Author(s): Macleay, Victoria

Middle Readers

Immigrants have been amongst the most successful people in Australia since 1901. They have developed large businesses, created works of art, entertained us, invented new products, changed our society and been our political leaders.

These are the stories of the individuals that came to Australia and helped change the nation. This book is about hard work, dedication and cunning that overcame set backs large and small. This special group used talents to succeed in architecture, crime, feminism, government, industry, medicine, military, strategy, transport and many more fields.