Historical figures in Australia

The atlas holds 10 people and 10 moments here, from 1922 to 2008. The most recorded lives are Agatha Christie, Diana, Princess of Wales and Katharine Hepburn. Among them Writers, Business Leaders and Royalty, across the Space Age and the Cold War.

Notable people

  1. Agatha Christie

    in 1922

    1 moment here

    English novelist, playwright, and memoirist, internationally known for detective fiction featuring Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple.…

  2. Alice Munro

    in 1979

    1 moment here

    Canadian short-story writer and 2013 Nobel laureate. Born in Wingham, Ontario, Munro studied in London, Ontario; lived in British Columbia during her…

  3. Cesária Évora

    in 2008

    1 moment here

    Cape Verdean singer celebrated internationally for morna and coladeira, known as the “Barefoot Diva.” Born and long associated with Mindelo on São…

  4. Diana, Princess of Wales

    in 1983

    1 moment here

    Diana Frances Spencer (1961–1997) was Princess of Wales from 1981 until her divorce in 1996.…

  5. Eisaku Satō

    in 1967

    1 moment here

    Japanese politician and prime minister of Japan from 1964 to 1972. A former railway bureaucrat, Satō led Japan during rapid economic growth, pursued…

  6. Howard Florey

    in 1944

    1 moment here

    Australian pharmacologist and pathologist who led the Oxford team that developed penicillin into a practical therapeutic drug.…

  7. Jack Brabham

    in 1970

    1 moment here

    Australian racing driver, engineer, team owner and three-time Formula One World Champion. Brabham began in Australian speedcar racing, worked as a…

  8. Katharine Hepburn

    in 1956

    1 moment here

    American stage, film, and television actress whose career ran from 1928 to 1995. Hepburn was born in Hartford, Connecticut, educated at Bryn Mawr…

  9. Liu Xiaobo

    in 1993

    1 moment here

    Chinese literary critic, writer, professor, human-rights activist, and 2010 Nobel Peace Prize laureate.…

  10. Macfarlane Burnet

    in 1925

    1 moment here

    Australian virologist and immunologist Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet, known as Macfarlane Burnet, shared the 1960 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine…

Moments

  1. 1922 British Empire Exhibition tour in Australia Agatha Christie
  2. 1925 Departure for English laboratory training Macfarlane Burnet
  3. 1944 Australian penicillin advisory visit Howard Florey
  4. 1956 Old Vic tour of Australia Katharine Hepburn
  5. 1967 Asia-Pacific tour: Australia Eisaku Satō
  6. 1970 Return to Australia after racing retirement Jack Brabham
  7. 1979 Literary-prize visit to Australia Alice Munro
  8. 1983 Royal tour of Australia Diana, Princess of Wales
  9. 1993 Documentary-interview visit to Australia Liu Xiaobo
  10. 2008 Stroke during Australian tour Cesária Évora

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