Dame Marie Roslyn Bashir is the former and second longest-serving Governor of New South Wales. Born in Narrandera,New South Wales,Bashir graduated from the University of Sydney in 1956 and held various medical positions,with a particular emphasis in psychiatry. In 1993 Bashir was appointed the Clinical Director of Mental Health Services for the Central Sydney Area Health Service,a position she held until appointed governor on 1 March 2001. She has also served as the Chancellor of the University of Sydney (2007–2012). Bashir retired on 1 October 2014 and was succeeded as governor by General David Hurley.
The University of New England (UNE) is a public university in Australia with approximately 22,500 higher education students. Its original and main campus is located in the city of Armidale in northern central New South Wales. UNE was the first Australian university established outside a capital city.
Southern Cross University (SCU) is an Australian public university,with campuses at Lismore and Coffs Harbour in northern New South Wales,and at Coolangatta,the most southern suburb of the Gold Coast in Queensland. In 2019,it was ranked in the top 100 young universities in the world by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings.
Danebank,officially Danebank An Anglican School for Girls,is an independent Anglican early learning,primary and secondary day school for girls,located in Hurstville,a southern suburb of Sydney,New South Wales,Australia. It is a member school of the Anglican Schools Corporation.
Barbara Gillian Briggs is one of the foremost Australian botanists. The IK lists 205 names of plants which have been published or co-published by her. She was one of the botanists in the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group,of the 1998Archived 22 August 2006 at the Wayback Machine APG system.
Donald James Weatherburn PSM was Director of the NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research in Sydney from 1988 until July 2019. He is a professor at the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre at the University of New South Wales and a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia.
Catherine Mary Harris is an Australian company director. She has served as Chairperson of Harris Farm Markets since 1999.
Dr. Sue Page AM is the past President of the Rural Doctors Association of Australia and current
Margaret Joan Beazley,,is an Australian jurist who is the 39th and current governor of New South Wales,serving since 2 May 2019. She was the president of the New South Wales Court of Appeal,the first woman to hold the office,from 2013 until February 2019.
Anthony Irvine Adams AM is an Australian public health physician. He was the Australian Chief Medical Officer between 1988 and 1997.
Helen Scott-Orr is an Australian veterinarian and epidemiologist. Scott-Orr served,from 25 July 2016 until 24 July 2019,as the Inspector-General of Biosecurity,a statutory body under the federal agriculture portfolio. She is a former Chief Veterinary Officer of New South Wales and Executive Director within the NSW Department of Primary Industries.
Marie Yvonne Coleman,is an Australian feminist,social activist,public servant and journalist. She was the first woman to head an Australian national statutory authority. She spent over 60 years campaigning against the gender pay gap and other social injustices.
Janice Clare Reid is an Australian academic and medical anthropologist,who has specialised in Aboriginal and refugee health. She was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Western Sydney from 1998 to 2013.
Jennifer Westacott is an Australian business executive. She served as the chief executive of the Business Council of Australia (BCA) from 2011 to 2023. She is the current chancellor of Western Sydney University.
Jeannette Rosita Young is an Australian medical doctor and administrator who is the current Governor of the state of Queensland. Before being sworn in as Governor,Young was the Chief Health Officer of Queensland from 2005 to 2021.
The COVID-19 pandemic in New South Wales,Australia was part of the worldwide pandemic of the coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The first confirmed case in New South Wales was identified on 19 January 2020 in Sydney where three travellers returning from Wuhan,Hubei,China,tested positive for the virus.
The 2022 Australia Day Honours are appointments to various orders and honours to recognise and reward good works by Australian citizens. The list was announced on 26 January 2022 by the Governor General of Australia,David Hurley.
The 2022 Queen's Birthday Honours for Australia were announced on 13 June 2022 by the Governor-General,David Hurley. The Birthday Honours are appointments by some of the 15 Commonwealth realms of Queen Elizabeth II to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries. The Birthday Honours are awarded as part of the Queen's Official Birthday celebrations during the month of June.
Mary-Louise McLaws was an Australian epidemiologist. Specialising in infectious diseases,she was a professor of epidemiology at the University of New South Wales for over 30 years. During the COVID-19 pandemic,she became a "household name" in Australia,regularly providing public information and advice on the disease.
