When was lynne sawyers born

The four-time Academy Award nominee was also the first Australian-born actor to win an Oscar statuette, for his breakthrough performance in the film Shine. After receiving his award Rush took the opportunity to talk up the role of the arts in Australian life.

Rush said the role of the arts was to provide a depth of perception and understanding to sensitive issues. Speaking on Australia's troubled border protection policy, Rush said he wanted to know more about the ''why'' - the reasons for people choosing to make the perilous trip by boat to Australian shores.

As Australia Day celebrations ramped up around the country, Education Minister, Peter Garrett, yesterday announced the historic significance of January 26, , and the events leading up to it, will under the new national curriculum become a compulsory part of the syllabus for all primary and secondary school students. That includes Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students,'' he said. And the Australian of the Year is Homepaddock A rural perspective with a blue tint by Ele Ludemann.

They have family and community celebrations and they have lamb with lambassador Sam Kekovich: They seem to have a unity we have yet to achieve over celebrating a national day. Rate this:. Share this: Facebook Twitter Email. Like this: Like Loading View My Stats. Follow Following. Don't miss out on the headlines from Central Queensland. Followed categories will be added to My News. Ian Narev, CEO of the Commonwealth Bank, which has been the major sponsor of the Australian of the Year Awards for more than 30 years, congratulated this year's award recipients.

We can all feel very proud to call them our fellow Australians. Geoffrey Rush and Marita Cheng will take part in Australia Day activities by attending the National Flag Raising and Citizenship Ceremony in Canberra tomorrow morning and then joining Australia Day celebrations in Sydney, where they will participate in the celebrations in Darling Harbour ahead of the fireworks spectacular.

More than 5, nominations were received from the public for the Awards and nominations are already being accepted for the Australian of the Year Awards. Nominate someone that makes you proud now at www. The Australian of the Year , Geoffrey Rush, has now celebrated 40 years as an Australian actor, achieving the rare international distinction of the 'Triple Crown' - an Oscar, a Tony and an Emmy.

Geoffrey was born in Toowoomba, Queensland in , moving with his family to Brisbane in his primary school years.

He completed a Bachelor of Arts at the University of Queensland and made his professional debut at the Queensland Theatre Company in where he worked as an ensemble member for three years. For the next 20 years he worked primarily in all the major theatre companies of Australia and, in the mid s went to Paris to study at the prestigious Jacques Lecoq School of Mime, Movement and Theatre.

Her name was Lynne Sawyers, and you can hear her story here, on YouTube , and read an interview with her here. She and her husband have fostered more than children over the past few decades, and her utter commitment to giving a better life to those in need shone through the words in her speech. She recognised, when her own youngest child was still a baby, that there were many children whose childhood was far less happy than was hers as a child, and she resolved to do something about it.

Sometimes children stayed with her for a few days, sometimes for several years. She talked about them with pride but also with a modesty about her role that underplayed her crucial influence on the life of these young people. Not all children have the benefit of a stable family background; even those who do can still suffer from anxieties that take them off track in life. Young people need significant adults in their lives as well as their parents and their friends, to help them test out who they are and work out in what direction they should be headed — not just to please themselves, but to ensure that they make a really valuable contribution to the lives of others.

These significant adults — whether they are sports coaches, teachers, close family friends, teachers or indeed foster parents — can help provide the glue in the lives of young people, giving them the courage and means to reach out and fulfil their own, immense potential.