Major Hubert C. Corlette
Australian architect mainly of churches. Born Hubert Christian Corlette. Father of English architect John C. Corlette.
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Jerome Davenport
Australian graffiti artist with the Twitter/Instagram handle @ketones6000.
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Cyril Demarne
Born Poplar. A firefighter in WW2 he became Chief Officer of the West Ham Fire Brigade. In 1955 he moved to Australia where he set up firefighting and safety centres in Australasia and in Beirut. ...
War served, WW2
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Sir Alexander Russell Downer, KBE
High Commissioner for Australia 1964-72. Known as Alick and not to be confused with his son, Alexander John Gosse Downer (b.1951) who was also High Commissioner from 2014 to 2018. Our Picture Sou...
Person, Armed Forces, Law, Politics & Administration, Australia
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Colin Dudley DFC
Sculptor. From the picture source: "He has written books on architectural history and is a talented artist. As well as doing a tour of ops as a Halifax Navigator with 578 squadron."
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Havelock Ellis
Pioneer in the scientific study of sex. Physician, eugenicist, writer, progressive intellectual and social reformer who studied human sexuality. Born 1 St John's Grove (now Rectory Grove), Croydon...
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Raymond Ewers
Born Australia. Served in WW2 initially as a sapper and then as a war artist.
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Steve Fairbairn
Oarsman and rowing coach. Born Stephen Fairbairn at Toorak, Melbourne, Australia. Studied at Jesus College, Cambridge and was called to the bar in 1886, but did not practise. He rowed in four unive...
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Ronald Falk
Born Australia. Actor. We are really only guessing that this is the Ronald Falk on the list of donors for the Olivier statue. We published this item in October 2010. Our colleague, Andrew Behan, h...
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Captain Matthew Flinders
Explorer and navigator of the Australian seas. Born in Donington, Lincolnshire. Invented the Flinders Bar, a device for counteracting the vertical component of a ship's magnetic field, and gave Aus...
2 memorials
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