People from Australia

69 people remembered here.

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  Rob Hirst

  1955 – 2026 · Drummer

  The beating heart of Midnight Oil. He drove the band from the back and wrote songs that still move Australia.

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  Gordon Cheng

  1961 – 2026 · Anglican minister and Christian writer

  Bible teacher, writer and minister who never stopped arguing for the gospel.

  4 candles · 1 tributes
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  Sahara Ray

  † 2026 · Model

  Surfer's daughter, swimwear designer and model who lit up a generation of Instagram, and a loving mother to baby Snow.

  4 candles · 1 tributes
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  Robert Williamson

  1938 – 2026 · Molecular geneticist

  Geneticist who helped find the genes behind cystic fibrosis and muscular dystrophy.

  4 candles · 1 tributes
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  Timothy Herbert

  1941 – 2026 · Orthopaedic hand surgeon

  Hand surgeon whose headless Herbert screw changed how broken wrist bones are mended worldwide.

  4 candles · 1 tributes
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  Hilary McPhee

  1941 – 2026 · Publisher

  Publisher who co-founded McPhee Gribble, launched Garner and Cloudstreet, and reshaped Australian letters.

  4 candles · 1 tributes
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  Neil Andrew

  1944 – 2026 · Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives

  Riverland fruit grower and 24th Speaker of the House, who kept the chair fair and never forgot home.

  4 candles · 1 tributes
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  Sir William Heseltine

  1930 – 2026 · Civil servant

  Australian Private Secretary to Queen Elizabeth II, 1986-1990; WA-born royal servant.

  4 candles · 1 tributes
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  Pat Clohessy

  1933 – 2026 · Distance runner and athletics coach

  Australian distance coach who guided Rob de Castella and a generation of AIS runners.

  4 candles · 1 tributes
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  Daniel Stewart

  1988 – 2026 · Australian rules footballer

  Tall Port Adelaide forward, loyal friend, husband and father of two.

  3 candles · 1 tributes
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  Barry Newcomen

  † 2026 · Grazier and Hereford breeder

  Ensay cattleman who championed the Hereford breed in the Victorian high country for 60 years.

  3 candles · 1 tributes
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  Gary Waddell

  1952 – 2026 · Actor

  The King is actually dead. A street kid from Carlton who became one of Australia's most electrifying character actors.

  3 candles · 1 tributes
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  Michelle Pearson

  1962 – 2026 · Swimmer

  Australian Olympic swimmer who won bronze in the 200m individual medley at Los Angeles 1984.

  3 candles · 1 tributes
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  Tony Fox

  1933 – 2026 · Rugby union player

  St George wing who won one Test cap for Australia in Paris in 1958, Wallaby number 435.

  3 candles · 1 tributes
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  Chris Welsh

  † 2026 · Drummer

  Died Pretty drummer whose pulse drove Australian alternative rock.

  3 candles · 1 tributes
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  Philippa Baker

  † 2026 · Actress

  Australian radio and Number 96 actress who gave Roma Lubinski a lasting comic warmth.

  3 candles · 1 tributes
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  Arthur Cantrill

  1938 – 2026 · Experimental filmmaker

  Australian experimental filmmaker and composer who, with Corinne Cantrill, remade cinema as projected light, sound, and landscape.

  3 candles · 1 tributes
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  Greg James O'Neill

  † 2026 · Father

  Generous, devoted father and ocean lover remembered by the Perth community he swam among.

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  Alister Smart

  1935 – 2026 · Actor

  Original Play School presenter who also shaped Australian soap and drama as a director.

  3 candles · 1 tributes
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  Derryn Hinch

  1944 – 2026 · Journalist

  The Human Headline who named the guilty and stood up for victims. He tried.

  3 candles · 1 tributes
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  Tony Mundine

  1951 – 2026 · Professional boxer

  Four-division Australian champion who never lost to another Aussie, then opened Redfern's doors to the next generation.

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