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New entries July 2025

Monday 11 August 2025

The following entries were published during July 2025:

Carrard, Alice (1897–2000) concert pianist and music teacher

Gaffney, Ellie Joan (1932–2007) nurse, midwife, writer, and Indigenous rights activist

Gumurdul, Nipper Marakarra (1882–1964) knowledge holder, ceremonial leader, cultural mediator, and artist

Hetherington, Norman Frederick (1921–2010) artist, cartoonist and puppeteer

Lawrie, Mickey Free (1868–1947) whale songman and marban bai (magic-way leader)

Rawson, Donald William (Don) (1930–1997) political scientist

Tur, Mona Ngitji Ngitji (1936–2011) cultural educator, oral linguist and interpreter

Wall, Lawrance Anderson (Laurie) (1913–2000) real estate agent and land speculator

Whatman, Keith Roy (1928–1999) demolition man