Australians Of The Year. 1960-2010

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: As New
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Pier 9/Murdoch Books
Publisher Place: Sydney
Publisher Year: 2010
Edition: First Edition

Description: 320 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in As new condition throughout. Celebrating 50 Years Of Remarkable Achievement.

Publishers Description: Through this book, you will have the chance to meet this extraordinary group of Australians. As you read their stories, I encourage you to reflect on your own part in our national life. What are the characteristics or traits of this group of Australians you aspire to share? Whatever the quality that you admire most, I encourage you to cultivate it in yourself.' Adam Gilchrist am Chair, National Australia Day Council In January 2010 psychiatrist Patrick McGorry accepted the Australian of the Year award from the Prime Minister, standing in front of Parliament House on Australia Day the latest in a line of inspiring Australians stretching back fifty years to the award's first recipient, medical biologist Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnett. Australians of the Year celebrates this milestone by taking a close look at the lives and achievements of each of these talented and admirable recipients. Among a fascinating collection of scientists, sportspeople, entertainers, leaders, doctors, soldiers and environmentalists you will meet opera diva Dame Joan Sutherland, who began her career as a secretary for a company selling farm equipment; war hero Sir Ernest Edward 'Weary' Dunlop, who played rugby for the Wallabies; and athlete Catherine Freeman who started running laps barefoot around her local athletics track at the age of six. Each year the process of awarding Australian of the Year starts with every Australian being invited to nominate someone who makes them proud. The choice of the winner is a fascinating reflection on how we see ourselves as a nation, what we value and who we aspire to be. This book reveals role models that we can indeed be proud of and will perhaps inspire future Australians of the Year as cricketer Adam Gilchrist says, 'every one of our Australians of the Year started out by admiring someone who had gone before them'.

ISBN: 9781741968095