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  1. Abbott, Joan Stevenson (Judy) (1899–1975) nursing sister and army matron
  2. Adair, John Ronald Shafto (1893–1960) aviator and businessman
  3. Adamson, Amy Hannah (1893–1963) headmistress
  4. Adamson, May Mabel (1891–1966) headmistress
  5. Adermann, Sir Charles Frederick (1896–1979) farmer and politician
  6. Ahern, John James (Jack) (1904–1994) dairy farmer, dairy industry leader, cattle grazier, and political party organiser
  7. Aikens, Thomas (Tom) (1900–1985) politician
  8. Alcorn, Cyril David (1911–1972) Methodist minister
  9. Alcorn, Ivan Wells (1912–1972) Methodist minister
  10. Allan, Margaret Theadora (1889–1968) community worker
  11. Allan, Robert Marshall (1886–1946) physician and professor of obstetrics
  12. Anderson, Donald Mancell (Don) (1938–1994) stud cattle breeder and judge
  13. Anderson, John Cyril (1904–1983) road haulier and businessman
  14. Anderson, John Herbert (Bert) (1899–1994) rural industry leader and stud cattle breeder and judge
  15. Annand, Douglas Shenton (1903–1976) graphic designer and artist
  16. Annand, Frederick William (1872–1958) businessman, soldier and town clerk
  17. Annand, James Douglas (1875–1952) businessman
  18. Antcliff, Allan James (1923–1985) vine physiologist and breeder
  19. Appel, John George (1859–1929) lawyer, farmer and politician
  20. Archer, Caroline Lillian (1922–1978) telephonist and Aboriginal publicist
  21. Archer, David Marwedel (1897–1959) merino studmaster
  22. Archibald, Robert John (1874–1939) businessman
  23. Arkwookerum, Peret (1924–1978) Aboriginal dancer
  24. Ashburn, Ida Nancy (1909–1980) headmistress
  25. Ashton, James (1861–1918) circus proprietor
  26. Axon, Sir Albert Edwin (1898–1974) engineer, businessman and university chancellor
  27. Bailey, John Frederick (1866–1938) horticulturist
  28. Bailey, Margaret Ann (1879–1955) headmistress
  29. Balsillie, John Graeme (1885–1924) engineer and inventor
  30. Bardwell, Leslie James (Les) (1916–1995) police officer and forensic scientist
  31. Barker, Harold James (1913–1969) air force officer
  32. Barker, James (Jimmie) (1900–1972) station hand
  33. Barlow, Billy (1825–1860) Gubbi Gubbi headman and resistance leader
  34. Barnard, Henry Greensill (Harry) (1869–1966) zoologist, naturalist and grazier
  35. Barnes, John Francis (Frank) (1904–1952) publican and politician
  36. Barnes, John Handyside (Jack) (1922–1985) medical practitioner and toxinologist
  37. Barnes, Lewis Gabriel (Lou) (1907–1983) publican and politician
  38. Barraclough, Leslie Bernard (Toby) (1922–1988) drover
  39. Barton, Sir Charles Newton (1907–1987) commissioner of main roads and co-ordinator-general of public works
  40. Bauer, Walter Ernest (Wally) (1921–1992) tourist-resort developer and operator
  41. Baylebridge, William (1883–1942) writer
  42. Baynes, Ernest (1864–1930) butcher and meat exporter
  43. Baynes, George (1862–1907) butcher and meat exporter
  44. Beak, William (1878–1966) grazier and studmaster
  45. Beal, George Lansley (1869–1952) public servant
  46. Behan, Sir Harold Garfield (Paddy) (1901–1979) grazier and local government leader
  47. Bell, Arthur Frank (1899–1958) agricultural scientist and public servant
  48. Bell, Bertram Charles (1893–1941) airman, grazier and farmer
  49. Bell, Colin Basil (1902–1976) grazier
  50. Bell, Guilford Marsh (1912–1992) architect
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