Our donors

Membership categories

In accordance with the Foundation Trust Deed, membership of the Foundation will be granted if the following conditions are satisfied from living individuals, organisations or other legal entities:

• donations totalling $2000 or more within the previous five financial years;
• donations of $100,000 or more at any time will be acknowledged as Lifetime membership;
• in-kind gifts valued at a total of $250,000 or more at any time will be acknowledged as Lifetime membership.

Current Foundation members

Visionary

Len Ainsworth AM
The Crouch Family

Life Governor

Tal & Dai-Ichi Life

Governor

John B Fairfax AO
Vincent Fairfax Family Foundation
Nelson Meers Foundation
Nestlé Australia Ltd
Bruce & Joy Reid Foundation
Rob Thomas AO

Life Guardian 

Dr Wendy Cooper
Peter Crossing AM
Hertzberg Family
Macquarie Group
Merewether Family
News Corp Australia
Geoffrey & Rachel O’Conor
Public Purpose Fund
John T Reid Charitable Trusts
Rio Tinto

Guardian 

Robert Albert AO RFD RD & Elizabeth Albert
David W Anstice AO
The Hon Franca Arena AM
Arrowfield Group
Ashurst Australia
Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce
Janette Bain
Dr Charles Barnes
Charlene Bradley & Graham Bradley AM
Assoc Professor Geoffrey Cains & Sarah Cains
Robert G Cameron AO & Paula Cameron
Elizabeth Clarkson
Coles Myer
Jennifer Crivelli 
Neil Glasser MVO & Nina Glasser
The Glendonbrook Foundation
Belinda Hutchinson AC & Roger Massy-Greene AM
The Kingston & Roe Fund
John Lamble Foundation
Maple-Brown Family Foundation
McDonald’s Australia
Ian McLachlan
Moran Health Care Group Pty Ltd
The Rodney & Judith O’Neil Foundation
Planet Wheeler Foundation
Qantas Airways Limited
Roussel Family
Penelope Seidler AM
David & Tricia Sherbon
Sydney Mechanics’ School of Arts
Sofitel Sydney Wentworth Hotel
Thyne Reid Foundation
Veolia Australia & New Zealand
Westpac Banking Corporation
Sally White OAM & Geoffrey White OAM
Whitmont Family
Caroline Wilkinson OAM
Kim Williams AM & Catherine Dovey

Life Benefactor 

Centenary Foundation
The Trustee for the Corella Fund 
Rowena Danziger AM
Martin Dickson AM & Susie Dickson
Dixson Trust
Hugh Dixson Snr & Patricia Dixson
Mark & Jane Fulton
The Hon Justice Peter Garling RFD & Jane Garling
Dr Francis Hooper
Dr Alan Matthews
Nick & Caroline Minogue Foundation
Alice Arnott Oppen OAM
Pittorino Family
J Thomond Priestley
Dr John Vallance AM

Major Benefactor

Dr Gae M Anderson
John Atkin & Judy Haddrick
Christine Bishop
Rosemary Block
Dennis Bluth
Canon Australia Pty Ltd
Cecelia Clarke
Wendy Clarke
Louise Cox AO
Michael Diamond AM MBE
Emeritus Professor Dexter Dunphy AM
J A Eggins
Dr Suzanne Falkiner
David Greatorex AO & Deirdre Greatorex
Prue & Derek Heath
Christine & Gavin Holman
Judith Neilson Institute
Iphygenia Kallinikos
Katz Family Foundation
Christina Kennedy
Paul McClintock AO
Samantha Meers AO
Anne & Don Munro
Henry Parkes Foundation
Thomas C Powell AM
Kathrine Reynolds
John Sharpe & Claire Armstrong
Dick Smith AC & Pip Smith
Maisy Stapleton 
Ross Steele AM
Rosaline Tam
Howard Tanner AM & Mary Tanner
Michael & Vashti Waterhouse
Wenkart Foundation
Yim Family Foundation

Benefactor

Brian Abbott
Professor Chris Adam
Dr Hugh Allen & Judith Ainge
Dr Raji Ambikairajah
Emeritus Professor Derek Anderson AM
Simone Arnott
Elsa Atkin AM
Akhtar Azhar
Peter G Bailey
Anna-Rosa & Steven Baker
Dr B J Ballantyne
Emeritus Professor Antony Basten AO FAA
Ron & Joan Beslich
Janet Black
Jennifer Blackman
Rachel Blazey
Dr Michael Bowden
John & Lyn Boyes
John Bradshaw
A W Bragg
Maxine Brodie
Caroline Joan Bryant
Anthony Buckley AM
Roslyn Burge & Cynthia Nadai
Louise Burney
Gregory K Burton SC
Stephanie R Caddies
Alan Cameron AO
The Hon J C Campbell KC & Mrs Campbell
David Carment
Nicholas Carney
Rosemary Carrick
Barry Casey
Ross Catts
Dr Eileen Chanin
Dr John Christian AO & Helen Christian AM
Milton Churche
Stuart Clark AM
Christopher W Clarke
Robert Clifton-Steele
Tullio Cofrancesco
Rodney & Kathie Collins
Pauline & Rob Conolly
John D Corney
Phillip Cornwell
Brett & Susan Courtenay
Doug Crabbe
Clive H Craven
Dr Janet Cromb
Jeffrey D’Albora
Rowan Darke
Rebecca Davies AO
Dr Marie De Lepervanche
Carol Dettmann OAM & Nicholas Dettmann
Dr Hugh Dixson & Frances Dixson
Clare Docker
Joe Doyle AM & Ruth Doyle
Murray Doyle AAM
John Dunlop
J M Eldershaw
Elizabeth Ellis OAM
Brian J Emanuel
Peter Evans
Michael Eyers AM
David Fairlie
Laurie Ferguson OAM
Assoc Professor Hamish C M Foster
Brian France AM
Dr Rachel Franks
Marion Freidman
Dr Judith A Fryer AM
Susan Gabriel
Dr Janet George
John A Gilmour AM
Professor Allan R Glanville
Julianna Gluck
GML Heritage
Dr Lewis Gomes
Geoffrey J Graham
Geoff R Graham
Janet Grant
Kevin & Margaret Gray
Brian P J Greig
Pauline Griffin AM
Peter Hack
John Hamilton
D J Handelsman
Linda Hansen
Handley Marks Family Foundation
Dr Gaye Hart AM
Lynne Hodge
Mary Holt
Edith Honold
Professor Julia Horne
Georgina Horton
Judy Hunt
John Hyde Page
Tom & Dee Hyde Page
The Hon Justice Ian Jackman
Kim Jacobs AM
Vincent Jewell
Beverley Johnson
Justice Peter Johnson
Paul S Jones
Anton Kapel
Emeritus Professor Grace Karskens
John Keightley
Narelle Kennedy
Dr John Kenny
Dr Ruth S Kerr OAM
Dr Michael Kesteven & Penelope Nelson
Dr D Keyworth
Richard J King
Larry King
Sylvia Klineberg
Justice F Kunc & F Rourke
Paul Laird
Annette Larkin
John Lawrence
Graeme Le Roux
Kim Leung
Valerie Lhuede AM
Anne Lipson
Professor Gwynnyth Llewellyn
Eric Lucas
Anne MacDonald
Pierre St Just Malherbe
Tim McCormick
Kathleen McCredie AM
Rosemary McCullough
Gabrielle McDonagh
Duncan McKay
Stephen D McNamara
Stephen McNamara
P J Meaney
Dr Wendy Michaels OAM
Barbara Mobbs
Catriona Morgan-Hunn
Allan Moss AO & Irene Moss
Donald Keith Mulligan
Jan Nicholas
Carole O’Brien
Jennie Orchard
Antony O’Regan & Anthony Gale
Janette Parkinson
Kerrin Parry
G Pearson
Professor Emerita Roslyn Pesman AM
Gavin Pettigrew
Peter Poland OAM
Benjamin Politzer
Dr Susan Pond AM
Helen Pottie
Lorraine Pountney
Robin Proudford
Jason Prowd
Robert Pryke
Patricia Grimwade Rankin
Christine L Robertson
Jeanne Rockey
Dr Catherine Rogers
Robert Rose
Sally & Jonathan Rourke
David E Routley
John Rownes
Karl Schimke
Dr Peter Schweitzer
Shand Foundation
Anthony Slater KC
Ian & Gay Southwell
Diana Southwell-Keely
Jacqueline Spedding
Alice Spigelman AM & The Hon James Spigelman AC KC
David Staehli
Richard J Stevens
Russell Stewart
Joy Storie
Dr Allan Sturgess
William Sweeney
Wendy Swinburn
Louise Taggart & Peter Homel
Monica E Tankey
Mark R Tarmo
Ian & Valerie Thom
Raymond Thomsett
Turner Freeman Lawyers
Pauline Tyrrell
Ian Vacchini
Jan Vecchio
Dr John Warden & Charmian Warden
Dr Kimberley Webber & Emeritus Professor Roy Macleod OAM
Bruce Welch
Robyn White OAM
Jemima Whyte
Sarah Whyte
Whyte Family Foundation
Dr Ruth Wilson & David Wilson
Assoc Professor Barry Wren AM
Lance Wright KC
Dr Don Wright
John & Julie Wrigley

Estates

The State Library would like to acknowledge the gifts from the following Estates that have supported the Library and contributed to our future.

$1,000,000 – $10,000,000 

Sir William Dixson
Ruby Faris
Jean Garling
John Anthony Gilbert AM
Neville Brian Halse
Helen McIlrath (Selle)
David Scott Mitchell
Robert White AO

$100,000 – $999,999

Judith Navena Andrews
Jack Brann
Patricia Conder
Charles Herbert Currey
Margaret Fisher
Mona Alexis Fox
Neville Govett
Samuel B Herron
Margaret Mary Jones
Anita McKenzie
Jean Millner
Ethel Murray
Peter W Russell
Harold Schultz

$10,000 – $99,999

Jean Allen
John Aitken
Sibilla Baer
Allen Baldick
Pamela Ruth Beanham
Helen Breekveldt
Joan Campbell
William Raymond Cooper
Sarah Dingwell
Kondelea Elliott
Nick Enright
James O Fairfax AO
Donald Fraser
Marie Gray 
Dinah Harvey
Barbara Hudson 
Mimi Hurley
Margaret Ann Jones
Denis Klein
Nathalie Kulakowski
Lady Loewenthal
Thelma Long 
Mary Elizabeth Maltby
Joy Marchant
Felicity Marceau
Robin Mathews
Dr B P Nolan
Robert Pritchard
Merrill Pye
Ruth Robertson
E J Russell
Judith Ryan 
Dr Douglass Seaton
Mary Strettles
Nancy Tuck
Peter Tyler
Gerald Wronker

Library Circle

Dr Gae M Anderson
Ken Bloxsom
Pam Connor
Pauline & Rob Conolly
Jennifer Crivelli
J A Eggins
Marilyn Endlein
Margaret Evans
Pauline Griffin AM
Dr Kevin W Hewitt
Dr Ruth Kerr OAM
Howard J Lewis
Ian McLachlan
Janette Parkinson
Ross Steele AM
Joy Storie
Dr Diana & John Wyndham

Gifts were made in honour of the following individuals in 2022-23:

The Late Michael & Lesley Allen
The Late Ian Stapleton

The Foundation warmly thanks the following supporters who made a donation in 2022-23:

Brian Abbott & Robin Proudford
Christopher Adam
Dr Paul Adam
The Ainsworth Foundation
Robert Albert AO RFD RD & Elizabeth Albert
Pacita Alexander
Emeritus Professor Derek Anderson
Franca Arena AM
Simone Arnott
Sophie Attwater
Akhtar Azhar
Peter Bailey
Anna-Rosa & Steven Baker
Barbara Ballantyne
Dr Tony Bannister-Tyrrell
Rebbell A Barnes AO
Jann Barry
Dinah Beeston
S Bernasconi
Ron & Joan Beslich
Nichola Beukes
John Birch AM
Christine Bishop
Janet Black
Rachel Blazey
Dennis Bluth
Emeritus Professor Lindsay Botten
John Boyes
Arthur Bragg
Corinne Braiding
Francis Breen
William Brennan
Carylanne Brookes
Stephanie Bull
Andrew Bush
Judy Butlin
Ellen Byrne
Stephanie R Caddies
Alan Cameron AO
Robert G Cameron AO & Paula Cameron
The Hon J C Campbell KC & Mrs Campbell
Narda Campbell
David Carment
Ian Carroll AM & Anne Carroll OAM
Ross Catts
Centenary Foundation
Dr John Christian AO & Helen Christian AM
Marilyn Christiansen
Therese Clancy
Stuart Clark AM
Cecelia Clarke
Christopher W Clarke
Wendy Clarke
Robert Clifton-Steele
Tullio Cofrancesco
Shirley Colless
Rodney & Kathie Collins
Robert Connor
Michelle Conran
The Trustee for the Corella Fund
Brett & Susan Courtenay
Brigitte Cox
Louise Cox AO
Jennifer Crivelli
Tara Croft
J Cromb
Peter Crossing AM
Elizabeth Cunningham
Helen Cunningham
Rebecca Cuschieri
Jeffrey D’Albora
Noel Dan
Rowan Darke
Cristine Davison
Dr Marie M De Lepervanche
Robert Demkiw
Carol Dettmann OAM & Nicholas Dettmann
Clare Docker
John Doherty
Joe Doyle AM & Ruth Doyle
Justin Doyle
Kathleen Doyle
Murray Doyle AAM
Dexter Dunphy AM
Ruth Edenborough
J A Eggins
Elizabeth Ellis OAM
Roslyn Espie
Peter Evans
Elizabeth Evatt AC
John B Fairfax AO
David Fairlie
Dr Suzanne Falkiner
Rita Felton
Rosemary Fitzgerald
Cherryl Fleming
Hilary Flynn
Jennifer Forster
Henry Foster 
Brian France AM
Dr Rachel Franks
Marion Freidman
Peter Friend
Mark & Jane Fulton
Susan Gabriel
Julian Garcia
The Hon Justice Peter Garling RFD & Jane Garling
Dr Janet George
Sue Gibbens
Professor Lyn Gilbert
Cate Gleeson
Shane Gluskie
Dr Lewis Gomes
Rugare Gomo
Geoff R Graham
Janet Grant
Kevin & Margaret Gray
Brian P J Greig
Pauline Griffin AM
Barbara Guthrie
Graeme Haigh
John Hamilton KC
Barbara Hardaker
Helen Hardy
Ian & Stephanie Hardy
Jennifer Harris
Maureen Harris
Dr Gaye Hart AM
Francis Harvey
David Hassall
Juanita Hattersley
Sebastian Hazel-Harrison
Prue & Derek Heath
Anthony Hedge
John Hertzberg
William Higman
Susan Hollenbeck
Christine & Gavin Holman
Mary Holt
Professor Julia Horne
Georgina Horton
Kenya Horton
Brian Hughes
Maree Hupalo
Sybil Jack
The Hon Justice Ian Jackman
Wendy James
Vincent Jewell
Paul S Jones
Anton Kapel
Katz Family Foundation
Dr Diana Kelly
Christina Kennedy
Pamela Kenny
Dr Ruth S Kerr OAM
John King
Richard J King
R & R King
Sylvia Klineberg
Estate of Leonie Kramer
Justice F Kunc & F Rourke
John Lamble Foundation
Tania Lamble
Kathleen Lamoureux
Dr Micheline Lane
Bill Lannen
Annette Larkin
John Laurie
John Lawrence
James E Layt AM
David Lesnie
Kim Leung
Valerie Lhuede AM
Vicki Liberman
Wendy Lindgren
Anne Lipson
Dr Carolyn Lowry OAM
Eric Lucas
Anne Maley
Pierre St Just Malherbe
Lois Malone
Maple-Brown Family Foundation
Handley Marks Family Foundation
Geoffrey Maughan 
Elizabeth McAllister
Tim McCormick
Rosemary McCullough
Lois McCutchan
Patricia McDonald
Duncan McKay
Stephen McNamara
Stephen D McNamara
Di McWilliam
Evelyn Meaney
P J Meaney
Dr Wendy Michaels OAM
Monica Miland
Nick & Caroline Minogue Foundation
Barbara Mobbs
Helen Molloy
Catriona Morgan-Hunn
Glenn Moss
Donald Keith Mulligan
Anne & Don Munro
Hal Myers
David Nelson
Penelope Nelson
Patricia Nethery
Jan Nicholas
Malcolm Nicolson
Carolyn Nock
Carole O’Brien
Robert O’Connor
Geoffrey & Rachel O’Conor
Alice Arnott Oppen OAM
Maree O'Sullivan
Glenys Oxlee
Henry Parkes Foundation
Natasha Pavez
Professor Emerita Roslyn Pesman AM
Caroline Phillips
Sarah Pillar
Caroline Plim
Peter Poland OAM
Benjamin Politzer
Dr Susan Pond AM
Helen Pottie
Thomas C Powell AM
Anne-Maree Prentice
Yvonne Preston
J Thomond Priestley
Jason Prowd
Jennifer Quealy
Julian Ravelo Cuartas
Anne Reeves
Annabel Ritchie
Sandra Robberds
Penelope Rogers
Joseph G Rooney
Sally & Jonathan Rourke
John Rownes
Julia & William Rutledge
Emeritus Professor Margaret Sankey
Janine Schmidt
L D Schofield-Olsen
Penelope Seidler AM
John Sharpe & Claire Armstrong
Ruth Sinclair
Ruth Slade
Dr Margaret Smith
Mary Smith & Denis Smith OAM
Alice Spigelman AM & The Hon James Spigelman AC KC
Dr Mark St Leon
Maisy Stapleton
Ross Steele AM
Russell Stewart
Joy Storie
Susan Stringfellow
Christopher Sundstrom
Trina Supit
William Sweeney
Julie Sweeten
Wendy Swinburn
Louise Taggart & Peter Homel
Leanne Tam
Rosaline Tam
Monica E Tankey
Mark R Tarmo
Dr Jennifer Taylor
Michael Taylor
Dennise Terry
Ian & Valerie Thom
Rob Thomas AO
Raymond Thomsett
Catherine Tweedie
Jan Vecchio
Alan Ventress
Jane Vernon
Kristina Vesk
Keith Ward
Helen Wardega
Eugene Wasilenia
Michael & Vashti Waterhouse
Dr Kimberley Webber & Emeritus Professor Roy Macleod OAM
Bruce Welch
Wenkart Foundation
Gillian Whan
Robyn White OAM
Sally White OAM & Geoffrey White OAM
Whyte Family Foundation
Caroline Wilkinson OAM
Kim Williams AM & Catherine Dovey
W V & G Windeyer
Robert Woodley
The Hon Lance Wright KC
John & Julie Wrigley
Yim Family Foundation
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