Carly was born with facial difference, and says the rudeness of strangers has sometimes been more painful than the disability she's grown to embrace

Irishman John Connell was an acclaimed journalist when his life began to unravel

When Dorothy Hoddinott became Principal of Holroyd High School, she began a wave of change for her students

The rewards and challenges of working in orthopaedics

Chris Barns always knew he wanted to work with animals. Then he began his own sanctuary for orphaned baby kangaroos (R)

Award-winning novelist Ann Cleeves lived many lives before her career as an author took off (R)

When Joan Marie Larkin was given a guitar at the age of 13, she was on the path to becoming the Godmother of Punk

Historian Clare Wright on the true story of how Adelaide's Muriel Matters began to change the world

The life of 'Smithy' Australia's greatest aviator

Zenith Virago married at 17, and had two children. Then she left her young family to create a life of her own on the other side of the world