All Patrons and all donors for the financial year are acknowledged in the Library's annual report.
Additionally, all Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum and Principal Patrons are recognised on an honour wall in the Library.
Patrons and donors are acknowledged at the following gift levels:
- Principal Patron: gifts of $1,000,000 and above
- Platinum Patron: gifts of $250,000 and above
- Gold Patron: gifts of $100,000 and above
- Silver Patron: gifts of $25,000 and above
- Bronze Patron: gifts of $10,000 and above
- Patron: gifts of $1,000 and above
- donor: gifts up to $1,000.
Principal Patrons
Vincent Fairfax Family Foundation
Estate of Mr John Gilbert
Ms Jane Hemstritch*
The Ian Potter Foundation
Stokes Family
Mr Kerry Stokes AC and Ms Christine Simpson Stokes AM
Mr Ryan Kerry Stokes AO and Mrs Claire Stokes
The Susan and Isaac Wakil Foundation*
Estate of Mr Harold S. Williams OBE
Platinum Patrons
Estate of Ms Maxine Poynton Baker
Ms Juliana Smeaton Edwards
Friends of the National Library of Australia Inc.*
Dr Michael Kassler and Dr Jamie Kassler*
Estate of Lady Joan Lindsay*
Estate of Miss Alison E. Grant Lipp
Mrs Pat McCann
The Myer Foundation
Sidney Myer Fund
John T. Reid Charitable Trusts
Dr John Seymour and Mrs Heather Seymour AO*
TLE Electrical*
Ms Simone Vinall
Gold Patrons
Associate Professor Noel Dan AM and Mrs Adrienne Dan*
Australian Ethical Food Group*
Dick and Pip Smith Foundation*
Professor Henry Ergas and Gillian Bird PSM
Harold Mitchell Foundation
Kenyon Foundation
Macquarie Group Foundation Limited
The late Ms Helen James and the late Dr Henry James Bettison
Estate of Mr Alan Ives*
Mr Robert Maynard
Mr Kevin McCann AO and Mrs Deidre McCann
Minerals Council of Australia
Estate of Dr Ann Moyal AM*
Planet Wheeler Foundation
The late Mrs Alison Sanchez
Ms Anne-Marie Schwirtlich AM FAHA and Mr Stephen Yorke
Mr Doug Snedden AO and Ms Belinda Snedden*
Associate Professor Linnett Turner and Associate Professor David Turner
Thyne Reid Foundation
One supporter gave anonymously.
Silver Patrons
Professor Kent Anderson*
Australian Jewish Historical Society*
Dr Marie-Louise Ayres FAHA and Dr Russell Ayres*
Mr Jim Bain AM and Mrs Janette Bain
Dr Diana J. Carroll*
Dr R.L. Cope PSM*
The late Mr Victor Crittenden OAM
Mr Christopher Edye in honour of George Henry Bruce
Ms Catherine Hope Gordon*
Gordon Darling Foundation
Dr Ron Houghton DFC and the late Mrs Nanette Houghton
Estate of Mr Ralf Iannuzzi*
Professor Joyce Kirk and Dr Terry Kirk*
Mr David Lesnie*
The late Ms Marjorie Lindenmayer
The Linnaeus Estate
Lovell Chen Pty Ltd*
The late Mr James O. Fairfax AC
The MacLeod Family Trust
Dr Thomas Mautner*
Miss Carol Moya Mills
Mr Simon Moore
Mrs Glennis Moss and the late Dr Kenneth Moss AM
Origin Foundation
Mrs Patricia Peck and the late Mr Nigel Peck AM
Pratt Foundation
Emeritus Professor Alan Robson AO and Mrs Gwenda Robson*
Mrs Margaret Ross AM and Dr Ian Ross
Emeritus Professor Dr Robert Shanks and Ms Josephine Shanks*
In memory of the late Ms Della Keren Thomas
Wesfarmers Limited
Mr Geoffrey White OAM and Mrs Sally White OAM*
Five supporters gave anonymously.
Bronze Patrons
Dr Marion Amies*
Dr John M. Bennett AO*
Besen Family Foundation*
Mrs Eva Besen AO and Mr Marc Besen AC
Mrs Alison J. Bloomfield
The Hon. Justice Thomas Bradley QC*
Dr Desmond Bright and Dr Ruth Bright AM
Ms Kristal Claasz
In memory of the late Mrs Mavis Thorpe Clark
Dr Patricia Clarke OAM, FAHA*
Mr John Collins*
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*
Mrs D.F. Exon and Dr N.F. Exon*
Mr John Fairfax AO and Mrs Libby Fairfax
Mr Tim Fairfax AC
Mr James Ferguson
The Hon. Martin Ferguson AM
The late Lieutenant Colonel M.A. Fletcher JP
Mr Philip Flood AO and Mrs Carole Flood
Ms J.L. Fullerton AO*
Sir James Gobbo AC, CVO
Mrs Claudia Hyles OAM*
Liberty Financial
Mr Brian Long and Ms Cathy Long
Manors Gate Group Pty Ltd
The Hon. Dr Brett Mason*
Mr Peter McGovern AM*
Mrs Janet McDonald AO and Mr Donald McDonald AC
Mr Bruce Miller*
Ms Penelope Moyes on behalf of Judy and Peter Moyes*
Mr Baillieu Myer AC and Mrs Sarah Myer*
Mrs Maria Myers AC
National Union of Australian University Students and Australian Union of Students Alumni*
Mr Eitan Neishlos and Ms Lee Levi*
Professor Colin Nettelbeck FAHA and Mrs Carol Nettelbeck
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 Mr Jack Ritch*
Dr Maxine Rochester*
Ms Kay Rodda*
Mr Robin V.F. Smith
The Hon. James Spigelman AC, QC*
Mr Howard Tanner AM
Ms Deborah Thomas
Mr Robert Thomas AO*
Ms Tricia Waller
Mrs Joy Wheatley and Mr Norman Wheatley*
Wong Family*
Zimmermann International Pty Ltd*
Seven supporters gave anonymously.
Patrons
Mrs Lynette Adams*
Ake Ake Fund
Dr Michael Alpers AO, CSM and Dr Deborah Lehmann AO *
Ms Cynthia Anderson
Mrs Margaret Anderson*
Mrs Sue Andrews
Arkajon Communications Pty Ltd
Asia Bookroom
Ms Kate Baillieu
Mr Simon Banks
Barry Lawrence Ruderman Antique Maps Inc.
Ms Lucy Bantermalis
Mr Rhett Bartlett
Mr Sam Bartone
Mrs Nina Bassat AM and Mr Robert Bassat
The Hon. Dr Annabelle Bennett AO, SC and Dr David Bennett AC, QC
Ms Baiba Berzins
Mr Udai Bhati and Mrs Shanta Bhati*
Mrs Phoebe Bischoff OAM
Ms K. Blackburn and Mr S. Clugston*
Professor Geoffrey Blainey AC
Mr Peter Boege and Ms Irene Kaspar*
Ms Emily Booker*
Dr Max Bourke AM and Ms Margaret Bourke*
Mr Penleigh Boyd and Ms Robyn Boyd
Mr Charles Bright and Mrs Primrose Bright
Mr Geoffrey Briot*
Dr Elizabeth Brouwer *
Mr Nicholas Brown*
Mr Howard Brown and Ms Jenny Brown
Emeritus Professor Mairéad Browne FALIA and Dr David Browne
Dr Geoffrey Burkhardt FACE*
Ms Eve Buscombe and Ms Dawn Richardson, in memory of William and Royal Buscombe
Caiger Family
Dr Geoffrey Cains
Mrs Josephine Calaby
Mr Alan Cameron AO*
Mrs Jennie Cameron
Mr Ian 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
Emeritus Professor David Carment AM
Associate Professor John Carmody
Mr Ronald Casey and Ms Catherine Archbold
Ms Maureen Chan*
Mrs Susan Chessell*
Dr Peter Cochrane and Dr Suzanne Rickard
Coles Danziger Foundation*
The Estate of the late H.C. Coombs
Professor James Cotton*
Mrs Helen Creagh
Professor Robert Cribb and Mrs Susan Cribb
Mrs Gloria Cumming
Ms D.K. Cunningham*
Mrs Carolyn Curnow and the late Mr Bill Curnow*
Mr Charles P. Curran AC and Mrs Eva Curran
Ms Perri Cutton and Mr Jo Daniell
Professor Ann Curthoys AM*
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
Captain Murray Doyle AAM*
Dr Annie Duncan and Mr Peter Duncan AO
Ms K. Durran *
Ms Jane Edmanson OAM*
The Hon. R.J. Ellicott AC, QC*
Mrs Margaret Eva*
Ms Elizabeth Evatt AC*
Dr Suzanne Falkiner*
Dr Vanessa Fanning*
The late Mrs Pauline Fanning MBE ISO
Mr Richard Fisher*
Mrs Maureen Fisher*
Mr Andrew Freeman FACS*
Ms Janet Galley OAM
Mrs Helen Garner*
Ms Jennifer Giles*
Mr Stephen Goggs*
Rear Admiral James Goldrick AO, CSC, RAN and Ms Ruth Wilson*
Mrs Shirley Gollings OAM and Mr Ian Gollings AM*
Ms Christine Goode PSM*
Mr Andrew Gosling
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, QC and Mrs Alison Gyles*
Mr Peter Hack*
Mr Clive Haddock*
Mr Sam and Mrs Joanne Hallinan
Mrs Isobel Hamilton
Professor Margaret Harris*
Emeritus Professor Dennis Haskell AM
Mr Colin Hauff*
Ms Susan K. Heal*
Mr Robert Hefner and Ms Peggy Daroesman
Mrs M. Heather Henderson and the late Mr Peter Henderson AC
The Heraldry & Genealogy Society of Canberra Inc.
The late Basil S. Hetzel AC
Hill Thalis Architecture
Mrs Rosemary Hill-Ling OAM and the late Mr Robert Hill-Ling AO
Mrs Rosanna Hindmarsh OAM*
Mrs Janet Hirst*
Ms Peggy Horn*
Mrs Margaret Hughes*
Hughes-Warrington Family
Mr Gary Humphries AO*
Inside History
Dr Anthea Hyslop*
Dr Peter Ingle and Mrs Rosemary Ingle*
Ms Marilyn Jessop*
Mr David M.H. John*
The Hon. Dr Gary Johns
Mr Christopher Joyce*
Ms Irene Kaspar and Mr Peter Boege*
Ms Antonia Kasunic and Mr Nicholas Craft*
Ms Joan Kennedy*
Dr Ann Kent and the late Dr Bruce Kent
Mr Gary Kent*
The late Dr James Kerr AM
The late Dr Ruth Kerr OAM*
Mrs Mem Kirby OAM and Mr Robert Kirby
Professor Wallace Kirsop*
KPMG
The late Dame Leonie Kramer AC, OBE
Ms Anne Latreille
Dr Elizabeth Lawson
Mr Julian Leeser MP and Ms Joanna Davidson*
Mr Frank Lewincamp PSM and Ms Barbara Lewincamp*
Dr Frederick Lilley and Mrs Penelope Lilley*
Ms Robin Love
Dr Jan Lyall PSM and Mr Ken Lyall
Mr Michael Lynch and Ms Liz Lynch*
Mr Gregor Macaulay*
Mrs Sheila and Mr Hugh Mackay*
Emeritus Professor Campbell and Mrs Lorraine Macknight
Ms Roslyn Maguire*
Rotru Investments Pty Limited for Mrs Eve Mahlab AO and Mr Frank Mahlab*
Ms Janet Manuell SC
Mr Robert B. Mark
Mr David Marr
The late Ms Kathleen Marshall
Dr Rod Marston
Mr Julian Martyn and Ms Linda Sproul
Sir Anthony Mason AC, KBE, GBM
Ms Sue Mathews
Ms Robyn McAdam
Dr Conor McCarthy*
Miss Janet McDonald*
Mrs Vacharin McFadden and Mr Robert McFadden*
The Hon. Jeannette McHugh and The Hon. Mr Michael McHugh AC, QC*
The late Captain Paul McKay
Mr Ronald McLeod AM*
Ms Fiona McLeod AO, SC
Mr Simon McMillan*
The late Dr Alison Adele Millerd
Ms Claire Moore
Dr Louise Moran*
Ms Jane Morley*
Professor Ingrid Moses AO and Dr John Moses*
Mr Paul Munro*
National Foundation for Australian Women
Ms Jane Needham SC
The late Hon. Jocelyn Newman AO
Ms Marion Newman*
Ms Sandra Nixon*
Professor Brian O'Keeffe AO
Mr Andrew Phelan AM*
Ms Eve Phillips*
Mrs P.P. Pickering
Ms Cathy Pilgrim and Mr Steven Anderson*
Mrs Mary Pollard
Mr Chester Porter QC
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
Ms Pam Ray*
Professor Dimity Reed AM and Dr Garry Joslin*
The late Mr Bill (W.F) Refshauge
The Hon. Margaret Reid AO*
Mr Ian Renard AM*
Professor Craig Reynolds FAHA
The late Mrs E. Richardson OAM
Professor Matthew Ricketson*
Mr Ken Riordan*
Ms Rhyll Rivett
Ms Valerie Rivers
Mrs B. Robinson and the late Mr. G Robinson
Mr Geoffrey Robinson and Ms Julie Burdis
Mrs Pamela Robinson*
The late Professor Emerita Jill Roe AO
Professor Michael Roe
Ms Penelope Rogers*
Rome Family
Ms Christine Ronalds AO, SC
Mr Alan Rose AO and Mrs Helen Rose
Ms Rosalie Rotolo-Hassan*
Rotru Investments Pty Ltd for Mrs Eve Mahlab AO and Mr Frank Mahlab*
Royal Military College Classes of 1966, 1967 and 1968
Mr William Rutledge and Mrs Julia Rutledge*
Mrs Ann Ryan
The Hon. Justice Joseph Santamaria
Mr Bob Santamaria
Ms Phillipa Saraceno
The late Dr H. Saxby AM
Ms Linds Schofield-Olesn
Mr Bill 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*
Mrs Mary Simpson
Dr Marian Simpson and Mr Colin Simpson*
Dr Kerry Smith AM
Ms Melissa Smith*
Ms Wendy Smith*
Dr David Solomon AM
Mr Ezekiel Solomon AM
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
Ms Jane Sutton
Mr Robin Syme AM*
Mrs Jess Taylor and the late Mr Jack Taylor MBE
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 QC
Mrs Helen Todd*
Ms Daniela Torsh*
Mrs Geraldine Triffitt*
Dr Elizabeth Truswell*
Mr Dave Tunbridge*
Ms Lisa Turner*
Mr Trent Twomey*
Mr John Uhrig AC and Mrs Shirley Uhrig
Mr John Ulm and Mrs Valda Ulm*
The late Ms Elaine van Kempen
Mr Frank van Straten AM
The late Mr Gerald Walsh MA
Mr Patrcik Walters
Ms Lucille Warth
Dr Jill Waterhouse*
Ms Alexandra Wedutenko*
Mr Sam and Mrs Judy Weiss
Mr Lou Westende OAM
Ms Helen White and Mr Bob Richardson
Dr Peter White*
Ms Wendy Whitham
Dr Brendan Whyte and Mrs Suthida Whyte
Mr Doug Wickens and Mrs Betty Wickens*
Emeritus Professor David Williams*
Ms Helen Rodda Williams AC
Mrs Lyn Williams AM*
Ms B. Willoughby-Thomas*
The late Mr John Withell
Ms Susan Wishart and Mr Stehpen Styles*
The late Mr John Withell
Mr Greg and Mrs Marie Wood*
Dr Malcolm Wood
Dr Michael W. Young
Fifity-six supporters donated anonymously.
Founding Patrons
Dr Marion Amies*
Mrs Phoebe Bischoff OAM
Mrs Josephine Calaby
Dr R.L. Cope PSM*
The late Mr Victor Crittenden OAM
The late Ms Lauraine Diggins OAM
The late Lady Ebury
Mr Andrew Freeman FACS*
Ms J. L. 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 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*
Ms 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.
The National Library thanks the many generous individuals and organisations who have contributed material to the Library’s collection.