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Marcus de Laune Faunce (5 December 1922 – 14 June 2004) was a Canberra consultant physician, head of Royal Canberra Hospital, doctor to five Australian Prime Ministers and six Governors-General of Australia and former Senior Physician Consultant to the RAAF.
Date of death Age at death Cause Frederick Thomas Sargood Free Trade: Victoria: 2 January 1903 [1]: 68 William Russell Labor: South Australia: 28 June 1912
He died in Canberra on 5 October 2018, aged 87. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] His funeral was held in Canberra on 19 October [ 8 ] and he was buried privately in Woodend, Victoria . [ 9 ]
While working at the ABC in Orange, Inall made his first foray into television, producing the rural program Signpost which aired on the ABC's regional television stations and ABC TV in Canberra. [9] Prior to his tenure as the host of Countrywide, Inall anchored a similar national program on ABC TV called Horizon-5 from 1976 until 1979. [10]
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory: Allegiance: Australia: Service / branch: Royal Australian Air Force: Years of service: 1962–2001: Rank: Air Marshal: Commands: Chief of Air Force (1998–01) Deputy Chief of Air Force (1997–98) Integrated Air Defence System (1995–97) No. 82 Wing (1986–88) No. 1 Squadron (1977–79) Battles / wars
Samuel Shumack (1850 - 1940) was an early Canberra pioneer and Australian farmer. He wrote his autobiography in the 1920s and it was published in 1967 as an account of rural living in the Canberra district. Shumack Street in Weetangera is named after his father, Richard Shumack.
In July 1988, Vine Hall joined the Heraldry and Genealogy Society of Canberra (HAGSOC), and was an occasional member over subsequent years. In 1988, he met Patricia Barth on a blind date at a bicentennial ball in Melbourne, and they married in 1991. He subsequently moved to Melbourne where she ran her business.
In 2017, the Australian National Portrait Gallery commissioned Snow's portrait in recognition of the contribution he has made to the growth of Canberra and his work as a philanthropist. [43] In a media interview, Snow said he was proud to call Canberra home: "I was born in Canberra, that's quite something for someone who is 74.