(Reginald McKern)actorBorn: 3/16/1920Birthplace: Sydney, Australia With distinctly oversized nose and ample girth, this character actor had a long career in film and stage before achieving popular…
(Encyclopedia) Anderson, Dame Judith, 1898–1992, British actress, b. Adelaide, S. Australia, originally named Frances Margaret Anderson. She made her debut in Sydney in 1915 and by 1924 had become…
actorBorn: 6/23/1947Birthplace: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia An Australian actor who first gained fame in the critically acclaimed film Breaker Morant (1980), he also garnered leading roles…
(Charles Edmund DuMaresq de Clavelle)screenwriter, director, producer, novelistBorn: 10/10/1924Birthplace: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Although he wrote the screenplays for a number of…
(Encyclopedia) Russell, Mary Annette (Beauchamp) Russell, Countess, pseud. Elizabeth, 1866–1941, English novelist, b. Sydney, Australia; cousin of Katherine Mansfield. In 1890 she married Count…
(Encyclopedia) David, T. W. E. (Sir Tannatt William Edgeworth), 1858–1935, Australian geologist and explorer, b. near Cardiff, Wales. David came to Australia in 1882 as an assistant geological…
(Encyclopedia) Powell, Enoch, 1912–98, British politician. Educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, he was a fellow there (1934–38) and professor of Greek at the Univ. of Sydney, Australia (1937–39).…
First Olympic Appearance: 2000 by Mike Morrison and Mark Zurlo Related Links Olympics Overview 2008 Encyclopedia: Martial Arts After being showcased as a demonstration sport in 1988…
Top Sports Personalities Golf star Tiger Woods, Olympic star Cathy Freeman, and ten other personalities who changed sports by Gerry Brown, John Gettings, & Mike Morrison Tiger…
(Encyclopedia) Wentworth, William Charles, 1793?–1872, Australian statesman. His exploration (1813) of the Blue Mts. in Australia revealed vast pasturelands in the western part of the continent. In…
