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  1. Apma, Undelya (Minnie) (1909–1990) Arrernte woman and domestic servant
  2. Arabanoo (1759–1789) Aboriginal leader
  3. Ballandella (1831–1863) stolen child
  4. Barlow, Billy (1825–1860) Gubbi Gubbi headman and resistance leader
  5. Behrendt, Paul Arthur (1939–2006) radio operator, oral historian, and academic
  6. Bellear, Lisa (1961–2006) Indigenous activist, photographer, and radio broadcaster
  7. Blackman, Thomas Henry (1843–1920) rural labourer, farmer, and bushrangers’ associate
  8. Bogan, Billy (1860–1900) tracker and fugitive
  9. Bohemia, Jack Nyibayarri (1903–1994) Gooniyandi cultural leader and police tracker
  10. Brice, Annie (1849–1931) domestic servant
  11. Brooks, Walter Woodman (Jacky) (1906–1968) rugby league footballer
  12. Bugg, Charlotte (1813–1861) Birrpai matriarch
  13. Bugg, Mary Ann (1834–1905) Birrpai warrior and bushranger’s wife
  14. Bungarie, John (1829–1854) native police officer
  15. Bussamarai (1795–1852) Aboriginal resistance leader
  16. Carter, Roland Wenzel (1892–1960) soldier and community leader
  17. Chaseland, Tommy (1800–1869) sealer, whaler, and expatriate
  18. Cook, Sydney James (1937–1983) state ward and union organiser
  19. Coomindah, Mary Ann (1865–1929) gdanja (herbalist), healer, and domestic servant
  20. Cooper, Lynch (1906–1971) Yorta Yorta man, professional runner, and house painter
  21. Croft, Joseph (Joe) (1925–1996) surveyor and public servant
  22. Crow, Jim (1825–1884) guide, host, and symbolic figure
  23. Dalaipi (1795–1863) headman, orator, rainmaker, guide, philosopher, and mediator
  24. Daniels, Dexter (1936–1999) union organiser and political activist
  25. Dennison, Charles (Charlie) (1846–1956) stockman, horse whisperer, and cultural man
  26. Djimongurr (1910–1969) cultural storyteller, marrkidjbu (healer), and rock art artist
  27. Foley, Shirley (1938–2000) Badtjala (Butchulla) woman and Senior Traditional Owner
  28. Fraser, Yoolya/Fulgentius (1899–1967) evangelist, drover and stockman
  29. George, Tommy (TG) (1928–2016) Kuku Thaypan speaker, knowledge holder, and teacher
  30. Gida (1849–1899) mamus (chief) and Wild Australia Show performer
  31. Giles, Biddy/Biyarung (1810–1888) Dharawal woman and cultural leader
  32. Hanley, Kitty (Kate) (1845–1917) Wiradjuri matriarch and midwife
  33. Hippai, Peter (1835–1904) stockman and cultural custodian
  34. Irwin, William Allan (1878–1918) shearer and soldier
  35. Ivaritji (1849–1929) Kaurna elder, Kaurna language speaker, and weaver
  36. Jaminji, Paddy (1912–1996) artist
  37. Jungarrayi, Gwoja (1895–1965) urrempel (ceremony) man, entrepreneur, and iconic figure
  38. Kabirriki, Nipper (1910–1987) research collaborator
  39. Kudajarnd (1845–1905) elder, senior law man, and Wild Australia Show performer
  40. Kudnarto (1832–1855) Kaurna and Ngadjuri landholder
  41. Kurringy (1798–1870) Aboriginal resistance leader, sailor, and sealer
  42. Little, James Kunkus (1911–1972) entertainer and gum leaf band player
  43. Little, Jimmy (1937–2012) singer, musician, and philanthropist
  44. Luther, Maurice Jupurrurla (1945–1985) Warlpiri community leader
  45. Matbar, Lallie (1905–1970) Wangkatha woman
  46. McKenzie, Queenie Mingmarriya Nakarra (1915–1998) law woman, leader, and artist
  47. Mosby, Harry Walter (1945–1993) railway worker and Paralympian
  48. Mullawallah (1821–1896) Wadawurrung (Wathaurong) ancestor and ambassador, and Burrumbeet Balug Arweet
  49. Multuggerah (1820–1846) Aboriginal warrior, resistance leader, and headman
  50. Mulun, Magdalena (1871–1913) Aboriginal community leader and Christian
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