Flora Drennan was an Australian national champion in the 100 yard sprint. However, if you Google her in relation to this, you will have no success. She won the title in 1908, far too early for recognition among the official female Australian Athletic Champions, recorded from 1930.
Read more →Hermann Krefft was born in 1879, the youngest child of Gerard Krefft, brilliant naturalist and controversial curator of the Australian Museum. Following disputes with the trustees, Krefft senior had been turfed out of the Museum in 1874, while still seated in his armchair. You can read about
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