Anne-Katrin Eckermann was born in Germany; migrate with parents to Australia when 12 years old; educated in Brisbane; studied at the University of Queensland; worked at the University of Queensland and the University of New England until she retired in 2007.

Roy James Walden was born in 1925 at Burketown to Francis Walden and Ellen Walden (nee Regan). He leased the pastoral holdings of Adina and Calshot in the Burke area of Queensland. He died on 8 February 1981.

Dr Jackie Huggins is a member of the Bidjara and Birri Gubba Juru peoples. She is an historian, author, educator and Aboriginal leader. After leaving school, Jackie Huggins worked at the Australian Broadcasting Commission and the Department of Aboriginal Affairs before commencing study at the University of Queensland. She graduated in 1987 with a Bachelor of Arts (Hons). She has been involved in many community, government and educational organisations at local, state and national levels, ranging from reconciliation and Aboriginal welfare forums to continuing appointments on editorial and performing arts boards. Huggins has written widely on issues of concern to Indigenous communities.

William Charles Wentworth was born on 8 September 1907 in Sydney. Australian politician. Member of the Australian Liberal Party, served as Minister for Social Services and Minister in charge of Aboriginal Affairs. In 1959 he put a proposal to Cabinet for the establishment of an Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, which was established by a Act of Parliament in 1964 and became known as the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies. His final months in parliament were served as an independent. He died in 2003.

Lecturer in Social Work at the University of Queensland from 1975 to 1995.

Harriot Rose Margaret Boyce, née Hall, was born on 3 December 1906 at Winstead, Stanthorpe. Her father, Edgar Hall, was a mining engineer at Silverspur. Following her engagement to Leslie Boyce in 1929, she purchased 15 acres of land at Range Street in Toowoomba and the couple had a house built on the property. They married on 29 April 1930. Margaret Boyce was Secretary of the Toowoomba Girl Guides throughout the 1930s and worked with the Voluntary Aid Detachment (V.A.D.) for the first year of World War II. In 1940 two of her nieces, the daughters of her brother Robert Hall, arrived as evacuees from England. She was active in various community groups in Toowoomba and together with her husband established a large garden at their property. Margaret Boyce died on 24 August 1984. The Boyces bequeathed their property in Toowoomba to the University of Queensland in 1969. It is now known as the Boyce Gardens & Rainforest and was heritage-listed in 2001.

Leslie Atherton Gerard Boyce was born on 20 June 1897 at Burketown. After completing primary school in Toowoomba, Boyce won a State scholarship to attend Toowoomba Grammar School. In 1914 he joined the Toowoomba Foundry as a cadet engineer. He enlisted in the AIF in 1915, saw active service in France and was wounded twice. He was awarded the Military Cross in 1917. Boyce was made a director of the foundry in 1922 and became manager of the branch office in Rockhampton. In 1927 he was appointed CEO of the Toowoomba Foundry. On 29 April 1930, he married Harriot Rose Margaret Hall. After his retirement in 1958 the Boyces travelled widely and devoted much time to their garden. In 1973 Boyce was awarded an honorary Doctorate by UQ and in 1975 was appointed Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George. Leslie Boyce died on 10 April 1988. The Boyces bequeathed their property in Toowoomba to the University of Queensland in 1969. It is now known as the Boyce Gardens & Rainforest and was heritage-listed in 2001.

Accompanied Norman F Nelson on the visit to the Presbyterian Church of Queensland Mission stations in 1936.

Norman Francis Nelson (known as "N.F.") was born in Victoria in 1899. He moved to Queensland in 1929 to take over the newly created position of Organising Secretary for the Presbyterian Church's Welfare of Youth Committee. In 1936 the Presbyterian Church of Queensland commissioned Norman F Nelson to visit four Aboriginal mission stations administered by the Church in North Queensland (Mornington Island, Aurukun, Weipa and Mapoon) in order to make an inspection and evaluation of work and properties. He also visited Thursday Island. He was accompanied by J.T. Robinson. An exhibition organised by Norman F. Nelson of the photographs taken on the trip was held at City Hall, Brisbane in 1937. He was awarded a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE - Civil) in the New Year's Honours List on 1 January 1965. Nelson died on 20 June 1977.

Kevin John Gilbert was born on 10 July 1933 to the Wiradjuri Nation near Condoblin, New South Wales. He was the youngest of eight children of New South Wales-born parent John Joseph Gilbert (of English and Irish ancestry) and Rachel Elizabeth, nee Naden (of Aboriginal and Irish ancestry). He was raised by relatives and in welfare homes after the death of his parents. In 1957 he was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of his wife. In gaol he learned to read and developed an interest in art and literature. He also wrote 'The Cherry Pickers', a play about aboriginal seasonal workers, first performed in 1971, giving him the distinction of being the first Aboriginal playwright to have a play performed in Australia. Gilbert was paroled in 1971 and became active in a number of Australian Aboriginal movements. He played an important part in the establishment of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy in Canberra. He edited a number of periodicals and continued to write, publishing poetry and several prose works. He died in 1993.