Professor Emeritus Rosemary Ryall retired in 2010 from her position as Chief Medical Scientist and Professor of Urological Research in the Department of Surgery at the Flinders Medical Centre and Flinders University, South Australia.   Rose’s initial involvement in the urodynamics service of the Urology Unit developed into a role oriented more to basic urological […]

Dr Jeffery Howard Nicholas considers himself to be a quintessential South Australian. Born in Mt Gambier at the beginning of World War II, his early education could only be described as truncated, as the family moved from one government appointment to another. Moving gave him a wide appreciation of country life before he finally settled […]

Nick Cater is Executive Director of The Menzies Research Centre, an Australian public policy institute and writes a weekly column for The Australian. Nick grew up in England and studied sociology at the University of Exeter before joining the BBC as a journalist. He moved to Australia in 1989 to work for News Corp Australia, […]

Dr. Natalie Luscombe-Marsh is a Research Scientist at the CSIRO Food and Nutrition Department and an Affiliate Senior Lecturer at the University of Adelaide. Natalie’s long-standing research interest relates to the mechanisms underlying weight loss induced by high protein, energy-restricted diets in healthy and clinical populations, including overweight and obese patients. She is also interested […]

Professor Jon Adams is Professor of Public Health and Director of the Australian Research Centre in Complementary and Integrative Medicine (ARCCIM) at the Faculty of Health, University of Technology, Sydney. Jon holds an ARC Professorial Future Fellowship, is a Senior Fellow of the Oxford International Research Leadership Program, and is National Convenor of the Public […]

Dr. Vincent commenced a 5-year appointment as the South Australian Commissioner for Equal Opportunity on May 26th 2016. Prior to her appointment as Commissioner, she held the position of CEO of the Leaders Institute of SA for almost 14 years. In addition, Niki held an appointment as Adjunct Professor in the University of South Australia's […]

Jacqui Storey is the Project Coordinator for Ageing and Communities at the Wellbeing and Resilience Centre at the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI). Jacqui holds a Bachelor of Design degree from the Queensland University of Technology and a Masters of Applied Project Management from the University of Adelaide. Her career has included […]

His Excellency was born in South Vietnam in 1954. He attended Dalat University, but fled Vietnam from the new communist regime in 1977, and came to Darwin in an open boat. The Governor attended the University of Adelaide, receiving an economics and accounting degree and an MBA. He was a señor investigator and manager with […]

Carolyn has worked at the State Library for 37 years and loves its mix of heritage collections and the latest technology. She currently delivers community-learning programs, assists researchers, and coordinates the Library’s transcription program. Carolyn explores the life of the little-known South Australian Sir Hubert Wilkins—polar explorer but so much more—in a slideshow of sumptuous […]