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  1. 20-10-2025 Benjamin (1860–1893) shepherd and prisoner
  2. 30-09-2025 Cootachah (1829–?) foundling, stock tracker, companion and explorer
  3. 30-09-2025 Jumbo (1855–1886) labourer, prisoner and inquiry attestant
  4. 11-09-2025 Barangaroo (1750–1791) fisherwoman and prominent figure in Sydney’s early colony
  5. 02-09-2025 Onus, William McLintock (Lin) (1948–1996) Aboriginal artist
  6. 24-07-2025 Biraban (?–1842) Aboriginal leader
  7. 23-07-2025 Quilp (1886–1970) stockman, artist and cultural intermediary
  8. 21-07-2025 Brodie, Veronica (1941–2007) Kaurna and Ngarrindjeri community leader and activist
  9. 13-06-2025 Tur, Mona Ngitji Ngitji (1936–2011) cultural educator, oral linguist and interpreter
  10. 17-04-2025 Nicholls, Gladys (1906–1981) activist, community worker and businesswoman
  11. 17-04-2025 Gumurdul, Nipper Marakarra (1882–1964) knowledge holder, ceremonial leader, cultural mediator, and artist
  12. 01-04-2025 Kikatapula (1800–1832) Palawa resistance leader
  13. 05-03-2025 Lawrie, Mickey Free (1868–1947) whale songman and marban bai (magic-way leader)
  14. 05-03-2025 Gaffney, Ellie Joan (1932–2007) nurse, midwife, writer, and Indigenous rights activist
  15. 05-11-2024 Crouch, Edna (1915–1997) cricketer
  16. 26-09-2024 Macquarie, Mary Evans (1834–1917) midwife
  17. 26-09-2024 Macquarie, Elizabeth (1846–1923) domestic servant
  18. 26-09-2024 Macquarie, Alice (1842–?) domestic servant
  19. 17-09-2024 Smith, Marion Elizabeth (1891–1957) nurse, expatriate, and education advocate
  20. 15-08-2024 Nadpur, Fred (1900–1958) Aboriginal leader
  21. 14-08-2024 McGinness, John Francis (Jack) (1902–1973) miner
  22. 14-08-2024 Lupnagiari (?–?) stockman
  23. 07-08-2024 Mountjoy, Jane Lindsay (1907–1988) textile worker and bus conductor
  24. 25-07-2024 Yarrowick, May (1876–1949) midwife
  25. 17-07-2024 Lester, Nellie (1924–1989) nurse
  26. 15-07-2024 Mitchell, Putangaja Ernie (1900–1970) activist and community leader
  27. 01-07-2024 Ferguson, Isobelle Mary (1926–2019) nurse and activist
  28. 06-05-2024 Miller, Michael John (Mick) (1937–1998) school teacher, political activist and policy adviser
  29. 06-05-2024 Bugg, Charlotte (1813–1861) Birrpai matriarch
  30. 01-05-2024 Nangar (1848–1927) Wiradjuri walamira (clever man)
  31. 30-04-2024 Ooloogan (1840–1928) Wiradjuri walamira (clever man) and travelling showman
  32. 23-04-2024 Bush, Constance Doreen (Connie) (1919–1997) teacher, cook and welfare officer
  33. 22-04-2024 Nebinyan (1840–1911) whaler, songman and cultural informant
  34. 22-04-2024 Behrendt, Paul Arthur (1939–2006) radio operator, oral historian, and academic
  35. 12-03-2024 Bligh, Kitchener (1913–1998) community leader and Aboriginal rights advocate
  36. 28-02-2024 Jungarrayi, Gwoja (1895–1965) urrempel (ceremony) man, entrepreneur, and iconic figure
  37. 21-12-2023 Henry, Herbert James (Dick) (1936–1997) Aboriginal activist
  38. 27-09-2023 Field, Mary (1816–1928) Birrbay matriarch
  39. 21-09-2023 Simms, Joseph (Joe) (1859–1945) entertainer, temperance advocate, and international traveller
  40. 17-09-2023 George, Tommy (TG) (1928–2016) Kuku Thaypan speaker, knowledge holder, and teacher
  41. 17-09-2023 Musgrave, George (1920–2006) Kuku Thaypan speaker, knowledge holder, and teacher
  42. 30-08-2023 Ngumundi (1780–1845) Kabi Kabi headman
  43. 01-06-2023 Eatock, Noel (Nobby) (1912–2000) labourer, clerk, and Communist
  44. 26-04-2023 Rodriguez, Mary Catherine (Katie) (1920–1994) Catholic novice, cook and domestic
  45. 18-04-2023 Thomas, Faith (1933–2023) cricketer
  46. 03-04-2023 Yunupingu (1948–2023) Indigenous activist
  47. 24-10-2022 Cook, Sydney James (1937–1983) state ward and union organiser
  48. 14-09-2022 Charles, Jack (1943–2022) actor, musician, artist and activist
  49. 19-08-2022 Tongerlongeter (1790–1837) warrior and leader
  50. 01-08-2022 Roach, Archibald William (Archie) (1956–2022) singer, songwriter and Aboriginal activist
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