Lawrence Hargrave
Lawrence Hargrave was born in Greenwich, England and migrated to Australia in 1883. He had a comfortable life, however he did not have very much money but he had enough to start inventing things.
In 1881 he was the first person in Australia to fly. He joined four box karts to a seat and with help from the wind he was able to fly about 5 metres above ground on the end of a wire. He also invented an aeroplane with flapping wings. He didnt want to make any money from his inventions and was happy to share his ideas with other people.
In 1915 Lawerence sadly died of blood poisoning. Lawerence's face is on the $20 note, there are places named after him and a memorial to him has been built at Stanwell Park.
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