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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
Sam Roberts 5:58 PM FRANCISCO FLORES Ex-president died under house arrest.
Melbourne High principal a 24-carat teacher in a golden age
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
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 1935–2015
Saved by the lord from opera's evils
Jane Stuart Smith said she had been saved by the lord from opera's evils.
Top scientist felt shunned for views on climate change
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
Over his long career he designed more than 50 stamps and postal cards.
Pauper and the prince were the same man
BRAJRAJ MAHAPATRA Last Raja of India in the days of British rule
Astronaut saw Earth as a planet in crisis
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 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 was one of Britain's most distinguished theatre actors.
In joy or sadness, always there with a hug
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 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
Teacher and scholar's art works and writings created enormous nationwide interest.
Japaljarri left a clear and strong track
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
Peter Deerson Jonathan Deerson sailed solo across the Pacific
An adventurous master of the New Wave
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' most outstanding quality was that of a rock-like integrity, with which came an independence of thought.
The jump that gave basketball a lift
William McDonald Kenny Sailors took basketball to new heights by inventing the jump shot.
Headmaster who inspired thousands of pupils and teachers
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
Skilled surgeon John Masterton found life-saving solutions while establishing a remarkable academic career.
Her ongoing protest vigil one of the longest
Sam Roberts CONCEPCION PICCIOTTO Her long, long, long, long, long, long, long protest
