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Authors | Aviators | Entertainers & The Arts | Explorers | Pioneering Men | Pioneering Women | Politicians | Scientists | Sports | Various
 

Authors

Davies, Paul
Paul Davies is an internationally acclaimed physicist, writer and broadcaster, now based in South Australia. Professor Davies is the author of some twenty books, including Other Worlds, God and the New Physics, The Edge of Infinity, The Mind of God, The Cosmic Blueprint, Are We Alone? and About Time.

Dennis C.J. (1876 - 1938)
"... He created characters which have become immortal and he captured the true Australian spirit. Already his work is world-famous, and future generations will treasure it."

Dennis, CJ (State Library of SA)
Born at Auburn, South Australia, on 7 September 1876, he was christened Clarence Michael James, and afterwards given the confirmation name of Stanislaus. He preferred to be know as Den.

Goldsworthy, Peter
HarperCollins Publishers Australia features up-to-date information about new releases, authors and tour dates as well as extracts and interviews. Plus an exclusive Web Club, author links and regular competitions.

Hanrahan, Barbara
Barbara Janice Hanrahan was born in Adelaide, South Australia, on 6 September 1939.

Spence, Catherine Helen - A Bibliography (State Library)
Catherine Helen Spence was Australia’s first truly professional woman journalist and first female political candidate, as well as a fearless social and political reformer in South Australia.

Spence, Catherine Helen (Holdfast Database SA)
Catherine Helen Spence - writer, teacher, social & political reformer. Biography, list of works, proportional representation explained, quotable quotes.

Spence, Catherine Helen (State Library of SA)
Catherine Helen Spence is one of the most important women in the development of South Australia, and of Australia generally. The Centenary of Women's Suffrage brought a greater awareness of her life's work,

Thiele, Colin
One of Australia's most versatile authors. He has published more than eighty books in many fields, including poetry, fiction, drama, history, biography, the environment and children's literature.

Aviators

Johanson, Jon 
Australian Jon Johanson has done what no other homebuilder has done with his or her aircraft. He has flown it around the world, not once, but twice. Jon's adventures took place during the summers (Northern Hemisphere) in 1995 and 1996

Entertainers & The Arts

Hanrahan, Barbara
Barbara Janice Hanrahan was born in Adelaide, South Australia, on 6 September 1939.

Heysen, Hans
Heysen trained as an artist in Adelaide. He showed such promise that between 1899 and 1903 four Adelaide patrons assisted him financially to study in Paris and visit various countries in Europe.

Hicks, Scott
SCOTT HICKS (Director/Co-Screenwriter) was propelled to the forefront of international filmmakers in 1996, following the release of his film Shine. Its triumphant premiere at the Sundance Film Festival was just the beginning ...

Peters, Jane - Violinist  
Born in Adelaide, Jane is an Ambassador for South Australian Arts.

Explorers

Beadell, Len - Explorer, Surveyor and Engineer
Australian explorer, surveyor and author Len Beadell; his life story on video tape. Information on the family homepage about his life and the books, videos and audio tapes and CD's that are available for purchase from his wife Anne Beadell.

Douglas Mawson Exhibition
Douglas Mawson was a scientist, an explorer and an adventurer. As an explorer and adventurer his contribution to the understanding of the Antarctic continent is well known.

Eyre, Edward John
Edward John Eyre (1815-1901), together with his aboriginal friend Wylie, was the first man to cross southern Australia from east to west, travelling across the Nullarbor Plain from Adelaide to Albany.

Flinders, Matthew
Matthew Flinders circumnavigated Australia and was the first explorer to do so.

Stuart, John McDouall
Stuart and his Companions who, in 1862, completed the first European crossing of Australia from Adelaide to Van Diemen Gulf, passing through the centre and returning safely along the same route.

Sturt, Charles
Captain Charles Sturt (1795-1869) was born in India in 1795. This was about the same time that Bass & Flinders started to explore Australia's coastline. Sturt fought against Napoleon's army in Spain and at Waterloo. Because of his ability, his commanders made him a Captain and sent him to Australia with his army regiment in 1827.

Pioneering Men

Flynn, John - Flynn of the Inland
John Flynn was born at Moliagul in Central Victoria on 25 November 1880, the same year famous Australian bushranger, Ned Kelly, was executed. His father, Thomas Eugene Flynn, a school teacher, married Rosetta Lester in April 1876.

Light, Colonel William
Colonel William Light's vision, overview on his life and historical South Australian information

Unaipon, David (State Library of SA)
David Unaipon was born on 28 September 1872 at Raukkan (Point McLeay) Mission in the Tailem Bend area, South Australia. He attended the mission school from the age of seven.

Pioneering Women

Bates, Daisy
Bates, Daisy May - Biographical entry, Bright Sparcs is a biographical, bibliographical and archival database of Australian scientists with links to related articles and images. It includes scientists who were Australian by birth as well as those who undertook significant scientific work here.

Fran West - Sea, Sky and Sand
Fran West's historic flight around the coast of mainland Australia and Tasmania. First woman pilot and first South Australian pilot to circumnavigate Australia.

MacKillop, Mary
Mary MacKillop is one step away from being Australia's first saint.She will be a figure to whom people will look and think of God, and that really is what Sainthood is all about. (Sister Pat White). Mary MacKillop was born in Melbourne in 1842.

Mitchell, Roma
Dame Roma Mitchell, former South Australian Governor died on March 5. She was Australia's first woman Queen's Counsel, the first woman Court Judge in Australia and as Governor or South Australia, was the first woman in Australia to achieve this honour. Dame Roma Mitchell had a brilliant career.

O'Donoghue, Lois
Lois O'Donoghue, one of Australia's best known public figures, did not know her mother until she was 35. Mike Brown tells the story of her extraordinary life. Lois O'Donoghue was short-listed to become Governor-General of Australia.

Spence, Catherine Helen - A Bibliography (State Library)
Catherine Helen Spence was Australia’s first truly professional woman journalist and first female political candidate, as well as a fearless social and political reformer in South Australia.

Spence, Catherine Helen (Holdfast Database SA)
Catherine Helen Spence - writer, teacher, social & political reformer. Biography, list of works, proportional representation explained, quotable quotes.

Spence, Catherine Helen (State Library of SA)
Catherine Helen Spence is one of the most important women in the development of South Australia, and of Australia generally. The Centenary of Women's Suffrage brought a greater awareness of her life's work,

Politicians

Don Dunstan Foundation
Don Dunstan inspired a generation of Australians with his commitment to the ideals and values of a just society. He fought vigorously and positively for those ideals and values. We support research into the social problems confronting Australia today.

Dunstan, Donald (Flinders University of SA)
Donald Allan Dunstan was born on 21 September 1926 in Fiji, of South Australian parents. His father was the Fiji manager for Adelaide Steamship Co. An asthmatic child, he was sent for health reasons to Murray Bridge, South Australia

Dunstan, Donald (State Library of SA)
Donald Allan Dunstan was born in Suva, Fiji on 21 September 1926. After early schooling he transferred to South Australia and attended Murray Bridge High School, St Peter's College, and the University of Adelaide, graduating with a law degree in 1948.

Gilfillan, Ian
Ian Gilfillan's interest in politics began in 1969, when he joined the former Australia Party. Ian was the No 1 candidate for the Senate in 1974. In 1982 Ian was elected to the South Australian Parliament as a Legislative Councillor, becoming leader in 1985.

Governor of South Australia
The Official site of the Governor of South Australia, Her Excellency Marjorie Jackson-Nelson, AC, CVO, MBE

Hawke, Bob
Robert James Lee Hawke (Prime Minister 1983 ) was born in Bordertown, S.A. in 1929. He is the son of a Congregational Minister and nephew of a Western Australian Premier.

Hawke, Bob (University of SA) 
Bob Hawke was born on 9 December 1929 at Bordertown, South Australia. He was educated at Perth Modern School, the University of Western Australia, graduating LLB and BA(Economics), and Oxford University, which he attended from 1953 - 1955

Previous Premiers of South Australia
Premiers from 1856 - current.

Scientists

Bragg, William Henry
William Henry Bragg was born at Westward, Cumberland, on July 2, 1862. He was educated at Market Harborough Grammar School and afterwards at King William's College, Isle of Man. Elected a minor scholar of Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1881

Bragg, William Lawrence
William Lawrence Bragg was born in Adelaide, South Australia, in 1890. He was the eldest child of William Henry and Gwendoline Bragg. He had a brother, Bob, who was one year younger than he, and a sister Gwendolen who was seventeen years his junior.

Florey, Howard
Sir Howard Walter Florey was born on September 24, 1898, at Adelaide, South Australia, the son of Joseph and Bertha Mary Florey. His early education was at St. Peter's Collegiate School, Adelaide, following which he went on to Adelaide University

Florey, Howard - Maker of the Miracle Mould
The story of penicillin - the first antibiotic used successfully to treat people with serious infectious diseases - begins with a bit of luck. Alexander Fleming, a British scientist, noticed in 1928 that mould had prevented the growth of bacteria

Oliphant, Mark
Marcus Laurence Elwin Oliphant (known as Sir Mark Oliphant) is the eldest of five sons and was born in 1901 in Kent Town, near Adelaide, South Australia. His father was a civil servant and his mother was an artist.

Sports

Bradman, Donald (State Library of SA)
Sir Donald Bradman is regarded by many as the greatest batsman in the history of cricket and is one of Australia's most revered sporting personalities. Donald George Bradman was born at Cootamundra, New South Wales, on 27 August 1908

Bradman the Legend - (State Library of SA)
This site contains information about Australian cricketer, Sir Donald Bradman and the collection of his memorabilia presently on display at the State Library of South Australia.

Hewitt, Lleyton
Lleyton Hewitt, professional tennis player from Adelaide, South Australia. Turned pro in 1995. Lleyton first played Davis Cup tennis in 1999 and won both matches.

Rolton, Gillian
Equestrian Team Gold medallist at Atlanta 1996 and Barcelona 1992 Olympic Games

Various

Burge, Percival Norman
The official short autobiography of Percival Norman Burge, founder of Wilsford Wines and Grandfather of Grant Burge.

Early Navigators of South Australia
The first sighting of the South Australian coast was by the Dutch explorer Pieter Nuyts in the Gulde Zeepaard.

Mitchell, Roma
Dame Roma Mitchell, former South Australian Governor died on March 5. She was Australia's first woman Queen's Counsel, the first woman Court Judge in Australia and as Governor or South Australia, was the first woman in Australia to achieve this honour. Dame Roma Mitchell had a brilliant career.

Morant, Breaker - Image
Breaker Morant. The Bushveld Carbineers.

South Australians At War
Nothing can describe the trauma, courage, humour, loyalty and despair of war more evocatively than the words of people who have lived through them. Within the collections of the State Library are thousands of stories of the sacrifices and contributions South Australians have made to international conflicts.

Thomas, Andy 
Andrew S. W. Thomas (Ph.D.) NASA Astronaut. Born December 18, 1951, in Adelaide, South Australia. Single. He enjoys horse riding and jumping, mountain biking, running, wind surfing, and classical guitar playing