The People

Barry Humphries

1934 – 2023

Barry Humphries AO CBE (1934–2023), actor, writer and artist, was the world's all-time most successful solo theatrical performer.

Dr Robert (Bob) Edwards AO

1930 – 2023

Dr Robert (Bob) Edwards AO (1930-2023) made a remarkable contribution to the cultural sector in Australia.

William Mora

1953 – 2023

William Mora (1953–2023), art dealer and gallerist, was the eldest son of artist Mirka Mora and restauranteur and gallery owner Georges Mora.

Yunupingu AM

1948 – 2023

Yunupiŋu (1948–2023), revered senior ceremonial Yolŋu man of the Gumatj clan from North-East Arnhem Land, fought tirelessly for the rights and recognition of Yolŋu and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people alike.

John Olsen AO CBE

1928 – 2023

John Olsen AO OBE (1928–2023), painter, was one of the major figures in 20th-century Australian art.

Bruce Petty

1929 – 2023

Bruce Petty, political cartoonist, grew up in Melbourne and as a young man took night classes in art at RMIT.

Queen Elizabeth II

1926 – 2022

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II (1926–2022) was the first child of the Duke and Duchess of York, who subsequently became King George VI and Queen Elizabeth.

Jack Charles

1943 – 2022

Jack Charles (1943–2022) was a revered Wiradjuri, Boon Warrung, Dja Dja Wurrung, Woiwurrung and Yorta Yorta Elder, activist, actor, musician and artist.

Archie Roach AC

1956 – 2022

Archie Roach AC (1956–2022), singer/songwriter and storyteller, has been described as the voice of the Stolen Generations.

Olivia Newton-John AC DBE

1948 – 2022

Olivia Newton-John AC DBE (1948-2022) came to Australia as a five-year-old with her father, Brin Newton John, who had worked on the Enigma project at Bletchley, and her mother, Irene Born, who was the daughter of Nobel Prize-winning physicist Max Born.

Judith Durham AO

1943 – 2022

The Seekers formed in Melbourne in 1962 when jazz singer Judith Durham met Athol Guy, who was in a folk trio with Bruce Woodley and Keith Potger.

Wesley Stacey

1941 – 2023

Wesley Stacey (1941–2023), photographer, was an apprentice silk screener and studied drawing and design at East Sydney Technical College in the early 1960s before working as a graphic designer and photographer in Sydney and London.

Richard Woldendorp AM

1927 – 2023

Richard Woolcott

1927 – 2023

Emeritus Professor Derek Denton AC

1924 – 2022

Emeritus Professor Derek Denton AC (1924-2022), physiologist, was born in Launceston and graduated in medicine from the University of Melbourne in 1947.