Peter Lawler, who became one of the giants of the Australian Public Service, might be said to have started with nothing.

• Appreciation
• Tony Wright

Satirist John Clarke was forever taking himself out of contact and communing with the natural world.

Tim Pigott-Smith, who has died aged 70, was a seasoned Shakespearean stage actor before achieving television stardom as the sadistic police superintendent turned Army colonel Ronald Merrick in The Jewel in the Crown.

The biggest names in show business felt that "if they hadn't been insulted by Rickles, they weren't with it".

Darcus Howe, Arthur Bisguier, Jill Martin

After the United States Supreme Court legalised gay marriage in 2015, more than 26 million people on Facebook changed their profile photos to include the flag.

The best a suburban GP could do for a woman 'in trouble' was to find out who was currently the least dangerous abortionist and advise her where to go.

• Les Aisen

In spite of a number of health challenges, teacher Gina Sabto threw herself into her love of language and, especially, of poetry.

• Barry York

A brilliant teacher of history, Itiel Bereson was also a highly successful writer of textbooks.

• Michael Easson

Bert Evans was a prominent and influential advocate for employers in the decades that changed Australia.

• Jock Murphy

Former chair of the National Trust Rodney Davidson was a key figure in the growth of the heritage movement in Melbourne and Victoria.

Leak won 19 Stanley Awards, for excellence by the Australian Cartoonists' Association.

The number of shelters for battered women grew from a mere handful in 1977 to nearly 700 the year The Burning Bed was televised.

Noreen Fraser, Robert Day, Roberta Knie

Clem Curtis, who has died aged 76, was the original singer with the Foundations, best remembered for the 1967 pop-soul hit, Baby Now That I've Found You, the first of six British chart entries.

• Dean Joel

From a young age Jack Joel had a strong entrepreneurial spirit and a love of adventure.

Kathrada spent 18 years of his sentence on Robben Island, the apartheid regime's most notorious prison.

Conolly developed a multitude of hand surgery practices and techniques new to Australia.

Mesnil Turner, James Cotton, Sam Leach

• Geoff Fitzpatrick

Scottish-born designer behind ground-breaking Montreal Chair also taught at RMIT.

Allan James "Jim" Baker, who has died aged 94, was one of Australia's more interesting philosophers, intellectuals, and gadflies. He was a prominent member of the Sydney Push, the Bohemian intellectual circle that met in Sydney's city and inner-city pubs from the late 1940s.

• Charles El-Hage

Migrant Deeb El-Hage met many challenges in his life with leadership and dedication to his beloved Lebanese community and church.

• Elizabeth Fahie

Former Camberwell Grammar School head David Dyer recognised before any of his contemporaries in the independent school system the importance of student wellbeing.

• Elissa Blake

Portrait sparked controversy when it was pointed out that Smith's image bore a striking resemblance to a photograph taken in 1974.

Dexter described himself as short, fat, bald, deaf; a lukewarm socialist, a lover of crosswords and a hater of Australian cricketers.

McGuinness was never convicted of any terrorist act but twice imprisoned in the Republic for IRA membership

• David Rockefeller 1915 - 2017

David Rockefeller, who grew up in the largest private residence in New York City, was required to do chores. At 7, he spent eight hours a day raking leaves on the family's 3,400 acre estate.

Presley was rock's first pop star and teenage heartthrob, Berry was its master theorist and conceptual genius.

John Surtees, Fred Weintraub, Royal Robbins