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A life of caring for family and others

A life of caring for family and others

Mary Burbidge was a keen bird watcher, general practitioner, disability specialist and advocate, local councillor, mother, sister, nanna, writer, inventor, environmentalist, smart, funny, kind and generous.

  • by Jo Burbidge and Helene Richards

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Won highest international award in gliding

Won highest international award in gliding

During his childhood, flying was not an everyday common thing, but it fascinated Alan Patching.

  • by Tighe Patching
Torquay and surf industry icon a master surfboard-maker

Torquay and surf industry icon a master surfboard-maker

Russell Graham was passionate about the history and heritage of surfing and its culture.

  • by Gordon Matthews
The man with the activist’s edge

The man with the activist’s edge

Harry van Moorst was determined to make a difference for the people of Werribee, for his family, for all Victorians and for the cause of peace.

  • by Michael Hamel-Green
Cheeky, erudite and kind: A crossword compiler for the ages
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Cheeky, erudite and kind: A crossword compiler for the ages

Much-loved crossword setter Donald Harrison has died.

  • by Lynne Cairncross
Judge who abolished notion of terra nullius was a dedicated advocate for human rights
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Judge who abolished notion of terra nullius was a dedicated advocate for human rights

Sir Gerard Brennan, the former chief justice of the High Court of Australia who wrote the lead judgement in the Mabo case that laid down the legal notion of prior Aboriginal occupation of Australian land, has died in Sydney at the age of 94.

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Developed pioneering surgical procedures

Developed pioneering surgical procedures

Leading vascular surgeon Ian Ferguson was known for lifelong ‘grand obsessions’, which drove him to seek excellence and to live life to the fullest extent.

Jillian Snell: bat woman led conservation of flying foxes

Jillian Snell: bat woman led conservation of flying foxes

Jillian Snell’s sudden death shocked and saddened her family and colleagues.

  • by Peter Legzdins
Educator who saw into our future

Educator who saw into our future

Peter Noonan was a passionate advocate for the role of tertiary education in transforming people’s lives. Thousands of young Australians owe their chance at getting a life-changing education to Noonan and the work he did.

  • by Mark Burford, Peter Dawkins and Robert Pascoe
Rosmarie Trapp: last woman of family that inspired The Sound of Music

Rosmarie Trapp: last woman of family that inspired The Sound of Music

The von Trapp family fled Nazis not across the Alps to Switzerland, but by daytime train to Italy.

Eminent researcher loved teaching, applying and advocating science

Eminent researcher loved teaching, applying and advocating science

Anthony George Klein was an outstanding physicist, research leader, teacher, science communicator, mentor, and much loved and admired family man, friend and colleague.

  • by Leon Mann and David Satchell