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David Fleay

David Fleay

While in Tasmania, David Fleay took a photograph of the last captive Thylacine (Tasmanian Tiger) which has long been regarded as ‘the best and clearest’ ever taken. Read this story

Bruce Small

Bruce Small

Bruce Small focused on actively promoting the Gold Coast as a holiday destination with parades and tours both interstate and to New Zealand. Read this story

Alexander Griffiths

Alexander Griffiths

Alex had experience as a bee keeper (apiarist) and after arriving in Currumbin he established a fabulous garden filled with gladioli and bee hives. Read this story

Annette Kellermann

Annette Kellermann

Annette started swimming as a child to improve her strength after suffering from infantile paralysis. Her interest in long distance swimming continued from the early 1900s and included attempts to cross the English Channel. Read this story

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