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New entries August 2025

Tuesday 2 September 2025

The following entries were published during August 2025:

Buckham, Jeanette Mary Landell (1926–2000) principal

Canet, Lawrence George (1910–1996) army officer

Gynther, Reginald Sydney (1921–1999) professor of accountancy

Hall, Sir William Henry (1906–1998) soldier and president of the Returned Services League of Australia

Just, Verlie (1922–2000) creative jewellery maker and art gallery owner-director

Miller, John Stephen Corfield (1916–1997) Anglican priest and headmaster

Mitchell, Dame Roma Alma Flinders (1913–2000) judge, governor and human rights commissioner

Murray, Lorraine (1910–2000) sex worker, counter-intelligence informant, and socialite

Orr, William Hayes (1920–1999) theatre producer and director

Parsons, Sylvia May (1911–2000) fashion business owner

Thomas, Florence Mary Thurles (Thurles) (1908–1997) librarian, solicitor and teacher