Catherine Astrid Salome Freeman is an Aboriginal Australian former sprinter, who specialised in the 400 metres event. Her personal best of 48.63 seconds currently ranks her as the ninth-fastest woman of all time, set while finishing second to Marie-José Pérec's number-four time at the 1996 Olympics. She became the Olympic champion for the women's 400 metres at the 2000 Summer Olympics, at which she had lit the Olympic Flame.
Robert Bellarmine Carl Katter is an Australian politician who has been a member of the House of Representatives since 1993. He was previously active in Queensland state politics from 1974 to 1992. Katter was a member of the National Party until 2001, when he left to sit as an independent. He formed his own party, Katter's Australian Party, in 2011.
Sarina is a rural town and coastal locality in the Mackay Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, the locality of Sarina had a population of 5,619 people.
Marlborough is a rural town and coastal locality in the Livingstone Shire, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, the locality of Marlborough had a population of 154 people.
Moura is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Banana in Central Queensland, Australia. It services the surrounding coal mining and rural activities. It is situated approximately 65 kilometres (40 mi) west of Biloela on the Dawson Highway, 186 kilometres (116 mi) west of the port city of Gladstone, and 171 kilometres (106 mi) south west of Rockhampton.
The following lists events that happened during 1966 in Australia.
The Lambing Flat is the first novel by Australian author Nerida Newton; it was first published in 2003. She has since written a second novel, Death of a Whaler.
Baralaba is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Banana in central Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, the locality of Baralaba had a population of 324 people.
Rainbow Beach is a coastal rural town and locality in the Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, the locality of Rainbow Beach had a population of 1,220 people.
The Shire of Banana is a local government area located in the Capricorn region of Queensland, Australia, inland from the regional city of Gladstone. The shire was named after the first township in the region (Banana), which in turn was named after the burial site of a huge dun coloured bullock named 'Banana'. The council sits in the town of Biloela, which is the largest town in the Shire.
Toomelah is an Aboriginal Australian community in the far north of inland New South Wales, Australia.
The Principality of Wy is a claimed micronation in Australia that is located in the Sydney suburb of Mosman.
Elsinora Station, most commonly known as Elsinora, is a pastoral lease that has operated as both a sheep station and a cattle station in outback New South Wales. It is situated approximately 160 kilometres (99 mi) north of White Cliffs and 240 kilometres (149 mi) north west of Bourke close to the Queensland border.
Thomas McWhannell was a politician and sheep grazier in Queensland, Australia. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for the Gregory District (1882–1888).
Kioma is a rural locality in the Goondiwindi Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Kioma had a population of 32 people.
Ogmore is a rural town and coastal locality in the Livingstone Shire, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, the locality of Ogmore had a population of 72 people.
Mount Gardiner is a rural locality in the Livingstone Shire, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Mount Gardiner had a population of 19 people.
Kunwarara is a rural locality in the Livingstone Shire, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Kunwarara had a population of 69 people.
