History

1. items formerly under copyright, such as Cohen’s Counting Australia In ;
2. journal metadata pages, from which the item can be downloaded as a PDF or otherwise accessed — in some rare cases requiring a login or payment;
3. PDFs of freely available items, served directly from the AustMS website;
4. PDFs of scanned articles, where there is no specific metadata page.

• Administrative Directory of Mathematical Sciences in Australasia, Australian Mathematical Society, Canberra (June 2003), and numerous earlier editions since 1985. (AustMS-old)
• Australian Mathematical Society’s Research Register 1962 (second edition) ANU, Canberra (1963). (EOAS)
• AAS: “Names and addresses of mathematicians in Australia”, Australian Academy of Science Archives, Basser Library, box MS 108/10 (1955 ?).
• AAS: “Critical Skills For Australia’s Future: The National Strategic Review of Mathematical Sciences Research in Australia”, Australian Academy of Science, December 2006. (AAS online)
• AAS: “The mathematical sciences in Australia: A vision for 2025”, Australian Academy of Science, Canberra, 2016. (AAS online) The website includes annual implementation reports: year 1 (2016–2017), year 2 (2017–2018), year 3 (2018–2019), and a mid-term review – see next item.
• AAS-NCMS: “The mathematical sciences in Australia: Mid-term review”, National Committee for Mathematical Sciences, Australian Academy of Science, Canberra, 2022. (NCMS)
• AAS-NCMS: “Statement on Mathematics Education”, National Committee for Mathematical Sciences, Australian Academy of Science, Canberra, 2022. (NCMS)
• Bloom WR, Flood J, Hunter RH, Praeger CE, Price JF, Rangaswamy KM, Sanders JW, Silcock H, Staples J: “Pure mathematics in Australia”, Vestes, 18 (1975),18–21. (archive)
• Braddock RB: An Anecdotal History of the Applied Mathematics Conference and the Division of Applied Mathematics, Australian Environmental Studies, Griffith University, Brisbane (1984). (ANZIAM) (NLA)
• Bunder MW: “A comparison of Australian mathematics departments”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 9 (1982), 31.
• Cherry TM: “Australian contributions to mathematics”, address delivered to the ANZAAS meeting, Brisbane (1951).
• Cohen G: Counting Australia In: The People, Organisations and Institutions of Australian Mathematics; 431 pages; Sydney, Halstead Press (2006). Written on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Australian Mathematical Society. Out of copyright; included here as CAI_book.PDF.
• Cohen GL: “A bibliography of Australian mathematics to 1960 with observations relating to the history of Australian mathematics”, Hist. Rec. Austral. Sci., 31(1) (2020), 17–25. The supplementary material (the bibliography itself) is available at that site as a pdf once logged in.
  See also Cohen GL: “A bibliography of Australian mathematics”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 47 (2020), 33–34.
• Cohen G: “Mathematics in Australasia to 1900”, unpublished (2025); linked below as History_MATHS_IN_AUSTRALASIA.pdf.
• Douglas J: “Higher degrees in pure mathematics, applied mathematics and statistics completed in Australia 1972”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 1 (1974), 10–14.
  “Honours bachelor’s degrees in mathematics, pure mathematics, applied mathematics and statistics, Australia 1973”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 1 (1974), 59–60.
  Douglas compiled earlier versions, published in Austral. Math. Soc. Newsletters, and later versions for the Gazette. Petocz P and then Johnston P continued with almost annual publications in the Gazette.
• Gani J, Blakers AL: “Mathematics in the Australian universities”, Universities Quarterly, 13 (1959), 164–181.
• Gani J: “Trends in mathematics at Australian universities” , Vestes, 4 (March 1961) 12–23. (Google Books)
• Gani J: “Mathematics: is it already too late?”, Vestes, 5 (March 1962) 53–55. (Google Books)
• Gani J: “Report on mathematics in Australian universities, 1957–1962”, Vestes, 7 (1964), 3–22. (Google Books)
• Hughes BD: “A national strategic review of mathematical sciences research”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 32 (2005), 317–319.
• Macdonald ID: “Pure mathematics in the Australian universities”, Vestes, 11 (1968), 237–245. (Google Books)
• Potts RB: Mathematical Sciences in Australia 1981, National Committee for Mathematics, Australian Academy of Science (1982). (NLA)
• Room TG: “Mathematics at school and university”, Austral. Math. Teacher, 16 (Sept. 1960) 27–30.
• Thomas J: “Mathematical sciences in Australia: looking for a future”, FASTS Occasional Paper Series, 3 (October 2000). Also, “Mathematical sciences in Australia: still looking for a future”, http://www.austms.org.au/AustMath/braindrain_2002.pdf (May 2002).
• Tweedie RL: “Directory of mathematical research interests in Australian tertiary institutions”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 9 (1982), 1–30.
• Van der Poorten AJ (Chair): Mathematical Sciences: Adding to Australia, National Committee for Mathematics, Australian Academy of Science, Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra (1996). (NLA) (website)
• Wilson JLJ (ed): “Mathematics in Australia”, Current Affairs Bulletin, 28(4) (26 June 1961), 57–63. (ANU archive)

• Cargal JM:  “An analysis of the marriage structure of the Murngin tribe of Australia”,
  Behav. Sci. 23 (1978), 157–168. doi:10.1002/BS.3830230304
• Cargal JM: “The problem with algebraic models of marriage and kinship structure”,
  UMAP Journal 22 (2001), 345–353.
• Deakin MAB: “Aboriginal and islander mathematics: comments on one aspect of the proposed National Curriculum”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 37 (2010), 233–237.
  Note: the views presented in this article are not considered to be representative of those of the membership as a whole, or the Council, of the Australian Mathematical Society.
• Harris J: “Aboriginal and islander mathematics”, Austral. Aboriginal Studies, 2 (1987), 29–37.
• Harris J:  “Facts and fallacies of Aboriginal number systems”, in Hargrave S (ed.), Language
  and Culture, SIL-AAB, Canberra (1982), 153–181.
• Hughes A and Laura R: “The contribution of Aboriginal epistemologies to mathematics education in Australia: Exploring the silences”, Educ. phil. theor., 50(4) (2018), 338–348.
• Lausch H: “Who were the first mathematicians in the southern hemisphere?”, Function
  4 (1980), 22–27.
• Rudder J: An introduction to Aboriginal Mathematics, Restoration House, Canberra (1999). (Victorian Collections)
• Sayers B: “Aboriginal mathematical concepts: a cultural and linguistic explanation for some of the problems”, in Hargrave S (ed.), Language and Culture, SIL-AAB, Canberra (1982), 183–200.
• Stokes J: “A description of the mathematical concepts of Groote Eylandt Aborigines”,
  in Hargrave S (ed.): Language and Culture, SIL-AAB, Canberra (1982), 33–152.
• Xu H and Ball R: “Indigenous Mathematics: From Mainstream Misconceptions to Educational Enrichment”. Can. J. Sci. Math. Techn. Educ. 24 (2024), 160–175. doi:10.1007/s42330-024-00321-5.

• Blakers AL: “The Australian Mathematical Society: foundation and early years, Part 1”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 3 (1976), 33–52; “Part 2”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 3 (1976), 65–83.
• Blakers L: “M.A.W.A. — an historical note”, Sigma, 100 (1979), 21–23. (related)
• Cohen G: “The History of Mathematical Associations in Australia”, Occasional Address to the Annual General Meeting of the Mathematical Association of New South Wales (16 October 2003); included here as History_Of_Math_Associations.pdf.
• Cohen G: “The centenary history of the Mathematical Association of New South Wales”, in Reflections, 35 (Souvenir Issue) (October 2010); complete issue included here as MANSW_Centenary.pdf.
• Love ER: “A Brief History of the Melbourne University Mathematical Society MUMS: A Talk to the Society by E.R. Love”, University of Melbourne (11 October 1978). See the website https://archives.library.unimelb.edu.au/nodes/view/349526.
• McLean AE: “The Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers”, Austral. Math. Teacher, 22 (1966), 1–2.
• Taylor PJ: The Australian Mathematics Trust History; website covering 1972–2013, including Australian Mathematics Competition (AMC), Australian Mathematical Olympiad Committee (AMOC), Australian Informatics Olympiad Committee (AIOC) and Australian participation in the International Mathematics Olympiad (IMO) and International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI).
• Veness J: “The Mathematical Association of New South Wales: an account of the first seventy-five years”, Reflections, 10 (November 1985), entire issue. (NLA)

• Allan FE: “Some principles of statistics and their application to agricultural experiments”, J. Austral. Inst. Agric. Sci., 2 (1936), I: 17–22, II: 67–75, III: 109–116, IV: 154–162. (NLA) (Trove)
• Camm J: The Early Nineteenth Century Colonial Censuses of Australia, Historical Statistics Monograph No. 8, Australian Reference Publications, Melbourne (1988), 1. (NLA)
• Field JB, Speed FE, Speed TP, Williams JM: “Biometrics in the CSIR: 1930–1940”, Austral. J. Statist., 30(B) (1988), 54–76.
• Forster C, Hazlehurst C: “Australian statisticians and the development of official statistics”, in Year Book Australia 1988, Australian Bureau of Statistics, Canberra (1988). Feature article: (Preface, Parts I: 1–12, II: 13–40, III: 41–59, IV: 60–95) (NLA) (Trove)
• Gani J: “Some aspects in the development of statistics in Australia”, Austral. J. Statist., 18 (1976), 1–20.
• Gani J: “Reflections on Pat Moran and the Australian statistical scene”, Teaching Statistics, 21 (1999), 39–41.
• Gani J: “Fifty years of statistics at the Australian National University, 1952–2002”, Hist. Rec. Austral. Sci., 16(1) (2005), 31–44.
• Heyde CC: “Official statistics in the late colonial period leading on to the work of the first Commonwealth Statistician, G.H. Knibbs”, Austral. J. Statist. 30(B) (1988), 23–43.
• Lancaster HO: “Statistical Society of New South Wales”, Austral. J. Statist., 30(B) (1988), 99–109.
• Rolleston C: “Science of statistics”, Sydney Mag. Sci. Art, 1(12) (May 1858), 254–258. (NLA) (Trove)
• Seneta E: “Silhouettes in early Australian statistics”, Austral. J. Statist., 30(B) (1988), 2–22.

• Bailey DH: “Jonathan Borwein: Experimental Mathematician”, Experimental Mathematics, 26(2), 125–129.
• Berzsenyi G: “The James Cook Mathematical Notes (1975–1996)”, Consortium, (Summer 1997), 5. (JCMN)
• Cohen GL: “Martin Gardiner: the first Irish–Australian mathematician”, Irish Math. Soc. Bull., 85 (Summer 2020), 3–15. See also “Martin Gardiner” (Letters to Irish Math. Soc. Bull., 92 (Winter 2023/24), vi.
• Gani J:  “Consulting and Research in the CSIRO Division of Mathematics and Statistics”, Division of Mathematics and Statistics, CSIRO, Canberra City, Australia. Printed in: Teaching of Statistics and Statistical Consulting (1982), 215–231, Academic Press. doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-604540-6.50025-5
• Donovan P, Mack J: “Sydney University, T.G. Room and code-breaking in WW II, Parts 1 and 2”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 29 (2002), 76–84, 141–148. (reprint) (related)
• Hurley DG: “Mathematical research at the Aeronautical Research Laboratories 1939–1960”, J. Austral. Math. Soc. (Ser. B), 30 (1989), 389–413.
• Lausch H: “Mathematics in detention”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 33 (2006), 95–103 (or “Mathematics on and after the Dunera” – ed).
• Mahler K: Borwein JM, Bugeaud Y and Coons M, “The legacy of Kurt Mahler”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 41 (2014), 11–21.
• Moyal A: “Maverick Mathematician” The Life and Science of J.E. Moyal. (ANU Press) doi:10.22459/MM.08.2006. (JSTOR)
• Praeger C: “Cheryl Praeger, mathematician” in Bhathal R, Profiles: Australian Women Scientists, National Library of Australia, Canberra (1999), 143–151. (NLA) (Google Books)
• Praeger CE, Ward LA: “Women working in mathematics in Australian universities, and the women in Mathematics Special Interest Group (WIMSIG)”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 51 (2024), 4–45.
• Szekeres G: Giles JR and Seberry Wallis J, “George Szekeres”, J. Austral. Math. Soc. (Ser. A), 21 (1976), 385–392.

• Di Pasquale A: “International mathematical Olympiad 7–19 July 2003, Tokyo, Japan”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 31 (2004), 26–28.
• Galvin WP, Hunt DC, O’Halloran PJ: An Olympiad Down Under: A Report on the 29th International Mathematical Olympiad in Australia, Australian Mathematics Foundation Ltd, Canberra (1988).
• Guo I: “The 52nd International Mathematical Olympiad”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 39 (2012), 25–29.
• Hunt DC: “International Mathematical Olympiad 1997”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 24 (1997), 155–158.
• Kenderov PS: “A Short History of the World Federation of National Mathematics Competitions”.
  Mathematics Competitions, Vol 22 (2) 2009.
• Taylor P: “Two Gold Medals at IMO in Bremen”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 36 (2009), 252–253.
• Taylor PJ: The Australian Mathematics Trust History; website covering 1972–2013, including Australian Mathematics Competition (AMC), Australian Mathematical Olympiad Committee (AMOC), Australian Informatics Olympiad Committee (AIOC) and Australian participation in the International Mathematics Olympiad (IMO) and International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI).
  Participants and results are listed. Problem and solution books are available.
• WFNMC: “Report on WFNMC Conference, Melbourne 2002“, AMT Publishing. (WFNMC)

• Clements MA, Grimison LA, Ellerton NF: “Colonialism and school mathematics in Australia 1788–1988”, in Ellerton NF and Clements MA (eds), School Mathematics: The Challenge to Change, Deakin University, Geelong (1989), 50–78. doi:10.1177/000494418803200310
• Carslaw HS: The Teaching of Mathematics in Australia, Angus and Robertson, Sydney (1914). (Hathi)
• Clarke D, Lovitt C, Praeger C: “The Mathematics Teaching and Curriculum Program”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 14 (1987), 11–12.
• Curtis SA: The History and Development of Mathematics Examinations in New South Wales at the end of Secondary Schooling between 1788 and 2010. PhD thesis (2011), UTS Digital Thesis Collection — also see button below.
• Ellerton NF, Clements MA: The National Curriculum Debacle, Meridian Press, West Perth (1994). (AARE)
• Evans M: “The Australian Curriculum for Mathematics”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 37 (2010), 160–164.
• Mack J: “A rationale for national mathematics curriculum guidelines”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 13 (1986), 61–65.
• Mills TM: “Demand for teachers in Victorian government schools, 2021–2025”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 53 (2026), 31.
• Spyker GM: The upper secondary school mathematics curriculum in Western Australia from 1950–1998 : implementation and evaluation, PhD thesis (1999), Science and Mathematics Education Center, Curtin University of Technology.
• Stanley JN: Intelligent Tutoring System (ITS) for Mathematics using Computational Engines, PhD thesis (2025), School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences/Faculty of Science, University of Technology Sydney.
• Swincicky KB: A study of a nation-wide pilot program in school mathematics, PhD thesis (2008), Science and Mathematics Education Center, Curtin University of Technology.
• Thomas J: “Mathematics education in Australia, 1980–2011”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 38 (2011), 131–138.
• Thornton SJ: Slow Maths—a metaphor of connectedness for school mathematics, PhD thesis (2014), Australian National University.
• University of Tasmania, AU TAS UTAS SPARC — SPecial And Rare Collections
  UT52: “Alexander Leicester McAulay” 1943–1950; has 12 Items.
  • Item 9: “School Mathematics exam questions”.
  

• Adelaide Connect: “Department of Mathematics”, brief History 1877–2006. Includes photos of staff and copies of early handwritten correspondence between mathematicians and administration.
  Archive database entry: UA-00025384.
• Green HS: “History and development of mathematical physics at Adelaide”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 13 (1986), 109–111. (zbMath)
• Jenkin JG: “The appointment of W.H. Bragg, F.R.S., to the University of Adelaide”, Notes Rec. Roy. Soc. Lond., 40 (1985), 75–99. (JSTOR)
• Potts RB: “Mathematics at the University of Adelaide, 1874–1944, Part 1”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 4 (1977), 1–9; “Part 2”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 4 (1977), 37–44; reprint by Roberts AJ (PDF)
• Potts RB: “Mathematics at the University of Adelaide, 1944–1958”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 12 (1985), 25–30; reprint by Roberts AJ (PDF). (related)

• Gani J: “Moran’s Department of Statistics at the ANU, 1952–1982”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 33 (2006), 167–171.
• Neumann BH: “Mathematics in the Institute”, A.N.U. News, 2(5) (July, 1961), 11–12.
• Newman M: “Mathematics” in Ophel T and Jenkin J: “Fire in the Belly” The first fifty years of the pioneer School at the ANU. ANU (1996), 102.
• Ninham B: “Applied Mathematics” in Ophel T and Jenkin J: “Fire in the Belly” The first fifty years of the pioneer School at the ANU. ANU (1996), 55–57.
• A vast range of archival material in pure and applied mathematics at ANU is available within the Atom ANU Archive, searching under Mathematics.

• Treagust DF: “A short history of the Science and Mathematics Education Centre at Curtin University”, Cult. stud. of sci. educ., 6(3), (2011), 725–735.

• “History of Mathematics at Macquarie University”, Historia mathematica, 6(2), (1979), 205–206. Conference summary.
• Moyal A: “Macquarie University”, Chapter 7 in Maverick Mathematician, The Life and Science of J.E. Moyal. (ANU Press) doi:10.22459/MM.08.2006. (JSTOR)

• Clark JF: “The history of the mathematics department of the University of Melbourne”, 39th Annual Conference of the Australian Mathematical Society, University of Tasmania (3–7 July 1995). (related)
• Cohen GL: “The appointment of the first four professors of mathematics in the University of Melbourne”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 33 (2006), 14–21.
• Love ER: “A Brief History of the Melbourne University Mathematical Society MUMS: A Talk to the Society by E.R. Love”, 11 October, 1978. (UMelb)
• Michell JH: Second Report on the School of Mathematics, six pages handwritten (undated), University of Melbourne Archives, accession number 1922/298.

John Henry Michell
1863–1940

• Monash Collections, University Archives:
  123: “Westfold, Kevin Charles” (1921–2001), Foundation professor of Mathematics 1960–1962; archives of books, reports, newspaper cuttings, other correspondence. 
  150: “School of Mathematics” (1961–2020); archives of meeting papers, weekly newsletters, annual handbooks, and links to professors and other entities.
  151: “Miller, John Boris” (1928–2011), Chair of Pure Mathematics 1965–1989; archives of committee minutes, lecture lists, syllabus topics, etc.
  • Founding member of the AustMS, 1956. Editor of JAustMS 1977–1979.
  387: “Crossley, John Newsome” (1937– ), Chair of Pure Mathematics 1969–2006; archive of reports and correspondence.

• Giles JR: An Outline History of the Department of Mathematics at the University of Newcastle, University of Newcastle (undated).

• Barber M: “The UNSW Cadets: pioneers at the birth of a new university”, J. Proc. Roy. Soc. NSW, 158, 32–49 (2025); accessible online as https://www.royalsoc.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/158-1-04Barber.pdf.
• Douglas JB: A Brief History of the Department of Statistics, the University of New South Wales 1948–1983, UNSW (March 1996).
• UNSW School of Maths & Stats: “History of the School”, “Glimpses of Mathematics and Statistics”.

• Hart VG: “Early history of the Department of Mathematics, University of Queensland”, Web version formatted by Keith Matthews, Number Theory Web.
• Lyneham M: “Chronological list of Professors and Lecturers of the University of Queensland Department of Mathematics, 1911–1972”, Web version formatted by Keith Matthews, Number Theory Web, January 2001.
• Mainstone J: “The selection of Physics as a foundation discipline at The University of Queensland: a long winding path to recognition”, Crossroads V(2), 45–55 (2011); UQ Centenary Special Issue.
• Mainstone J: “Obscurity to fame for Professor Thomas Parnell, MA: the physicist, his pitch, and a prize”, Crossroads V(2), 139–142 (2011); UQ Centenary Special Issue.

• University of Sydney Archives
  AGN-00000113: “Department of Mathematics 1852 to 1991.”
  AGN-00000100: “Department of Applied Mathematics 1953 to 1991.”
  AGN-00000240: “School of Mathematics and Statistics 1991 to current.”
• Lancaster HO: “The departments of mathematics in the University of Sydney”, Austral. Math, Soc. Gaz., 13 (1986), 29–38. (zbMath)
• Turner IS: “The first hundred years of mathematics in the University of Sydney. Parts 1 and 2”, Austral. Math. Teacher, 9 (1953), 12–17, 26–34; (in one part) J. Proc. Roy. Austral. Hist. Soc., 41 (1955), 245–266; included also in Wilson JLJ (ed): “Mathematics in Australia”, Current Affairs Bulletin, 28(4) (26 June 1961). (USyd)

Morris Birbeck Pell
1827–1879

Foundation professor of mathematics

• University of Tasmania, AU TAS UTAS SPARC — SPecial And Rare Collections
  UP40: “Department of Mathematics” 1979–1997.
  • “Program and departmental review: Department of Mathematics : report.” 23 December 1997. List of Honours, Masters, Ph. D. and D. Sc. Theses, 1964–1979 and technical reports 1979.
• Elliott D: “Mathematics”, in Alexander A (ed): The Companion to Tasmanian History, Centre for Tasmanian Historical Studies, University of Tasmania (2006). (online)

• Cohen G: Mathematics in the New South Wales Institute of Technology 1963–1988, unpublished (2023), lodged with the Mathematics Library, University of Technology Sydney; linked below as MATH_History_at_NSWIT.pdf.

• UWA Collected — online archives
  • 1983P: “Group portrait of Academic Staff in front of Administration Building – 1931” includes Alexander David Ross and Charles Weatherburn.
• Bassom A, Hopwood J, Noakes L, Pakes A and Praeger C:  “Advances in Mathematics and Statistics in Western Australia since 1960”. J. Roy. Soc. West. Austral. 97 (2014) 253–260. (Scopus)
• Williams SE and Swan JB: “Physics at the University of Western Australia 1913–1951 Professor A. D. Ross CBE, MA, DSc, FRAS, FRSE, F Inst P, FAIP”, Austral. Phys. 13-02 (1976), 20–22.
  

George Keith Batchelor
1920–2000

Sir William Laurence Bragg
1890–1971 and
Sir William Henry Bragg
1862–1942
Nobel Prize in Physics 1915

• Ash CJ: Crossley JN and Knight JF, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 22 (1995), 229–231. Crossley JN, Knight JF and Preston GB, “Christopher John Ash 1945–1995”, Hist. Rec. Austral. Sci., 12 (1) (1998), 83–98. doi:10.1071/HR9981210083 (EOAS) (Trove) (AAS)
• Atkinson FV: “Professor of mathematics at Canberra”, Canberra Times (9 February 1956). “Obituary: Frederick Valentine Atkinson”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 30 (2003), 100.
  Mingarelli AB: “A glimpse into the life and times of F.V. Atkinson”, arXiv:math/0608602v1 (24 Aug 2006), 41 pages. (MacTutor)
• Bailey VA: Home RW, “Victor Albert Bailey (1895–1964)”, Austral. Dict. Biog. 13 (1993), Melb. Univ. Press. Online at National Centre of Biography, ANU. (ADB)
• Barnes ES: Wall GE, Pitman J and Potts RB, “Eric Stephen Barnes 1924–2000”, Hist. Rec. Austral. Sci., 15 (2004), 21-45. doi:10.1071/HR03013 (EOAS)
• Bartnik R: Oliynyk T, Chruściel PT, Huisken G and Simon L, “Robert Bartnik”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 52 (2025), 26–30. (EOAS)
• Bass L: Bracken T and Hart V, “Obituary: Ludvik Bass”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 50 (2023), 32–34. (NTW)
• Batchelor G: Pedley TJ, “George Batchelor: marrying maths and mechanics in Cambridge”, The Guardian, (12 April 2000), 33.
  Barenblatt GI, “George Keith Batchelor (1920–2000) and David George Crighton (1942–2000) applied mathematicians”, Notices Amer. Math. Soc., 48 (2001), 800–806. (EOAS) (RSBM)
• Batten LM: Angelova M, Pan L, Yearwood J and Marchant T, “Obituary: Lynn Margaret Batten”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 49 (2022), 165–167.
• Baxter RJ: Batchelor M, Bazhanov V and Campbell G, “Rodney James Baxter (8 February 1940 to 20 July 2025)”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 52 (2025), 205–208. (ANU) (AAS) (FRS) (EOAS) (Wiki) (interview) (SMH)
  Baxter RJ: An Accidental Academic. ANU archives.
  ☆ The Rodney Baxter Prize for Mathematical Physics, awarded by the ANZAMP division of the AustMS, recognising an outstanding and internationally significant contribution to the area of Mathematical Physics primarily carried out in Australia or New Zealand.
  ✍︎ Baxter2025 Exactly Solved Models and Beyond: Celebrating the life and achievements of Rodney James Baxter. (AMSI)
• Behrend FA: Cherry TM and Neumann BH, “Felix Adalbert Behrend”, J. Austral. Math. Soc., 4 (1964), 264–270. (ADB) (UMelb)
  Lausch H, “Felix Adalbert Behrend and mathematics in Camp 7, Hay, 1940–41”, Austral. Jewish Hist. Soc. J., 14 (1997), 110–119. (EOAS) (MacTutor)
  Neumann BH, “Felix Adalbert Behrend”, J. London Math. Soc. 38 (1963), 308–310. (MacTutor)
  ✍︎ Behrend Memorial Lecture in Mathematics (UMelb)
• Belward JA: Belward family, “Obituary: John Alan Belward”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 48 (2021), 88–90.
• Belz MH: Williams EJ, “Obituary: Maurice H. Belz (1897–1975)”, Austral. J. Statist., 17 (1975), 56–57. (EOAS) (Bright Sparcs) (Trove) (ADB) (JRSS)
  Barton JC, Leslie RT, Love ER, Syer FJD and Watson GS, articles in Vinculum, Maurice Belz Memorial Issue (December 1976).
• Bennett JM: Edwards J, “Obituary: Emeritus Professor John Makepeace Bennett”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 38 (2011), 30–32. (EOAS)
• Blake JR: Bunder M, Laird P (et al), Anderssen B and De Hoog F, “Obituary: John Robert Blake”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 43 (2016), 238–239. (EOAS)
• Blakers L: Gani J, “In memory of Larry Blakers (1917–1995)”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 28 (2001), 25–26. (AMT)
• Blatt JM: Szekeres G, “John Markus Blatt 1921–1990”, Austral Math. Soc. Gaz., 17 (1990), 73–74. Franklin J, “Profile of a mathematician: John Blatt”, Parabola, 37(2) (2001), 15–17. (Bright Sparcs) (EOAS) (Wiki)
• Booth HS: Wilson SR, “Obituary Dr Hilary Susan Booth”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 32 (2005), 174–175.
• Borwein JM: Borwein Judith, Borwein N and Sims B, “Obituary: Jonathan M. Borwein”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 44 (2017), 289–293.
  Vale “Jonathan Michael Borwein”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 43 (2016), 265.
  “Jonathan Borwein: experimental mathematician”, Experimental Math., 26(2) (2017), 125–129. (EOAS)
  ✍︎ Jonathan M. Borwein (1951–2016) Commemorative Conference: 25–29 Sept 2017. (CARMA)
• Bragg WH: Andrade EN da C and Lonsdale KY, “William Henry Bragg, 1862–1942”, Obit. Notices Fellows Roy. Soc., 4 (1943), 277–292. Tomlin SG, “William Henry Bragg 1862–1942”, Austral. Phys. 13-05 (1976), 76–79 and 13-06 (1976), 97–99. (ADB) (EOAS) (Bright Sparcs) (Nobel Prize, 1915) (Wiki)
  ✍︎ The Bragg Symposium. “Celebrating One-Hundred Years of X-ray Crystallography”, Elder Hall, The University of Adelaide, 6 December 2012 (web-archive); Austral. Phys. 49-05 (2012), 134.
• Breach DR: Street A, “Derrick Rodney Breach, 1933–1996”, Austral. J. Combinat., 16 (1997), i–v.
• Brearley MN: de Mestre N, “Obituary: Maurice Norman Brearley”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 40 (2013), 192–193. (OA) (EOAS) (UMelb) (The Age)
• Brockwell PJ: Brockwell A and Davis RA, “Obituary: Peter J. Brockwell”, Austral Math. Soc. Gaz., 50 (2023), 141–143. (EOAS)
• Brown A: “Prof. Archibald Brown 1917–2002”. (ANU archive)
• Brown G: Dooley AH, “Gavin Brown: 1942–2010”, Hist. Rec. Austral. Sci., 36, HR23024 (2025), doi:10.1071/HR23024. (OA) (EOAS) (USyd) (SMH: 28/12/2010 p2)
  ☆ Gavin Brown Prize, awarded for an outstanding article, monograph or book, by AustMS since 2011 . (MacTutor)
• Brown HP: Brewer KRW, “Obituary: Horace Plessay Brown (1916–1971)”, Austral. J. Statist., 13 (1971), 176. (ADB) (SciHub) (ANU)
• Bryce RA: Cossey J, “Obituary: Robert Aitken Bryce”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 44 (2017), 222–224 (EOAS) (Trove)
• Buchwald VT: Sloan I and Middleton J, “V.T. Buchwald — an Obituary”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 25 (1998), 224–225.
• Bullen KE: Hales AL, “Keith Edward Bullen 1906–1976”, Rec. Austral. Acad. Sci., 4(2) (1979), 43–64. (AAS) doi:10.1071/HR9790420042 (ADB) (EOAS) (RSBM)

Rodney James Baxter 1940–2025

Albert Laurence Blakers
1917–1995

Horatio Scott Carslaw
1870–1974

Thomas MacFarland Cherry
1898–1966

• Carslaw HS: Jaeger JC, “Horatio Scott Carslaw, 1870–1954: a centennial oration” (Lancaster HO, ed), Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 8 (1981), 1–18;
  Deakin MAB, “Taking mathematics to Ultima Thule: Horatio Scott Carslaw — his life and mathematics”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 24 (1997), 4–16.
  Jaeger JC, “Horatio Scott Carslaw”, Austral. Math. Teacher, 11 (1955), 59–65.
  Room TG, “H.S. Carslaw — his work in geometry”, Austral. Math. Teacher, 11 (1955), 65–66.
  Smith-White WB, “H.S. Carslaw — his work in analysis”, Austral. Math. Teacher, 11 (1955), 67–68.(ADB) (EOAS) (MacTutor) (Bright Sparcs)
• Chapman P: Barton N and Fowkes N, “Obituary: Peter Chapman”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 35 (2008), 101–102.
• Cherry TM: Bullen KE, “Thomas MacFarland Cherry 1898–1966”, Rec. Austral. Acad. Sci., 1(2) (1967), 97–107. (AAS) (Bright Sparcs)
  Bullen KE and Temple G, “Thomas MacFarland Cherry, 1898–1966”, Biog. Mem. Fellows Roy. Soc. 14 (1968), 117–125.
  Palfreyman EH, “‘Croc’”, Austral. Math. Teacher, 24 (1968), 26–27. (EOAS)
  Love ER, “Thomas MacFarland Cherry”, J. Austral. Math. Soc., 9 (1969), 1–24. (ADB) (EOAS) (LMS)
  ☆ TM Cherry prize for best student paper at ANZIAM conference, awarded by ANZIAM since 1969.
• Chong F: Street R, “Obituary — Professor Frederick Chong”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 26 (1999), 211–213. (OA) (preprint) (ADB) (SMH)
  “Frederick Chong — Brief Biography”, Optics J.
• Clarke DJ: Laird P and Bunder M, “Obituary Des Clarke”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 51 (2024), 154–155.
• Clements D: Rogers C, “Obituary: David Clements”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 47 (2020), 145–146.
• Coates JH: Delbourgo D, “Obituary: John Henry Coates, FRS”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 49 (2022), 115–117. (MacTutor)
• Cockle J: Deakin MAB, “Sir James Cockle, FRS”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz. 29 (2002), 7–12. (ADB)(zbMath) (Monash) (EOAS)
• Cohn HI: Klebaner F, “Obituary: Harry I. Cohn”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 48 (2021), 228–229. (EOAS); reprinted as: “Obituary: Harry Cohn 1940–2021”, Inst. Math. Stat. (Dec. 15 2021).
• Cornish EA: E. J. Hannan, “Obituary: Edmund Alfred Cornish (1909–1973)”, Austral. J. Statist., 15 (1973), 218–220. Moran PAP, “Edmund Alfred Cornish 1909–1973”, Rec. Austral. Acad. Sci., 2(4) (1973), 41–47. (AAS) (Bright Sparcs) (CSIRO) (EOAS) (Wiki)
• Cox G: “Obituary Grant Cox”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 38 (2011), 204–205.
• Croxton C: McElwain S, “Obituary notice Clive Croxton, professor of mathematical chemistry, 1945–1993”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 20 (1993), 160. (U Newc)
• Daley DJ: Seneta E, “Obituary: Daryl John Daley”, Austral Math. Soc. Gaz., 50 (2023), 144–148.
• Dalitz RH: Close F, “His quest was the nature of reality”, The Sydney Morning Herald (2 February 2006), 28. (EOAS) (AAS) (Guardian) (Wiki)
• Davis C: Hart V and Matthews K, “Obituary: Clive Davis”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 37 (2010), 26–28. (EOAS)
• Day BJ: Street R, “Obituary: Brian John Day”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz, 40 (2013), 99–101. (EOAS)
• Dewar RL: Hole M, Blackwell B, Boswell R, Gardner H, Hudson S, Bhattacharjee A and Wright A, “Robert Dewar 1944–2024”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 52 (2025), 83–84. (EOAS) (AAS)
• Dungey NM: Duong X and Robinson D, “Obituary: Nicholas Michael Dungey”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 36 (2009), 34–35.
• Edwards R: Gaudry G: “Brilliant Analyst Generous With His Knowledge”, Canberra Times (1 Sept, 2000), 13. (ProQ) (EOAS) (Trove) (Wiki)
• Eliezer CJ: Prince G, “Obituary C.J. Eliezer”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 29 (2002), 33. (ProQ) (RG) (EOAS)
• Finucan HM: Lipton S, “Obituary — Henry Maurice Finucan 1917–1983”, J. Austral. Math. Soc. (Ser. A), 38 (1985), 1–8. “The Rhodes scholar, 1937”, Galmahra : The magazine of the University of Queensland Union, 7(5) (1937), 38–39.
• Fitzpatrick S: Praeger C, “Obituary Simon Fitzpatrick”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 31 (2004), 309–310.
• Frankel NE: Guttmann T, “Obituary: Norman ‘Norm’ Edward Frankel”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 48 (2021), 34–36.

John Henry Coates
1945–2022

Edmund Alfred Cornish
1909–1973

Clive Selwyn Davis 1916–2009

Joseph Mark Gani
1924–2016

Garth Ian Gaudry
1941–2012

Peter Gavin Hall
1951–2016

• Galvin WP: Giles JR, “Obituary William Patrick Galvin”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 31 (2004), 4–5.
• Gani JM: Daley DJ, “Obituary: Joseph Mark Gani”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 44 (2017), 225–230. (ADB)
  Seneta E, “Obituary: Joseph Mark Gani AM, DSc, FAA, FASSA”, J. Appl. Prob. 54 (2017), 1–11. (AAS) (EOAS) (AAS) (SMH)
• Gaudry GI: Thomas J, Gaudry P and Cowling M, “Obituary: Garth Ian Gaudry”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 40 (2013), 42–49. (OA) (EOAS) (Trove)
  Thomas J, “Academic strove to lift maths’ profile”, The Age, Obituaries, 30 October 2005. (AMSI)
• Giles JR: Sims B and Sciffer S, “John Robilliard Giles 31 December 1933 to 30 December 2024” Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 52 (2025), 31–33. (EOAS)
• Gill AE: Batchelor GK and Hide R, “Adrian Edmund Gill”, Biog. Mem. Fellows Roy. Soc., 34 (1988), 221–258. (EOAS) (Trove)
• Green HS: Hurst A, “Herbert Sydney Green 1920–1999”, Hist. Rec. Austral. Sci., 13(3) (2001), 301–322; doi:10.1071/HR0011330301. Hurst A, “Obituary: H.S. Green 1920–1999”, Austral. Phys. 36-02 (1999), 72. (ADB) (EOAS)
  Hurst A, “Death of Professor H.S Green”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 26 (1999) 96–98.
• Gurarii VP: Suslov SA, Phillips B and Sukhorukova N, “Obituary: Vladimir Petrovich Gurarii”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 50 (2023), 80–81.
• Hall PG: Wand M, “Obituary: Peter Gavin Hall”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 43 (2016), 17–19.
  Speed T, “Peter Gavin Hall”, Stat. Sin., 28 (4) (2018), 2215–2235.
  Robinson, John; and Welsh, Alan H., “Peter Gavin Hall 1951–2016”, Hist. Rec. Austral. Sci., 28 (2) (2017), 171–182. doi:10.1071/HR17009. (RSBM) (EOAS) (Trove)
• Hannan EJ: Gani JM, “Edward James Hannan 1921–1994”, Hist. Rec. Austral. Sci., 10(2) (1994), 173–185. (OA)
  Gani J, “Obituary: Edward James Hannan”, Austral. J. Statist., 36 (1994), 1–8. (AAS) (ADB) (EOAS)
  ☆ Hannan medal, awarded since 1994 by Australian Academy of Science (AAS) for “achievements by Australians in the fields of pure mathematics, applied and computational mathematics, and statistical science”. (Wiki)
• Heathcote CR: Vale “Christopher Robin Heathcote”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 43 (2016), 266.
• Henderson W: Pearce C, Taylor P and Tuck E, “Associate Professor W. (Bill) Henderson (1943–2001)”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 28 (2001), 151–152.
• Heyde CC: Seneta E and Gani JM, ”Christopher Charles Heyde 1939–2008”, Hist. Rec. Austral. Sci., 20(1), 67–90. doi:10.1071/HR09004 (AAS) (OA) (Trove) (Wiki)
  ☆ Christopher Heyde Medal, awarded since 2011 by Australian Academy of Science (AAS) ”to recognise outstanding research in the mathematical sciences”. It is restricted to candidates who are normally resident in Australia.
• Hill GW: Hall B, “Obituary: G.W. Hill (16 February 1928 – 15 November 1982)”, CSIRO DMS Newsletter, 96 (May/June 1983), 5–6. (EOAS) (Trove)
• Hood M: Praeger CE and Fowkes N, “Obituary: Malcolm Hood”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 45 (2018), 31–34.
• Horadam AF: Larcombe PJ, “Alwyn Francis Horadam, 1923–2016: A personal tribute to the man and his sequence”, Bull. Inst. Comb. Appl., 78 (2016), 93–107. Vale “Alwyn Francis Horadam”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 43 (2016), 266. Horadam K, “Obituary: Alwyn Francis (‘Horrie’) Horadam”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 45 (2018), 35–38. (ADB) (EOAS) (UNE) (Trove)
• Horadam EM: Horadam K, “Obituary: Eleanor Mollie Horadam”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 29 (2002), 224–225. (ADB) (EOAS) (Wiki) (IMechE)
  Lewis G, “Eleanor Mollie Horadam (1921–2002) – Mathematician and emancipated woman”, in Ryan JS and Newman M (eds.), New England Lives III, UNE with ADHS (2008).
• Horner TS: Bunder M and Laird P, “Obituary: Thomas Sumner Horner”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 45 (2018), 162–163.
• Hosking RJ : Metcalfe A and Bennetts L, “Obituary: Roger John Hosking”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 49 (2022), 118–119.
• Hurley AC: Maslen VW, “Andrew Crowther Hurley 1926–1988”, Hist. Rec. Austral. Sci., 14(2) (2002), 169–192. Austral. Phys. 26-0102 (1989), 13. (EOAS) (CSIRO)
• Hurst CA: Carey AL, Bouwknegt P and Lohe MA, “Charles Angas Hurst AM FAA, 22 September 1923 – 19 October 2011”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 39 (2012), 30–32. Carey AL, Bouwknegt P and Lohe MA, “Angas Hurst, AM FAA (1923–2011)”, Austral. Phys., 49-02 (2012), 59. Carey A and Lohe MA, “Charles Angas Hurst 1923–2011”, Hist. Rec. Austral. Sci., 27 (2) (2016), 160–175, doi:10.1071/HR15016. (EOAS) (Trove)
• Huxley L: Crompton RW, “Leonard George Holden Huxley 1902–1988”, Hist. Rec. Austral. Sci., 8 (4) (1991), 249–264, doi:10.1071/HR9910840249. (ADB) (OA) (EOAS)
• Isaev A: Hassell A and Andrews B, “Obituary: Alexander Isaev”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 46 (2019), 221–222. (EOAS)
• Jaeger JC: McDougall I: “Obituary — Professor John Conrad Jaeger”, Austral. Phys. 16-09 (1979), 140. Paterson MS, “John Conrad Jaeger 1907–1979”, Hist. Rec. Austral. Sci., 5(3) (1982), 64–88. (AAS) doi:10.1071/HR9820530064 (ADB) (OA) (EOAS)
  ☆ Jaeger medal, awarded by Australian Academy of Science (AAS) since 1990 “for investigations of a high order into the solid Earth or its oceans carried out in Australia or having some connection with Australian Earth science”. (EOAS)
• Johnson BE: Willis G, “Obituary Professor B.E. Johnson, F.R.S.”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 29 (2002) 104. (MacTutor)
• Jones A: Cairns G, “Obituary Arthur Jones”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 33 (2006), 37–38. (EOAS)
• Jones BD: Donovan D and Gardner B, “Obituary: Barry Denis Jones”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 50 (2023), 82–83.
• Jones V: Brothier A, Grossman P, Morrison S and Tener J, “Obituary: Vaughan Jones”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 47 (2020), 228–231.
  Evans D and Popa S, “Sir Vaughan F.R. Jones (1952–2020)”, EMS Newsletter, 118 (Dec. 2020), 57–58.

Charles Angas Hurst
1923–2011

Horace Lamb
1849–1934

Eric Russell Love
1912–2001

Kurt Mahler
1903–1988

• Keane A: Tognetti KP, “Professor Austin Keane D.Sc. 1927–1979”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 8 (1981), 41–44. (EOAS)
• Keats RG: Anderssen RS, Giles JR and Joseph GA, “Obituary: Reynold (Reyn) Gilbert Keats”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 41 (2014), 297–302. (EOAS)
• Kelly M: Street R, “Obituary: Max Kelly, FAA, 5 June 1930 – 26 January 2007”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 34 (2007), 94–96. (USyd) (EOAS) (Trove)
• Kluvánek I: Riečan, Beloslav. “Igor Kluvánek (1931–1993)”, Math. Slova. 44.3 (1994), 379–383. Nillsen R, “Igor Kluvánek : His life, achievements and influence in Australia”, University of Wollongong (UoW). (MacTutor) (Wiki)
• Knibbs GH: Bambrick S, “Knibbs, Sir George Handley (1858–1929), statistician” in Austral. Dict. Biog., Vol. 9: 1891–1939 Gil–Las, Nairn B and Serle G (eds), (1983), 620–621; reproduced by Stat. Soc. Aust. (ADB) (EOAS) “Sir George Knibbs C.M.G.” Nature, 123(3104) (April 1929), 650. Bambrick S, “The First Commonwealth Statistician: Sir George Knibbs” J. Proc. R. Soc. NSW, 102 (1969), 127–135. Heyde CC: “George Handley Knibbs b. 13 June 1858 d. 30 March 1929”, in: Heyde CC, Seneta E, Crépel P, Fienberg SE and Gani J (eds.), Statisticians of the Centuries, (2001) 257–260; Springer Books. (EoM) (Bright Sparcs) (Trove)
  ✍︎ Knibbs lecture held in odd-year cycle by the ACT Branch of The Statistical Society of Australia in honour of Sir George Handley Knibbs’ impact on statistics in Australia.
• Kovács LG: Newman MF, “László (Laci) György Kovács 1936–2013”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 41 (2014), 33–38. Newman, M. F. (Mike), “László (Laci) György Kovács 1936–2013”, J. Austral. Math. Soc., 102 (1) (2017), 3–8. doi:10.1017/S1446788716000823. (EOAS) (AMT)
• Lamb H: Bullen KE, “Lamb, Horace”, Dictionary of Scientific Biography, 7 (1973), 594–595. (NLA)
  Radok R and S, A Profile of Horace Lamb, Mathematics Department Report No. 2, James Cook University of North Queensland, Townsville (1980). Tomlin SG, “Horace Lamb 1849–1934. Physics and Physicists in the University of Adelaide, The First Seventy Five Years, Part I” Austral. Phys. 12-12 (1975), 165–169. (EOAS) (ADB) (Trove) (UAdel)
• Lancaster HO: Weber N, “Obituary: Henry Oliver Lancaster, AO, FAA 1913–2001”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 29 (2002), 36–37. Seneta E, “In memoriam Emeritus Professor Henry Oliver Lancaster, AO FAA 1 February 1914 – 2 December 2001”, Austral. N.Z. J. Statist., 44 (2002), 385–400. (MJA) (USyd) Seneta E and Eagleson GK, “Henry Oliver Lancaster 1913–2001”, Hist. Rec. Austral. Sci. 15 (2004), 223–250. (AAS) (OA) (ADB) (EOAS) (USyd)
• Latham G: Hall P, Biles V and Trudinger N, “Obituary: Geoff Latham”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 29 (2002), 35.
• Levey HC: Mahony JJ, “Obituary Harris Charles Levey”, J. Austral. Math. Soc., 8 (1968), 1–5.
• Lipton S: McGilchrist CA, “Obituary: Stephen Lipton 1928–1993”, Newsletter Statist. Soc. Austral., 64 (31 August 1993), 8.
• Love ER: Clark JF, “Eric Russell Love, 1912–2001”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 28 (2001), 249–251. “Clarity and Accuracy Sum Up the Professor“ Herald Sun, (Sep 13, 2001), 79. (ProQ) (EOAS) (UMelb)
• Lyons RJ: “Richard Jenkins Lyons”, Medical Journal of Australia 1 (12) (22 March 1952), 422. doi:10.5694/j.1326-5377.1952.tb83804.x
• Lyle TR: Home RW, “Sir Thomas Ranken Lyle (1860–1944)”. Australian Dictionary of Biography, 10, (1986), pp.172–174 (ADB) (DIB) (AAS) (Bright Sparcs) (RSBM)
  ☆ Thomas Rankin Lyle medal, awarded biennially by the Australian Academy of Science (AAS) “to recognise outstanding achievement by a scientist in Australia for research in mathematics or physics.”
• Mahler K: Neumann BH and van der Poorten A, “Kurt Mahler 1903–1988”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz. 15 (1988), 25–27, 59. (zbMath) (OA) (OA-ANU) Cassels JWS, “Obituary of Kurt Mahler”, Acta Arith., 58 (1991), 215–228. doi:10.4064/aa-58-3-215-228. Coates JH and van der Poorten AJ, “Kurt Mahler 1903–1988”, Hist. Rec. Austral. Sci., 9(4) (1993), 369–385. doi:10.1071/HR9930940369 (AAS) (EOAS) (RSBM) Kurt Mahler (ed. by van der Poorten AJ), “Fifty years as a Mathematician II” Appendix II of J. Austral. Math. Soc. (Series A) 51 (1991), 366–380. (CARMA) Borwein JM, Bugeaud Y and Coons M, “The legacy of Kurt Mahler”, EMS Newsletter (March 2014); Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 41 (2014), 11–21, (CARMA) Erdős P, “Some Personal and Mathematical Reminiscences of Kurt Mahler”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz. 16 (1989), 1–2.
  ☆ Mahler medal and lecture tour, awarded biennially by AustMS and AMSI since 1991.
  ✍︎ The Kurt Mahler Archive: Biography and Collected Works (1927–1991). (CARMA)
• Mahony J: Silberstein P, “Obituary notice: Emeritus Professor J.J. Mahony 1929–1992”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 19 (1992), 85-86. Fowkes N and Silberstein JPO, “John Mahony 1929–1992”, Hist. Rec. Austral. Sci., 10(3) (1995), 265–291. doi:10.1071/HR9951030265 (Bright Sparcs) (AAS) (EOAS)
  ☆ Mahony–Neumann–Room best paper prize, awarded by the AustMS since 2016.
• Matlak R: Giles JR, “Obituary notice: vale Roman Matlak 1912–1992”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 19 (1992), 84.
• McAulay A: Scott B, “Alexander McAulay (1863–1931)”, Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, ANU. (ADB)
• McDougall D: Mueller U, “Obituary: David McDougall”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 37 (2010), 317–318.
• McIntosh AG: Vale “Alan Gaius Ramsay McIntosh”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 43 (2016), 266–267. (OA) (Wiki)
• Mercer GN: Sidhu H, Barry S and Marchant T, “Obituary: Geoffrey Norman Mercer”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 41 (2014), 168–172. (OA) (EOAS) (Trove)
• Messel H: Hewitt RG, “Emeritus Professor Harry Messel AC CBE, 3 March 1922 – 8 July 2015”, Austral. Phys. 52-05 (2015), 176. (ABC) (SBS) (Bright Sparcs) (Wiki)
  ☆ The Messel Endowment (web archive)
• Michael JH: Potts R, “Obituary James H. Michael”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 28 (2001), 252–253.
  Murray MK and Parrott D, “James Henry Michael 1920–2001”, Hist. Rec. Austral. Sci., 25 (2014), 84–91. (EOAS) (Trove)
• Miller JB: Wirth A, “Obituary: John Boris Miller”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 39 (2012), 33–34.
• Miller M: Donovan D and Ryan J, “Obituary: Mirka Miller (née Koutova)”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 43 (2016), 178–180. (EOAS) (Trove)
  Alspach B, “Mirka Miller: an introduction”, Austral. J. Combinat., 69 (3) (2017), 292–305.
• Mond B: Morris S, “Obituary: Bertram (Bert) Mond”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 51 (2024), 247.
• Moors EM: Carslaw HS, “The late Professor E.M. Moors, M.A., F.I.A.”, Hermes, 30 (1924), 162.
• Moppert CF: Crossley JN and Miller JB, “Obituary Carl Felix Moppert, 1920–1984”, J. Austral. Math. Soc. (Ser. A), 42 (1987), 1–4.
• Moran PAP: Heyde CC, “Patrick Alfred Pierce Moran 1917–1988”, Hist. Rec. Austral. Sci., 9(1) (1992), 17–30. doi:10.1071/HR9920910017 (AAS) (OA) (EOAS) (Trove)
  ☆ Moran medal, awarded since 1990 by Australian Academy of Science (AAS) for “outstanding research by Australian scientists under 40 years of age in applied probability, biometrics, mathematical genetics, psychometrics, and statistics”. (Wiki)
• Mortlock R: Kissane B, “Obituary: Roly Mortlock”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 46 (2019), 183–184.
• Morton BR: Manton M, Reeder M and Smith R, “Obituary: Bruce Rutherfurd Morton”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 40 (2013), 190–191. (SMH-1) (The Age) (Monash) (EOAS) (Trove) (SMH-2) (Wiki)
  ☆ Morton medal, awarded biennially since 2000 by the Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (AMOS) “recognising leadership in meteorology and/or oceanography and/or related fields, with particular emphasis on education and development of young scientists, and personal example in research”.
• Moyal JE: Gani J, “Obituary, José Enrique Moyal”, J. Appl. Prob., 35 (1998), 1012–1017. (EOAS) (ANL) (Trove)
  ☆ Moyal medal, awarded by Macquarie University, School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences (SoMAPS) since 2000. (EOAS)
• Mulhall H: Phipps M and Seneta E, “Obituary Harry Mulhall”, Newsletter Statist. Soc. Austral., 74 (31 March 1966), 12–13. (EOAS) (Bright sparcs)
• Mustard D: McKee B, Spode B, Sloan I and Sheppard C, “Obituary: David Alan Deobhankar Mustard”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz. 29 (2002), 34–35.
• Neumann BH: Newman M, “Bernhard Hermann Neumann”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 30 (2003), 1–8. Praeger C, “Speech for B. H. Neumann Memorial Service”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 30 (2003), 45–47. “Some Cartoons with Bernhard as subject”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 30 (2003), 72.
  Mack J, Newman M and Taylor P, “Vale BH Neumann 1909–2002”. (WFNMC) (OA) (AAS) (RSBM) (HRAS) (MacTutor) (AMT)
  ☆ B H Neumann prize for best student talk at the AustMS annual meeting, awarded by the AustMS.
  ☆ Mahony–Neumann–Room best paper prize, awarded by the AustMS since 2016.
  ☆ The BH Neumann Award for Excellence in Mathematics Enrichment, awarded (1992–2022) by the Australian Maths Trust (AMT) to individuals “who have made a significant, ongoing and vital contribution to the teaching and learning of mathematical problem-solving in Australia”. (recipients)
• Neumann H: Newman MF, “Hanna Neumann, a biographical notice”, Austral. Math. Teacher, 29 (1973), 1–21. Newman MF and Wall GE, “Hannah Neumann”, J. Austral. Math. Soc., 17 (1974), 1–28; reprinted in Rec. Austral. Acad. Sci., 3(2) (1975), 59–87. (AAS) doi:10.1071/HR9760320057 (preprint) (AAS) (ADB) (EOAS) (MacTutor) (ANU) (Wiki) (Trove)
  ✍︎ Hanna Neumann Lecture established in 2010 to honour the achievements of women in mathematics, delivered at the AustMS annual meeting by a distinguished woman mathematical scientist or teacher.
• Neumann PM: Praeger C and Liebeck M, “Obituary: Peter M. Neumann”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 48 (2021), 37–38.

Patrick Alfred Pierce Moran
1917–1988

José Enrique (Jo) Moyal
1910–1988

Bernhard Hermann Neumann
1909–2002

Morris Birkbeck Pell
1827–1879

Fenton Pillow 1921–2006

Edwin James George Pitman 1897–1993

• Oates-Williams S: Donovan D and Praeger C, “Sheila Oates-Williams 1939–2024”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 52 (2025), 34–36. (EOAS) (NTW) (AMT) (Wiki)
• O’Donnell MP: Davis CS, “Michael Patrick O’Donnell” Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 5 (1978), 69. (NTW)
• O’Halloran PJ: Taylor P, “Obituary: Peter Joseph O’Halloran (1931–1994)”. (WFNMC) reprinted as “Peter Joseph O’Halloran (1931–1994)”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 21 (1994), 169–172.
• Paget DF: Elliot D, “David Frederick Paget 1943–1997”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 24 (1997), 219–221.
• Parnell T: “Thomas Parnell M.A.” in Gregory H: Vivant Professores: Distinguished Members of the University of Queensland, 1910–1940, Univ. Qld. Library, St Lucia (1987), 118–123. (UQ eSpace) (ADB) (EOAS) (Trove) (Wiki)
• Pearson KR: Dixon P and Rimmer M, “Obituary: Kenneth Robert Pearson”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 42 (2015), 228–231. (EOAS) (Trove) (The Age)
• Pell MB: Lancaster HO, “Morris Birkbeck Pell, 1827–1879”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 4 (1977), 89–94. (EOAS)
  Salier CW, “Professor Morris Birkbeck Pell”, J. Proc. Roy. Austral. Hist. Soc., 18 (1932) 246–251. (EOAS) (ADB)
• Pillow F: Bracken T and Hart V, “Obituary: Fenton Pillow 1921–2006”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 34 (2007), 31–33. (EOAS)
• Pirani FJ: “Obituary Frederick Joy Pirani, M.A., C.E.”, Trans. Proc. Roy. Soc. Vic., 18 (1882), 121–124. (EOAS) (OA) (OA-Argus; Trove-1, Trove-2) (OA-SMH; Trove) (PA) (BHL) (Wiki) (Bright Sparcs)
• Pitman EJG: Williams EJ, “Edwin James George Pitman 1897–1993”, Hist. Rec. Austral. Sci., 10(2) (1994), 163–171. doi:10.1071/HR9941020163 (EOAS) (AAS) (ADB) (MacTutor) (EoM)
  ☆ Pitman medal, awarded by the SSA since 1978. (recipients)
• Pleasants P: Chen W, Matthews K and Street R, “Obituary: Peter Pleasants”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 35 (2008), 162–165.
• Pokrovskii AV: Diamond P and Kloeden P, “Obituary: Alexei V. Pokrovskii — in memorium”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz. 40 (2013), 102–104.
• Potts R: Tuck E, “Obituary Ren Potts”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 32 (2005), 287–288. (UAdel)
  Campbell, LH and Taylor PG, “Renfrey Burnard Potts 1925–2005”, Hist. Rec. Austral. Sci., 25 (2) (2014), 291–305. doi:10.1071/HR14019 (EOAS) (Trove) (AMT) (MacTutor)
  ☆ Ren Potts medal for Operations Research, awarded by ASOR since 1997.
• Preston G: Haley A, “Obituary: Gordon Preston”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 42 (2015), 81–82. (EOAS)
• Pride SJ: Brown KA, Howie J and Logan AD, “Obituary: Stephen James Pride FRSE”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 48 (2021), 39–42.
• Priest HJ: “Obituary: Mr H.J. Priest, University Lecturer”, The Brisbane Courier (4 Dec 1930), 16. (Trove) (photo)
• Priestley HJ: “Henry James Priestley M.A., B.Sc., Ph.D.” in Gregory H: Vivant Professores: Distinguished Members of the University of Queensland, 1910–1940, Univ. Qld. Library, St Lucia (1987), 118–123. (UQ eSpace) (EOAS) (Bright Sparcs) (ASAP) (eHive) (Wiki)
• Radok R: Hosking RJ, “Obituary R. Radok”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 32 (2005), 26–27.
• Raeburn I: Brownlowe N, Sims A and Williams DP, “Iain Raeburn 1949–2023 Colleague, Mentor and Friend”, in “Iain Raeburn Memorial Issue” of J. Austral. Math. Soc., 119(3), (2025) 265–273. doi:10.1017/S1446788725101353
  “Professor Iain Raeburn”, Newsl. NZ Math. Soc. 149 (2023), 24. (Wiki)
• Raybould EH: “Ethel Harriet Raybould (1899–1987)”, WikiTree.
• Rennie BC: Szekeres G, “Obituary: Basil Cameron Rennie”, Bull. Lond. Math. Soc., 31 (1999), 737–739. (reprint) (Almerja) (MacTutor)
• Richardson RW: Lehrer GI, “Roger Wolcott Richardson 1930–1993”, Hist. Rec. Austral. Sci., 11(4) (1996), 551–562; reprinted in Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 25 (1998), 98–110. (AAS) (EOAS) doi:10.1071/HR9971140551
  ✍︎ Gus Lehrer (ed.): “Algebraic Groups and Lie Groups: A volume of papers in honour of the late R. W. Richardson”. Austral. Math. Soc. Lecture Series #9, (March 1997). Cambridge University Press. (Preface)
• Robertson AP: Bloom WR and Boyce P, “Alexander Provan Robertson BA (Camb), MA (Glasgow), PhD (Camb), FIMA, FRSE: 16 June 1925 – 31 January 1995”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 22 (1995), 192–194. (EOAS) (Trove)
• Robertson W: Praeger CE and Saxon SA, “Obituary: Wendy Robertson”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 44 (2017), 29–32. (EOAS) (Trove)
• Robinson D: Hassell A, “Derek William Robinson (1935–2021)”. (OA) (AAS) (EOAS)
  Barnsley M, Nachtergaele B and Barry Simon B (eds.), “Remembrances of Derek William Robinson June 25, 1935 – August 31, 2021”, IAMP Bull. (April 2024), 9–37.
• Room TG: Hirschfeld JWP and Wall GE, “Thomas Gerald Room 1902–1986”, Hist. Rec. Austral. Sci., 7(1) (1987), 109–122. (AAS) (ADB) doi:10.1071/HR9870710109 (RSBM) (EOAS)
  ☆ Mahony–Neumann–Room best paper prize, awarded by the AustMS since 2016. (CUP)
• Rosenblat S: Landman K and Thompson C, “Obituary: Simon Rosenblat”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 29 (2002), 313.
• Ross AD: “Alexander David Ross”, Austral. Phys. 04-09 (1967), 159. Williams SE and Swan JB: “Physics at the University of Western Australia 1913–1951 Professor A. D. Ross CBE, MA, DSc, FRAS, FRSE, F Inst P, FAIP”, Austral. Phys. 13-02 (1976), 20–22. Hutchison DE, “Alexander David Ross (1883–1966)”, Austral. Dict. Biog., 11 (1988); National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. (ADB) (EOAS) (PA) (Trove) (Wiki) (Bright Sparcs) (ASAP) (NLA)
• Row DH: Oxley J, “Obituary: Donald Hawkins Row”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 51 (2024), 100–103. (EOAS)
• Rubinov A: Morris S: “Obituary: Alex Rubinov, 28 March 1940 – 9 September 2006”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 33 (2006), 321.
  Bagirov AM, “Alexander Rubinov — an outstanding scholar”, Pacific journal of optimization, 6 (2) (2010), 203–209.
  ✍︎ Bagirov AM, Burachik RS, Kruger AY, Martinez-Legaz JE and Yang XQ, “Special issue dedicated to the 80th birthday of Professor Alexander Rubinov”, Optimization, 77 (4) (2022), 775–778. doi:10.1080/02331934.2022.2057066. (EOAS)

Renfrey Bernard Potts
1925–2005

Herbert James Priest
1884–1930

Thomas Gerald Room
1902–1986

George & Esther Szekeres
1911–2005 (George)
1910–2005 (Esther)

Ernest Oliver (Ernie) Tuck
1939–2009

• Sammut R: Pask C, “Obituary: Rowland Sammut”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 35 (2008), 260.
• Sanders HW: Michael JH, “Obituary: Harold William Sanders 1893–1983”, J. Austral. Math. Soc. (Ser. A), 39 (1985), 143–145. (EOAS) (Trove)
• Schwerdtfeger H: Schwerdtfeger P, Potts R and Wall T [EG], “Obituary notice: Hans Schwerdtfeger 1902–1990”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 18 (1991), 65–70. (MacTutor)
• Seress A: Praeger CE, “Obituary: Ákos Seress”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 40 (2013), 259–260.
• Silberstein JPO: Praeger CE, “Obituary: J. P. O. (Phil) Silberstein”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 43 (2016), 112–113. (EOAS) (Bright Sparcs)
• Simonds EF: McCarthy JP, “Emeritus Professor E.F. Simonds, M.A., B.Sc., Ph.D.”, Univ. Queensland Gaz., (Sept. 1955), 8–9.
  “Eugene Francis Simonds M.A., B.Sc., Ph.D.” in Gregory H: Vivant Professores, Univ. Qld. Library, St Lucia (1987), 141–144. (UQ eSpace) (eHive)
• Smith E: Quispel R and Stacey P, “Obituary: Ed Smith”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 36 (2009), 339–342.
• Smith JD: Ayyalaraju R, “John David Smith 1934–1995”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 22 (1995), 181. (ADB)
• Smith KG: Belward J, “Obituary: Kenneth Graham Smith”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 42 (2015), 83.
• Smith-White WB: Mack J, “William Broderick Smith-White”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 13 (1986), 113–115. (EOAS) (Bright Sparcs) (Trove) (zbMath)
• Smrz PK: Giles JR, “Obituary: Pavel Karel Smrz”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 41 (2014), 233–235. (EOAS)
• Spence DA: O’Connor JJ and Robertson EF, “Obituary D.A. Spence”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 31 (2004), 58–59. (MacTutor)
• Stibbs DWN: Stibbs M, “Obituary: Douglas Walter Noble Stibbs”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 37 (2010), 165–167. (EOAS) (Trove)
• Straskraba M: Hocking G, “Milan Straskraba — Hydrobiologist and Mathematician (1931–2000)”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 27 (2000), 197–198.
• Street AP: Donovan D, “Obituary: Anne Penfold Street AM”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 44 (2017), 33–35.
  Street D, Oates-Williams S, Donovan D and Billington E, “Special issue in honour of Anne Penfold Street AM 11 Oct 1932 – 28 Dec 2016: reminiscences of Anne Penfold Street”, Austral. J. Combinat., 71 (3) (2018), 324–335. (EOAS) (Trove) (UQld)
  ☆ Anne Penfold Street awards, provided by AustMS and WIMSIG since 2014.
• Sutherland W: Home RW, “Sutherland, William”, Dictionary of Scientific Biography, 13 (1976), 155–156. (EOAS) (ADB)
• Szekeres G and E: Cowling M, “Obituary George and Esther Szekeres”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 32 (2005), 221–224. (OA, George) (OA, Esther) (EOAS) (AMT)
  ☆ George Szekeres medal, awarded since 2002 by the AustMS for “outstanding research contributions over a fifteen-year period”. (MacTutor) (Wiki)
• Thorne RC: Olvers EWJ, “Roger Chapman Thorne”, J. Austral. Math. Soc., 1 (1959–60), 255–256.
• Thornton BS: Thornton-Benko E, Moon T and Faulkner I, “Obituary: Barry S. Thornton”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 49 (2022), 120–121.
• Tognetti K: Bunder M, “Obituary: Keith Tognetti”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 50 (2023), 183–184.
• Tuck EO: Cousins E, Gill P, Newman N and Stokes Y, “Obituary: Emeritus Professor Ernest Oliver (Ernie) Tuck, 1 June 1939 – 11 March 2009”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 36 (2009), 110–116.
  de Mestre N, “Obituary: Ernest Oliver (Ernie) Tuck, 1 June 1939 – 11 March 2009”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 36 (2009), 117–118. (EOAS)
  ☆ EO Tuck medal, awarded by ANZIAM since 2013.
• Tweedie RL: Dunsmuir WTM, Meyn SP and Roberts G, “Memorial article: Richard Lewis Tweedie”, Report S02-6, Statistics Preprint Series, School of Mathematics, University of NSW (2002). Tweedie B. “Dr Richard Tweedie”, SMH, (6 July, 2001), 30. (QP) (Wiki) (JSTOR) (Trove) (EOAS)
• Urquhart ML: Elliott D, “M.L. Urquhart”, J. Austral. Math. Soc., 8 (1968), 129–133.
• Van der Poorten AJ: Hunt D: “Obituary: Emeritus Professor Alfred Jacobus (Alf) van der Poorten, 16 May 1942 – 9 October 2010”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 38 (2011), 33–36.
  Hunt D, “Life and Mathematics of Alfred Jacobus van der Poorten (1942–2010)”, in Borwein JM, Shparlinski I and Zudilin W (eds), Number Theory and Related Fields, Springer Proceedings in Mathematics & Statistics, New York, NY, 1–53 (2013). (OA) (EOAS) (SMH: 20/12/2010 p.14)
  ☆ Alf van der Poorten travelling fellowships, awarded by the AustMS since 2011.
• Watson GS: Fisher NJ and Hall P, “Geoffrey Stewart Watson: tributes and obituary”, Austral. New Zealand J. Statist., 40 (1998), 257–267.
  ✍︎ G.S. Watson Annual Lecture, LaTrobe University.
• Weatherburn CE: Gamblen F, “Charles Ernest Weatherburn”, J. Austral. Math. Soc. (Ser. A), 21 (1975), 1–4. (EOAS) (Bright Sparcs) (MacTutor)
  Pitman EJG, “Charles Ernest Weatherburn, professor of mathematics”, Math. Scientist, 6 (1981), 1–12. (EOAS) (ADB)
• Webby RB: Boland J, Howlett P and Metcalfe A, “Obituary: Roger Brian Webby”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 45 (2018), 85–86. (Legacy)
• Westfold KC: “Obituary: Kevin C. Westfold” Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 28 (2001), 151. Jarrell RA, “Westfold, Kevin Charles” in: Hockey T et al. Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers (2014), 2311–2312; Springer, New York, NY. doi:10.1007/978-1-4419-9917-7_9412 (Monash, archives) (CSIRO) (portrait)
• Wickens CH: Lancaster HO, “Charles Henry Wickens”, Austral. J. Statist., 16 (1974), 71–82. Hawkins J: “Charles Wickens: The Australian Government’s First Economist”, History of Economics Review, 73 (2019), 85–96. (ADB) (EOAS)
• Wilson SR: Welsh A and Burden C, “Vale Emeritus Professor Susan Ruth Wilson (19 March 1948 – 16 March 2020)” ANU MSI News, 20 March 2020; reprinted as “Obituary: Susan Ruth Wilson, 1948–2020”, IMS Bulletin, 49(3), 14. (online) (AMSI) (SSA) (EOAS) (UNSW) (SMH)
  ✍︎ Wilson lecture held in even-year cycle by the ACT Branch of The Statistical Society of Australia, to honour Professor Sue Wilson and her immense contributions to the statistics and bioinformatics community in Canberra, across Australia, and globally.
• Wilson WP: “William Parkinson Wilson (1826–1874)”, in Austral. Dict. Biog., 6 (1969); (PA) (EOAS) (UMPC) (MDHSI) (Wiki)
• Wilton JR: Carslaw HS and Hardy GH, “John Raymond Wilton”, J. Lond. Math. Soc., 20 (1945), 58.
  (ADB) (Wiki) (EOAS) (MacTutor) (MacTutor-obit) (UAdel)
• Woods LC: Tee GJ and Wake GC, “Obituary: Leslie Colin Woods”, Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz., 34 (2007), 162–167. Reprinted as “Leslie Colin Woods 1922–2007” Austral. Phys. 44-03 (2007), 89.

Alfred Jacobus van der Poorten
1942–2010

Geoffrey Stuart Watson
1921–1998

Charles Ernest Weatherburn
1884–1974

Most of the obituaries were published in the AustMS Gazette. Others are from similar publications or newsletters from other academic societies (often a re-publication), National Library of Australia (NLA) collections, specialist mathematical/scientific journals, historical society publications, university and mathematics teacher’s publications, and major city newspapers. Each abbreviated entry in the following list is a hyperlink to the publisher’s website. A quoted word links to a list of Volumes or other navigation aid, with the word itself being clickable on the publisher’s site (in a menu or side-bar). The actual content at these sites is mostly, but not always, freely available as a PDF file.

• Austral. Math. Soc. Gaz. — Gazette of the Australian Mathematical Society.
  ‘Past Issues’ covers Volumes 31+ (2004– ); earlier volumes are yet to be digitised.
• Hist. Rec. Austral. Sci. — Historical Records of Australian Science, Australian Academy of Science; CSIRO Publishing. ‘All Content’ from Volume 5 (1980) with PDFs downloadable via a personal or institutional account.
  Earlier volumes named as …
• Rec. Austral. Acad. Sci. — Records of Australian Academy of Science.
  ‘All Content’ includes Volumes 1–4 (1966–1979).
• Austral. Dict. Biog. — Australian Dictionary of Biography; produced by the National Centre of Biography at the Australian National University (ANU) and is available both as a hardcopy publication (19 volumes: 1966–2021) and online (ADB).
  Nairn B and Serle G (eds), (1983), Melbourne: MUP
• Dictionary of Scientific Biography — now Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography, Gale EBooks. Accessible with an account at National Library of Australia (NLA).
• J. Austral. Math. Soc. — Journal of the Australian Mathematical Society, published by Cambridge University Press. ‘All issues’ includes Volumes 1–18 (1959–1974), 70+ (2001– ).
  Other volumes named as …
• J. Austral. Math. Soc. (Ser. A) — Journal of the Australian Mathematical Society Series A. Pure Mathematics (and Statistics); published by AMPAI, scans published online by Cambridge University Press. ‘All issues’ includes Volumes 19–28 (1975–1979) and Volumes 29–69 (1980–2000).
• Austral. J. Combinat. — The Australasian Journal of Combinatorics, published for the Combinatorial Mathematics Society of Australasia (CMSA) by The University of Queensland.
  ‘Past Volumes’ from Volume 1 (1990).
• Austral. N.Z. J. Statist. — Australian and New Zealand Journal of Statistics, published by Wiley.
  Online library ‘Issue archive’ from Volume 40 (1998– ).
  Earlier volumes named as …
• Austral. J. Statist. — Australian Journal of Statistics, published by Wiley.
  Online library ‘Issue archive’ Volumes 1–39 (1959–1997).
• Austral. Phys. — Australian Physics, published by Australian Institute of Physics, Vols 58–61 (2021–2024); later issues require AIP membership.
  Past issues available from ‘Australian Physics Public Archive 1964–2024’ Google Drive:
  • The Australian Physicist: Vols 1–27 (1964–1990)
  • The Australian and New Zealand Physicist: Vols 28–35 (1991–1998)
  • The Physicist: Vols 36–42(1) (1999–2005)
  • Australian Physics: Vols 42(2)– (2005– )
• Acta Arith. — Acta Arithmetica, published by Institute of Mathematics, Polish Academy of Sciences.
• ANU MSI News — Mathematical Sciences Institute, Australian National University. News server has articles written since late 2015.
• Bull. Inst. Comb. Appl. — Bulletin of the Institute of Combinatorics and its Applications.
• Bull. Lond. Math. Soc. — Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society.
  Obituaries are freely available online.
• IAMP Bull. — Bulletin of the International Association of Mathematical Physics.
• Inst. Math. Stat. — Institute of Mathematical Statistics, Memorials.
  IMS Bulletin Archive, volumes 31– (2002–present), earlier issues available on request.
• J. Appl. Prob. — Journal of Applied Probability, published by Cambridge University Press.
• J. London Math. Soc. — Journal of the London Mathematical Society.
• Biog. Mem. Fellows Roy. Soc. — Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society, published by Royal Society Publishing. ‘Biographical Memoirs’ covers from Volume 1 (1955– ).
• EMS Newsletter — European Mathematical Society Newsletter; Issues 1–118 (1991–2020), published by EMS Press. Replaced in 2021 by EMS Magazine.
  Archive of some older issues: (17–20 as Postscript, 31–54 as PDF), and 2017.
• Math. Scientist — The Mathematical Scientist; Volumes 1–43 (1976–2018), published by CSIRO then Applied Probability Trust.
• Math. Slova. — Mathematica Slovaca; Volumes 1–57 (1951–2007), via The European Digital Mathematics Library (EuDML).
• Notices Amer. Math. Soc. — Notices of the American Mathematical Society.
• Obit. Notices Fellows Roy. Soc. — Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society, published by Royal Society Publishing. ‘Biographical Memoirs’ covers Volumes 2–9 (1932–1954).
• Stat. Sin. — Statistica Sinica, co-sponsored by the Institute of Statistical Science, Academia Sinica (ISSAS), Taiwan & the International Chinese Statistical Association.
• AuSIL Australian Society for Indigenous Languages; formerly SIL-AAB.
• Austral. Aboriginal Studies — Australian Aboriginal Studies (Canberra), Aboriginal Studies Press.
• Can. J. Sci. Math. Techn. Educ. — Canadian Journal of Science, Mathematics and Technology Education; Springer Nature, Volumes 1– (2001– ).
• Crossroads — an interdisciplinary journal for the study of history, philosophy, religion and classics associated with the School of History, Philosophy, Religion and Classics at the University of Queensland. Volumes 1–6 (2006–2013); articles available at webarchive, or UQ eSpace.
• CSIRO DMS Newsletter — Newsletter for CSIRO Division of Mathematics and Statistics, available for reading at the Australian National Library, Canberra.
• Educ. phil. theor. — Educational Philosophy and Theory; Taylor and Francis, Volumes 1– (1959– ).
• J. Proc. Roy. Austral. Hist. Soc. — Journal and Proceedings (Royal Australian Historical Society), browsable at Trove: Volumes 1–4:5 (1901–1918), Volumes 4:6–40 (1918–1954).
• J. Proc. R. Soc. NSW — Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales. Digitised by the Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL); Volumes 10– (1876– ).
• Trans. Proc. Roy. Soc. Vic. — Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria. Digitised by the Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL); Volumes 6–24 (1861–1888).
• Math. Dept. Report, JCU — James Cook Mathematical Notes (JCMN), James Cook University of North Queensland (1975–1996); digitisation initiated by Chris Smyth, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Edinburgh University, UK.
• Newsletter Statist. Soc. Austral. — Statistical Society of Australia, Newsletter.
  ‘SSA newsletters’ includes Newsletters 1–160 (1970–2017) and Weekly Bulletins (2017– ).
• Univ. Queensland Gaz. — University of Queensland Gazette (1945–1969).
• Austral. Math. Teacher — The Australian Mathematics Teacher, published by Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers Inc. ‘Journals Index’ covers Volumes 23–73 (1967–2017).
• Hermes — Hermes: an undergraduate’s magazine; published by University of Sydney Union. Volumes 1–58 (1886–1961) and intermittently, (1962–1969, 1980–1990), available digitised for University of Sydney Library.
• SIL-AAB, now AuSIL: see under Publications.
• Parabola — the mathematical journal of UNSW Sydney. ‘Issues’ covers from Volume 1 (1964– ).
• ProQ — ProQuest database, covering Newspapers, Magazines, Journals, Books and Academic Theses; for full-text a login via an academic library may be required.
• Vestes — Australian Universities’ Review, published twice a year since 1958 by the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU); Vol. 29+ (1986–present) available at Informit; Vol. 50–64 (2009–2022) at ISSUU; older print issues are accessible onsite in some archives (UNE) (NLA) (Trove); also some at GoogleBooks.
• Vinculum — the secondary journal of the Mathematical Association of Victoria (MAV). ‘Informit’ covers most issues from Volume 15 (1978); ‘Document Listing’ has a search engine.
• Austral. Jewish Hist. Soc. J. — Australian Jewish Historical Society Journal.
  ‘Browse all Journal Issues’ covers from Volume 1 (1939).
• ADHS — Armidale and District Historical Society, Armidale NSW.
• Canberra Times — daily newspaper, Australian Capital Territory; browsable by date at National Library of Australia, using ‘Trove’: dates 1926–1995. Text-only versions (1996- ) may be available via the ProQuest database — library account required.
• Herald Sun — daily newspaper, Victoria; Tributes. Text-only versions (2001- ) may be available via the ProQuest database — library account required.
• The Brisbane Courier — daily newspaper, Queensland; browsable by date at National Library of Australia, using ‘Trove’: dates 1864–1933.
• SMH — The Sydney Morning Herald; daily newspaper, New South Wales; browsable at State Library of NSW ‘eresources’ (2006– ) — library account required.
  Text-only versions (1996– ) available via the ProQuest database — library account required.
• The Age — daily newspaper, Melbourne; Obituaries. Text-only versions may be available via the ProQuest database — library account required.
• The Guardian — daily newspaper, United Kingdom. ‘The Guardian Archives’ covers dates 1791–present.

The following list explains abbreviations used as hyperlink anchors to access secondary biographical materials related to specific obituary entries. Links in the obituary entries above (using the anchor-text as shown here) are usually to a specific PDF page, or a webpage where a PDF link is available. However access to the PDF need not be free, perhaps requiring a library account or payment.

• (AAS online) Australian Academy of Science, Science Advice and Policy
• (ADB) Australian Dictionary of Biography
• (EOAS) Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation
• (AAS) Australian Academy of Science Biographical Memoirs, see also ‘Bright Sparcs’
• (NCMS) National Committee for Mathematical Sciences, Australian Academy of Science.
• (NLA) National Library of Australia, Canberra — includes materials not digitised, but available for reading on-site. See also (Trove) for materials available online.
• (Trove) Trove: National Library of Australia (NLA) and partner libraries from around the country
  — provides online access to digitised collections. An account or Virtual Private Network (VPN) with a partnering academic institution or library may be required for some items.
• (Bright Sparcs) A register of people involved in the development of science, technology, engineering and medicine in Australia, including references to their archival materials and bibliographic resources. Hosted by Australian Science Archives Project (1985–1999) at University of Melbourne.
• (OA) Obituaries Australia, hosted at ANU:
  (OA-ANU) scanned from ANU Reporter;
  (OA-Argus) scanned from the Argus newspaper;
  (OA-SMH) scanned from the Sydney Morning Herald newspaper.
• (PA) People Australia, National Centre of Biography; indexing sites/articles which may not be peer-reviewed.
• (CSIRO) CSIROpedia, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Organisation.
• (ANU) ANU Archives, Australian National University.
• (ANU Press) Australian National University; has PDFs of some books for free download, subject to usage conditions.
• (AMSI) Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute.
• (AMT) AMT History, Australian Mathematics Trust.
• (AustMS-old) Australian Mathematical Society Web Site, in use 2004–2020; not all links there remain active.
• (CARMA) Computer Assisted Research Mathematics and its Applications, University of Newcastle.
• (MJA) The Medical Journal of Australia
• (MonRes) Monash University Research Portal
• (MUP) Melbourne University Press
• (NTW) Number Theory Web — collection of links to online information of interest to number theorists, and former colleagues; created and maintained by Keith Matthews, Brisbane, Australia.
• (UAdel) Adelaide Connect: University of Adelaide’s special collections
  Adelaidean, newsletter of University of Adelaide
• (UMelb) University of Melbourne Archives
• (UMPC) University of Melbourne Perpetual Calendar, a resource to discover the history of the University and its contribution to public value; based on the University Calendars published annually from 1858 until 2009.
• (USyd) University of Sydney, School of Mathematics and Statistics
• (UNE) University of New England’s Pulse Newsletter
• (UWA) UWA Collected: University of Western Australia, Library/Archives.
• (zbMath) ZentralblattMATH review and citations — for early Gazette articles.
• (BHL) Biodiversity Heritage Library, hosting provided by Smithsonian Libraries and Archives
• (EoM) Encyclopaedia of Mathematics; formerly run by Springer, now by EMS Press: The Publishing House of The European Mathematical Society.
• (RSBM) Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society
• (JCMN) James Cook Mathematical Notes, digitised at Edinburgh University, UK.
• (JRSS) Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, published by Wiley.
• (LMS) London Mathematical Society
• (IMechE) Institute of Mechanical Engineers, Archive and Library
• (Nobel Prize, ‘year’) Nobel Prizes and Laureates; citation site for a specified year.
• (JSTOR) partnering with libraries, museums, and publishers to preserve and bring to life scholarly materials. JSTOR is a part of ITHAKA.
• (ArXiv) hosted by Cornell University, arXiv is a free distribution service and open-access archive for the mathematical and physical sciences; not peer-reviewed.
• (MacTutor) MacTutor History of Mathematics; University of St Andrews, Scotland.
  (MacTutor-obit) Obituaries Index.
• (WFNMC) World Federation of National Mathematics Competitions, an Affiliated Organization of the International Commission for Mathematical Instruction (ICMI). Life Tributes and Archival Documents; covering competitions world-wide, 1984–2022.
• (Almerja) Truth and Knowledge; primarily arabic site with English view and articles.
• (ANL) High-Energy Physics, Argonne National Laboratory, USA.
• (DIB) Dictionary of Irish Biography; browse or search by name.
• (MDHSI) Mornington & District Historical Society Inc.
• (SciHub) Sci Hub, knowledge to everyone; blog site, with mirrors in various countries.
• (Wiki) Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia; anyone can edit.
• (SMH) Newspapers.com — scanned pages from Sydney Morning Herald newspaper, hosted at Ancestry.com; use search engine or browse collections, 1831–2001, Jan. 2002.
  (SMH archive) covers dates 1955–1995; subscription required to view full articles.
  (SMH: date page) browse online after selecting the date, for years 2010– .
• (The Age) The Age newspaper, Melbourne: Obituaries.
• (Guardian) The Guardian Archives — search for keywords; e.g. ‘Obituary’ + ‘mathematics’.
• ☆ denotes a medal or other award from a Learned Society or academic institution, named for and honouring the deceased academic:
  (AAS) Australian Academy of Science.
  (CUP) page for AustMS publication prize, hosted at Cambridge University Press.
  (Wiki) Wikipedia page for the medal, usually listing recipients.
  (SoMAPS) School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Macquarie University.
• ✍︎ denotes a book, web-collection, volume or journal issue specifically honoring the deceased; includes a link to the publisher’s website and perhaps also to the ‘Introduction’ or ‘Preface’.

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