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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. Ferguson, Isobelle Mary (1926–2019) nurse and activist
  28. Field, Mary (1816–1928) Birrbay matriarch
  29. Foley, Shirley (1938–2000) Badtjala (Butchulla) woman and Senior Traditional Owner
  30. Fraser, Yoolya/Fulgentius (1899–1967) evangelist, drover and stockman
  31. George, Tommy (TG) (1928–2016) Kuku Thaypan speaker, knowledge holder, and teacher
  32. Gida (1849–1899) mamus (chief) and Wild Australia Show performer
  33. Giles, Biddy/Biyarung (1810–1888) Dharawal woman and cultural leader
  34. Hanley, Kitty (Kate) (1845–1917) Wiradjuri matriarch and midwife
  35. Hippai, Peter (1835–1904) stockman and cultural custodian
  36. Irwin, William Allan (1878–1918) shearer and soldier
  37. Ivaritji (1849–1929) Kaurna elder, Kaurna language speaker, and weaver
  38. Jaminji, Paddy (1912–1996) artist
  39. Jungarrayi, Gwoja (1895–1965) urrempel (ceremony) man, entrepreneur, and iconic figure
  40. Kabirriki, Nipper (1910–1987) research collaborator
  41. Kudajarnd (1845–1905) elder, senior law man, and Wild Australia Show performer
  42. Kudnarto (1832–1855) Kaurna and Ngadjuri landholder
  43. Kurringy (1798–1870) Aboriginal resistance leader, sailor, and sealer
  44. Lester, Nellie (1924–1989) nurse
  45. Little, James Kunkus (1911–1972) entertainer and gum leaf band player
  46. Little, Jimmy (1937–2012) singer, musician, and philanthropist
  47. Luther, Maurice Jupurrurla (1945–1985) Warlpiri community leader
  48. Macquarie, Alice (1842–?) domestic servant
  49. Macquarie, Elizabeth (1846–1923) domestic servant
  50. Macquarie, Mary Evans (1834–1917) midwife
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