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Honours and Awards
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- Orders, Medals and Decorations
On 13 June 1988 Bashir was made an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for her work with young Australians in the area of mental health.[1]- On 30 March 2001, she was promoted to a Companion of the Order of Australia (AC).[2]
On 1 January 2001, Professor Bashir was awarded the Centenary Medal.[3]
On 17 May 2001, the Governor-General, Sir William Deane, invested Bashir as a Dame of Grace of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem (DStJ).[4]
On 31 March 2006, the Queen appointed her a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO).[5]
In March 2004, Bashir was appointed Commander of the National Order of the Cedar by His Excellency General Emile Lahoud, President of the Republic of Lebanon.[6]
On 4 November 2009, she was invested as a Chevalier of the Ordre National de la Légion d'Honneur by His Excellency Nicolas Sarkozy, President of the French Republic, and presented by His Excellency Mr Michel Filhol, Ambassador of France in Australia.[7]
- Awards
In 1971 Marie Bashir was named the Australian Mother of the Year.[8]
In 2003 Bashir received the Mental Health Princess Award, awarded by Princess Galyani Vadhana of Thailand, for contribution to collaborative mental health programs between Australia and Thailand.[6]- In 2004 she was recognised as an Australian Living Treasure.[9]
In 2004 she was made an Honorary Member of the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM).[6]- In 2004 She was awarded The Writers' Council Award in Beirut, Lebanon.[6]
In 2007 Bashir was appointed an Honorary Life Member of the Master Plumbers and Mechanical Contractors' Association of New South Wales, and an Honorary Contractor Licence for Plumbing, Draining and Gasfitting, issued by the New South Wales Office of Fair Trading.[10]
- Academic
- In 1971 she was made a Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (FRANZCP)[11]
- On 11 October 2002, she was appointed a Doctor of Medicine (honoris causa) by the University of Sydney.[12]
'Honorary military appointments
- 1 March 2001–: Honorary and Regimental Colonel in the Royal New South Wales Regiment, a unit of the Australian Army Reserves.[13]
1 March 2001–: Honorary Air Commodore of No. 22 Squadron Royal Australian Air Force, a Reserve squadron that provides support for the Air Force in the Sydney region.[14]
9 October 2008–: Honorary Commodore, Navy Warfare Training, Royal Australian Navy. This is the first ever appointment of an Honorary Commodore in the Royal Australian Navy.[15]
Titles
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- 1930–1956: Miss Marie Bashir
- 1956–1971: Doctor Marie Bashir
- 1971–1973: Doctor Marie Bashir, Lady Mayoress of Sydney
- 1973–1976: Doctor Marie Bashir
- 1976–1993: Doctor Marie Bashir, Lady Shehadie
- 1993–2001: Professor Marie Bashir, Lady Shehadie
- 2001–present: Her Excellency Professor Marie Bashir AC CVO, Governor of New South Wales
- As Administrator: Her Excellency Professor Marie Bashir AC CVO, Administrator of the Commonwealth of Australia.[16]
- As Chancellor: Her Excellency Professor Marie Bashir AC CVO, Chancellor of the University of Sydney
Governor
In 2001, on the recommendation of Premier Bob Carr, Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, appointed Bashir Governor of New South Wales. She is the state's first female governor, and the first governor of any Australian state from a Lebanese background. It was announced on 15 October 2007 that the Queen had extended Bashir's appointment for a further four years.
Bashir commenced her four-year appointment as Chancellor of the University of Sydney on 1 June 2007.[17]
As the longest serving State Governor, Bashir holds a dormant commission to act as the Administrator of the Commonwealth when the Governor-General is absent from Australia.[18]
Personal
Marie Bashir is married to the former Lord Mayor of Sydney (and also the former Wallaby Captain), Sir Nicholas Shehadie, and is therefore formally Lady Shehadie. She was Lady Mayoress from 1971 to 1973 when Sir Nicholas was Lord Mayor. She is sometimes referred to as "Professor Marie Bashir, Lady Shehadie", however she does not use this title herself. The couple have three children and six grandchildren.
- ^ "It's an Honour: Officer of the Order of Australia". Australian Government. Retrieved 2008-07-20.
- ^ "It's an Honour: Companion of the Order of Australia". Australian Government. Retrieved 2008-07-20.
- ^ "It's an Honour: Centenary Medal". Australian Government. Retrieved 2008-07-20.
- ^ "Governor-General's Program - 17 May 2001". Governor-General of Australia. Retrieved 2009-03-03.
- ^ "It's an Honour: Commander of the Royal Victorian Order". Australian Government. Retrieved 2008-07-20.
- ^ a b c d "9th National Rural Health Conference" (PDF). Retrieved 2010-01-21.
- ^ "Official inauguration of the new building of the Sydney Alliance Française". French Embassy, Australia. Retrieved 2010-01-21.
- ^ "The Women's College: Alumnae". University of Sydney. Retrieved 2009-03-03.
- ^ "Australia's Living National Treasures". National Trust of Australia. Retrieved 2009-03-03.
- ^ "Events". Cement Concrete and Aggregates Australia. Retrieved 2010-01-21.
- ^ "Professor Marie Bashir elected University Chancellor" (Press release). University of Sydney. 30 April 2007. Retrieved 21 January 2010.
- ^ "Professor Marie Bashir AC". University of Sydney. Retrieved 2009-03-03.
- ^ "Royal New South Wales Regiment memorial" (PDF). Vasey Housing Association. Retrieved 2009-03-03.
- ^ "No.22 (City of Sydney) Squadron, RAAF, Department of Defence". Australian Government. Retrieved 2009-03-03.
- ^ "Three Cheers for Commodore Bashir". University of Technology, Sydney. Retrieved 2009-03-03.
- ^ Commonwealth of Australia Gazette S55 dated 16 April 2010
- ^ Bashir named Uni of Sydney chancellor
- ^ Australian Commonwealth Gazette S205 dated 17 June 2003