Alex The Astronaut will one day be called a Bloody Legend. Alex is a gifted story teller, sports women, academic and musician. All achieved in her youth and blazing a trail for others to follow. She is a Bloody Clever Australian. We all may be a little intimidated by the fact that Alex achieved a...
Blog In 1990, the title of Australian of the Year was awarded to Fred Hollows in recognition of his work treating avoidable blindness in some of the world’s poorest communities. Fred Hollows was born in New Zealand in 1929. After completing his studies and specialising as an ophthalmologist (eye...
Inventor of Vegemite and Processed Cheese Born in 1893 at Chute, west of Ballarat, Cyril Callister grew up displaying an interest in science and won a scholarship to further his studies at the University of Melbourne. Callister obtained his B.Sc. in 1914, M.Sc. in 1917 and PHD. SC. in 1931. That...
Bernard Thompson is credited in some markets as the founder of the global sun protective textile industry that has estimated annual retail sales value in excess of US $20 million. As a keen surfer who hated wearing sun screens, Bernard looked at alternatives for sun protection and realised that...