What are some of our best Australian profiles?

Question

Hi!

We've been asked to spotlight more Australian profiles on Facebook.  What do you think are some of our best ones? 

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Answer 1

The first one that comes to mind for me is the infamous bushranger, Ned Kelly.
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Kelly-4912

Comments

Good choice, Paul, but it's already been Profile of the Week.

Answer 2

I love May Gibb's profile page.

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Gibbs-1744

Comments

Excellent choice. Certainly one of our most distinguished author/illustrators and an outstanding profile.

Answer 3

Banjo Patterson? https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Paterson-1121

Answer 4

Errol Flynn. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Flynn-1577

Comments

Good suggestion.

Answer 5

Sir Brudenell White is, to me at least, Australia's greatest-ever soldier.  He is the 'father' of the Australian Army.

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/White-22314

Answer 6

Our first Catholic saint, Maria Helen (Mary) "St Mary of the Cross" MacKillop, Born 15 Jan 1842 in Newtown,Colony of New South Wales Australia (now Fitzroy, Victoria)

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/MacKillop-14

Comments

I enjoyed reading this profile. I hadn't heard of St. Mary of the Cross before.

Answer 7

What about our wildlife conservationist and crocodile hunter Steve Irwin?

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Irwin-3250

Comments

Aww, man.. I was thinking the same thing!

Answer 8

 - Eowyn, this is a 'hard' ? to answer - - the range is vast - - However, I will vote for = John Monash GCMG KCB.  = as we come to the end of the Great War, he was a force to be reckoned with -

- General Sir John Monash GCMG KCB VD was a civil engineer and an Australian military commander of the First World War. He is considered one of the best Allied generals of the First World War and the most famous commander in Australian history.

some Links within his profile =

• John Monash, 1919 by James Quinn - The National Portrait Gallery
• Sir John Monash GCMG KCB . . photo . . 2 thumbnails
• Monash, John, (Sir) . . . bookmarks in trove.nla.gov.au

cheers - john.a

Comments

Good choice and today on the news Tim Fischer (ex MP) again put forward that Monash should be posthumously promoted to Field Marshall

Answer 9

Walter Albert Lindrum

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Lindrum-3