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Primary (Prep - Grade 6): Changemakers

Changemakers-Gallery – Central Territory Museum

What is a BIOGRAPHY?

A biography is the story of a person's life. The word comes from the Greek words bios (which means life) and graphein (which means write). When the biography is written by the person it is about, it is called an autobiography.

 

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Websites

This website lists biographies by person or subject

 

This is a database of famous and other significant Australians

The Changemakers Exhibition at the Museum of Australian Democracy celebrates the activists, icons and allies behind 120 years of women’s rights in Australia.

 

This is a global database of biographies searchable by both person and subject
           

The Reserve Bank of Australia - People on the banknotes

Meet the people behind some of our greatest inventions and innovations.

 

9News: Australian inventions: How they changed the World 

Notable people from around the world