In October 2008 Jane Fitzgerald Spring was awarded an Honorary Fellowship of the University for her services to rowing.
For nearly two decades Jane has been an icon, an inspiration and an example to the University community of how to meet and triumph over adversity and face disability with courage, determination and intelligence. Read more
10.02.09 Tags: Law, rowing
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Banker, Cricketer
In May 1999, Sally Auld was selected to represent the MCC in its first ever women’s fixture against a Surrey U21 side. As captain of the Oxford University Women’s Cricket Club in 2000, Sally enjoyed the honour of playing both for and against the MCC. Read more
19.10.08 Tags: banking, cricket
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Governor of New South Wales 
From Senior Student to Governor of New South Wales
“When the suggestion was made to me… to begin with I was absolutely spellbound and speechless. Thinking about it, it seemed to me to be symbolic about the way our country is advancing in a sophisticated manner, that it could consider asking not only a woman, but a woman whose work is in a field Read more
19.10.08 Tags: adolescent health, indigenous health, psychiatry
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Professor of Music, Composer 
‘When in 1996 I was awarded the AM in the Order of Australia, undoubtedly a career highlight, I was especially touched that it was ‘for services to music as a composer and educator’. These activities are, for me, intertwined: Read more
19.10.08 Tags: composition, music
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Anthropologist, expert on gender and race bias
(1942-1998)
DR CLARE BURTON, an international expert on gender and race bias, was one of Australia’s finest feminist intellectuals. She put her scholarship into action in senior public sector appointments in NSW, Queensland and Canberra. Read more
19.10.08 Tags: Anthropology, feminism
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