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This collection profiles some of the most extraordinary Australian women of our time.
It features remarkable individuals who have had a major impact on Australia's cultural, political, artistic,...
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This collection profiles some of the most extraordinary Australian men of our time.
It features remarkable individuals who have had a major impact on Australia's cultural, political, artistic,...
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This International Women's Day join us in celebrating three trailblazing Australian women who stood up to inequality.
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Discover four inspiring Australian Biography life stories for National Reconciliation Week 2020.
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Ray Whitrod (1915–2003) came to national prominence in 1976 when he resigned as Queensland's Commissioner of Police as a protest against corruption.
His efforts to reform the state's police had met...
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Tom Uren (1921–2015) was one of the most respected Labor politicians of his generation.
His youthful plans for a career as a boxer were derailed by the outbreak of the Second World War. His...
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Artist Albert Tucker (1914–1999) was born in Melbourne. In 1947 he travelled to Japan where he saw the devastation of Hiroshima – it was an experience that would have a profound effect on his work....
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Charles 'Bud' Tingwell (1923–2009) was one of Australia's best loved actors.
His career began in radio but, after flying Spitfires in the Second World War, he moved to the movies, including an...
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Born into a working class Catholic family in 1915, 'Diamond' Jim McClelland (1915–1999) worked as a lawyer, specialising in industrial relations, after serving in the army during the Second World War...
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Victor Smorgon (1913–2009) was born in Heidelberg, Ukraine.
He was one of Australia's richest industrial entrepreneurs but he began his life in starvation and poverty in the turbulent years when...
