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Sir Claude Gibb, KBE
Claude Dixon Gibb was a man whose prodigious energy, flair for publicity and wide experience brought him many honours and…
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Sir Douglas Mawson
Sir Douglas Mawson was a colossus of the heroic age of Antarctic exploration who carried the banner of scientific research…
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Sir Douglas Mawson bust
The spirit of Antarctic explorer and professor of geology, Sir Douglas Mawson, is captured in the bust by John Dowie
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Sir Edward Holden
Edward Wheewall Holden was born on 14th August 1885 at College Town, South Australia. He was educated at Prince Alfred…
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Sir Hans Heysen, OBE
Wilhelm Ernst Hans Franz Heysen was born in Hamburg, Germany, on 8th October 1877, the son of Louis Heinrich Wilhelm…
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Sir Lloyd Dumas
At the end of a long life Sir Lloyd Dumas described himself as ‘the luckiest man in the world’. He…
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Sir Mark Oliphant AC KBE
State Governor from 1971-1976, Sir Mark Oliphant was a man of conscience, not content with the purely ceremonial role of…
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Sir Mark Oliphant bust
The bust of Sir Mark Oliphant on North Terrace honours an eminent scientist and the state’s first South Australian-born governor.
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Sir Robert Chapman
Robert William Chapman was born at Stony Stratford, Buckinghamshire, England, on 27th December 1866, the son of currier Charles Chapman…
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Sir Robert Helpmann, CBE
Robert Helpmann was comprehensively described by Ninette de Valois, the head of the Vic-Wells Ballet, as ‘talented, enthusiastic, extremely intelligent,…
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Sir Robert Richard Torrens
Robert Richard Chute Torrens was born on 31st May 1812 in Cork, Ireland, the son of Robert Torrens, of the…
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Sir Roland Jacobs
Roland Ellis Jacobs was born at North Adelaide on 28th February 1891, the son of company director Samuel Joshua Jacobs…
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Sir Samuel Davenport, KCMG
Samuel Davenport was born at Shirburn, Oxfordshire, England, on 5th March 1818, the son of banker George Davenport and his…