Thomas Meredith Parnell was born in 1925, the the son of Thomas Parnell (1881-1948) and Hermiene Parnell (nee Ulrich, 1885-1956). His parents were among the first lecturers at the newly established University of Queensland, his father in Physics and his mother in Modern Languages. His mother was the first woman to hold the position of a lecturer at UQ. Thomas Meredith Parnell studied Electrical Engineering at the University of Queensland. On 20 May 1950 he married Elspa Haylock. In 1952 Parnell joined the staff of UQ. He was appointed Professor of Electrical Engineering in 1974. Thomas Meredith Parnell died on 24 May 2012.

Greg Kratzmann, born on 23 February 1949, was an academic and editor with a particular interest in the poetry and correspondence of Gwen Harwood. He was born in Toowoomba and educated at the University of Queensland, ANU and the University of Edinburgh. He edited a number of volumes relating to Gwen Harwood including A steady storm of correspondence: selected letters of Gwen Harwood 1943-1995, and, with Alison Hoddinott, Gwen Harwood: Collected poems 1943-1995. He died on 12 April 2021.

Harold Trevor Clifford, commonly known as Trevor Clifford, was a botanist and taxonomist born on 18 April 1927. He taught botany at the University of Queensland for 34 years and was made Emeritus Professor when he retired in 1992. He went on to become a Research Associate attached to the Geology section of the Queensland Museum. He died on 4 May 2019.

Australian playwright.

Iven Affleck was a dentistry student at the University of Queensland in the 1960s.

Born in Cardiff, Wales. Migrated to Australia in 1988. Visual artist, poet and founding editor of the poetry journal foam:e.

Born in Sydney, New South Wales. Poet. Writer of short stories, cultural and literary criticism and women's studies. Co-founder of Black Wattle Press.

Paul Sherman, graduate of the University of Queensland. English and Drama teacher at Kedron Park Teachers College. Writer, poet, actor, director. He was a friend of Val Vallis.

Film maker and screen writer. Son of Wendy Lowenstein - excerpted from AustLit.

Born 30 March 1924 at Brisbane. Studied drawing. Gained a BA in Political Science at the University of Queensland in 1985. One of the original members of the 'Social Alternatives Collective'. Died 31 August 2010, Brisbane Queensland.