A is for Adam Goodes
“If people only remember me for my football, I’ve failed in life."
B is for Bob Hawke
“Any boss that sacks anyone for not turning up today is a bum.”
C is for Cathy Freeman
'You got to try and reach for the stars or try and achieve the unreachable'.
D is for Dame Edna Everage
“Never be afraid to laugh at yourself. After all, you could be missing out on the joke of the century.”
E is for Eddie Mabo
"Quite simply, Eddie Mabo brought an end to a two-centuries-old lie"
Rachel Perkins
"Quite simply, Eddie Mabo brought an end to a two-centuries-old lie"
Rachel Perkins
F is for Fred Hollows
“Every eye is an eye, when you're doing the surgery there that is just as important as if you were doing eye surgery on the prime minster or the king.”
G is for julia Gillard
"What I am absolutely confident of is it will be easier for the next woman and the woman after that and the woman after that and I'm proud of that."
"What I am absolutely confident of is it will be easier for the next woman and the woman after that and the woman after that and I'm proud of that."
H is for paul Hogan
"The secret to my success is that I bit off more than I could chew and chewed as fast as I could."
I is for Ita Buttrose
"Even though you get a little twinge every now and again with the years marching on and become aware of your own mortality, you realise you're only limited by your imagination."
"Even though you get a little twinge every now and again with the years marching on and become aware of your own mortality, you realise you're only limited by your imagination."
J is for Jimmy Little
"We’re all gifted with the opportunity to succeed. But you get further if you extend the hand of friendship."
"We’re all gifted with the opportunity to succeed. But you get further if you extend the hand of friendship."
K is for Kath & Kim
"This calls for BBQ Shapes & a bottle of Baileys."
"This calls for BBQ Shapes & a bottle of Baileys."
L is for Lee Lin Chin
"Just a reminder to everyone, war is stupid."
"Just a reminder to everyone, war is stupid."
M is for Molly Meldrum
"Do yourself a favour"
"Do yourself a favour"
N is for Ned Kelly
"I do not pretend that I have led a blameless life, or that one fault justifies another, but the public in judging a case like mine should remember that the darkest life may now have a bright side."
"I do not pretend that I have led a blameless life, or that one fault justifies another, but the public in judging a case like mine should remember that the darkest life may now have a bright side."
O is for Olivia Newton-John
"I don't know what my path is yet. I'm just walking on it."
"I don't know what my path is yet. I'm just walking on it."
P is for Phar Lap
Phar Lap's heart weighs 6.35 kilograms. This is more than 1.5 times the weight of an average thoroughbred racehorse heart.
Phar Lap's heart weighs 6.35 kilograms. This is more than 1.5 times the weight of an average thoroughbred racehorse heart.
Q is for Queenie McKenzie
Queenie McKenzie was the first indigenous woman artist to become famous amongst the high profile male artists from the East Kimberley.
Queenie McKenzie was the first indigenous woman artist to become famous amongst the high profile male artists from the East Kimberley.
R is for Rod Laver
"When you have the opportunity, you strike"
S is for Steve Irwin
"I have no fear of losing my life - if I have to save a koala or a crocodile or a kangaroo or a snake, mate, I will save it."
T is for Tim Flannery
“One of the biggest obstacles to making a start on climate change is that it has become a cliche before it has even been understood”“One of the biggest obstacles to making a start on climate change is that it has become a cliche before it has even been understood”
I know he is not Australian but for giving us the Opera House, I reckon he should be an honoury one.
"I have made a sculpture … you will never be finished with it – when you pass around it or see it against the sky… something new goes on all the time… together with the sun, the light and the clouds, it makes a living thing."
V is for Victor Chang "Whatever you give, if you give it freely and without conditions it'll come back to you two fold."
W is for brett and wendy Whiteley
"The most fundamental reason one paints is to see."
X is for INXS
"There's something intrinsically Australian about a bunch of brothers and school friends getting together as a band at a very young age and all pulling together as a band at a very young age and all pulling together as mates to make something happen."
Y is for Yothu Yindi
"This land was never given up
This land was never bought and sold
The planting of the union jack
Never changed our law at all
Now two river run their course
Seperated for so long
I'm dreaming of a brighter day
When the waters will be one"
This land was never bought and sold
The planting of the union jack
Never changed our law at all
Now two river run their course
Seperated for so long
I'm dreaming of a brighter day
When the waters will be one"
Z is for Shazza, Wazza, Kezza, Bazza, and the rest.
It's these everyday legends that make Australia truly awesome.
It's these everyday legends that make Australia truly awesome.
