Peter Allen (10 February 1944 – 18 June 1992) was an Australian songwriter and entertainer. In addition to recording many albums, he enjoyed a cabaret and concert career, including appearing at Radio City Music Hall riding a camel. Following a marriage to Liza Minnelli which ended in divorce; he...
At the age of 16, Beachley became a professional surfer. By the age of 20 she was ranked sixth in the world. Beachley became the Women's ASP World Champion in 1998, and won the title again in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2006. She is the first woman...
Kevin Daniel "Kev" Carmody (born 1946, Cairns, Queensland) is an Indigenous Australian singer-songwriter. One of his most well known songs is "From Little Things Big Things Grow" which he recorded with co-writer Paul Kelly in1993. Carmody was inducted into the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) Hall of Fame on...
Percy Aldridge Grainger (8 July 1882 – 20 February 1961) was an Australian-born composer, arranger and pianist. In the course of a long and innovative career he played a prominent role in the revival of interest in British folk music in the early years of the 20th century. He...
David Unaipon (born David Ngunaitponi) (28 September 1872 – 7 February 1967) was a well-known Indigenous Australian of the Ngarrindjeri people, a preacher, inventor and writer. Unaipon's contribution to Australian society helped to break many Indigenous Australian stereotypes. Unaipon is also featured on the Australian $50 note.
Born at the...
Sarah Ann Watt (30 August 1958 – 4 November 2011) was an Australian film director, who made made award-winning animated short films before moving into live-action. She was a passionately creative person, a great storyteller, and was known for her wry sense of humour and singular vision.
Born in Sydney,...
Timothy Fridtjof Flannery (born 28 January 1956), is an Australian mammalogist, palaeontologist, environmentalist and global warming activist. Aside from chairing the Copenhagen Climate Council, holding the Chair in Environmental Sustainability, and heading up the Climate Change Commission in Australia, Flannery is a well-known author, publishing The Future Eaters: an Ecological...
Tim Winton was born in Karrinyup on the 4th August, 1960 Western Australia, but moved at age of 12 to the regional city of Albany. He is a well-known novelist and writes in the genres of literature, children’s literature, non-fiction and short stories.
Winton draws his prime inspiration from landscape...
Khoa Do was born in 1979 in Saigon, Vietnam. Khoa and his family arrived in Sydney, Australia in 1980 as Vietnamese refugees and since then, two of the brothers Khoa and Anh have grown up to be veritable Australian celebrities - Anh is becoming well-known as a comedian whilst Khoa...
