Historical figures in Melbourne
The atlas holds 15 people and 32 moments here, from 1856 to 2016. The most recorded lives are Alfred Deakin, Macfarlane Burnet and Gough Whitlam. Among them Writers, Musicians and Composers and Performers, across the Space Age and the Cold War.
Notable people
Alfred Deakin
from 1856 to 1919
11 moments here
Australian barrister, journalist, federation advocate and Australia’s second prime minister.…
Arthur Conan Doyle
in 1920
1 moment here
Scottish-born British physician and writer best known as the creator of Sherlock Holmes. Doyle studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh,…
Bob Hawke
in 1957
1 moment here
Australian trade-union leader and Labor politician who served as Australia’s 23rd prime minister from 1983 to 1991.…
Chester Bennington
in 2007
1 moment here
American singer and songwriter best known as Linkin Park’s lead vocalist. His documented appearances include performances and recording-related…
Edmund Barton
from 1898 to 1903
3 moments here
Australian barrister, federation leader, first prime minister of Australia (1901–1903), and founding justice of the High Court of Australia.…
Gough Whitlam
from 1916 to 2004
3 moments here
Edward Gough Whitlam was an Australian lawyer, Royal Australian Air Force navigator, Labor politician and the 21st prime minister of Australia.…
Indira Gandhi
in 1968
1 moment here
Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi was an Indian stateswoman who served as prime minister from 1966 to 1977 and from 1980 until her assassination in 1984.…
John Eccles
from 1903 to 1920
2 moments here
Australian neurophysiologist and philosopher John Carew Eccles (1903–1997) was a Nobel laureate noted for research on synaptic transmission.…
Judy Garland
in 1964
1 moment here
American actress, singer, and vaudevillian, born Frances Ethel Gumm. Garland rose from childhood vaudeville and MGM musical films to become a major…
Macfarlane Burnet
from 1918 to 1934
3 moments here
Australian virologist and immunologist Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet, known as Macfarlane Burnet, shared the 1960 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine…
Mark Twain
in 1895
1 moment here
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, known as Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, journalist, lecturer, riverboat pilot, and traveler.…
Morgan Tsvangirai
in 2007
1 moment here
Zimbabwean trade unionist and opposition politician who led the Movement for Democratic Change and served as Prime Minister of Zimbabwe from 2009 to…
Ngô Đình Diệm
in 1957
1 moment here
Ngô Đình Diệm was a Vietnamese civil servant, nationalist politician, prime minister of the State of Vietnam, and first president of the Republic of…
Prince
in 2016
1 moment here
Prince Rogers Nelson was an American singer, songwriter, musician, producer, actor, and filmmaker associated with the Minneapolis sound.…
Robin Warren
in 1964
1 moment here
Australian pathologist whose observations of curved bacteria in gastric biopsies and subsequent collaboration with Barry Marshall transformed…
Moments
- 1856 Birth at George Street Alfred Deakin
- 1863 Family settlement in South Yarra Alfred Deakin
- 1864 Melbourne Grammar day-boy Alfred Deakin
- 1872 Law studies at the University of Melbourne Alfred Deakin
- 1882 Marriage to Pattie Browne Alfred Deakin
- 1887 Residence at Llanarth Alfred Deakin
- 1890 Australasian Federal Conference Alfred Deakin
- 1895 Begins Melbourne engagement Mark Twain
- 1898 Second Australasian Federal Convention concludes Alfred Deakin
- 1898 Federal Convention at Melbourne Edmund Barton
- 1901 Australian flag ceremony Edmund Barton
- 1903 Birth in Northcote John Eccles
- 1903 Sworn in as prime minister Alfred Deakin
- 1903 First sitting of the High Court Edmund Barton
- 1916 Birth at Ngara Gough Whitlam
- 1917 Return and confinement at home Alfred Deakin
- 1918 University and Ormond College residence Macfarlane Burnet
- 1919 Death at South Yarra home Alfred Deakin
- 1920 Medical student in Melbourne John Eccles
- 1920 Spiritualist lectures in Melbourne Arthur Conan Doyle
- 1928 Return to Melbourne and Hall Institute work Macfarlane Burnet
- 1934 Return to Melbourne as assistant director Macfarlane Burnet
- 1957 Move to Melbourne for ACTU work Bob Hawke
- 1957 Melbourne visit Ngô Đình Diệm
- 1964 Melbourne concert Judy Garland
- 1964 Clinical pathology training in Melbourne Robin Warren
- 1968 Speech at Malvern Town Hall Gough Whitlam
- 1968 University of Melbourne dinner Indira Gandhi
- 2004 Labor fundraising event Gough Whitlam
- 2007 Meeting with John Howard Morgan Tsvangirai
- 2007 Performance at Rod Laver Arena Chester Bennington
- 2016 Piano & a Microphone tour opening Prince