The tenor was hurt by suggestions that he was not believable as an on-stage lover. "I sing like one," he insisted.

Wijaya befriended members of the royal families of Bali and acquired a knowledge of the island's intricate rituals and history

• Geoff Fitzpatrick

Carl Nielsen, a pioneering giant in Australian design who has died aged 86, has left an impressive and significant legacy.

• Dean Frenkel

This is a story about an extraordinary Australian.

• Geoffrey Robertson

Richard Neville was the provocative and witty spokesman for the generation that questioned the assumed wisdom of its elders.

• Gregg Levy

Entertainment with a message was the hallmark of a career in theatre and film over 45 years.

• Noel Turnbull and Melissa Macfarlane

Donald Bruce Macfarlane became CEO of Amcor, a major Australian company, played a role in developing young leaders across all sections of society, was a generous supporter of the community and became an accomplished painter.

Muriel Spark: He always wanted me to say [his paintings] were good but I didn't think they were.

When the Red Army invaded gymnast went into hiding in the forests where she maintained her fitness by lifting bags of coal and swinging from tree branches

Rural cooking facilities resulted in visiting British diplomats eating lemon meringue tainted with kerosene

Joe Sutter, Antony Copley, Harry Fujiwara, Charles "Champagne Charlie" Cantan

• Sinclaire Parer and Bud Parer

Bill was an avid outdoorsman, physician, researcher and family man, and he touched the lives of all those he encountered.

Influential and unorthodox, costume designer Norma Moriceau had the ability to create icons.

Gene Wilder, the actor and director, who has died aged 83, became a favourite with children everywhere when he created the zany title role in the film Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory (1971).

• Damien Murphy

It falls to few to have their names epitomise a sport: Bradman, Cazaly, Phar Lap have the honour. So did Bernard Farrelly.

Iris Kells, Sonia Rykie, Steven Hill

Suburban apprenticeship led to honoured career in aviation

• Suzanne Spunner and Mike Hast

Ken Spunner, the descendant of a 19th-century limeburner, rose to become head of the Mornington Peninsula's peak planning body and was twice elected president of the Shire of Flinders.

West German president gave good parties and won Medal for Combating Deadly Seriousness.

The eight-year-old girl who beat adults playing Bach

• Ian McDougall

Australia's architectural community has lost a much-loved and highly respected practitioner with the passing of Stephen Ashton at the age of 61. He was exposed to asbestos automotive brake pads in the 1970s and died after a prolonged battle with mesothelioma.

• 20-8-1944 – 12-6-2016
• Catherine Rooney

Dr Bernard Rooney's career embodied the best of general practice.

Donald Henderson the US epidemiologist in charge of the decade-long campaign to eradicate smallpox worldwide; the most significant public health initiative of the 20th century.

George Freedman was a leading light on Sydney's design scene.

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• Robyn Whiteley and Gail Reynolds

John Collins, was a well-educated man, passionate about lifelong learning for everyone. 

"I've been portrayed as this great monster who goes round shooting black men for sport when my whole life I've striven to move away from racist behaviour," he said in an interview. "The problem is I'm a very easy target. I'm a white man, toffee nosed, titled and, on top of that, a white man in Africa... you know these are really bad things."