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Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
LOCATION
Official Website:
http://www.adelaide.sa.gov.au/ Population:
1,119,900 (2003) SCHOOLS
BIRTHS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
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| Judith Anderson |
Actor |
10-Feb-1897 |
3-Jan-1992 |
Rebecca |
| Lawrence Bragg |
Physicist |
31-Mar-1890 |
1-Jul-1971 |
Bragg's Law of diffraction |
| Rodney Brooks |
Scientist |
30-Dec-1954 |
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Robotics researcher, director of MIT CS and AI Lab |
| Alexander Downer |
Government |
9-Sep-1951 |
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Foreign Minister of Australia |
| Lleyton Hewitt |
Tennis |
24-Feb-1981 |
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Winner 2002 men's Wimbledon |
| David Hicks |
Military |
7-Aug-1975 |
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Australia's answer to John Walker Lindh |
| Robert Hill |
Government |
25-Sep-1946 |
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Australian Minister for Defence, 2001-06 |
| Peter Hollingworth |
Religion |
10-Apr-1935 |
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Anglican Archbishop of Brisbane |
| Anthony LaPaglia |
Actor |
31-Jan-1959 |
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Murder One |
| Michelle Leslie |
Model |
1981 |
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Australian model arrested for ecstasy |
| Elton Mayo |
Psychologist |
26-Dec-1880 |
7-Sep-1949 |
Student of Industrial Civilization |
| Geoff Ogilvy |
Golf |
11-Jun-1977 |
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Winner, 2006 US Open |
| Pat Oliphant |
Cartoonist |
24-Jul-1935 |
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Editorial cartoonist, won 1967 Pulitzer |
| Terence Tao |
Mathematician |
17-Jul-1975 |
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Prolific math prodigy |
| J. Robin Warren |
Doctor |
11-Jun-1937 |
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H. pylori bacteria causes ulcers |
DEATHS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
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| Don Bradman |
Cricket |
27-Aug-1908 |
25-Feb-2001 |
Greatest batsman of all time |
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