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Catherine Astrid Salome Freeman OAM (born 16 February 1973) is an Aboriginal Australian former sprinter, who specialised in the 400 metres event. [2] Her personal best of 48.63 seconds currently ranks her as the ninth-fastest woman of all time, set while finishing second to Marie-José Pérec's number-four time at the 1996 Olympics. [3]
Cathy Freeman OAM: 1991 Simon Fairweather OAM: 1992 Kieren Perkins OAM: 1993 No award made: period of award changed from the previous year to the year ahead in 1994; i.e. Kieren Perkins was named Young Australian of the Year for 1992 in 1993 and Anna Bown was named Young Australian of the Year for 1994 in 1994: 1994 Anna Bown: 1995 Poppy King ...
The production portrays many famous and well-known indigenous people, including Cathy Freeman, Deborah Mailman and Lionel Rose. Once Ricky completed his PhD, he went to work for the CSIRO – his father had already secured him a job there. However, he soon became depressed, and much to his father's anger announced he was going to act full-time,
During a recent team trip to Melbourne, Tony Gustavsson, head coach of Australia’s national women’s soccer team, called a meeting. Instead of leading the Matildas through a tactical discussion ...
No award made: period of award changed from the previous year to the year ahead in 1994; i.e. Mandawuy Yunupingu was named Australian of the Year for 1992 in 1993 and Ian Kiernan was named Australian of the Year for 1994 in 1994: 1994 Ian Kiernan: OAM: 1940 2018 Environmentalist; founder of Clean Up Australia and Clean Up the World: 1995 Arthur ...
Aboriginal Cricket Team with Tom Wills (coach and captain), Melbourne Cricket Ground, December 1866. This is a list of indigenous Australian (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) athletes and sportspeople.
Freeman then climbed a long set of stairs towards a circular pool of water. She walked into the middle of the water and ignited the cauldron around her feet in a ring of fire. The cauldron then rose out from the water, above Freeman's head, and then was transported up a long waterfall, where it finally rested on a tall silver pedestal above the ...
“This is our space,” Freeman narrated with typically stoic grandeur. Pyrotechnics mimic a house burning as singer, rapper, and songwriter Jelly Roll sang performance at Rupp Arena on November ...