Alan Root, a wildlife filmmaker who splashed through crocodile-infested rivers, piloted hot-air balloons over stampeding wildebeests and lost a "Coke bottle"-sized chunk of his calf to an angry hippopotamus, all while producing nearly two dozen acclaimed nature documentaries,has died aged 80.

War and displacement shaped the lives of many Australians. For some the past is an inescapable burden. For some it is a springboard into defiance, a reminder to not be crushed by adversity, that setbacks can be conquered.

Tobe Hooper, the film director, who has died aged 74, captivated and horrified audiences with The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, a 1974 sleeper hit that, as one critic put it, "did for motorised wood-cutting tools what Jaws did for sharks".

Jeannie de Clarens, an amateur spy who passed a wealth of information to the British about the development of the V1 and V2 rockets during World War ll and survived stays in three concentration camps for her activities, has died in Montaigu, southeast of Nantes, France, aged 98.

John Lennon said that it was a prayer book given to him by Gregory that inspired him to write Imagine.

Nazha Saad was fearless and not afraid to stand up to any sort of bias, prejudice or misogyny.

Charlie Bentley was the absolute polar scientist, going where nobody else had gone.

• Mick Roche, Jennie Darcy and Barbara Minchinton

When a young Phil Roche watched sheep being dipped in the Yorkshire Dales, he little knew that he would find happiness many years later looking after sheep on the other side of the world.

• Geraldine Ludbrook

Professor John Ludbrook had a lifelong passion for knowledge, learning and languages.

• Jill Ludwell

Through hard work and perseverance, Charles Dickeson rose from junior office boy in a solicitor's office to make a substantial contribution to improving the education and raising the status of those carrying out complex legal work who did not have the formal academic qualifications.

• Marshall Segan

Berek Segan had a vision that led to an artistic and cultural revival of Castlemaine.

The phenomenal rise of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis was like nothing show business had seen before.

Diamond was sent four chunks - looking like sugar lumps, she recalled - in a mayonnaise jar in 1984.

The 11th Duke of Beaufort, Fadwa Suleiman, Christian Millau

• Jenny Rafeld

Susan (Sue) Mair, who contributed in many ways to the life and activities of the Mornington Peninsula, has died aged 82.

• Jim Claven

Gil Easton survived the World War II battles of Tobruk and Alamein, and brought back an archive of photographs which he donated to the people of Victoria.

Tessa Mallos led two overlapping lives, acting and political activism. She was fiercely passionate about both. Drama touched much of what she said and did.

Richard Gordon, who has died aged 95, was one of Britain's most popular novelists in the 1950s and 1960s, creating the light-hearted Doctor books, beginning with Doctor in the House, that spawned several classic film comedies of the era.

• Kate Hedley

During a memorial service in Mandurah, mourners remembered Betty not just for her sporting prowess, but for her humility, her love of God, and her loyal friendship.

Sister Ruth Pfau, who has died aged 87, was a Roman Catholic nun who, after a childhood spent in Nazi Germany, became known as "the Mother Teresa of Pakistan" for her work in combating the spread of leprosy.

Asked if she was offended by a publicity calendar featuring scantily clad golfers, Bridges answered: "I think they look good".

Keating referred to him as "a true prince of the Labor movement".

Blanche Blackwell, Haruo Nakajima, Helen Alexander.

• John Thompson 1939 - 2017

Among his memorable encounters was a morning spent with John Lennon and Yoko Ono at their home near Ascot.

Hall was a range taker in the foremast of HMAS Canberra when she was crippled and sunk on 9 August 1942

• Jim Robb

Dr Jean Cannon, who was the first woman in Australia to achieve a Masters degree in dentistry through research, switched to orthodontics in her 50s and believed that she was still reaching her peak into her late 60s.

• Bruce Holloway

Golda Isaac became a foundation member of the Friends of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne in 1983, and had a major role in establishing the ethos and direction of the group's early days.

At the 1956 Melbourne Olympics Betty Cuthbert was a shy 18-year-old who hardly been away from home.

• Joan Kellett, May 2, 1929 – June 20, 2017
• Chris Gould

Joan Kellett was a respected and influential participant in the life of the Canberra community.