100 Prominent and Influential Australians

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Hint	Answer
Aviation	Reg Ansett
Leaker/attention-seeker	Julian Assange
Athlete/actor	Snowy Baker
Botanist	Joseph Banks
First PM	Edmund Barton
Champion surfer	Layne Beachley
WWI Correspondent	Charles Bean
Cricketer/broadcaster	Richie Benaud
Actor	Cate Blanchett
Aboriginal MP	Neville Bonner
F1 Champion	Jack Brabham
Engineer	John Bradfield
Cricketer	Donald Bradman
Touring Car Racer	Peter Brock
Magazine editor	Ita Buttrose
Author	Peter Carey
Heart Surgeon	Victor Chang
Early filmmaker	Charles Chauvel
Historian	Manning Clark
Tennis	Margaret Court
First female MP	Edith Cowan
Horse trainer	Bart Cummings
WW2 PM	John Curtin
Athlete	Betty Cuthbert
Boxer	Les Darcy
PM	Alfred Deakin
F1 Motorcycle Champ	Mick Doohan
Doctor/POW/Rugby player	Weary Dunlop
Swimmer	Fanny Durack
Country singer	Slim Dusty
News media	John Fairfax
Pop/rock singer	John Farnham
Boxer	Jeff Fenech
First to circumnavigate	Mathew Flinders
Penicillin	Howard Florey
Royal Flying Doctor Service	John Flynn
Actor	Errol Flynn
Swimmer	Dawn Fraser
Qantas founder	Hudson Fysh
Children's author	May Gibbs
Actor	Mel Gibson
Feminist author	Germaine Greer
TV Producer	Reg Grundy
Found gold at Kalgoorlie	Paddy Hannan
PM	Bob Hawke
70s/80s Comedian	Paul Hogan
Eye surgeon	Fred Hollows
Department Store	Anthony Hordern
PM	John Howard
WWI PM	Billy Hughes

Hint	Answer
Dame Edna Everage	Barry Humphries
Author	Ion Idriess
Meteorologist	Inigo Jones
Bushranger	Ned Kelly
Pastoralist	Sidney Kidman
Aviator	Charles Kingsford-Smith
Eureka Stockade	Peter Lalor
Athlete	John Landy
Tennis	Rod Laver
Author/poet	Henry Lawson
Cricket	Dennis Lillee
Artist	Norman Lindsay
Land rights campaigner	Eddie Mabo
Wool industry pioneer	John Macarthur
Colonial Governor	Lachlan Macquarie
Antarctic explorer	Douglas Mawson
Combine harvester	Hugh McKay
First Saint	Mary McKillop
Actor	John Meillon
Opera Singer	Nellie Melba
PM	Robert Menzies
Rugby League	Dally Messenger
Explorer	Thomas Mitchell
WWI General	John Monash
Boer War scapegoat?	Breaker Morant
Media Empire	Rupert Murdoch
Poet	Les Murray
Artist	Sidney Nolan
Golf	Greg Norman
Early Rock singer	Johnny O'Keefe
Media/World Series Cricket	Kerry Packer
Federationist	Henry Parkes
Poet/author	Banjo Paterson
Aboriginal activist	Charles Perkins
First Governor	Arthur Philip
Actor	Chips Rafferty
Artist	Tom Roberts
Boxer	Lionel Rose
Tennis	Ken Rosewall
Opera Singer	Joan Sutherland
Golf	Peter Thomson
Swimmer	Ian Thorpe
Aviatrix	Nancy Bird Walton
Cricket	Shane Warne
Explorer/Politician	William Wentworth
Author	Patrick White
Bushman/Bootmaker	RM Williams
Playwright	David Williamson
AFL Founder	Tom Wills
Rock Guitarist	Angus Young

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