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Topic : Contribution and significance of an individual in the 1930s

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Chapter 1 : Sir Donald Bradman

Bradman's batting skills were said to have developed when he practised hitting a golf ball off a water tank with a cricket stump as a child
In 1927 he was selected to play for New South Wales and the next year to play for Australia
His first Test match against England did not start well, however he soon worked his way into the record books as the youngest player to score a test century
In the 1930 Sheffield Shield competition Bradman made the highest personal score in a first-class match in Australia- 452 runs scored in a world record time of 415 minutes
Other accomplishments include captaining the South Australian Sheffield Shield team, becoming a selector for State and national teams and captaining Australia twelve times
The 'Bodyline' Test series of 1932- 1933 were directly linked to Bradman, during which the English bowlers attempted to stop him from his high run scores and consequently from the Australians winning the series
Bradman played his last Test match in 1948 where he needed four runs to bring his Test match batting average up to 100, however failed to score even one run, but still managed to hold the highest ever average of 99.94
Bradman's phenomenal batting accomplishments inspired people during the difficult times of the Great Depression.
Since 1882 when the first Australian cricket team defeated the English cricket team, cricket has been seen as a source of national pride for Australians

Chapter 2 : Margaret Preston

Chapter 3 : Nancy Bird-Walton

Chapter 4 : Roy Rene

Chapter 5 : Sir Isaac Isaacs

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