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Obituary: lawyer Julian Block
9:00 PM Lawyer Julian Block was commonly described as headstrong, curmudgeonly, unpredictable, generous, kind, loving, amusing, irreverent and brilliant - an eccentric.
Dead at 56, with $15m funds missing
![President Francisco Flores casts his vote at a polling centre in 2004.](/web/20160216064836im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/m/s/f/i/n/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gmsfpm.png/1455545566735.jpg)
Sam Roberts 5:58 PM FRANCISCO FLORES Ex-president died under house arrest.
Melbourne High principal a 24-carat teacher in a golden age
![Melbourne High principal Nevill Drohan.](/web/20160216064836im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/m/i/o/m/z/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gmimq8.png/1455519303399.jpg)
Alan Gregory 5:55 PM Despte a difficult manner, high school principal Neville Drohan was popular with students, but later became a recluse.
Historian opened Australia's eyes to new Asia Pacific
![John Legge in 1936](/web/20160216064836im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/m/s/c/4/h/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gmreh7.png/1455503714874.jpg)
Tony Milner JOHN LEGGE Historian influenced Australia's engagement with Asia
Marie Tulip highly involved in the Women's Movement in times of great social change
![Marie Tulip.](/web/20160216064836im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/m/r/2/j/0/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gmr2pz.png/1455184549653.jpg)
MARIE TULIP 1935–2015
Saved by the lord from opera's evils
![Jane Stuart Smith in costume](/web/20160216064836im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/m/r/9/8/n/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gmr94h.png/1455174501148.jpg)
Jane Stuart Smith said she had been saved by the lord from opera's evils.
Top scientist felt shunned for views on climate change
![Bob Carter insisted there was no evidence of climate change caused by human activity.](/web/20160216064836im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/m/b/a/f/d/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gmr7yx.png/1455174371814.jpg)
Peter Ridd and Piers Larcombe Bob Carter was a teacher and research academic with expertise in palaeontology, marine geology and stratigraphy.
A man who put his stamp on history
![Howard Koslow](/web/20160216064836im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/m/o/8/f/w/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gmo8ip.png/1455094908927.jpg)
Over his long career he designed more than 50 stamps and postal cards.
Pauper and the prince were the same man
![Brajraj Mahapatra: no regrets](/web/20160216064836im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/m/q/8/n/a/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gmq8rc.png/1455174857279.jpg)
BRAJRAJ MAHAPATRA Last Raja of India in the days of British rule
Astronaut saw Earth as a planet in crisis
![Edgar MItchell in 2007.](/web/20160216064836im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/m/p/6/s/r/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gmp6nq.png/1455009136464.jpg)
Richard Goldstein Becoming the sixth man to walk on the moon was not a wholly positive experience for Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Mitchell.
Obsession with cinema became a lifelong career
![Joel Greenberg's career was built on his interest and knowledge of movies.](/web/20160216064836im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/m/o/2/s/x/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gmo31u.png/1454916395896.jpg)
Joel Greenberg specialised in Hollywood movies of the 1930s and 1940s, about which he knew more or less everything.
A born villain and a theatre man through and through
![Frank Finlay as Irwin Green in The Sins.](/web/20160216064836im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/m/o/2/s/y/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gmo2vv.png/1454897792446.jpg)
Frank Finlay was one of Britain's most distinguished theatre actors.
In joy or sadness, always there with a hug
![Rhonda Wall: her social-work skills inspired all.](/web/20160216064836im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/m/o/8/g/0/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gmo8u6.png/1455105024681.jpg)
Rhonda Wall embraced life wholeheartedly. She was full of fun, a colourful, vivacious woman, a superb host and an enthusiastic supporter of social justice.
A long life lived to the fullest
![David and MIriam Opat.](/web/20160216064836im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/m/m/m/i/g/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gmmmgi.png/1454838701310.jpg)
David Opat David Opat was as tough as old boots. "Just have a glass of vodka," was his prescription should you have an upset stomach.
Gifted Iraqi refugee revealed lives of asylum seekers to Australians
![Part of Ibtihal Samarayi's work, 3 Sisters.](/web/20160216064836im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/m/l/i/6/s/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gmlia8.png/1455071815127.jpg)
Teacher and scholar's art works and writings created enormous nationwide interest.
Japaljarri left a clear and strong track
![Andrew Spencer Japaljarri.](/web/20160216064836im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/m/l/8/8/l/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gml8qx.png/1454581662451.jpg)
Andrew Spencer Japaljarri was a Warlpiri/Pintubi artist, Aboriginal Community Policeman and social activist.
The sailor with itchy feet – and a catamaran built in a piggery
![Lone sailor Jonathan Deerson.](/web/20160216064836im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/m/e/x/s/6/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gmihad.png/1454569264272.jpg)
Peter Deerson Jonathan Deerson sailed solo across the Pacific
An adventurous master of the New Wave
![Jacques Rivette at Cannes Film Festival in 2001.](/web/20160216064836im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/m/k/g/o/c/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gmkh42.png/1454551651411.jpg)
The pre-eminent theoretician of the French 'New Wave' and the filmmaker who, with Jean-Luc Godard, came closest in his own work to realising the movement's aims and aspirations.
Jerrold Cripps' numerous appointments mark his loyalty, integrity
![Jerrold Cripps as a young man.](/web/20160216064836im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/m/k/8/w/q/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gmk910.png/1454489114799.jpg)
Jerrold Cripps' most outstanding quality was that of a rock-like integrity, with which came an independence of thought.
The jump that gave basketball a lift
![Kenny Sailors in action in 1950.](/web/20160216064836im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/m/j/h/0/9/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gmjh38.png/1454483646793.jpg)
William McDonald Kenny Sailors took basketball to new heights by inventing the jump shot.
Headmaster who inspired thousands of pupils and teachers
![Roderick West: one of Australia's great headmasters.](/web/20160216064836im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/m/j/a/0/8/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gmja2r.png/1454923105928.jpg)
Malcolm Brown Roderick West taught Latin to Prince Charles before going on to guide pupils to excellence at top Sydney schools.
Innovative saviour in treatment of burns victims
![Alfred Hospital surgeon and burns unit founder John Masterton.](/web/20160216064836im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/l/y/q/0/j/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gmig99.png/1454289014937.jpg)
Skilled surgeon John Masterton found life-saving solutions while establishing a remarkable academic career.
Her ongoing protest vigil one of the longest
![Concepcion Picciotto -- wig, helmet and a message](/web/20160216064836im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/m/g/n/m/i/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gmgnqb.png/1454221931175.jpg)
Sam Roberts CONCEPCION PICCIOTTO Her long, long, long, long, long, long, long protest