Great Australians

[CAB SAV]

Skippy. I'm sure he would know what to do to get us out of this mess.

[Macquack]

Quote: Originally Posted by noirua John Winston Howard ( 26/7/1939 - ) 25th Prime Minister of Australia 11/3/1996 to 3/12/2007: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Howard

[trading_rookie]

Being a history buff I like pseudo-Aussies like Dirk Hartzog, Abel Tasman, William Dampier, James Cook, and Joesph Banks.

[2020hindsight]

Quote: Originally Posted by trading_rookie Being a history buff I like pseudo-Aussies like Dirk Hartzog, Abel Tasman, William Dampier, James Cook, and Joseph Banks.

[2020hindsight]

Quote: Originally Posted by 2020hindsight Keith Scott (Aussie mimic) - just heard him mimicking McCain and Obama on ABC - spot on what you see is not what you get to hear

[trading_rookie]

Quote: well rookie, I agree with your seniment , but lol .... If I'm gonna be disallowed with Arthur Phillip - don't like your chances with Abel Tasman

[noirua]

Sir John Monash (27/6/1865 - 8/10/1931), Soldier, Administrator and Engineer.
During his time he was often described as the Greatest Australian.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_John_Monash
http://www.whitehat.com.au/Australia/People/Monash.asp

[noirua]

A forgotten Australian Great is Mae Charlotte Dahlberg ( 22/5/1888 - 1969), she was a comedian who partnered Stan Laurel (Arthur Stanley Jefferson) in the early days before he became the Laurel and Hardy great act in America.
She was Stan's common law partner from 1919 until 1925.

http://wapedia.mobi/en/Nuts_in_May_(1917_Film)
http://wapedia.mobi/en/Stan_Laurel
http://wapedia.mobi/en/Mae_Dahlberg

She appeared in films "Nuts in May" in 1917 and "Mud in the Sands" in 1922

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yW8NCY4sQuc