Many will remember a time when print media coverage of WA football was at its peak and the WAFL was king of the State. At the forefront of this period was publisher and football journalist Peter Poat.
Rick Vredenbregt
Ruth Marchant James was awarded an Order of Australia Medal for service to the community through documentation of history. The award came two years after publication of A Town Of Distinction.
Patrick Cornish
Charles Oxnard was a scientist, intellectual, educator and researcher who had the soft skills required to excel as a university administrator and as a mentor to graduate students.
David Holmes with Debra Judge
Policewomen would be hampered by wearing a uniform skirt. Bronwyn Keighley-Gerardy, who was then early in her career and would go on to become WA’s first information commissioner, challenged this dress code.
Paul Hughes reshaped the Australian education landscape and inspired generations to believe in the power of cultural pride, academic excellence and self-determination.
Ken Wyatt AM
A fiercely independent WA filmmaker, Peter Du Cane was one of the most prolific documentary makers in Australia, particularly in the areas of history and wildlife.
Dickon Oxenburgh
As soon as his mother allowed, Chum Taylor raced motorcycles on the speedway and would go on to be a champion in Australia who also regularly competed in the UK.
Ken Brown
Living in occupied Yugoslavia during World War II, Ivan’s childhood was defined by hunger, fear and survival.
Andrew Tomich
As a Roman Catholic priest Brian Gore couldn’t evade opponents who saw him as a dangerous nuisance for helping Philippines families escape poverty.
Nick Lucas, the survivor and fisherman, enjoyed walking along the ocean shore and relished calm horizons, so different from the day he, in another hemisphere at times of postwar chaos, could have lost his life.
When doctors overseeing his training at Royal Perth tried to kick him out of medical school because of his height, Alan Eggleston refused to quit and found his way to medical colleges in London.
Dean Smith
Eileen Bond — the woman who was Perth’s ‘It’ girl before the town knew what an ‘It’ girl was — passed away quietly on Wednesday night, bringing an effervescent chapter in Australian history to a quiet close.
Ben Harvey
There she sits, Annie Stainer, in a long white dress, ready for the photographer. Though on this occasion stationary at Stonehenge, a few miles from her birthplace, she was often a storm of creative spectacle.
Ron Siemiginowski’s early years working in a country cinema led him to become a well-established WA cinema owner and operator, while his music prowess took him to the world stage.
Kathy Sharp and the Siemiginowski family
Duncan McInnes had to wait for his 15th birthday before he could be accepted into the Royal Navy. He was trained as a wireless telegraphist and would bear witness to many pivotal moments in World War II.
Phil Harrison
Alastair Mackendrick lived with tremendous enthusiasm and energy in all aspects of his personal and professional life. And his parties were legendary.
Harvey Coates AO with Pamela Gabriels
During 28 years of owning the Bridgetown newsagency with wife Bev, Noel Holdsworth would often start his day at 4.30am wrapping and delivering newspapers.
Rourke Walsh
Ready for a new job in his beloved bush, Denis O’Meara checked his open-air Wolseley car. Water, check. Food, check. Adored pet, check.
John Paterson did not believe in joining an organisation just to make up the numbers. He was an activist who invariably ended up in a leadership role.
Peter Kennedy
Bert Harrison was never one-dimensional. He was a man of faith, family and community involvement, although primarily he will always be associated with racing.
John Elsegood
With table tennis bat in hand, Janet Powell was a fighter for points. When a different sort of battle loomed in connection with the sport of lawn bowls, as a Belmont city councillor she was up for it.
“You cannot combine both cricket and football,” said newly appointed Swan Districts captain-coach Haydn Bunton to a 25-year-old Keith Slater in 1961.
Larry’s innate ability to recognise the extraordinary led him to purchase the painting Golden Summer, Eaglemont by Arthur Streeton — first shown to Larry from behind the sofa of the family he bought it from.
Kathleen Foley & Dora Foley
David Booth made notable contributions to clinical dentistry and dental research, and founded the non-profit Children’s Health Aid Team.
Lena Lejmanoski
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