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An asterisk beside names in the lists below indicates those Patrons who donated during the 2022-2023 financial year.
Principal Patrons
gifts of $1,000,000 and above
Ms Jane Hemstritch AO*
The Ian Potter Foundation
The late Mrs Eva Kollsman
Stokes Family
Mr Kerry Stokes AC and Ms Christine Simpson Stokes AM
Mr Ryan Kerry Stokes AO and Mrs Claire Stokes
Susan and Isaac Wakil Foundation Pty Ltd
Vincent Fairfax Family Foundation
Estate of Mr John Gilbert
Estate of Mr Harold S Williams OBE*
Platinum Patrons
gifts of $250,000 and above
Ms Juliana Smeaton Edwards
Friends of the National Library of Australia Inc*
The late Ms Nora Heysen
John T Reid Charitable Trusts
Dr Michael Kassler and Dr Jamie Kassler
Mrs Pat McCann
The Myer Foundation*
Opalgate Foundation, in memory of Cheng King Law*
Dr John Seymour and Mrs Heather Seymour AO
Sidney Myer Fund
TLE Electrical*
Ms Simone Vinall
Estate of Miss Alison E Grant Lipp
Estate of Joan, Lady Lindsay*
Estate of Ms Maxine Poynton Baker
Two supporters gave anonymously at this level.
Gold Patrons
gifts of $100,000 and above
ActewAGL
Australian Ethical Food Group*
Dr Marie-Louise Ayres FAHA and Dr Russell Ayres*
CIMIC Group Limited
Associate Professor Noel Dan AM and Mrs Adrienne Dan*
Dick and Pip Smith Foundation*
Professor Henry Ergas AO and Ms Gillian Bird PSM
Harold Mitchell Foundation
The Hippocrates Foundation*
The late Ms Helen James and the late Dr Henry James Bettison
Kenyon Foundation*
Macquarie Group Foundation Limited
The late Mr Robert Maynard
Mr Kevin McCann AO and Mrs Deidre McCann*
Minerals Council of Australia
Planet Wheeler Foundation
Professor Dimity Reed AM and Dr Garry Joslin
The late Mrs Alison Sanchez
Ms Anne-Marie Schwirtlich AM FAHA and Mr Stephen Yorke
Emeritus Professor Dr Robert Shanks and Ms Josephine Shanks*
Mr Doug Snedden AO and Ms Belinda Snedden*
Thyne Reid Foundation
Associate Professor Linnett Turner and Associate Professor David Turner*
Mrs Sally White OAM and Mr Geoffrey White OAM*
Estate of Mr Ralf Iannuzzi*
Estate of Mr Alan Ives*
Estate of Dr Ann Moyal AM
Three supporters gave anonymously at this level.
Silver Patrons
gifts of $25,000 and above
Dr Marion Amies*
Professor Kent Anderson
Australian Jewish Historical Society
Mrs Janette Bain and the late Mr Jim Bain AM
Dr Diana J Carroll*
In memory of the late Mrs Mavis Thorpe Clark
Dr Patricia Clarke OAM FAHA*
The late Ms Leah Cohen
Dr RL Cope PSM*
The late Mr Victor Crittenden OAM
Mr Christopher Edye, in honour of George Henry Bruce*
Dr NF Exon and Mrs DF Exon*
The late Mr James O Fairfax AC
Mr John B Fairfax AO and Mrs Libby Fairfax*
Mr Tim Fairfax AC*
Ms Catherine Hope Gordon*
Gordon Darling Foundation
Dr Ron Houghton DFC and the late Mrs Nanette Houghton
JIBB Foundation
Dr Ann Kent and the late Dr Bruce Kent*
Emeritus Professor Joyce Kirk and Dr Terry Kirk*
Mr David Lesnie
The late Ms Marjorie Lindenmayer
Linnaeus Estate
Lovell Chen Pty Ltd
The MacLeod Family Trust
Dr Michael Martin and Ms Elizabeth Popovski*
Dr Thomas Mautner*
Miss Carol Moya Mills
Mr Simon Moore
Mrs Glennis Moss
Origin Foundation
Mrs Patricia Peck and the late Mr Nigel Peck AM
The Pratt Foundation
Emeritus Professor Alan Robson AO and Mrs Gwenda Robson*
Mrs Margaret Ross AM and Dr Ian Ross
Rotru Investments Pty Ltd for Mrs Eve Mahlab AO and the late Mr Frank Mahlab*
In memory of the late Ms Della Keren Thomas
Wesfarmers Limited
Eight supporters gave anonymously at this level.
Bronze Patrons
gifts of $10,000 and above
The late Dr John Bennett AO
Besen Family Foundation
Mr Marc Besen AC and the late Mrs Eva Besen AO
Mrs Alison J Bloomfield
The Hon Justice Thomas Bradley KC*
Dr Desmond Bright and Dr Ruth Bright AM
The Calvert-Jones Foundation
Mr Ian Campbell
Ms Lyndsey Cattermole AM
Ms M Chan*
Ms Kristal Claasz
Ms Christine Courtenay AM and the late Mr Bryce Courtenay AM
Dr Joanne Daly and Dr Michael Adena*
The Lord Ebury and the late Lady Ebury*
Embassy of Israel in Australia
F and J Ryan Foundation
Mr James Ferguson
The Hon Martin Ferguson AM*
The late Lieutenant Colonel MA Fletcher JP
Mr Philip Flood AO and Mrs Carole Flood
Ms JL Fullerton AO*
GHD Pty Ltd
The late Sir James Gobbo AC CVO
Mrs Jillian Goggs and Mr Stephen Goggs
Mrs Rosanna Hindmarsh OAM*
Mrs Claudia Hyles OAM
Ms Margaret Jackson AC*
Ms Irene Kaspar and Mr Peter Boege*
Mr Frank Lewincamp PSM and Ms Barbara Lewincamp*
Liberty Financial
Mr Brian Long and Ms Cathy Long
M-Power*
Manors Gate Group Pty Ltd
The Hon Dr Brett Mason*
Mrs Janet McDonald AO and Mr Donald McDonald AC
Mr Peter McGovern AM*
Mr Bruce Miller
Ms Penelope Moyes, in memory of Judy Moyes and Peter Moyes*
The late Dame Elisabeth Murdoch AC DBE
Mrs Sarah Myer and the late Mr Baillieu Myer AC
Mrs Maria Myers AC
National Union of Australian University Students and Australian Union of Students Alumni
Mr Eitan Neishlos
Mrs Carol Nettelbeck and the late Professor Colin Nettelbeck FAHA
Ms Sandra Nixon*
Mr John Oliver and Mrs Libby Oliver*
Ms Meg Paul*
Dr Fiona Powell
Ms Dianne Redwood and Mr Denis Foot*
Professor Janice Reid AC FASSA
Mrs Diana Ritch and the late Mr Jack Ritch*
The late Mr David Roche AM
The late Dr Maxine Rochester
Ms Kay Rodda*
Ms Carol Schwartz AO*
The late Mrs Caroline Simpson
The late Mr Robin VF Smith
The Hon Mr James Spigelman AC KC*
Mr Howard Tanner AM
Ms Deborah Thomas
Mr Robert Thomas AO*
Trawalla Foundation*
Ms Tricia Waller
The WeirAnderson Foundation*
Mrs Joy Wheatley and Mr Norman Wheatley*
Wong Family
Zimmermann International Pty Ltd
Seven supporters gave anonymously at this level.
Patrons
gifts of $1,000 and above
Ms Jill Adams*
Mrs Lynette Adams*
Ake Ake Fund
Alexander Fax Booksellers
Mr Scott Alison*
Dr Michael Alpers AO CSM and Dr Deborah Lehmann AO*
Mrs Margaret Anderson and Mr Bernard Hughes
Mrs Sue Andrews
Arkajon Communications Pty Ltd
Ashurst
Asia Bookroom
The late Ms Margaret Baggott and the late Ms Doreen Goodman
Ms Kate Baillieu*
Mr Simon Banks
Ms Lucy Bantermalis
Barry Lawrence Ruderman Antique Maps Inc
Mr Rhett Bartlett
Mr Sam Bartone and Mrs Elisabetta Bartone
Mrs Nina Bassat AM and Mr Robert Bassat
Dr David Bedford*
Professor Diane Bell OAM*
The Hon Dr Annabelle Bennett AO SC and Dr David Bennett AC KC
Ms Baiba Berzins
Dr Udai Bhati and Mrs Shanta Bhati*
Mrs Phoebe Bischoff OAM
Ms K Blackburn and Mr S Clugston*
Professor Geoffrey Blainey AC and Mrs Ann Blainey*
Book Lore
Ms Emily Booker and Mr Richard Spencer*
Dr Max Bourke AM and Ms Margaret Bourke
The late Mr David Boyd OAM
Mr Penleigh Boyd and Ms Robyn Boyd
Mr Kevin Bradley PSM*
Mr Peter Bradley*
Ms Sarah Brasch*
Dr Judith Brett AM*
Mr Charles Bright and Mrs Primrose Bright*
Mr Geoffrey Briot*
Dr Elizabeth Brouwer and Dr Michael Young*
Mr Howard Brown and Ms Jenny Brown*
Mr Nicholas Brown
Professor Mairéad Browne FALIA and Dr David Browne*
Dr Geoffrey Burkhardt*
Ms Eve Buscombe and Ms Dawn Richardson, in memory of William and Royal Buscombe
Caiger Family
Dr Geoffrey Cains and Mrs Sarah Cains
The late Mrs Josephine Calaby
Mrs Elaine Camage and the late Mr Graeme Camage
Mr Alan Cameron AO
Mrs Jennifer Cameron AM and Mr Barry Cameron
Mrs Judith Campbell*
The Reverend Edmund Campion
Canberra Friends of Dili Inc.
Mrs Joanna Capon OAM and the late Dr Edmund Capon AM OBE
Mr Matt Carkeet*
Mr Michael Carlton
Carmelite Monastery Melbourne*
Professor David Carment AM*
Dr John Carmody
Mr Ronald Casey and Ms Catherine Archbold*
Dr Warwick Cathro and Ms Diana Dack*
Mrs Susan Chessell*
Ms Marilyn Christianson*
Mr Ben Churcher*
Dr Peter Cochrane and Dr Suzanne Rickard
Coles Danziger Foundation*
Emeritus Professor James Cotton and Mrs Fiona Cotton*
Mr Nicholas Cowell*
CRA International
Mrs Helen Creagh and Professor Emeritus Dudley Creagh*
Professor Robert Cribb and Mrs Susan Cribb
Mr Malcolm Crompton
Mrs Gloria Cumming
Ms DK Cunningham*
Mrs Carolyn Curnow*
Mr Charles P Curran AC and Mrs Eva Curran
Ms Perri Cutten and Mr Jo Daniell
Professor Mahananda Dasgupta*
Mr Brian Davidson
Dr Barbara Dawson
Mr Terry De Martin*
Dr Michelle Deaker
The Hon Mary Delahunty
Mr Sean Dale Dengate
Mrs Margaret Dent*
The late Ms Lauraine Diggins OAM
Dr Robert Dingley
Mr Murray Doyle AAM*
The late Dr Sophie Ducker
Dr Annie Duncan and Mr Peter Duncan AO
Ms Jane Edmanson OAM*
Emeritus Professor Meredith Edwards*
The late Hon RJ Ellicott AC KC
The late Hon Justice Rae Else-Mitchell
Dr Ian Ernst*
Mrs Margaret Eva*
Ms Elizabeth Evatt AC*
Dr Suzanne Falkiner*
Family History ACT
The late Mrs Pauline Fanning ISO MBE
Dr Vanessa Fanning*
Dr Gabrielle Field and Mr Michael Field*
Mrs Maureen Fisher
Mr Richard Fisher
Mr Brian Fitzpatrick*
Mr Richard Flanagan*
Dr Juliet Flesch*
Mr King Fong OAM JP
Mr Andrew Freeman FACS and Ms Diana Pelyk*
Friends of the Library, Launceston Inc.*
In memory of the late Ms Deborah Fuller
Ms Janet Galley OAM
Gandel Foundation
Mrs Helen Garner
Gaslight Books
Ms Jennifer Giles*
Rear Admiral James Goldrick AO CSC RAN
Mr IJ and Mrs SB Gollings*
Ms Christine Goode PSM
Mr Andrew Gosling
Ms Michelle Grant*
Griffith 8 Book Group
Ms Linda Groom*
Mr Robert Grozier and Mrs Karen Grozier
Dr Grazia Gunn and the late Emeritus Professor Ian Donaldson FAHA FBA FRSE
Mr Roger Gyles AO KC and Mrs Alison Gyles
Mr Peter Hack
Mr Clive Haddock*
Mr Sam Hallinan and Mrs Joanne Hallinan
Mrs Isobel Hamilton
Professor Margaret Harris
Emeritus Professor Dennis Haskell AM
Mr Colin Hauff*
Mr Robert Hawes
Ms Susan K Heal*
Mr Michael Heard and Mrs Mary Heard
Mr Robert Hefner and Ms Peggy Daroesman*
Mrs Heather Henderson and the late Mr Peter Henderson AC
The late Dr Basil S Hetzel
Dr Peter Heysen AM*
The late Mr Robert Hill-Ling AO and the late Mrs Rosemary Hill-Ling OAM
Hill Thalis Architecture + Urban Projects Pty Ltd*
Ms Meredith Hinchliffe AM*
Ms Eleanor Hing Fay*
Mrs Janet Hirst*
Dr Stephen Holt and Ms Elizabeth Nelson
Ms Peggy Horn*
Ms Gillian Hoysted*
Mrs Margaret Hughes
Hughes-Warrington Family
Hughston Group*
Mr Gary Humphries AO*
Ms Elizabeth Hurst
Dr Anthea Hyslop
Dr Peter Ingle and Mrs Rosemary Ingle
Inside History
Ms Marilyn Jessop*
Mr David MH John*
The Hon Dr Gary Johns
Dr Peter Wyllie Johnston
Ms Noelle Jones*
Professor Nicholas Jose and Dr Claire Roberts
Mr Christopher Joyce*
Ms Antonia Kasunic and Mr Nicholas Craft*
Ms Joan Kennedy*
Mr Gary Kent*
The late Dr James Kerr AM
Mr Anthony Ketley*
Mr Robert Kirby and Mrs Mem Kirby OAM*
Professor Wallace Kirsop*
KPMG
The late Dame Leonie Kramer AC OBE
The Hon Justice Francois Kunc
Ms Anne Latreille
Mr Julian Leeser MP and Ms Joanna Davidson
Mr Andrew Ligertwood and Mrs Virginia Ligertwood
Mrs Penelope Lilley and the late Dr Frederick Lilley*
Mr John Lines OAM and Ms Margaret Lines*
Ms Robin Love*
Dr Jan Lyall PSM and Mr Ken Lyall*
Mr Michael Lynch and the late Ms Liz Lynch*
Mr Gregor Macaulay*
Professor Charles Campbell Macknight and Mrs Lorraine Macknight*
Mr John Maffey OAM*
Professor Emerita Susan Magarey AM and Professor Susan Sheridan*
Ms Roslyn Maguire*
Ms Janet Manuell SC
The late Mr Robert B Mark
Mr David Marr*
Ms Kathleen Marshall
RG and MG Marston*
Mr Julian Martyn and Ms Linda Sproul
Sir Anthony Mason AC KBE GBM
Ms Evelyn Mason*
Ms Sue Mathews
Mrs Margaret May*
Ms Robyn McAdam*
Dr Conor McCarthy*
Dr Ken McCracken and Mrs Gillian McCracken*
Miss Jan McDonald*
Mrs Vacharin McFadden and Mr Robert McFadden
Mr Douglas McGuffog*
The Hon Jeannette McHugh and The Hon Mr Michael McHugh AC KC
The late Captain Paul McKay
Ms Fiona McLeod AO SC
Mr Ronald McLeod AM*
Mr Simon McMillan*
Mr Peter McMullin AM, in memory of the late Mr Neil McLean*
Mr Chris Michalis
The late Dr Alison Adele Millerd
Mr Doug Milne*
Dr Marjorie Moffatt*
Ms Claire Moore
Dr Louise Moran*
Ms Jane Morley*
Mr Stuart Morris
Professor I Moses AO and Dr JA Moses*
Mr Paul Munro*
National Foundation for Australian Women
Ms Jane Needham SC
The late Hon Jocelyn Newman AO
Ms Marion Newman*
Dr Bennie Ng*
Professor Brian O’Keeffe AO
Paperchain Bookstore
Mr Andrew Phelan AM*
Ms Eve Phillips*
The late Mrs PP Pickering
Ms Cathy Pilgrim and Mr Steven Anderson*
Mrs MC Pollard*
Mr Chester Porter KC and Mrs Jean Porter
Lady Potter AC CMRI
Mr Richard Price
Mrs Anne Prins*
Dr Rapin Quinn and Dr Peter Quinn*
Ms Frances Rand and the late Ms Barbara Farelly
Professor Shirley Randell AO*
Ms Pam Ray
The late Mr WF (Bill) Refshauge
Professor Anthony Reid
The Hon Margaret Reid AO*
Mr Ian Renard AM*
Professor Craig Reynolds FAHA
The late Mrs E Richardson OAM
Professor Matthew Ricketson and Ms Gillian Callister
Mr Ken Riordan
Mr Ian Rischbieth*
Ms Valerie Rivers
Ms Rhyll Rivett
Ms Jill Roberts*
The late Mr G Robinson and the late Mrs B Robinson
Mr Geoffrey Robinson and Ms Julie Burdis
Mrs Pamela Robinson and Mr NJ Robinson
The late Professor Emerita Jill Roe AO
Professor Michael Roe
Ms Penny Rogers*
Rome Family
Ms Christine Ronalds AO SC
Mr Alan Rose AO and Mrs Helen Rose*
Ms Rosalie Rotolo-Hassan*
Royal Military College Classes of 1966, 1967 and 1968
Mr Graeme Russell*
Mr William Rutledge and Mrs Julia Rutledge*
Mrs Ann Ryan
Mr Bob Santamaria
The Hon Justice Joseph Santamaria
Ms Phillipa Saraceno
The late Dr H Maurice Saxby AM
LD Schofield-Olsen*
Ms Pat Scott, in memory of the late Mr Arthur Scott*
Dr Nick Seddon*
Mr WS Semple
Ms Tonia Shand AM
The Reverend G Shaw and Mrs J Shaw*
Mr Stephen Shelmerdine AM and Mrs Kate Shelmerdine
Mr Tony Shepherd AO
Mr Wayne Sheridan*
In memory of the late Mr Edmund Simon*
Ms Jane Simpson*
Dr Marian Simpson and Mr Colin Simpson*
Mrs Mary Simpson and Mr Antony Simpson
Dr Kerry Smith AM*
Ms Melissa Smith
Ms Wendy Smith*
Dr David Solomon AM*
Mr Ezekiel Solomon AM
Mr David Spratt*
Mr Paul Stanton
Mrs Helene Stead*
Associate Professor Bruce Steele AM
Ms E Stone
Dr Jennifer Strauss AM*
Ms Kaaren Sutcliffe and Mr Andrew Sutcliffe
Mr Doug Sutherland AM
Mr Robin Syme AM and Mrs Rosemary Syme*
The late Ms Felicity Teague
Mr Grahame Thom*
Mr Arnold Thomas
Mrs Angela Thorn and the late Mr Bill Thorn
Associate Professor Gerald Thurnwald AM*
Dr Bernadette Tobin AO and Mr Terence Tobin KC
Ms Daniela Torsh*
Mrs Geraldine Triffitt*
Dr Elizabeth Truswell*
Professor Trent Twomey
Dr Hugh Tyndale-Biscoe AM*
Mr John Uhrig AC and Mrs Shirley Uhrig
Mr Charles Ulm and Dr Jacqui Strecker*
Mrs Valda Ulm and the late Mr John Ulm
The late Ms Elaine van Kempen
Mr Frank van Straten AM
Mr John Vines*
The late Mr Gerald Walsh MA
Mr Patrick Walters*
Ms Lucille Warth
Dr Jill Waterhouse*
Ms Alexandra Wedutenko*
Mr Sam Weiss and Mrs Judy Weiss
The late Mr Lou Westende OAM
Ms Helen White and Mr Bob Richardson
Ms Linda White*
Dr Peter White*
Ms Wendy Whitham*
Dr Brendan Whyte and Mrs Suthida Whyte
Mr Doug Wickens and Mrs Betty Wickens
Dr IS Wilkey and Mrs H Wilkey*
Emeritus Professor David Williams AM*
Ms Helen Rodda Williams AC*
Mrs Lyn Williams AM
Ms B Willoughby-Thomas
Ms Peta Winzar*
Ms Susan Wishart*
In memory of the late Mr John Withell*
Dr Susan-Mary Withycombe, in memory of the late Reverend Canon Dr Robert Withycombe*
Mr Greg Wood and Mrs Marie Wood*
Dr Malcolm Wood and Ms Ruth Wood
Estate of HC Coombs
Estate of Bruce Mainka
Estate of the late Ms Helen Woodger
Eighty-five supporters gave anonymously at this level.
Founding Patrons
Dr Marion Amies*
Mrs Phoebe Bischoff OAM
The late Mrs Josephine Calaby
Dr RL Cope PSM*
The late Mr Victor Crittenden OAM
The late Ms Lauraine Diggins OAM
The late Lady Ebury
Mr Andrew Freeman FACS*
Ms JL Fullerton AO*
Griffith 8 Book Group
Mrs Claudia Hyles OAM
Professor Joyce Kirk and Dr Terry Kirk*
Dr Jan Lyall PSM
Mrs Vacharin McFadden and Mr Robert McFadden
Mr Peter McGovern AM*
Mrs Glennis Moss
Mr John Oliver and Mrs Libby Oliver*
The late Mrs PP Pickering
Emeritus Professor Alan Robson AO and Mrs Gwenda Robson*
Ms Kay Rodda*
Rotru Investments Pty Ltd for Mrs Eve Mahlab AO and the late Mr Frank Mahlab*
Mrs Angela Thorn and the late Mr Bill Thorn
Mr John Ulm and Mrs Valda Ulm
Ms Lucille Warth
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