Fellows recognised in 2023 Australia Day Honours

Emeritus Professor Linda Barwick AM FAHA, The Honourable Pamela Tate KC AM FAHA and the late Archie Roach AC FAHA have been recognised in the prestigious 2023 Australia Day Honours List.

Warning to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers: This story contains references to a deceased person.

Emeritus Professor Linda Barwick AM FAHA was recognised as a Member in the General Division of the Order of Australia for her significant service to the preservation and digitisation of cultural heritage recordings. Read more about Professor Barwick’s quest to save Australia’s dying song in The Age and Cosmos Magazine.

The Honourable Pamela Tate KC AM FAHA  was also recognised as a Member in the General Division of the Order of Australia for her significant service to the judiciary, to the law and to legal education.

Archie Roach AC FAHA was posthumously promoted to Companion of the Order of Australia for “eminent service to the performing arts as a songwriter and musician, to Indigenous rights and reconciliation, and through support for emerging First Nations artists”.

We’re incredibly proud of their outstanding contributions and extend our warmest congratulations.

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Acknowledgement of Country

The Australian Academy of the Humanities recognises Australia’s First Nations Peoples as the traditional owners and custodians of this land, and their continuous connection to country, community and culture.