- Ian Plimer
Ian R. Plimer is an Australian geologist and academic. He has published over 120 academic papers and six popular books. Plimer is currently Professor of Mining Geology at the University of Adelaide. He was previously a Professor in the School of Earth Sciences at the University of Melbourne. He is also a prominent member of the Australian Skeptics. He was awarded the Clarke Medal by the Royal Society of New South Wales in 2004. - Don Dunstan
Donald Allan Dunstan AC QC (21 September 1926 – 6 February 1999) was an Australian politician. He was Labor Premier of South Australia between 1 June 1967, and 17 April 1968, and subsequently between 2 June 1970, and 15 February 1979. A reformist, Dunstan brought profound change to South Australian society: his progressive reign saw Aboriginal land rights recognised, homosexuality decriminalised, … - Paul Davies
Paul Charles William Davies (born April 22, 1946) is a British-born, physicist, writer and broadcaster, who holds the position of College Professor at Arizona State University. He has held previous academic appointments at the University of Cambridge, University of London, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, University of Adelaide and Macquarie University. His research interests are in the fields of cosmology, quantum field theory, and astrobiology. - Douglas Mawson
Sir Douglas Mawson OBE FRS (May 5 1882 – 14 October 1958) was an Australian Antarctic explorer and geologist. With Roald Amundsen, Robert Falcon Scott, and Ernest Shackleton, Mawson was a key expedition leader during the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration. - Derek Abbott
Derek Abbott (May 3, 1960, in South Kensington, London, UK) is a physicist and electronic engineer. He is a Professor of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the University of Adelaide, Australia. He is notable for leading theoretical work in the development of Parrondo's paradox, contributions to the field of stochastic resonance, and experimental contributions to T-ray imaging. - Roma Mitchell
Dame Roma Flinders Mitchell, AC, DBE, CVO, QC, (October 2 1913 - March 5 2000) was an Australian lawyer and judge; she was the first Australian woman Queen’s Counsel, the first woman Chancellor of a university in Australia, and the first woman Governor of an Australian State. Mitchell was born in Adelaide in 1913 and was the second daughter of Harold and Maude Mitchell. A graduate of St. Aloysius Convent College, Adelaide, Roma Mitchell was Australia's first female QC, … - Penny Wong
Penelope Ying-yen "Penny" Wong (born November 5, 1968), Australian politician, has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian Senate since 2002, representing South Australia. She is Australia's first openly lesbian and first Asian-born female parliamentarian. Wong was born in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, and moved to Australia at the age of eight. After spending a year on exchange in Brazil, Wong studied arts/law at the University of Adelaide. - Robert Hill
Robert Murray Hill (born 25 September 1946), is the current Australian Ambassador to the United Nations and a former Australian politician. Mr Hill was a Liberal member of the Australian Senate from July 1981 to March 2006, representing South Australia. He was born in Adelaide, South Australia, and was educated at the University of Adelaide and London University, where he gained a masters degree in law. - John Hill
John Hill (born 1949), Australian politician, is the current South Australian Minister for Health, Minister for the Southern Suburbs, Minister Assisting the Premier in the Arts in the Rann Government. He also represents the electoral district of Kaurna in the South Australian House of Assembly and is a member of the Australian Labor Party. Born in Sydney, Hill attended the University of Sydney and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts. - Nicholas Jose
Nicholas Jose (b. 1952) is an Australian novelist. Born in London, England, to Australian parents, Nicholas Jose grew up mostly in Adelaide, South Australia. He was educated at the Australian National University and Oxford University. He has traveled extensively, particularly in China, where he worked from 1986 to 1990. He was President of Sydney PEN from 2002 to 2005 and currently holds the Chair of Creative Writing at the University of Adelaide. - Jane Lomax-Smith
The Hon Dr. Jane Lomax-Smith BSc, MBBS, PhD, FRCPA, MP, Australian politician, is the Minister for Education and Children's Services and Minister for Tourism in South Australia and has been the member for the state seat of Adelaide since 2002. She is a member of the Australian Labor Party. Dr Jane Lomax-Smith or JLo as she is affectionately known is also the Minister for the City of Adelaide, … - Natasha Stott Despoja
Natasha Jessica Stott-Despoja (born 9 September 1969) is an Australian politician and former leader of the Australian Democrats. She has been a Democrat senator for South Australia since November 1995. She is the youngest woman ever elected to the Parliament of Australia. - Basil Hetzel
The Honorable Dr Basil Hetzel AC (born 1922) is an Australian medical researcher who has made a major contribution to combatting iodine deficiency, a major cause of goitre and cretinism world wide. - Peter Goldsworthy
Peter Goldsworthy was born at Minlaton, South Australia. He grew up in various South Australian towns and in Darwin before studying medicine at the University of Adelaide. Goldsworthy graduated in 1974 and, while beginning his career in medicine, began to see his poems published in Westerly and several issues of the Friendly Street Poetry Reader. - Ian Lowe
Ian Lowe is President of the Australian Conservation Foundation, Professor of Science, Technology and Society and former Head of the School of Science at Griffith University, an adjunct professor at Sunshine Coast University and QUT, and an honorary research fellow at the University of Adelaide. In 1996 he was chair-person of the advisory council producing the first national report on the state of Australia's environment. - Julie Bishop
Julie Isabel Bishop (born 17 July, 1956), Australian politician, has been a Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives since 1998, representing the seat of Curtin in Western Australia. Bishop was born in Lobethal, South Australia, and was educated at the St Peter's Collegiate Girls' School, the University of Adelaide and the Harvard Business School. She graduated from the University of Adelaide with a Bachelor of Laws in 1978, … - Peter Waite
Peter Waite was a South Australian pastoralist and public benefactor. Waite was born at Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire, Scotland. On leaving school he was apprenticed to an ironmonger and spent nine years in commercial pursuits. When 25 years of age he sailed to Australia and, landing at Melbourne, went on to South Australia. There he joined his brother James who was part owner of Pandappa station near Terowie. - William Mitchell
Sir William Mitchell was Professor of English Language, Literature and Mental and Moral Philosophy at the University of Adelaide from 1894–1922, Vice-Chancellor 1916–1942 and Chancellor 1942–1948. Mitchell wrote about issues overlapping philosophy of mind and science, neurology, quantum theory and philosophical psychology. His work is the subject of a book by W. Martin Davies, "The philosophy of Sir William Mitchell, … - Robin Warren
Dr J. Robin Warren AC (born June 11, 1937 in Adelaide) is an Australian pathologist and researcher who is credited with the 1979 re-discovery of the bacterium "Helicobacter pylori". He received his M.B. B.S. from the University of Adelaide. In 1967 he was admitted into the Royal College of Pathologists of Australia and became a senior pathologist at the Royal Perth Hospital where he spent the majority of his career. - Gavin Brown
Gavin Brown AO (27 February 1942) is a Scottish-born mathematician, and the current Vice-Chancellor of the University of Sydney. His academic career began at the University of Liverpool, where he became a senior lecturer in mathematics. He accepted the Chair of Pure Mathematics at the University of New South Wales in 1975 when he and his family emigrated to Australia. - Paul Caica
The Honourable Paul Caica BA JP MP, (born 1957), Australian politician, is a member of the South Australian House of Assembly. He represents the electoral district of Colton and is a member of the Australian Labor Party. Paul Caica was elected as the Member for Colton on 9 February 2002. Paul attended Henley Primary and High Schools before graduating from Adelaide University with a Bachelor of Arts in 1985. - William Henry Bragg
Sir William Henry Bragg KBE, OM, MA (Cantab), PhD, (2 July 1862 – 10 March 1942) was an English physicist and chemist who uniquely shared the Nobel Prize in Physics with his son in 1915. - Samuel Way
Sir Samuel James Way (PC Bart) (11 April 1836 - 8 January 1916), English-Australian jurist, was a Chief Judge from 18 March 1876 until 8 January 1916 of the Supreme Court of South Australia, which is the highest ranking court in the Australian State of South Australia. Way was born in Portsmouth, England, in 1836. Reverend James Way, his father, was a clergyman in the Bible Christian Church, who emigrated to Adelaide, … - John Bannon
John Charles Bannon AO (born 1943) was the Labor Premier of South Australia between November 10, 1982 and September 4, 1992. Bannon was born in Bendigo, Victoria and completed degrees in Arts and Law at the University of Adelaide. While at university, he was elected president of the Australian Union of Students in 1968. Following the completion of his studies, he was an advisor to various governments, including Gough Whitlam's ministry. - Christopher Pyne
Christopher Maurice Pyne (born 13 August, 1967), Australian politician, has been a Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives since March 1993, representing the Division of Sturt, South Australia. He is the Assistant Minister for Health and Ageing and has a strong stance against illicit drugs. He was born in Adelaide, South Australia, and was educated at the University of Adelaide and the University of South Australia. - Mathai Varghese
Mathai Varghese is a mathematician and an Australian Research Council (ARC) Senior Research Fellow at the University of Adelaide. His most influential contribution to date is the Mathai-Quillen formalism, which he formulated together with Daniel Quillen, and which has since found applications in index theory and topological quantum field theory. He became a professor in 2006. - Keith Hancock
Sir William Keith Hancock (26 June 1898-13 August 1988) was an Australian historian, born in Melbourne, Australia. The son of Archdeacon William Hancock, he was educated at Melbourne Grammar School and later the University of Melbourne. At the age of nine he won the Royal Humane Society's medal for rescuing another child from drowning in the Mitchell River, Victoria. Too young to see service in World War I without permission from his parents, … - Helen Mayo
Helen Mayo (1 October 1878 - 13 November 1967), Australian medical doctor, was a pioneer in women's and children's health in Australia. Born in Adelaide, South Australia in 1878, Mayo was educated at home and later at Adelaide's Advanced School for Girls. She studied medicine at the University of Adelaide, commencing in 1898. In 1901 she was awarded the university's Davies Thomas Scholarship, and in 1902 received the Everard Scholarship. - Robert Champion de Crespigny
Robert Champion de Crespigny AC is a high-profile Australian businessman. Champion de Crespigny graduated from the University of Melbourne in 1972, graduating with a Bachelor of Commerce degree. Upon completing his studies, he practiced as a Chartered Accountant for 13 years. In 1988, Champion de Crespigny and his family moved to Adelaide, South Australia to undertake the position of Managing Director of the mining company, Normandy Mining. - John Doyle
The Honourable John Jeremy Doyle <small>AC QC</small>; (LLB, BCL) (born 1945), Australian jurist, is the current Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of South Australia, which is the highest ranking court in the Australian State of South Australia. Doyle was educated at Saint Ignatius College, South Australia and graduated in law from the University of Adelaide in 1966. - Jay Weatherill
Jay Weatherill, Australian politician, is the current South Australian Minister for Families and Communities, Minister for Housing, Minister for Ageing and Minister for Disability. He also represents the electoral district of Cheltenham in the South Australian House of Assembly and is a member of the Australian Labor Party. Born in the western suburbs of Adelaide, Weatherill attended Henley High School. He later studied at the University of Adelaide, … - Kerr Grant
Professor Emeritus Sir Kerr Grant was an Australian physicist and a significant figure in higher education administration in South Australia in the first half of the twentieth century. Kerr Grant was born in the then rural town of Bacchus Marsh, near Melbourne in the Australian state of Victoria in 1878. He studied mathematics at the University of Melbourne and was awarded a B.Sc in 1901 and M.Sc in 1903, both with first class honours. - John Bishop
Lionel Albert Jack (John) Bishop (26 October 1903 in Adelaide-December 1964 in London) was an Australian academic, conductor and patron of the arts. Bishop played a leading role in the development of music education in Australia and was a founder of the Adelaide Festival of Arts. Bishop studied piano from the age of 12 under the tutorage of distinguished Adelaide teacher William Silver. In 1919, he won the Alexander Clark Scholarship to the Elder Conservatorium, … - Bruce Kapferer
Bruce Kapferer (b. 1940(?) in Sydney) is an Australian social anthropologist. He was raised in Sydney, and studied anthropology at the University of Sydney. Having done field research in Kabwe (Zambia, he went on to the University of Manchester to study with Max Gluckman, and received his PhD in 1969. After years of teaching at Manchester, he founded the anthropology department at the University of Adelaide with fellow Mancunian Kingsley Garbett. - Lea Stevens
Lea Stevens is an Australian politician and has been the sitting Labor party member for the electoral district of Little Para since 1994. Previous to her election in to politics, Stevens gained her Bachelor of Science and Diploma in Education at the University of Adelaide. After her studies she was a high school principal. Stevens held the portfolio of Minister for Health from early 2002. She resigned from her health portfolio in late 2005, for personal health reasons. - Andrew Taylor
Andrew Taylor was one of the leading Australian poets of the 1970s. Although he lacks the public profile of several of his contemporaries, he has since come to be regarded as a major figure in Australian poetry, with a body of work notable for its intelligence and its formal, emotional and geographical diversity. He was Born in Warrnambool, Victoria in 1940. - David Cox
David Alexander Cox (born 1 August 1954), Australian politician, was an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives October 1998 to October 2004, representing the Division of Kingston, South Australia. He was born in Dunedin, New Zealand, and was educated at Flinders University and the University of Adelaide, where he graduated with a master's degree in business administration. He was a public servant before entering politics. - Simon Hackett
Simon Hackett Simon Hackett is the founder and CEO of national broadband ISP Internode and broadband infrastructure builder Agile . Simon graduated from, and then worked at, the University of Adelaide in the 80's. He was one of the folk who helped to build version 1 of AARNet while at the University. He contributed to the development of IETF standards in the areas of audio and video transport, and built one of the world's first SNMP controlled Internet toasters. - John Coulter
Dr John Richard Coulter (born 3 December 1930) is an Australian medical researcher and former politician. He was the fourth elected parliamentary Senate leader of the Australian Democrats, serving from October 2, 1991 to April 29, 1993. His understanding of conservation and environment principles was exceptional for the time, … - Abdul Taib Mahmud
Pehin Sri Dr. Haji Abdul Taib bin Mahmud (born 21 May 1936 in Miri, Sarawak, Malaysia) is the current Chief Minister of Sarawak of Melanau descent.
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