Lawrence Hargrave was born in Greenwich, England, in 1850 and came to Australia in 1883 in search of gold.
Lawrence Hargrave
In 1878 he was an assistant astronomical observer at Sydney Observatory, a job which he held until 1883, when he retired to devoted the remainder of his life to research work on problems connected with human flight. 
He had a normal life and spent his spare time inventing and discovering things. From all his studying he did something amazing. In 1894, he became the first man in Australia to fly — at Stanwell Park in New South Wales. He made four box kites and joined a seat to them. With the help of the wind, he was able to float 5 metres above the ground on the end of a length of wire.
He also invented a type of aeroplane engine with flapping wings. He did not want to make money from his inventions but he was happy to share it with everyone.
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