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The National Library of Australia Fund helps the Library to manage, develop, preserve, digitise and deliver its documentary heritage collections to the widest possible audience, both online and onsite.
This year, specific campaigns have included the medieval manuscripts preservation and digitisation project, and support for the Library’s national discovery service, Trove.
The National Library of Australia Fund donors are acknowledged at the following gift levels:
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Principal Patron: gifts of $1,000,000 and above;
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Platinum Patron: gifts of $250,000 and above;
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Gold Patron: gifts of $100,000 and above;
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Silver Patron: gifts of $25,000 and above;
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Bronze Patron: gifts of $10,000 and above;
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Patron: gifts of $1,000 and above;
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Donor: gifts up to $1,000.
The Library gratefully acknowledges the generosity and support of Patrons and donors.
Listed below are Patrons who have given to the fund since its inception in 2009 and donors who have given during 2014–15. (An asterisk beside a name in the lists below indicates Patrons who donated during 2014–15.)
Principal Patrons
Vincent Fairfax Family Foundation
Platinum Patrons
Mrs Pat McCann*
Ms Simone Vinall*
Gold Patrons
Friends of the National Library of Australia*
Mr Kevin McCann AM and
Mrs Deidre McCann*
Macquarie Group Foundation Limited*
Planet Wheeler Foundation
The late Mrs Alison Sanchez*
Dr John Seymour and Dr Heather Seymour AO*
Mr Ryan Stokes*
Silver Patrons
Dr Diana Carroll*
Associate Professor Noel Dan AM and
Mrs Adrienne Dan*
Dick and Pip Smith Foundation
Ms Catherine Hope Gordon*
Ms Jane Hemstritch*
Dr Ron Houghton DFC and the late
Mrs Nanette Houghton
Minerals Council of Australia
Origin Foundation
Mr Nigel Peck AM and Mrs Patricia Peck
Dr Ian C. Ross and Mrs Margaret S. Ross AM*
Ms Josephine Shanks and Emeritus Professor Dr Robert Shanks*
Mr Doug Snedden and Ms Belinda Snedden*
In memory of the late Ms Della Keren Thomas*
Wesfarmers Limited
Mr Stephen Yorke*
Three supporters donated anonymously.
Bronze Patrons
Mr Jim Bain AM and Mrs Janette Bain
Mrs Alison J. Bloomfield
In memory of the late Mavis Thorpe Clark*
Ms Christine Courtenay AM and the late
Mr Bryce Courtenay AM
Mr John Fairfax AO and Mrs Libby Fairfax
Mr Tim Fairfax AC*
Mr James Ferguson
The Hon. Martin Ferguson AM and
Ms Patricia Waller*
Sir James Gobbo AC, CVO
Mr John M. Green*
Dr Joyce Kirk and Dr Terry Kirk*
Liberty Financial
Ms Marjorie Lindenmayer*
Mr Brian Long and Ms Cathy Long*
Lovell Chen*
Mrs Janet McDonald AO and
Mr Donald McDonald AC*
Mr Simon Moore*
The late Dame Elisabeth Murdoch AC, DBE
The Myer Foundation*
Mrs Maria Myers AO
Ms Meg Paul
Professor Janice Reid AC, FASSA*
Mr Jack Ritch and Mrs Diana Ritch
Emeritus Professor Alan Robson AO*
Mr Robin V.F. Smith
The Hon. James Spigelman AC*
Dr Fiona Powell
Ms Deborah Thomas*
Mr A.G.D. White OAM and
Mrs Sally White OAM
Two supporters donated anonymously.
Founding Patrons
Dr Marion Amies*
Mrs P. Bischoff OAM*
Mrs Josephine Calaby
Dr R.L. Cope PSM*
The late Mr Victor Crittenden OAM
Ms Lauraine Diggins*
The Lady Ebury*
Mr Andrew Freeman
Ms J.L. Fullerton AO
Griffith 8 Book Group
Mrs Claudia Hyles
Dr Joyce Kirk and Dr Terry Kirk
Dr Jan Lyall PSM
Mrs V. McFadden*
Mr Peter McGovern AM*
Mrs Glennis Moss and the late
Dr Kenneth Moss AM
Mr John Oliver and Mrs Libby Oliver*
Mrs P.P. Pickering
Emeritus Professor Alan Robson AO and
Mrs Gwenda Robson
Miss Kay Rodda*
Rotru Investments Pty Ltd for Mrs Eve Mahlab AO and Mr Frank Mahlab*
Mrs Angela Thorn and the late Mr Bill Thorn
Mr John Ulm and Mrs Valda Ulm
Ms Lucille Warth
Three supporters donated anonymously.
Patrons
Ake Ake Fund
Mr Steven Anderson and Ms Cathy Pilgrim*
Mrs Sue Andrew*
Ms Joanna Baevski
Mr Sam Bartone
Mrs Jennifer Batrouney SC
The Hon. Justice Annabelle Bennett AO and Dr David Bennett AC, QC
Ms Baiba Berzins
Professor Geoffrey Blainey AC
Mr Max Bourke AM and Ms Margaret Bourke*
Mr Charles Bright and Mrs Primrose Bright
Dr Desmond Bright and Dr Ruth Bright AM*
Dr Elizabeth Brouwer
Mr H.M. Brown and Ms J.E. Brown*
Emeritus Professor Mairead Browne FALIA
and Dr David Browne*
Dr Geoffrey Cains
Mrs Jennie Cameron*
The Reverend Edmund Campion*
Dr Edmund Capon AM, OBE and
Mrs Joanna Capon OAM
Mr Michael Carlton*
Emeritus Professor David Carment AM*
Dr J.J. Carmody*
CIMIC Group Limited
Dr Patricia Clarke OAM, FAHA*
Mr Andrew G. Connor*
Professor James Cotton*
Mrs Helen Creagh*
Professor Robert Cribb*
Mrs Gloria Cumming
Mr Charles P. Curran AC and Mrs Eva Curran
Ms Perri Cutten and Mr Jo Daniell
Mrs Rowena Danziger AM and
Mr Ken Coles AM
Dr Michelle Deaker
The Hon. Mary Delahunty*
Dr Annie Duncan and Mr Peter Duncan
Ms Jane Edmanson OAM*
The Hon. R.J. Ellicott QC
Dr Suzanne Falkiner
Mrs Maureen Fisher
Lt Col (Ret’d) M.A. Fletcher JP
Mr Denis Foot and Ms Dianne Redwood
Ms Christine Goode PSM*
Ms Grazia Gunn and Emeritus Professor
Ian Donaldson FAHA, FBA, FRSE
The Hon. Roger Gyles AO, QC*
Professor Margaret Harris*
Mr Colin Hauff*
Mr Peter Henderson AC and
Mrs Heather Henderson
The Heraldry & Genealogy Society of Canberra Inc.*
Dr Basil S. Hetzel*
Dr Marian Hill*
Mr Robert Hill-Ling AO and
Mrs Rosemary Hill-Ling OAM*
Mrs Rosanna Hindmarsh OAM
Inside History*
The Kenyon Family*
The late Dr J.S. Kerr AM
Mr James Kidd*
Mr Robert Kirby and Mrs Mem Kirby OAM*
Mr Lou Klepac OAM and
Mrs Brenda Klepac
KPMG
Dame Leonie Kramer AC, OBE*
Dr Elizabeth Lawson*
Mr Frank Lewincamp and
Ms Barbara Lewincamp*
Dr F. Lilley and Mrs P. Lilley
The Linnaeus Estate*
Ms Robyn McAdam*
The late Capt. Paul J. McKay
Emeritus Professor Campbell Macknight
Ms Fiona McLeod SC
Mr Ronald McLeod AM
Mr Simon McMillan*
Ms Janet Manuell SC
Ms Kathleen Marshall
Dr Rod Marston*
Mr Julian Martyn and Ms Linda Sproul
Sir Anthony Mason AC, KBE, GBM
Dr Thomas Mautner*
Mr Baillieu Myer AC and Mrs Sarah Myer*
Ms Jane Needham SC
Professor Colin Nettelbeck FAHA and
Mrs Carol Nettelbeck*
Ms Marion Newman*
Professor Brian O’Keeffe AO
Dr Melissa A. Perry QC
Mr Chester Porter QC*
Lady Potter AC, CMRI*
The Hon. Margaret Reid AO
Mr Ian Renard*
Dr Craig J. Reynolds FAHA*
The late Mrs E. Richardson OAM
Mr G. Robinson and Mrs B. Robinson*
Mr Geoffrey Robinson and Ms Julie Burdis
Dr Maxine Rochester*
Emerita Professor Jill Roe AO*
Professor Michael Roe
The Rome Family
Ms Christine Ronalds AM, SC
Mr Alan Rose AO and Mrs Helen Rose*
Mr William Rutledge and Mrs Julia Rutledge*
Mr Bob Santamaria*
The Hon. Joseph Santamaria*
The late H. Maurice Saxby AM*
The Reverend G.T. Shaw and Mrs J.D. Shaw*
Mr Stephen Shelmerdine and Mrs Kate Shelmerdine
Mr Tony Shepherd AO
Mrs Mary Simpson
Dr Kerry Smith*
Mr Ezekiel Solomon AM*
Mrs Helene L. Stead*
Associate Professor Bruce Steele AM*
Mr Howard Tanner AM*
Mr Arnold Thomas
Mr Robert Thomas AM
Dr Bernadette Tobin and
Mr Terence Tobin QC*
Ms Lisa Turner
The late Mr Gerald Walsh MA
Ms Alexandra Wedutenko*
Ms Joy Wheatley and Mr Norman Wheatley*
Dr Peter White
Mr Marie Wood and Mrs Greg Wood*
Dr Malcolm Wood
Dr Michael W. Young
Eleven supporters donated anonymously.
Donors 2014–15
Mrs Heather Abbott and
Mr Christopher Abbott
Professor Donald H. Akenson
Dr Cynthia Allen
Mrs Patricia Allen
Mr Chris Ansted and Ms Angelika Dunker
Mr Quentin Anthony
Associate Professor John Arnold
Mr Peter Ashen
Mrs Margaret Astbury
Professor Peter Bailey AM, OBE
Mrs Nolene Baker
Mr John Balmford and Mrs Dagnija Balmford
Mr Graeme Barrow
Sister M. Barry
Ms Virginia Berger
Ms Pamela Best
Mr U.N. Bhati
Miss Judith Bibo
Ms Kerry Blackburn
Emeritus Professor R. Blackburn AC
Ms Deborah Bosman
Ms Rosemarie Bourke
Ms Sue Boyce
Mr Warwick Bradney
Ms Robyn Braithwaite and
Dr Richard Braithwaite
Ms Anne Brennan
Mrs Mary E. Brennan
Dr Judith Brett
Bridget McDonnell Gallery
Mr A. Brims and Mrs M. Brims
Mr Alan Brown
Mr Russell Brown
Dr Joan Buchanan AM
Mr Gary Buck and Mrs Sandy Buck
Buderim Craft Cottage Assocation Inc., Calligraphy Group
Mr Geoff Burch
Mr Darren Burgess and Mrs Sue Burgess
Mr David Burke OAM
Dr Geoffrey Burkhardt FACE
Mrs Maureen Burton
Mrs Stephanie Caddies
Ms Frances Callinan
Ms June Cameron
Mr Matt Carkeet
Mrs Sylvia Carr
Mr Robert Carseldine
Ms Marianne Cavanagh
Mr Hugh Chalmers
Mr Ray Chugg
Mr George E. Clark
Mr Lindsay Cleland and Mrs Sylvia Cleland
Ms Caroline Clemente and
Mr Robert Clemente
Miss Margaret Clinch
Ms Louise Coakley
Ms Pamela Collett
Miss Winsome Collingridge
Mrs Christine Collingwood
Mrs Corinne Collins
Mrs Alison Copeman
Dr Peter Crabb
Mr Nicholas Craft and Ms Antonia Kasunic
Mr Alan Crooks
Mr Bill Crowle and Ms Mary Crowle
Ms D.K. Cunningham
Mrs Carolyn Curnow and Mr Bill Curnow
Professor Ann Curthoys
Dr Les Davies
Brigadier Phillip Davies AM and
Mrs Sandra Davies
Professor E.D. Daw
Dr Barbara Dawson
Mrs Robyn Dean
Dr Warren Dent
Mr N.H. Dickins
Mrs Gina Dolphin
Mr M.H. Dowsett
Mr Scott Duggan
Miss Robyn A. Duncan
Ms Heather Dyne
Mr Bill Egan
Dr John Ernst and Ms Bronwyn Herbert
Dr Neville Exon
Mr John Farquharson
Ms Anne Fernandez
Professor Mark Ferson
Mrs Dianne Finch
Mr Brian Fitzpatrick
Mr Peter Flemming
Dr Juliet Flesch
Mr Michael Flynn
Dr Margaret Folkard
Mr Frank Ford and Ms Olwen Ford
Mr Geoff Ford OAM and Mrs Kerrie Ford
Ms Margaret Ford
Ms Judith Forster
Mr Peter Freeman
Professor Robert Freestone
Mrs Audrey Frindle
Mrs Sharon Fritz
Professor Bill Gammage
Dr John Gascoigne
Ms Milena Gates
Miss Katherine Gibbney
Mrs Kay Gibson
Mrs Sandra Gillies
Ms Jenny Gleeson
Rear Admiral James Goldrick AO, CSC, RAN
Ms Jillian Goodge
Mr Andrew Gosling
Dr Elena Govor
Mrs Margaret Greer
Mr Jacob Grossbard
Dr Rob Hall and Dr Adrienne Bennett
Mrs Isobel Hamilton
Mrs Janet Hanslow
Mr Warren Thomas Harding
Mr Eric Harley
Dr Brian Harrap
Mr A.C. Harris
Hawkesbury Family History Group
Ms Susan Heal
Mr Michael Hermes
Dr Peter Heysen
Mr Anthony Hill
Miss Pamela Hill
Ms Meredith Hinchcliffe
Professor M.B. Hooker and
Professor V.G. Hooker
Mr M. Howard
Mr Kim Huett
Mrs Margaret Hughes
Ms Dale Hummer
Mr Gary Humphries
Mr Steve Hyde
Dr Dorothy M. Jenkins
Dr Victoria Jennings
Dr Ian Jobling and Dr Anne Jobling
Dr J.V. Johnson CSC, AAM
Ms Pauline Judd
Ms Joan Kennedy
Dr Rosanne Kennedy
Ms Judith Kennett
Mr Richard Kenyon
Mr Alan G. Kerr
Dr Ruth Kerr OAM
Mr Anthony Ketley and Mrs Rosemary Ketley
Mr Michael Kilmister
Mrs Judith King
Mrs Marian Kingham
Professor Wallace Kirsop
Ms Anne Latreille
Mr William Laurie
Dr Diana Leeder
Professor John Legge AO
Dr Susan Lever
Mr Trevor Lewis
Ms Yuan Yuan Liu
Mr Seth Lockwood
Ms Helen Lucas
Dr Rae Luckie
Mr Michael Lynch and Ms Liz Lynch
Mr Tim McCormick
Mrs Gaylene McCrea
Mrs Patricia Macdonald
Dr Peter McDonald
Mrs Anne McIlory and Mr Tony McIlory
Mr Rod Mackenzie
Miss Hilda Maclean
Dr D.F. McMichael
Ms Robyn McMullen
Mr John Maffey OAM
Mr John B. Malone
Mr Nikolas Margerrison
Mr Robert B. Mark JP
Mr Duncan Marshall
Ms Glenda Martinick
Mrs Margaret J. Mashford
Ms Rebecca Maxwell
Mr Chris Maxworthy
Associate Professor Jenna Mead and Professor Philip Mead
Ms Dawn Melhuish
Mr Jeffrey Miles
Mrs Beverley Miller
Mr Arthur Mitchell and Mrs Mary Mitchell
Mr Simon Mitchell
Mr Bruce Moore
Mr Damien Moore
Mrs Mary Moss
Emeritus Professor John Mulvaney AO, CMG
Mrs M. Murray
Dr Kathleen Neal
Dr Karl Neuenfeldt
Mrs Jenny Noble
Mr D. Nolan and Mrs K. Nolan
Mrs Elizabeth Nunn
Mr M. O’Brien and Ms J. O’Brien
Mr Robert K. O’Connor QC
Mr Terence O’Neill
Dr Jacqueline Orsborne
Ms Kristin Otto
Dr Nina Pangahas
Dr M. Park
Mrs Janette Pelosi
Mr Kenneth Penaluna and
Ms Catherine Elvins
Ms June Penny
Ms Barbara Perry
Mr Jonathan Persse
Mr Mike Petrescu
Mrs Winsome Plumb
Mr Robin Poke AM
Mr George Polites AC, CMG, MBE
Mr Brad Powe
Mr Kenneth Powell
Mrs Anne Prins
Dr Neil Radford
Dr Carolyn Rasmussen
Professor Dimity Reed AM
Mr Richard Reid
Ms Mary Reilly
Professor Matthew Ricketson
Ms Carole Riley
Ms Lynette Robbins
Mrs Patricia Roberts
Mr Philip Roper
Mr John Ryan
Mr Stephen Ryan and Mrs Mary Ryan
The Hon. Susan Ryan
Ms Charlotte Sale
Ms Jane Sandilands
Mr Paul Santamaria
Ms Camille Scaysbrook
Ms Linda Schofield-Olsen
Mrs Alison Scott
Mrs Mary Seefried
Mr W.S. Semple
Ms R.A. Sevenoaks
Ms Cristina Shannon
Ms Mary Sheen
Mrs Lyndal Simmonds AO
Dr Jane Simpson
Ms Barbara Singer
Mrs Beverley Smith
Mr Geoffrey Smith
Miss Helen Smith
Ms Jean Smith
Ms Wendy Smith
Ms Catherine Speck
Mr Dan Sprod OAM
Mr Grant Stainer
Ms Margaret Steinberger
Mrs Elizabeth Steinlein
Mrs Teena Stewart
Ms Robyn Stockfeld
Ms E. Stone
Mr Charles Storey and Mrs Nea Storey
Mr Paul Strasser
Dr Jennifer Strauss AM
Emeritus Professor Hugh Stretton AC
and Mrs Pat Stretton
Dr Nicole Sully
Mrs Elinor Swan
Dr Sue Taffe
Ms Felicity Teague
Mrs Rhonda Thiele
Dr Jeanette Thirlwell and Dr Robert Jones
Mr Grahame Thom
Dr John Thompson
Mr Alan Tierney
Dr Christopher Tiffin and Ms Deborah Turnbull
Miss Caitlin Tobin
Mrs Helen Todd
Ms Helen Tracy
Mrs Geraldine Triffitt
Mr Richard Tulip
Mr Dave Tunbridge
Ms Beth Tyerman
Ms Janice Tynan
Mr Geoffrey Walters
Dr Rowena Ward
Ms Diana Warnock OAM
Ms Jill Waterhouse
Mrs Maggie Watts
Mr Kerry Webb
Dr Ian Welch
Ms Rosalie Whalen
Mrs Barbara White
Ms Wendy Whitham
Mrs Betty Wickens and Mr Doug Wickens
Mrs R. Wiley
Mr G. Wilkenfeld and Mrs B. Wilkenfeld
Dr I.S. Wilkey and Mrs H. Wilkey
Ms Carole Wilkinson
Mr Kevin Wilkinson
Mr D.A. Williams
Mr Evan Williams
Mr Geoffrey Willamson
Ms Dawn Wong
Mr C. Woodland and Mrs V. Woodland
Mr Gerard Woods
Ms Mary Helen Woods
Mrs E. Wyatt and Mr A. Wyatt
Mrs Christine Anne Young
Mr Bruno Yvanovich
Mrs D.R. Zerbe
Ninety-eight supporters donated anonymously.