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Turramurra High School
Turramurra High School is a large public comprehensive co-educational high school of approximately 1177 students, operated by the New South Wales Department of Education, located in South Turramurra, a residential area on the Upper North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Established in 1967, although the current premises weren't occupied until 1968, it adjoins the Lane Cove National Park. The school has links with nearby Macquarie University and the Whitehouse Institute of Design as well as local business organisations. The current school principal is Desley Pfeffer. Notable alumni *Shane Gouldswimmer; won gold medals for the 200m Individual Medley, 200m Freestyle, 400m Freestyle. 1 silver medal for 800m freestyle and bronze medal for 100m freestyle at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games * Tim JacksonSprinter; Represented Australia in the 1996 Summer Olympics and two Commonwealth Games in 100m sprint and 4x100 relay; attended Turramurra High School from 1981 to 1986 * Gail N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shane Gould
Shane Elizabeth Gould (born 23 November 1956) is an Australian former competition swimmer. She won three gold medals, a silver medal and a bronze, at the 1972 Summer Olympics, becoming the first woman swimmer to win five individual medals. In 2018, she won the fifth season of '' Australian Survivor,'' becoming the oldest winner of any ''Survivor'' franchise. Gould was born in Australia, but spent most of her childhood in Fiji after she and her family moved there. After her 1972 Olympic performance, Gould was named the Australian of the Year, and received an MBE in 1983. In April 2018, Gould was awarded an Order of Merit by the Australian Olympic Committee. Gould returned in the 1990s as a swimming mentor and competitor, and again competed in 2003, specializing in the 200m Individual Medley. In 1999, she published her autobiography ''Tumble Turns''. In 2018, she competed on ''Australian Survivor: Champions vs. Contenders'' and won'','' receiving $500,000 as the Sole Survivor' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Sharma
Devanand Noel "Dave" Sharma (born 21 December 1975) is an Australian politician and former public servant and diplomat who has served as Australian Senate, Senator for New South Wales since November 2023. Prior to that, he served as the member for Division of Wentworth, Wentworth in the Australian House of Representatives, House of Representatives from 2019 Australian federal election, 2019 to 2022 Australian federal election, 2022, when he lost the seat to independent challenger Allegra Spender. He is a member of the Liberal Party of Australia, Liberal Party. He previously served as head of the International Division of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (Australia), Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (2010–2012)Direct download (Word 2003) and as List of Australian Ambas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Library Of Australia
The National Library of Australia (NLA), formerly the Commonwealth National Library and Commonwealth Parliament Library, is the largest reference library in Australia, responsible under the terms of the ''National Library Act 1960'' for "maintaining and developing a national collection of library material, including a comprehensive collection of library material relating to Australia and the Australians, Australian people", thus functioning as a national library. It is located in Parkes, Australian Capital Territory, Parkes, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, ACT. Created in 1960 by the ''National Library Act'', by the end of June 2019 its collection contained 7,717,579 items, with its manuscript material occupying of shelf space. The NLA also hosts and manages the Trove cultural heritage discovery service, which includes access to the Australian Web Archive and National edeposit (NED), a large collection of digitisation, digitised newspapers, official documents, manuscrip ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne-Marie Schwirtlich
Anne-Marie Lucienne Schwirtlich , is an Australian librarian who was the Director-General of the National Library of Australia from 2011 to 2017. In 2015, she was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM). Early life and education Born in Bombay in India to a French-speaking Mauritian mother and a German-speaking Czech father, Anne-Marie Schwirtlich spent her early years living in Bombay where she attended the Pck Presentation Convent Primary School in Kodaikanal. With her parents she migrated to Australia in 1972 and attended Turramurra High School in Sydney in New South Wales. She completed her education at Macquarie University in Sydney where she took her Bachelor of Arts degree in ancient history. She also graduated from the University of New South Wales with a Diploma in Archives Administration. Career In 1978, she commenced her career in the Australian Public Service before moving on to a post as Senior Curator of Printed and Written Records and Art (1988-1994) at t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goalball
Goalball is a team sport designed specifically for athletes with a visual impairment, vision impairment. Participants compete in teams of three, and try to throw a ball with bells embedded inside it into the opponents' goal. The ball is thrown by hand and never kicked. Using ear–hand coordination, originating as a rehabilitation exercise, the sport has no able-bodied equivalent. Sighted athletes are also blindfolded when playing this sport. Played indoors, usually on a volleyball court, games consist of twelve-minute halves (formerly ten-minute halves) with a three-minute half-time. Where there is a tie, golden goal overtime occurs in the form of two three-minute periods (and a second three-minute half-time). If the tie persists, a paired shootout ('extra throws' and 'sudden death extra throws') determines the winner. Teams alternate throwing or rolling the ball from one end of the playing area to the other, and players remain in the area of their own goal in both defence ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amy Ridley
Amy Ridley (born 10 July 2002) is an Australian goalball athlete. She represented Australia at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. Personal life Ridley was born on 10 July 2002. At the age of six she was diagnosed with panuveitis, an autoimmune disease. She attended Turramurra High School. In 2021, she is a full-time student, studying law and business, and working casually as an academic tutor. Her father is Andrew Ridley. Goalball In 2017, Ridley took up goalball as part of the ''Goalball 4 Schools'' program in New South Wales. She was a member of the Australian team that won the silver medal at the 2019 Youth World Championships. In November 2020, she was awarded the Sport NSW Young Coach of the Year Award for her services to goalball. At the 2020 Summer Paralympics, Ridley and the other members of the Belles team comprising Meica Horsburgh, Raissa Martin Raissa Martin (born 3 March 1991) is an Australian goalball player who represented Australia at the 2016 Rio Par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 Major League Baseball Draft
The 2024 Major League Baseball Draft took place on July 14–16, 2024, in Fort Worth, Texas. The draft assigned amateur baseball players to Major League Baseball (MLB) teams. The first six selections were set via a lottery, with first round picks belonging to the remaining lottery participants set in reverse order of regular season winning percentage. To complete the first round, playoff teams selected in an order that combined postseason finish, revenue sharing status, and reverse order of winning percentage. Reverse order of regular season winning percentage and postseason finish was used to set the draft order for rounds two through 20. The Arizona Diamondbacks were awarded a Prospect Promotion Incentive Pick after Corbin Carroll won the 2023 National League Rookie of the Year Award. The Baltimore Orioles also received a Prospect Promotion Incentive Pick after Gunnar Henderson won the 2023 American League Rookie of the Year Award. The Cleveland Guardians won the 2024 MLB Draft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cleveland Guardians
The Cleveland Guardians are an American professional baseball team based in Cleveland. The Guardians compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) Central Division. Since , the team has played its home games at Progressive Field (originally known as Jacobs Field after the team's then-owner). Since their establishment as a Major League franchise in 1901, the team has won 12 Central Division titles, six American League pennants, and two World Series championships (in and ). The team's World Series championship drought since 1948 is the longest active among all 30 current Major League teams. The team's name references the ''Guardians of Traffic'', eight monolithic 1932 Art Deco sculptures by Henry Hering on the city's Hope Memorial Bridge, which is adjacent to Progressive Field. The team's mascot is named "Slider". The team's spring training facility is at Goodyear Ballpark in Goodyear, Arizona. The franchise originated in 1896 as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oregon State University
Oregon State University (OSU) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Corvallis, Oregon, United States. OSU offers more than 200 undergraduate degree programs and a variety of graduate and doctoral degrees through all 11 of the university's colleges. It has the seventh-largest engineering college in the nation (2023). Undergraduate enrollment for all colleges combined averages over 32,000 while an additional 5,000 students are engaged in post-graduate coursework through the university. In 2023, over 37,000 students were enrolled at OSU, making it the largest university in the state. Out-of-state students typically make up over one-quarter of the student body. Since its founding, over 272,000 students have graduated from OSU. The university is Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity". Initially chartered as a land-grant university, OS ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Travis Bazzana
Travis William Bazzana (born 28 August 2002) is an Australian professional baseball second baseman in the Cleveland Guardians organization. He was drafted first overall in the 2024 MLB Draft by the Guardians. Amateur career Bazzana attended Turramurra High School in Sydney, Australia. At Turramurra, Bazzana played cricket as a wicketkeeper/opening batsman, and captained his team as they won their first ever New South Wales state championship. He played for the Sydney Blue Sox of the Australian Baseball League from 2018 to 2021. In 2019, he represented Australia in the 2019 U-18 Baseball World Cup. In 2021, he played for the Corvallis Knights of the West Coast League. He represented Australia again the 2022 U-23 Baseball World Cup. As a freshman at Oregon State University in 2022, Bazzana hit .306/.425/.478 with six home runs and 44 runs batted in (RBI) over 245 at bats in 63 games. As a sophomore in 2023, he hit .374/.500/.622 with 11 home runs, 55 RBI and a school-record 36 s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gail Neall
Gail Neall (born 2 August 1955), also known by her married name Gail Yeo, is an Australian former medley swimmer who raced in the 1970s. She won a gold medal in the 400-metre individual medley at the 1972 Summer Olympics in world record time. Early years The youngest of four children, Neall's family moved to Brisbane in the year of her birth. Her father Allan was a graduate of the University of Queensland and had found a job with an oil company. Her brother was 13 years older than she was, while her two sisters were twelve and eight years her senior, respectively. Her family had a backyard pool, something that was rather uncommon during the 1950s in Australia. Neall was initially timid, and would not take her feet from the bottom of the pool. When asked about who taught her to swim, she would attribute it to her mother Thelma, who could not swim at all.Howell, p. 210. Neall had her first swimming instruction from Marlene Town, a former Queensland champion. Despite her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
