Medal ( 2001 ) and the Order of Australia ( 2012 ).
Stuart ’ s huge appetite for work produced many prize-winners from his 19 books and 26 co-authored books . His last , the concluding volume of his history of the Australian Communist Party , was completed during debilitating cancer therapy . A prolific author of articles and journal papers , Stuart was editor , and on the editorial boards , of numerous international and national journals including Overland , Labour History , Australian Historical Studies and The New Federalist .
On 1 August 1976 Stuart married Martha Adele Bruton at Fremantle , Western Australia , and had daughters Mary and Jessica .
Stuart was a lifelong passionate follower of the Hawthorn Football Club . He completed many marathons .
Stuart died at home at Brunswick on 22 November 2021 . A thoughtful , generous , and immensely talented man whose learning shone brightly , Stuart left Australia an extraordinarily rich intellectual legacy .
MAILER , Malcolm Melrose Holtom (’ 53 )
Malcolm ’ s son , Scott , wrote :
Malcolm was born at Coburg on 24 April 1936 , the son of Dr Melrose Holtom and Elizabeth Margaret Millicent ( nee Turnbull ) Mailer . Malcolm attended Scotch from 1943 to 1953 as a member of Morrison House . He thoroughly enjoyed Scotch , making lifelong friends including Roger Hollingworth ( SC 1949-54 ), John Gibbs Perry Ham ( born 19.6.1936 , SC 1941-54 , died 6.12.2009 ) and Bruce Appleton ( SC 1948-53 ). Malcolm played in the 1948 Junior School cricket and football teams and the 1953 2nd XI . He also rowed and did athletics .
Among many relations at Scotch , including Aitchisons and Hearns , were his grandfather , Dr Melrose Mailer ( born 28.4.1861 , SC 1873-77 , died 21.4.1926 ), great-uncle David Mailer ( born 18.8.1874 , SC 1886-94 , died 21.12.1937 ) and grandson Lachlan Mailer ( Year 12 ).
Malcolm obtained a cadetship with the International Bowater Paper Company . A vacancy soon arose at Longerenong Agricultural College in Horsham . He had found his life ’ s passion – agriculture . He immersed himself in ‘ Longy ’ and also received gold colours in cricket and football . Malcolm worked on a Western District station property near Lismore as a jackaroo and then as a sales agent for G . P . Embelton & Co .
For 18 months from 1958 , Malcolm travelled through the United Kingdom and Europe . Periods of work included dairying in Cheshire , picking tomatoes in Spain , and being a porter at Scotland ’ s Rusacks Hotel , near St Andrew ’ s Old Course , enhancing his enjoyment of golf .
Malcolm moved to the Western District and worked for AML in Ararat . He met a teacher , Lorraine Louise Walsh , and they married at Scotch on 4 January 1964 . Their daughter , Victoria , was born in 1966 , and Scott followed in 1969 . Malcolm had a long and enjoyable career at the Commonwealth Development Bank in Collins Street , with extensive travel throughout rural Victoria .
Malcolm and Lorraine owned several rural properties , indulging their passion for farming and gardening . Their favourite was in Yering in the Yarra Valley , where they raised their family and built wonderful memories .
After a full and rewarding life Malcolm died peacefully on 8 December 2021 at BlueCross Aged Care , Box Hill . He is survived by his wife , children , and five grandchildren .
MANN , Jonathan Speirs (’ 63 )
Jon ’ s son , Adrian (’ 90 ), wrote :
Jon was born at Kerang on 22 October 1945 , the third son of Bruce
Reginald ( born 16.8.1906 , SC 1922-24 , died 28.2.1996 ) and Margaret Ida ( nee Wiseman ) Mann . He boarded at Scotch from 1959 to 1964 in McMeckan ( 1959-60 ) and School Houses ( 1961-64 ).
A 1964 School House Prefect , he also played in the 1964 1st Hockey team . Whether through regular calls to his brothers Graeme ( SC 1955-60 ), Robert ( SC 1958-62 ) or Alan ( SC 1962-68 ) and sister Meriel , or constant help for his sons Adrian ( SC 1987-90 ), Mathew ( SC 1989-92 ) and Warrick ( SC 1991-97 ) in their next project , family was never far from Jon ’ s actions .
After Scotch , Jon worked on the family farm at Quambatook , where he was an active supporter of the community . He worked tirelessly behind the scenes as Secretary and Treasurer of the Australian Tractor Pullers ’ Association and the local golf club , as a member of the local school council , and as an Elder of the Uniting Church . He received Life Membership of the Apex Club .
In mid-1992 Jon had a successful liver transplant . With recipients ’ average life spans measured in single digits , he was unsure of his prospects , but the Austin Hospital ’ s Liver Transplant Unit gave him an extra 30 years . The philosopher Wittgenstein says , ‘ Eternal life is given to those who live in the present ’ and Jon once again found his passion to engage with the world around him .
Over the next few years , Jon resumed supporting his local community by helping others at the Burwood Bowls Club and bowling regularly for the Old Scotch Bowls Club . He travelled often and enjoyed learning about the history of new countries and destinations .
The most common attribute his family heard from others about Jon was that he was ‘ a true gentleman ’. In The Intern Robert Di Nero said , ‘ A gentlemen always carries a hanky , not because he might need it but because the person next to him might ’. This epitomised Jon : a man who always had a hanky in his pocket . A man who put others before himself .
Jon died on 8 December 2021 at the Austin Hospital , Heidelberg .
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