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'This book contains stories of courage, achievement and fame about people in Australia's past. Some were convicts, some were reformers and some were adventurers. However, each one left their mark in Australia's history.' (Source: back cover)
Contents
- Introduction, single work single work column (p. i-ii (unmarked))
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Aboriginal Australians,
single work
single work
column
'The first residents of the Australian continent were the Aboriginal people. The understood the natural environment of australia and lived in a sustainable way.' (Source: from introduction)
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Arthur Phillip,
single work
biography
children's
'Arthur Phillip was the leader of the first british settlement in Australia. Ge was the first governor of the colony of New South Wales.' (Source: Susan Boyer 2011)
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Bennelong,
single work
biography
children's
'Bennelong was an Aboriginal man who became a mediator between Aboriginal and European cultures. He tried to build friendship between his people and the settlers of the First Fleet...' (Source: Susan Boyer 2011.)
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Jame Ruse,
single work
biography
children's
'James Ruse was a pioneer farmer in Australia. He was the first convict in Australia to be given land for farming and to be self-sufficient by producing his own food from a small piece of land.' (Source: Susan Boyer, 2011)
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Mary Reibey,
single work
biography
children's
'Mary Reiby was an English girl who was sent to Australia as a convict when she was only thirteen years old. Later she became one of Sydney's most successful businesswomen.' (Source: Susan Boyer 2011)
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John and Elizabeth Macarthur,
single work
biography
children's
John and Elizabeth Macarthur are known as the foulders of the Australian wool industry.
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Governor and Mrs Macquarie,
single work
biography
children's
Lachlan Macquarie was the fifth governor of Australia. Whilst in the colony he and his wife, Elizabeth made many important improvements. He was known as 'The Father of Australia'.
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Caroline Chisholm,
single work
biography
children's
Caroline Chisholm was a social reformer who improved the lives of women in colonial Australia. She worked to reunite familes and helped thousands of migrants to have a better life.
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Edmund Barton,
single work
biography
children's
Edmund Barton was the first Prime Minister of Australia.
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Edith Cowan,
single work
biography
children's
Edith Cowan was the first woman to be elected to an Australian parliament. She promoted migrant welfare, and children's and women's rights.
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Banjo Paterson,
single work
biography
children's
Banjo Paterson was a famous Australia writer. He wrote stories and poems about the Australian bush and about the people who lived and worked there.
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Nellie Melba,
single work
biography
children's
Nellie Melba became a world famous classical singer.
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David Unaipon,
single work
biography
children's
David Unaipon was an inventor and writer. He was the first Aboriginal Australian to write published books. His inventions include a tool for shearing sheep.
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Charles Kingsford Smith,
single work
biography
children's
Charles Kingsford Smith was a famous Australian pilot. He made record-breaking flights around Australia and the Pacific Ocean to England, and around the world. He began one of Australia's first airlines.
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John Flynn,
single work
biography
children's
John Flynn started the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia. This was the world's first air ambulance service to provide emergency transport and emergency medical attention for people in remote locations.
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Douglas Mawson,
single work
biography
Douglas Mawson was an adventurer and geologist. He explored large areas of Antarctica and made one of the greatest contributions to the world's knowledge of the weather, geology and wildlife of the Antarctica continent.
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Eddie Mabo,
single work
biography
Eddie Mabo was a spokesperson for Aboriginal land rights. He believed that Australian laws about land ownership were not right, so he worked hard to get the laws changed.
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Charles Perkins,
single work
biography
Charles Perkins was an Aboriginal activist who spent his life fighting racism and discrimination. He was the first Aboriginal Australian to complete a university degree.