town of Blayney, New South Wales before moving to Canberra. He is the son of Tony Ferguson,...
Chris O’Brien was a man of leadership, vision and courage. He inspired people, both through his work as a cancer specialist and through his own three year battle with an aggressive brain tumour.
Chris transformed his personal adversity into a national opportunity, using his experience to fight so much harder...
Eve Hillary BHSc. MA, ND is a health practitioner, journalist, and best-selling author. Her book, Beyond the Toxic Harvest, traces the healing journey of a chemically injured family. Its message creates awareness about environmental health, safe consumer choices, and how to achieve wellness and maintain a healthy balance in a...
Ben Quilty grew up in Kenthurst in Sydney's north-west. A multiple finalist for the Archibald Prize. He finally won the prize in 2011 for his portrait of Australian
artist Margaret Olley.
Ben Quilty was born in 1973 in Australia and grew up in Kenthurst in Sydney’s North West. Although Quilty was...
Max Gillies AM (born 16 November 1941 in Melbourne) is an Australian actor and is well known for his work in theatre and with caricatures. Prominent figures he has caricatured include; John Howard, Alexander Downer, Amanda Vanstone, Kerry Packer Rupert Murdoch, Margaret Thatcher, Queen Elizabeth II and many more.
Gillies...
Roslyn Louise "Rose" Bygrave is an inspiring singer/songwriter who is renowned for compassionate songwriting which reflects on the land, love, and especially issues of indigenous and social justice. Her voice and musicianship are regarded as among the best in Australian contemporary folk.
Bygrave grew up in Western Victoria and later...
