Who is a famous Australian?

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Famous AustraliansBanks, Sir JosephNaturalist, explorerBarton, Sir EdmundFirst Prime Minister of AustraliaBird, NancyAviatorBragg, Sir William HenryNobel Laureate [Xray Crystallography]Bragg, Sir William LaurenceNobel Laureate [Xray Crystallography]Bradman, Sir DonaldCricketerBurnet, Sir Frank MacfarlaneNobel Laureate [Medicine]Chang, VictorHeart surgeonChifley, Joseph BenedictPrime MinisterChisholm, CarolineSocial work with women in early New South WalesClarke, MarcusWriterCook, Captain JamesNavigator, explorerCornforth, John WarcupNobel Laureate [Chemistry]Cowan, EdithMagistrate, First Female Australian Parliamentarian, Welfare workerCurtin, JohnWW II Prime MinisterCuthbert, BettyOlympic AthleteDixon, Sir OwenJurist, DiplomatDoherty, Peter CharlesNobel Laureate [Medicine]Dorrington, AnnieAustralian flag designer [shared]Dunlop, Sir Edward 'Weary'Surgeon, POW [WW II]Eccles, John CarewNobel Laureate [Medicine]Evatt, Dr Herbert VerePolitician, First President of the United NationsEverage, Dame EdnaShow business personalityFarrer, WilliamAgriculture [wheat development]Flinders, MatthewCircumnavigated and named Australia.Florey, Lord HowardNobel Laureate, Science/Medicine, [penicillin]Flynn, The Rev. Doctor JohnFounded The Flying Doctor ServiceFraser, DawnOlympic swimmerFrazer, IanImmunologist, Florey Medal winner, Australian of the YearGrainger, George PercyMusician & ComposerGreer, GermaineFeministHargrave, LawrenceFlight, box kitesHelpmann, Sir RobertBallet dancer and directorHinkler, BertAviator; first to fly solo England/AustraliaHollows, FredHumanitarian, eye surgery in the Third World as well as AustraliaHughes, William MorrisWW I Prime MinisterHurley, FrankPhotographer [Antarctic/WW I]Katz, Sir BernardNobel Laureate [Medicine]Kelly, Edward [Ned]BushrangerKenny, ElizabethNurse [polio]Kingsford-Smith, Sir CharlesAviator; first to fly US/AustraliaLalor, PeterRebel [Eureka Stockade], politicianLawson, HenryWriter and poetLindsay, Norman Alfred WilliamArtist & writerLyons, Dame EnidFirst female Federal politicianMacarthur, ElizabethMother of the Australian sheep industryMacarthur, JohnEarly agriculturalistMacquarie, LachlanNew South Wales Governor, early 1800sMawson, Sir DouglasAntarctic explorerMelba, Dame NellieOpera singer, sopranoMenzies, Sir RobertLongest serving Prime MinisterMort, Thomas SutcliffeRefrigerated transportMurdoch, RupertMedia ownerNolan, SydneyArtist [Ned Kelly series]O'Connor, Charles YelvertonEngineer, Public Servant, Railways Commissioner [WA]Oliphant, Sir MarkPhysicistParkes, Sir HenryFather of FederationPaterson, Andrew BartonWriter and poet [Waltzing Matilda]Phillip, Captain ArthurFirst Governor of New South Wales colonyProkhorov, Aleksandr MikhailovichNobel Laureate [Physics]Ruse, JamesConvict, farmerSturt, CharlesInland ExplorerStuart, John McDouallExplorer; North/South crossing of AustraliaSutherland, Dame JoanOpera singer, sopranoThomas, AndrewAstronautThorpe, IanOlympic swimmerTao, TerrenceFields Medal [Mathematics]Trumper, VictorCricketerTucker, AlbertArtistWentworth, William CharlesExplorer, politicianWhite, PatrickNobel Laureate [Literature]Wilkins, Sir HubertPolar explorer, War Photographer, explorer

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Famous Indigenous AustraliansBandler, Dr FaithCampaigner for Indigenous rights, writerBlair, HaroldSinger and Aboriginal activistBennelongMediatorBonner, NevilleFirst Indigenous SenatorBurnum Burnum[Harry Penrith] Advocate, activistDodson, MickAdvocate, activist, representative, Australian of the YearDodson, PatrickActivist, consultant, representativeFreeman, CathyOlympic athleteMabo, EddieLand Rights campaignerMokareIndigenous guideMonks, Rosie KunothFilm star, nun, social workerMorgan, SallyWriterNamatjira, AlbertArtistNicholls, Sir DougFirst Indigenous State Governor, FootballerNoonuccal, Oodgeroo[Kath Walker] Poet, artyist, educator, activistO'Shane, PatMagistrate, University ChancellorPage, StephenDancer, choreographerPearson, NoelLawyer, activistPemulwuyIndigenous resistance fighterPerkins, CharlesActivist, sportsmanRidgeway, AdenSenator, television presenterSaunders, Captain ReginaldFirst Indigenous commissioned army officerSmith, ShirleyActivist, helper ['Mum Shirl']TruganiniTasmanian Aboriginal spokesperson and leaderUnaipon, DavidInventor, spokesmanYaganIndigenous resistance fighterYindi, YothuMusiciansYunupingu, MandawayMusician, teacher, activist