Adelaide

Prominent Adelaideans

Notable Adelaideans include Sir Mark Oliphant (physicist and Governor of South Australia), Nobel Prize winners William Henry Bragg, his son William Lawrence Bragg and Howard Florey (honoured for his role in making penicillin readily available), Andy Thomas (astronaut), Lleyton Hewitt (former world number one tennis player), Ian, Greg, and Trevor Chappell (past international cricket players).

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Sir Mark Oliphant - Physicist - Governor - Nobel Prize - William Henry Bragg - William Lawrence Bragg - Howard Florey - Penicillin - Andy Thomas - Astronaut - Lleyton Hewitt - Tennis - Ian - Greg - Trevor Chappell - Cricket

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Adelaide was also home to pioneer Antarctic explorer Sir Douglas Mawson, cricketer Sir Donald Bradman and Australia's first female judge and first female Governor, Dame Roma Mitchell. Janine Haines, born in Tanunda in 1945 was the first female to lead an Australian political party (the Australian Democrats). Natasha Stott Despoja (born in Adelaide, 1969), was the youngest woman to enter Commonwealth Parliament and in 2001, was the youngest person in Australian history to lead an Australian political party (the Australian Democrats). Sir Charles Cameron Kingston, son of the Adelaide surveyor Sir George Strickland Kingston, was the Premier of South Australia from 1893-99 and went on to be the Minister for Trade and Customs in the first Commonwealth Parliament.

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Antarctic - Sir Douglas Mawson - Sir Donald Bradman - Roma Mitchell - Janine Haines - Tanunda - Australian Democrats - Natasha Stott Despoja - Commonwealth Parliament - Sir Charles Cameron Kingston - Sir George Strickland Kingston - Premier of South Australia - 1893 - 99

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James Unaipon (1834-1908) and his son, the remarkable David Unaipon (1872-1967), commemorated on the Fifty Dollar banknote, were both highly intellectual and spiritual men. David Unaipon, a scientist, writer, preacher and prolific inventor, became known as the "Australian Leonardo"; one of his best ideas improved the efficiency of the mechanical sheep-shears. Catherine Helen Spence, (1825-1910), was a suffragist, electoral reformer, prohibitionist, feminist and novelist. She pioneered the way for South Australia to become the second place in the world to grant women the right to vote (after New Zealand), and was the first female political candidate in Australia ? standing for the Constitutional Conventions of the 1890s.

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James Unaipon - David Unaipon - Fifty Dollar banknote - Catherine Helen Spence - New Zealand - 1890s

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Dr Christopher Rawson Penfold and his wife Mary Penfold established Penfolds Winery in 1845 which now produces the prestigious Penfolds Grange Hermitage.

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Dr Christopher Rawson Penfold - Mary Penfold - 1845 - Penfolds Grange Hermitage

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Prominent artists, bands, and musicians to hail from Adelaide include film directors Scott Hicks and Rolf de Heer, actors Anthony LaPaglia and Jonathan LaPaglia. Sir Robert Helpmann (1909-1986), while born in Mount Gambier, is rumoured to have resided in the eastern suburb of Rose Park during his career in Adelaide. Artist Sir Hans Heysen lived in Hahndorf in the Adelaide Hills, painting spectacular South Australian landscapes. Musicians include Jimmy Barnes, John Farnham, The Mark of Cain, The Superjesus, Undertone, Guy Sebastian, Testeagles, and Snap to Zero. Of recent note are hip-hop outfit Hilltop Hoods, who have attained nationwide recognition. North Carolina pop pianist Ben Folds has been living in Adelaide since 1999.

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Scott Hicks - Rolf de Heer - Anthony LaPaglia - Jonathan LaPaglia - Sir Robert Helpmann - Mount Gambier - Rose Park - Sir Hans Heysen - Hahndorf - Adelaide Hills - Jimmy Barnes - John Farnham - The Mark of Cain - The Superjesus - Undertone - Guy Sebastian - Testeagles - Snap to Zero - Hilltop Hoods - Ben Folds

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Melbourne-born media mogul Rupert Murdoch ran his first newspaper in Adelaide. In 1952 he took over management from his father of the afternoon paper "The News", turned it into a success and went on to build his now far-reaching media empire News Corporation, which was, up until the end of 2004, headquartered in Adelaide. According to Murdoch, a recipient of the City Keys, Adelaide remains News Corporation's "spiritual home".

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Melbourne - Rupert Murdoch - 1952 - News Corporation - 2004 - City Keys

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