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Australian of the Year Flashcards

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2013

Australian of the Year

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Ita Buttrose

Australian journalist and businesswoman, (founding editor of “Cleo”, editor of “Australian Women’s Weekly”)

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2012

Australian of the Year

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Geoffrey Rush

Australian actor and film producer
Triple Crown of Acting: Academy Award, Tony Award, Emmy Award

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2011

Australian of the Year

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Simon McKeon

Philantropist businessman
(As chairman, director or board member Involved in: Business for Millenium Development, World Vision's Vision Fund, Global Poverty Project of Australia, Red Dust Role Models, The Big Issue magazine, other organisations for Human Rights, Climate Change, Disability and Charity)
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2010

Australian of the Year

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Patrick McGorry

Psychiatrist
Development of early psychosis intervention services for youths

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2009

Australian of the Year

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Mick Dodson

Indigenous leader
Advocate of land rights, involved in United Nations Forum on Indigenous Issues

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2008

Australian of the Year

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Lee Kernaghan

Singer
Country songwriter, composer, musician

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2007

Australian of the Year

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Tim Flannery

Scientist, golbal warming activist
(Chief Commissioner of Australian Climate Commission, Chairman of Copenhagen Climate Council, Chair of Environmental Sustainabilty at Macquarie University)

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2006

Australian of the Year

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Ian Frazer

Immunologist
HPV vaccine

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2005

Australian of the Year

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Fiona Wood

Plastic surgeon
invention of spray-on skin for burn victims, worked with victims of 2002 Bali bombings

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2004

Australian of the Year

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Steve Waugh

Sportsman, humanitarian
(Captain of Australian test cricket team 1999-2004, most capped test player in history (until 2010 Tendulkar), fundraiser for leper children’s colony, charity work for rare diseases via Steve Waugh Foundation)

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2003

Australian of the Year

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Fiona Stanley

Epidemologist
(noted for her public health work, and her research into child and maternal health, and birth disorders such as cerebral palsy)

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2002

Australian of the Year

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Patrick Rafter

Tennis player

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2001

Australian of the Year

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General Peter Cosgrove

Commander of the International Force for East Timor (1999-2000); later Chief of Army and Chief of the Defence Force

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2000

Australian of the Year

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Sir Gustav Nossal

Biologist
(famous for his contributions to the fields of antibody formation and immunological tolerance

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1999

Australian of the Year

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Mark Taylor

Australian circket team captain
(widely regarded as an instrumental component in Australia’s rise to Test cricket dominance)

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1998

Australian of the Year

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Cathy Freeman

Athlete
(also young Australian of the Year in 1990; became the Olympic champion for the women’s 400 metres at the 2000 Summer Olympics, at which she lit the Olympic Flame)

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1997

Australian of the Year

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Peter Doherty

Veterinarian, immunologist
(1996 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine recipient; his work described how the body’s immune cells protect against viruses)

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1996

Australian of the Year

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John Yu

Paediatrician
(Chief Executive Officer of the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children at the time of its relocation from inner-city Camperdown to Westmead in western Sydney in 1995)

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1995

Australian of the Year

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Arthur Boyd

Painter
(Boyd’s work ranges from impressionist renderings of Australian landscape to starkly expressionist figuration, and many canvases feature both. Several famous works set Biblical stories against the Australian landscape)

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1994

Australian of the Year

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Ian Kiernan

Environmentalist
founder of Clean Up Australia and Clean Up the World

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1992

Australian of the Year

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Mandawuy Yunupingu

Singer
front man of the Aboriginal rock group Yothu Yindi

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1991

Australian of the Year

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Peter Hollingworth

Bishop
(engaged in social work for several decades, he served as the Archbishop of Brisbane for 11 years from 1989; later Governor-General of Australia 2001-2003)

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1990

Australian of the Year

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Fred Hollows

Ophthalmologist
(known for his work in restoring eyesight for countless thousands of people in Australia and many other countries; founder of the Fred Hollows Foundation focussing on treating and preventing blindness and other vision problems)

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1989

Australian of the Year

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Allan Border

Australian cricket team captain
(still retains the world record for the number of consecutive Test appearances of 153 and the number of Tests as captain)

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1988

Australian of the Year

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Kay Cottee

First female sailor to perform a single-handed, non-stop circumnavigation of the world (1988)

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1987

Australian of the Year

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John Farnham

Singer, entertainer
(his album “Whispering Jack” held the No. 1 position for a total of 25 weeks and is the highest-selling album in Australian history)

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1986

Australian of the Year

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Dick Smith

Entrepeneur, political activist
founder of Dick Smith Electronics, Dick Smith Foods and Australian Geographic

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1985

Australian of the Year

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Paul Hogan

Actor

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1984

Australian of the Year

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Lowitja O’Donoghue

Aboriginal health worker
later inaugural chairperson of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission 1990–1996

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1983

Australian of the Year

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Robert de Castella

Marathon runner
(gold medals at 1983 World Championships in Helsinki, 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane and later 1986 CG in Edinburgh)

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1982

Australian of the Year

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Sir Edward Williams

Judge of the Supreme Court of Queensland
chairman of the 1982 Brisbane Commonwealth Games Foundation

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1981

Australian of the Year

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Sir John Crawford

Economist
key architect of Australia’s Post-War growth

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1980

Australian of the Year

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Manning Clark

Historian
(author of the best-known general history of Australia, his six-volume “A History of Australia”, published between 1962 and 1987)

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1979

Australian of the Year

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Neville Bonner, Politician
(first Indigenous Australian to become a member of the Parliament of Australia)

Harry Butler, Naturalist
(populariser of science and natural history for both child and adult audiences)

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1978

Australian of the Year

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Alan Bond, Businessman
(initially successful in property development, later extended business interests in other fields like brewing (Tooheys), gold mining and others. Purchased Nine Network in 1987 and went bankrupt in 1992)

Galarrquy Yunupingu, Indigenous leader
(involved in fight for Land Rights)

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1977

Australian of the Year

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Raigh Roe
(President of the Country Women's Association)

Sir Murray Tyrrell
(Official Secretary to 6 Governor-Generals of Australia for a record term of 26 years)

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1976

Australian of the Year

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Colonel Sir Edward Dunlop

Military surgeon
renowned for his leadership while being held prisoner by the Japanese during World War II

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1975

Australian of the Year

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Sir John Cornforth, Scientist
(work on stereochmistry of enzyme-catalysed reactions, Novel Prize in Chemistry same year)

Major General Alan Stretton, Army officer
(managed Cyclone Tracy cleanup)

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1974

Australian of the Year

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Sir Bernard Heinze

Conductor
(Director of the New South Wales State Conservatorium of Music, conducted all the orchestras run by the ABC, most particularly the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra)

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1973

Australian of the Year

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Patrick White

Author
(widely regarded as one of the most important English-language novelists of the 20th century; Nobel Prize for Literature same year)

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1972

Australian of the Year

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Shane Gould

Swimmer
winner of three gold medals, a silver and bronze in 1972 Summer Olympics

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1971

Australian of the Year

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Evonne Goolagong Cawley

Tennis player
won 14 Grand Slam titles in the 70s and 80s

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1970

Australian of the Year

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Cardinal Sir Norman Gilroy

Glergyman
first Australian-born Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church

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1969

Australian of the Year

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Lord Richard Casey

Politician, diplomat
(Governor-General of Australia 1965-1969; served at Gallipolli as aide-de.-camp to Major General Sir William Bridges, colonial governor of Bengal between 1944 and 1946)

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1968

Australian of the Year

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Lionel Rose

Boxer
first Aboriginal Australian to win world boxing title (1968)

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1967

Australian of the Year

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The Seekers

Music group
Austrlian folk-influenced pop quartet

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1966

Australian of the Year

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Jack Brabham

Racing driver
Formula One champion in 1959, 1960 and 1966

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1965

Australian of the Year

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Sir Rober Helpmann

Actor, ballet dancer, theatre director

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1964

Australian of the Year

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Dawn Fraser

Swimmer
(gold medal winner at 1956, 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympic Games, also known for her controversial behaviour and larrikin character)

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1963

Australian of the Year

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Sir John Eccles

Neurophysiologist
seminal work on the synapse; shared Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine same year

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1962

Australian of the Year

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Jock Sturrock

Yachtsman
(won over four hundred national and state championship yachting races, bronze medal for Australia at 1956 Opympic games in Melbourne)

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1961

Australian of the Year

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Joan Sutherland

Opera singer
(dramatic soprano noted for her contribution to the renaissance of the bel canto repertoire from the late 1950s through to the 1980s)

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1960

Australian of the Year

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Sir Macfarlane Burnet

Virologist
(predicting acquired immune tolerance and was best known for developing the theory of clonal selection; Nobel Prize same year)

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2014

Australian of the Year

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Adam Goodes

Australian Rules Football Player
(Dual Brownlow medalist, 4 times All Australian player; founder and active for The Goodes O’Loughlin Foundation focussing on education and healthy lifestyle of indigenous youths)

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