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Richard Denton. Accountant and company director

1928 - December 2021

When Richard Denton finished his secondary education in the 1940s he responded to two job vacancies advertised in the Sydney Morning Herald, one at an accounting firm and the other as a wool broker. The wool broker never responded to his application but the accountant did, so Denton started work at R.A. Irish and Michelmore […]

George Hubert Wilkins. Aviator, Photographer, War Correspondent, Spy

1888 - 30 November 1958

Captain Nora Heysen. Australia's first female war artist

1911 - 2003

Paul Christopher Lloyd. Journalist, musician, photographer, bon vivant

16 August 1943 - 5 May 2021

Gordon B. Schwartz: A Titan in Sports Journalism

23 June 1922 - 28 March 2021

Sydney Dick Chant: from Everleigh railway yards to revolutionary Shanghai

1885 - 12 June 1947

Bryan John Charlton: Champion press photographer

8 October 1950 - 30 January 2021

Lizzy Punch. An independent woman from more conservative times

31 January 1875 - 30 October 1955

Colonel Muir Purser. Decorated veteran of WW1

7 January 1887 - 14 October 1970

James Punch. The "father of rowing"

1839 - 7 December 1880

Ella May McFadyen. Creator of spellbinding stories for children

26 November 1887 - 22 August 1976