Dianne Gladys Hadden was an Australian politician. She was an independent member of the Victorian Legislative Council since April 2004,after resigning from the Labor Party,which she previously represented in the Council for Ballarat Province since 1999. She attempted to switch to the Victorian Legislative Assembly at the 2006 election,contesting the electorate of Ballarat East,but gained less than 7% of the vote.
The Brahma Kumaris is a spiritual movement that originated in Hyderabad,Sindh,during the 1930s. Founded by Lekhraj Kripalani,the organisation teaches the importance of moving beyond labels associated with the human body,including race,nationality,religion,and gender,through meditation that emphasizes the concept of identity as souls rather than bodies. It aims to establish a global culture centered around what they refer to as "soul-consciousness". The members of the organisation believe that all souls are good by nature and that God is the source of all goodness.
Brigadier General Sir Walter Ramsay McNicoll,was an Australian teacher,soldier,and colonial administrator.
Monash University Faculty of Law,or Monash Law School,is the law school of Monash University. Founded in 1964,it is based in Melbourne,Victoria and has campuses in Malaysia and Italy. It is consistently ranked as one of the top law schools in Australia and globally,and entry to its Bachelor of Laws (LLB) programme is highly competitive.
Helen Evelyn Kroger is a former Australian politician. She was a Liberal member of the Australian Senate representing the state of Victoria from 2008 to 2014. She was the president of the Victorian division of the Liberal Party from 2003 to 2006.
Charles Race Thorson Mathews is an Australian former politician,academic,author and reformer. He was a member of Australia's Federal Parliament and the Victorian State Parliament for the Australian Labor Party (ALP).
Robin Ramsay is an Australian former television,film and stage actor. He appeared in the rural series Bellbird as Charlie Cousins,in which he was best known for the scene in which he falls to his death from a wheat silo.
Diane Robin Bell is an Australian anthropologist,author,and social justice advocate. Her work focuses on the Aboriginal people of Australia,Indigenous land rights,human rights,Indigenous religions,violence against women,and on environmental issues.
Lekhraj Khubchand Kirpalani,also known as Dada Lekhraj,was an Indian guru who was the founder of the Brahma Kumaris.
Greer Honeywill is an Australian conceptual artist. Her work covers sculptural conventions,autobiography and critical thinking.
Lorraine Clare Elliott was an Australian politician. She was the Liberal member for Mooroolbark in the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1992 to 2002.
David Roland Joseph O'Brien is an Australian politician who represented the National Party in the Victorian Legislative Council.
James Campbell is the national politics editor at the Herald Sun newspaper in Melbourne and a regular commentator on Sky News Australia. He has also written for The Age,The Times newspaper in London,The Punch website,The Spectator and the Institute of Public Affairs Review. He also reported for the BBC on the 2013 Australian federal election.
Elizabeth Moulton Eggleston was an Australian activist,author,lawyer and champion for Indigenous Australians. She was described as a "gentle and unassuming" woman.
Neomy Storch is a Jewish Australian linguist. She is currently an associate professor of applied linguistics at the University of Melbourne,Australia. Her research focuses on second language acquisition with a special focus on second language writing. She is noted for her work on second language acquisition,collaborative writing,and academic writing.
Nina Taylor is an Australian politician. She has been a Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly,representing the district of Albert Park since November 2022. She was previously a member of the Victorian Legislative Council between 2018 and 2022,representing the Southern Metropolitan Region. She has been the Parliamentary Secretary for Training and Skills since December 2022 and was previously the Parliamentary Secretary for Health. She also served as Government Whip in the Legislative Council from October 2020 to August 2022.
Lynette Wendy Russell,is an Australian historian,known for her work on the history of Indigenous Australians;in particular,anthropological history;archaeology;gender and race,Indigenous oral history,and museum studies.
Hoda Afshar is an Iranian documentary photographer who is based in Melbourne. She is known for her 2018 prize-winning portrait of Kurdish-Iranian refugee Behrouz Boochani,who suffered a long imprisonment in the Manus Island detention centre run by the Australian government. Her work has been featured in many exhibitions and is held in many permanent collections across Australia.
Sarah Pink is a British-born social scientist,ethnographer and social anthropologist,now based in Australia,known for her work using visual research methods such as photography,images,video and other media for ethnographic research in digital media and new technologies. She has an international reputation for her work in visual ethnography and her book Doing Visual Ethnography, first published in 2001 and now in its 4th edition,is used in anthropology,sociology,cultural studies,photographic studies and media studies. She has designed or undertaken ethnographic research in UK,Spain,Australia,Sweden,Brazil and Indonesia.
Jessica Kate Wilson is a Liberal Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for the seat of Kew. Prior to her candidacy,Wilson was the executive director of the Business Council of Australia.
