Our Patrons

We thank our generous patrons.

Patron-in-chief

The Governor of Victoria, Her Excellency Professor the Honourable Margaret Gardner AC

Founding Benefactors

The Late Dame Elisabeth Murdoch AC
Lady Potter AC

Leadership Syndicate ($40,000+)

Mary Davidson and Family
Carol Colburn Grigor
Jane Hemstritch AO
Hans & Petra Henkell
Peter Laver AM
Joy Selby Smith
Dr Michael Stubbs & Malcolm Roberts

Artistic Director’s Circle ($10,000+)

John & Diana Frew
Linda Herd
Suzanne Kirkham
Stuart Maunder
Tony & Genny Nunan
Michael Rigg & Gerard Condon AM
Greg Shalit & Miriam Faine
Nigel Simpson & Madeleine Coulombe in Memory of Joseph H. Coulombe
Prof Barbara van Ernst AM
Lyn Williams AM

Platinum Patrons ($5,000+)

Margaret Billson
D&T Brown
Tony Buzzard AM & Pam Craig
Carolyn & Stephen Coffey
Lord Ebury
Marg Flatman
Elizabeth Hill-Cooper
Mary-Jane Gething AO
Petter J Griffin AM & Terry Swann
Angela Kayser
Peter Lovell & Michael Jan
Kaye E Marion
Mercer Family Foundation
Grant Powell & Sally McCutchan
Geoffrey Preece
Dr Richard Reed & Vivienne Reed OAM
Sage Foundation
Lady Southey AC
Chris & Helen Trueman
Secret Admirers (2)

Gold Patrons ($2,500+)

Paulette & Warwick Bisley
Margot Brenton
Ms Pam Caldwell
Alan Chuck & Wendy Hughes Chuck
Jennifer Darbyshire & David Walker
John & Gaye Gaylard
Nance Grant AM MBE & Ian Harris
Peter and Melissa Hebbard
Ian Kennedy AM & Dr Sandra Hacker AO
Angela & Richard Kirsner
Ian Manning & Alice De Jonge
Ian Merrylees
Dr Paul Nisselle AM & Sue Nisselle
Greg Noonan
Ruth & Tom O’Dea
Elzbieta & Tomasz Romanowski
Ian Baker & Cheryl Saunders
Lisa Savige & Douglas Savige in memory of Dianne Moseley
Lynne Sherwood
Secret Admirers (2)

Silver Patrons ($1,000+)

Joanna Baevski
Dr Zita Ballok
Russell Waters & Marissa Barter-Waters
Laurie Bebbington & Elizabeth O’Keeffe
Shirley Breese
Cheryl R Benson
Stuart Brown & Lisa Banks
Andrew Buchanan & Peter Darcy
Diana Burleigh
The Hon David Byrne
Elise Callander
Margaret Cash
Jim Colvin
Paul & Sherly Coughlin
Jim Cousins AO & Libby Cousins AM
Susanne Dahm AM
Beatrice & Richard Donkin
Dr M Elizabeth Douglas
Charles Edmonds
Dr Ian Eilenberg
Professor David Forrest
Anne Houlihan
Simon L Jackson & Brian Warburton
Jessica Jasper
Barry Jones AC & Rachel Faggetter
Mary Kehoe and Graham McCallum
Dr Peter Kingsbury
Dr Kathy Laster
Joan Lefroy AM & George Lefroy AM
Selina Lightfoot
Jane Lowther
Prof Helmut & Ms Gillian Lueckenhausen
Ian Marshman & Judi Marshman
Margaret Mayers
Lawrence McDonald
Anne McLean
Andrew & Jocelyn McLeish
Ann Miller AM
Jude Munro AO & Louise Kummrow
George Pappas AO in memory of Jillian Pappas
Christine & Campbell Penfold
Merlyn Quaife AM
Dr Garry Joslin & Prof. Dimity Reed AM
Michael Riordan & Geoffrey Bush
Robert Sanderson
Sparky Foundation
Libby Smith & John Middleton
Mr Geoffrey D. Stephenson
James and Anne Syme
Rosemary & Dr Alan Tait
Caroline Travers OAM & Richard Travers OAM
Christina Turner
Ian Watts OAM
Margot & the late Richard Welton
Ann & Alan Wilkinson
Raymond Wilkinson
Robert & Diana Wilson
Secret Admirers (2)

Bronze Patrons ($500+)

Dennis Altman AM
Jenny Anderson
Margaret Astbury
Lesley Bawden
Jan Begg
Ines & Dr Donald Behrend
David Bernshaw & Caroline Isakow
Maura & Stephen Best
Karin Butterfield
Robyn Byrne
Malcolm & Marcia Carter
Janice Cheng
Vivienne Corcoran
Dennis Freeman
Alan Gunther
Victoria Hayes
Jenny & Peter Hordern
Suzanne Hume
Dr Irene Irvine & Prof Iain Wallace
Eve Kolar
Richard Laslett & Colin Gunther
Dr Shirley Lanning
Roger & Louise Lemke
Siobhan Lenihan
Dr Justus Lewis
Kristina & Bruce Macrae
Mary & Paul Reid
Graham Ryles OAM KSJ
Dr Gideon & Barbara Shaw
Colin Simson
Dr Rosalynd Smith
Hugh Taylor AC and Liz Taylor AM
Teresa Tjia
Peter Valder
Deborah Whithear
Secret Admirers (8)

 

Bequestors

Jenny Anderson
Lesley Bawden
Frank & Danielle Chamberlin
Peter Hordern
Peter Hourigan
Jane Kunstler
Richard Laslett & Colin Gunther
Gregory J Reinhardt AM
Chris & Helen Trueman
Lorraine Weiner & Geoffrey Blick
Tony Wildman & Robert Gibbs
Secret Admirers (7)