Find out about some of Australia's great men and women, past and present, whose achievements are celebrated by the Tall Poppy Campaign:

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Sir Howard Florey  
Nobel Prize-winning Australian who developed penicillin

Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet  
Nobel Prize-winning Australian, known as "The Father of Immunology"

Dame Jean Macnamara  
Pioneer of polio treatment and research, and great conservationist

Sir Ian Clunies Ross  
Outstanding science administrator and advocate of Australian science

Mayne Florey Medal Winners  
Australians who have made major discoveries of benefit to human health in recent years

Young Tall Poppies  
Australia's new generation of outstanding young researchers

Australian Nobel Prize Winners  
Tall Poppies born, bred or associated with Australia who have won the Nobel Prize in their fields

Cavalcade of Scientists  
Comprising a number of outstanding scientists, either Australian born and bred, or who have undertaken their major work in Australia

Centenaries of Australian Scientists  
Searchable site of Australian scientists whose centenaries have occurred since the 1950s