Nancy Bird Walton | Our Spirit in the Sky At the age of 4 Nancy was balancing on a six-foot back fence with her arms out stretched and as her mother remembered, she called herself an ‘eppy plane’. Australia and the world were in awe of those amazing young men in their flying machines and little...
Sir Jack Brabham | A Knight’s Tale Sir Jack Brabham was a three-time Formula One World Champion Driver and two-time Formula One World Champion Constructor, becoming the first driver to win the title in a car of his own design and construction. ‘Black Jack’ Brabham had all the pre-requisites...
Sir Edward Weary Dunlop | KBE 1907 – 1993 Veteran of the Second World War, Edward Dunlop became well-known for his medical work with Australian prisoners of the Japanese and subsequent welfare work after the war. He was born on 12 July 1907 at Major’s Plain, Victoria. At 17 he became...
John Michael O’Keefe was born on 19 January 1935 in Sydney New South Wales. Johnny attended Christian Brothers’ College Waverley. During his journey he became an Australian music industry legend and in 1988 his name was included in the Australian Record Industry Association’s hall of...
Midget Farrelly was the ‘first man’ to win the first official surfing world championship at Sydney’s Manly Beach in 1964, and dominated the sport throughout the decade. Midget was a ‘water baby’, craftsman, leader and visionary. He grew up and lived in paradise on the Northern Beaches of...