Helen Derrick (nee Greenwood-Nadebaum), daughter of Gordon and Thora Greenwoord, was born in 1940.

Abschol was the Aboriginal Affairs Department of the National Union of Australian University Students. Its activities became wider than its stated objectives especially when the Australian Government began a secondary school scholarships scheme. The national Australian Union of Students (the continuation of N.U.A.U.S.) dropped the name ABSCHOL in favour of "Race Relations Department".

In 1977 the name of Abschol (University of Queensland) was Abschol – University of Queensland Race Relations Office but it was known as Abschol. Its aims were to promote and aid higher education, including secondary, technical and tertiary education, for Aborigines; to inform university students and the community about the problems faced by Aborigines in furthering their education; to give scholarships to eligible students. Membership was open to all Australian Indigenous people, and to staff and students at the University of Queensland. The University of Queensland group retained the name ABSCHOL. Its activities emphasized close links with the Brisbane black community. It became inoperative in the late seventies. Since 1981 attempts have been made to revive it. Publicists for Abschol (University of Queensland) included: Budger Davidson, Jenny McLean, Denis Walker.

Neville Thomas Bonner AO (28 March 1922 - 5 February 1999), elder of the Jagera people, was the first Indigenous Australian to become a member of the Parliament of Australia. He served as President of the One People of Australia League (OPAL) from 1970 to 1974.

Katharine Elizabeth McGregor was born on 16 May 1903 in South Brisbane. Educated at Brisbane Girl's Grammar School, and won an open scholarship to University of Queensland (B.A. 1923; M.A. 1925). She was the first female barrister to be admitted to the Supreme Court of Queensland. She died on 25 June 1979. After a donation from several friends, in 1980 a postgraduate scholarship and prize was set up at the University of Queensland for introductory Greek or Latin. It is now known as The Katharine McGregor Prize for Introductory Latin or Greek.

Queensland solicitor.

Catherine Elizabeth Ferguson, also spelt as Katharine, was born on 18 Jan 1875. She married John George McGregor on 28 November 1898. She died 25 April 1968.