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St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney. The Catholic and Orthodox churches recognize some deceased Christians as saints, blesseds, and Servants of God.Some of these individuals have Australian connections, either because they were of Australian origin and ethnicity, or because they travelled to Australia from their own homeland and became noted in their hagiography for their work in Australia and amongst ...
List of high commissioners of Australia to the United Kingdom; List of the first women appointed to Australian judicial positions; List of ambassadors and high commissioners of Australia; List of prime ministers of Australia; List of longest-serving members of the Parliament of Australia; People who have served in both Houses of the Australian ...
Joe Flick (c.1865 - 1889) Indigenous Australian outlaw who shot dead a Native Police officer; Gnunga Gnunga Murremurgan (c.1773 - 1809) Eora man who was the first Indigenous Australian to travel across the Pacific Ocean; Kapiu Masi Gagai (c. 1894 - 1946) a Torres Strait Islander man who worked as a pearler, boatman, mission worker and soldier
Memorial to Australian recipients of the George Cross, George Cross Park, Canberra. The George Cross (GC) is the highest civil decoration for heroism in the United Kingdom. . Australia as a member of the Commonwealth of Nations through the Governor-General of Australia was eligible to recommend awards, with the last GC recommended in 1972, on the advice of the Australian Prime Minister, for ...
Kurdaitcha (or kurdaitcha man) is a ritual "executioner" in Australian Indigenous Australian culture (specifically the term comes from the Arrernte people). [3] Ngariman, Karadjeri quoll-man who killed the Bagadjimbiri and was drowned in revenge; Njirana, Jumu deity and father of Julana
King Charles III (then Prince of Wales) wearing the insignia of a Knight of the Order of Australia, 1983. On 14 March 1981, the Queen co-signed letters patent amending the Constitution of the Order of Australia to create her son, the heir to the Australian throne, Charles, Prince of Wales, a knight of the Order of Australia. [3]
A culture hero is a mythological hero specific to some group (cultural, ethnic, religious, etc.) who changes the world through invention or discovery.A typical culture hero might be credited as the discoverer of fire, or agriculture, songs, tradition, law or religion, and is usually the most important legendary figure of a people, sometimes as the founder of its ruling dynasty.
The Local Hero Award [1] is a part of the Australian of the Year awards. It commenced in 2003 and is sponsored by the Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC). The Local Hero Award acknowledges extraordinary contributions made by Australians in their local community.