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Richard Braithwaite's study of the biological significance of the region contributed to the expansion of Kakadu National Park.
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Richard Braithwaite's study of the biological significance of the region contributed to the expansion of Kakadu National Park.
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Carlos Alberto, Howard Davies, Ewen A. Whitaker
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He designed the ACT Public Service before Canberra's transition to self-government, then led it ably.
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Jean Alexander,
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Wolfgang Suschitzky, an Austrian-born photographer and cinematographer who was a key figure in a British film movement of the 1930s and '40s.
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King in exile in Nairobi held court on Sundays outside a movie theatre.
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US president Jimmy Carter invited Ball to conferences on arms control
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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.
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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
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