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Quiet life of service followed moment of fame

Graham Carbery, gay archivist and VFL umpire involved in headbutting incident with Phil Carman.

Umpire Graham Carbery was the victim of one of football's most notorious incidents, but away from the headlines he lived a quiet life documenting the history of Australia's gay movements.

Inspiring trailblazer for women in law

Justice Rosemary Balmford at the 2008 unveiling of her court portrait by Yvette Coppersmith.

Rosemary Balmford, the first woman appointed a judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria, was an inspirational role model for women in the legal profession.

In Passing

In Passing

Tony Booth, the actor, who has died aged 85, was best known as the abrasive "Scouse git" of a son-in-law who got under Alf Garnett's skin in the BBC comedy series Till Death Us Do Part; in later life he sometimes performed the same function for his real-life son-in-law, the former prime minister Tony Blair. Booth, who had more than a little in common with his most famous television character, spent most of his career pursuing what he described as "boozing, arguing and crumpeteering". A heavy drinker, he once mistook the prime minister of Luxembourg for a wine waiter at a party given by Harold Wilson. Booth told the visiting politician to "make himself useful" by filling the empty glasses. "I'll say this for the guy," Booth recalled. "He came back with two full glasses. He had style."

In Passing

In Passing

Jake LaMotta, Lilliane Bettencourt, Lilian Ross,

Filmmaker's career covered West Papua to Windsor Castle

Joel Peterson  has an impressive catalogue of more than 40 documentary and drama productions to his credit.

There weren't many places Joel Peterson hadn't been – at least that's the way it seemed. His work as a cinematographer took him from cities such as New York and London – to visit the Queen no less – to far-flung villages where few outsiders venture.

Lady Mary Fairfax

Lady Mary Fairfax at Darling Point, 1996.

Lady Fairfax: Her motto, she said, was "touch every life with good".

Cult actor from Paris, Texas was loved around Hollywood

Harry Dean Stanton appeared in more than 200 movies and TV shows.

Harry Dean Stanton, the shambling, craggy-faced character actor with the deadpan voice who became a cult favourite through his memorable turns in Repo Man, Big Love and many other films and TV shows, died September 15 at a hospital in Los Angeles. He was 91.

In Passing

In Passing

Frank Vincent, Maurice Bluestein, Louise Hay

Popular presenter preserved by protests

A dignified exit: Clive Stark presents his last ABC show.

When ABC management decided to retrench presenter Clive Stark in 1993, they weren't prepared for the deluge of protests from his loyal listeners.

Doctor paved new ground for women

Margaret Henderson, doctor and author.

When Margaret Henderson won a place at university in the 1930s, her father decided medicine was the most likely profession to offer her parity with men.

Long life of hard work inspired sculpture

Ben Kelly.

Ben Kelly, an Irish-born migrant who spent many years of hard work in quarries, was not the usual type of person to inspire a monumental piece of public sculpture.

Visionary hotelier changed the industry

The master of any occasion: Ralph Sierakowski

Hotelier Ralph Sierakowski realised that the days of the "six o'clock swill" had to end, and his vision helped to usher in a new era of professionalism in the industry of providing food and drink.

In Passing

Sonny Burgess, Professor Dame Margaret Turner-Warwick, Jack Perry