Lets remind ourselves of Australia's great contribution to the world, em, well, nothing springs to mind.
What about the world of cinema? Who can forget the great Chips Rafferty, WHO? I hear you cry. Even the Ozzies have forgotten him.
The world of song? Of course, Slim Dusty, right up there with Chips.
What about sporting heros?
The Great White Shark (Greg Norman) remember the Masters of 1996.......
In 1996 Norman led by six shots after three rounds, after equalling the course record with a 63 in the first round. Norman's golf game collapsed in front of a huge International audience hoping for it to hold firm. Nick Faldo, so often Norman's nemesis, shot a rock solid 67 to turn a six shot deficit into a five shot winning margin. Norman and Faldo embraced on the final green in a touching and moving reminder that sport can destroy its own as quickly as it can shoot them to stardom.
Even the ozzie press renamed him The Great White Shrimp
For those of you who don't know, Nick Faldo is English.
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