Who are some famous people from Cairns?

Answer 1

• Aboriginal athlete and Olympic champion Cathy freeman was born in Mackay, Queensland.
• Australian aviator Charles Kingsford Smith, who was the first to cross the Pacific from the United States to Australia, was from Queensland.
• Hugh Sawrey, famous Australian artist and founder of the Australian Stockman's Hall of Fame, was born in Queensland.
• Steve Irwin, the great Crocodile-hunter, was from Queensland, although he was not born there, and only came to Qld as a young child. His daughter Bindi is becoming more famous in her own right.
• Steele Rudd, Australian journalist and author of "On Our Selection", was born on the Darling Downs in Queensland.
• Australian pioneer in physical therapy for polio sufferers, Sister Elizabeth Kenny, was actually born at Warialda, NSW, but moved to Queensland as a child, and it was in Queensland that she developed her ground-breaking techniques for rejuvenating polio-ridden limbs in children.
• Grant Hackett (Olympic swimmer)
• Pat Rafter (tennis player)
• Keith Urban (country singer)
• Kristy Hinze (famous supermodel)
• Stephanie Rice (Olympic swimmer)

Answer 2

Brenton Thwaites