Norm Marinovich was born in Fremantle and raised in Spearwood, apart for four years spent in Yugoslavia between 1948 and 1952. He attended Medical School at the University of Western Australia between 1960 – 1966. For the last 50 years he has worked as a physician in Fremantle, Rockingham and Fiona Stanley hospitals. Aside from his medical commitments Norm has worked to improve the care and services available to the frail and aged people of Croatian background in WA and also to document their history in Australia.