Australia's General John Monash helped lead the Allies to victory in World War One.

Synaesthete Tori Spooner sees numbers as colours, and has a vast calendar in her head that looks like a city skyline.

Anna was looking for inspiration as she tried to prevent a coal seam gas project from going ahead in inner Sydney.

Alan has starred in major Hollywood films including Goldeneye and X-Men 2; won a Tony Award for his performance in Cabaret, and appears regularly in US TV drama, The Good Wife.

Waltzing Matilda was written in the town of Winton in outback Queensland by Banjo Paterson.

Norman is a Canadian psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, researcher and writer.

David is the co-creator of BBC TV comedy series, Little Britain.

Helen felt a deep affinity for birds of prey, even keeping a kestrel in her bedroom as a child. She was determined to one day become a falconer.

Nick Davies writes investigative stories for the Guardian.

Michael is a scientist who has spent decades researching the origins of the human sense of smell.