Winter 2014 - Order of Australia Association

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The
rder
The National Magazine of The Order of Australia Association
No 36, Winter 2014
Continuity and Change: a history of honours — Page 10
ACT
Branch
learns the
value of
running
– Page 9
Victoria
WA Branch
Branch
leads the
'visits' Italy
way for
via Spain
youth
Pages 24–27 employment
Pages 16,17
Queesland
Branch fills
busy diary
Pages
12–15
SA Branch NSW Branch
wants ideas
has full
on places
calendar of
to go
events
Pages 28–31 Pages 32–35
Important branch and national inserts are included with this edition
ISSN 1835-4378 (Print) ISSN 1835-4386 (Online)
Nick Clements, an Order of Australia Association Foundation scholarship recipient and an extreme adventurer,
shattered his spine in a cliff-diving accident but it has not stopped him from achieving academic and publishing
success. Read his remarkable story on Page 4. He is photographed here enjoying a walk on Cradle Mountain,
Tasmania.
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The Order No. 36, Winter 2014
On inside pages
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The law’s debt to literature — Books
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How good is your driving? — Books
6–7
Sea of Marmara yields its secrets
8
Continuity and change in honours
10–11
National Chairman’s report
11
National Secretary’s report 11
Masterpieces for a Nation
18–19
2015 National Conference
details and registration form
20–23
State branch and regional
reports
9, 12–17, 24–35
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People People People People
S
ir Jonathan Mills AO FRSE has been appointed
Creative Adviser to the Anzac Centenary Arts and
Culture Fund. The fund’s advisory panel members are:
• Wesley Enoch, Artistic Director, Queensland Theatre Company
• Nicholas Heyward, CEO, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
• Rod Kemp, former Minister for the Arts
• Brendan Nelson, Chair, Australian War Memorial
• Josephine Ridge, Creative Director, Melbourne Festival
• Margaret Seares, Chair, Perth International Arts Festival
• Ben Quilty, artist
• Tony Walker, International Editor, Australian Financial Review
Sir Jonathan’s previous positions include Artistic
Director of the Melbourne International Arts Festival,
the Melbourne Federation Festival, the Melbourne
New Life Membership options
I
t has been agreed to offer alternative payment
options for life membership of the Order of Australia
Association. You may now become a life member by
making four payments over three years, thus:
1 the first payment due on the first anniversary of your annual membership dues payment;
2 the second payment due a year later;
3 the third payment due two years later; and
4 the fourth and final payment due three years later.
You will receive details of this option when your
next annual payment is due or you may download the
membership application form on the OAA website,
www.theorderofaustralia.asn.au.
If you are able to take up this option it will be a great
support to the administrative work of the Association.
Acting Disability Commissioner
Ms Susan Ryan AO has been appointed Acting
Disability Discrimination Commissioner. She replaces
Mr Graeme Innes AM, whose appointment expired
on July 11. Ms Ryan is now the Age Discrimination
Commissioner, a position she has held since 2011. A
former federal minister, she has worked in the private,
academic and non-government sectors. Mr Innes has
served the Australian Human Rights Commission in the
roles of Disability Discrimination Commissioner (2005–
2014), Human Rights Commissioner (2005–2009) and
Race Discrimination Commissioner (2009–2011).
Millennium Eve celebrations and the Brisbane Biennial
International Music Festival. In 2006 he was Artistic
Director of the Edinburgh International Festival. He
graduated in music from the University of Sydney,
specialising in composition with Peter Sculthorpe. His
work Sandakan Threnody won the Prix Italia in 2005.
The Anzac Centenary Arts and Culture Fund features a
production and commissioning fund led by Sir Jonathan
and a $2 million public grants program managed by the
Ministry for the Arts. The grants program, which will be
launched later this year, will be open to arts organisations,
groups and individuals and cultural institutions.
The Anzac Centenary commemorations are taking
place between 2014 and 2018, marking 100 years since
Australia’s involvement in World War I.
For more information about the Anzac Centenary Arts
and Culture Fund visit www.arts.gov.au.
New boss for ASIO
Mr Duncan Lewis AO DSC CSC has been appointed
to lead the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation
(ASIO) as Director-General of Security. Mr Lewis is now
Ambassador to Belgium, Luxembourg, the European
Union and the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, having
served as the Secretary of the Department of Defence. He
was previously responsible for national security in the
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet and had a
distinguished career as a senior military officer.
Mr Lewis will begin his term as Director-General in
September after the retirement of Mr David Irvine AO,
who has served as Director-General of the Australian
Secret Intelligence Service, Ambassador to China and
High Commissioner to Papua New Guinea.
Governor of Tasmania dies
The Governor of Tasmania, His Excellency Peter
Underwood AC, has died after a short illness. Mr
Underwood had a long career serving the state and people
of Tasmania, both in the judiciary and later as Governor.
He had a great passion for education and the arts.
Judge retires
Ms Jacqueline Sarah Gleeson SC has been appointed a
Judge of the Sydney registry of the Federal Court of Australia, filling the vacancy left by the retirement of Justice
Dennis Cowdroy OAM.
Resilient Australians being recognised
I
f there is one section of the community that is likely to
figure in Order of Australia awards in the future, surely
it must be finalists in the Resilient Australia Awards. Last
year more than 170 applications were received nationally,
featuring a wide variety of projects covering areas such as
community self-reliance, mental health, educational and
training resources, emergency broadcasting, forecast and
warning systems and a volunteer developed multi-agency
communications platform.
This year — the 15th year of the award program — a
new award category has been added for photographs.
Minister for Justice Michael Keenan said, “These
awards provide a rare opportunity to highlight the
work being done across the nation to improve disaster
resilience.
“They acknowledge the valuable contribution of all
sectors, from community groups and private industry to
our emergency management volunteers.”
State and territory winners will be announced in
September-October and the national winners in a national
ceremony on November 24. For further information,
access the “Connect!” page on www.emknowledge.gov.au
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OAA Foundation
Getting to the top is second nature to Nick
Below: Nick at the
top of the Moai,
a 30m spire at
Fortescue Bay,
Tasmania, 20km
from Port Arthur.
Right: Nick at the
launching of his
book, which was
drawn from his PhD
dissertation.
S
ince 2004, recipients of The Order
of Australia Association Foundation
Scholarships have experienced
outstanding successes and life-changing
moments by receiving them. Full credit
must go to the individual and corporate
donors who have generously provided
the funds; to caring, influential mentors
who give their wide-ranging support to
recipients; and to the Foundation Board
members who keep the process on track’.
For the students concerned, receiving
scholarships are “life-changing,
empowering, unbelievable, confidence
boosting and unforgettable”
In 2005 Nick Clements, one of five
successful applicants, was awarded a
scholarship at the University of Tasmania,
in Arts. His donor was the Estate of
George Adams. His mentor was Dr Kalev
Kruup OAM. Nick’s story has a twist.
Born in 1982, Nick grew up in Flowery
Gully, a tiny farming community in
northern Tasmania. His family did
not have much but there was always
much love and laughter. He attended
Beaconsfield Primary School, then Exeter
High School. After grade 10 he began his
apprenticeship as an industrial mechanic.
Completing it in 2002, he spent a year
backpacking around North America.
Always a seeker of extreme adventure,
soon after his return to Tasmania he
shattered his spine in a cliff-diving
accident, which left him with a prosthetic
vertebra and life-long chronic pain.
Recovery was slow and he had to abandon
his trade. Unsure of what to do, he
enrolled for an arts degree, discovering
hitherto unknown passions and talents.
In the first year he topped all his
classes. When a bulk email came around
about a large bursary he deleted it
without a second thought. Despite his
academic success, he still had low selfconfidence and did not see any chance
of winning such a prize. He was at a
friend’s house studying for exams on the
day applications were due. His friend
chastised him for not applying. Under
some duress, he filled out an application
and sent it with hours to spare.
Weeks later he was dumbfounded to
receive a letter telling him he’d been
short-listed for an interview in Hobart.
“It was a two-hour drive, and I
wondered whether it was worth the
money just to be told I was unsuccessful,”
says Nick “Nevertheless I ... made the
trip and had what I felt was the worst
interview of my life. However, a few
weeks later, on Christmas Eve, I received
the most unexpected ... phone call of my
life. I had won!”
Nick insists that winning a Foundation
scholarship was the most important
turning point in his life; everything began
to fall into place. Not only could he afford
to quit his four jobs, move out of home,
buy a new computer, a car that actually
went and have a decent diet but was able
to fund a three-month trip to the Northern
Territory to undertake a study of truancy
in remote Aboriginal communities.
The money, Nick recalls, was a
godsend, but the best thing to come from
winning the scholarship was a new-found
self-belief. His whole extended family
flew to Canberra for the ceremony and he
will never forget the pride on his parents’
faces. Eighteen months earlier they were
not even sure he would ever walk again
and now he was shaking the Governor
General’s hand!
The OAAF scholarship gave Nick
the confidence and the means to excel.
He finished his arts degree with a high
distinction average.
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The neglected art of listening
Legal Limits
By Nicholas Hasluck AM QC
Published by The Federation Press, Sydney
RRP $49.50
Reviewed by Ian Mathews AM
I
t is rare that a book appeals to multiple and diverse
readerships. Some readers prefer non-fiction to fiction;
and within that divide, some prefer romance to murder
or travel to gardening. We are such individual creatures
that authors can direct their pens (or keyboards) in almost
any direction to find a readership. Nicholas Hasluck AM
QC, former judge but also novelist, poet, essayist and
playwright, has harnessed his literary, legal and forensic
talents to produce Legal Limits, an examination of the
relationship between law and literature. Both, he says,
are concerned with telling a story. Both find it effective
to reduce or refine that story to individual characters,
whether in court or on the page.
He is, of course, concerned about the use and usage of
words, their meanings and ambiguities. How fortuitous
that his book should arrive on the scene just as the
Attorney-General and others have thrown “occupied”
and “disputed” into the cauldron of the Palestinian-Israeli
debate over terminology describing the West Bank.
Hasluck’s example is a domestic gold rush in Western
Australia, where the description of claims as having been
lodged “at the same time” has different interpretations. He
writes, “…judicial officers, even those with an extensive
practical knowledge of their own legal system, will benefit
by constantly pondering the ambiguities of language and
the unpredictable ways in which meaning can be affected
by different cultural backgrounds, tone of voice or even
local practices.”
My late mother-in-law once asked our children if they
wanted to “spend a penny”. Both put their hands out for
cash, ignorant that the euphemistic phrase was inviting
them to go to the loo before going out.
For students of literature, Legal Limits is a goldmine of
observations on the classics we have read or have in our
bookcases and really do intend to read one day when we
have time. He draws a nice parallel with legal systems
and their tortuous paths,, and Kafka’s abstruse classic The
Trial.
Hasluck spends some time on the importance of Magna
Nick — the summiteer
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Carta, suggesting it was drafted as an ambit claim by
rebellious barons but, over time, parts of it have come to
be seen as foundation stones of fairness. Again, his book
arrives only months before international celebrations of
the 800th anniversary of King John’s sealing the Great
Charter in 1215. That version lasted only weeks. The
version that became law in 1297 is on permanent display
in Parliament House, Canberra.
Human-rights legislation in several countries, including
parts of Australia, flow from the non-binding Universal
Declaration of Human Rights, which Australia helped
draft. Hasluck’s apposite comments on the legal
complexities of rights take in the current debate on free
speech and how literature may help to explain community
attitudes.
It is a strange point, well made by Hasluck, that we
know more about characters in a novel than intimate
friends in real life because authors tell us what their
characters are thinking. He recalls and comments on
larger-than-life characters involved in relatively recent
history such as the Murphy trial and the Dismissal, of
which Hasluck was a keen and privileged observer.
It would be surprising if Legal Limits did not become
required reading for students of both literature and the law.
It would be a shame if avid readers of all sorts of fiction
as well as those who devour court reports missed out on
a book that tells them the secret of the art of listening
carefully.
Outstanding membership fees
I
t is of some concern that we have nearly 300 members
who have not yet responded to requests for their
2013–14 membership fees, due last December. We are
so reluctant to lose any of our members — each one is
important to our association.
If you are unable to locate your invoice, please contact
the National Manager at the National Office The Order
of Australia Association, Old Parliament House, 18 King
George Terrace, Parkes, ACT 2600; or phone (02) 6273
0322; or email [email protected].
If you have simply overlooked responding, we would
appreciate hearing from you as soon as possible. If there is
a reason that you no longer wish to remain a member, for
whatever reason, we would like to hear from you so that
we do not burden you with unnecessary mail.
Continued from previous page
e then won another bursary to do his honours project
under the acclaimed historian Henry Reynolds,
examining Aboriginal representation in the Van Diemen’s
Land newspapers.Nick graduated with first class honours
and, after a year off to travel around Europe and South
East Asia, he teamed again with Reynolds to undertake a
PhD on frontier conflict in Tasmania.
The project was a huge success and Nick received
publishing offers from two major imprints. He chose
University of Queensland Press, which published a general
readers’ version of his PhD dissertation entitled The Black
War: Fear, Sex and Resistance in Tasmania. It has had
glowing reviews and was on its third print run six weeks
after its launching in April.
At present, Nick is an honorary research associate
at the University of Tasmania, researching a history of
lime production in the state’s north. His passion for the
Tasmanian landscape is as strong as ever.
In addition he is an avid rock climber and bushwalker
and also guides expeditions through Tasmania’s rugged
wilderness areas. He has recently married his long-term
partner Kristy and considers himself an exceptionally
happy and lucky person. He traces much of his personal
and professional success back to the life-changing
implications of that Christmas Eve phone call and wishes
to thank The Order of Australia Association Foundation
for the many doors it opened in his life and in the lives of
so many other young Australians.
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Complacency rules our driving
Eliminating Serious Injury and Death from Road
Transport: A Crisis of Complacency
Author(s): Ian Ronald Johnston, Carlyn Muir, Eric
William Howard
Published: December 11, 2013 by CRC Press; 199
pages; 24 Illustrations
Review by Lauchlan McIntosh AM FACRS
President, Australasian College of Road Safety
T
his new book
explores why
societies and their
elected leaders
view road safety as
a relatively minor
problem. It examines the
changes in the culture
of road use that need
to occur if this publichealth problem is to be
effectively resolved.
Over the last 40
years there has been a
reduction in the deaths
and injury rates in
Australia such that it
is reasonable to say
that more than 100,000
lives have been saved
had we not made a lot
of changes to the way we drive, the cars we drive and the
roads we drive on.
Regrettably we have slipped from being in the best of
the top ten in the world to the lower end of the top twenty
when it comes to road trauma rates; 33,900 people die or
are seriously injured on Australian roads every year.
Major General Michael Jeffery AC CVO MC, as
Governor General, speaking about road safety in 2006,
said; “Take the mortality rate alone; if a similar statistic
applied to Australians in battle, the public outcry would
galvanise the country into action.”
Professor Ian Johnston OAM, the lead author of the
book, was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia in
2007 for service to the transport industry, particularly the
promotion of road safety through the Monash University
Accident Research Centre, to maritime safety and to
a range of professional industry organisations. His
co-authors Dr Carlyn Muir and Eric Howard have
complementary experience in road safety governance and
management.
They make the point that we focus too often on specific
illegal behaviours like drink-driving and speeding,
spending time blaming the victim, while we forget that
most crashes, particularly non-fatal crashes. are not caused
by deliberate wrongdoing. They say; “Rather, [crashes]
are far more commonly the result of a simple mistake,
a lapse in attention or an error of judgment made by an
imperfect human being.”
They have written the book not [so much] for the trafficsafety professional but primarily for the intelligent layman
— for that surprisingly large proportion of the population
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who have been “touched by the road toll”, for road-crash
victim support groups and for media editors and transport
and public health reporters, politicians, senior staff in
traffic-safety agencies and for road, traffic, and vehicle
engineers.
These are the many groups of people who need to
understand “why complacency rules, why a constituency
for a truly safe road-transport system needs to arise, why it
should be embraced and why they should become leaders
in its development”.
There is discussion on the changing role of the car and
road transport in modern society, why communities think
about traffic safety in the way that they do and includes
case studies from the media, from advertising and from
traffic-safety public policy failures to illustrate the
conclusions around the context in which public policy is
set.
Although they are writing for the layman, there is ample
scientific background with good recognition of the social
and political issues and the potential to build a better case
for action using public-health examples.
Road safety is something of a dry subject but the book
attempts to dispel many of the myths that drive societies’
(misguided) view of traffic safety at present — the badbehavior myth and the official myth that everything that
can be done is being done — and how these myths limit
progress in reducing death and serious injury.
Using supporting personal stories, in considerable detail,
the dry engineering/political impacts are brought to the
reader to build a compelling case for change. There is
hope and a plan. The authors suggest moving away from
a focus on the three E’s (Engineering, Enforcement, and
Education) to the Six C’s
• Constituency –Governments, lobby groups, champions,
professional and community bodies;
• Committed leadership –Political and professional
leaders, Professional scientific messages;
• Climate of safety –Developing a cooperative duty of
care as in the workplace;
• Capacity building –Develop recognition of a safe system
approach throughout all aspects of the planning, design,
and operation of the transport system;
• Cooperation and coordination — effective management
across the disparate agencies whose policies and practice
influence safety outcomes cannot be overemphasised;
AND
• Courageous patience.
Too many die or are injured unnecessarily on our
roads. We accept as a society that no one should die in
workplaces, on trains or in planes. We need a similar
community view that we can design, build and operate
a road-traffic system in which people do not die or be
injured. Automation and technology to help is emerging
rapidly.
This book, a must-read for the newly formed Friends
of Road Safety Group in the Federal Parliament and
for many others, contributes well to a conversation and
action plan happening around the world in this decade.
The United Nations’ Decade of Action for Road Safety
2011–2020, aims to reduce road deaths and injuries across
the world.
Nearly 1.3 million people die every year on the world’s
roads, and up to 50 million are injured.
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Inside the mind of a motorist
Most of us drive and most
of us have the occasional
mishap or near miss. The
book reviewed on Page
6 and this RAC article
examine how Australians
can improve a declining
driving record.
RIGHT: The Attention
Powered Car
I
n September 2013,the RAC revealed the world’s first
Attention Powered Car, to raise awareness about the
deadly impact of inattention on our roads.
The RAC highlighted at the same time that the impact
of inattention was comparable to the number of deaths and
serious injuries caused by speed and drink-driving.
All these factors have contributed to Western Australia’s
consistently having the worst death rate of any Australian
state and, nationally, inattention has been estimated to be a
factor in about 46 per cent of fatal crashes.
Inattention can be described as a driver’s failing to
pay sufficient attention to the activities required for safe
driving.
RAC Executive General Manager Pat Walker says the
RAC is committed to saving lives on our roads and the
Attention Powered Car will help people to understand
the common causes of inattention and the importance of
keeping our minds focused firmly on the task at hand each
time we drive.
“We are also highlighting the impact of how quickly we
can lose concentration, causing lives to be lost and leaving
families and friends to deal with the consequences of road
trauma,” he said.
The Attention Powered Car features a neuroheadset
that connects brain activity to the car’s engine via special
software. When the driver’s attention level drops the car
slows safely, alerting the driver.
The neuroheadset is designed by Sydney-based research
company Emotiv and has 14 sensors detecting electrical
activity from the frontal, temporal, parietal and perceptual
areas of the brain.
The amount of activity in these areas registers what the
driver is processing cognitively or if he or she is “zoning
out”.
It can also tell if the driver is task-switching — paying
attention to matters other than driving. A gyroscope, a
GPS and an accelerometer are included also to measure a
range of variables including head movement.
The technology has been installed into a 5-star ANCAP
safety-rated Hyundai i40.
In late 2013, the RAC’s Attention Powered Car began
its inaugural journey through regional Western Australia.
During the journey several common driving scenarios
were tested with a variety of drivers.
Then the car undertook further testing at the RAC
Driving Centre, under controlled conditions. The tests
were designed to highlight how quickly we can lose
concentration.
Talking on a phone and texting while driving were
shown to be significant in-car distractions.
“Facebook had a big impact on driver attention levels,
recording a 43 per cent drop in attention, on average.
This is very concerning when you consider a recent RAC
young driver survey revealed [that] 20 per cent of young
drivers check social media while behind the wheel,” Mr
Walker said.
“As well as learning more about how we think and react
in a vehicle, we hope this initiative will help Western
Australian drivers acknowledge the fact that we often
don’t pay enough attention behind the wheel.”
More information on the Attention Powered Car, its
regional journey, testing at the RAC Driving Centre and
“webisodes” can be found at ForTheBetter.com.au
The RAC is proud to sponsor the 2015 Order of
Australia Conference in Perth through our community
sponsorships program.
To find out more about that program,visit
www.rac.com.au/sponsorship [see also conference
pages 20–23]
If you have not yet made travel arrangements to
attend the conference, contact one of the RAC’s travel
consultants at [email protected] to assist you
with organising your visit to Western Australia.
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and address.
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Sea of Marmara yields AE2’s secrets
RIGHT: Part of AE2’s conning tower, the signalman’s
sandshoes stowed in the flag locker with the flags and
what is believed to be the battle ensign.
BELOW: Part of the control room. BELOW RIGHT:
A map of the region where AE2 fought. At bottom left, at
the entrance of the Dardanelles, is Cannakale, where AE2
sank the Turkish gunboat Peykisevket before entering the
Sea of Marmara, where she met her fate.
M
ore than 99 years after the Australian submarine
HMAS AE2 was sunk in Turkey’s Sea of Marmara in
the World War I, a project to record, preserve and retell the
boat’s story is under way.
Project Silent ANZAC is a joint Australian and Turkish
initiative led by a team from the AE2 Commemorative
Foundation and Submarine Institute of Australia. The team
comprised 16 Australians, 19 Turks and two Americans
and included scientists, divers, academics, maritime
archaeologists, film makers, submariners and historians all
working together.
The project leader and Chairman of the AE2 Commemorative Foundation, Rear Admiral Peter Briggs AO
CSC (Ret’d), said the roving camera used to inspect the
wreck had captured the entire length of the submarine;
its forward and aft hydroplanes, rudder and tops of its
propellers.
The AE2 entered the Dardanelles at 2:30am on 25 April
1915. After torpedoing the Ottoman gunboat Peykisevket,
AE2 negotiated through the Narrows, pursued by surface
vessels and under shore batteries. AE2 was the first Allied
warship to make it through the Narrows and shifting
minefield to enter the Sea of Marmara on 26 April, 1915.
AE2’s mission was to “run amok” and torpedo transports
bringing Ottoman reinforcements to the Gallipoli
battlefields. On 30 April 1915 AE2 was attacked by
an Ottoman torpedo boat Sultanhisar, hit by gunfire
and scuttled by her commanding officer, Lieutenant
Commander Stoker. All AE2’s crew were rescued by the
crew of the Sultanhisar as the submarine sank to the sea
floor.
Earlier this year, while still Governor-General, Dame
Quentin Bryce AD CVO launched the fourth edition of
Stoker’s Submarine by Elizabeth Brenchley and her late
husband, Fred. Dame Quentin said at the time, “Stoker’s
Submarine tells of a mystery, the fate of a ship missing for
83 years, that is layered with the stories of its captain and
Australian and English crew members — heroes all — to
shine a light on an episode of our military history that has
been relatively unknown.”
Admiral Briggs said, “The submarine interior is in
amazingly good condition, original paint, signalman’s
sand shoes (plimsolls) still stowed in the flag locker in the
conning tower along with the flags and what we believe
was the battle ensign used by Lieutenant Commander
Henry ‘Dacre’ Stoker DSO, 99 years ago.
“The Turkish Government will ensure ongoing
maintenance of the buoy laid over AE2 — to protect her
from further damage — acknowledging the importance of
preserving this shared piece of Turkey’s and Australia’s
maritime military heritage.”
Admiral Briggs said one of the most significant
discoveries of the exercise was a portable wireless
telegraph pole and antenna wire, the existence of which
had long been the subject of discussion of military
historians.
“It is most likely that it was this telegraph, which
transmitted the message to Army headquarters that AE2
had torpedoed an Ottoman gunboat at Canakkale,” he said.
The Minister for Veterans’ Affairs, Senator Michael
Ronaldson, says, “The AE2 is one of the last untouched
Gallipoli battlefield sites and, with the dedicated work
of a team of Australian submariners, scientists from the
Defence Science and Technology Organisation and US
Remotely Operated Vehicle designers, SeaBotix, she will
be protected and preserved where she fell for many years
to come.”
The Defence Science and Technology Organisation
had developed novel solutions to support the current
expedition, including a high-definition camera and
sophisticated lighting system. It has also installed a
protection system around the wreck to control corrosion
and a marker buoy to protect it from shipping traffic,
anchors and fishing nets.
The submarine project has also extended to the development of an education resource for primary and
secondary school students — available online at
www.ae2.org.au — ensuring the AE2 story is available to
younger generations of Australians.
The Silent ANZAC project is an initiative of the Anzac
Centenary Program 2014–2018, funded by the Australian
Department of Veterans’ Affairs in partnership with the
Turkish Government’s Ministry of Culture and Tourism
and the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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A.C.T. NEWS
Running and catching up fast
S
eventy members
and guests enjoyed
the Queen's Birthday
celebration at a lunch
at the Royal Canberra
Golf Club, Yarralumla,
and were inspired by
guest speaker Robert
de Castella AO MBE.
Robert was appointed
an Officer in the
Order of Australia
in January 2014 “for
distinguished service to
the community through
programs promoting
children’s health and
Robert de Castella
fitness, as a supporter
and mentor of young indigenous men and women, and to
marathon running”.
The former champion marathon runner and Australian
of the Year has become well-known for his work in
indigenous communities and health promotion and
he sponsors the Indigenous Marathon Project, which
promotes healthy lifestyles throughout indigenous
communities nationally and aims to create role models and
inspire indigenous people.
Robert took the opportunity to elaborate on his work,
a highlight of which is taking a team of outstanding
young indigenous men and women aged between 18 to
30, selected from communities around Australia, to run
the New York Marathon, after nine months of rigorous
training under his watchful eye.
After completing in the 2013 marathon, the team
returned to Australia, individuals generally becoming
inspirational and motivating leaders for their community
and promoting health and education.
The project also supports many local runs including the
annual Deadly Fun Run Championships. Rob is proud of
the positive impact he is having on indigenous health.
OAA-ANU Lecture
OAA-ADF Oration
T
his year’s OAA-ANU
Lecture will be presented
by Professor David
Lindenmayer AO (right),
who was appointed an Officer
in The Order of Australia in
the recent Queen’s Birthday
honours “For distinguished
service to conservation and
the environment in the field of
landscape ecology, to tertiary
education, and to professional
organisations.”
Professor Lindenmayer will continue the series of
interesting and challenging lectures given by high-profile
ANU staff since 2010. The lecture will be held at 6pm on
Tuesday, October 28 in the Great Hall, University House.
Contact for all events is Bruce Trewartha OAM, ACT
Branch Secretary, on (02) 62310281 or 0439887480 —
email [email protected]
Students recognised for service
T
he ACT Branch issues annual awards for outstanding
individual leadership and achievement by Year 11 and
12 students or students doing gap years in Australia or
overseas and for meritorious group activity in community
service and citizenship projects for students between
kindergarten and Year 12.
It is noteworthy that so many schools and colleges
encourage voluntary community service and good
citizenship and the ACT Branch is very keen to honour
the special efforts that our young people contribute to
their communities. The nominations for 2014 will be
reviewed and awards will be presented on Wednesday, 26
November, at a special function before the annual general
meeting at the Royal Canberra Golf Club.
T
he annual OAA-ADF
Oration was initiated three
years ago with the support of
then Chief of Defemce Force
Air Chief Marshal Angus
Houston AC AFC, who was
the inaugural speaker.
The event has continued with
high profile speakers on a range
of topics to interest to both our
civilian and military members.
This year’s oration will be
given by Deputy Chief of Air
Force Air Vice Marshal Gavin Davies AO CSC(above
right). The event will be held at Russell Offices Theatrette
at 5.30pm on Wednesday, October 8.
Multifaith service
The Annual ACT Branch Multifaith service will be held
at Anzac Chapel, Duntroon, at 11 am on Sunday, August
24.
This opportunity to bring together representatives of
different faiths in a service with our membership will be
moderated by Chaplain Air Commodore Royce Thompson
(Ret’d).
Welcome to new awardees
The ACT Branch welcomed eight new awardees of
the Australia Day honours at a reception held at the
Commonwealth Club on May 15, 2014.
The branch holds biannual receptions as an
opportunity to honour awardees and encourage
membership.
The next reception will be on Tuesday, September
23 after the scheduled investiture of Queen’s Birthday
awardees at Government House on September 19.
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Continuity and change: a history of honours
Karen Fox* traces the uneven history
of awards in Australia. When no
recommendations were made in 1990, the
Queen suggested that Australia abandon
imperial honours in favour of the Order of
Australia.
E
ach year, on Australia Day and the Queen’s Birthday,
come the announcements of the latest appointments
to the Order of Australia but what do we know of the
history of honours? What can we learn from the record of
these awards in Australia? Past honours lists reveal both
changes and enduring issues, including gender equity, the
recognition of indigenous Australians and variations in the
types of achievements recognised.
Since the Order of Australia was created in February
1975, new awards have been announced on Australia Day
in January and on the Queen’s Birthday in June but the
tradition of a January honours list has existed since much
earlier. Before 1975, Australians were eligible for British
honours, which were announced each January and June, at
New Year and on the King’s or Queen’s official birthday.
In the nineteenth century, residents of the Australian
colonies received membership in orders of chivalry such
as the Order of the Bath or, after it was reorganised as a
reward for service in the colonies in 1868, the Order of St
Michael and St George.
The number of Australians honoured increased
considerably in the twentieth century, after the Order of
the British Empire was created in 1917 as an instrument
for rewarding the many people who had contributed to
the war effort during World War I. Importantly, the new
order allowed women to be members — the first time that
women had been eligible for a significant honour in their
own right.
In 1934 the British Women’s Freedom League
protested against the exclusion of women from the
highest levels of the Order of the British Empire
Throughout their history, questions have arisen as
to who should receive honours and how well awards
represent the societies in which they operate.
As early as January 1934, newspapers around Australia
reported that the British Women’s Freedom League had
protested against the exclusion of women from the highest
levels of the Order of the British Empire. The Order,
which included five classes of appointment ranging from
Member to Knight or Dame Grand Cross, had become the
main instrument for honouring Australians. That January,
nine Australian women were appointed to the Order,
though none to its highest levels, which conferred the title
of Dame. Among those honoured that year were Daisy
Bates, appointed Commander of the British Empire (CBE)
for her “service to Aboriginal welfare”; Jessie Sawyer,
the president of the Country Women’s Association in
NSW, appointed Officer of the British Empire (OBE);
and Marjorie Grosvenor, confidential typist to the prime
minister, made a Member of the British Empire (MBE).
RIGHT: The Governor General, His
Excellency General the Honourable
Sir Peter Cosgrove
AK MC (Retd), invests Mr Geoffrey
Rush as a Companion of the Order of
Australia “for eminent service to the
arts as a theatre
performer, motion
picture actor and
film producer, as
a role model and
mentor for aspiring artists, and
through
support
for, and promotion
of, the Australian
arts industry”.
In June 1957, Pastor Doug Nicholls was made MBE
perhaps the first appointment of an indigenous Australian
to the Order. Nicholls was elevated later to OBE and in
1972 was the first (and so far only) Aboriginal man to be
knighted. In 1976, he became the first Aboriginal person
appointed Governor of an Australian state.
Another longstanding issue in the history of honours
in Australia — as in other former British dominions
including New Zealand and Canada — was the creation of
a unique national award to replace imperial ones such as
the Order of the British Empire. One suggestion, in 1911,
was for an Order of the Wattle Blossom.
Still, it wasn’t until 1975 that a national honours system
took shape. Its key component was the Order of Australia,
modelled on the Order of Canada with three grades of
Companion, Officer, and Member.
With the introduction of the Order of Australia, the
first awards were announced in June 1975. Unlike
many British orders, the new Australian honour did not
include titles; none of its classes of award conferred
knighthood (or damehood). One of the first to receive
the new honour was Patrick White, who was appointed
to the highest grade, Companionship. Joan Sutherland,
Manning Clark and Herbert Cole “Nugget” Coombs
were also made Companions. In 1976, however, White
and Coombs, along with two others, resigned from the
Order after Malcolm Fraser’s new Liberal government
introduced an upper level of knights and dames in the
Order. Fraser’s government also reintroduced the practice
of recommending Australians for imperial honours, which
had stopped, at least at the federal level, under Gough
Whitlam’s Labor government.
In the years that followed, a dual system operated,
some state and federal governments making use of British
honours and others preferring the Australian awards.
After no recommendations were made in 1990, the
Queen suggested that Australia abandon imperial honours
in favour of the Order of Australia. The last lists of
imperial honours were announced in January and June
1989, although Australians are still eligible for a small
Continued next page
Recruiting and retaining members
Y
our association continues to provide support to
existing and new members of the Order of Australia.
Every year we send out over a thousand letters to those
honoured in the Order, congratulating them on their award
and inviting them to join the association.
We are quite successful in this regard — from the 2014
Australia Day list we have had 230 new members and
another 180 so far from the recent Queen’s Birthday list.
Many of these are life members and we are pleased to
note that we are making it easier to join this way after
introducing a new program of pay-by-instalment over
4 years (details page 3). However, each year about 230
members (of our total of about 8,000) do not renew and
we need to work harder at branch and regional group level
to retain members.
Perhaps we have not offered activities or challenges that
meet their needs or we do not communicate well enough?
To help address both these issues, our newly established
Breaking new ground
T
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Chairman’s Report by
Peter McDermott AM CSC
communications team is looking hard at how we improve
communications with members. Our new trial program
of publishing four editions of The Order each year, each
including news of events and coming activities at branch
level, will give timely and comprehensive news of events.
The team is also sponsoring a program of defining
special-interest groups to build a new sense of the
work we do in the OAA. These groups will focus also
on subsets within our membership, perhaps in areas of
work interest or professional groupings, that will allow
for sharing of experiences and the conduct of activities
to support those in our community who would benefit
from our special skills, background and commitment to
community service.
We also have a membership team looking at new ways
of expanding membership and retaining members. We are
also pushing to get more nominations from the community
in areas in which we are under-represented.
Notes by the National Secretary,
Colleen Wardell OAM
here are three “firsts” to which I will refer briefly now.
This is my first greeting to you since I was elected
National Secretary, for which I am honoured and I will
give every effort to be worthy of this role. Next, this is
the first edition of the new style The Order incorporating
branch newsletters for a trial period of 12 months. Your
comments on this new presentation would be welcome.
The final “first” is the Order of Australia Association
merchandise initiative on page 27, which will advertise in
each quarterly edition a special limited-time OAA product
for members to purchase. I would also appreciate your
thoughts on this merchandising idea.
The 2015 OAA National Conference, to be held in
Perth next March, only months away and the Western
Australia Branch members have a great program planned,
including pre- and post-conference tours. As with all
states of Australia, Western Australia has its own special
characteristics and wonderful places to visit. I encourage
you all to think seriously about attending. I can say it is
great meeting new members and catching up with friends
from past conferences. [See also pages 20–23]
Both the national office and the branches have a lot of
mail returned when members have changed their postal
address and we have not been advised, or we have not
been notified of deceased members. We would greatly
appreciate any information from you of any members who
may fit into these categories.
Continuity and change: a history of honours
Continued from previous page
number of British honours which are in the Queen’s
personal gift, such as the Order of Merit and the Royal
Victorian Order.
In 2014, another chapter in the history of the Australian
honours system opened. On March 25 Prime Minister
Tony Abbott announced the reinstatement of knighthoods
and damehoods in the Order of Australia.
For many people, the announcement was unexpected.
A decade ago, at the beginning of the 21st century, it
looked as though knighthood and its female counterpart,
damehood, would soon be a thing of the past. Australia
had ended the use of its home-grown version in 1986 and
the imperial version in 1992, New Zealand had abolished
the titles in 2000 and Canada had led the pack by rejecting
them as early as 1919. Even in their ancestral home in
Britain, a select committee in 2004 suggested knighthoods
be phased out within five years.
Instead, we have seen something of a revival of the titles
of Sir and Dame, which not only continue in existence in
Britain but have been restored in both New Zealand (in
2009) and now in Australia.
Within the Order of Australia, the titles — which
are limited to four a year — are intended to recognise
Australians whose services to Australia or humanity, have
been “extraordinary and pre-eminent”. The first three
awards, in some ways, are traditional ones. GovernorsGeneral and Governors in the past often received
knighthoods and, since the establishment of the Order of
Australia, the Governor-General has been its principal
companion (or principal knight or dame).
As they were in 1976, the titles have been controversial.
Some have opposed their reintroduction, viewing them as
anachronistic or redolent of a class system unwelcome in
Australia. A widespread but mistaken, perception was that
the move signalled a return to imperial honours. Others
have welcomed them as a means by which the country’s
greatest achievers may be honoured in a highly visible
way.
What will we see in future lists? How far has gender
equity progressed in the award of honours? Which
indigenous achievers might be recognised? What sorts of
achievements and service will be celebrated? Who will be
the next knights and dames? The answers will be found in
lists to come.
*Dr Karen Fox is a Research Fellow in the National
Centre of Biography, School of History, College of Arts
and Social Sciences, Australian National University. She
is writing a book on the history of honours in Australia.
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QUEENSLAND NEWS
It’s all go in Queensland
T
By Queensland Branch Chairman
Tony Webber AM
his is the first Queensland segment to appear in the
12-month trial of the quarterly publication of The
Order incorporating branch newsletters.
Since the last Queensland Branch bulletin, the branch
and its regional groups have been involved in a range of
rewarding and well-attended activities across the state.
In March, secretary Geoff Cowles OAM and I went
to Cairns to join 46 members and guests for lunch
(reported elsewhere), at which I presented a certificate
of appreciation to Deirdre Ford AM for her time as
convener of the Far North Queensland Regional Group
and welcomed Professor Elizabeth (Liz) Harman AO
as her replacement. Just on 50 per cent of the region’s
members attended the lunch. I am excited at the prospect
of a range of functions becoming available to Far North
Queensland members. On July 3 I received an invitation
from Liz to two lunches, one in Cairns on Sunday, August
3, the other on market day in Yungaburra on August 23.
I am sure that any OAA members, perhaps holidaying
there, would be most welcome (regional group conveners’
contact details on page 14).
At the branch’s April morning tea in the Officers’ Mess
at Gallipoli Barracks, members and guests from Gold
Coast, Darling Downs and Sunshine groups joined those
from Brisbane for our best-attended tea for some time.
Equally successful was the May lunch to welcome new
recipients of Australia Day awards. Considering that the
investitures were held over three weeks, a total attendance
of 159 including 26 new recipients was remarkable.
There was an active lead-up to Queen’s Birthday. On
June 5 I represented the association on the vice-regal
table, supported by members and guests at the Combined
Patriotic Societies’ Queen’s Birthday gala dinner.
The diners and the former Governor, Her Excellency
Ms Penelope Wensley AC, saw the awarding of the
Queensland University of Technology/Combined Patriotic
Societies’ scholarship to Ms Tory Shenstone. This year’s
scholarship supported a student whose field of study is
relevant to the Queen’s CHOGM theme, “Opportunity
through Enterprise.”
The following Sunday (June 8) my wife Valerie and I
attended Government House for the Governor’s reception
to celebrate the Queen’s Birthday and the following Sunday
I was joined by Past Chairman Mick Davis AM ASM and
Branch Treasurer Royce Voss OAM and his wife Marjorie
at the Government House Open House to promote The Order
and encourage nominations.
The next day saw the announcement of the Queen’s Birthday
awardees for 2014. While I congratulate all who received
awards I am delighted at the prospect of welcoming Marjorie
Voss OAM as a member of the Association rather than as a
member’s guest.
Date set for welcome lunch for Queensland awardees
S
eventy-three Queenslanders received awards in the
Order in the Queen’s Birthday list this year. The
Association congratulates these outstanding members
of our community, each of whom has made a significant
contribution to the nation or to humanity at large.
The branch is organising a lunch on Thursday,
September 11 to celebrate with these wonderful
Australians so members may meet and congratulation
them.
The event will be held at Hillstone St Lucia in the Grand
Please use the website — it’s friendly
Have you visited the Queensland Branch section of
the Association’s website: www.theorderofaustralia.
asn.au?
It contains lots of useful information for members.
You access the Queensland section by way of a menu
at the top right of the website’s home page.
Whenever possible, details of forthcoming
Queensland branch functions are posted on the
website, with booking forms for you to download.
If you become aware that a function is coming up
and it is not listed on the website and you do not seem
to have received details, email Secretary Geoff Cowles
OAM at [email protected] or phone him on
07 3351 4991 and details will be provided.
View Room incorporating the Victorian Long Bar and
Mango Tree Terrace, with views of the St Lucia Golf Links.
For $69 a head you will enjoy a two-course lunch,
tea and coffee and peppermints and mini hot nibbles on
arrival at the Mango Tree Terrace from noon.
To book for the event please complete the RSVP
and booking form obtainable from the Queensland
Branch segment of the Association’s website. For
more information contact Geoff Cowles OAM, Branch
Secretary, on 3351 4991 or [email protected]
Notice of annual general meeting
The 2014 annual general meeting of the Queensland
Branch of the Association will be held on Monday,
November 24 at The Pavilion, Alan Border Field, 1
Bogan Street, Breakfast Creek, Brisbane, commencing at
6:15pm sharp. The annual dinner will follow at 7pm. A
flyer containing details of the meeting, a nomination form
for committee positions and an application for a proxy
vote will be sent to members shortly. For further inquiries
please contact Geoff Cowles OAM, Secretary.
Urgent need for email addresses
All members of the Queensland Branch are requested
to provide their email addresses to our branch secretary,
Geoff Cowles OAM, simply by sending an email to his
address, [email protected]
This will greatly assist communications within the
branch.
QUEENSLAND NEWS
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— Regional groups
RIGHT: Members and
guests at the Gold Coast
Regional Group lunch on
June 23.
G
old Coast Regional Group held a lunch at the
Southport Golf Club on June 23 for 51 Association
members and guests. Emeritus Professor Graham
Jones AM (awardee in the 2014 Queen’s Birthday list),
attended with his wife, Marion, through the initiative of
Peter Hobart OAM. At the convener’s request Graham
outlined the reason for his award which, put succinctly,
is for service to mathematics including its teaching over
many years.
The guest speaker at the lunch was Normie Rowe
AM, a local member of the Association. He spoke on
his passion for Australia and his words and delivery
enthralled all present. After his fame as a pop star in the
1960s, Normie is now deeply involved in a wide range of
community activities as well as remaining in demand as an
entertainer.
Over the years the regional group has held nine garden
party/afternoon tea functions at Jabiru, the home of Mrs
Alison Kearney and the late Mr John Kearney AM QC.
Mrs Kearney has advised she would welcome another
such function at Jabiru which will be on Saturday, October
25. An invitation will be sent to all Gold Coast Regional
Group members in due course.
– Report from Bill Collins AO, Convener
All aboard for a restoring morning tea — Paul McNally OAM, Convener
D
arling Downs Regional Group and their guests
visited the DownsSteam Tourist Railway and
Museum in Toowoomba on May 30 where they were
treated to a tour of the facilities and a presentation by
Robert Ketton, DownsSteam public relations manager, on
the developments that have taken place and are planned.
The visitors saw at close hand the restored rolling stock
and the remarkable indigenous carriage with its beautiful
dreamtime images.
After the inspections and presentation, visitors took
morning tea in the restored dining car.
New group’s first meeting
I
nterested members from the MackayWhitsunday
area met for the first time as a group on July 4 at my
rambling old home. Everyone enjoyed the informal
atmosphere. We welcomed three 2014 awardees: John
Langford AM for significant service to the community
through providing social welfare services for people
with mental health issues; Josephine Rogers OAM for
dedicated work with Australian Rules Football; and Bob
Sims OAM for service to the community.
Ray Braithwaite OAM facilitated a conversation
about future meetings. Everyone agreed to meet again to
welcome new awardees. I will continue to steer the group
through its initial stages.
Carmel Daveson AM
Sunshine Coast event ideas sought
S
unshine Coast Regional Group held its annual
lunch at Tranquil Park, Maleny, on July 24. The guest
speaker, Mr David Spethman OAM, spoke on the early
military history of Queensland. Future events being
considered include a morning tea. Members are invited to
contact the convener with their suggestions for the event.
Keith Swan OAM, Convener
Robert Ketton keeps members interested.
Region’s students on show
C
entral Queensland Regional Group members will
meet on September 1 at the Rockhampton Leagues
Club to enjoy presentations by students participating in
this year’s Improving our Community Awards, conducted
annually by the Central Queensland Regional Group in
association with Central Queensland University.
Each year students in Years 9 and 10 in the
Rockhampton region are invited to participate in a public
speaking competition in which they are encouraged to
share their views on topical local challenges.
A panel of experienced educators and members of
The Order of Australia Association assess the students’
performance and make recommendations on selection of
the award winners.
Raymond Young OAM, Convener
More regional group news next page
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QUEENSLAND NEWS
including more regional-group items
An unforgettable visit to Gallipoli Barracks
T
he Queensland Branch’s first
morning tea for 2014 was
unique, being held in an officers’
mess. The opportunity was taken
up by 35 Brisbane members and
29 guests in a visit to Gallipoli
Barracks, Enoggera, in April.
An excellent briefing by Colonel
Gavin Duncan, Chief of Staff,
gave the group insights into the
role and function of the HQ of
the 1st Division/Deployable Joint
Force.
Major Jeremy Webb briefed members on the
development of the ADF’s emerging amphibious
capability. The event was coordinated well by Captain
Matthew Barletta.
Adding to the novelty of the event was the bus ride from
Mitchelton to the barracks and back, which greatly aided
the entry and exit security checking process on the day.
Regional groups continued
Far North Queensland
F
orty-six members and guests attended the lunch
organised by the Queensland Branch Committee for
the Far North Queensland Regional Group at the RSL
Club at Cairns on March 29.
It was organised to reinvigorate the group after a dormant period. It was a splendid occasion with good food
and fellowship capped by a thought-provoking talk by Dr
Patrick O’Neill OAM, director of medical services at
Cairns Base Hospital.
His talk, Rewards and Challenges for the GP in Remote
Control, gave insight into the work of the remote GP
and the rewards it brings, calling on his vast country and
overseas experience.
Queensland Branch Chairman Professor Tony Webber
AM, his wife Valerie and Geoff Cowles OAM, Branch
Secretary and his wife Charyl, attended the event.
At the lunch the outgoing group convener, Deirdre Ford
AM, received a certificate of appreciation and the group
welcomed the new convener, Professor Liz Harman AO.
of Yorkey’s Knob. [See Dates to Remember above right]
Elizabeth Harman AO, Convener
Townsville
T
he former Governor, Her Excellency Ms Penelope
Wensley AC, officiated at an investiture at Townsville
on June 30.
Ms Virginia Hall OAM, Mrs Ailsa Moyle OAM and
Mrs Marie Radford OAM were honoured for their
service to the community. The Townsville Group will hold
a dinner at the Townsville RSL on Saturday, September
27. Invitations will be forwarded shortly. We hope that all
members will be able to join us at this event.
Mick Johnson OAM, Convener
LEFT: Colonel Duncan, on behalf of the 1st Division/
Deployable Joint Headquarters, presents a plaque to
Branch Chairman Tony Webber AM to commemorate the
Association’s visit to Gallipoli Barracks.
Dates to remember
Saturday, August 23 – Yungaburra – Far North
Queensland Regional Group.
Thursday, August 28 – Second Brisbane Morning Tea –
Brisbane Botanic Gardens, Toowong.
Friday, August 29 – Closing date for nominations Senior
Volunteer Award. Information and nomination form on
website.
Monday, 1 September 1 – Improving our Community
Awards – Central Queensland Regional Group.
Thursday, September 11 – Queen’s Birthday Awards
recipients’ luncheon – Hillstone St Lucia.
Friday, September 19 – OAAQ’s annual Secondary
Schools Citizenship Awards Presentation – Parliament
House, Brisbane. Look out for RSVP flyer.
Saturday, September 27 – Townsville Regional Group –
Annual Dinner
Saturday, October 25 – Gold Coast Regional Group –
Garden Party/Afternoon tea – “Jabiru”
Monday, November 24 – Annual General Meeting and
Annual Dinner – The Pavilion, 1 Bogan street, Breakfast
Creek, Brisbane.
Order of Australia Association
merchandise
Associate Professor Brian J. Miller AM will be available
at major Queensland Branch functions with a broad
selection of the Association’s quality merchandise
exclusively for sale to OAA (Q) members. The range
includes ladies’ scarves ($32.00), men’s ties ($40.00),
cuff links ($35.00), pens ($10.00) and car decals ($5.00).
Regional Group Conveners
Bundaberg: Donna Duncan OAM –
[email protected]
Central Queensland: Raymond Young OAM –
[email protected]
Darling Downs: Paul McNally OAM –
[email protected]
Far North Queensland: Elizabeth Harman AO –
[email protected]
Gold Coast: Bill Collins AO –
[email protected]
Sunshine Coast: Keith Swan OAM –
[email protected]
Townsville: Mick Johnson OAM [email protected]
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QUEENSLAND NEWS
Celebrating with award recipients Queensland style
Award recipients: From left. Top row: Branch Chairman Prof. Tony Webber AM, Anthony Bruce OAM; Leo Keller OAM;
Rev Fr Walter Dethlefs AM; David Spethman OAM; Dr Oskar Stünzner OAM; Dr Vernon Hill AM; John Sinclair AO.
Middle row: Ian Waters OAM, Frederika Steen AM, Shirley Bishop OAM, Christine Cumpsty OAM, Kevin Irwin OAM,
Brenda Cochrane OAM, Alan Sherlock OBE OAM, Ross Tellam AM, Carolyn Nasser OAM, Branch Secretary Geoff Cowles
OAM, Front row: Adele Rice AM, Sr. Pauline Coll AM, Patrick Galligan OAM, Judith Kranen OAM, Dr Peter Myers AM,
Dr John Vance OAM, Dr Carol Cox AM, Winston Fraser OAM and Dr Dimity Dornan AO. Absent: Richard Magnus OAM.
T
he lunch held on May 13 at Hillstone St Lucia to
congratulate Queensland’s 102 Australia Day awardees
attracted 159 participants.
Of the recipients 26 attended with their families and friends.
It was also pleasing that 24 branch members were there to
celebrate with these outstanding Australians.
The event began with two verses of the National Anthem,
sung to the Brisbane Boys’ College Brass Quintet.
Earlier the college’s Strings Trio performed.
The event’s highlight was the branch secretary’s introduction
of awardees, who had been recognised for a wide variety
of achievements, including community service; helping
refugees settle in Australia; scientific research; medicine;
helping people with low vision; scouting; military history;
improving hearing in children; conservation and humanitarian
endeavours.
Welcome to recent recipients of honours who have joined OAAQ
Welcome to our 59
new Queensland
members who have
joined since the
March edition of the
Queensland Branch
Bulletin.
Queen’s Birthday 2013
Christine Jones OAM
Angus Lane OAM
Australia Day 2014 (29)
The Hon Justice Robert
Gotterson AO
Professor Susan Street AO
Sister Patricia Coll AM
Dr Carol Cox AM
Rev Fr Walter Dethlefs AM
Dr Vernon Hill AM
Robert Kelly AM
Dr Peter Myers AM
RossTellam AM
Prof Alexander Thomas
AM
Douglas Adam OAM
Anthony Bruce OAM
Amy Cordwell OAM
Kay Danes OAM
Kevin Erwin OAM
Winston Fraser OAM
Pat Galligan OAM
Dr Darryl Gregor OAM
Fay Griffin OAM
Ronald Johanson OAM
Leo Keller OAM
Dr L Slade Lee OAM
Fred Lizzio OAM
Richard Magnus OAM
Marie Radford OAM
Joan Scott OAM
Dr Oskar Stünzner OAM
John Vance OAM
Ian Waters OAM
Queen’s BIrthday 2014
(28)
Dr Stewart Routledge AO
Win Schubert AO
Rhonda White AO
Hetty Johnston AM
Professor Graham Jones AM
Michael Klug AM
Professor Peter Little AM
Professor John O’Toole
AM
Geoffrey Pie AM
Susan Rix AM
Wayne Roycroft AM
Professor Cheryl Stock AM
Irene Biedak OAM
Cheryl Campbell OAM
William Cross OAM
Robert Green OAM
Josephine Hart OAM
Arthur Heatley OAM
Judy Magub OAM
James Masters OAM
Colin Neil OAM
Susan Neil OAM
Kevin Oxley OAM
Ronald Piper OAM RFD
Barry Rodgers OAM
Jenifer Simpson OAM
CMDRE Peter Tedman
OAM DSM
Marjorie Voss OAM
Vale valued
awardees
William Hurtle Bowtell
OAM
Ernest Humphry
Cramond OAM
Fred Derek Fielding AM
Ruth Pauline Frith
OAM
Cyril Reginald Gilbert
OAM
Douglas Macdonald
Hogarth AM
Ronald Thomas
Shambrook AM
Raymond John Stalker
AO
Roderick Alexander
Walters OAM
Peter Harold Woodruff
AM
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W.A. NEWS
The WA Branch of
The Order of Australia
Association is tackling
the vexed issue of youth
unemployment with an
innovative Aspirational
Careers Guidance
program for pre-year
10 students, partnering
a school and industry
leaders.
Professor Odwyn
Jones AO explains the
process with ...
... a personal approach
ABOVE: King’s College (of Wellard, Perth) students are
taking part in the Aspirational Careers Guidance program.
s a new member of the WA Branch Management
Committee I well recall discussions emphasising the
need for us to further increase our involvement with community work. We already have a very well organised and
managed Police Recruit Mentoring scheme but it seemed
time to increase our community involvement.
My thoughts turned immediately to the increasing problem of youth unemployment. The challenge was how we
could, as a small group of fairly “senior” people, contribute effectively to such a complex issue. Our early research
showed that the unemployment of young people 15 to 24
years old was roughly double the national average at 12
per cent and in Kwinana, south of Perth, the figure reached
27 per cent. Quite alarmingly, the number of unemployed
young people in Australia has almost trebled since the
global financial crisis.
We decided to explore what we could do to help young
people in the Kwinana area. We made contact with a small
independent school, King’s College, where there was
enthusiasm to introduce an “aspirational careers guidance”
program for pre-Year 10 students. The aim was to enthuse
these young students to address the very personal question
of where they might best fit in the world of work. If successful, this would motivate them to work towards their
career targets with some passion and purpose.
We gained the support of the WA State Training Board
and proceeded to work with the college in developing a
pilot Aspirational Careers Guidance Program for Year 9. It
is now well defined and includes the production of a Class
Journal, which the students will produce for the prime
purpose of reporting progress while boosting their literacy.
The program structure is based on a one-hour-a-week
presentation or talk by a variety of industry representatives using high-quality visuals and interactive activities.
The talks are reinforced with interesting and imaginative
industry site visits.
The careers program will be supported in the classroom
with related activities in science, maths and English.
Students will complete the Class Journal to share the
program with their parents, siblings and other students.
The aim is that students and their parents will then be in a
position to make an informed choice about school subjects
and career pathways in Years 10, 11 and 12.
The second term, which is well under way, includes a
10-week, one or two hours a week program on various
aspects of the mineral resource industry.
During the third and fourth terms the program will
focus on a range of career pathways in retail and personal
services, engineering and automotive, hospitality, construction and health and community services with site
visits included in each section to bring some reality to the
classroom presentations.
Both staff and students will assess the success or otherwise of the program as it progresses and the entire program will be reviewed thoroughly at its termination.
The principal contribution of the WA Branch is in bringing together the educators and industry representatives
required for exposure of young people to the reality of the
world of work.
The challenge is to identify a model template for a
careers guidance program for pre-Year 10 high school
students that other schools can adopt and emulate.
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WA Diary Dates
September 17, 2014 — Branch annual dinner at the
Royal Perth Golf Club, South Perth
November 20, 2014 — Branch annual general meeting
and Christmas lunch at RAAFA Bull Creek
March 20 to 22 2015 — The Order of Australia Association National Conference, Duxton Hotel, Perth
Branch office holders
Chairman: MAJGEN Barry Nunn AO RFD ED
Secretary: Mrs Susan Glasfurd OAM
Treasurer: Mr Ian Williams AO
Committee: Prof Odwyn JonesAO, Dr John Owen AM,
LTCOL Peter Winstanley OAM RFD
Great Southern region (Albany):Mrs June Hodgson OAM
South West Region (Bunbury): Mrs Glenys McDonald AM
Contact: WA Branch, Order of Australia Association
PO Box 167, NEDLANDS, WA 6909
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.theorderofaustralia.asn.au/branches/wa
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W.A. NEWS
Branch ‘raising awareness’
Branch Chairman's report
Maj-Gen Barry Nunn AO RFD ED
he Branch welcomed 30 new recipients of awards in the Order in the Queen’s Birthday Honours. It is pleasing to report that a high proportion continue to join the Association.
Our efforts have continued this year to raise awareness of the existence of an Australian honours system and the significance of the Order. It would be appreciated if members could identify
community groups that would welcome our presentation on the Order. If members are willing to
become presenters they will be provided with support and the necessary script and equipment.
The WA Committee of Management is to be thanked for the work its members do both in
ensuring the events that members attend are enjoyable but also for leading community involvement programs and projects. If you feel able to help with this work there are vacancies now.
Please call or email to register your interest.
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Evensong at St
George’s
LEFT: A good attendance
by members ensured that
the Evensong on June 8
at St George’s Cathedral,
Perth, was successful and
moving as they reaffirmed
their commitment to the
ideals of the Order. The
Very Reverend Dr John
Shepherd, Dean of Perth,
underlined the importance
of our duty to the community. The cathedral
organist and the St Hilda’s
Anglican School for Girls
provided a choral accompaniment that added
considerably to the grandeur of the occasion.
Annual dinner preparations in hand
The Branch’s annual dinner, to be held once more at the
Royal Perth Golf Club, is on Wednesday, September 17.
Planning is well advanced and the WA committee is
confident of providing an entertaining evening in elegant
surroundings, including a challenging speaker and musical
accompaniment to soothe diners.
A connection with ANZAC
A
must-see for visitors
to Albany, including those going on the
ANZAC tour after the
Association’s national
conference in March
next year, is the ANZAC
Memorial on Mount Clarence. From the memorial
there is a panoramic view
of Albany and in particular King George Sound,
from which the Australian troops departed on November
1, 1914 for World War 1. The memorial was originally
erected in Port Said in 1932 as a tribute to the Australian
and New Zealand Desert Mounted Corps.
It was badly damaged during anti-British rioting on the
Suez Canal in 1956 and 1959. With the agreement of the
Egyptian Government the memorial was dismantled and
returned to Australia for re-erection. The bronze statue for
the memorial was recast.
The connection with the WA Branch is through WA’s
Great Southern Regional Group Coordinator, Mrs
June Hodgson OAM. Her late husband, Mr George
Hodgson, was a key contractor in the erection of the
memorial. Challenges in the work included the moving of
large stone components from shipside in the harbour to the
summit of Mount Clarence and the intricate reassembly.
Excitement builds for national conference
T
here are only just over 200 sleeps until the commencement of the 2015 Order of Australia Association’s
national conference in Perth. You are encouraged to book
early as some of the venues have attendance limits. If you
are staying at a Perth hotel for part of the conference an
early booking is also recommended (See pages 20–23).
The conference begins on the afternoon of Friday,
March 20 with a reception hosted by the Governor of
Western Australia in the magnificent grounds of Government House, Perth. This is to be followed by a sunset dinner at Cottesloe Golf Club.
Formal proceedings begin on the Saturday, March 21,
with a full day of conference and AGM, including an extended members’ forum. The final day, Sunday, March 22,
is to be spent in glorious Kings Park.
Casey’s Tours has arranged some one-day trips before
the conference. After the conference, Casey’s will lead
a four-day, three-night ANZAC tour to take in Margaret
River and Albany.
As well as the more formal program for the conference,
the organising committee plans to offer guided excursions
around Perth and its surroundings for those who do not
wish to take the full-day tours offered by Casey’s Tours.
The committee seeks volunteers from WA members who
would be willing to spend a couple of hours showing visitors the delights of our great city and surroundings.
To volunteeer please email [email protected] or call 08 9386 4096 if you feel that
you can help.
A feature of the conference will be the Welcome Centre where, in addition to registering for the conference,
members may meet and greet, obtain information from our
supporting companies and participate in discussions on
interesting subjects.
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From Tasmania to Western Australia, Masterpieces for the Nation tell hidden stories
LEFT: Robert Dowling’s portrait Miss Robertson of Colac (Dolly).
Painted in 1885, it hides
a story of of unrequited
love in the Western Victorian district of Colac.
It was acquired for the
Masterpieces for a Nation collection in 2010.
Benjamin Duterrau’s 1840 painting, An infant
of Van Diemen’s Land.
Florence Fuller’s beautiful federation landscape A golden hour of circa
1905 tells a love story. The real subject is a newly wed couple, despite
a 40-year age difference: Sir John Winthrop Hackett, businessman,
philanthropist and owner of The West Australian newspaper and his
new wife, Deborah Vernon Hackett (née Drake-Brockman).
E
very art gallery in Australia has its
treasures, its works of significance.
One collection that is, perhaps, not
as widely known is the Masterpieces
for the Nation collection, held by the
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra.
Each year, a new work of art is selected
which has a significant value for
Australia’s national art collection.
The director of the National Gallery
of Australia, Ron Radford AM, has
announced that this year’s funds raised
through the Masterpieces for the Nation
fund will go towards the acquisition of
Benjamin Duterrau’s charming 1840
painting, An infant of Van Diemen’s
Land.
“This work is a strong example of
Duterrau’s colonial portraiture, and
shows the natural frankness and naive
curiosity with which he approached his
new life in Australia,” Mr Radford says.
“The painting will be a significant
addition to the Gallery’s collection of
Tasmanian colonial art.”
Benjamin Duterrau (1767-1851) was
born and raised in eighteenth century
London to parents of French descent.
In his youth he was apprenticed to
an engraver and records show that a
number of his paintings were exhibited
at the Royal Academy and the British
Institute between 1817 and 1823.
Duterrau, together with his daughter,
set sail for Van Diemen’s Land [now
Tasmania] in the early 1830s to began a
new life.
At this point, Duterrau, who was
well into his sixties, established himself
quickly as a champion of cultural life
in Hobart, giving ambitious lectures on
art.
He was also a keen observer and
recorder of the lives of both early
settlers like himself and the indigenous
population.
Mr Radford goes on, “In An infant
of Van Diemen’s Land 1840, Duterrau
presented Tasmania as a peaceful
and bountiful land, particularly in
contrast to the artist’s origins in cold,
conservative England.
RIGHT: Son of a
convict, W.C. Piguenit painted Near Liverpool, New South
Wales about 1908
after moving from
Tasmania to Sydney.
“He deliberately included details such
as the native flora and fauna, the child’s
sleeveless summer dress, bare feet and
playful, healthy countenance, which
give the work a sense of the Australian
fresh air, health and optimism.
“It is not known who the young sitter
was but even though it was painted
nearly 180 years ago, in the infant’s
smiling face and pose we can identify
the sense of freedom we too felt when
growing up in Australia and we can take
some joy from this.”
Portraits and landscapes often have a
hidden social background that interests
art lovers, historians as well as the
casual viewer.
Who was this person? Where is that
appealing landscape?
For instance, another significant
work in the Masterpieces for the Nation
collection is Florence Fuller’s beautiful
Federation landscape A golden hour of
circa 1905.
Lara Nicholls, Assistant Curator,
Australian Paintings and Sculpture at
the National Gallery of Australia reveals
the subject is the newly wed couple, Sir
John Winthrop Hackett, businessman,
philanthropist and owner of the West
Australian newspaper and his new wife,
Deborah Vernon Hackett (née DrakeBrockman).
“They are taking a late afternoon stroll
on their property at Darling Ranges in
Western Australia.
“Deborah had married Sir John
in 1905, aged 18, despite family
disapproval of their significant age gap
of 40 years.
“Florence Fuller is an important
Australian woman artist and arguably
Western Australia’s most significant
artist from the Federation period.”
Born in Port Elizabeth in South Africa
and moving to Victoria as a child, Fuller
studied art at the National Gallery
School in Melbourne.
She studied subsequently with her
relative, Robert Dowling and, in fact,
Dowling’s portrait Miss Robertson of
Colac (Dolly) of 1885 was acquired
ABOVE: Kundaagi - Red Kangaroo was
painted by Yirawala in 1962 and acquired
for the Masterpieces collection in 2012.
with the assistance of donors to the
Masterpieces for the Nation Fund 2010,
Ms Nicholls says, “Robert Dowling
was Australia’s first locally trained
artist and was highly coveted as a
society portraitist. Here (above left)
he depicts Dolly, or Elise Christian
Margaret Robertson, who was the eldest
daughter of prominent grazier William
Robertson of The Hill, a property near
Colac, Western Victoria. Although she
was courted by a number of suitors,
her strict father considered none good
enough for his daughter and so she
never married.
“She is depicted in the garden with
a book for company and her faithful
Welsh springer spaniel at her feet.
“Originally, Dowling depicted Dolly
in a white dress but family legend has
it that Dolly insisted she be repainted
in brown after her father rejected one
of her dearly loved suitors, claiming, ‘If
I am never to marry, then I will be in
mourning for the rest of eternity.’ ”
W.C. Piguenit painted Near Liverpool,
New South Wales in the first decade
of the 20th century. “It is a great
Australian Federation landscape
depicting a panoramic view of the
verdant, productive countryside of the
region,” Ms Nicholls says. “A herd of
cattle graze in the bucolic green fields
under a dramatic and luminous sky,
evoking a great sense of peace and
perpetuity”.
Piguenit was born in Hobart in 1836
to a convict father and is considered
to be the first Australian-born
professional painter. Highly regarded
for his Tasmanian scenes painted
while he worked as a draughtsman
for the Tasmanian Lands and Survey
Department, he began exhibiting in
New South Wales in the 1870s and
settled permanently in Sydney in 1880.
Thus his late works are nearly all New
South Wales landscapes.
The art works, acquired through
a range of donated contributions
from around the country, are indeed
Masterpieces for a Nation.
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REGISTER NOW
Registraon can be completed by filling in the form on page 23 of this issue of ‘The Order’ or by
downloading it from www.theorderofaustralia.asn.au
BEFORE THE CONFERENCE
Tues 17th to Thurs 19th March
CONFERENCE OUTLINE
Fri 20th March
Casey Tours— day tours to New Norcia, Bussellton or
The Pinnacles (see over)
Or
Informal acvies and oungs that can be arranged
on your arrival.
These could include—
a visit to the RAAFA Museum,
Fremantle, trip to Ronest island,
flights over Perth,
Perth Arts & Culture precinct,
visit to University of WA,
dining out
Or you may wish to do ‘your own thing’
Registraon from 9:00 am
Conducted walking tours
If you would like some assistance with planning
informal acvies please let us know in advance by
email to
Perth [email protected]
REGISTER & BOOK EARLY
Some Hotels and venues have limited capacity
Payment is required to secure your place at venues
For further informaon or assistance in planning your
visit, please email or call :
Perth [email protected]
(08) 9386 4096
(Bell Tower, His Majesty’s Theatre or Mint)
Government House Recepon
Sunset Dinner
Sat 21st March
Registraon from 8:00 am
Conference opening & seminar
Associaon AGM and Forum
Conference Dinner at 7:00 pm
Sun 22nd March
Wreath laying & Commemoraon
Kings Park walks
Farewell Lunch
AFTER THE CONFERENCE
Sun 22nd March
following lunch
Private Art Gallery visit
(numbers strictly limited)
Casey ANZAC Tour departs for Margaret River
and Albany
(see over)
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Mercure
Travelodge
Pensione
Seasons
All Suites
Duxton
Novotel
Pan Pacific
Good Earth
ACCOMMODATION (rates per room per night—quote ‘Order of Aust Conference’)
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Conference Venue—5 Star Duxton Hotel reserva[email protected] or 08 9261 8000
Rooms:
Thurs 19th March $280.00
Fri/Sat/Sun $240.00
Note: most rooms have separate showers There are two suites for the disabled .
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Other Hotels (see map)
Travelodge (5 minute walk) from $205
08 9238 1888 [email protected]
Pensione (10 minutes)
from $166
Novotel
(5 minutes)
p.o.a
Mercure
(5 minutes)
p.o.a
Pan Pacific (5 minutes) from $190
08 9224 7777 enquiry.ppper@panpacific.com
All Suites (5 minutes) from $165
Good Earth & Ambassador (8 minutes)
p.o.a 10% discount on rate (ref #600978)
Seasons
(8 minutes) from $190 (quote 104715)
08 9421 3000 reserva[email protected]
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Casey Australia Tours offers the ideal way to make the most of your stay in Western Australia with a series of full-day excursions in the
week prior and a four-day , three–night tour immediately following the Conference
TUESDAY 17TH MARCH
New Norcia Guided Walk, Art Gallery & Museum Tour ($80.00 per person)
Whether your passion is for religion, history, art, architecture or nature, or you just want to escape into a
relaxing pace of life. Enjoy stories of the town’s changing history – from when a small group of Spanish
Benedicne monks made their way north from Perth to establish a mission near the banks of the Moore River
in 1847, through to the educaon of children in Australia’s only Monasc Town. Aer morning tea enjoy a
guided walk around the town then a picnic lunch before a visit to the Art Gallery and Museum.
Including Morning Tea, Lunch, Guided Tour and Art Gallery and Museum Entry.
Tour commences from Duxton Hotel
WEDNESDAY 18TH MARCH
Busselton Jey & Underwater Observatory ($80.00 per person)
The Busselton Jey is the longest wooden jey in the Southern Hemisphere, originally built in 1865. The
underwater observatory built on the jey allows visitors to descend eight meters below the sea level to view
the thriving marine environment. We take the train from the shore to the observatory and return.
Including Morning Tea, Jey, Tram and Observatory entry. Lunch not included.
THURSDAY 19TH MARCH
Pinnacles, Indian Ocean Drive & Moore River ($80.00 per person)
Up the Indian Ocean Drive to Nambung Naonal Park and The Pinnacles Desert, where you can walk through a
most unique landscape. We have morning tea then visit Lancelin for lunch. Aer lunch south to Guilderton on
the banks of the Moore River. You can walk onto the beach and along the river, in this beauful lile seaside
town.
Including Morning Tea, Lunch & Entry to the Pinnacles.
SUNDAY 22ND TO WEDNESDAY 25TH MARCH
Anzac Tour to Margaret River, the Southwest and Albany ($950.00 per person, $180.00 single supplement)
Day 1 – 22nd March: (Morning Hotel pick up with luggage collecon, then to Kings Park) (RD, Motel)
Depart from Kings Park along the Forrest Highway directly to Margaret River and the stunning Watershed
Premium Wines for a wine tasng and Dinner. Aer dinner we check into our Margaret River Accommodaon.
Day 2 – 23rd March; (FB, MD, Motel)
Morning visit to the famous beaches of the Leeuwin – Naturaliste Naonal Park then through the Karri forests of the South West. We have
morning tea in the old mber town of Pemberton and onto Walpole before reaching The Valley of the Giants in the Tingle State Forest. Enjoy
the 600m walk 40m up in the canopy of the impressive Tingles. Via Denmark to Albany.
Day 3 – 24th March; (FB, MD, Motel)
In November 1914 the picturesque King George Sound and Princess Royal Harbour were filled with Australian
and New Zealand Navy vessels, this was the last contact with Australia for hundreds of the Australians who
fought in Europe in WW1. We tour the town and visit the Naonal Anzac Centre located within the Princess
Royal Fortress. We also visit the interacve Whale World display and the impressive granite formaons of the
Southern Ocean.
Day 4 – 25h March; (FB)
Returning to Perth via Mount Barker, Kojonup and Williams before descending off the Darling Range and into Perth. In
me for flights deparng Perth domesc from 3:30pm.
FB—full breakfast, MD—motel dinner, RD—restaurant dinner
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MEMBER INFORMATION
Title:
First Name (for badge):
Surname:
Address:
Suburb:
Telephone:
PNoms:
State:
Mobile:
Postcode:
Email:
GUEST
Title:
First Name:
Surname:
NUMBER
ATTENDING
BOOKINGS
Conference Registraon - before 1/12/14 @$100 pp
- aer 1/12/14 @$130 pp
Thursday 19th March
Informal Dining
Guided excursions
Friday 20th March
Walking tour - Swan Bells
- His Majesty's Theatre
- Perth Mint
Governor's Recepon
Sunset Dinner
Coach transport - Sunset Dinner
PNoms:
$ TOTALS
x $100 pp or
x $130 pp
OPTIONAL TOURS
Tuesday 17th March
Day trip to New Norcia @$80 pp
Number
x $80
x $80 pp
Saturday 21st March
Annual Conference - Duxton
Conference Lunch - Duxton
Annual General Meeng - Duxton
Gala Annual Dinner - Duxton
Wednesday 18th March
Day Trip to Busselton @80 pp
Number
x $80
Thursday 19th March
Day Trip to Pinnacles @$80 pp
Number
x $80
x $125 pp
Sunday 22nd March
Wreath laying - Kings Park
Commemorave Service - Kings Park
Morning Tea - Kings Park
Walking tour - Kings Park
Farewell Lunch - Frasers Restaurant
Coach transport Kings Park & return
x $10 pp
x $80 pp
TOTAL
CONFERENCE
COST
SPECIAL NEEDS & DIET:
PLEASE BOOK ACCOMMODATION DIRECTLY WITH HOTELS
And let us know where you plan to stay:
Sunday 22nd to Wednesday 25th March
3 Night ANZAC Tour to Albany and Margaret
River
Number
x $950 twin share
Plus
x $180 single
supplement
TOTAL OPTIONAL TOURING
PLUS
OPTIONAL
TOURING
TOTAL COST
Payment Opons are:
1. By cheque to OAA Conference 2015, PO Box 167, NEDLANDS, WA, 6909
2. EFT to WestPac BSB: 032-719 Account : 508653
please include YOUR NAME
3.
Credit Card
 Mastercard  Visa
Cardholder Name:
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VICTORIAN NEWS
Members ‘visit’ Italy via Spain at the National Gallery of Victoria
The Victoria Branch’s
Honorary Treasurer,
Julian Stock AM, recently
arranged an exclusive
45-minute introductory talk
followed by entry to this
year’s winter blockbuster
at the National Gallery of
Victoria. The exhibition
contains more than 70
paintings and 30 drawings
of 16th to 18th century
Italian masterpieces on
loan from Madrid’s Prado
Museum. Many exhibits
have never left Spain
before. The visit was
enjoyed by a “full house”
of Association members
and guests, who met later
for lunch at the Art Centre,
giving another opportunity
for lively discussion.
Corrado Giaquinto, Italian, 1703–1766, worked in Spain 1753–62. Allegory of
Justice and Peace (Allegoria della Giustizia e della Pace) c.1753–54 oil on canvas 216
x 325 cm Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid (P00104) Spanish Royal Collection.
Planning breeds success
I
t’s a pleasure to be able to report, through The Order to
our national readership, an update on the Victoria State
Branch and regional groups.
Recently we had a very successful function at the
National Gallery of Victoria (see item and picture above)
and our regional groups continue to provide high-quality
functions that inform, entertain and, most importantly,
offer friendship and good times to members of the
association.
We are looking forward to our new recipients’ function
for those honoured in the Australia Day and Queen’s
Birthday honours lists and we thank the Seasons Botanic
for hosting this afternoon tea and presentation.
Succession planning is most important and our
immediate past Chairman, Don Hyde AM put that in
place. I hope to continue the tradition by recruiting
appropriate members to the State Branch with proved
skill sets and a determination to enhance the Victoria
membership of the Association and to bring a network of
valued individuals, in kind sponsorship and quality-overquantity of time, to put towards subcommittees or events.
With this in mind I am very proud to welcome Neil
Soullier OAM to the Victoria Branch. Neil has had a
distinguished career in corporate life and is now Chief
Executive Officer of the Victoria Police Blue Ribbon
Foundation and also interacts with many philanthropic and
community organisations.
In regard to making sure that we are well represented
in the marketplace and are able to raise funds in every
state and territory, I hope you take advantage of the new,
improved and extensive merchandise range under the
custodianship of Richard Rozen OAM. You can buy
Victoria Branch
Chairman’s Report
excellent merchandise and the local branch can turn it
into a revenue-raising exercise. We have kept the quality
at a premium and costs well below what many of the
major retailers in Australia charge. Members can buy
merchandise through Richard and Neil and their extended
network by filling in the form on page 27 of this edition of
The Order.
Speaking of networks, the regional groups are
certainly the heart and soul of the Victoria Branch and its
operations.
I thank Voi Williams OAM for chairing the regional
group meetings and to the chairpersons and extended
committee members of the regional groups.
Well done on what you put together weekly, monthly
and yearly basis — you are quite an outstanding group of
men and women across the great State of Victoria.
In November we will welcome National Chairman Peter
McDermott AM when he visits various parts of Victoria.
Our regional groups look forward to hosting Peter and his
wife for some presentations and, we hope, some fine social
activities that will reward Peter for his great efforts and all
the time he gives to the Association.
For everyone reading The Order — it’s nice to have
a voice nationally through this publication and we look
forward to reading about all activities across Australia.
I hope, too — without reinventing the wheel — that we
can learn from others’ successes and, importantly, from
any mistakes so we can all seek the way forward in a
positive sense for our wonderful association.
David G. Mann OAM FAICD
Chairman, Victoria Branch
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VICTORIAN NEWS — Regional groups
Loddon Campaspe
A
pleasant Sunday afternoon function was held on
June 1 in the Bendigo Art Gallery to coincide with
the Genius and Ambition exhibition. Lunch was at the
Basement on View Café.
Members and friends were treated to an informative
behind-the-scenes talk by the senior guide on the logistics,
challenges and discoveries involved in mounting the
monumental endeavour of assembling the exhibition in
Australia.
Highlights of each room in the gallery were explained,
sharpening members’ anticipation of their tour of the
exhibition.
The links with early Australian artists making their
way to England and on the Continent and the varying
influences coming to bear on their style was intriguing.
Preparations are in hand for the region’s AGM at the
Kangaroo Flat Sport Centre at noon on Sunday, October
12.
The guest speaker will be Trevor Budge AM, town
planning guru, especially in relation to regional areas and
their special challenges.
Elaine Murphy AM
Scholarship award
Gippsland Regional Group Treasurer David Packham
OAM and Group Convenor Beth Delzoppo OAM take
delivery of the group’s recently acquired display banner
and lectern poster.
Gippsland
S
ix Order of Australia awards in Gippsland were
announced in the Queen’s Birthday honours list.
A recent event for the Gippsland Regional Group was a
lunch at Narkoojee Winery, Glengarry, on Sunday, August
3. Guest speaker Robert Fordham AM’s topic was
Pastures after Parliament.
The Sir Macfarlane Burnet Dinner and Oration will be
held in Traralgon on Wednesday, October 22. The guest
speaker will be Professor Ian Gust AO, whose work
in developing vaccines against viral diseases has gained
worldwide recognition. Inquiries and bookings should go
to David Packham at holleyhill@bigpond .com
Anne Macarthur, Secretary
Gippsland Regional Group
Merchandise at best prices
The scholarship from the Loddon Campaspe Regional
Group to a student undertaking a first degree at La Trobe
University’s Bendigo Campus was presented to Lisa Cain at
an awards ceremony on July 23. Pictured above from left:
The chairwoman, Associate Professor Elaine Murphy AM,
presenting awardee Lisa with her certificate; and Professor
Noel Meyers, Head of School, Education, Outdoor and
Environmental Studies, La Trobe University.
See OAA branch and regional news on OAA’s
website, www.theorderofaustralia.asn.au
The highly successful National Conference held in
Melbourne in February was attended by more than 300
members and friends and generated a net financial surplus
of $10,317. This is shared equally between the Victoria
branch and the national office.
With effect from April 16, Victoria branch acquired
all the merchandise inventory of the national office.
From that date Victoria assumed the responsibility of
sourcing, purchasing, selling and distributing all OAAbadged merchandise. Profits from merchandise sales are
split equally between Victoria branch and the national
office. Richard Rozen OAM remains the national
merchandise officer, a position he has occupied for over
12 years. Joining Richard is Neil Soullier OAM, who
has had decades of experience as a retail buyer for major
corporations. The team promises to introduce some
exciting additions to the merchandise line in the coming
months but is always looking for new ideas and welcomes
suggestions.
Merchandise order form is on the back cover.
Julian Stock AM
Branch Treasurer
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VICTORIAN NEWS — Regional groups
Police fallen remembered at partners’ breakfast
M
embers of the Victoria Branch Committee attended
the Victoria Police Blue Ribbon Foundation partners’
breakfast on July 8. Committee member Neil Soullier
OAM is chief executive of the foundation.
The foundation hosts this annual breakfast to thank its
many partners and stakeholders for their contributions
over the year and to highlight some of the plans for
the year ahead. The audience of nearly 300 included
police members of all ranks, including four Chief
Commissioners, the state Minister for Police & Emergency
Services and also many recipients of honours in the Order
of Australia. It was great to see that so many recipients are
working with a diverse range of organisations to make our
communities better places.
The Foundation honours the memory of Victoria Police
members, killed in the line of duty, by funding improved
emergency facilities in Victoria’s public hospitals.
Foundation Chairman Bill Noonan OAM presents an award
to Superintendent Nigel Howard APM at the breakfast.
Harrowing memories from wartime Poland
M
embers of the South West Victoria Group were
saddened by the recent death, after a relatively
short illness, of our treasurer, George Taylor OAM. The
esteem in which George was held was reflected in the
large attendance at his funeral service and the coverage
and editorial in the local Fairfax media. George was a
larger-than-life member and will be greatly missed.
Our group’s midyear function was held recently at Port
Fairy in the bout of gales, tidal surge and driving rain that
hit the south west coast. It was a grand sight from our
function room! Our guest speaker was Richard Rozen
OAM who gave a disquieting address about his life, from
the age of four, in Poland during the German occupation.
He was snatched from captivity and certain death by
partisans who hid him in the woods for four years. Richard
and his mother were the only two of their family of 23 to
survive the Holocaust and the rest of his story of survival
until the age of 11, when he came to Australia, was just
as absorbing as that of his earlier years. His life story has
become a play in San Francisco. Richard and wife, Rysia,
were invited when it opened recently.
A determined effort is being made by our group to
ensure that members living in the 14 cities and townships
within our regional boundary participate meaningfully in
local commemoration services for Anzac, Remembrance
and Australia Day services. A bequest from George Taylor
will assist with this initiative.
Duncan Stalker OAM: Secretary
Laughter is the best medicine, members told
C
entral Highlands Regional Group of OAA has 85
members at present. The region had six new awardees
in January and another six in June. Congratulations on
behalf of the group have been conveyed to them all and
we trust more will join the ranks of our organisation in
addition to the four who have become members already.
The Group will be organising a civic reception with the
City of Ballarat for this year’s awardees, as has been our
practice in the past. We expect that it will be in October.
Our annual May lunch at the Barkly Lodge Restaurant
was a great success. A presentation by Dr John Hurley
AM, Laughter is the Best Medicine, entertained the
52 members and guests present. Concurrent with the
lunch invitations, the committee canvassed members for
donations to our schools’ citizenship project. The group
was pleased with their generosity when donations totalling
$1,000 wer received.
For the third year, Dr. Hurley is ably coordinating the
Schools’ Citizenship Awards, conducted in conjunction
with the City of Ballarat. Each of the eight secondary
schools in Ballarat selects one of its senior students
whom the school believes has made the best contribution
to the community and school. In conjunction with the
City of Ballarat, a civic reception and presentation is
held honouring these students. We are looking at ways to
conduct a similar exercise at secondary schools outside
central Ballarat in the future.
On Anzac Day, members of our Group took part in
wreath-laying ceremonies in and around Ballarat. In future
we will coordinate attendance at the region’s ceremonies.
The final activity for 2014 will be the Spring lunch to be
held on October 26 at the Ararat RSL.
Geoff Crick OAM,Chairman
Central Highlands Regional Group
Order
of Australia
Association
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S.A. NEWS
Chairman’s message
Opinions wanted
T
his is the first of four editions of The Order that will
comprise a one-year trial of the national magazine’s
replacing branch newsletters. Reasons for the trial include
an attempt to reduce the total cost of producing and
distributing information across the Association and also to
provide information to the wider Association community
of what is happening in branches other than their own. The
previous issue of The Order, although not part of the trial,
was a preview because many branches provided material
for inclusion in it.
I have received some favourable comments on it
and would welcome comments throughout the trial to
help inform the board eventually about continuing the
approach.
Professor John McKellar AM ED
Order of Australia Association, SA Branch
Office holders and committee members
Patron: His Excellency Rear Admiral Kevin
Scarce AC CSC RANR, Governor of South
Australia;
Chairman: Professor John McKellar AM ED;
Secretary: Mr Robert Angove AM;
Treasurer: Mr Anthony Metcalf OAM;
Deputy Chairman: Mr Ken Coventry OAM;
National Membership Director: Mrs Jane Arthur
AM;
SA Branch Membership Officer: Mrs Glenys
Jones OAM; Committee Members: Ms Jan
Forrest OAM; Mrs Rosemary Milisits OAM;
Mrs Elizabeth Rogers OAM; Mr John Spencer
OAM; and Mr David Lillecrapp OAM.
Committee and board member perseveres after retirement
K
en Coventry OAM (pictured right) is the Deputy
Chairman of the Branch Committee and a director
on the National Board. He has 31 years’ experience as
a local government CEO, 24 of which were as CEO of
Murray Bridge. In that time he oversaw the construction
of the Lerwin Nursing Home run by the council and, on
its completion, he assumed the role of proprietor and
secretary. He served a three-year term on council after his
retirement.
Ken continues his voluntary work in the community
and is presently the chairman of Community Lifestyles,
a not-for-profit body providing services to people with
disabilities; a trustee of CL Foundation; chairman of the
River Murray Football League Tribunal; and an executive
member of the Murray Bridge Lutheran Homes. His OAM
citation in 2008 recognised not only his local government
service but also his commitment “to the community
through a range of civic, sporting and service groups”.
Ken Coventry OAM
(left) brings years of
varied experience to
his role as the Deputy
Chair of the SA Branch
Committee and a
director on the National
Board.
We’d love to hear from you
To save wasted postage, please tell the National Office if
you change postal address. We ask members to tell us also
when an association member dies so his/her family is not
sent unwanted mail. See page 2 of this edition for the National Office postal and email addresses and phone.
Chaney to address branch annual general meeting
T
he 2014 Annual General
Meeting of the SA Branch
will be held on Saturday,
November 22 in the Adelaide
Pavilion, Veale Gardens, South
Terrace, Adelaide from 10am.
Permit parking is available;
permits can be obtained from
the Pavilion on the day.
The Branch is fortunate to
have Fred Chaney AO (right),
2014 Senior Australian of the
Year, to give the occasional
address at the AGM.
Formerly a lawyer, he served as a Liberal Senator
for WA (1974–90) and a Member of the House of
Representatives (1990–93).
He held various ministerial appointments in the Fraser
Government, including Aboriginal Affairs.
He has also been Chancellor of Murdoch University and
Deputy President of the National Native Title Tribunal.
The agenda will include minutes of the 2013 AGM,
report of the committee, financial report, election of the
chairman, secretary, treasurer and a maximum of 10
committee members.
Nominations for the positions of chairman, secretary,
treasurer and committee members should be sent by
Friday, October 17 to Mr Robert Angove AM, 22
Lombard Street, North Adelaide, SA 5006 or email
[email protected] (self-nomination will be
accepted).
Guiding rules for committee positions are available from
the chairman, phone 08 8395 1030 or email jmck1279@
bigpond.net.au
Lunch will follow the AGM at a cost of $60 a head (cash
bar). Please complete Reply Form No. 2 on the South
Australian insert accompanying this magazine and send it
by November 10 with payment as indicated.
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S.A. NEWS
Obituary: Barbara Worley AM
B
arbara Worley AM rose to great heights through adversity. She discovered ways to change Australia and
the world so that others would never have to suffer as she
did. As a girl she became involved with her local Methodist Church, excelling in leadership roles as well as adding
to her sporting achievements. She married Donald Worley
and in 1959 they moved to the UK, returning to Adelaide
in 1963. A car accident in 1967 left Barbara paraplegic
but, inspired by the need to care for her three young sons,
she embarked on a fitness regime with the motto "It is
ability, not disability, that counts".
On top of her many successes in sporting fields, her
administrative and leadership skills led to negotiations
with prime ministers, premiers and business leaders as
she fought for recognition and funding of sport for the
disabled. She was President of the SA Paraplegic and
Quadriplegic Sports Association for 10 years, a member
of national bodies for 14 years and represented Australia
internationally. She led the Australian delegation to the
first Paralympics in Seoul in 1988 and was subsequently
the first and only wheelchair-bound sportsperson to be
appointed to the Australian Sports Commission. She also
challenged our society of the seventies, eighties and beyond on questions of equal opportunity, antidiscrimination
and disabled access. She received recognition and awards
Brief Encounters at Queen's
Birthday lunch
W
hen the Branch celebrated the Queen’s Birthday,
44 members and guests enjoyed lunch on June 9
at the Chifley Grand Hotel, Adelaide.The entertaining
guest speaker, Colonel Ray Stanley AM OBE RFD
ED,(accompanied by his wife Val) spoke on the intriguing
topic Brief Encounters — Royalty and Education in which
guests heard amusing stories of his meetings with royalty,
plus a selection of humorous anecdotes from other aspects
of his varied career.
The next outing was a visit to the ABC complex on July
24 for a tour of the ABC Radio studios and auditorium,
where many live concerts are held and recorded for future
broadcasts.
Lunch was held at the nearby Walker’s Arms Hotel,
concluding a friendly and interesting occasion.
Nursery and lunch to celebrate spring
You have an opportunity to celebrate Spring by visiting
the largest garden centre in South Australia — the Virginia
Home and Garden Nursery, Gawler Road, Virginia (08
8380 9560), on Wednesday, October 15.
It is suggested that you arrive about 11am to view the
indoor and outdoor plant range, water features, pots, giftware and garden accessories. Lunch in the adjacent restaurant is booked for 12.30 pm.
There is no charge for the visit and cost of the lunch is at
own expense on the day.
Please complete reply form No. 4 (enclosed for SA
members in this edition of The Order) and return by
Wednesday, October 8.
Barbara Worley AM
in many other areas of service, in which she was passionately involved.
She was made a Member of the Order of Australia on
Australia Day 1997. Her community work and advocacy
continued unabated until her death on May 1, 2014. Barbara was truly a great Australian lady.
Robert Angove AM
Secretary, SA Branch
In memoriam
W
e recognise with gratitude the contributions of the
following past members of the Association and send
our thoughts and condolences to their friends and families.
Hon. Donald Hubert Louis Banfield AO (former ALP
Member of the Legislative Council 1965-1979 and Minister 1973-1979),
David John (Barry) Barrett OAM,
Bruce Leonard Bowley OAM,
Eric Richard Brand OAM,
Ronald Keith Fuller OAM,
Christine Jennifer Steele-Scott OAM,
Dudley Lyle (Dick) Whittington OAM,
Jean Cecilia Wickham OAM,
Barbara Elizabeth Worley AM.
Please, tell us...
All SA members, especially those in the country
regions, are asked to let us know if they are aware
of the death of an association member in their community.
This allows us the opportunity to extend condolences to the members' families and helps us keep
our records up to date. Thank you to those who
have helped us in this way.
We also encourage the spouses or partners of
deceased members to remain connected with the
Association by joining as an Associate.
Please contact the Branch Membership Officer
for further information.
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S.A. NEWS — Fleurieu Regional Group
Dog days at Victor
Harbour
Jocelyn Bayly OAM, the Fleurieu Group
coordinator, invited group members to two
lunch-time meetings, the first on May 2.
At Victor Harbour hockey field they
met the Fleurieu Dog Obedience Club and
watched a program of dog-training methods.
A highlight was an opportunity for members to mingle with the dogs and their owners. Members of both organisations gathered
later at a nearby restaurant for lunch.
The horse-drawn tram at Victor Harbour, one of many attractions on the
The second meeting will be on November 7.
Fleurieu Peninsula, South Australia.
PICTURE: Tourism Australia
Destination suggestions wanted
T
he SA Events and Functions sub-comittee
arranges varied and attractive outings for
the benefit and pleasure of members. These
activities are not only delightful social occasions but also an ideal way to meet and get to
know other members.
Do come along and enjoy!If you have any
suggestions for future events that may appeal
to members, Membership Officer Glenys
Jones OAM JP would be pleased to hear
from you. Contact details: [email protected] tel/fax (08) 8364 2591 or mobile
0409 848 746.
Visitors chat with the residents at Seal Bay Conservation Park,
Kangaroo Island, South Australia. PICTURE: Tourism Australia
Queen’s Birthday honours spur to involvement
T
he branch congratulates the following new recipients
of Order of Australia awards in South Australia. We
invite them to join the Order of Australia Association
SA Branch and become involved not only in local and
interstate events but also in our national conferences.
AO (Officer in the General Division): Professor Peter
Blumbergs, Professor Graeme Koehne, Dr Lewis
O’Brien, Ms Marjorie Tripp.
AM (Member in the General Division): Professor
Leslie Cleland, Mr Vincent Copley, Adjunct Assoc.
Professor Elizabeth Dabars, Mr Robert Hannaford,
Professor Michael McLaughlin, Mr John Roberts, Mr
David Robertson, Mrs Hean Wee.
OAM (Medal in the General Division): Mrs Colleen
Andrew, Mr Freddie Brincat, Mr Robert Brooksby, Mr
Giovanni Bueti, Mr John Coombe, Mr William Corey,
Ms Lesley Davies, Ms Carole Hall-Dunstan, Mr James
Hignett, Mr Desmond Lattin, Dr Peter McInnes (decd),
Ms Andrea McGuffog, Mr Bruce Muller, Ms Judith
Morton, Mr Steven Shearer, Mr Leon Tuckwell, Dr
Colin Twelftree, Mr Clifford Wright.
Welcome to new members
The Branch welcomes the following new association
members. We encourage and invite all to involve themselves in the activities of the branch by checking future
event details in this issue. Come along, meet and get to
know other members in a sociable and friendly atmosphere.
New members are:
Dr V. Andersons AM RFD, Mr W.R. Anthoney
OAM, Ms K.J. Ashton OAM, Mrs S.L.Charlton AM,
Mrs A.S. Ferguson OAM, Mr B.A. Hall OAM, Mr
M.G. Hewitson AM, Mrs M.J High AM, Mr T. Mack
AM, Mrs L. Magee OAM, Mr S.M. McPhee OAM, Ms
P. Nagel AM, Dr M.A. Nugent AM, Mr F.C. O’Connor
AM, Professor R.J. Owens AO, Assoc Professor C.D.
Palmer AM, Professor G.E. Rogers AO, Professor
D.K. Round AM, Mr A.D. Saint AM, Mrs S.P. Sampson OAM, Mrs A.V. Smith OAM, Mr G.G. Spurling
AM ED, Mr G. Stewart OAM, Mr R.T. Walsh AM, Mr
F.K.Y. Wong OAM.
Christmas morning tea
The Christmas Morning Tea, always an appealing
feature in our social program, will be held at the Fullarton
Centre, Fullarton Road, Fullarton on Thursday, December
4 from 10.30am.
There is no cost to attend this function of good cheer.
However, for catering purposes, please complete reply
form No. 1 on the flyer enclosed for SA members in this
edition of The Order and return it by Friday, November
28.
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S.A. NEWS
Student Citizenship Awards nominations invited
I
nvitations have been extended to 218 high schools and
colleges across South Australia to nominate year 11 and
12 students [two per school] for the branch's 2014 Student
Citizenship Awards. The criteria are:
• Production of significant benefits for members of the
school and/or general community;
• Leadership and influence of peers by example;
• Demonstrated skills in organisation, management and
communication;
• Outstanding citizenship displayed by assisting group(s)
in need, such as disadvantaged, elderly, homeless youth,
over time or by otherwise making a significant contribution to community development;
• Initiative and concern demonstrated for the advancement or wellbeing of others;
• Demonstrated pride in Australian citizenship.
Thirty-four students have been nominated from 26
schools and colleges, 13 from rural and regional areas.
Presentations to the top 10 students and the selection of
the Student Citizen of the Year, determined by a panel of
association members, will be made at a ceremony later in
the year.
Branch members have been invited to nominate as
presenters at schools and colleges in their community/area
for the balance of the students. Where a nomination has
been received, branch members will visit the schools and
colleges and make presentations later this year.
Ken Coventry OAM JP, Deputy Chairman
and Convener, Student Citizenship Awards
Branch supports choirs in Adelaide Eisteddfod
T
he branch chairman attended the choral sections of the
Adelaide Eisteddfod in the Elder Hall, University of
Adelaide, on June 19. There were three sections for school
choirs: for Years 5-10; Years 8-12 and an open age section.
The quality of performance was excellent in all sections,
the adjudicator commenting on the difficulty of determining between the competitors.
The branch supported section C003, providing the first
and second prizes.The section winner was Seymour College with Marryatville High School second and Brighton
High third. Each choir was required to sing two songs, one
a cappella and one written or arranged by an Australian.
The branch has supported the section for Years 8-12
for years as part of its community works along with the
Student Citizenship Awards.
NORTHERN TERRITORY NEWS
An evening to honour Dr Valerie Asche AM
T
he Northern Territory Branch has celebrated the contribution of Dr Valerie Asche AM to the Association,
recognised at the 1914 national conference in Melbourne.
A tribute to Val in the form of a plaque was accepted by
branch chairman Dr Tom Lewis OAM on her behalf,and
presented to her at a social function in Darwin on April 15,
attended by 40 branch members.Val was heartily commended for her work and leadership, especially in her role
as NT chairwoman.
The citation on her plaque reads, "Presented to Dr
Valerie Asche, Director NT 2011–2013, in appreciation of
her valuable service to the Order of Australia Association."
With her husband Austin, Dr Asche moved to the Northern Territory in 1986, where she worked as senior research
officer in the microbiology unit at the Menzies School of
Health Research and sessional microbiologist at Royal
Darwin Hospital. Val served on the NT committee for 10
years and her warmth and intellect have been greatly appreciated.
The branch was also delighted that its chairman, Dr Tom
Lewis OAM, was presented with the Charles Darwin University Essay Award in the NT Literary Awards in May. Dr
Lewis, a nationally recognised military historian, whose
award in the Order of Australia is for services to naval
history, wrote a piece entitled The Myth of Government
Cover-up of the First Darwin Raids. He acknowledged the
enthusiastic support of the University, the Northern Territory Library and the NT Writers’ Centre.
In the same weekend his book Carrier Attack: Darwin
1942, co-written with Peter Ingram, was reviewed in the
Host Grant Tambling AM and Dr.Asche AM
Weekend Australian. In this book, described in the paper
as "superbly researched’’, the writers ‘‘have come as close
as is humanly possible to telling the complete story of
what happened on that fateful February morning in 1942’’.
Congratulations to the authors.
Congratulations
NT awardees in the Queen's Birthday honours in the Order
of Australia included Robert Elix AM; Kong su Jape
AM; Ian Lakey OAM; Roger Millist OAM; Sean Parnell OAM; and Eean Thorne OAM. Other awards went
to: Jennifer Roe, Australian Police Medal; Dean Clark,
Conspicuous Service Medal Bar; and Phillipa Hay,
Conspicuous Service Cross.
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N.S.W. NEWS
Thanks for so much support for the branch
A
s chairman of the NSW Branch of the Association I
congratulate all the new recipients of an award in the
Order announced in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List and
look forward to meeting many of you and your guests at the
new recipients’ lunch at Parliament House on September 4.
I thank all the people involved in the organising,
judging, and administration of the John Lincoln Youth
Community Service Awards, ensuring that all the
roles were completed on schedule as prepared by our
subcommittee early this year.
I also thank Ms Fiona Fitzpatrick, Managing Director of
Futurum Australia, for sponsoring these important awards
in 2014. I sincerely thank her for the time she gave in
addition to her monetary donation, in meeting Sr St Jude
Doyle OAM, convener of the program, and myself to
discuss the program, plus the administrative support her
staff has provided.
While on the subject I also thank Ms Melanie
Grace, manager of the Stella Maris Aged Care Facility
at Cronulla, for her help by permitting us to hold
subcommittee meetings at this centre, allowing for a very
smooth hand-over of the convenership of the awards
program from Sr St Jude Doyle to Mr Jim McAlpine
AM.
My thanks go to our past newsletter editor, Mr Malcolm
Longstaff OAM, for the commitment he gave to this
responsibility during the three years in which he was a
committee member. Malcolm put many hours of his time
and expertise into this role, as well as looking after the
NSW website.
I also thank his wife, Margaret, for supporting our
branch and to both Margaret and Malcolm for travelling
to the various regional-group and other branch functions
during his time as newsletter editor.
As you are aware, we are looking for a person to
take over the role of newsletter editor. Please see the
advertisement below.
My wife Carol and I attended the Queen’s Birthday
Newsletter editor wanted
for NSW Branch
The NSW Branch of The Order of Australia
Association urgently requires a Member to
take on the interesting role of Newsletter Editor.
Branch newsletters are produced quarterly and
then incorporated into the national magazine,
The Order.
Anyone interested please contact:
Mrs. Colleen Wardell OAM, Hon. Secretary,
The Order of Australia Association – NSW
Branch.
Telephone: 02 9680 2618, or
e-mail: [email protected]
Postal Address: 81 Tuckwell Road, Castle Hill
NSW 2154
NSW Chairman’s message
celebrations at NSW Government House on Tuesday, June
10, hosted by Her Excellency Professor The Honourable
Dame Marie Bashir AD CVO. It is always an honour to
represent the Branch on such occasions.
I thank all our members and guests for their help and
support and I look forward to meeting you at our functions
in the various cities and towns.
Ron Sharpe OAM
NSW Branch Chairman
Coming Events
Wed 4 September – 12.15pm for 12.45pm. Reception
for 2014 Queen’s Birthday Order of Australia award
recipients. At NSW Parliament House, Sydney. Further
details and registration information: Tele. (02) 9150
7243; Mob. 0407 919 235.
Sun 7 September 10.00am Multifaith Service, Christ
Church St. Laurence, George Street, Sydney (nr.
Railway Square). Further details; Tele (02) 9680 2618
Sat 11 October. New England/North West Region
Biennial Luncheon. At Saumarez Homestead, Armidale
NSW. Further details and registration information will
be advised later. Contact: David Evans OAM, Regional
Convenor, tel. (02) 6760 7014.
Thu 30 October – 10am. Morning Tea and Guest
Speaker. At NSW Parliament House,, Sydney. Guest
speaker:Associate Professor Brian Boettcher AM on The
Battle for Milne Bay. Further details and registration form
accompanying this edition of The Order.
Wed 26 November. Annual General Meeting and
Morning Tea of the NSW Branch of The Order of
Australia Association. Further details and registration
form accompanying this edition of The Order
Wed. 3 December 12 noon Pre-Christmas Yum Cha,
Emperor’s Gardens, 96 Hay Street, Haymarket. Further
details and registration form accompanying this edition
of The Order.
2015
Sun 25 January- 8.45am-4.30pm. Australia Day
Weekend Celebration. Departing Sydney at 8.45am
for a 70-minute coach trip to Tobruk Sheep Station,
Maroota, to share a real Australian Outback experience.
Guests will be greeted by stockmen on horseback
and enjoy a varied program that includes morning tea
with traditional damper, stockmen’s roundup, sheep
mustering with working dogs, boomerang and whipcracking demonstrations and a bush barbecue lunch.
Two coach pick-up points are planned, one in the
Sydney CBD and another in the Castle Hill region, with
return.to Sydney by approximately 4.30pm All inclusive
cost is $95.00 per person. Further details to follow.
Meanwhile, for registrations of interest and inquiries
please contact Mrs Colleen Wardell OAM (Hon. Sec) –
tel. (02) 9680 2618.
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N.S.W. NEWS — Regional groups
Broad range of achievements honoured
New awardees, from left: Dr. Romney Adair Newman OAM,
Mr Howard Crocker OAM and Ms Lyn Mayo OAM
By Ron Sharp OAM, Chairman NSW State Branch
T
he Manning Regional Group held its mid-year lunch
at Wingham Services Club on May 23, attended by
36 members and guests including three new awardees in
The Order. Regional Convenor Wing Commander (Ret)
Greg Hartig AM welcomed everyone and, after the meal,
introduced the new recipients, They are:
Lyn Mayo OAM for her service to the community, which
includes organising the Monthly Hub Markets at Taree
as a fund-raiser for a kidney dialysis centre; supporting
Manning Wallamba Family History Society Inc; and
many years of creating rugs for cancer patients — which
she still does..
Dr. Romney Adair Newman OAM for services to
medicine as a physician and to the community of the
Mid North Coast of NSW, including being a leader of
Kairos Prison Ministry Program; consultant to the Taree
and Forster Aboriginal Medical Centres; lay preacher,
mentor and elder and parish council member of Taree
Uniting Church for many years.
Howard Crocker OAM for his service to the sport of
rowing. In 2010 Howard developed computerised
technology allowing the assessment of power and
technique with rowing strokes. He has also supplied
oars to some crew members, Australian Olympic and
international teams since 1964 and sponsors rowing.
Rodney O’Regan OAM, who sent an apology for being
unable to attend the lunch. Rodney was awarded for
his services to the community, including service to the
Manning Valley-Great Lakes Totally and Permanently
Incapacitated Social and Welfare Club and director of
the Light Horse Association.
Greg Hartig held the group’s raffle, which always adds
some humour and goodwill to the meeting; and thanked
everyone for attending. After a vote it was decided that
the function later this year would be a ferry trip on the
Manning River, departing from the Kroki Wharf.
Illawarra
Regional Convenor John O’Dwyer OAM warmly
welcomed 77 members and guests to the 2014 mid-year
lunch, held by the Illawarra Regional Group at Dapto
Leagues Club on May 30.
Among those attending were Local Member Stephen
Jones MP and, from the NSW State Branch Committee,
were Chairman Ron Sharpe OAM and Regional Group
Coordinator Garth Doyle OAM. Grace was said by
Bishop Short OAM.
A special welcome was given to new honour recipients
Kay Kolsky OAM, Kevin Riolo OAM and John
Kaehler OAM.
Tributes were paid to Maurie Chapman OAM and Dr
Dick Boden AM, followed by silent time for both.
After an excellent meal, Brian Mackander OAM
introduced guest speaker Inspector Michael Gray, of the
Rural Bush Fire Brigade, who spoke on what the brigade
does and ran a short video presentation.
Bill Seay OAM gave a vote of thanks to Inspector Gray
and presented him with a gift and a certificate of thanks.
The annual lunch will be held at Dapto Leagues Club on
Saturday, November 15.
NSW Regional Group Conveners
Blue Mountains/Hawkesbury/Nepean
Mr Lindsay J Callaghan OAM – (02) 4739 4128
Central Coast
Mrs Patricia Slattery OAM – (02) 4341 3188
Central West
Mrs Audrey Hardman OAM – (02) 6367 5034
Clarence/Richmond
Mr Don Johnston OAM – (02) 6628 0055
Coffs Coast
Vacant
Dubbo
Miss Ruby Riach OAM – (02) 6882 0658
Far South Coast
Mrs Jennifer Butt OAM - (02) 4474 3473
Hastings/Macleay
John Ross OAM – (02) 6583 1192
Hunter
Mrs June Cameron – (02) 4954 7005
Illawarra
Mr Bill Seay OAM – (02) 4229 8296
Manning
Wing Commander (Rtd) Greg Hartig AM –
(02) 6556 3158
New England/North West
Mr David Evans OAM – (02) 6760 7014
Riverina
Mr Brian Favero OAM – (02) 6921 4567
Shoalhaven
Mr Andrew Forsdike OAM – 0412 420 483
Southern Highlands
Mrs Virginia Adlide OAM – (02) 4861 1331
Southern Tablelands
Mr Mark McRae OAM – (02) 6227 5739
—————————————————
NSW Regional Groups Co-ordinator
Mr Garth Doyle OAM
15 Nimbin Street
Russell Vale NSW 2517
Tel: (02) 4284 0111 mob: 0409 850 511
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Hawkesbury-Nepean-Blue Mountains
The Order of Australia Association
New South Wales Branch
Patron: Her Excellency Professor The Honourable Dame
Marie Bashir AD CVO, Governor of New South Wales
___________________________
Branch mailing address: 81 Tuckwell Road, Castle Hill
NSW 2154 Tel: (02) 9680 2618
Website: www.theorderofaustralia.asn.au
New awardees at the Hawkesbury–Nepean–Blue Mountains
annual lunch. From left: Harold Hunt OAM, Heather
Lee OAM and Marie McDermott OAM with NSW Branch
Chairman Ron Sharpe OAM.
T
he annual lunch of the Hawkesbury–Nepean–Blue
Mountains Group was held on May 18 at Yarramundi
House, the beautifully restored residence of the College
Principals of the Hawkesbury Agricultural College. This
precinct is now part of the University of Western Sydney,
Hawkesbury Campus.
Members and guests enjoyed an excellent lunch and
were entertained on the keyboard by Lachlan Barnes, the
grandson of the group chairman, Lindsay Callaghan
OAM.
The Provost of the University of Western Sydney’s
Hawkesbury Campus, Professor Roy Tasker, was the guest
speaker. He exposed the group to the reality of university
life of yesteryear and the ground-breaking work in which
Hawkesbury is taking part. Guests were treated also to a
hands-on demonstration of how modern students interact
with their lecturers.
John Wakefield OAM
Chairman Mr Ron Sharpe OAM (02) 4343 1011
Dep Chairman Mr John Archer OAM Mob. 0407 919 235
Hon Secretary Mrs Colleen Wardell OAM (02) 9680 2618
Hon Treasurer Mr Peter Falk OAM FCA F Fin
Mob. 0411 141 103
Committee Members
Mr Garth Doyle OAM (Regional Groups Co-ordinator)
Mob. 0409 850 511
Mr Andrew Gullotta OAM Mob. 0418 440 680
Rear-Admiral Tony Hunt AO RAN (Rtd)
(Young Endeavour Co-ordinator) (02) 9332 4976
Mr Peter King AO (02) 8904 1110
Mr King Lee OAM (02) 9265 6499
Mr Jim McAlpine AM (John Lincoln Youth Community
Service Awards Co-ordinator) (02) 4869 3013
Mrs Silvana Vidoni OAM (Merchandising Officer) (02) 9550
0049
Co-opted Member
Mrs Mary Doughty AM (Documents Archivist) (02) 9419
7062
OAA (NSW) Memorabilia for Sale
NOMINATIONS FOR NSW BRANCH
COMMITTEE 2014–2015
Nominations are called for the positions of Chairman,
Deputy Chairman, Honorary Secretary, Honorary
Treasurer, Newsletter Editor and five (5) committee
members for the NSW Branch Committee for 2014–2015.
A nomination form (obtainable from the Hon. Secretary)
signed by the proposer and seconder and countersigned
by the Member nominated, stating he/she consents to the
nomination, should be forwarded to reach:
Mrs. Colleen Wardell OAM, Hon. Secretary, The Order of
Australia Association, NSW Branch, 81 Tuckwell Road,
Castle Hill, NSW 2154, not later than 19 September 2014.
Notices of motion to be discussed at the annual general
meeting of the NSW Branch are also required to be received
by 19 September 2014.
Item Price incl. P/H
Neckties Traditional style $27.00
Neckties Corporate:Maroon/Black/White $27.00
Neckties Corporate: Navy/Aqua/White $27.00
Neckties New Style $42.00
Scarves (Chiffon) Navy $32.00
Pens $12.00
Association Brooches $22.00
Association lapel badges (image below) $17.00
Cufflinks (boxed) $40.00
Car Stickers (57mm x 78mm) $ 6.00
Please mail your order and accompanying
cheque payable to ‘The Order of Australia
Association NSW to:
Mrs S Vidoni OAM,
68 Carlisle Street, Leichhardt NSW 2040.
Telephone (02) 9550 0049 for further information.
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LEFT:New awardees for the Central West
Regional Group (from left): John Willing
PSM, of Milthorpe; Colin Ferguson OAM
Orange; Jean Whiley OAM , Orange;
Melville Johnston OAM, Orange, Spencer
Harvey OAM, Bathurst; Temple Cornish
OAM, Orange; Bruce Bolam OAM,
Bathurst and Carol McDiarmid PSM,
Bathurst. Absent, Mickla Lewis OAM,
Grenfell.
Central West
Central Coast
T
R
he Central West Regional Group’s annual lunch in
June was held at the Beekeeper’s Inn at Vittoria,
(between Bathurst and Orange).
The inn, built in 1859, was originally the horse-change
station for Cobb & Co.
The 82 members and guests present at this rustic and
historic venue was the largest number to have attended our
group’s functions.
There was an atmosphere of the true spirit of the Order
of Australia with friendship and conviviality very evident.
The food was excellent with traditional country-size
servings.
The guest speaker, the retired Right Reverent Bishop
Richard Herford OAM, spoke of the many aspects of his
life over 45 years in various countries with the Anglican
Church, mostly in Australia, until he retired two years ago
as Bishop of Bathurst.
He spoke then about the satisfaction he has gained by
participating in voluntary community service, including
that with organisations dealing with social welfare and
justice.
This service won him his award in the Order, presented
by Her Excellency Professor the Honourable Dame
Marie Bashir AD CVO.
Members and guests were delighted by the comments
made by NSW Branch Chairman Ron Sharpe OAM
about the activities of the branch and details given by
the Branch Secretary, Colleen Wardell OAM, about
the Youth Community programs (John Lincoln Youth
Community Service Awards and the Young Endeavour Sail
Training Program) that our branch sponsors.
After having learnt more about these programs the
Central West Regional Group has decided to donate
$1,000, proceeds of the function, to the JLYCSA program,
which is open to all Year 11 and Year 12 students for
nomination throughout NSW.
Just before concluding, a few present-day comments
about the Beekeeper’s Inn situated in a true Central West
rural setting.
It is a popular antique and tourist attraction with its own
brewery, plus its own various types of honey (including
orange blossom honey, Patterson’s Curse and Ironbark) .
We hope our future events will all create the same
enthusiasm in members and guests that was clearly shown
this year.
egional Group Convener Mrs Pat Slattery OAM
welcolmed 35 members and guests to the Central
Coast Regional Groups annual lunch held at the Central
Coast Leagues Club Gosford, on the April 8. The Order
of Australia Association was represented by NSW
Chairman Ron Sharpe OAM, NSW Regional Group
Coordinator Garth Doyle OAM and NSW Branch
Secretary, Colleen Wardell OAM and her husband Dr
John Wardell.
The toast to the Order of Australia was given by NSW
Branch Chairman Ron Sharpe OAM, who also gave an
update of events and functions that the association has
planned in the near future. The loyal toast was proposed
by Garth Doyle OAM.
Pat Slattery welcomed the new awardees Helen Walker
OAM and Cecily Prentice OAM and their guests, giving
a brief summary of their achievements and congratulating
them on their awards.
The guest speaker was Stephen Clarke, Gosford City
Town Crier, who gave an excellent insight into the duties
and history of the town crier in England and Australia. He
spoke also about his experience in world championships in
both Australia and overseas.
We thank Pat for her contribution of time and effort in
making the day an outstanding success.
From left: NSW Chairman Ron Sharpe OAM, Central
Coast Regional Convener Patricia Slattery OAM,
guest speaker Gosford City Town Crier Stephen
Clarke and Jean Bright and Pat Bright OAM.
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