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The article focuses on physicists Mark Oliphant and J. Robert Oppenheimer who played their roles in the development of nuclear weapons.

The article focuses on the contrasting personalities of John Monash of Melbourne, Victoria and King George V of Great Britain. It notes that Monash, a 53-year-old engineer electrified Victoria after the war where he earned an outstanding reputation as commander-in-chief and Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath. Meanwhile, it states that King George V, a heavy smoker who despised the working classes and hated the idea of female suffrage, died by a lethal injection of morphine and cocaine.

The article focuses on celebrity illusionist Uri Geller who was asked by Prime Minister John Howard of Australia to provide an autographed photograph for his children. Topics discussed include Australian mining company Zanex, which paid Geller with $250,000 to mind probe Solomon Islands, Geller's friendship with singer Michael Jackson, and the report from a British tabloid that the remote viewing skills of Geller was used in the search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight.

The article offers information on Gary Foley who fight for Aboriginal self-determination in Melbourne, Victoria. It states that Foley was invited by guitarist Joe Strummer and was asked to share his thoughts during the gig at the Capitol Theatre. It says that Foley agreed to speak on stage and shared the protests they planned against the Commonwealth Games.

The article offers information on the fairytale wedding of Lorenzo Montesini, Count of the Phanaar, and Primrose "Pitty Pat" Dunlop, heiress to the Australian high society heiress Lady Potter. It mentions that the idea that Dunlop and Montesini should marry started as a joke and was fanned by the engagement notice given by Lady Potter. It adds that Montesini decamped with his longtime lover and Dunlop secured a title by marrying a Polish count.

The article discusses the loan acquisition of Australian minister of minerals and energy Rex Connor to a London-based Pakistani deal maker Tirath Khemlani. It states that Connor accepted the loan offered by Khemlani despite of his suspicious and secretive attitude. It mentions that Connor's connection with Khemlani leads to a political scandal in which Khemlani was convicted in New York with charges on selling stolen securities.

The article provides information on the encounter between Matthew Flinders of HMS Investigator ship and Nicolas Baudin commanding La Geographie ship on April 8, 1802 along southern Australia. It states that Baudin invited Captain Flinders to come aboard to his ship, wherein, Baudin criticized the English map of Bass Strait. It adds that Flinders offered to give a copy of the corrected map if Baudin will remain in the vicinity overnight. It adds that the two parted ways and never met again.

The article focuses on the friendship between golfer John Clarke and actor Peter Cook.

The article focuses on the rock band Rolling Stones. It states that the band arrived in Australia in 2013 and played eight shows. It notes that Prime Minister Al Grassby has declared the band as an example to Australian youth. Moreover, as a means of appreciation, the band presented the minister with an autographed tour poster noted with "To Mr. Grassby. Thanks for letting us in."

The article focuses on the true story involving Australian mobsters Squizzy Taylor and Snowy Cutmore.

The article focuses on swimmers Annette Kellerman and Esther Williams, and the stars in the aqua-musical film "Million Dollar Mermaid." It says that Kellerman was born in Marrickville, Australia in 1886. It states that she started to swim at the age of six which is a treatment for her rickets. On the other hand, modern woman Esther Williams started to work as tower girl in a local pool in Los Angeles, California and at the age of 16, she has won a national freestyle championship.

The article presents a retrospective on the 1956 meeting between Australian Prime Minister Robert Menzies and Egyptian President Gamal Nasser. It notes that Prime Minister Menzies headed a diplomatic mission to convince President Nasser regarding international control of the Suez Canal and averting a possible military conflict. The article mentions President Nasser's defense of Egyptian sovereignty over the canal and the consequent invasion of Egypt by British, French, and Israeli forces.

The article provides an overview on the history of Aboriginal guerrilla leader Pemulway of Sydney, New South Wales, who speared the game-shooter of Governor Arthur Phillip in 1970, and Black Caesar, one of the 12 prisoners of the origin of Africa and absconder from captivity.

The article focuses on the encounter between Australian radical feminist Vida Goldstein and the U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt. It states that Goldstein was elected as conference secretary when she attended the February 1902 International Women’s Suffrage Alliance in Washington, D.C., and was invited to meet Roosevelt. It adds that Goldstein was cordially welcomed by Roosevelt, and was told by the president regarding his interest in Australia's advanced politics.

The article offers information on Sir Reginald Ansett of Ansett Airways Ltd. and the application of Deborah Lawrie of ro Ansett Airlines as trainee pilot. It mentions that grounds were always found to reject Lawrie despite her qualifications in which she took her case to the Equal Opportunity Commission in 1978 using her married name Deborah Wardley. It notes that the first commercial flight of Wardley for Ansett was in January 1980.

The article offers information regarding the encounter of Hubert Opperman and Bruce Small, a manufacturer of bicycle. It mentions that the Australian road title was won four times by Opperman by riding for Malvern Star. It states that Oppelman died on an exercise bike at the age of 90 in a retirement village with no "No Cycling Signs."

The article offers information on the career and relations of Enoch Powell and Gough Whitman. It notes that Powell was a professor at the University of Sydney's Arts and Law in New South Wales in 1938. It mentions that Powell became popular due to his Rivers of Blood speech in 1968. Meanwhile, it cites that Powell was the former professor of Whitman at the university.

The article profiles Australian actor and former model George Lazenby as well as American film producer Cubby Broccoli. Lazenby is famous for portraying James Bond in the film "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" produced in 1969. Broccoli was once a gopher for Howard Hughes and had set up as a producer in London in 1951 to tap into British government film subsidies.

The article discusses the encounter between film director Fred Schepisi and Russian president Vladimir Putin. It talks about the role of the film director in the Cold War espionage drama "The Russia House, the first major international production ever filmed in the Soviet Union. It also provides an overview of the childhood, education and accomplishments of Schepisi.

The article focuses on the Gareth Evans, an Australian diplomat and politician.

The article features ballet dancer Robert Helpmann and Anna Pavlova. It mentions that Helpmann made his first stage performance in "The Ugly Duckling" at the Theatre Royal in Adelaide, South Australia in 1922. Also, Helpmann has been trained by Anna Pavlova, considered as the Russian prima ballerina at the height of her fame.

The article focuses on the expedition by navigator Jean-François de Galaup de La Pérouse and captain Arthur Phillip on January 24, 1788. It says that La Pérouse sailed the Pacific Ocean to claim Botany Bay, New South Wales but Phillip sent an HMS Supply to see if there was no established settlement in the bay. Meanwhile, Phillip offered La Pérouse an aid to pursue his goal and has successfully planted the British flag in the Bay and defeated La Pérouse in 1793.

The article presents information on the history of Alexander Fleming and Howard Florey's win for the Nobel Prize for medicine in 1945. It discusses how Fleming and Florey met on September 2, 1940 during the rage of the Britain battle in the pathology laboratory at the Oxford University. It also states the discovery of penicillin by Fleming after doing experiments on his Petri dishes of staphylococcus culture contaminated with a blue-green algae.

The article focuses on the journey of Barry Jones and Arthur Koestler as writers. It states that Koestler has witnessed the significant events of the European history as stated in the book "Darkness at Noon" as well as in other books. It mentions that Jones becomes prominent to those calling for the removal of death penalty as well as hosted the high-end television chat show "Encounter." It adds that Koestler committed suicide in 1983, leaving his estate to the study of parapsychology.

The article focuses on the animal hunting adventure of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary. It says that on May 17, 1893, he was a passenger of the battle cruiser SMS Kaiserin Elisabeth of the Austro-Hungarian Navy which traveled into Sydney Harbour, New South Wales. It states that he killed exotic animals in this certain visit to Australia like kangaroos, pelicans, and eagles, and encountered a platypus along his adventure.

The article presents an incident wherein George W. Bush was driving erratically and was caught up by a police officer in Maine. It states that Bush, who was with tennis Grand Slam winner John Newcombe, was booked, fined and his licence was suspended due to his blood alcohol level. It mentions that the mandatory alcohol rehabilitation course for Bush was forfeited and a new licence number was issued, noting the fact that the man's father is the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) director.

The article focuses on Norman Lindsay, resident cartoonist and illustrator for the "Bulletin" magazine in Australia. It says that Lindsay provides the editorial visuals for the magazine's race-based nationalism and made characters and propaganda tool in the form of virulent pro-conscription posters during the World War I. It notes that Lindsay created "The Magic Pudding," a children's book published in December 1918 that became Australia's national metaphor after Lindsay's death in 1969.

The article reports on the encounters between painters John Peter Russell and Vincent van Gogh. It mentions that Russell met van Gogh at the art studio where they both took drawing lessons. The first painter was popular with other students while the other was remote, intense and cold-shouldered. Furthermore, both of them painted self-portraits that only involved head and shoulder with a dark background.

The article profiles the musicians Johannes Hendricus Jacob van den Berg and Dingeman Ariaan Henry van der Sluijs. The two boys came from different places, who migrated in Australia and teamed up to organize a band called Easybeats. The band played in London in 1966 and later become the writer and producer of the AC/DC band.

The article discusses the encounter of newspaper proprietor Rupert Murdoch with Tamil singer Kandiah Kamalesvaran in Adelaide, South Australia. It says that Kamalesvaran, who had arrived in Adelaide in 1953, performed in a party at the Lido club where he met Murdoch in 1958. Murdoch put Adelaide's first television channel to air and allowed Kamalesvaran to perform for the opening night of its new variety show in 1959. It mentions that Kamalesvaran had been granted of permanent residency in 1966.

The article focuses on the friendship between the writer Patrick White and artist Sid Nolan. It notes that Nolan and White meet first under a big tree. It mentions that Nolan will do the book covers for White. It cites that Nolan has accepted the 1973 Nobel Prize for Literature in behalf of White, since he cannot make a trip to Sweden.

The article features Tom Baker as one of Australia's 114 official National Living Treasures who appeared in an episode of the British Broadcasting Corp.'s science fiction television program "Doctor Who". It notes that Baker has played the incarnation of the fourth Doctor and has appeared in 172 episodes over the seven years of his tenure of the role. It also highlights the Australian actress Gai Waterhouse who also appeared in the episodes of "Doctor Who".

The article discusses the meeting of Prime Minister Joseph Aloysius Lyons of Australia and Dictator Benito Mussolini in London, England. It states that Lyons was welcomed with escorts and orchids for his wife and then visited the Pope and the Foreign Ministry. It also mentions that after two years, Lyons visited Mussolini and was convinced to give a peace talk between the European affairs but to no avail since Italy invaded Albania and Lyons and died in his office due to heart attack.

The article focuses on the expedition of Australian Douglas Mawson under the two-year contract of renowned Robert Falcon Scott in December 1911 at the South Pole in Antarctica. It cites the fund raising campaign launched initiated by Mawson for the expedition. It states the 22-volume data collected by Mawson during his two-year expedition. It states that Mawson conducted another exploration in 1929-1931, which he found that the continent was comprised of 42% British.