My Favourite Australian is a public vote run by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation on the show's website. The results are currently displayed at the National Portrait Gallery, which opened December 2008.
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Olivia Newton-John, actress who starred in Grease alongside John Travolta.[1]
Peter Cundall, longtime television presenter of Gardening Australia[2]
John Farnham, singer-songwriter who released Australia's first CD album.[3]
Bob Brown, the first openly gay member of the Parliament of Australia, who currently serves as Senator for Tasmania.[4]
John Howard, former Australian Prime Minister who served from 1996 to 2007.[5]
Fred Hollows, former college professor who raised public awareness of the myriad diseases from which Aboriginals were suffering.[6]
Gough Whitlam, former Australian Prime Minister whose government was dismissed by the Governor-General.[7]
Sir William Deane, former judge who served in the Supreme Court of New South Wales and later Australia's 22nd Governor-General.[8]
Johnny Warren, former footballer who was capped 42 times for Australia.[9]
Tim Costello, a well-known minister and humanitarian who currently serves as director of World Vision Australia.[10]