Obituaries
Remarkable journey of wisdom and inspiration
Debbie Masel remains dearly cherished by the Melbourne Jewish community, with her literary contributions and teachings continuing to reverberate some 10 years after her death at 53.
- by Orly Miller
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First Aboriginal person to gain PhD and to stand for federal parliament
Known for devoting himself to the advancement of his people, Gordon Briscoe had to make his way in a racially bigoted society after a difficult start to life.
- by Malcolm Brown
Author wrote bestseller inspired by 1831 death reported in the Herald
Always an Australian history buff, in retirement Robin Adair penned the colonial-era thriller Death and the Running Patterer.
- by Julie Kusko Adair
Black mathematician calculated orbits for Apollo moon landing
Granville was part of a small cadre of Black women involved in the space program celebrated in movie Hidden Figures.
Highly regarded publisher of regional newspapers built international empire
Parker built a national and international rural and regional publishing empire.
- by Paul Myers
Uni student relived past at 58 to write thesis on women in Depression
The scholar wrote about “female experiences, of the young, the qualified professional and the widow and deserted wife” during Australia’s hardest years.
- by John Dunn
Publisher showed stoic resilience as he lost house, yacht, everything
John Ferguson kept the door ajar for different ideas in publishing
- by Matthew Richardson
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Human rights
A passion for politics marked a life well travelled
Jo Connolly ventured repeatedly into places less travelled. To the end she remained an engaged supporter of people struggling to preserve life, land and culture.
- by Sharon Connolly
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University
Teacher and scholar had a global influence on the philosophy of art
Jenny McMahon was a fine, creative, productive scholar, and a diligent, innovative teacher who made a substantial and enduring global contribution to the discipline of philosophy, particularly in the fields of aesthetics, philosophy of art and meta-ethics.
- by Kylie Trask-Kerr and Brendan Ryan
Owner of exclusive Fiji resort visited by Kidman and Crowe
Entrepreneur David Gilmour always travelled with his Fiji water : “I brush my teeth with it.”
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Indigenous
A visionary politician with a passion for climate change policy
Tom Roper was an outstanding Australian whose views were often far-sighted and were present in his work on climate change and his support of First Nations peoples.
- by Tom Yates