Dame Annie Jean Macnamara, was an Australian medical doctor and scientist, best known for her contributions to children's health and welfare. She was honoured as Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1935.
Dame Jean Macnamara in 1967
Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet, usually known as Macfarlane or Mac Burnet, was an Australian virologist known for his contributions to immunology. He won a Nobel Prize in 1960 for predicting acquired immune tolerance and he developed the theory of clonal selection.
Macfarlane Burnet
Frank Macfarlane Burnet with wife and daughters in Stockholm in 1960
Coxiella burnetii, the causative agent of Q fever, was named after Burnet.
Burnet working in the laboratory in 1945