First woman to climb Everest
Referring to a climbing club for women that she organised after college, Tabei said: "We were told we should be raising children instead."
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Referring to a climbing club for women that she organised after college, Tabei said: "We were told we should be raising children instead."
Perry's famous "Don't tell him, Pike!" scene was repeatedly voted the funniest in television history
The passing of Henry Donohue ends a life of unrivalled achievement in the South Gippsland community.
Richard Hockey's was a smiling presence that drew the customers through the door from the first
She was often top of her class. "Never mind about that," her mother would say, "you have a gravy stain on your shirt."
Jean Alexander,
The first disposable nappies were made from parachute fabric.
Chauviré was the idol Nureyev admired from afar
Wolfgang Suschitzky, an Austrian-born photographer and cinematographer who was a key figure in a British film movement of the 1930s and '40s.
Jenny Saulwick was a lioness of environmental justice, a passionate protector of the local community and a creator of community public art, and helped kick-start the Victorian Greens.
King in exile in Nairobi held court on Sundays outside a movie theatre.
Sleuth showed innocent Bertie Wooster was a mixture of a steeplechase jockey and an actor
US president Jimmy Carter invited Ball to conferences on arms control
Gleeson approached the wicket like a long-striding Groucho Marx, looking for his next cigar.
Executive quickly moved to change how Trump financed his empire of buildings.
Building industry trade union official had a deeply felt sense of social justice and fair play.
David Herd, Peter Owen Edmunds, Dario Fo,
Great-grandfather was brought to life in Anna and the King of Siam and, later, The King and I.
From the Russian convoys to the Vietnam War.
Defied widespread anti-Nazi sentiment by arguing strongly for the prohibition on German players competing at Wimbledon to be lifted.
Work is in the photographic collections of the National Portrait Gallery and the Victoria and Albert Museum
Bob Dingle, who was deeply involved with the establishment of Australia's continental Antarctic stations in the 1950s, has died aged 95.
Stitt's dancing seagull, in the "Slip! Slop! Slap!" campaign for the Cancer Council of Australia, became part of the most successful advertising campaigns in Australia's history
Lyrics that unseated the Beatles: Goin' to the chapel and we're gonna get ma-a-arried.
Bruce Charles Mollison, agrarian rebel, creative practitioner, teacher, writer, ecologist and co-originator of permaculture, has died aged 88 in Hobart.
Terence Bayler, the actor, who has died aged 86, appeared in small but pivotal parts in a number of films and television programmes noted for the passionate devotion of their fans.
Post-it note on Jackson's mirror said "Call Temperton"
Obituary: David McSkimming had a long and presitigious career in key music roles in Australia.
Federal Court judge had a beloved Hungarian Vizsla named Lord Denning.
Cheerleaders were forbidden from smoking, chewing gum or holding alcoholic drinks while in uniform
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