Australian Notables

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Welcome to the Australia Project, Australian Notables Team

• This page is part of the Australia Project

Members

Team Leader: Melanie Paul

• Linda Armstrong
• Scott Davis
• Karen MacDonald
• Amanda Myers
• Susan Officer
• Craig Seller
• I. Speed
• Danny Stapleton
• Heather Stevens
• Gillian Thomas
• Melanie White
• Aaron Bowden
• Virginia Miltrup
• Anonymous Wimble
• Anne Fiordalisi

Definition of Notable Profiles

Definition from Category: Notables: Notables are people who are worthy of note, remarkable, eminent, or persons of distinction. They may be famous, now or in the past. Or they may be less than famous to the general public, but well-known among their own esoteric accomplished peers. Or they may be infamous, or "Black Sheep", particularly if they reached a high level of disrepute among authorities and media, such as criminals who were once listed on the FBI Ten Most Wanted List.

Examples: those with profiles in Who's Who, encyclopaedias, Australian Dictionary of Biographies, or Wikipedia. See the Notables Project and Requirements for Profiles of Notables

Deceased and Living Notables

• The Australia Project has developed specific guidelines for Living Notables, Australia, Project Guidelines - Living Notables.
• All deceased Notables and their deceased family members should have their privacy level set to "Open", (although we recommend leaving deceased notable profiles at Green (Public) privacy level for up to 3 months after date of death, as a mark of respect). It is important that all members be able to contribute to these profiles. The Notables Project does not generally manage profiles of deceased Notables. If you manage a deceased Australian notable profile and feel it is eligible for management by the Australia Project, contact Gillian.

Adding the Notables Sticker

Please add the Notables sticker template, by using one of the Australian Notables categories listed in the following section as a parameter, eg. {{Notables Sticker|Australia, Notables in the Entertainment Industries}} and add to the profile below the Biography heading.

... ... ... is Notable.

• The Notables Sticker automatically applies the category Notables in addition to the Australian Notables category used as a sticker parameter. Any other applicable Notables categories and/or occupation categories can be added manually.
• Do not add the template {{Notables}} to profiles. This is the Notables Project Box and it is only added to profiles that are managed by the Notables Project. See also,Australia, Project Guidelines - Living Notables

Notable Categories under "Australia, Notables"

Notable profiles should be categorised to one of these sub-categories using the Notables sticker:

• Australia, Notables (please categorise to a sub-category if possible)
  • Australia, Notable Activists and Reformers (activists, reformers, suffragettes, environmentalists) {{Notables Sticker|Australia, Notable Activists and Reformers}}
  • Australia, Notable Adventurers, Explorers and Trailblazers (including aviators, explorers, adventurers) {{Notables Sticker|Australia, Notable Adventurers, Explorers and Trailblazers}}
  • Australia, Colonial Notables (including notable Explorers, Bushrangers, Convicts) {{Notables Sticker|Australia, Colonial Notables}}
  • Australia, Notables in Commerce and Industry (company executives, industrialists, inventors, entrepreneurs etc) {{Notables Sticker|Australia, Notables in Commerce and Industry}}
  • Australia, Notables in the Entertainment Industries (actors and directors, cinematographers, dancers, radio and television personalities, etc) {{Notables Sticker|Australia, Notables in the Entertainment Industries}}
  • Australia, Notables in Government (including Governors, Governors-General, Prime Ministers and Parliamentarians, the legislative areas of government at Federal, State and Council levels) {{Notables Sticker|Australia, Notables in Government}}
  • Australia, Notables in Literature Includes poets, writers, authors, historians, academics, print journalists {{Notables Sticker|Australia, Notables in Literature}}
  • Australia, Notables in the Military (Generals etc) {{Notables Sticker|Australia, Notables in the Military}}
  • Australia, Notables in the Music Industries (singers, violinists, composers, songwriters, musicians etc) {{Notables Sticker|Australia, Notables in the Music Industries}}
  • Australia, Notables in the Public Service and Professions (doctors, nurses, teachers and others in the field of education, lawyers, judges, engineers, barristers etc) {{Notables Sticker|Australia, Notables in the Public Service and Professions}}
  • Australia, Notables in Religion (Archbishops, Saints etc) {{Notables Sticker|Australia, Notables in Religion}}
  • Australia, Notables in Science {{Notables Sticker|Australia, Notables in Science}}
  • Australia, Notables in Service to the Community and Humanity (community service, humanitarians, philanthropists) {{Notables Sticker|Australia, Notables in Service to the Community and Humanity}}
  • Australia, Notables in Sport {{Notables Sticker|Australia, Notables in Sport}}
  • Australia, Notables in the Visual Arts (painters, sculptors, architects, photographers, artists, cartoonists, etc) {{Notables Sticker|Australia, Notables in the Visual Arts}}

Some other stickers that may be relevant

... represented Australia at the Olympic Games

• Olympian - {{Occupation |image=Olympic_Movement.png |text=represented Australia at the Olympic Games}} will give you:

... ... ... was awarded the Member of the Order of Australia.

• Awards - eg {{Medal | medal=Member of the Order of Australia | image=Occupation_Image_Capture-31.jpg | Category=Members of the Order of Australia}} will give you:

... ... ... was featured in a media genealogy show.

• Genealogy in the Media - {{Genealogy in the Media Sticker}} will give you:

How can I help?

Who Do You Think You Are (AUS)

See Australia Project, WDYTYA for tasks that need doing:
1. Creating profiles of celebrities who featured on Australian episodes of Who Do You Think You Are to WikiTree, who are eligible to be opened as Living Notables
2. Connecting celebrities to the global tree.

Category for WDYTYA celebrities: Who Do You Think You Are (AUS) category

Other Genealogy in the Media

• Who Do You Think You Are?

Launched in Britain in 2004, this popular show is now a global franchise, featuring celebrities as they journey around the world in search of their family histories. Australia's WDYTYA airs on SBS.

• Finding Your Roots

Finding Your Roots premiered in 2012 on PBS America and has run for a number of seasons. The show, hosted by Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr, traces the ancestries of noteworthy guests, following a unique theme each episode. There may or may not be Australians featured. If there are, they are likely expats.

• This is Your Life

While technically This is Your Life is noted as a biographical documentary and reality show, there are few episodes that do not add genealogical information in the presentation of the person's life. Based on an American show that began in 1952, This is Your Life has a British version which began in 1955, a New Zealand version in 1984, and an Australian version in 1975, relaunched in 1995. Another relaunch occurred in 2010, but was not very popular and lasted just 4 episodes. Yet another relaunch began in 2022.

Australian Notables not in Australian Notable Categories

This report lists profiles that have a Notables Sticker or Project Box, have a birth, death or marriage location in Australia, but do not have one of the 15 Australian Notable categories listed above. They need to be checked for eligibility as Australian Notables and the relevant Notable category or categories (listed above) added to them. List of Profiles

Weekly Connection Finder

Keep an eye out on the G2G for the call for nominations for the weekly Connection-Finder and nominate Australian Notable Profiles that fit. If you or someone else nominates a profile that needs work, it's a great opportunity to improve the biography, add an image, or connect the profile to the global tree. You may also be inspired to create a profile for a person that fits for that week, but isn't yet on WikiTree.
Suggesting profiles that fit the Connection-Finder themes and that also fall under the heading of diversity can help promote Australia, as well as diversity - so keep an eye out for people who may "fall outside the box".

Profiles that need work

Australian Notables who already have a profile containing a Notables sticker or template can be found here: Australian Notables Search or for profiles that are Orphans Australian Orphaned Notables Search.

The search results may be analysed in the BioCheck app. This will reveal a range of style problems. If the inline ref count is low or zero, then the profile is likely in need of improvement.

You can also choose profiles from Category:Australia,_Profile_Improvement_-_Notables to work on. If a profile is on a privacy setting and is managed by the Australia Project, request trusted list access.

A list of Australian Notables with Data Doctor suggestions or errors can be found here: Australian Notables DD Suggestions

For unconnected Australian Notables - Unconnected Australian Notables

If you only have a few minutes to spare, consider moving profiles from the Australia, Notables category into a lower categories, correcting the sticker if necessary.

Profiles that need creation

Notables in need of profiles, as suggested by members, can be found here.
The names of other Notables who do not yet have profiles on WikiTree may be found at several sites including, but not limited to:

• People Australia
• Australian Dictionary of Biography

Halls of Fame & Honour Rolls

Various Halls of Fame and Honour Rolls contain information on notables.

The Arts

• The Archibald Prize on WikiTree / The Archibald Prize Art Gallery of New South Wales
• The Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA Australian Recording Industry Hall of Fame also has the ARIA Music Awards
• Logie Hall of Fame on Wikipedia

Occupations

• Australian Stockman's Hall of Fame
• Queensland Business Leaders Hall of Fame
• Pioneer Women’s Hall of Fame
• WA Women’s Hall of Fame - Virginia Miltrup is going through this Hall of Fame to ensure all inductees have a profile.
• Victorian Honour Roll of Women

Sports

• Aboriginal and Islander Sports Hall of Fame
• Australian Basketball Hall of Fame
• Australian National Boxing Hall of Fame
• Australian Cricket Hall of Fame
• ICC Cricket Hall of Fame
• Australian Football Hall of Fame. There are also state halls of fame for the AFL. SA, Tasmania, and WA
• World Golf Hall of Fame
• Australasian Martial Arts Hall of Fame
• Australian Olympians
• Australian Racing Hall of Fame
• World Rugby Hall of Fame
• Football Federation Australia Hall of Fame (Soccer)
• International Swimming Hall of Fame and List of Members of ISHOF
• Australian Tennis Hall of Fame
• International Tennis Hall of Fame

Walks of Fame

• Australian of the Year
• Australian Film Walk of Fame
• Adelaide's Jubilee 150 Walkway

5-Star Profiles

5-Star profiles are those profiles with 1,000+ views by at least 100+ different visitors in the past year, and the vast majority of these profiles are for notables. This may be the first, or only, view a person has of WikiTree, so it is important to make a good first impression.

Here is a list of 5-Star profiles associated with Australia in some way. This report is updated weekly.

This report is for 5-Star profiles that have DD suggestions.

Are you the manager of a 5-Stars Profile? Take a look. Click here and in the Text field enter “5stars” followed by a space and then your WT ID. Click “Get Profiles”.

Guidelines for working on Australian Notables

The Australian Notables follow the general criteria for notability as defined by the Notables Project, that is, people that have their own Wikipedia page, but persons may also be considered notable if they are listed in Australian publications such as People Australia, the Australian Dictionary of Biography, or are recognised within Australia for their achievements.

Whilst the profile should focus on genealogically relevant information it is important to also include an overview of the achievements which have made the person notable.

See also: David Randall's Completed Profile Checklist

Profiles should include:

• Adherence to Wikitree style standards.
• As many original sources as possible.
• Narrative biography.
• Inline citations to the Chicago Manual of Style standard, or similar.
• Archive as many sources as possible to the Wayback Machine to prevent loss.
• The Notables sticker should be added under the biography header. Please add a parameter that will place the profile in a relevant Notables category, e.g. {{Notables Sticker|Australia, Notables in the Military}}
• Add additional categories as relevant. New categories can be created when there is a need for them. To ensure consistent category naming and structure globally, please request new categories here, Categories Waiting to be Added or Renamed, rather than create them yourself.
• Other stickers may be appropriate, see Australia Project Boxes and Stickers.

Ideally profiles will also include at least one relevant image and be connected to the main tree.

Do not include entire obituaries, Wikipedia articles, nor articles from the Australian Dictionary of Biography, or similar sources. These sources do contain errors and copying in the entirety may be a breach of copyright. Selectively quote from these sources when the information cannot be located in an original source.

Please do not add the Notables template {{Notables}} or the Australia {{Australia}} Project template. Profiles with project templates must also be managed by the project and this is not necessary for the majority of notable persons. For further information see Australia Project Managed Profiles.