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Bruce Charles Mollison, agrarian rebel, creative practitioner, teacher, writer, ecologist and co-originator of permaculture, has died aged 88 in Hobart.
Terence Bayler, the actor, who has died aged 86, appeared in small but pivotal parts in a number of films and television programmes noted for the passionate devotion of their fans.
Post-it note on Jackson's mirror said "Call Temperton"
Obituary: David McSkimming had a long and presitigious career in key music roles in Australia.
Federal Court judge had a beloved Hungarian Vizsla named Lord Denning.
Cheerleaders were forbidden from smoking, chewing gum or holding alcoholic drinks while in uniform
Bettine McCaughan started her singing career in a country church choir and soon became an inspirational and highly influential teacher of singing.
Monroe leant forward and blew a kiss to the camera. It was the last image he ever took of her
As Harbour Master he was both popular and highly skilled
Sellers was so paralytic with drink that he "pulled me over in one scene and we rolled off the stage together and into the orchestra pit".
Statistician and researcher Katherine Thomas broke new ground for women in the fields of statistics and education research.
He had the ability to anticipate trends.
Terence Brady forged a career as a writer for the stage and screen, a journalist, novelist, actor and painter.
Ronel Harmatz helped thousands of European and North African Jews reach Palestine.
Agnes Nixon, Herschell Gordon Lewis, Sir Ronald Arculus
A 'pugnacious and profane high school dropout'.
Walker demonstrated throughout his career that good bowling has far more to it than raw speed
Dogged by a reputation for back-room dealing, Shimon Peres ended his years in public office as a remarkably beloved figure.
Moje's ability to keep faith with the vision was the mark of a great artist.
Silk stockings and cigarettes, useful bribes to gain entry to the Moulin Rouge.
King will be written into the history on the day West Papua gains independence.
Fernandez, though very young, was on a Hall of Fame trajectory.
Padraig Duggan, Deborah S. Jin, Dorothy Cann Hamilton
Son born with cerebral palsy changed life's focus for GP
Curtis Hanson, the screenwriter and director, who has died aged 71, was a Hollywood also-ran – best known as the journeyman director-for-hire of hit thrillers such as The Hand that Rocks the Cradle (1992) and The River Wild (1994) – until he made LA Confidential (1997), a film noir thriller adapted from James Ellroy's labyrinthine novel set in the sun-drenched streets of 1950s Hollywood.
Williams was at home in the corridors of Canberra, in his surgery or on his surfboard
'In Harry Potter the Devil acts in a crafty and covert manner, under the guise of extraordinary powers, magic spells and curses.'
Mixing with the Queen Mother, Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon, as well as Winston Churchill and Anthony Eden, had all been wonderful.
Frances – psychologist, activist, poet and notable contributor to disability services – has died aged 69.
Member of the Society for Psychical Research, he terrified himself in the course of many investigations of hauntings by ghosts and poltergeists.
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