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Our Patrons
We are profoundly grateful to our Patron family who have supported our work through generous donations for over 40 years, since the Patron Program began. Every curtain that rises is because of our devoted supporters – thank you.
Patron-in-Chief
Dr Haruhisa Handa
The Patron Program
For gifts of $100,000+
Jane Hansen AO
Hans and Petra Henkell
Metal Manufactures Pty Limited
Andrew Sisson AO and Tracey Sisson
Susan & Isaac Wakil Foundation
Maureen Wheeler AO
Mr Geoffrey White OAM and Mrs Sally White OAM
Anonymous (1)
For gifts of $50,000+
Philip Bacon AO
Peter Laver AM
Opera Society
Dr Alison Pert and Rod Sims AO
Anonymous (2)
For gifts of $15,000+
Ina Bornkessel-Schlesewsky and Matthias Schlesewsky proudly support Paul Fitzsimon and Nicholas Jones
Kay Bryan OAM proudly supports Kang Wang
Jennifer Crivelli proudly supports Young Woo Kim
Susie Dickson and the late Martin Dickson AM proudly support Lauren Fagan
Sue Edwards in memory of Ted Edwards proudly supports Samantha Clarke
Peter Griffin AM and Terry Swann proudly support John Longmuir
Jane Hemstritch AO proudly supports Nicole Car
Hans and Petra Henkell proudly support Alexandra Flood and Luke Gabbedy
Robert Marriott and Katie Lahey AM proudly support David Parkin
Lisa McKern proudly supports Warwick Fyfe
Dr Robert Mitchell proudly supports Celeste Lazarenko
Tom and Ruth O’Dea proudly support Jane Ede
Roy and Gay Woodward proudly support Natalie Aroyan
Warwick and Lida Bray
Malcolm and Heather Crompton
de Soysa Foundation
The Estate of the Late William Denton
Graf family
Ingrid Kaiser
Suzanne Kirkham
Stephanie Lee
Fiona Martin-Weber and Tom Hayward
Nick and Caroline Minogue
Robert Peck AM and Yvonne von Hartel AM peckvonhartel architects
Geoffrey Robertson AO
Graeme Robertson
Tim Robertson
Carol Sisson
John and Diana Smythe Foundation
Her Honour Robyn Tupman
Turnbull Foundation
Emeritus Professor Barbara van Ernst AM
For gifts of $10,000+
Richard and Colin Adams
Antoinette Albert
Michael Ball
John Barrer
Professor Warren Bebbington AM
Christine Bishop
Greta Bradman AM
Barbara Brady
Nigel and Sheena Broughton
Juliana and Robert Clemesha
Margaret Coles and Bernard Coles KC
Michael Crouch AC and Shanny Crouch
John and Rose Downer Foundation
Diane and Edward Federman
Ms Jehane Ghabrial
Dr Peter and Mrs Melissa Hebbard
Kloeden Foundation
The Honourable Justice F Kunc and Ms F Rourke
Rosie Lew AM and Family
The McKee Family
Mrs Margot Melzak OAM
Professor Stephen Mulligan
Ms Jo Phillips
Trish and Richard Ryan AO
Partha and Priya Sarathy
Penelope Seidler AO
Deena Shiff and James Gillespie
SJD Group Australia
Geoffrey Smith and Gary Singer
Ellen K Stoddart
Victoria Taylor
Kevin Troy
Michael Troy
Jackie, Priscilla and Ray Waterhouse
Carla Zampatti Foundation
For gifts of $7,500+
Nance Atkinson Trust
The Hon Bronwyn Bishop AO
Michel-Henri Carriol AM and Julie Carriol OAM
Sandy Dudgeon
Terry Fahy
Gerhard and Monica Flechsig
Pat Harvey and the late Frank Harvey OAM
John Kaldor AO
Mr Robert Kenrick
Dr Judith Kinnear
Alex Lewenberg and the estate of the late Halina Lewenberg
Paul Lindwall and Joanne Frederiksen
Helen Meddings in memory of Phil Meddings
Dr Judy Ranka
Mr John Sheahan KC
Sue and Bill Wood
Anonymous (1)
For gifts of $4,000+
Lesley Alway and Paul Hewison
David and Judith Beal
Mrs Roslynne Bracher AM
Dr and Mrs D J Brown
Jannie Brown
Dr Andrew Buchanan
Fran Buckle
Tony Buzzard and Pam Craig
Pam Caldwell
Leith Cooper and David Bruce-Steer
Dr Peter Craswell
Tatiana Crockett
Mary Davidson and the late Frederick Davidson AM
Professor Glyn Davis AC and Her Excellency the Honourable Margaret Gardner AC
Tonia and Eric Gale
Mrs Diane Gallery
Mr Phillip George
Liz Gibson
GrathElms
Beatrice Gray
Wendy and Andrew Hamlin
Dr Darryl and Mrs Katherine Hodgkinson
Noelle Irvine
Neil and June Jens
Marianne and Warren Lesnie
Tony and Helen Lewis
Mrs Juliet Lockhart
Geoffrey Magney
John Mason OAM and Margaret Mason
Dr Mark and Dr Alla Medownick
Patricia Novikoff
Miki Oikawa and Andrew Gunn
Susan Perrin
Ms Terri Peters
Sara Piccinelli and Andrew Harvey
Libby and Peter Plaskitt
Greeba Pritchard
Bruce and Ruth Rodell
Dr Michael Slaytor
Cheryl Spoor
Jesse and Justin Strauch in memory of Claire Weis
Michael Strykowski and Fiona Maconaghie
Alma Toohey
Laura Tremewen
Peter Tremewen
John S Walton AM
Mrs Anne D. White
A Wilmers and R Pal
Anonymous (4)
For gifts of $2,000+
Jeannette Abrahams
Dr Ben Anderson
Mrs Sidney and Mr Lynn Anderson
Rosalind Baker
Ms Ren Barlow
Tony Barnett
Laurie Elizabeth Bebbington and Elizabeth O'Keeffe
Dr Jane Beeby
Dr Simon Bell and Dr Jennifer Coghlan-Bell
Susan Bellamy in memory of Alison Bellamy
Gita Bellin
Minnie Kent Biggs
Rosemary Block
Charles Boag
Caroline Brain
Mary-Jane Brodribb
Alasdair Beck and Bill Brooks
Hilary Cairns
Dr and Mrs Caroline Champion
Emily Chang
Dr Janice Cheng
Alex Chernov AC KC and Elizabeth Chernov
Terry Chesher
Margot Chinneck
Ms Linda Chung
David Churches
Leanne Clark
Pauline Cleary
P.F. and M.J. Crane
Charles Curran AC
Sue and Jim Dominguez CBE AM
Dr. June Donsworth
Dr Marie-Louise Dreux
Dr Iain Dunlop AM and Ms Susi Tegen
Dana Dupere
Charles Edmonds and Bernadette Slater
Bruce and Joyce Edwards
Professor Jenny Edwards AM
David and Sue Ellyard
Melody and Jonathan Feder
Kay Fell
Mrs Jennifer Ferns
Freilich Prescribed Private Fund
David and Sabina Full
Chris and Judy Fullerton
Robert Furley and Leon Nicholas
George Gordon and Jennifer Gordon
The Honourable Pru Goward in memory of Zipporah Goward
Catherine Gray
Hiroko and Andrew Gwinnett
The Hanlon Foundation
Mary Harman
M. D. Harper
Alan Hauserman and Janet Nash
Peter and Barbara Hennings
Jennifer Hershon
Dr and Mrs R F Hicks
Dr Annette Higgs
Mrs Diane Hill
Nora Hinchen and John Flint OAM
John David Hobbs
Dr Gerard Hooper and Helen Hooper
John S. Jessup
Dr Michael Joel AM and Mrs Anna Joel
Dr Glynis Johns
Sam Johnson
Anne and Bruce Judd
Dr Kuldip Kaur and Dr Kun-Gay Yap
Mr Gregory Keane
Mrs Mathilde Kearny-Kibble
Anna-Lisa Klettenberg
Edward Korbel in Memory of Dr Suzanne Korbel
Peter Lovell and Michael Jan
Peter Lowry AM and Carolyn Lowry OAM
Mr Ashley Lucas
Jennifer K. Marshall
Peter Mason AM and Kate Mason
Patricia and George McGregor
Don and Angela Mercer
Monarch Investments Group
Graeme Moody and Craig Thomas
Mrs Isobel Morgan OAM and Mr Geoffrey Stephenson
Adrian Morris and Eileen Chanin
Thomas Timothy Murphy
Mr Jean-Claude Niederer and Mr Neil Hendry
Dr Paul Nisselle AM and Mrs Sue Nisselle
G Pearson
Dr Kevin Pedemont
Jennifer and Phillip Perry
Mr Evan Petrelis
Mr Ian Plater
Garry Richards
Michael Robbins in memory of his darling wife Jan
Rowan and Susie Russell
Mrs Mitzi Saunders
Dhanish Semar
Mrs Lynne Sherwood
Michael and Melissa Slattery
Brendan Sowry
Ross Steele AM
Dale Sutton
Ms Jenny Tait
Mrs Jill Thorpe
Richard Travers OAM and Caroline Travers OAM
David Tremewen
Ann and Larry Turner
Suzanne and Ross Tzannes AM
Louise and Suzanne Waterhouse
Derek Watt
Spencer White Family
Lyn Williams AC
Mr Ignatius Wilson
Robert and Diana Wilson
Helen Wright
Mr Viacheslav Yanenko
Anonymous (12)
We also thank our loyal supporters for their donations
For gifts of $200+
Fiona Allan
David and Rae Allen
Mrs Simone Arnott
William Barnard
Ms Glen Barnwell
David and Judith Beal
Anita Beuthien
Kaye Blaiklock
Judith Boag
Gabrielle Bookallil
Francis Breen
Gisela Bulach
Christine Burson
Pam Caldwell
Violet Carrapetta
Andrew Catsaras
Donald Clark
Leanne Clark
Robert Clark
Mr Albert Clarke
Carmel Clifford
Wendy Cobcroft
Anneke Coleman
Margaret Connell
Adrian Connelly
Geoffrey Constable
Carol Cooper
Esther Cossman
Jennifer Crivelli
Mr Ian Cull
Charles Curran AC
Rebecca Cuschieri
Jan Davis
Janet Doust
Dr Marie-Louise Dreux
Stephanus du Plooy
Karen Dundas
Paul Eagar
Gavin Edwards
Professor Jenny Edwards
Margaret Enfield
Michele Esplin
Elizabeth Evatt
Dr Marilyn Fenwick
Alex Fischl
Elizabeth Forbes
Freilich Prescribed Private Fund
Eric and Tonia Gale
Frances Garrick
Mr Richard Gastineau-Hills
Mary-Jane Gething
Liz Gibson
Rita Gibson
Prof. Ian Gough AM & Dr Ruth Gough
Carole Grace
Grace Family
Dr Anne Gray AM
Pauline Griffin
Paul Groh
Simon Hall
Norman Harris
Patricia Harvey
Don Harwin
Diane Harwood
Rohan Haslam
Dr Peter and Mrs Melissa Hebbard
Avril Hetherington
Lybus Hillman
Maria Hinds
Dorothy Hoddinott AO
Dr R.M Hollings
Angela Hooke
In memory of Beryl Hooley
Clive Hope
Peter and Jenny Hordern
Allan Hough
Merrick Howes
Xiao Huang
Dr Anthea Hyslop
Gary Jensen
Ruth Jeremy
Mrs Mathilde Kearny-Kibble
Philip Keenan
Richard Kell
Margaret Kidd
Anna-Lisa Klettenberg
Lewis Klipin
Lois Knight
Shelley Knight
Nicholas Korner
Suzanne Krauskopf
Thomas Kudelka
Sue Lane
Mr and Mrs W&B Leakey
Peter Lemon
Primrose Lentin
Tony and Helen Lewis
Daniel Madeddu
Peter Manson
Christine McCormack
Susan Mcgrath-champ
Sue McLay
Kathleen McMahon
Ross McPhail
Dianne McWilliam
Charles Mendel
Inara Merrick
Michael and Julie Monaghan
Evelyn Murphy
Iain Nicolson
Liz Nield
Helen Oakes
Anthony Oliver
Leone Oliver
Klaus Oppenheimer
Dr Robert Pickles
Peter Randall
Kenneth R Reed AM
Paul and Mary Reid
Michael Renzella
Susan Reye
Jonquil Ritter
Michael Robbins in memory of his darling wife Jan
Trudie Rogers
Katrina Rolley
William Rutledge
Aileen Ryan
Cassandra Rycroft
Maria Victoria Salinas
Rae Saxton
Mary Schultz
Margot Smith
Judith Sneyd
George Souris
David Spicer
Noel Staunton
Anthony Steward
Margaret Swinbourne
James Tait
Jean Taylor
Peter Thompson
Adjunct Allocicle Professor Gerald Thurnwald AM
Karin Tiedemann
Laura Tingle
Vera Vargassoff
Hans-Peter Wabenhorst
Mark Walker
Aidan Walsh
Richard Wardman
David Wayne
Mary Webster
Zofia Weremczuk
A D White
Peter White
Mrs Elizabeth Whitney
Catherine Williams
Eddie Wong
Jenny Woods
Rod Woolley
David Zrobek
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Last updated on 16 September 2026
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