The ANZAC centenary advisory board was established by Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet of Australia to organise the centenary commemorations of the Australian and jointly New Zealand contribution to the First World War.[1]
Board members
edit| Position | Name | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Chairman | Air Chief Marshal Sir Angus Houston AK, AFC (Ret'd) | former Chief of the Defence Force |
| Member | Professor David Horner AM | Official Historian of Australian Peacekeeping, Humanitarian and Post-Cold War Operations |
| Member | The Hon. Arch Bevis | Former Parliamentary Secretary for Defence |
| Member | Major General Brian Howard AO, MC, ESM (Ret'd) | Board Member Royal Australian Regiment Corporation |
| Member | Vice Admiral Ray Griggs AO, CSC, RAN | Vice Chief of the Defence Force, (Ex-Officio) |
| Member | Jackie Huggins AM | Adjunct Professor, Centre for Australian Indigenous History, Australian National University |
| Member | Luke Bowen | Executive Director of the Northern Territory Cattlemen's Association |
| Member | Simon Lewis PSM | Secretary of the Department of Veterans’ Affairs, (Ex-Officio) |
| Member | Professor Christine Charles | Chair of the Resources Technology Innovation Centre |
| Member | The Hon. Sandy Macdonald | Former Parliamentary Secretary for Defence |
| Member | Rear Admiral Ken Doolan AO, RAN (Ret'd) | National President of the Returned and Services League of Australia, (Ex-Officio) Chairman of the Australian War Memorial Council |
| Member | Brigadier Bill Rolfe AO (Ret'd) | Former Services Member of the Repatriation Commission |
| Member | His Excellency Chris Seed | New Zealand High Commissioner to Australia, (Ex-Officio) |
| Member | His Honour Judge Rauf Soulio | Chair of the Australian Multicultural Council |
| Member | Professor Margaret Gardner AO | Vice-Chancellor and President of the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology |
| Member | Peter FitzSimons AM | Journalist and author |
| Member | Kathryn Greiner AO | Chair of Bio Tech Capital |
| Member | Rear Admiral Davyd Thomas AO, CSC, RANR | Former Deputy Chief of Navy |
| Member | Sandy Hollway AO | Former Chief executive officer (CEO) and board member of the Sydney Organising Committee for the 2000 Olympic Games |
| Member | Deborah Thomas | Director of Media, Public Affairs and Brand Development, ACP Magazines. Since April 2015 CEO of Ardent Leisure |
References
edit- ^ 100 Years of ANZAC anzaccentenary.gov.au - Anzac Centenary Advisory Board - 2013 Archived January 16, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
External links
edit- 100 Years of ANZAC - Australian Government
- Anzac Educational Portal