Obituaries
Korean POW Gordon Harvey one our best RAAF pilots
The first Australian captured in the Korean war, Harvey was a prisoner of war for nearly three years - 45 days of it in a two by one-metre hole as punishment for escaping - and a little recognised participant in one of the war's most enduring controversies.
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Energy scientist faced battle with haemophilia
That a haemophiliac could travel overseas let alone work there in the 70s and 80s was the result of ground-breaking work by scientists.
Creator of Spider Man and the Incredible Hulk
The idea for Spider-Man came to Lee in 1962 when he saw a fly crawling on a wall
Babs Beverley of the Beverley Sisters
The Beverley Sisters were the girl band of the 1950s, Britain’s answer to the Andrews Sisters in America.
Eleanor Witcombe: Her brilliant career
Malcolm Turned aged about eight looked up at her and asked: “Miss Witcombe, would you say as a playwright you are important?”
Richard Gill: a teacher’s teacher and a musician’s musician
Richard Gill’s indefatigable devotion to music was rewarded with probably the largest roll call of awards in Australian music history.
A pure model of public accountability
Though not a rich man, Ted Mack rejected a fortune in entitlements, thought always of the public good and put matters directly to his constituents.
Most senior surviving officer with Second World War service
His commitment to commemoration led him to secure in the late 1990s the establishment of the Sydney Anzac Day Dawn Service Trust.
Ruth Gates: 'Renaissance woman' sought to rescue coral reefs
Losing pieces of the global puzzle like coral reefs or the polar ice caps, Gates said, “will ultimately wipe us out as a species.”
Dame Beryl Beaurepaire: Feminist, political activist and philanthropist
Dame Beryl Beaurepaire was the first woman to chair the Australian War Memorial.
- by Michael McKernan