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Neale was elevated to Officer of the Order of Australia in 2021 and named Australian of the Year in 2025

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Modoc Category_RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY Neale was elevated to Officer*Modoc* by Ralph Helfer is a sweeping work of historical nonfiction that follows an extraordinary bond between a young boy and an elephant, told with the pace of an adventure story and the heart of a memoir. Set across decades and continents, its rich in animal behaviour, circus history, and the kind of friendship that quietly reshapes a life. Raised together in a small circus town in Germany, the pair grow up side by side, learning trust and