Important Figures in Australian History

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First Prime Minister
Edmund Barton
Botanist who traveled with Cook on the Endeavour
Joseph Banks
First Governor of New South Wales
Arthur Phillip
First female Prime Minister
Julia Gillard
Australian media mogul who currently is the chairman of 21st Century Fox
Rupert Murdoch
First Australian to score at the FIFA World Cup Finals
Tim Cahill
First female member of parliament
Edith Cowan
Led a group of miners in protest of mining licences at the Eureka Stockade in 1853
Peter Lalor
The author of 'Mulga Bill's Bicycle'
Banjo Paterson
Designer of the Sydney Opera House
Jørn Utzon
The bushranger known for his set of iron armour
Edward 'Ned' Kelly
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Considered the 'Father of Federation'
Sir Henry Parkes
The 'Crocodile Hunter' who was tragically killed by a stingray
Steve Irwin
Two men that led the first expedition across the Australian outback
Robert Burke
William Wills
Lit the Olympic Flame at the Sydney 2000 Olympics
Cathy Freeman
Prime Minister who famously disappeared while swimming at a beach
Harold Holt
Opera singer featured on the $100 note
Dame Nellie Melba
Governor General who sacked Gough Whitlam as Prime Minister
Sir John Kerr
The cricketer known as 'The Boy from Bowral'
Sir Donald Bradman
Founded World Series Cricket
Kerry Packer
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Oct 28, 2013
I was going to joke, "Where's Crocodile Dundee, Steve Irwin, and the dingo that stole that woman's baby?".. but you actually put Steve Irwin on here. One of two that I'd heard of before.