Australian Legends
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The Australian Legends is an annual series of commemorative postage stamps issued by Australia Post since 1997. They commemorate living Australians "who have made lifetime contributions to the development of our national identity and character" [1]. Prior to 1997, the only living persons who could appear on Australian stamps were members of the British Royal Family.
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- 1997 – Sir Donald Bradman, one of the world's greatest cricket players
- 1998 – Australian Olympians, Betty Cuthbert, Herb Elliott, Dawn Fraser, Marjorie Jackson, Murray Rose and Shirley Strickland
- 1999 – Arthur Boyd, one of Australia’s most famous and prolific artists of the 20th century
- 2000 – The Last Anzacs, Roy Longmore, Walter Parker and Alec Campbell
- 2001 – Slim Dusty, a celebrated country music composer and performer
- 2002 – Medical Scientists, haematologist Professor Donald Metcalf, microbiologist Professor Nancy Millis, immunologists Professor Sir Gustav Nossal and Professor Peter Doherty, and epidemiologist and public health researcher Professor Fiona Stanley
- 2003 – Tennis Champions, Margaret Court and Rod Laver
- 2004 – Dame Joan Sutherland, world-renowned soprano opera singer
- 2005 – Fashion designers, Prue Acton, Jenny Bannister, Collette Dinnigan, Akira Isogawa, Joe Saba and Carla Zampatti
- 2006 – Barry Humphries, satirist and actor
- 2007 – Legends of Australian Horse Racing, George Moore, Roy Higgins, Bart Cummings, Bob Ingham, John Tapp and Arthur "Scobie" Breasley
- 2008 – Australian Legends of Philanthropy, Dame Elisabeth Murdoch, Victor Smorgon and Loti Smorgon, Lady Mary Fairfax, and Frank Lowy.
