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Distinguished and Famous people from Roxburgh Park
🌾 Thomas Brunton
Thomas Brunton made his fortune in flour milling after an unsuccessful attempt at gold mining and years in the bakery trade. He acquired the Roxburgh Park property near Broadmeadows, where he bred cattle, horses and Shropshire sheep. The estate’s name reflected his Scottish origins and later passed to the suburb. A Victorian parliamentarian as well as a businessman, he defended property-based political rights and resisted wider democratic reforms. His association belongs to the rural landscape before today’s housing and shopping centres, connecting a modern suburban name with milling wealth, livestock breeding and the social attitudes of a nineteenth-century landowner.
🤝 Alaa Elzokm
Imam Alaa Elzokm was listed as a Roxburgh Park resident when awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in 2023 for service to the Islamic community. His recorded work included religious leadership, teaching and participation in Victorian and national imam organisations. Community roles also extended into multicultural sport and local advisory work, including connections with Melbourne Victory and the AFL. The honour recognises service carried out across several communities, with Roxburgh Park supplying the residential connection. His story adds a contemporary community leader to a suburb whose public life reflects many different cultural and family backgrounds.
