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Centenaries of Australian Science

This project is an initiative of the Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre and the Australian Institute of Political Science, Tall Poppies Program.

Discovery and Endeavour: Celebrating Australian Science

This project was established
through the support of

Australia's scientific, technological and medical heritage is populated by the actions of thousands of individuals all contributing to the development of our society. Some of them have become famous, some notorious, but all have a special story to tell.

Through this site you can access information from Bright Sparcs to find out who was born 100 years ago or 200 years ago and who died 100 or 200 years ago. You can select the year of your choice - but the default is for the current year.

Use this gateway to explore, compare, contrast and reflect on how things have changed over the last few centuries and in particular how the people involved in science, technology and medicine have influenced events in Australia.

Bright Sparcs is a large, dynamic web-based resource that contains information on over 3,000 individuals who have contributed to Australia's scientific, technological and medical heritage. A Bright Sparcs entry will lead you to relevant published sources, archival records and museum artefacts, both on and off the Web.

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Published by the Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre on AUSTEHCWeb , 4 August 1999
This project was established with funds from SmithKline Beecham
Comments or corrections to: Bright Sparcs (bsparcs@asap.unimelb.edu.au)
Prepared by: Robin M. Stephens
Updated by: Robin M. Stephens
Date modified: 4 August 1999