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  1. Alexander, Lilian Helen (1861–1934) medical practitioner
  2. Allan, Frances Elizabeth (Betty) (1905–1952) statistician
  3. Bage, Anna Frederika (Freda) (1883–1970) university teacher
  4. Barnett, Henry Walter (1862–1934) photographer
  5. Bennett, James Mallett (1894–1922) airman and mechanic
  6. Blunden, Godfrey Verge (Geof) (1906–1996) journalist, war correspondent and author
  7. Bourchier, Murray Goulburn Madden (1925–1981) diplomat
  8. Boyd, William Merric (1888–1959) potter
  9. Breen, Dame Marie Freda (1902–1993) politician and community welfare worker
  10. Brookes, Sir Norman Everard (1877–1968) tennis-player
  11. Bruce, Stanley Melbourne (1883–1967) businessman, prime minister and public servant
  12. Bunny, Rupert Charles (1864–1947) artist
  13. Carson, Sir Norman John (1877–1964) businessman
  14. Clapp, Sir Harold Winthrop (1875–1952) railway administrator
  15. Cohen, Harold Edward (1881–1946) soldier, lawyer, politician and businessman
  16. Connibere, Sir Charles Wellington (1864–1941) businessman and philanthropist
  17. Davies, Alan Fraser (1924–1987) political scientist
  18. Enticknap, Ambrose George (1894–1976) orchardist and politician
  19. Florance, Sheila Mary (1916–1991) actor
  20. Gillespie, Sir Robert Winton (1865–1945) flour-miller
  21. Glanville-Hicks, Peggy Winsome (1912–1990) composer and music critic
  22. Grey-Smith, Sir Ross (1901–1973) solicitor and racing administrator
  23. Grimwade, Edward Norton (1866–1945) businessman
  24. Grimwade, Harold William (1869–1949) businessman
  25. Grounds, Sir Roy Burman (1905–1981) architect
  26. Hooke, Sir Lionel George (1895–1974) broadcasting pioneer, radio engineer and businessman
  27. Iverson, John Brian (1915–1973) cricketer
  28. Kaye, Geoffrey Alfred (1903–1986) anaesthetist
  29. Lansbury, Coral Magnolia (1929–1991) radio scriptwriter, academic, and novelist
  30. Lavater, Louis Isidore (1867–1953) composer, musician and writer
  31. Leckie, Hattie Martha (1886–1965) journalist
  32. Leonard, Sir Reginald Byron (1907–1986) journalist and newspaper editor and manager
  33. Lindsay, Joan à Beckett (1896–1984) author and artist
  34. Marlowe, Margaret Mary (1884–1962) actress, author and journalist
  35. McCarthy, John Keith (1905–1976) government officer, soldier and writer
  36. McCulloch, Alan McLeod (1907–1992) artist, art historian, critic and gallery director
  37. McInnes, William Beckwith (Billy) (1889–1939) artist
  38. Michaelis, Sir Archie Reuben (1889–1975) businessman, politician and Jewish leader
  39. Mitchell, Stanley Robert (1881–1963) ethnologist, mineralogist, metallurgist and businessman
  40. Mulvany, Edward Joseph (1871–1951) public servant
  41. Murphy, Isla Victoria (1913–1967) lawyer and army officer
  42. Newton, William Ellis (Bill) (1919–1943) air force officer
  43. O'Hara Wood, Hector (Pat) (1891–1961) international tennis player
  44. O'Keeffe, David Augustus (1885–1964) soldier and plumber
  45. Oldham, Trevor Donald (1900–1953) barrister and politician
  46. Pelloe, Emily Harriet (1877–1941) journalist, equestrienne, botanist and artist
  47. Phillips, Marion (1881–1932) politician
  48. Phillips, Morris Mondle (1870–1948) lawyer
  49. Phillips, Rebecca (Ray) (1872–1942) philanthropist and novelist
  50. Prell, Charles Ernest (1865–1946) pastoralist
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