#49: George Lazenby

The very cracked ballad of the Aussie beefcake who became a one-shot Bond»

#44: Bea Miles - by Clive James

Scourge of cabbies, cops, bus conductors... and Clive. All hail Queen Bea says Clive James»

#43 Abe Saffron

The sins of the father, revisited by the son»

#42: Johnny O'Keefe

Rocker. Roller. Right out wild one, JOK was Australia's first rock star»

#41: Luigi Coluzzi

He's the champion Italian boxer who made Sydney wake up and smell the coffee. Fifty years on, Coluzzi's famous espresso still packs a punch»

#40: Ezra Norton

A wild newspaper baron who made his living selling sex, scandal and anti-Semitism, Sandra Hall examines a lurid life in black and white»

#39: Randall "Animal" Nelson

Bikie. Preacher. Saint. This Animal's a gentleman »

#38: Mei Quong Tart

Australia's first Chinese entrepreneur of note was a sporting socialite and progressive thinker years ahead of his time»

#37: Granny Smith

Her legacy continues to grow - along with the millions Australia makes in exporting the apple she accidentally discovered »

#36: Heath Ledger

Actor, risk-taker, Joker. A short life lived very fast »

#35: Mary MacKillop

Australia's first saint made education of children her mission»

#34: Marcelle Hoff

Clover Moore's No.2 is a councillor and counsellor in equal measure»

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#33: Victor Trumper

A beloved batting genius, Vic's modesty as a man transcended even his magnificence as a player»

#32: Alan Waddell

The threat of the wheelchair has led this man to traverse nearly every Sydney suburb - on foot»

#31: Rosaleen Norton

Before Bill Henson, there was "the Black Witch of Kings Cross" - artist, hedonist... satanist?»

#30: Carole Ann King

The woman who provided Sydney's HIV/AIDS community with a reason to live, has a remarkable story of her own»

#29: Elizabeth Burton

She's an old school stripper with plenty of get up and go-go - not to mention a social conscience »

#28: Aunty Sylvia

This representative of the Gadigal people has greeted queens, kings and ambassadors but considers herself 'apolitical'»

#27: Watkin Tench

One of Sydney's earliest chroniclers was a man far ahead of his time»

#26: Jessie Street

The story of the political activisit known as the mother of Australian feminism»

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