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 Interesting Questions, Facts, and Information
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Winston. John Winston Howard was the 25th and second longest serving Australian prime minister. He served in Parliament for 22 years before becoming PM on 11th March 1996. His government lost office on 3rd December 2007; and he lost his own parliamentary seat of Bennelong, to become the second prime minister to lose his seat in parliament (the first was Satnley Bruce, on 12th October 1929).
Patrick Rafter. Pat Rafter won the US Open singles in 1997 and 1998 and was runner up Wimbledon singles in 2000 and 2001. It was somewhat contoversial that he was named Australian of the Year in 2002 as he had lived in Bermuda during most of his tennis playing career. He retired in 2001 .
| Which internationally acclaimed surgeon was Australian of the Year in 2005 ? | Amazing Australians
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Fiona Wood. Dr Fiona Melanie Wood emigrated from the UK to Western Australia in 1987. She is the Director of the Royal Perth Hospital Burns Unit and a highly skilled plastic surgeon. She came to prominence in the general community in 2002 when 28 victims of the Bali terrorist bombings were flown to Royal Perth for specialist burns treatment. Dr Wood has developed a spray on skin which is proving invaluable in the treatment of burns.
| Which now deceased and much loved cricketer retired with a batting average of 99.94 in test matches? | Amazing Australians
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Donald Bradman. The Don, The Boy from Bowral, had a batting average of 99.94 in test matches (and 110.19 in Sheffield Shield matches). England cricketers came up with an aggressive bowling technique called Bodyline purely to negate his prolific scoring.The Prime Minister of Australia in 2001, John Howard (a cricket fanatic) called him the greatest living Australian in 2001. He died on 25th February 2001 aged 92.
| Which ex rock singer was elected to the Federal seat of Kingsford Smith in 2004? | Amazing Australians
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Peter Garrett. Peter Robert Garrett was a rock singer with the band Midnight Oil from 1973 to 2002. He was known for his stiff and sudden dance movements as well as his environmenal and political concerns. He was elected to parliament in October 2004 and was made Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Arts in 2007.
| Which Australian swimmer was the youngest person to win a World Championship title in 1998 ? | Amazing Australians
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Ian Thorpe. At age 14 at the World Championship event held in Perth, Western Australia, Ian James Thorpe won the 400 metres freestyle event making him the youngest ever winner of a world swimming title. Also known as Thorpey or the Thorpedo he won 5 Olympic Gold medals, the most ever won by an Australian.
| Which famous Australian soprano with the real surname of Mitchell took her stage name from an Australian town ? | Amazing Australians
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Nellie Melba. Dame Nellie Melba was born as Helen Porter Mitchell, Her career spanned from 1887 to her final farewell performance in November 1928.Her first farewell was at Covent Garden in 1926 and this has spawned a popular Aussie saying of "More farewells than Melba" to describe someone reluctant to fade from the limelight.
Acclaimed French chef Auguste Escoffier created a delicious dessert in her honour called Peach Melba (peaches poached in rasberry sauce). The city from which she took her name is, of course, Melbourne.
Bart Cummings. James Bartholomew Cummings has trained the winner of the prestigious Group One race The Melbourne Cup a record 12 times between 1965 and 2008. The Melbourne Cup is held on the first Tuesday in November and is known as the race that "stops the nation". Interestingly he is allergic to hay !
| What is the name of the high marking Aussie Rules footballer who inspired a song by The Two Man Band ? | Amazing Australians
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Roy Cazaly. Roy Cazaly inspired the song "Up There Cazaly" by Mike Brady and Peter Sullivan (The Two Man Band). The title is a reference to his high leaps when taking marks over the heads of opponents and was originally written to be a TV sports program anthem in 1979. 250,000 copies were subsequently sold, an Australian record at the time. Roy Cazaly is also credited with giving the Hawthorn Football Club the new nickname of the Hawks which was more appropriate. in his opinion, than the Mayblooms !
| What is the name of the animal that was Australia's biggest TV star in the 1960s ? | Amazing Australians
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Skippy. Of course, it's Skippy the Bush Kangaroo, star of a long running TV series in Australia in the 1960s and exported around the world. I remember desperately trying to get a sound out of a sycamore leaf in England to resemble the call sound Sonny and Co made from a gum leaf to summon Skip to help them out. Now I live in Australia and am still very fond of kangaroos!
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