Thank you to our Patrons and donors
Donor reports
To learn more about the difference your support is making, and the diversity of the projects made possible by philanthropy, please read our Donor Reports.
Meet our Patrons
Since 2018, the National Library has received almost $11 million in philanthropic commitments. The Library gratefully acknowledges the generosity and support of all our Patrons and donors.
Gifts of $1,000,000 and above
Ms Jane Hemstritch AO*
The Ian Potter Foundation
The late Mrs Eva Kollsman
Opalgate Foundation, in memory of Cheng King Law*
Stokes Family
Mr Kerry Stokes AC and Ms Christine Simpson Stokes AM
Mr Ryan Kerry Stokes AO and Mrs Claire Stokes
Susan and Isaac Wakil Foundation Pty Ltd
Vincent Fairfax Family Foundation
Estate of Mr John Gilbert
Estate of Mr Harold S Williams OBE*
Gifts of $250,000 and above
AAMI Limited
Friends of the National Library of Australia Inc*
The late Ms Nora Heysen
John T Reid Charitable Trusts
Dr Michael Kassler and Dr Jamie Kassler
The Myer Foundation*
Dr John Seymour and Mrs Heather Seymour AO
Sidney Myer Fund*
Shell Development (Australia) Pty Ltd
TLE Electrical*
Ms Simone Vinall
Estate of Mr Ralf Iannuzzi
Estate of Miss Alison E Grant Lipp
Estate of Joan, Lady Lindsay*
Estate of Ms Maxine Poynton Baker
One supporter gave anonymously at this level.
Gifts of $100,000 and above
ActewAGL
Australian Ethical Food Group*
Dr Marie-Louise Ayres FAHA and Dr Russell Ayres*
CIMIC Group Limited
Associate Professor Noel Dan AM and Mrs Adrienne Dan*
Dick and Pip Smith Foundation*
Professor Henry Ergas AO and Ms Gillian Bird PSM
Esri Australia
Harold Mitchell Foundation
The Hippocrates Foundation*
The late Ms Helen James and the late Dr Henry James Bettison
Kenyon Foundation*
Macquarie Group Foundation Limited
The late Mr Robert Maynard
Mr Kevin McCann AO and Mrs Deidre McCann*
Mrs Pat McCann
Minerals Council of Australia
National Union of Australian University Students and Australian Union of Students Alumni*
Perpetual Limited*
Planet Wheeler Foundation
Professor Dimity Reed AM and Dr Garry Joslin
The late Mrs Alison Sanchez
Ms Anne-Marie Schwirtlich AM FAHA and Mr Stephen Yorke
Emeritus Professor Dr Robert Shanks and Ms Josephine Shanks*
Mr Doug Snedden AO and Ms Belinda Snedden*
Thyne Reid Foundation
Associate Professor Linnett Turner and Associate Professor David Turner
Wanda Group
Mr Tony Wheeler AO*
Mrs Sally White OAM and Mr Geoffrey White OAM*
Estate of Mr Alan Ives*
Estate of Dr Ann Moyal AM
Gifts of $25,000 and above
Dr Marion Amies*
Professor Kent Anderson
Australian Jewish Historical Society
Mrs Janette Bain and the late Mr Jim Bain AM
Dr Diana J Carroll*
Ms M Chan*
Mr Ronda Hall and Mr Peter Hall in memory of the late Mrs Mavis Thorpe Clark
Dr Patricia Clarke OAM FAHA*
The late Ms Leah Cohen
Dr RL Cope PSM
The late Mr Victor Crittenden OAM
Mr Christopher Edye, in honour of George Henry Bruce*
Dr NF Exon and Mrs DF Exon*
The late Mr James O Fairfax AC
Mr John B Fairfax AO and Mrs Libby Fairfax*
Mr Tim Fairfax AC*
Ms Catherine Hope Gordon*
Gordon Darling Foundation*
Dr Ron Houghton DFC and the late Mrs Nanette Houghton
Huawei
JIBB Foundation
Dr Rebecca Jones and Ms Sue Whyte*
Dr Ann Kent and the late Dr Bruce Kent
Emeritus Professor Joyce Kirk and Dr Terry Kirk*
Mr David Lesnie
The late Ms Marjorie Lindenmayer
Linnaeus Estate
Lovell Chen Pty Ltd
The MacLeod Family Trust
Dr Michael Martin and Ms Elizabeth Popovski*
Dr Thomas Mautner*
Miss Carol Moya Mills*
Mr Simon Moore
Mrs Glennis Moss and the late Dr Kenneth Moss AM
Optus
Origin Foundation
Mrs Patricia Peck and the late Mr Nigel Peck AM
The Pratt Foundation
Emeritus Professor Alan Robson AO and Mrs Gwenda Robson
Rotru Investments Pty Ltd for Mrs Eve Mahlab AO and the late Mr Frank Mahlab
Seven Network
Thiess Pty Ltd
Ms Lyn McClure in memory of the late Ms Della Keren Thomas
Wesfarmers Limited
Estate of Joyce Evans*
Nine supporters gave anonymously at this level.
Gifts of $10,000 and above
The late Dr John Bennett AO
Besen Family Foundation
The late Mr Marc Besen AC and the late Mrs Eva Besen AO
Mrs Alison J Bloomfield
The Hon Justice Thomas Bradley KC*
Dr Desmond Bright and Dr Ruth Bright AM
The Calvert-Jones Foundation
Mr Ian Campbell
Ms Lyndsey Cattermole AM
Ms Kristal Claasz
Copyright Agency Limited
Ms Christine Courtenay AM and the late Mr Bryce Courtenay AM
Dr Joanne Daly and Dr Michael Adena*
The Lord Ebury and the late Lady Ebury
Embassy of Israel in Australia
Ms Marilyn Jessop*
F and J Ryan Foundation
Mr James Ferguson
The Hon Martin Ferguson AM
The late Lieutenant Colonel MA Fletcher JP
Mr Philip Flood AO and Mrs Carole Flood*
Ms JL Fullerton AO*
GHD Pty Ltd
The late Sir James Gobbo AC CVO
Mrs Jillian Goggs and Mr Stephen Goggs*
Mrs Rosanna Hindmarsh OAM*
Mrs Claudia Hyles OAM*
Ms Margaret Jackson AC
Ms Irene Kaspar and Mr Peter Boege*
Mr Frank Lewincamp PSM and Ms Barbara Lewincamp*
Liberty Financial
Mr Brian Long and Ms Cathy Long
M-Power
Manors Gate Group Pty Ltd
The Hon Dr Brett Mason*
Mrs Janet McDonald AO and Mr Donald McDonald AC
Mr Peter McGovern AM
The late Mr Bruce Miller
Ms Penelope Moyes in memory of Judy Moyes and Peter Moyes
The late Dame Elisabeth Murdoch AC DBE
Mrs Sarah Myer and the late Mr Baillieu Myer AC
Mrs Maria Myers AC
Mr Eitan Neishlos
Professor Colin Nettelbeck FAHA and Mrs Carol Nettelbeck
Ms Sandra Nixon*
Mr John and Mrs Elizabeth Oliver*
Ms Meg Paul
Dr Fiona Powell*
Mrs Pamela Ray*
Ms Dianne Redwood and the late Mr Denis Foot*
Professor Janice Reid AC FASSA
Mrs Diana Ritch and the late Mr Jack Ritch*
The late Mr David Roche AM
The late Dr Maxine Rochester
Ms Kay Rodda*
Ms Carol Schwartz AO
The late Mrs Caroline Simpson
The late Mr Robin VF Smith
The Hon Mr James Spigelman AC KC*
Mr Howard Tanner AM
Ms Deborah Thomas
Mr Robert Thomas AO*
Trawalla Foundation
Ms Tricia Waller
Mr Patrick Walters*
Ms Alexandra Wedutenko*
The WeirAnderson Foundation
Mrs Joy Wheatley and the late Mr Norman Wheatley*
Wong Family
Zimmermann International Pty Ltd
Estate of Miss Margaret Rosaleen McGovern*
Six supporters gave anonymously at this level.
Gifts of $1,000 and above
Ms Jill Adams*
Ake Ake Fund
Alexander Fax Booksellers
Mr Scott Alison
Dr Michael Alpers AO CSM and Dr Deborah Lehmann AO*
Ms Cynthia Anderson
Mrs Margaret Anderson and Mr Bernard Hughes
Mrs Sue Andrews
Arkajon Communications Pty Ltd
Ashurst
Asia Bookroom
The late Ms Margaret Baggott and the late Ms Doreen Goodman
Ms Kate Baillieu*
Mr Simon Banks
Ms Lucy Bantermalis
Barry Lawrence Ruderman Antique Maps Inc
Mr Rhett Bartlett
Mr Sam Bartone and Mrs Elisabetta Bartone
Mrs Nina Bassat AM and Mr Robert Bassat
Dr David Bedford
The Hon Dr Annabelle Bennett AO SC and Dr David Bennett AC KC
Ms Baiba Berzins
Dr Udai Bhati and Mrs Shanta Bhati*
Mrs Phoebe Bischoff OAM
Ms K Blackburn and Mr S Clugston*
Professor Geoffrey Blainey AC and Mrs Ann Blainey
The Hon Neal Blewett AC*
Book Lore
Dr Emily Booker and Mr Richard Spencer*
Dr Max Bourke AM and Ms Margaret Bourke
Mr Charles Bowden*
Box Hill Historical Society*
Mr Penleigh Boyd and Ms Robyn Boyd
Mr Kevin Bradley PSM*
Mr Peter Bradley*
Ms Sarah Brasch*
Dr Judith Brett AM*
Mr Charles Bright and Mrs Primrose Bright
Mr Geoffrey Briot*
Dr Elizabeth Brouwer and Dr Michael Young
Mr HM Brown and Ms JE Brown*
Mr Nicholas Brown
The late Dr Robert Brown
Professor Mairéad Browne FALIA and Dr David Browne*
Dr Geoffrey Burkhardt FACE and Mrs Janet Burkhardt*
Ms Eve Buscombe and Ms Dawn Richardson in memory of William and Royal Buscombe*
Ms Judy Butlin*
Caiger Family
Dr Geoffrey Cains and Mrs Sarah Cains
The late Mrs Josephine Calaby
Mrs Elaine Camage and the late Mr Graeme Camage
Mr Alan Cameron AO*
Mrs Jennifer Cameron AM and Mr Barry Cameron
Mrs Judith Campbell and Mr Brian Campbell*
The Reverend Edmund Campion
Canberra Friends of Dili Inc.
Mrs Joanna Capon OAM and the late Dr Edmund Capon AM OBE
Mr Matt Carkeet*
Mr Michael Carlton
Carmelite Monastery Melbourne
Professor David Carment AM*
Dr John Carmody
Carthew Family Charity Trust*
Mr Ronald Casey and Ms Catherine Archbold*
Dr Warwick Cathro and Ms Diana Dack*
Mrs Susan Chessell and Mr David Chessell*
Mr Ben Churcher*
Dr Peter Cochrane and Dr Suzanne Rickard
Dr John Copland*
Coles Danziger Foundation
Emeritus Professor James Cotton and Mrs Fiona Cotton*
CRA International
Mr Nicholas Cowell
Professor Emeritus Dudley Creagh and Mrs Helen Creagh*
Professor Robert Cribb and Mrs Susan Cribb*
Mr Malcolm Crompton
Mrs Gloria Cumming
Ms DK Cunningham*
Mr Charles P Curran AC and Mrs Eva Curran
Ms Perri Cutten and Mr Jo Daniell
Professor Mahananda Dasgupta*
Mr Brian Davidson
Dr Barbara Dawson
Mr Terry De Martin*
Dr Michelle Deaker
The Hon Mary Delahunty
Mr Sean Dale Dengate
Mrs Margaret Dent*
The late Ms Lauraine Diggins OAM
Dr Elizabeth Lawson and Dr Robert Dingley
Mr Murray Doyle AAM*
The late Dr Sophie Ducker
Mr Ian Dudgeon and Mrs Kay Stoquart*
Dr Annie Duncan and Mr Peter Duncan AO
Ms Jane Edmanson OAM*
Emeritus Professor Meredith Edwards*
The late Hon RJ Ellicott AC KC
The late Hon Justice Rae Else-Mitchell
Mrs Margaret Eva
Ms Elizabeth Evatt AC*
Faber-Castell (Australia) Pty Ltd
Dr Suzanne Falkiner
Family History ACT
The late Mrs Pauline Fanning ISO MBE
Dr Vanessa Fanning*
Ms Eleanor Hing Fay*
Mrs Maureen Fisher*
Adjunct Professor Richard Fisher*
Emeritus Professor John Fitzgerald AM*
Mr Brian Fitzpatrick*
Mr Richard Flanagan*
Dr Juliet Flesch*
Mr King Fong OAM JP
Dr LE Foster*
Ms Patricia Fox*
Ms Morag Fraser AM*
Mr Andrew Freeman FACS
Friends of the Library, Launceston Inc.
Mr Peter Fuller in memory of the late Ms Deborah Fuller*
The late Ms Janet Galley OAM
Gandel Foundation
Mrs Helen Garner
Gaslight Books
Ms Jennifer Giles*
The late Rear Admiral James Goldrick AO CSC RAN
Mr IJ and Mrs SB Gollings*
Ms Christine Goode PSM*
Ms Michelle Grant*
Griffith 8 Book Group
Ms Linda Groom*
Mr Robert Grozier and Mrs Karen Grozier
Dr Grazia Gunn and the late Emeritus Professor Ian Donaldson FAHA FBA FRSE
Mr Roger Gyles AO KC and Mrs Alison Gyles
Mr Peter Hack*
Mr Clive Haddock
Mr Sam Hallinan and Mrs Joanne Hallinan
Mrs Isobel Hamilton
Professor Margaret Harris
Emeritus Professor Dennis Haskell AM
Mr Colin Hauff*
Mr Robert Hawes
Ms Susan K Heal*
Mr Michael Heard and Mrs Mary Heard
Mr Robert Hefner and Ms Peggy Daroesman*
Mrs Heather Henderson AM and the late Mr Peter Henderson AC
The late Dr Basil S Hetzel
Dr JV Johnson CSC OAM AAM
The late Mr Robert Hill-Ling AO and the late Mrs Rosemary Hill-Ling OAM
Ms Sarah Hill
Hill Thalis Architecture + Urban Projects Pty Ltd*
Ms Meredith Hinchliffe AM*
Mrs Janet Hirst*
Ms Elizabeth Nelson and Dr Stephen Holt*
Mrs VM Hooker AM and Mr MB Hooker*
Ms Peggy Horn
Ms Gillian Hoysted*
The late Mrs Margaret Hughes
Hughes-Warrington Family
Emeritus Professor Andrea Hull AO
Hughston Group
Mr Gary Humphries AO*
Ms Elizabeth Hurst*
Dr Anthea Hyslop
Dr Peter Ingle and Mrs Rosemary Ingle
Inside History
Mrs Christine and Mr Don Jeffrey*
Mrs Belinda Jessup*
Mr David MH John*
The Hon Dr Gary Johns
Professor Nicholas Jose and Dr Claire Roberts
Mr Christopher Joyce*
Ms Antonia Kasunic and Mr Nicholas Craft*
Ms Joan Kennedy*
Mr Gary Kent*
The late Dr James Kerr AM
Mr Anthony Ketley and Mrs Rosemary Ketley*
Professor Rosanne Kennedy*
Mr Robert Kirby and Mrs Mem Kirby OAM*
Professor Wallace Kirsop*
KPMG
The late Dame Leonie Kramer AC OBE
The Hon Justice Francois Kunc
Ms Anne Latreille
Mr Julian Leeser MP and Ms Joanna Davidson
Mr Andrew Ligertwood and Mrs Virginia Ligertwood
Mrs Penelope Lilley and the late Dr Frederick Lilley
Mr John Lines OAM and the late Ms Margaret Lines*
Adjunct Professor Carol Liston AO*
Ms Robin Love
Dr Mary Lush*
Dr Jan Lyall PSM and Mr Ken Lyall
The late Mr Michael Lynch and the late Ms Liz Lynch*
Mr Gregor Macaulay and Ms Ali Cromie*
Professor Charles Campbell Macknight and Mrs Lorraine Macknight
Mr John Maffey OAM*
Professor Emerita Susan Magarey AM and Professor Susan Sheridan*
Ms Roslyn Maguire
Mrs Dorothy Judith Mahony*
Mrs Helen Mainka in memory of the late Mr Bruce Mainka*
Ms Janet Manuell SC
The late Mr Robert B Mark*
Mr David Marr*
The late Ms Kathleen Marshall
RG and MG Marston
Mr Julian Martyn and Ms Linda Sproul
Sir Anthony Mason AC KBE GBM
Ms Evelyn Mason
Ms Sue Mathews
Dr Louise Mayo AM and Mr Bruce Calder
Ms Robyn Elizabeth McAdam*
Dr Conor McCarthy*
Dr Wendy McCarthy AO*
Mr Tim McCormick and Ms Vivienne Sharpe*
Ms Christine McCracken*
Dr Ken McCracken and Mrs Gillian McCracken*
Mr David McDonald*
Miss Jan McDonald
Mrs Vacharin McFadden and Mr Robert McFadden*
Ms Jann McFarlane*
Mr Douglas McGuffog
The Hon Jeannette McHugh and The Hon Mr Michael McHugh AC KC*
The late Captain Paul McKay
Ms Fiona McLeod AO SC
Mr Ronald McLeod AM*
Mr Simon McMillan*
Mr Peter McMullin AM, in memory of the late Mr Neil McLean
Dr Stephen McNamara*
Mr Chris Michalis
The late Dr Alison Adele Millerd
Ms Claire Moore
Dr Louise Moran*
The late Mr Robert B Mark*
Ms Pamela Marriott*
Ms Jane Morley*
Mr Stuart Morris
Professor Ingrid Moses AO*
Mr Paul J Munro*
National Foundation for Australian Women
Ms Jane Needham SC
The late Hon Jocelyn Newman AO
Ms Marion Newman*
Dr Bennie Ng*
The late Professor Brian O'Keeffe AO
Paperchain Bookstore
Ms Diana Pelyk
Mr Andrew Phelan AM and Mrs Monica Phelan*
Ms Eve Phillips*
The late Mrs PP Pickering
Ms Cathy Pilgrim and Mr Steven Anderson*
Mrs MC Pollard*
Mr Chester Porter KC and Mrs Jean Porter
Mr Joel Poskitt*
Lady Potter AC CMRI
Mr Richard Price
Mrs Anne Prins*
Dr Rapin Quinn and Dr Peter Quinn*
Ms Frances Rand and the late Ms Barbara Farelly
Professor Shirley Randell AO*
Ms Pamela Ray*
The late Mr WF (Bill) Refshauge
Professor Anthony Reid
The Hon Margaret Reid AO*
Mr Ian Renard AM and Mrs Diana Renard*
Professor Craig Reynolds FAHA
The late Mrs E Richardson OAM
Professor Matthew Ricketson and Ms Gillian Callister
Mr Kenneth Riordan*
Mr Ian Rischbieth*
Ms Valerie Rivers
Ms Rhyll Rivett*
Ms Jill Roberts*
Mx Jane Robertson*
The late Mr G Robinson and the late Mrs B Robinson
Mr Geoffrey Robinson and Ms Julie Burdis
Mrs Pamela Robinson and Mr NJ Robinson*
The late Professor Emerita Jill Roe AO
Professor Michael Roe
Ms Penny Rogers*
Rome Family
Ms Christine Ronalds AO SC
Mr Alan Rose AO and Mrs Helen Rose*
Ms Rosalie Rotolo-Hassan*
Royal Military College Classes of 1966, 1967 and 1968
Mr Graeme Russell*
Mr William Rutledge and Mrs Julia Rutledge*
Mrs Ann Ryan
Mrs Frances Ryckmans*
Mr Bob Santamaria
The Hon Justice Joseph Santamaria
Ms Phillipa Saraceno
Mr Henry Saxby in memory of the late Dr H Maurice Saxby AM
Ms Pat Scott, in memory of the late Mr Arthur Scott*
Dr Nick Seddon*
Mr WS Semple
Ms Tonia Shand AM
The Reverend G Shaw and Mrs J Shaw*
Mr Stephen Shelmerdine AM and Mrs Kate Shelmerdine
Mr Tony Shepherd AO
Mr Wayne Sheridan*
Mrs Florine Simon*
Ms Jane Simpson*
Dr Marian Simpson and Mr Colin Simpson*
Mrs Mary Simpson OAM and Mr Antony Simpson
Mr Lawrence Smith*
Ms Melissa Smith
Ms Wendy Smith*
Ms Jane Smyth and Mr Rick Smyth*
Dr David Solomon AM*
Mr Ezekiel Solomon AM
Mr David Spratt
Mr Paul Stanton
Mrs Helene Stead*
Associate Professor Bruce Steele AM
Ms E Stone
Mr Arnis Stonis and Ms Deborah McMillan*
Mr Anthony Stratford*
Dr Jennifer Strauss AM*
Ms Mary Stutters*
Mr Stephen Styles*
Ms Kaaren Sutcliffe and Mr Andrew Sutcliffe
Susanne Dahn Giving Fund*
Mr Doug Sutherland AM
Mr Robin Syme AM and Mrs Rosemary Syme*
The late Jack Taylor and the late Jess Taylor
The late Ms Felicity Teague and the late Peter Druce
Mr Grahame Thom*
Mr Arnold Thomas
Mrs Angela Thorn and the late Mr Bill Thorn
Associate Professor Gerald Thurnwald AM*
Dr Bernadette Tobin AO and Mr Terence Tobin KC
Ms Daniela Torsh*
Mr Paul Tracey*
Mrs Geraldine Triffitt*
Professor Trent Twomey
Dr Hugh Tyndale-Biscoe AM*
Mr John Uhrig AC and Mrs Shirley Uhrig
Mr Charles Ulm and Dr Jacqui Strecker*
Mrs Valda Ulm and the late Mr John Ulm
The late Ms Elaine van Kempen
The late Mr Frank van Straten AM
Mr John Vines*
The late Mr Gerald Walsh MA
Mr Richard Wardman*
Ms Lucille Warth
Dr Jill Waterhouse*
Mr Sam Weiss and Mrs Judy Weiss
The late Mr Lou Westende OAM
Ms Helen White and Mr Bob Richardson
The late Ms Linda White
Dr Peter White
Ms Wendy Whitham*
Dr Brendan Whyte and Mrs Suthida Whyte
Mr Doug Wickens and Mrs Betty Wickens
Dr IS Wilkey*
Emeritus Professor David Williams AM
Ms Helen Rodda Williams AC*
Mrs Lyn Williams AM
Ms B Willoughby-Thomas*
Ms Peta Winzar
Ms Susan Wishart
In memory of the late Mr John Withell
Dr Susan-Mary Withycombe, in memory of the late Reverend Canon Dr Robert Withycombe*
Mr Greg Wood and Mrs Marie Wood
Dr Malcolm Wood and Ms Ruth Wood
Dr Peter Wyllie Johnston
Dr Linda Young*
Estate of HC Coombs
Estate of the late Ms Helen Woodger
One hundred and fifteen supporters gave anonymously at this level.
Dr Marion Amies*
Mrs Phoebe Bischoff OAM
The late Mrs Josephine Calaby
Dr RL Cope PSM
The late Mr Victor Crittenden OAM
The late Ms Lauraine Diggins OAM
The late Lady Ebury
Mr Andrew Freeman FACS
Ms JL Fullerton AO*
Griffith 8 Book Group
Mrs Claudia Hyles OAM*
Emeritus Professor Joyce Kirk and Dr Terry Kirk*
Dr Jan Lyall PSM
Mrs Vacharin McFadden and Mr Robert McFadden*
Mr Peter McGovern AM
Mrs Glennis Moss and the late Dr Kenneth Moss AM
Mr John and Mrs Libby Oliver*
The late Mrs PP Pickering
Emeritus Professor Alan Robson AO and Mrs Gwenda Robson
Ms Kay Rodda*
Rotru Investments Pty Ltd for Mrs Eve Mahlab AO and the late Mr Frank Mahlab
Mrs Angela Thorn and the late Mr Bill Thorn
Mrs Valda Ulm and the late Mr John Ulm
Ms Lucille Warth
The National Library thanks the many generous individuals and organisations who have contributed material to the Library’s collection.
*An asterisk beside names in the lists above indicates those Patrons who donated during the 2023-24 financial year.