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Victoria Cross for Australian Aviator [1] Gaza: B.E.2c: Frank McNamara (VC) 1919: 1919-12-10: England to Australia [2] Hounslow to Darwin: Vickers Vimy: Keith Smith, Ross Smith: 1928: 1928-02-22: England to Australia, solo [3] Croydon Airport to Darwin: Avro Avian: Bert Hinkler: 1928: 1928-06-09: North America to Australia [4] Oakland to ...
First Indigenous Australian male to represent Australia in hockey: Baeden Choppy. [93] First Indigenous Australian to be appointed a judge: Bob Bellear. [113] First Indigenous Australian woman to complete a Sydney to Hobart race. Kathy Collingridge. Yacht - One Time Sidewinder. 1997
First known wheel-well stowaway: An Indonesian orphan, Bas Wie, 12, hid in the wheel well of a Dutch Douglas DC-3 flying from Kupang to Darwin, Australia, on August 7, 1946. He survived the three-hour flight despite severe injuries, and later became an Australian citizen.
List of first African-American U.S. state legislators; List of first ascents of mountain summits; List of first black players for European national football teams; List of first horror films by country; List of First Lady of Colombia firsts; List of First Lady of the United States firsts; List of first minority male lawyers and judges in the ...
List of Australian Test cricketers. Australian national cricket captains; List of Australian Test wicket-keepers; List of Australian Test batsmen who have scored over 5000 Test runs; List of Australian ODI cricketers; List of Australian Twenty20 International cricketers; Australian Test cricket umpires; List of Australian rules football and ...
Douglas Nicholls (1906 - 1988) the first Aboriginal Australian to be knighted and hold a vice-regal office Charles Perkins (1936 - 2000) a pioneering Indigenous activist, sportsman and academic Hetty Perkins (c. 1895 - 1979) was an Eastern Arrernte elder who worked for The Bungalow ; she is the mother of Charles Perkins
Ian Roberts became the first high-profile Australian sports person and first rugby footballer in the world to come out to the public as gay. [188] Maria Zoe Dunning became the first and only openly gay person allowed to remain on active duty in the U.S. military prior to the end of the Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy.
List of Australian Open men's singles champions; List of Australian Open women's singles champions; List of Australian Open men's doubles champions; List of Australian Open women's doubles champions; List of Australian Open mixed doubles champions; Other Grand Slam tournament champions. List of French Open champions; List of Wimbledon champions