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Paul Sorensen
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- 2025-04-03 15:20:35
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- Paul Sorensen was a Danish-born master landscape designer who developed his own distinctive landscape style, ethos and technique for use in gardens across NSW – many of which still exist 100 years later.
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- <p>Acclaimed landscape architect and nurseryman (1891 - 1983)</p>
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- <p>Paul Sorensen (1891 - 1983) was born in Copenhagen and trained in horticulture at Horsholm Tekniske Skole. He honed his skills working with leading landscape designers on large estates in Denmark and Switzerland; however, the impending war cut his time in Europe short. After coming to Australia, he developed his own distinctive landscape style, ethos and technique in gardens across NSW – many of which still stand 100 years later.</p>
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Pearl Mary Gibbs
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- Black and white photograph of a woman wearing glasses and a hat
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- 2025-03-28 12:18:12
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- Pearl Mary Gibbs
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- Pearl Mary (Gambanyi) Gibbs (1901–1983) was a self-described ‘battler’ who spent her life fighting the policies and practices that oppressed Aboriginal people.
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- To be announced
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- <p>Aboriginal rights activist (1901–1983)</p>
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- <p>Pearl Mary (Gambanyi) Gibbs (1901–1983) described herself as a ‘battler’ because she spent her life fighting the policies and practices that oppressed Aboriginal people. Politically astute and outspoken, she ‘lived and breathed, ached and bled Aboriginal affairs’. She is remembered for her work with the Aborigines Progressive Association, her involvement in the 1938 Day of Mourning, and her community work in Dubbo, NSW.</p>
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Peter Allen
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- Peter Allen
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- Peter Allen had a difficult start to life, but innate talent combined with years of hard work and determination lead to Allen becoming one of Australia’s most beloved and successful performers.
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- To be announced
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- <div><p paraid="863648898" paraeid="{91ad918f-8563-458d-9a23-939e3569ff3c}{255}">Entertainer and Oscar winner (1944 - 1992)</p></div>
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- <p>Not many could have foreseen the life that would play out for a boy born in the regional town of Tenterfield, NSW during the height of World War II. However, Peter Allen (born Peter Woolnough), was not like most boys.</p><div><p paraid="361432371" paraeid="{6f9b1261-43ef-4b9e-b612-970fc386089d}{201}">His hard work and tenacity led him from piano performances at a country hotel, to a glittering international career.</p></div><div><p paraid="290667204" paraeid="{6f9b1261-43ef-4b9e-b612-970fc386089d}{217}">By the time of his untimely passing at the age of 48, Peter had cemented himself as one of Australia’s most decorated singer-songwriters and most recognisable performers, with his legacy ultimately immortalised in the musical ‘The Boy from Oz’.</p></div>
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Quong Tart 梅光達
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- Business and industry, Community and philanthropy
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- Ashfield is on the land of the Wangal people of the Eora nation.
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- <p>Moy Quong Tart was a successful restaurateur, tea and silk merchant, anti-opium campaigner, and philanthropist.</p><p>He travelled to the NSW goldfields as a child where he made his fortune. As an adult he moved to Sydney where he established himself as a tea merchant and restaurateur. Despite the prevalent racism against Chinese people, Quong Tart was highly regarded by the government and public alike as an influential public figure and community advocate.</p>
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- Moy Quong Tart (1850–1903) was a successful restaurateur, tea and silk merchant, anti-opium campaigner, and philanthropist.
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Sarah 'Fanny' Durack and Wilhelmina 'Mina' Wylie
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- <div><p paraid="1628690801" paraeid="{d9fc99c3-e90b-435f-9299-ff97c87b8e47}{218}">The sporting world has long been dominated by rivalries that have captivated audiences and made for history making clashes. However, 100 years before we had Serena vs. Venus, Kobe vs. LeBron or Thorpie vs. Phelps, we had Mina vs. Fanny.</p></div><div><p paraid="716439651" paraeid="{d9fc99c3-e90b-435f-9299-ff97c87b8e47}{252}">Sarah ‘Fanny’ Durack and Wilhelmina 'Mina' Wylie were born in North Sydney just two years apart. Though they had radically different starts to their swimming careers, fate would bring them together and create a story for the ages. The pair overcame many hardships to become the first Australian women Olympic champions and the first women in the world to win Olympic medals in swimming. Their remarkable story highlights the strength and resilience of pioneering female athletes.</p></div>
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Sir Edward Hallstrom
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- <p>Sir Edward Hallstrom was an entrepreneur and philanthropist.</p><p>Self-made and self-educated, Sir Edward cared deeply about animal conservation and left his lasting mark at Taronga Zoo.</p><p>He remains one of the zoo’s most generous private benefactors, donating over half a million dollars towards animal upkeep and breeding programs during his lifetime.</p>
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Sir William Dobell
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Sister Kaliniki
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Soldiers’ Riots
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Susan Schardt
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Syms Covington
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The Introduction of Weet-Bix
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