How was Donald Bradman significant to Australian History?
This is a very big question that is not simply answered. You will need to visit your Library to answer it in the depth it deserves. In a nutshell though I will give you some idea; When Don Bradman was only 20 he scored 452 not out for NSW against Queensland. It remained the worlds highest 1st Class score for many years. Later that year Bradman was part of an Australian team that toured England and was expected to lose the Ashes. Bradman scored 2,960 runs comprising 10 centuries and including the worlds’ highest Test score of 334 runs at an average of 98.66. Australia won the Ashes almost through his efforts alone. He arrived home a hero because he almost single-handedly had beaten England at their own game and literally put Australia on the international map. Every Australian knew who he was (IMPORTANT cricket was more widely followed then) and he gave the nation a sense of great pride at the time of the Great Depression when life was tough and money was scarce. His cricket successes l
