A geologist and explorer, Cecil Madigan crossed the Simpson Desert in the last classic Australian exploration adventure.

Cawthorne was a dynamic music seller and concert manager, and is remembered as a genial raconteur.

Joachim Wendt was a Danish-born silversmith whose work included extravagant naturalism, Edwardian style, and restrained Regency taste.

Roy Rene, known most prominently for his character of Mo McCackie, has been generally hailed as one of Australia’s best comic performers. 

Artist Samuel Thomas Gill produced a lively visual record of early South Australia.