Monitoring kangaroos and penguins on Pelican Lagoon, Australia

Dr Peggy Rismiller OAM and Michael McKelvey OAM were ahead of their time when they set up a research station on South Australia’s Kangaroo Island in the 1980s.

Surgeon and racehorse owner

Sir John Lawrance McKelvey (1881-1939), surgeon, was born on 9 February 1881 at Ravenswood, Queensland, Australia.

Explorer of Antartica and North West Passage

Barrie McKelvey was a member of six major university explorations of Antartica.