The National Trust of Australia (NSW) is delighted to announce the seven new National Living Treasures.  The Australian public has voted and chosen seven exceptional Australians with substantial and enduring accomplishments in their field.

The National Trust of Australia (NSW) congratulates and celebrates these seven new National Living Treasures and acknowledges that they are as diverse as Australia itself.

The seven new National Living Treasures in alphabetical order are:-

	Sir Jack Brabham, OBE triple world champion Formula One driver, contested 126 Grand Prix in his 15 year career. In 1966 he was named Australian of the Year and became the only driver in the world to win the Formula One world championship driving a car of his own design and construction. Read more
	Dr Harry Butler, CBE,  naturalist and conservationist, played a major role in environmental conservation and restoration in Australia.  In 1979 he was named Australian of the Year and in 1980 he was honored for his work and  appointed a Commanding Officer of the Order of the British Empire. Read more
	Professor Ian Frazer, creator of the cervical cancer vaccine, is president of the Cancer Council Australia and advises the World Health organisation and the Bill and Melissa Gates Foundation on papillomavirus vaccines.  In 2006 he was named Australian of the Year. Read more
	Dr Karl Kruszelnicki, OAM, scientist and broadcaster, inspires enthusiasm for science with his best selling books and 300,000 listeners to his Triple J Radio Program.  In 2003 he was named Australian Father of the Year and in 2006 he was made a Member of the Order of Australia. Read more
	Kylie Minogue, OBE, singer and actress, is Australia’s biggest selling recording artist of all time and has received multiple music awards including ARIA’s, Brit Awards and Grammy Awards.  In 2008 she received an Order of the British Empire and received France’s highest cultural honour, the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. Read more
	Olivia Newton-John, OBE, singer, actress, environmentalist, has sold more than 100 million albums. She has had ten number-one hit albums and numerous Grammy Awards. An active charity worker, she plans to open the Olivia Newton-John Cancer and Wellness Centre at the Austin Hospital in Melbourne this year. In 1979 she was awarded an Order of the British Empire. Read more
	Clive Palmer, Queensland mining magnate, is owner and director of Mineralogy Pty Ltd.  A self-made businessman, he supports various causes and is currently establishing a private charitable foundation dedicated to supporting medical research and the needs of Aboriginal communities in the Pilbara, WA. Read more

View the list of National Living Treasures. (updated 2012)