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FAMOUS PEOPLE OF AUSTRALIA

Evonne Goolagong Cawley Aboriginal tennis player

Captain James Cook British captain who discovered and claimed

Astralia for Britain.

Margaret Court Professional tennis player

William Dampier British navigator who explored Australia.

Edward Eyre British explorer who explored Australia's

wastelands.

Matthew Flinders British mariner who named Australia.

Howard Walter Florey Won Nobel Prize for discovering penicillin.

Errol Flynn Famous actor

Mary Gilmore First female member of Australia Work Union.

Rodney Laver Professional Tennis Player

John Newcombe Professional Tennis Player

Arthur Phillip Founded New South Wales.

Patrick Rafter Professional Tennis Player

Charles Sturt British soldier who explored Australia's rivers

Abel Janzoon Tasman Dutch mariner who discovered Van Diemen's

Land (Tasmania).

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Famous People of Australia http://library.thinkquest.org/28994/people.html