Ok, I'm trying to add to the Famous list Blessed Mary McKillop. She is a FAMOUS Nun here in Australia, started her own order, taught very poor children when it wasn't considered necissary. She opened orphanages etc. Butted heads with the Males of the RC church, got thrown out on trumped up charges (she had what we now know to be endometriosis, and the treatment then was 1 tablespoon of brandy as required),so they threw her out as a drunk. She went to the Vatican, (this is all abreviated), eventually got reinstated, died in Sydney, the convent is now her tomb, hundreds of thousands visit her tomb each year, especially on her own day in August. The Vatican have Beatified her, 1 step away from Sainthood. Australia has no Saints, male or Female, so not only would she be our First Saint, but hey a women beat the men to it. I've submitted her bio twice for a star and been rejected each time, with only a note to go and read the rules of submission. Hello, I HAVE, they don't help me one whit. Have NO idea what I've done wrong, and the notes don't help at all, they just look like Automated responses. Is she rejected because she's not an American famous person???? I don't think so, I saw the original inventer of Hummel figurines who joined the Sisters was featured, so I can't figure it out. Can ANYONE help please, this lady definatley deserves her place on here.

OK, for starters, seems small, but SPELL CHECK everything. And, I'd consider getting rid of the duplicate and concentrate on just one memorial.

thanks, I didn't know they'd kept the originial entry, I just thought when they knocked it back they deleted it. And yes I can spell check, but American spelling and sometimes English spelling can be totally different from Australian, and also the way we use words. For example we in Australia spell color COLOUR. Always have. A round thing we bake that the kids love you guys call a cookie, we call it a biscuit or a bikkie! And even the way we write dates is totally oposite. For example fifth of April, you guys would write 4/5/2009. We would put 5/4/2009. There are a LOT of differences. How do I now delete the duplicate???? I'm NOT knocking the differences, just explaining them. My American friends laughs histerically at some of them. For example you use the word fanny in relation to someones behind, quote from a book "as he walked past he casually patted her on the fanny". We'll here in Australia the Fanny is the FRONT bottom part of a woman. Makes the sentace read a WHOLE lot different, huh??? Thanks for the advice, if I can find the article I'll run a spell check and see what's what. And then?

post a link to your memorial here - you can get more input

Mary McKillop

I think she needs a header like 'clergy' or 'religious figure' and there is the issue with capitalization. Otherwise I think the bio is fine.

She does need a heading, maybe religious figure as Lutetia suggested. You aren't suppose to include the name of parents in famous listings.

This sentence is way too long. I don't know how you spell fellow in Australia, but it's spelled with two Ls in the U.S. And womens should be women's to show possession.


The work of the sisters, whilst including educating poor children, also set up womens refuges and orphanages, although thrown out of the church for the time, Mary was returned to her calling and succeeded in helping many thousands of people with her charitable efforts and those of her felow Josephites.

She may not be known well enough outside of Australia to be considered famous.

I'm not saying this is perfect, but I edited for style and made it more concise.

Memorial deleted?