Nambour is a rural town and

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in the

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, Australia. In the , the locality of Nambour had a population of 12,145 people.

Geography

Nambour is north of the state capital,

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. The town lies in the

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of the

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at the foot of the

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It was the administrative centre and capital of the

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and is now the administrative centre of the

. The greater Nambour region includes surrounding suburbs such as Burnside, Coes Creek, and Perwillowen.

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exits to the west and

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to the east.

Etymology

The name is derived from the Aboriginal word "naamba", referring to the red-flowering bottle brush ''

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''.

History

In 1862, Tom Petrie with 25 Turrbal and Kabi Kabi men including Ker-Walli, Wanangga and Billy Dinghy entered Petrie's Creek with the view to exploit the large cedar growing in the vicinity. They encountered some resident Aboriginal people with whom they had a traditional ceremony together. Petrie's group afterwards made a permanent logging camp further up the creek in the area now known as Nambour. At this camp, the Aboriginal workers requested that Petrie brand them with his logging symbol. With a piece of prepared glass, he cut his logging symbol of a P inside a circle into each of the men's arms. These Aboriginal workers, as well as local Maroochy men such as Puram, worked hard, returning frequently with Petrie to build the roadway, fell the timber and transport the logs downriver. The Nambour area had its first permanent European settlement in 1870. The town was then still just called Petrie's Creek. Maroochy Provisional School opened on 13 October 1879. It was renamed Nambour Provisional School in 1891. It became Nambour State School in 1897. It had a secondary school department from circa 1940 until 2 February 1953, when Nambour State High School opened on 2 February 1953. Petrie's Creek Post Office opened on 1 June 1888 (a receiving office had been open from 1885, originally known as Carrollo) and was renamed Nambour by 1890. In 1890 the Maroochy Divisional Board was established. In 1891, the North Coast railway to Brisbane was completed, and at its opening Petrie's Creek was renamed "Nambour", after the Nambour cattle station. However, it was not until 16 December 1963 when the new Nambour railway station was opened by the Government for Transport

Gordon Chalk Sir Gordon William Wesley Chalk, Gordon William (Chalkie) (1913 ...

. On Monday 2 January 1893, St Joseph's Catholic Church was officially opened by

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. It was at 177 Currie Street () on a site donated by Daniel Currie (after whom Currie Street was named). It was . Circa 1950, it was demolished to make way for a new church. The timber from the demolished church was used to construct Our Lady Star of the Sea (Stella Maris) in

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as a cost-saving measure. On Sunday 16 April 1950, Archbishop

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laid the foundation stone for the new St Joseph's. On Sunday 1 July 1951, Duhig returned to bless and dedicate the new St Joseph's Church. The

Moreton Central Sugar Mill Cane Tramway Moreton Central Sugar Mill Cane Tramway is a heritage-listed tramway at Mill Street, Currie Street, and Howard Street, in Nambour, Queensland, Nambour, Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. It was built . It was added to the Queensland ...

was constructed from 1897. It was used to transport passengers and sugar cane. The tramway closed at the end of 2001. Much of the track and signal lighting still remains. A section of the track can still be seen in central Nambour along the roadway of Mill, Currie and Howard Streets. Nambour Baptist Church opened in July 1914 on the corner of Currie Street and Mill Street (approx ). On 25 August 1921 a new church was opened. Another new church opened on Sunday 2 November 1952 on the south-west corner of Currie and Bury Streets (). Circa 1970s the site was used to construct a new library. A fire in 1924 destroyed many of the timber buildings along the main street. The Nambour branch of the

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was founded on 1 November 1928. In 1931 they established their QCWA Rest Rooms in the Shire Hall. In September 1958 they officially opened their own building at 10 Short Street (still in use today). Nambour Hospital opened as Maroochy District Hospital in 1930, renamed Nambour General Hospital in 1958. Historical milestones for Nambour Hospital were as follows: Block 1 completed (1975), Block 2 completed (1986), dialysis unit opens (1989), Block 6 opened (1993–95), Block 7 built (1998), and Block 1 demolished (2023) for redevelopment. Much of Nambour Hospital's acute services relocated to Sunshine Coast University Hospital upon its opening in 2017. St Joseph's Primary School was opened on 2 February 1925 by the

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. From 1940 to 1977 it also provided secondary schooling, an arrangement that ended when St Joseph's High School was established in 1977. Nambour State High School opened on 2 February 1953. Nambour Infants State School opened on 23 January 1961 and closed on 12 December 1980. In 1977 the Catholic Education Office established St Joseph's High School. In 1979 it moved to a new location in Burnside and in 1985 was renamed St John's College. The Nambour Public Library opened in 1982 and had a major refurbishment in 1998 with a minor refurbishment in 2016. Nambour Centre for Continuing Secondary Education opened on 4 February 1991. It was subsequently amalgamated into the Nambour State College. The Nambour & District Historical Museum, more widely known as the Nambour Museum began with an opening ceremony held on 20 April 1996.

Demographics

File-StateLibQld Panorama of Nambour c1932

In the , the locality of Nambour had a population of 10,221 people. In the , the locality of Nambour had a population of 11,187 people. 52.9% of the population were female and 47.1% were male. The median age was 40 years. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.4% of the population. 77.1% of people were born in Australia. The next most common countries of birth were England 4.0% and New Zealand 3.6%. 87.7% of people spoke only English at home. The most common responses for religion were No Religion 33.5%, Catholic 16.0% and Anglican 13.5%. In the , the locality of Nambour had a population of 12,145 people.

Heritage listings

Nambour has a number of

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sites, including: * Mill Street, Currie Street, Howard Street:

* 17 & 19 Mill Street, and 14 & 16 Bury Street: former Moreton Central Sugar Mill Worker's Housing Another heritage listing associated with the Moreton Central Sugar Mill is the * Store Road,

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: Tramway Lift Bridge over Maroochy River

Politics

Nambour is represented by the following politicians:

Economy

Nambour's primary industry has been

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, with extensive cane fields surrounding the town, and the Moreton Central Sugar Mill in the town centre. The mill itself began operating in 1897 until it was closed in 2003. The future of the sugar industry in the area is in doubt, with a number of former cane farms being converted to grazing cattle, turf farms or sold to property developers. Other industries in the area include

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, and the growing of tropical fruits. Situated near Nambour is the Queensland Government's Maroochy Research Station which is a major subtropical fruit and nut research and extension centre. The 61 ha research facility was established in 1945, and has an office and laboratory complex, glasshouses, netted orchards, postharvest coolrooms and a biotechnology facility. With access to national and international funding sources, specialist staff often work in conjunction with investigators from other research agencies.

Education

Nambour State College is a government primary and secondary (Prep–12) school for boys and girls at 1 Carroll Street (). In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 1,538 students with 147 teachers (134 full-time equivalent) and 83 non-teaching staff (60 full-time equivalent). Its primary (Prep–6) campus is at Coronation Avenue (). The school has a primary and secondary

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program. It also has a primary and secondary Intensive English program. St Joseph's Primary School is a Catholic primary (Prep–6) school for boys and girls at 177 Currie Street (). In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 396 students with 23 teachers (21 full-time equivalent) and 19 non-teaching staff (11 full-time equivalent). The Nambour campus of

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(formerly known as the Agnew School) is a private primary and secondary school (3–12) for boys and girls at 281 Windsor Road (). It is operated by the

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. As at 26 October 2024, it had an enrolment of 35 students. In addition, other suburbs of Nambour include the following schools: * Burnside: **Burnside State School (primary) **Burnside State High School (secondary) **Nambour Special School on Windsor Drive for children aged 5 to 18 years. **St John's College (Catholic secondary) ** Sunshine Coast Institute of TAFE has its largest campus in Nambour. * Kureelpa ** Blackall Range Independent School (primary and secondary) * Woombye **Woombye State School (primary) ** Nambour Christian College (primary and secondary) ** Suncoast Christian College (primary and secondary)

Facilities

Health

Nambour General Hospital is located on Hospital Road and provides a range of acute and subacute services within the Sunshine Coast-Wide Bay Health Service District. The regions first major private hospital, Nambour Selangor Private Hospital, opened in 1960. It is located on Netherton Street.

Electricity

The distribution network company that provides electricity to Nambour residents is

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. On 1 July 2010, Sunshine Coast Regional Council's Water Services (along with

Moreton Bay Regional Council The City of Moreton Bay, known until July 2023 as the Moreton Bay Region, is a local government area in the north of the Brisbane metropolitan city in South East Queensland, Australia. Established in 2008, it replaced three established local g ...

), moved over to the recently created water body, Unity Water. Unity Water was created by the

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as part of the State's takeover of South East Queensland's water facilities, dams and water supply networks. Moreton Bay and Sunshine Coast Regional Councils own 50% of Unity Water.

Media

The daily local newspaper is the

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which is published by APN News & Media. There is also a weekly news service provided by the Nambour Weekly which is published on Wednesdays. The Nambour Chronicle was published from 1903 until it ceased publication in the 1980s. Nambour is also in the television broadcast licence areas of Brisbane (metro), enabling most areas of the Sunshine Coast to receive the commercial Brisbane stations. Many community access stations, as well as some Brisbane stations can also be received.

Amenities

The Nambour Civic Centre is an arts and entertainment venue that includes cinema, music, theatre, dance and other events. The Nambour Lind Lane Theatre is another live theatre venue. The Sunshine Coast Regional Council operates a public library in Nambour at the corner of Bury and Currie Streets. The Nambour branch of the

meets at 10 Short Street. Nambour Wesleyan Methodist Church is at 165 Perwillowen Road, Perwillowen. It is part of the

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. The main shopping areas in Nambour are Nambour Plaza which has approximately 40 stores, Nambour Mill Village Shopping Centre and Centenary Square Shopping Centre. Nambour boasts a high proportion of parkland, covering approximately 9% of its total land size. This makes it one of the areas with the highest percentage of parkland in the Sunshine Coast region.

Sport

Nambour has a number of amateur sporting clubs including: * Nambour–Yandina United Football Club * Nambour and District Tennis Association * Nambas Tennis Club. * Nambour Golf Club The Nambour Wildcats Soccer Club is part of the Sunshine Coast Churches Soccer Association and was established in 1976, it is one of the largest sporting clubs in the region with over 350 players from U6 to senior Mens, Ladies and Over 35's. The Nambour Crushers Rugby League Club was established in 1985. The grounds are situated at 22 Crusher Park Drive. The Crushers have teams in all grades from Under 7s to A Grade and number approximately 300 players. The Nambour Rugby Union Club entered the Sunshine Coast District Rugby Union Competition in 1981. The club is known as the "Toads". The club's ground is situated on Laidlaw Road in nearby Woombye. Nambour fields four "Senior" sides in the Sunshine Coast Competition: A Grade, Reserve Grade and U19's as well as a women's team. A junior club with teams from under 7s through to under 17s also runs. Nambour were local premiers in 1912 and 1913. The Nambour and Districts Netball Association is made up of clubs from Yandina, Burnside, Nambour, Woombye, Palmwoods and the school based Saints club. Nambour Cricket Club is part of the Sunshine Coast Cricket Association and has played on the Nambour showgrounds since the early 1890s when a Nambour team competed against teams from nearby towns. The Nambour Aquatic Centre is located in Petrie Park and has heated pools all year round. The complex offers a variety of activities including a 50m heated pool, a 25m heated enclosed pool, toddler pools and fountains/play area, a learn to swim program, aqua aerobics classes, and a poolside cafe.

Attractions

The

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tourist attraction on the southern outskirts of the town reflects both of these pursuits. Other tourist attractions include Thrill Hill Waterslide Park, and the Big Macadamia nut.

Events

The Big Pineapple Music Festival attracts thousands of visitors to Nambour. Nambour Originals (sibling of Peregian Originals held at Peregian Beach) is an open air community event that involves live music in a picnic style format. It is held at 1pm every 2nd and 4th Sunday of each month at Quota Park Amphitheatre on Matthews Street. The facilities at Quota Park include barbecues, a sheltered area, shady trees, a kids play area, toilets and parking. The Nambour Festival, which began as the Nambour Sugar Festival in the 1980s, has been held at Quota Park since 2008. The festival showcases local musicians, entertainers, cooking demonstrations, local produce, a diverse range of activities for children, and market stalls. The Sunshine Coast Agricultural Show was first held in 1905 in Woombye. The first show in Nambour was held in 1909. Today, the Sunshine Coast Agricultural Show is a modern three-day show full of agricultural, community and entertainment events. The Queensland Home Garden Expo is a three-day gardening event held at the Nambour Showgrounds.

Transport

The Translink Transit Authority (known as Translink) is the authority that coordinates and integrates the public rail and bus services in South East Queensland, of which Nambour is in Zone 6. Nambour is serviced by several

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passenger trains, including the

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and is approximately one and a half hours north of

by rail. Regular services depart from

Nambour railway station Nambour railway station is located on the North Coast line in Queensland, Australia. It serves the town of Nambour in the Sunshine Coast Region. History The railway connection from Brisbane to Nambour opened in January 1891. At that time, the ...

and use the

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. The region connected to Brisbane via the

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which forms part of the M1 motorway.

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interstate coach operators also operate daily bus services to Brisbane using the major corridors. The local bus service is operated by

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which has various routes between Nambour and Noosa and the Sunshine Coast, including one via Eumundi. Nambour is also served by

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. The airport is approximately 25 minutes east of Nambour by car.

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is approximately one hour and ten minutes south of Nambour by car.

Climate

Nambour experiences a

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( Köppen: Cfa), with hot, wet summers and mild winters.

Notable people

Entertainment

Sam Atwell Samuel Atwell (born 6 April 1979) is an Australian actor, producer, writer and director. He is best known for his role as Kane Phillips in ''Home and Away'', and is also known for roles in ''headLand'', as Craig Palmer, and '' Secret Life of ...

, actor *

Mike Chapman Michael Donald Chapman (born 13 April 1947) is an Australian record producer and songwriter who was a major force in the British pop music industry in the 1970s. He created a string of hit singles for artists including The Sweet, Suzi Quatro ...

, record producer and songwriter who was a major force in the

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industry in the 1970s *

Jon Coghill Jon Coghill (born 26 August 1971) is an Australian drummer best known for his work with the rock band Powderfinger, although he has also toured with Regurgitator. Coghill replaced Powderfinger's original drummer, Steven Bishop, in 1991. At t ...

Powderfinger Powderfinger were an Australian Rock music, rock band formed in Brisbane in 1989. From 1992 until their break-up in 2010, the line-up consisted of vocalist Bernard Fanning, guitarists Darren Middleton and Ian Haug, bass guitarist John Collins ...

drummer *

Judith Durham Judith Mavis Durham (née Cock; 3 July 1943 – 5 August 2022) was an Australian singer, songwriter, and musician who became the lead singer of the Australian folk music group the Seekers in 1962. The group became the first Australian pop mus ...

, lead vocalist for

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* Benjamin Law, writer, author and comedian *

Ivan Sen Ivan Sen (born 1972) is an Indigenous Australian filmmaker. He is a director, screenwriter and cinematographer, as well as an editor, composer, and sound designer. He is co-founder and director of Bunya Productions, and known for the 2013 film ...

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Politics

Carolyn Male Carolyn Therese Male (born 7 May 1966) is an Australian politician who was a Labor member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 2001 to 2012. Male was first elected to parliament as the Labor member for Glass House at the 2001 state ...

, member of the

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from 2001 to 2012 *

Kevin Rudd Kevin Michael Rudd (born 21 September 1957) is an Australian diplomat and former politician who served as the 26th prime minister of Australia from 2007 to 2010 and June to September 2013. He held office as the Leaders of the Australian Labo ...

, former

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and former

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, attended

Nambour State High School Nambour State College is a co-educational, state high school located in Nambour, Queensland, Australia. Established on 2 February 1953. In 2006 the school had enrolment figures of 1,367, including adult students. Previously it was called the Nam ...

Fiona Simpson Fiona Stuart Simpson (born 18 April 1965 in Sea Lake, Victoria) is an Australian politician serving as Liberal National Party (LNP) member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, representing Maroochydore since 1992. Simpson served as Speak ...

, Queensland Speaker, attended Nambour State High School *

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, former

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and former

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, attended Nambour State High School

Sport

* Scott Anderson, rugby league *

Ian Baker-Finch Ian Michael Baker-Finch (born 24 October 1960) is an Australian golfer and sports commentator best known for winning The Open Championship in 1991. Early life Baker-Finch was born in Nambour, Queensland, Australia. He grew up in the same Queens ...

, 1991

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winner *

Lee Carseldine Lee Andrew Carseldine (born 17 November 1975) is a retired professional Australian cricketer, entrepreneur and media personality. Education Carseldine has a Masters in Applied Finance and a Masters of Business Administration (MBA) from the Que ...

, cricketer *

Larissa Crummer Larissa Rose Crummer (born 10 January 1996) is a retired Australian professional soccer player who last played as a forward for Brann in the Toppserien. She also played for Australia women's national team, also known as the Matildas. She previ ...

, soccer player for

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Jake Friend Jake Friend (born 1 February 1990) is an Australian former rugby league footballer who played as a . He spent his entire first-grade career, spanning 2008 to 2021, with the Sydney Roosters in the National Rugby League (NRL); at the time of his ...

, rugby league *

Angela Kennedy Angela Kennedy (born 28 February 1976) is an Australian former butterfly swimming, butterfly swimmer of the 1990s, who won a silver medal in the Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay, 4×100-metre medley ...

, Olympic swimmer * Rhys Magin, Australian rules footballer *

Reed Mahoney Reed Mahoney (born 22 April 1998) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in the National Rugby League (NRL). He has played for the Prime Minister's XIII. He previously played ...

, rugby league *

Casey McGuire Casey McGuire (born 24 January 1980) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer. A Queensland State of Origin representative he played his club football in the National Rugby League (NRL) for the Brisbane Broncos (with whom h ...

, rugby league *

Ashley Noffke Ashley Allan Noffke (born 30 April 1977) is a former Australian professional cricketer who played domestically for Queensland (1998–2009) and Western Australia (2009–2010). Noffke, who primarily played as a right-arm fast-medium bowler, als ...

, cricketer *

Joel Parkinson Joel Parkinson (born 10 April 1981) is an Australian surfer who competed in the World Surf League (WSL). After twelve years competing at the elite level on the ASP World Championship Tour, a stretch that saw him win eleven elite ASP World Title ...

, surfer *

Pat Rafter Patrick Michael Rafter (born 28 December 1972) is an Australian former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), and world No. 6 in doubles. Rafter won eleven ...

, tennis player made his debut in Nambour. His name has been on the wall of the local tennis club since he won the junior championship as a sixteen-year-old. * Clint Robinson, canoeist *

Billy Slater William Slater (born 18 June 1983) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 2000s and 2010s. Slater is the current coach of the Queensland Maroons, whom he coached to victories in the 2022 and 2023 State o ...

, rugby league *

Tia-Clair Toomey Tia-Clair Toomey-Orr (née Toomey; born 22 July 1993) is an Australian weightlifter and CrossFit Games athlete. After winning her seventh title at the 2024 CrossFit Games, Toomey has more title wins than any other athlete in the history of the ...

, 6 time CrossFit Games champion *

Sharni Webb Sharni Webb (born 14 July 1991) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Brisbane in the AFL Women's. Early life Webb was born in Nambour, Queensland.

, Australian rules footballerIntroducing the Newest Brisbane Lions Players
from Brisbane Lions 12 October 2016

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*Max Gaylard,

United Nations Assistant Secretary-General An under-secretary-general of the United Nations (USG) is a senior official within the United Nations System, normally appointed by the General Assembly on the recommendation of the secretary-general for a renewable term of four years. Under-s ...

currently working as deputy special coordinator for the

Middle East Peace Process Middle or The Middle may refer to: * Centre (geometry), the point equally distant from the outer limits. Places * Middle (sheading), a subdivision of the Isle of Man * Middle Bay (disambiguation) * Middle Brook (disambiguation) * Middle Creek (d ...

and United Nations coordinator for humanitarian and development activities in the

Occupied Palestinian Territory The occupied Palestinian territories, also referred to as the Palestinian territories, consist of the West Bank (including East Jerusalem) and the Gaza Strip—two regions of the former British Mandate for Palestine that have been occupi ...

. *

Daniel Keighran Daniel Alan Keighran, (born 18 June 1983) is an Australian soldier and a recipient of the Victoria Cross for Australia, the highest award in the Australian honours system. Keighran was awarded the Victoria Cross for Australia for his actions in ...

, awarded Australia's military highest honour, the

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for bravery during the

Battle of Derapet The Battle of Derapet was fought near the village of Derapet in the Tangi Valley in Deh Rahwod, Orūzgān Province, southern Afghanistan, between a combined Australian Army and Afghan National Army patrol and Taliban forces on 24 August 2010. A ...

in Afghanistan in 2010. * Michael Wesley, deputy vice-chancellor international, Melbourne University and former executive director of the Lowy Institute for International Policy. * David Billings, Amelia Earhart Researcher and author of the "Earhart Lockheed Electra Search Projec

website.

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