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Maggie Tabberer
Maggie Tabberer
Maggie Tabberer

Maggie Tabberer AO

1936 – 2024

Maggie Tabberer AO (1936-2024), designer, writer, editor, publicist and television presenter, is one of Australia's best-known personalities.

Barbara Blackman
Barbara Blackman
Barbara Blackman

Barbara Blackman AO

1928 – 2024

Barbara Blackman AO (b. 1928), writer, poet and arts patron, was only fifteen when the ABC Weekly published one of her poems.

Terry Snow and China
Terry Snow and China
Terry Snow and China

Terry Snow

1943 – 2024

Terry Snow AM (1943-2024) has been executive chairman of Canberra Airport and the Capital Airport Group since the airport’s acquisition from the Commonwealth in 1998.

Ray Lawler
Ray Lawler
Ray Lawler

Ray Lawler AO OBE

1921 – 2024

Guy Warren
Guy Warren
Guy Warren

Guy Warren AM

1921 – 2024

Sir Rod Carnegie
Sir Rod Carnegie
Sir Rod Carnegie

Sir Roderick Carnegie AC

1933 – 2024

Sir Roderick Carnegie (1933-2024) was the former chief executive, chairman and managing director of CRA Limited and chairman of Hudson Conway Limited, Adacel Technologies Limited and World Competitive Practices Pty Ltd.

Guy Stuart, January 1979
Guy Stuart, January 1979
Guy Stuart, January 1979

Guy Stuart

1942 – 2024

Guy Stuart (1942-2024) studied under John Brack at Melbourne Grammar School between 1956 and 1960.

Bruce Armstrong
Bruce Armstrong
Bruce Armstrong

Bruce Armstrong

1957 – 2024

Bruce Armstrong (1957-2024) was a sculptor, painter, printer and charcoal artist.

Jan Senbergs
Jan Senbergs
Jan Senbergs

Jan Senbergs AM

1939 – 2024

Jan Senbergs AM (1939-2024) came to Australia from Latvia in 1950. He studied at the Melbourne School of Printing and Graphic Arts, where he was influenced by Leonard French.

'words are the daughters of the earth' Marion Halligan
'words are the daughters of the earth' Marion Halligan
'words are the daughters of the earth' Marion Halligan

Marion Halligan

1940 – 2024

Marion Halligan AM (1940–2024) is a novelist, short story writer, reviewer and essayist.

Lowitja O'Donoghue
Lowitja O'Donoghue
Lowitja O'Donoghue

Dr Lowitja O'Donoghue AC CBE DSG

1932 – 2024

Dr Lowitja O’Donoghue AC CBE DSG (1932–2024), a Yankunytjatjara woman, dedicated her life’s work to advancing the rights and wellbeing of Australia’s First Peoples.

Portrait of HRH Crown Princess Mary of Denmark
Portrait of HRH Crown Princess Mary of Denmark
Portrait of HRH Crown Princess Mary of Denmark

Her Majesty Queen Mary of Denmark

b. 1972

Dressing for dinner
Dressing for dinner
Dressing for dinner

The Hon. Bill Hayden AC

1933 – 2023

The Hon Bill Hayden AC (1933‒2023) was Governor-General of Australia from 1989 to 1996 and Leader of the Opposition from 1977 to 1983.

Harold Mitchell
Harold Mitchell
Harold Mitchell

Harold Mitchell AC

1942 – 2024

Harold Mitchell AC (1942-2024), businessman and philanthropist, left his home town of Stawell at seventeen to become an office boy in a Melbourne advertising agency.

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