Jana Novotna, the Czech tennis star who cried on the Duchess of Kent's shoulder after losing a Wimbledon singles final in 1993 and then triumphed at the same tournament five years later, died on Sunday in the Czech Republic.

Architect's schemes helped build the international status of Sydney.

Of the five members of AC/DC Malcolm had the closest relationship with Sydney.

• Harrison Smith

A champion of liberalism who fought against the conservative establishment he was born to.

Helen John, who has died aged 80, was a peace campaigner and one of the first to camp overnight at RAF Greenham Common in Berkshire in protest at plans to site US cruise missiles there. In August 1981, John joined a group of about 40 women on a march that took them over 100 miles from Cardiff to the Berkshire airbase. Married with five children, she was then in her 40s and had never previously taken a close interest in political movements. "I went through life like a pudding," she later recalled. "I didn't know what feminism was." As the nuclear arms race gathered speed she was jolted into action. The group arrived at RAF Greenham Common on September 5, and John volunteered to chain herself to the perimeter fence with three other women. As night fell, the American base commander came over. "As far as I'm concerned, you can stay there as long as you like," he said.

The last remaining Australian member of the exclusive "Guinea Pig Club'" Harold Stannus, has passed away in Vancouver, Canada. Harold – or "Harry" to his mates in the club – was one of the 649 burns victims who, having survived horrific plane crashes or naval explosions during World War II, went on to be treated in Britain by the maverick New Zealand plastic surgeon, Sir Archibald McIndoe.

Antonio Carluccio, who has died aged 80 following a fall at his home, was largely responsible for drawing the British people and many others into a love affair with Italian food.

• Greg de Silva

Max Angus set out to paint the beautiful landscapes of Tasmania, mostly in watercolour, and joined the fight to preserve them from development.

• Michael Sweet

Les Manning was captured in the evacuation of Crete in World War II and spent four years as a prisoner of war. When he returned to Melbourne he had to rebuild his life.

• Mike Shuttleworth and Jackie Nieuwenhuizen

Agnes Nieuwenhuizen arrived in Australia as a stateless young girl and became the groundbreaking champion of youth literature.

• Tess Moloney

Avis Macphee's diagnosis of breast cancer re-focused her life, and she became a key bridge between doctors and patients.

Army priest enjoyed a 'wee dram' and was a passionate supporter of the Balmain Tigers

Karin Dor, a titian-haired German actress who played an assassin sent by James Bond's nemesis Blofeld to kill the British agent in 1967's You Only Live Twice, has died in Munich aged 79.

• Richard Goldstein

Richard Gordon

• Michael Darling

Roger Aldridge was a noted writer of powerful features for The Age in an era which established the newspaper's influence on Australia's public life.

• Stephanie Charles

Sister Margaret Mary Kennedy, who was the last religious principal of Genazzano College, left a lasting legacy of encouragement of all who came within her sphere to be their best and dream big.

Nancy Friday, the author whose books about gender politics helped redefine American women's sexuality and social identity in the late 20th century, has died from complications with Alzheimer's disease aged 84.

Ben Sandilands came to be known, not always favourably, to airlines and aviation authorities as the one who always asked the awkward questions.

Dennis Banks was the militant Chippewa who founded the American Indian Movement in 1968 and led often-violent insurrections to protest the treatment of Native Americans including the famous Wounded Knee seige.

Terry Laughlin developed swimming instruction that emphasised form over speed.

Few Australian poets have had such a varied life and career as Rae Jones.

Yvonne Burney, Jeanne Brousse

• Tom Sherman

The lawyer was involved in much of Australia’s modern legal history.

As Jane Juska – divorced, lonely and 66 – watched Eric Rohmer's film Autumn Tale in 1999 in Berkeley, California she was swept up by the story, in which a married woman secretly places a personal advertisement in a newspaper for a widowed friend who believes it is too late for her to find love.

Tony Madigan, who died in the south of France at the weekend after a long struggle with Alzheimer's disease, was Australia's most enduring and successful amateur boxer.

No one in Australia's history has been as honoured as Sir Ninian Stephen – he was awarded no fewer than five knighthoods in his lifetime. Nor has anyone managed to achieve so much with such modesty and ease.

• Simon Mann

Peter Gebhardt became a County Court judge after an outstanding career as a school principal. During his 10 years on the bench he brought to his judgments a compassion that mirrored his care for students.

Iona Opie, who has died aged 94, was, with her husband Peter, one of the world's greatest experts on the folklore, games and beliefs of childhood; the Opies' study of children's culture, The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren (1959), described "the greatest of savage tribes – the worldwide fraternity of children" – a society that few people until then understood or even realised existed. The Opies began their quest out of curiosity about the origins of nursery rhymes. Shortly after they got married in 1943, they saw a ladybird during a walk in the countryside. Recalling the rhyme "Ladybird, Ladybird, fly away home", they wondered where it had originated and discovered that the only available anthology of nursery rhymes had been published in 1842. "Ladybird, Ladybird", for example, is known in some form more or less everywhere – including China. Humpty Dumpty is "Boule Boule" in France, "Lille Trille" in Denmark and "Humpelken Pumpelken" in Germany.

Elvis pointed to Domino, who was in the room, and said, "There's the real king of rock 'n' roll."