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J150 Plaque, Sir Claude Gibb
An irascible yet open-minded engineer, industrialist and ideas man, Sir Claude Gibb was responsible for the design of the Centurion tank.
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J150 Plaque, Sir Edward Holden
Motor car manufacturer and industrialist Sir Edward Holden gave his name to a car, albeit posthumously.
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J150 Plaque, Sir Hans Heysen
Sir Hans Heysen was a masterly artist, the immortaliser of the gum tree on canvas, and a dedicated conservationist.
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J150 Plaque, Sir Lloyd Dumas
At the end of his long life, newspaperman Sir Lloyd Dumas described himself as simply ‘the luckiest man in the…
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J150 Plaque, Sir Robert Helpmann
His versatility as actor, dancer, producer and choreographer, coupled with flamboyance and wit, made Sir Robert Helpmann a household name.
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J150 Plaque, Sir Roland Jacobs
Sir Roland Jacobs was a shrewd businessman, but also a warm and generous philanthropist with no interest in personal wealth.
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J150 Plaque, Sir Samuel Davenport
Davenport was a liberal-minded and literate parliamentarian and a promoter of industry, especially in the fields of horticulture and viniculture.
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J150 Plaque, Sir Sidney Kidman
Abstemious but easy-going, Sir Sidney Kidman was a pastoralist and philanthropist who made friends easily.
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J150 Plaque, Sir Walter Watson Hughes
A pastoralist and mine-owner once accused of fraud, Hughes stated shortly before his death: ‘I have been a sinner all…
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J150 Plaque, Walter Gill
A conscientious and gifted forestry administrator, Walter Gill was also an enthusiastic nature photographer.
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J150 Plaque, William Anstey Giles
Surgeon William Anstey Giles came from pioneering stock, but was a pioneer himself in medical literature.
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J150 Plaque, William Christie Gosse
Short-lived explorer and surveyor William Christie Gosse was the first European to set eyes on Uluru.
