1 memorial
Captain Cook's house
Note: this is not Cooks' Cottage - that started life in North Yorkshire and in 1933 was moved to Melbourne, Australia, to celebrate the 1934 centenary of that city's foundation. It was replaced wit...
2 memorials
Captain James Cook
Maritime explorer and cartographer. Born near Middlesbrough. The first to map Newfoundland, explored around Australia and the Hawaiian Islands and made the first circumnavigation of New Zealand. K...
Person, Exploring, Seriously Famous, Arctic & Antarctic, Australia, Canada, Hawaii, New Zealand
9 memorials
Major Hubert C. Corlette
Australian architect mainly of churches. Born Hubert Christian Corlette.  Father of English architect John C. Corlette.
1 memorial
Jerome Davenport
Australian graffiti artist with the Twitter/Instagram handle @ketones6000.
1 memorial
Cyril Demarne
Born Poplar.  A firefighter in WW2 he became Chief Officer of the West Ham Fire Brigade. In 1955 he moved to Australia where he set up firefighting and safety centres in Australasia and in Beirut. ...
War served, WW2
2 memorials
Sir Alexander Russell Downer, KBE
High Commissioner for Australia 1964-72. Â Known as Alick and not to be confused with his son, Alexander John Gosse Downer (b.1951) who was also High Commissioner from 2014 to 2018. Our Picture Sou...
Person, Armed Forces, Law, Politics & Administration, Australia
1 memorial
Colin Dudley DFC
Sculptor. Â From the picture source: "He has written books on architectural history and is a talented artist. As well as doing a tour of ops as a Halifax Navigator with 578 squadron."
1 memorial
Havelock Ellis
Pioneer in the scientific study of sex. Physician, eugenicist, writer, progressive intellectual and social reformer who studied human sexuality. Born 1 St John's Grove (now Rectory Grove), Croydon...
1 memorial
Raymond Ewers
Born Australia. Â Served in WW2 initially as a sapper and then as a war artist.
1 memorial
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