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The following entries were published during August 2024.

Allsop, Joan Winifred (1912–2000) adult educator

Brown, Sir Allen Stanley (1911–1999) barrister and public servant

Bugg, Charlotte (1813–1861) Birrpai matriarch

Bugg, Mary Ann (1834–1905) Birrpai warrior and bushranger’s wife

Crowe, Claude Colquhoun (1914–1999) plantsman and garden designer

Grainger, Keith Elphinston (1903–1997) public servant

Heaney, Michael (1940–1999) musician, public servant and volunteer

Hocking, David Roy (Dave) (1919–2000) cartographer and surveyor

Hogan, Leonard McNamara (Len) (1920–2000) metallurgical researcher

Irwin, William Lyle (Bill) (1917–2000) structural engineer

McIntosh, Malcolm Kenneth (1945–2000) senior public servant

McLean, William Malcolm (1918–1996) footballer and publican

Portus, John Hereford (1913–1997) lawyer and Commonwealth conciliation commissioner

Riddell, Elizabeth Richmond (1907–1998) poet and journalist

Smith, Thomas John (Tommy) (1916–1998) racehorse owner and trainer

West, Morris Langlo (1916–1999) novelist