Professor Fred Hollows was an eye doctor (opthalmologist). In his lifetime Fred gave thousands of people, all over the world, their eyesight back.
Fred Hollows was born in New Zealand in 1929. His family was religious, and Fred thought he'd like to be a missionary, but he changed his mind...
Heath Andrew Ledger (4 April 1979 – 22 January 2008) was an Australian television and film actor. After performing roles in Australian television and film during the 1990s, Ledger left his homeland for the United States in 1998 to develop his film career. His work comprised nineteen films, including...
The single most articulate and passionate advocate of citizen action to remedy the nuclear and environmental crises, Dr Helen Caldicott, has devoted the last 38 years to an international campaign to educate the public about the medical hazards of the nuclear age and the necessary changes in human behavior...
Cathy Freeman Cathy was born in Mackay in the Queensland, a state in Australia with a tropical climate. She was one of five children. She grew up in a lively family where there was lots of support from aunties, uncles and cousins. There were lots of big gatherings where...
Eddie Mabo was a Torres Strait Islander who became famous in Australian history for his role in a landmark decision of the High Court of Australia that overturned the legal statute of terra nullius which characterised Australian law with regards to land and title.
Eddie Mabo was born in the...
ames Oswald Little was born on 1 March 1937 and his totem is the long-necked turtle. His mother Frances, was a Yorta Yorta woman and his father, James Little Sr, was from the Yuin people. Jimmy Little Sr was a tap dancer, comedian, musician and singer who led his...
Edward (Ned) Kelly was born in Victoria in 1854 to Irish parents and at the age of 12 the family of ten moved to Greta a small town North-East of Melbourne. Ned was just 16 when he was convicted of receiving a stolen horse and served three years in...
Albert Namatjira was named Elea when born but after moving to an Aboriginal Mission his name was changed by his adoptive parents. It was not until he was 13 that he had significant cultural influence from his own Aboriginal people when he was taken back to his Arnada tribe...
Dr Chang became Australia’s greatest and arguably the best heart surgeon of this country. Born in China in 1936 and emigrating to Australia in 1951 after losing his mother to cancer when he was just 12 years of age, Chang had already decided at that tender age to become...
Edith Cowan was born in Western Australia in 1861 and lived on a property in Geraldton North of Perth. After the death of her mother when she was just 11 years of age he father sent her to a boarding school. Sometime later her father remarried and during a...
