Who's who?
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Monday, May 26, 2008
2:56 PM
Some famous Australians are Cathy Freeman and
Truganini.
Firstly, Cathy Freeman is a famous runner who has an Aboriginal background. She was born on 16 February 1973, in Slade Point, Mackay, Queensland. In 2000, she was the Olympic champion for 400m.
The next famous Australian I am going to talk about is Truganini. She is also known as the Last Tasmanian Aborigine. Her other names include Trugernanna, Trugannini, Trucanini, Trucaninny and Lalla Rooke. She was born in the year 1812, on Bruny Island (Hobart, Tasmania) and lived until 8 May 1876.
Australia is also successful in sports, diary products and wool products. Some of Australia's achievements are the Dingo Fence, Sydney Harbour Bridge and Sydney Opera House.
The Dingo fence stretches 5500km across the central deserts and is 1.8m high! The Dingo Bridge was built to ensure that the dingoes do not enter South Australia from the north to eat their sheep. The Dingo bridge is still maintained till this day!
The Sydney Harbour Bridge is also known as the Coathanger and is also one of the main landmarks in the city. In the 1990s, the bridge became the venue for the biggest fireworks ever in Sydney and the fireworks gets bigger each year.
The Sydney Opera House, known to many of us was made from a design competition in 1955. There were a total of 233 entries but the winning entry was by a Danish architect, Joern Utzon. The budget of the construction was much more than expected and the time of erection also went over the expected completed time. It was then finally open by Queen Elizabeth II in 1973.
I think that these Australians or their country can achieve their level of success is because of their perseverance and the diligence of the citizens. Their never dying talent and loyalty to their own country.
Such strategies can also be applied in our own lives by working hard for everything we do and have the never say die effort and energy. Therefore, I will end my post here and see you guys tomorrow!
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♥Another Day In MELBOURNE♥