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Fellows’ obituaries
When a Fellow of the Academy dies, another Fellow writes their obituary on behalf of the Academy. Often the author has had a long and close association with the deceased, in both their working and personal lives. Their insights, particularly from the perspective of the Academy and their scholarship, make them uniquely important and interesting documents.
These obituaries have traditionally been included in the Academy’s Annual Report each year.
As of 2020, we will upload the obituaries directly to the website on a rolling basis. The combined 2019-20 Obituaries can be found here, and individual obituaries can be found alphabetically below.
- ACKROYD, Joyce Irene (1918–91) by J.V. Neustupný
[Australian Dictionary of Biography entry] - ALEXANDER, Peter (1949–2015) by Clive Probyn
- ANDERSON, Gordon Athol (1929–81) by Andrew McCredie
[Australian Dictionary of Biography entry] - ANDERSON, Hugh (1927-2017) by Joy Damousi & Stuart MacIntyre
- ARASARATNAM, Sinnapah (1930–98) by Michael N. Pearson
- ARMSTRONG, David Malet (1926–2014) by Keith Campbell
- AUCHMUTY, James Johnston (1909–81) by A.N. Jeffares
[Australian Dictionary of Biography entry] - AUROUSSEAU, Marcel (1891–1983) by O.H.K. Spate
- AUSTIN, Lloyd (1915-94) by Wallace Kirsop
- BAILEY, Harold Walter (1899–1996) by Eric Osborn
- BARNETT, Ira Dene (1917–1997) by Ralph Elliott
- BASHAM, Arthur Llewellyn (1914–1986) by J.T.F. Jordens
[Australian Dictionary of Biography entry] - BASSETT, Flora Marjorie (1889–1980) by Kathleen Fitzpatrick
[Australian Dictionary of Biography entry] - BAUMAN, Richard Alexander (1919–2006) by E.A. Judge
- BEAGLEHOLE, John Cawte (1901–1971) by O.H.K. Spate
- BENN, Stanley Isaac (1920–1986) by R. Brown
[Australian Dictionary of Biography entry] - BENNETT, Bruce (1941–2012) by Paul Eggert
- BICKNELL, Peter James (1938–2001) by Alan Henry
- BISSELL, Claude (1916–2000) by Graeme Clarke
- BOLTON, Alexander Thorley (1926–1996) by John Mulvaney
- BOLTON, Geoffrey Curgenven (1931–2015) by Stuart Macintyre
- BOSWORTH, A. B. (Brian) (1942–2014) by John Melville-Jones
- BOWMAN, John (1916–2006) by Antonio Sagona
- BOYD, Arthur (1920–1999) by Bernard W. Smith
- BRAMSTED, Ernest (1901–1978) by Richard Samuel
- BRAY, John Jefferson (1912–1995) by Graham Nerlich
- BRISSENDEN, Robert Francis (1928–1991) by W.S. Ramson
[Australian Dictionary of Biography entry] - BROEZE, Frank Aart (1945–2001) by Michael Pearson
- BROWN, Philip Lawrence (1904–1996) by Geoffrey Serle
- BROWN, Robert (1920–2010) by Knud Haakonssen
- BURKE, Joseph (1913–1992) by Bernard Smith
[Australian Dictionary of Biography entry] - BURROWS, John (1928–2019) by Hugh Craig
- CAMBITOGLOU, Alexander (1922–2019) by Jean-Paul Descoeudres
- CAPELL, Arthur (1902–1986) by D.C. Laycock [Australian Dictionary of Biography entry]
- CARSANIGA, Giovanni (1934–2016) by Nerida Newbigin
- CHALOUPKA, George (1932–2011) by Mike Smith
- CHAMBERS, Leigh Ross (1932-2017) by John Frow and Anne Freadman
- CHARLESWORTH, Max (1925–2014) by Tony Coady
- CHISHOLM, Alan Rowland (1888–1981) by R.T. Sussex [Australian Dictionary of Biography entry]
- CHRISTESEN, Clem B. (1911–2003) by Laurie Hergenhan
- CHURCHER, Betty (1931–2015) by Gerard Vaughan
- CLARK, Charles Manning (1915–1991) by Geoffrey Serle [Australian Dictionary of Biography entry]
- CLENDINNEN, Inga (1934-2016) by Richard Broome
- CLIVE, John (1925–1990) by K.S. Inglis
- CLYNE, Michael (1939–2010) by Colin Nettelbeck
- COE, Richard Nelson (1923–1984) by Ivan Barko
- COLLINSON, Patrick (1929–2011) by Ros Pesman & Richard Waterhouse
- COLMER, John Anthony (1921–1994) by Colin Horne
- COOMBS, Herbert (‘Nugget’) Cole (1906–1997) by E.G. Whitlam
- COVELL, Roger (1931–2019) by Dorottya Fabian
- COWEN, Zelman (1919–2011) by Michael Kirby
- CRAWFORD, Patricia (Trish) Marcia (1941–2009) by Charles Zika
- CRAWFORD, Raymond Maxwell (1906–1991) by John Mulvaney [Australian Dictionary of Biography entry]
- CULICAN, William (1928–1984) by G.W. Clarke [Australian Dictionary of Biography entry]
- CUTLER, Terry (1948–2020) Vale – obituary to follow
- DAVIS, Jack Leonard (1917–2000) by Betty Meehan & Rhys Jones
- de BRAY, Reginald (1912–1993) by Michael Clyne
- de RACHEWILTZ, Igor (1929-2016) by Anthony Reid
- DONALDSON,Ian (1935-2020) by Paul Salzman
- EDWARDS, Allan (1909–1995) by R.S. White
- ELLIOTT, Brian Robinson (1910–1991) by Ralph Elliot
- ELLIOTT, Ralph Warren Victor (1921–2012) by Margaret Clunies-Ross and Graham Tulloch
- ELLIS, Catherine (1935–1996) by Margaret Kartoumi
- EMMERICK, Ronald Eric (1937–2001) by D.T. Potts
- FARRELL, Ralph Barstow (1908–1983) by R.H. Samuel
- FITZGERALD, Charles Patrick (1902–1992) by Wang Gungwu
[Australian Dictionary of Biography entry] - FITZHARDINGE, Laurence (1908–1993) by Robin Gollan
[Australian Dictionary of Biography entry] - FITZPATRICK, Kathleen (1905–1990) by Geoffrey Blainey
[Australian Dictionary of Biography entry] - FLETCHER, Brian (1931–2018) by Deryck Schreuder and Richard Waterhouse
- FORSYTH, Elliott Christopher (1924–2012) by Ivan Barko
- FRENCH, Alfred (1916–1997) by Frank Sear
- FRODSHAM, John David (1930–2016) by Vijay Mishra
- GASKING, Douglas Aidan (1911–1994) by J.J.C. Smart
- GELLIE, George Henry (1918–1988) by Graeme Clarke
- GIBSON, Alexander Boyce (1900–1972) by D.A.T. Gasking
[Australian Dictionary of Biography entry] - GODDARD, Leonard (1925–2009) by Graham Priest
- GOLDBERG, Samuel Louis (1926–1991) by Chris Wallace-Crabbe
[Australian Dictionary of Biography entry] - GOLLAN, Robin Allenby (1917–2007) by Stuart Macintyre
- GOUGH, Austin (1926–1997) by Roger Hainsworth
- GREEN, Louis (1929–2008) by Francis William Kent
- GREENWOOD, Gordon (1913–1986) by J.M. Ward
[Australian Dictionary of Biography entry] - GROVES, Colin (1942-2017) by Robert Attenborough
- HALLAM, Herbert Enoch (1923–1993) by Geoffrey Bolton
- HALLAM, Sylvia (1927–2019) by Peter Veth & Caroline Bird
- HALLIDAY, Michael (1925-2018) by James Martin & Monika Brednarek
- HANCOCK, William Keith (1898–1988) by Robin Gollan
[Australian Dictionary of Biography entry] - HASLUCK, Paul Meernaa (1905–1993) by Francis West
[Australian Dictionary of Biography entry] - HATTORI, Shiro (1908–1995) by Stephen Wurm
- HAY, John (1942-2016) by Peter Cryle
- HAZZARD, Shirley (1931-2016) by Elizabeth Webby
- HENNESSY, John Basil (1925–2013) by Robert S. Merrillees
- HERCUS, Luise (1926-2018) by Nicholas Evans & Jane Simpson
- HERGENHAN, Laurence (Laurie) (1931-2019) by Richard Fotheringham
- HOFF, Ursula (1909–2005) by Jaynie Anderson
- HO, Peng Yoke (1926–2014) by Colin Mackerras
- HOPE, Alec Derwent (1907–2000) by Leonie Kramer
- HORNE, Colin (1912–1999) by Francis H. Mares
- HORNE, Donald Richmond (1921–2005) by Geoffrey Blainey
- HUNT, Harold Arthur (1903–1977) by G.H. Gellie
[Australian Dictionary of Biography entry]
- JAMES, Alan William (1938–2015) by John A. L. Lee
- JAMES, Clive (1939–2019) by Brian McFarlane
- JEFFARES, Alexander (Derry) Norman (1920–2005) by Ralph Elliott
- JONES, Rhys Maengwyn (1941–2001) by Jack Golson
- JORDENS, Joseph (1925–2008) by Anthony Johns
- JORY, Edward John (1936–2016) by J.R. Green
- KAMENKA, Eugene (1928–1994) by Robert Brown
[Australian Dictionary of Biography entry] - KELLER, Ernst (1931–2006) by Gerhard Schulz
- KENT, Francis William (Bill) (1942–2010) by Constant J. Mews
- KERR, Eleanor Joan (1939–2004) by Virginia Spate
- KRAMER, Leonie (1924–2016) by Robert Dixon
- LAMPERT, Ronald John (1927–2008) by Jack Golson
- LA NAUZE, John Andrew (1911–1990) by F.B. Smith
[Australian Dictionary of Biography entry] - LAWLER, James R. (1929–2013) by Rosemary Lloyd
- LAWSON, Sylvia (1932-2017) by Tom O’Regan
- LAYCOCK, Donald Clarence (1936–1988) by Steven Wurm
- LEE, Kevin Hargreaves (1941–2001) by William Ritchie
- LEGGE, John (1921–2016) by Ian Copland
- LEWIS, David Kellogg (1941–2001) by J.J.C. Smart
- LINDSAY, Jack (1900–1990) by Michael Wilding
[Australian Dictionary of Biography entry] - LIU, Ts’un-yan (1917–2009) by Rafe de Crespigny
- LO, Hui-min (1925–2006) by Colin Mackerras
- LOVE, Harold (1937–2007) by Clive Probyn
- LOW, Donald Anthony (1927–2015) by Deryck Schreuder
- MACDONAGH, Oliver (1924–2002) by Francis Barrymore Smith
- MACKERRAS, Alan Charles Maclaurin (1925–2010) by Malcolm Gillies
- MACLEAN, Marie (1928–1994) by Ross Chambers
- MANSFIELD, Bruce (1926-2017) by Charles Zika
- MARES, Francis (Tim) Hughes (1925–2001) by Derick Marsh
- MÁRKUS, György (1934-2016) by Paul Redding
- MARTIN, Allan William (1926–2002) by John Mulvaney
- MARVAN, Jiří (1936–2016) by Marko Pavlyshyn
- MAXWELL, Ian Ramsay (1901–1979) by G.H. Russell
- McAULEY, James Phillip (1917–1976) by Leonie Kramer
[Australian Dictionary of Biography entry] - McCARTHY, Frederick David (1905–1997) by D.J. Mulvaney
- McCAUGHEY, John Davis (1914–2005) by Stuart Macintyre
- McCREDIE, Andrew Dalgarno (1930–2006) by Margaret Kartomi
- McCULLOCH, Jock (1945–2018) by the Australian Academy of the Humanities, with assistance from Pavla Miller
- McDONALD, Alexander Hugh (1908–1979) by John M. Ward
- McKENZIE, Donald Francis (1931–1999) by Wallace Kirsop
- McKINNEY, Judith Wright (1915–2000) by Elizabeth Webby
- McMANNERS, John (Jack) (1916–2006) by Bruce Mansfield
- MEALE, Richard (1932–2009) by Robyn Holmes
- MELLOR, David Hugh (1938-2020) by Stewart Candlish
- MENZIES, Peter Charles (1953–2015) by Huw Price
- MENZIES, Robert Gordon (1894–1978) by R.M. Crawford
[Australian Dictionary of Biography entry] - MEYER, Robert Kenneth (1932–2009) by Michael McRobbie
- MILGATE, Wesley (1916–1999) by Gerald A. Wilkes
- MILLAR, Fergus Graham Burtholme (1935–2019) by Samuel N.C. Lieu
- MITCHELL, Alexander George (1911–1997) by Gerald A. Wilkes
- MITCHELL, Raymond Bruce (1920–2010) by James Simpson
- MONRO, David Hector (1911–2001) by Keith Campbell
- MOORE, Robin James (1934–2009) by Lance Brennan
- MOYAL, Ann (1926–2019) by Terri-ann White
- MOYLE, Alice Marshall (1908–2005) by Stephen Wild
- MULVANEY, John (1925-2016) by Peter Bellwood
- MURDOCH, Elisabeth Joy (1909–2012) by Ian Donaldson
- MURRAY, Les (1938–2019) by Philip Mead
- MYER, Kenneth Baillieu (1921–1992) by Margaret Manion
[Australian Dictionary of Biography entry]
- NOLAN, Sidney (1917–1992) by Ann Galbally
[Australian Dictionary of Biography entry] - NEUSTUPNÝ, J. V. (1933-2015) by Yoshio Sugimoto
- O’FARRELL, Patrick James (1933–2003) by Mark Finnane
- O’REGAN, Thomas Andrew (1956–2020) by Stuart Cunningham, Graeme Turner and David Carter
- OLDROYD, David Roger (1936–2014) by David Philip Miller
- OLIVER, Harold James (1916–1982) by G.A. Wilkes
- OLLEY, Margaret Hannah (1923–2011) by Sasha Grishin
- OSBORN, Eric Francis (1922–2007) by David Runia
- PARTRIDGE, Eric Honeywood (1894–1979) by R.W.V. Elliott
[Australian Dictionary of Biography entry] - PARTRIDGE, Percy Herbert (1910–1988) by John Passmore
[Australian Dictionary of Biography entry] - PASSMORE, John Arthur (1914–2004) by Frank Jackson
- PATRICK, Alison (1921–2009) by Peter McPhee
- PHILIPP, Franz Adolf (1914–1970) by Joseph Burke
[Australian Dictionary of Biography entry] - PIKE, Douglas Henry (1908–1974) by J.A. La Nauze
[Australian Dictionary of Biography entry] - PORTER, Peter Neville Frederick (1929–2010) by Bruce Bennett
- PRICE, Archibald Grenfell (1892–1977) by O.H.K. Spate
[Australian Dictionary of Biography entry]
- RAMSON, William Stanley (1933–2011) by Ian Donaldson
- RAWSON, Beryl (1933–2010) by Graeme Clarke
- REEVES, Peter (1935–2015) by Robin Jeffrey
- RICHARDS, Eric (1940-2018) by Philip Payton
- RICKLEFS, Merle Calvin (1943–2019) by Anthony Reid
- RITCHIE, John Douglas (1941–2006) by Iain McCalman and John Molony
- RITCHIE, William (1927–2004) by Harold Tarrant
- RIZVI, Saiyid Athar Abbas (1921–1994) by A.H. Johns
- ROBINSON-VALÉRY, Judith Ogilvie (1933–2010) by James Lawler
- ROLLS, Eric Charles (1923–2007) by Tom Griffiths
- ROSE, Robert Barrie (1929–2015) by Michael Roe
- ROSENFELD, Andrée Jeanne (1934–2008) by Isabel McBryde
- RUDÉ, George Frederick Elliot (1910–1993) by Hugh Stretton
[Australian Dictionary of Biography entry] - RUSSELL, George Harrison (1923–2006) by James Simpson
- RYCKMANS, Pierre (1935–2014) by Mabel Lee
- SAGONA, Antonio (Tony) (1956-2017) by Elizabeth Pemberton
- SALMOND, John Alexander (1937–2013) by Alan Frost
- SAMUEL, Richard Herbert (1900–1983) by A.R. Stephens
[Australian Dictionary of Biography entry] - SAYERS, Andrew (1957–2015) by Helen Ennis
- SCULTHORPE, Peter Joshua (1929–2014) by Roger Covell
- SEDDON, George (1927–2007) by David Olroyd
- SERLE, Alan Geoffrey (1922–1998) by F.B. Smith
- SHARPE, Eric J. (1933–2000) by Anthony Johns
- SHAW, Alan George Levers (1916–2012) by Graeme Davison
- SHIPP, George Pelham (1900–1980) by W. Ritchie
[Australian Dictionary of Biography entry] - SINCLAIR, Keith Val (1926–1999) by Angus Andrews Martin
- SMALLEY, Roger (1943–2015) by David Tunley
- SMART, John (Jack) Jamieson Carswell (1920–2012) by Frank Jackson
- SMART, Jeffrey Edson (1921–2013) by Sasha Grishin
- SMIT, Jacob (1908–1982) by R.H. Samuel
- SMITH, Bernard (1916–2011) by Jaynie Anderson
- SMITH, Francis Barrymore (Barry) (1932–2015) by Graeme Davison
- SPATE, Oskar (1911–2000) by Donald Denoon
- SPENCER, Michael (1936–1990) by Peter Cryle
- STEELE, Peter Daniel (1939–2012) by Chris Wallace-Crabbe
- STEPHEN, Ninian (1923-2017) by Philip Ayres
- STOUT, Alan Ker (1900–1983) by D.M. Armstrong
[Australian Dictionary of Biography entry] - STOVE, David Charles (1927–1994) by David Armstrong
[Australian Dictionary of Biography entry] - STREHLOW, Theodor George (1908–1978) by J.J.C. Smart
[Australian Dictionary of Biography entry] - STRETTON, Hugh (1924–2015) by Wilfrid Prest
- SUSSEX, Ronald Thomas (1909–2006) by Elliott Forsyth
- SUTHERLAND, Joan Alston (1926–2010) by Roger Covell
- SYLVAN, Richard (1935–1996) by Bob Meyer and David Bennett
- TAUMAN, Leon (1904–1981) by K.V. Sinclair
- TAYLOR, Barry (1946–2010) by John Bigelow
- TEMPLEMAN, Ian (1938–2015) by Elizabeth Webby
- THORNE, Alan Gordon (1939–2011) by Colin Groves
- TOMORY, Peter Alexander (1922–2008) by Joan Barclay Lloyd
- TRENDALL, Arthur Dale (1909–1995) by Alexander Cambitoglou
[Australian Dictionary of Biography entry] - TRIEBEL, Louis Augustus (1890–1985) by K.V. Sinclair
- TURNER, George William (1921–2003) by Ralph Elliott
- UTZON, Jørn (1918–2008) by Davina Jackson
- van der SPRENKEL, Otto Berkelbach (1906–1978) by I. de Rachewiltz
- von WILPERT, Gero (1933–2009) by Gerhard Schulz
- WARD, John Manning (1919–1990) by Deryck Schreuder
[Australian Dictionary of Biography entry] - WARD, Russel Braddock (1914–1995) by Isabel McBryde
- WEAVER, Paul Richard Carey (1927–2005) by Graeme Clarke
- WEBB, Robert K. (1922–2012) by Sandra Herbert
- WHITE, Harold Leslie (1905–1992) by Francis West
- WHITEHORNE, John (1944–2020) by Malcolm Choat
- WHITLAM, Edward Gough (1916–2014) by Stuart Macintyre
- WILKES, Gerald Alfred (1927-2020) by Margaret Harris and Elizabeth Webby
- WURM, Stephen Adolphe (1922–2001) by Tom Dutton