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PRICE$6.50THERDERThe National Magazine of The Order of Australia AssociationNo 28 Summer 2010–2011High on the Inca trail: a Foundation awardee breathes clean air. See pages 2 and 16.ISSN 1835-4378 (Print) ISSN 1835-4386 (Online)

23Your guide to this edition of your magazineWho named Australia and whathas it got to do with spies andprisoners of war? Eddy AbrahamOAM provides some intriguinganswers5The Boys from Berlin tells the storyof two German lads — now 89 and90 — who were “enemy aliens”before joining the British army andlater becoming Australians.6–7Emeritus Professor Sir Peter JMorris AC FRS, Head of the Centrefor Evidence in Transplantation,Royal College of Surgeons ofEngland and London School ofHygiene and Tropical Medicine,wants spare parts.On other pagesTasmania at its best forthe annual meeting 4Deputy National Chairmanon charting theAssociation's course 14,15National Chairman’s report 22National Secretary’s report 23Cover storyTrekking in Peru, Felicia Eng, arecipient of an OAA FoundationScholarship, is enrolled in theUniversity of Melbourne's PhD coursein Economics, studying Indonesia’seducation system. She has receivedan Australian Postgraduate Awardfor a PhD and a travel and languagescholarship offered by AusAID andthe Australian National University.See Page 16The Order of AustraliaAssociation office holdersNational PresidentThe Hon Shane Stone AC QCNational ChairmanMrs. Dina Browne AODeputy National ChairmanAir Commodore Peter McDermott AM CSCNational TreasurerMr Geoff Vincent AMNational SecretaryColonel Roger Dace AM QGMNational Membership SecretaryMs Colleen Thurgar AMExecutive OfficerMrs Pamela PetersonThe Order, Summer 2010–2011Who's whoand what'swhere inThe OrderStick it on your car!9Be proud of your membershipof The Order of Australia Association.Let people know itexists and what it does. Theprice of the sticker is $4 + $1postage. The size is 78mmhigh by 57mm wide. Details ofhow to order are on page 7.8The pilot, who later became asenior public servant, still had hisrevolver. He fired it to shatter thedoor lock and fired a few morerounds as police rushed to thescene.It's hard to think of Sir JamesGobbo AC CVO as being calleda “dago” and getting into apunch-up. He tells his story inhis memoirs.10–11The Australian War Memorial ison the move — taking exhibitionsaround the country. Find out what'son and where.12–13Former High Court judge MichaelKirby AC finds a new book byretired judge Ken Crispin coversa range of topical issues from“lenient” sentencing to trial byjury and a discussion on the erosionof basic principles that hasaccompanied the “war on terror”,including preventive detentionand prohibitory orders of designatedgroups.Lost insignia?The Order of Australia Association cannot replace lost insignia orlapel pins. You can obtain replacements from: The Secretary, The Order of Australia,Government House, Yarralumla ACT 2600 Telephone: (02) 6283 3533email: honours@gg.gov.auThe Order is the national publication of The Order of Australia Association. It appearsalso on the Association’s web site, www.theorderofaustralia.asn.auEditor: Ian Mathews AM ian.mathews7@bigpond.comProduction subeditor: Bruce BrammallPlease send material for publication, including letters to the editor and photographs,to oaasecretariat@ozemail.com.au orby post to The Order of Australia Association, Old Parliament House, 18 King GeorgeTerrace, Parkes, ACT 2600 ph: (02) 6273 0322Views expressed in The Order are not necessarily the views of the Order of AustraliaAssociation. The Association does not necessarily endorse any third-party advertisementpublished in The Order or accept any responsibility or liability for those advertisementsor the goods and services they advertise.ISSN 1835-4378 (print) ISSN 1835-4386 (online)Print post approvedRRP $6.50 inc GST — Free to OAA members

The boysfromBerlinVia the UK, internment inCanada and service in theBritish ArmyThere are some lunches you neverforget. Imagine: two old soldiers,both born in Berlin; both sought refugein Britain in the 1930s; both interned bythe British when World War II broke out;both sent to Canada then brought back;both served in the British Army; bothbecame British, then Australian, citizens.They met in Canberra the other day tomull over old times. Accuracy with datesand names was a little hazy. Hearing eachother was a bit of a problem too, althoughthe other patrons in the restaurant heardmost of their conversations — and werecaptivated.You don’t expect such unsolicitedstatements over the John Dory as, “Isaw Hitler once.” Of course, it madesense when you pieced together theirkaleidoscope of memories.Emeritus Professor Ralph Elliott AM,89, was entertaining John Woolford,90, of Ballina, NSW, at the MaestralRestaurant in the Canberra suburb ofWeston Creek and we all joined in.Ralph’s story is better-known. Borninto the Ehrenberg family, he can tracehis family tree back almost 500 yearsto Martin Luther and his biographicalnotes are well published. Indeed, hislatest book, Chaucer’s Landscapes,was launched in November. Fromrefugee from Nazi Germany to worldauthority on Chaucer, Thomas Hardyand Shakespeare; founding Professor ofEnglish Literature at Flinders University,Adelaide and longtime Professor ofEnglish at the Australian NationalUniversity and one-time Master ofUniversity House, Ralph Elliott hasentertained Canberrans with lectures,book reviews and radio broadcasts. As ateenager, he recalls, he saw Hitler beingdriven through crowds in Berlin.John, on the other hand, spent alifetime in the British civil service beforehe and his wife migrated to Australia tojoin their son. That rather ordinary factprompted the extraordinary tale of hisname and marriage.Like all “enemy aliens” who joinedthe British Army’s Pioneer Corps, JohnWoolford was required to change hisGerman surname of Scherchen. He wascourting his future wife, Pauline, at thetime and was worried that her parentswould not take kindly to her marrying aGerman during the war. So he adoptedher surname “in case her parentsThe Order, Summer 2010–2011From left: John Woolford, Margaret Elliott and Emeritus Professor Ralph ElliottAM, at lunch with reminiscences on the menu.disapproved of the proposed Woolfordunion: we’d still be able to be Mr andMrs Woolford.” Her parents did agree tothe marriage and they’ve lived happilyever after!As in Australia at the outbreak of war,non-citizens in Britain were roundedup to determine their “enemy” status,regardless of the fact most had fled fromthe enemy side.John recalls that the chief constableof Cambridge addressed the “enemyaliens” of which he was one in apologeticterms, regretting the inconvenience, thesuspicions and the inevitable internment.John and Ralph (who had been classedas an enemy alien while at St AndrewsUniversity, Scotland) travelled separatelyto Canada and met in an internmentcamp. Even in such confinement it paysto make friends and they befiendedanother German internee, Count Lingen.Internees were not allowed sizeablequantities of personal belongings andthe count was told he would have torelinquish a handsome chess board andpieces. He refused. The matter wenthigher in the camp administration.Eventually the count said he wouldmake approaches to his uncle who justhappened to be the then Governor-General of Canada, Major-GeneralAlexander Augustus Frederick WilliamAlfred George Cambridge, 1st Earl ofAthlone KG GCB GCMG GCVO DSOPC ADC(P) FRS, who was born PrinceAlexander of Teck, thus a member ofthe British royal family and the formerGerman royal family. The chess set wasnot removed.Ralph, now a private in the PioneerCorps, was part of the Allies’ invasionforce. He served under another enemyalien, Lance Corporal Bernard Neumann,who moved on to become Professor andHead of Department of Mathematics,Institute of Advanced Studies at theANU and a Companion in the Order ofAustralia.Ralph was seriously wounded andsays he probably owes his life to the factthat he called out to a retreating Germansoldier for water – and was given it. Afterthe war, Ralph continued his militarycareer at the Royal Military Academy,Sandhurst, where he was awarded theSovereign’s Sword of Honour as bestgraduating cadet. He then returned toacademic life in the UK and, in 1959, inAustralia.John didn’t invade Europe. He stayedin Britain putting his engineering skills towork disabling unexploded bombs, minesand V-1 rockets — the dreaded pilotless“doodlebug”.John’s parents, having split updomestically, split geographically. Johnand his mother settled in England. John’sfather, Hermann Scherchen, an orchestralconductor of note at the time, headed forSwitzerland with his new Chinese wife.John says his father conducted rathermore than orchestras; he was knownas a romantic. His wife eventually hadenough and left by train for China, muchto Hermann’s distress. He caught the nexttrain and reunification took place.John has visited China to meet hishalf-siblings and their families — anotherexuberant experience.Lunch ended with cakes made byJulia, wife of the Maestral’s proprietorand chef, Julian. With perception and asmile she presented them with “Berlin”written in raspberry sauce on the plate.On leaving, I noticed broad smiles onthe faces of the other patrons and madetentative apologies for the noise. “Weloved it,” said one. “Most interesting.”There’s always an addendum and itcame the next day when John and Ralphmet another of their select PioneerCorps company: Dennis Palmer, 88, ofCanberra. Originally from the Silesiancity of Breslau (now Wroclaw, Poland)Dennis, who speaks the same polishedEnglish as the others, was told he wasn'tsuitable for the post-war British Army'sradio station in Hamburg “because of hisWelsh accent”.So he found himself on duty at one ofthe many war-crimes trials. That led himinto lifelong law practice, first in the UK,then Tasmania, then as a judge of theFiji Supreme Court its Court of Appeal.Back to Australia in 1974 he becameLegal Aid’s director for Tasmania. Hemoved to Canberra and became theCommonwealth’s first Public Defender.Ian Mathews AM5

6This is an edited text of the2010 Hunterian Oration byEmeritus Professor Sir PeterJ Morris AC FRS (above),Head of the Centre forEvidence in Transplantation,Royal College of Surgeons ofEngland and London Schoolof Hygiene and TropicalMedicine.Sir Peter, who was bornin Horsham, Victoria, ischairman of the UK Groupof the Order of AustraliaAssociation.The Order, Summer 2010–2011Organ transplantation: a medical miracleof the 20thcenturyThe history of organ transplantationreally dates back to the beginning ofthe 20th century.However it should be noted that SaintsCosmos and Damien, in the third century,allegedly transplanted the leg of anEthiopian slave on to the leg of a Romancitizen whose leg had been amputatedfor a tumour. Certainly there must havebeen divine intervention as there is norecord of failure. Furthermore the publicrelations aspects of this event wereexemplary in that this operation has beenrecorded in numerous paintings (see oneof them at bottom left) held in museumsall over Europe.It should be noted that John Hunter,the famous Scottish surgeon/scientist, didsuccessfully transplant a human tooth intothe comb of a cock in the 18th century.Indeed this specimen is preserved in theHunterian Museum in The Royal Collegeof Surgeons of England.Moving then to the beginning ofthe 20th century, Alexis Carrel, ayoung French surgeon, working underProfessor Mathieu Jaboulay in Lyon,was asked to design a better way ofjoining blood vessels together. Hisseminal contribution, published in1902, is still the technical basis of theconnection of blood vessels today inorgan transplantation and vascularsurgery, more than 100 years later. Later,Carrel went on to transplant organs inanimals experimentally after he hadmoved to the USA, first to the Universityof Chicago and later to the RockefellerInstitute in New York. The first attemptsat a transplant in a human were carriedout by Jaboulay in 1906 in Lyon, wherehe connected a goat kidney and a sheepkidney to the blood vessels in the arms oftwo patients dying of renal failure. Theattempts were not successful.The first attemptsto transplant a humankidney from a deceaseddonor were carried outin Russia by Yu YuVoronoy who, between1936 and 1941, carriedout six such transplants,implanting the kidneyin the thigh of therecipient. None wassuccessful.In the late 1940sDavid Hume, inBoston, and Rene Kuss,in Paris, carried out asmall series of cadavertransplants with noimmunosuppression;although there was amodest initial successin one or two of thetransplants, all failed.The majorbreakthrough in thefield was the transplantation of a kidneyfrom one identical twin to anotherin 1954 in the Peter Bent BrighamHospital in Boston. As there was noimmunological reaction to destroy thekidney, this transplant was successful.This was a major event in the historyof transplantation because, first, it provedthat technically the procedure could bedone successfully and secondly that,if the immunological reaction of therecipient to a foreign transplant could beprevented, a transplanted kidney couldfunction normally. In fact the first livingrelated transplantation had been carriedout in Paris in 1952 when a kidney hadbeen transplanted from a mother to ason, again with no immunosuppression;the kidney worked well for three weeksbefore being rejected and the son died.Attempts to suppress the immuneresponse of the recipient to the foreignkidney transplant were directed firstat total body irradiation for a numberof years but this had too manycomplications to be acceptable. However,in the mid-1950s an anticancer drug,6-mercaptopurine, was developed byGertrude Elion and Robert Hitchingsat Burroughs Wellcome researchlaboratories, Two clinical haematologistsin Boston, W. Dameshek and R. Schwarz,who were using the drug to treat patientswith leukaemia, showed that it couldprevent the immune reaction to a foreignprotein and also prolong the survival ofskin allografts.Roy Calne, in London, and DavidHume, now at the Medical College ofVirginia, then showed that this drugwould delay or prevent rejection ofkidney transplants in the dog. Elionand Hitchings then developed a parentcompound of 6-mercaptopurine —azathioprine — which soon became usedworld-wide as kidney transplantationbegan to expand rapidly and the modernera of transplantation had begun.The 1960s was a very exciting decade.We had the introduction of azathioprineand a little later, with the addition ofsteroids, a one-year graft survival ofabout 60 per cent was being achieved.The first liver transplant was carriedout by Tom Starzl, in Denver and the firstheart transplant in Capetown by ChristianBarnard, although the real pioneer in thisarea was Norman Shumway, at StanfordUniversity, in California. Fred Belzerdeveloped machine preservation ofkidneys at San Francisco; Peter Morrisand Paul Terasaki defined the deleteriousrole of cytotoxic antibodies before andafter transplantation and the first pancreastransplant was carried out by Kelly inMinneapolis for diabetes.Jean Dausset had discovered thatleukocyte antigens were indeedContinued next page

From tauntsto the Benchand beyond— a storyof service tothe nationIt is sometimes difficult toappreciate the hurdlespeople overcome when theycome to public notice as “asuccess story”.For instance, take an Australian-bornchild who didn’t speak English untilhe was at least eight, probably older.That same boy got involved in a schoolpunch-up because somebody calledhim a dago and his wartime childhoodwas coloured by a virulent Australianantipathy to Italians, who surrendered intheir thousands before changing sides inWorld War II.Sir James Gobbo writes, “It was badenough to be called a ‘dago’ at school butto be called a coward was really a muchgreater insult.” A key to James’s lifelongdedication to the plight of immigrants,asylum seekers and refugees is held inhis words that the problem was not somuch about being insulted but of havingdivided loyalties.“There was a notion of belonging toa country and yet not being allowedto belong to it and being made to feelapologetic for, even ashamed of, one’sown inherited culture,” he writes, “yetthe overwhelming desire of each of theyoung Australians of Italian birth ororigin at that time was to be accepted as agood Australian.”Like so many children of migrantfamilies, James Gobbo has excelled atbeing “a good Australian”. It began at adiversity of schools in Melbourne thatgave him a sound education, enoughto make him a Rhodes Scholar andstudy at Oxford University; it continuedthroughout his law career, which spannedmany cases as a barrister before hebecame a judge of the Supreme Courtof Victoria; and then to become, first,Lieutenant-Governor, then Governor, ofVictoria. His memoirs reflect the sadnessthat surrounded the political upheavalcaused when his term of office was notrenewed.The Order, Summer 2010–2011Woven throughout that dazzlingprogress is Sir James’s community workfor Italian migrants, for hospitals, forasylum seekers, for the arts and, throughthe Order of Australia Council, on whichhe served from 1981 to 1992 and laterchaired from 2001 to 2009.He comments on the continuingdisparity of nominations — high amongmedical specialists but relatively lowamong engineers and lawyers. Hewent further in a conference speech toThe Order of Australia Association in2005, when he pointed out that it wasrare for artisans or manual workers tobe put forward for recognition of theirexcellence and achievement in a trade orcraft.Sir James revels in his twin ethnicity— Italian by parentage and Australianby birth, education and career. It was notsurprising, then, that he was appointedin 1975 to the Federal Immigration andPopulation Council but not “as a tokenethnic”.It will not come as any surprisethat the current hysteria surrounding“boat people” is a repetition of eventsand reactions in 1979 when SouthVietnamese, many of Chinese Vietnamesebackground, arrived on Australia’snorthern borders.“Every time a boat landed, the mediaannounced this as if there was aninvasion which Australia was helplessto prevent,” he writes. Now a memberof the Committee of Refugee Issues, SirJames joined other prominent Australiansin recommending that the Government ofthe day try to change public perceptionsby showing Australians the plight ofrefugees in camps in the South East Asianregion.The committee recommended also thatby persuading Malaysia and Indonesiato take boat people rather than help themon their dangerous way to Australia,Australia would take people already intheir camps — a form of “safety swap”.The humanitarian approach resulted in15,000 Vietnamese refugees’ comingin that first year compared with 1719refugees in 47 boats. It marked the end ofboat arrivals — until our current crop ofwars and their aftermaths.On the broader issue of Australia as amulticultural society, Sir James values hisrole in cutting through some of the longstandingrhetoric and “fuzzy” languagesurrounding the topic. Although it is byno means accepted by all, he is adamantthat Australia is a multicultural society,not by deliberate design but by evolvingconsequence of decades of migration.That evolution requires give and takerather than rigid rules.It would be wrong to say Sir JamesGobbo is a politician in the partypolitical sense but his community lifehas taken him along many political pathswhich he has negotiated with assiduousimpartiality.His story is as much about the recenthistory of Australia as it is about the manhimself — perhaps that is because he hasunassumingly woven himself into theevents that have shaped a nation.Something to Declare – A Memoirby Sir James Gobbo AC CVO,published by the Miegunyah Press,Melbourne University PublishingISBN 9780522857313Reviewed by Ian Mathews AMThe Order of Australia Association’sbooklet of Orations 2003–2007 recordsthe words and opinions of some of Australia’sfinest minds:The 2003 OrationScience, Education and the AustralianExperience by Prof. Peter Doherty ACThe 2004 OrationSearching for the Real Australia byDame Leonie Kramer AC DBEThe 2005 OrationAdvancing the National Interest and TheOrder of Australia by the Hon Sir JamesGobbo AC CVOThe 2006 OrationThe Marginalisation of the Law in Australia:Sir Guy Green AC KBE CVOThe 2007 OrationFederal Renewal and Unity in Reconciliation– A Return to Government bythe People by Lieutenant General JohnSanderson ACPrice: $5.50 (incl GST) + postage. 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10The Order, Summer 2010–2011AWM goes walkabout around the nationABOVE: Part of the touring exhibition:Night vision studies xvi by Jon Cattapan.2009Oil on Belgian linen 2009 AWMART93993A digger. The Australian War Memorialdoesn’t know who he is. Do you?The Australian WarMemorial is on the move.No, it’s not leaving its keyposition in the Canberra landscapebut its treasures travelall over Australia to givepeople a glimpse of its artworksand artifacts.An exhibition soon to leave its Canberrabase is Perspectives Jon Cattapanand eX de Medici which presents theunique insights of two contemporary artistsresponding to the subject of peacekeeping.As official artists commissionedby the Australian War Memorial, JonCattapan and eX de Medici travelled toTimor Leste (July 2008) and the SolomonIslands (March 2009) respectively. Bothartists gained insights into the role ofAustralian peacekeepers and, from theseexperiences, created a series of worksthat reveal personal visions and artisticstyle.Continuing a tradition that developedduring World War I, the memorial hascommissioned, in the last decade, manyofficial artists to explore and record theAustralian experience of war and peacekeepingaround the world.The exhibition was launched at thememorial on September 2, 2010 and willbe on display there until March 2, 2011.From September 2011 the exhibition willtravel for two years to regional and metropolitangalleries throughout Australia.Opening early in 2011, the refurbishedHall of Valour at the Australian WarMemorial will house 67 Victoria Crossmedals, the largest collection outsidethe United Kingdom. Tasmanians wereable to see the medals at the TasmanianMuseum and Art Gallery in Hobart until17 December, 2010.This company of brave men: TheGallipoli VCs: A special 95th Gallipolianniversary touring exhibition, has beenmade possible by the generous support ofMr Kerry Stokes AC and Seven NetworkLimited.The Victoria Cross, the highest militaryaward for bravery on the battlefield, wasestablished in 1856, when Queen Victoriawas convinced that a special tribute wasneeded to recognise acts of outstandingcourage.Despite its elevated status, the VictoriaCross is not made of gold or otherprecious metal but cast from the bronzeof old captured cannons. It is suspendedfrom a plain maroon ribbon (those tothe navy originally used blue but thischanged at the end of World War I). Sincethe Boer War a number of awards havebeen made posthumously.In 1991 Australia extended its ownsystem of honours and awards with onlyminimal changes to the highest award,the Victoria Cross for Australia.Ninety-seven Australians have receivedthe Victoria Cross. The exhibition hasbeen seen in Perth, Darwin, Adelaide,Melbourne, Brisbane and Hobart.Iraq and AfghanistanLEFT: View from Chinook chopperduring supply mission flight to outpostin Helmand Province, Afghanistan, byLyndell Brown, Charles Green.Oil on linen, 2007 AWMART93305_1In March 2007, collaborative artistsLyndell Brown and Charles Green travelledfor six weeks through the MiddleEast, Afghanistan and the Persian Gulfas the Australian War Memorial’s officialwar artists. Attached to the AustralianDefence Force, they visited variousAustralian bases, which themselves weregenerally part of larger US operations andcompounds. Their paintings and photographscontinue a tradition of official warart that began in the course of World WarI.Brown and Green’s works of art recordthe activities and experiences of theAustralian troops. They are contemplativeworks that reveal new and strangeconfigurations of landscape, culture andtechnology. Brown and Green have beencreating paintings and photographicworks together since 1989.This travelling exhibition began itstour of Australia in February 2009 inMelbourne and has since been seen inBallarat, Benalla, Gippsland, Nowra,Brisbane, Townsville, Adelaide andCanberra. It is scheduled to be at WaggaWagga Art Gallery from January 21 toMarch 20, 2011.Of love and warOf Love and War looks at the impact ofwar on the lives of Australian servicemenand women, the relationships and theways Australians incorporated affairs ofthe heart into their wartime lives.It is at present on show at the StateLibrary of Queensland until February20, 2011, when it moves to the NationalWool Museum, Geelong. It will be opento the public there from March 5 to June5, 2011. Additional venues will be announcedlater.Continued next page

The Order, Summer 2010–2011Memorial takes its treasures to the people11RIGHT: Germandog cart.Glass originalnegative; takenin Picardie,Somme, inMay 1918. Lentby LieutenantColonel D GMarks.AWM C00975LEFT: Shane Rowe, a marine technicianfrom HMAS Darwin, kisses his girlfriendAeron Cornelius at a homecoming ceremonyfor HMAS ANZAC and HMAS Darwin atVictoria Quay, Fremantle, WA in 2003.Photo by Brad Rimmer. AWM P04192.123Sidney Nolan’s Head of young Gallipolisoldier with bloodshot eyes. The brightcolours of the background belie the portraitof the soldier. He appears to be in astate of shell-shock.Alkyd on hardboard, measurement over all:122.2 x 91.4 cm. AWM ART91435Continued from previous pageIcon and ArchiveThe curators of this exhibition say,“Photographs are an inseparable part ofour memory of war. They have come toplay a vital role in our efforts to rememberand to commemorate events of whichmany of us have no direct experience.While they can’t bring home the terribleexperience of war, photographs can provideus with images that at least indicatesomething of its horror.This has been, from the start, one ofthe primary intentions of the war photograph.”The touring exhibition, which draws onthe memorial’s extensive photographiccollection, opened at the Monash Galleryof Art, Wheelers Hill, Victoria in April2010. It will open at the Western PlainsCultural Centre, Dubbo, from February 42011 until May 1, 2011.Nolan: the Gallipoli seriesSidney Nolan (1917–1992) was one ofAustralia’s most complex, innovative andprolific artists. In 1978 Nolan presentedthe Gallipoli series to the Australian WarMemorial. These 252 drawings and paintings,completed over a 20-year period,were donated in memory of his brotherRaymond, a soldier who died in a tragicaccident just before the end of WorldWar II.Gallipoli was a theme to which Nolanreturned constantly throughout his artisticcareer. This travelling exhibition showcases81 of these works, which constituteboth a personal and public lament, commemoratingnot just the death of Nolan’sbrother but a campaign that had cost somany Australian lives.The Nolan exhibition has alreadyvisited Murwillumbah, Bathurst, Sydney,Gosford and Brisbane. It is at present atthe Cairns Regional Gallery until February6, 2011 before going to Geelong untilMay; then on to the Academy Gallery atthe University of Tasmania, Launceston,until October.It remains on the road into 2012 atvenues in Bunbury, Western Australia,from November 2011 until January 2012.The Nolans move on then to the Anneand Samstag Museum of Art in Adelaide,opening in April 2012 and closing in July.A is for AnimalsA is for Animals offers an A to Z ofanimals in war, from mascots and messengersto creepy-crawlies.Animals are put to many uses in war.Sometimes they have jobs to do: thehorses, camels, mules and donkeys usedto transport soldiers and equipment, aswell as carrier pigeons and tracker dogswith their special talents.Animals are used often as mascots andpets or as symbols on badges and flags.The exhibition has been developed witha young audience in mind but visitorsof all ages will enjoy its fascinating andAll the images on thesepages are by courtesyof the Australian WarMemorialmoving stories.It has been seen already in Dubbo,Geelong, Longreach and Albury. Its nextport of call is the Museum of TropicalQueensland, Townsville, opening on January21, 2011 and running until March.Then the “animals” move to Hervey Bay,Queensland and on to Brisbane.A digger’s best friendA Digger’s Best Friend is a graphicexhibition based on A is for Animals andrecognises not only military dogs but allanimals that have worked alongside Australiansin war for more than 100 years.In a twist upon the theme of man’s bestfriend, the exhibition delves also intothose creepy-crawlies from the animaland insect kingdoms that have made lifedifficult and even deadly for soldiers.Drawings and photographs reveal ratsin the trenches, flies in a ration tin andeven a monstrous cobra that moved inwith the Australian occupants of a fourmantent in Vietnam in 1967.Appropriately, perhaps, this travellingexhibition opened at the Eden KillerWhale Museum in January 2010 and hassince been seen in the NSW towns ofNarooma, Narellan, Lithgow, Deniliquinand Parkes.It is at present on show at the RosnyHistoric Centre, Tasmania, until January16, 2011.Then it’s on to Devonport before headingfor its final venue in Castlemaine,Victoria.

12 The Order, Summer 2010–2011 The Order, Summer 2010–201113A judge ponders the Chamberlain case, sentencing, drugs and the ‘War on Terror’Michael Chamberlainand his former wife,Lindy, are seeking anew inquest into thedeath of their daughterAzaria because the lastone recorded an openverdict despite severalinquiries finding that,as they had claimedfrom the outset, a dingohad taken Azaria.In his recently publishedbook The Questfor Justice, formerJudge Ken Crispin recallshis belief thatthere had been a miscarriageof justice inthe Chamberlain case.Here, former HighCourt Judge MichaelKirby AC CMG (below)writes a foreword tothis significant book.Trial by Jury: ... one findsinformed reflections bythis experienced triallawyer on the problemsand advantages of trialby jury; the difficultiesof discovering the truthfrom witness impressions;the risks of prejudicethat arise in any trialsystem; and the problemsfaced by advocates andjudges in making surethat adversarial litigationproduces just outcomes.The Hon Dr Ken Crispin has heldmany important posts in the law inAustralia. He has served as abarrister, appearing in some of the mostnotorious criminal cases of his time.One of them, involving an inquiry intothe conviction of Lindy Chamberlain,challenged what he felt was — and waslater held to be — a serious miscarriage ofjustice. Any lawyer who takes part in sucha case naturally searches his or her mindfor what ‘justice’ means, how an injusticecould occur in contemporary Australia andwhether any failing on his or her part couldcontribute to such an outcome in the future.After his years at the Bar, Dr Crispin wasappointed a judge of the Supreme Court ofthe Australian Capital Territory. Later herose to be President of the Court of Appealof that court. While serving as a judge healso performed duties as Chairman of theLaw Reform Commission of the AustralianCapital Territory. The roots of the concernsthat have led him to write this book maybe traced through all of his public offices.Yet almost certainly they date back chieflyto his time at the Bar, his appointment asQueen’s Counsel and his assumption ofthe responsibilities of Director of PublicProsecutions of the Australian CapitalPrinciples eroded: DrCrispin describes how theerosion of basic principlesthat has accompanied the‘war on terror’ has spilt overinto other troubling areasin Australia: preventivedetention and prohibitoryorders of designated groupssuch as ‘bikie gangs’.Territory. Such a position is one of greatimportance. It takes the officeholderinto daily consideration of allegationsof serious misconduct on the part ofaccused persons. It requires the weighingof evidence and the making of difficultdecisions as to whether the power of thestate will be brought to bear on the life ofthe accused. The Australian community hasbeen fortunate that such a thoughtful andintrospective human being has carried thisdifficult public responsibility over such along time and we are fortunate now to haveDr Crispin’s distilled reflections on his lifeand his personal ‘quest for justice’ recordedhere.The book follows a partly chronologicaljourney through Dr Crispin’s encounterswith the law and its institutions. It beginswith his examination of values in the law.When I was young, I was taught that lawwas applied by judges immune from anypressure of values. Judges, I was assured,were operating on a kind of ‘automaticpilot’. Their duty was one to ‘complete andabsolute legalism’.A lifetime’s service in the law has taughtDr Crispin and me that things are not assimple as that; that law exhibits values;that the search for justice under law is itselfStigma of drugs: ... wein Australia have toreconsider our presentapproach to this issue.His opinion is gatheringincreasing support frompreviously unexpectedquarters. The Secretary-General of the UnitedNations, Ban Ki-moon, inemphatic words expressedin 2008, said bluntly: “Noone should be stigmatisedor discriminatedagainst because of theirdependence on drugs.”Sentencing: ... this is atopic on which everyonein society seems to holdstrong opinions, especiallythe ‘shock jocks’ in themedia.a quest for the attainment of values. Thatthe values of individual judges inevitablyaffect the outcomes of their decisions andthe orders that they make. It is thereforefitting to try to explain and to be consciousof values. It is also fitting to be aware ofthe possible need to supplement the sourcesof values in the professional experience oflawyers, particularly when they becomejudges.This leads Dr Crispin to a reflection onthe controversy, current in Australia at thepresent time, of whether we need a nationalcharter of rights to help stimulate judicialand legislative decisions. As he pointsout, such a charter has been adopted bythe legislatures in the Australian CapitalTerritory and Victoria. Contrary to the‘bogeyman’ prediction of some notableopponents of that idea, neither the CapitalTerritory charter, nor its equivalent in thestate of Victoria, has so far underminedcivilisation as we know it.The second chapter of the bookexamines the legal system. It exploresthe adversarial system and the traditionof jury trials by which serious criminalcases are usually decided in Australia. Inthis chapter, one finds informed reflectionsby this experienced trial lawyer on theproblems and advantages of trial by jury;the difficulties of discovering the truthfrom witnesses’ impressions; the risks ofprejudice that arise in any trial system;and the problems faced by advocates andjudges in making sure that adversariallitigation produces just outcomes.The third chapter is a reflection— doubtless born of many troubleddays when Dr Crispin was obliged, as ajudge, to determine a penalty for a personconvicted of a crime — on sentencing.As he recognises, this is a topic on whicheveryone in society seems to hold strongopinions, especially the ‘shock jocks’ inthe media. He examines the problemsof mandatory sentences, sentencingthe mentally ill and that old perennial:whether Australia should restore the deathpenalty for ‘callous and brutal’ killers.Unsurprisingly, because he is aware of themany studies on this subject, Dr Crispin isopposed to restoration. He points out that,when the death penalty was abolished inCanada, there was no increase in homicidebut there was an increase in convictions.DNA evidence now indicates thesurprisingly frequent instances of wrongfulconvictions in what would be capitalcrimes.The last two substantive chapters areheartfelt examinations of topics that haveobviously worried this informed and seniorplayer in the Australian legal scene. Inthe fourth chapter, on the so-called ‘waron drugs’, Dr Crispin shares with us hisconcern about the approach that we haveadopted in Australia in attempting tosuppress the use of addictive drugs. Thegreatest killer among these, by far, as hepoints out, is tobacco. Yet its purveyorsbecome mega-rich on the backs ofaddicts, increasingly those in Third Worldcountries, who will pay the price later.Does this fact excuse a softer touch forother drug crimes? Dr Crispin looks atthe evidence that supports an approach of‘harm minimisation’ rather than ‘law andorder’. This is a most compelling chapter,the more so because it is offered by onewho, like me, was obliged to impose orconfirm, as a judge, very heavy punishmenton those convicted of drug-related offences.By calling attention to law reforms adoptedin the Netherlands, Portugal and elsewhere,he suggests that we in Australia have toreconsider our present approach to thisissue. His opinion is gathering increasingsupport from previously unexpectedquarters. The secretary-general of theUnited Nations, Ban Ki-moon, in emphaticwords expressed in 2008 said bluntly: ‘Noone should be stigmatised or discriminatedagainst because of their dependence ondrugs’. Dr Crispin is not the first to bringthis message to lawyers and others inAustralia but he certainly does so with thebenefit of a respectable and experiencedbackground that he can bring to bear insupporting his opinions.The fifth chapter, on another war, theso-called ‘war on terror’, enters an evenmore perplexing and troublesome area ofthe law’s operation. It is the one with whichthis book opens, the attack on the WorldTrade Centre in New York on September11, 2001. How can society defend itselfagainst such horrors without destroyingthe liberal democratic principles of therule of law and respect for human rights?In this chapter, Dr Crispin describes howthe erosion of basic principles that hasaccompanied the ‘war on terror’ has spiltover into other troubling areas in Australia:preventive detention and prohibitory ordersof designated groups, such as ‘bikie gangs’.Legal rules that purport to forbidaccess to information alleged to justifythe detention of suspected terrorists havegathered some support from courts inthe United States. So far, the courts ofBritain have been much more scepticaland insistent on the rule of law, just as theHigh Court of Australia was in 1951 in itsdecision in the Communist Party case. Onehopes that Australian courts will retain theircommon sense and historical perspectivein this field. That is what I understandDr Crispin to be urging in his review ofdevelopments such as those in GuantánamoBay and the Abu Ghraib Prison in Iraqand his review of the model offered by theOrwellian-titled Patriot Act of the UnitedStates.Anyone reading this book will havepoints of agreement and points ofdisagreement with its author. Yet it is avery good thing that he has shared hisreflections with us. After all, he could havespent his time since retiring from the benchpottering in the garden, reading the LondonTimes, or playing endless rounds of golf.Instead he has presented his reflections on alegal life that has been troubled by some ofthe developments of the last 30-odd years,of a few of which he has been part. In hispreface he acknowledges the opinions offriends and his wife and son as the stimulusfor some of his thoughts. In the lonelinessof the judicial life, everyone needs trustedconfidants who can ask the hard questionsand insist on convincing answers.Now it is for readers to considerthe answers. This is a contributionto transparency on hard topics thatdemonstrates, once again, the goodfortune that Australia enjoys in the serviceof its judges, like Dr Crispin. Unlikestereotypical images of gavel-wieldingjudges, or the television persona of JudgeJudy, in this book our judges emerge asserious-minded people who are anxiousabout the justice of their performance andpuzzled over the big questions that confrontus all as citizens and human beings.The Quest for Justice by Ken Crispin ISBN978-1-921640-43-8Published by Scribe, 2010 Melbourne

14This is an edited version of aspeech by the Deputy NationalChairman of The Order of AustraliaAssociation, Peter McDermottAM CSC, to the VictorianState Branch at its 2010 AGMin Melbourne Town Hall on November5. Peter is also a pastchairman of the ACT Branchand has led the drafting ofdocuments to guide the managementof the Association.The Order, Summer 2010–2011Charting the Association's course ...Peter McDermott AM CSCMembers of The Order of AustraliaAssociation are doubly privileged;no-one can be a member without havingbeen singled out for recognition for his orher contribution; and every member hasbecome part of an organisation that has aresponsibility to promote the Order.The privilege we enjoy when we arerecognised, enhanced when we becomemembers of the Association, places on usa responsibility to support the Associationand its objects and through it the Orderof Australia. Members can do this in anumber of ways, which can range frombeing a passive fee-paying member or bysimply enjoying the company of peerswho have been similarly recognised fortheir contributions to society, through toactive participation in the Association’sactivities that promote the Order and loveof sovereign and citizenship in Australia.Still, we are not a service club: thereis no expressed obligation to make newcontributions to society beyond that forwhich we have been recognised — althoughmost members do continue tocontribute in fields in which they havebeen recognised — but rather our membershipin the Association allows us topursue the goals of this organisation towhich we have chosen to belong. Thesegoals transcend our own interests becausethey go to the essence of being both simplya good Australian and a person whohas been privileged to have been formallyrecognised by fellow Australians forachievement.Association branches encourage the youth of Australia to engender love of country andservice to others — both hallmarks of citizenship. Here ACT Branch Patron General PeterGration AC OBE presents Student Citizenship awards to the winning Radford Collegeteam in November 2009 for the team’s work with disabled children in the ACT.Let us not forget that a prime objectiveof the Association is “To foster love ofand pride in Australian citizenship and touphold the high principles and prestige ofthe Order of Australia”. We do this collectivelyby meeting to celebrate eventson the Australian calendar — all brancheshold social meetings on Australia Day,for example — through to conductingactivities that encourage the youth ofAustralia to engender love of country andservice to others — both hallmarks ofcitizenship.A year ago, writing in The Order, retiringNational President Dr Neil Conn AOchallenged us to balance our focus onsocial activity with the pursuit of morelofty goals in our Association.We know from surveys, called for inthe Summer 2005 edition of The Order,that although all members value theirmembership, many do limit their personalparticipation to social involvement. Weknow also that many, if not most, membersdo express interest in promotion ofthe Order and the Association and weneed to reconcile these differing views interms of what we should actually be doing.We know that most members join forpeer contact or out of a sense of obligationafter recognition in the Order and weknow that most endorse the OAA Foundationand support community engagementat the local level. We know alsothat most want an emphasis on promotionof the Order and the Association withparticular emphasis on individual highachievers.How do we achieve this promotion ofthe Order and our own goals and can weengage and empower members to achievethese lofty goals?For about four years now, the board ofthe Association has been reviewing itsrole, functions, finances and practices toreflect societal changes in the 30 yearssince it was established on Australia Day1980.The review addressed these challenges:relevance, support of members,organisational improvement, diversity ofparticipation, membership numbers. Asa result, the directors endorsed its firststrategic plan with three elements:• looking after our members;• looking after our association; and• looking after our communities.The Board also reviewed its operationsand the guidance it provides to thebranches and, more importantly, ourregional groups. It also looked carefullyat its finances to make sure that we couldguide the organisation through financialchallenges and provide support for thethree elements in our plan: members,structure and community engagement.How are we going in managing anddeveloping the OAA to reflect our supportfor the Order of Australia and stillmeet members’ wider expectations?At our last conference, NationalChairman Dina Browne AO laid out ourpreferred manner of operation, by whichinitiatives agreed at the national level arepassed to branches and regional groupsfor implementation as they choose, theemphasis being on empowering all elementsof the Association to tackle theprograms of most importance to thembecause local delivery of support to membersand the communities they support isthe best way to deliver the goods.I quite agree with the comment that“we need to achieve a better balancebetween fellowship and communityinvolvement, particularly at a local communitylevel”, as expressed in a letter tothe Editor, published in the Winter 2010edition of The Order.Continued next page

The Order, Summer 2010–2011... for members and communityThe Board of The Order of Australia Association, shown here with Sir Eric Neal AC CVO(rear, fourth from left) at the National Conference in Adelaide in 2010, has been reviewingits role, functions, finances and practices to reflect societal changes in the 30 years sinceit was established on Australia Day 1980.Continued from previous pageEssentially, members want programsand activities prepared for them thatallow them to mingle and network withpeers; support and promote the Orderof Australia and the Association; andprovide support to those elements of thecommunity that members individuallychoose to support.Despite its name, the Association is acompany (limited by guarantee).Its board of directors includes allbranch chairmen, it is not supported byGovernment, and spends more than 80per cent of its income supporting thework of the branches and their regionalgroups.There is the part-time Executive Officerand the National Membership Secretaryin Canberra who provide support to theboard and the branches, including thecritically important task of membershipmanagement. However, the board recognisesthat the major tasks of membership,record maintenance and attraction of newmembers can best be done at the locallevel and we are investigating ways ofdoing this.Web-based membership managementsystems allow branch committees andregional-group conveners to access theirown records directly, while providingthe means to correspond with membersrapidly and accurately. Improved financialmanagement allows overheads tobe reduced, leaving more of our incomeavailable to support our Foundation andother programs.However, our biggest challenge isretaining members and recruiting newones and this is where local involvementis crucial.Although many will (and do) join onthe invitation of the National Chairmanin personal letters sent after each seriesof awards, nothing can beat a personalencouragement to join by a current satisfiedmember.Every member of every branch andregional group has a role to play here.When you have a friend or colleaguerecognised, go out of your way to tellhim or her the best way to give back tothe country that has recognised them is tojoin the Association.Similarly, nothing can encourage a personto stay involved with the Associationbetter than an active branch or regionalgroup with engaged, vibrant local leadershipdeveloping attractive programs thatencourage members to stay and to stayengaged, determined to continue to ourservice to Australia through promotionof the Order and through support for ourprograms that support the Order.Your directors in their capacity asfinancial stewards of the Associationare also those responsible for buildingstructures and processes that empowerthe branches and regional groups. Thisis a continuing challenge but one that iswelcomed and encouraged.Our strategic plan focuses on realoutcomes, envisaging a range of new activitiesfor the Association, most focussedon supporting activity at the local level,where members like to support their Association.Have your say about our future direction,seek out your branch committee andlet its members know what you want yourAssociation to do for you or what youwould like to do for your Association.Our strategy is in place, our Board islooking at new ways to improve managementand to empower all who wish toprovide leadership for the entire organisation– top to bottom.Our Association comprises the best ofAustralian achievers by its very nature.We have a vision that allows us to supportthe Order and all that that means tothe benefit of this great country.Our recognition in the Order of Australiaand our membership of the Associationboth oblige us to continue to work ascitizens encouraging citizens building abetter, harmonious and proud Australiansociety.TASMANIAN BRANCH REPORTBranch’s main focushas tended tobe on comingNational Meeting15All groups have continued to holdfunctions for members, frommorning teas with guest speakers inthe Southern Region to lunches in theNorthern and North Western ones, whohave also had welcomes for Queen’sBirthday recipients.In September, after their investitureat Government House, Hobart, the State“welcome dinner” was held at WrestPoint and, although attendance was alittle down on previous times, it was adelightful evening for those there.Regional meetingsAll regions held their annual meetingsin October, where nominations wereput forward for representatives for StateCouncil.These were then voted in at the StateAGM in November, when six membersfrom the south, three from the north andthree from the north-west were elected.The chairman is chosen by thecommittee for a three-year term.The AGMs are held on a rotationalbasis in one of three regions and the 2010one was held at Longford, in the north ofthe state.I have come to the end of my term asChairman and have valued and enjoyedthe experience immensely.Hard work but worth itOur main focus, of course, is thecoming National Meeting, to be held onFebruary 10 and 11, 2011.The subcommittee has workedextremely hard over the last two years,plans have come together well and webelieve we can guarantee a very happyand productive time for members andtheir partners/friends.All venues are booked and confirmed,arrangements for ancillary activities(buses, music, accommodation etc) are allin hand and we hope that all queries bythose wishing to attend have been dealtwith satisfactorily.The regional tours will offer preandpost-meeting relaxing holidayexperiences and we are proud of theopportunities to show our beautiful stateto those who have not been here before.PAT IGOE AMChairmanTasmania Branch

16Foundation Awardeesprogresstowardstheir goalsFELICIA ENG (above) enrolledinitially in Commerce and Scienceat the University of Melbourne andreceived her Foundation Scholarship in2004. Funding for her scholarship wasgenerously donated by Mr Hugh MorganAC and her mentor was ProfessorAdrienne Clarke AC from the School ofBotany at the same university.Felicia excelled in her undergraduatedegree and rapidly moved through tohonours.“I saw, first-hand, the importance ofgood education and, crucially, teachingquality,” she says. In 2006 and 2007 shedeclined job offers from a prestigiousinternational bank and accepted part-timetutoring positions in computer scienceand then economics. In 2008 and 2009she tutored full-time in economics,winning tutoring awards in each year, outof a pool of 60 tutors. “I knew then that Ihad found my calling,” she said.However, she still had a desire towork in developing economies. Thenshe became aware of an outstandingopportunity to apply for a researchscholarship.Felicia was successful in receiving anAustralian Postgraduate Award for a PhDand a travel and language scholarshipoffered by AusAID and the AustralianNational University.The bonus is that she has to work inIndonesia and continue the internationalrelationship after graduation. So in2010 she enrolled in the University ofMelbourne PhD course in economics,studying Indonesia’s education system.Teaching quality is her special area — itsimpact on students’ outcomes as wellas the incentives that drive teachers.(Many teachers in Indonesia are oftenabsent from their schools.) Course workand conferences have been high on heragenda this year.“In January 2011 I will fly to Indonesiafor a two-month intensive languagecourse and also visit one of the leadingThe Order, Summer 2010–2011The Order of Australia Association Foundation is supporting thenext generation of leaders by helping promising young Australiansto achieve their potential for the benefit of future generations.Each year the Foundation sponsors scholarships with Australianuniversities for young students in their early years of tertiary study.With funding from generous donors, the Foundation has been able tofund 22 scholarships in a variety of fields in all states and territories.Another two scholarship awards are planned for the end of 2010.Many who have received scholarships are graduating and movingto new endeavours. Some have been able to enrich their studiesby undertaking core and/or elective subjects overseas. Some haveturned course placement requirements into continuing employment.Mentors have played a key role in many of these opportunities.The Foundation’s Coordinator of Awardees and Mentors, AssociateProfessor Elaine Murphy AM, reports on some of these developmentsto provide a wider appreciation of the benefits of the FoundationScholarships and to track our future leaders as they explore theircareer opportunities.research institutes in Jakarta,” she said.In schools she hopes to see, first-hand,the challenges that schools, teachers andstudents face.Having just returned from a conferencein Canberra run by ANU and sponsoredby AusAID, known as IndonesianUpdate, Felicia in now more aware ofJAMES HICKS enrolled in thedouble degrees of Bachelor ofBusiness (Management) and Bachelor ofEngineering (Mechanical) at SwinburneUniversity of Technology, Melbourne,and received his Foundation scholarshipin 2008. Funding for his scholarshipwas generously donated by Mr DavidMandie AM OBE. His mentor is MrGraham Kraehe AO. His academic resultshave been outstanding and he takes anactive leadership role in student life. Hesubmitted the following report on hisrecent overseas trip, as part of his currentstudies.“I recently returned from a month inother researchers in the area and currentdevelopments in the region.She added, “This is a chance towork with Australia’s top developmentorganisations.“To be undertaking developmentresearch on our close neighbour is adream coming true!”James Hicks with villagers in the Malaysian rainforest.Malaysia where I studied a marketingsubject at the Swinburne University ofTechnology campus in Kuching Sarawak,Malaysia, during the winter semesterbreak. The study tour started on a highwith a three-day cultural visit to theIban tribe, deep within the Malaysianrainforest, close to the Indonesian border.The tribe was only accessible by a oneand-a-halfhour ‘long boat’ trip passingthrough an amazing river system. Theisolation and natural beauty of the areawas something unforgettable.“On return to Kuching our groupsettled into on-campus accommodationContinued next page

The Order, Summer 2010–201117Foundation Scholarship recipients making their way in the worldSara Farnbach at the TownsvilleHospital in Kidney WeekSARA FARNBACH (left) was oneof the 2007 Foundation scholarshiprecipients. Funding for her scholarshipwas generously donated by The Orderof Australia Association and her mentoris Ms Kaye Hogan AM. Sara graduatedfrom the Bachelor of Nursing course atthe University of Canberra. Her academicexcellence quickly brought her to thenotice of the faculty and the professionalassociation. She was recommended forpostgraduate studies but to do so she hadto move interstate. Here is her story:“Since being awarded The Orderof Australia Association FoundationScholarship my life has certainly takena new direction! I graduated [as a]Bachelor of Nursing in December 2008and decided to use the opportunity thescholarship gave me to complete my[Master’s degree] of Public Healthand Tropical Medicine at James CookUniversity. So I packed my bags andmoved to Townsville to complete thiscourse. Through this course, areas Istudied included health management,health promotion, biostatistics andepidemiology. It also gave me theopportunity to meet some excellent andinspiring people.“During this time I worked as aregistered nurse at the TownvilleHospital. I devoted my energies tobecoming trained as a renal nurse andworked in haemodialysis. This roleinvolved a great deal of contact withindigenous people in the community,which I enjoyed greatly. It was a privilegeto work closely with this special sectionof our community.“In August this year I was able toutilise the scholarship to attend theFulbright Symposium in Cairns. Theconference covered issues surroundingSustainable Health in the Tropics.“At this conference I was lucky enoughto make contact with some people whowork for the World Health Organisation.Through these connections I have beenable to organise an internship in theWestern Pacific Office of the WorldHealth Organisation in Manila, so I haverecently moved to Manila to work in themalaria, other vector-borne and parasiticdiseases unit. I have only been workinghere for a week so far and am enjoyingthe experiences provided in this verybusy city. It is an unpaid internship whichI would not have been able to undertakewithout the support of the scholarship.”Sawarak river trip'unforgettable'Continued from previous pageand undertook an intensive threeweekstudy program. This was a veryrewarding experience both culturally andeducationally. I had always wanted tostudy overseas and this experience hasonly made me want to go back and do itagain even more.“At the end of this semester I willhave completed my engineering studiesand will have two semesters of financestudies remaining to complete mydouble degree program. The final stagesof my engineering programs sees mecompleting a research project with aPhD student and a fellow undergraduatestudent investigating the response ofvarious aluminium honeycomb coresandwich panels to shock/blast loading.This research will hopefully furtherverify the energy absorption advantagesof honeycomb sandwich panels overtraditional monolithic plates.“Earlier this year I undertook anengineering vacation program atBluescope Steel (Western Port) whichwas a very rewarding experience. Afterthree years of theoretical learning itwas great to be able to apply some ofit practically. I am ... in the process ofapplying for 2010–2011 summer vacationprograms.”GLENN SMITH (above) at LundUniversity, Sweden, was a 2007scholarship recipient. He enrolled inthe double degrees of Commerce andLaw and the Diploma of Languages atthe University of Adelaide. Funding forhis scholarship was generously donatedby Mr Ross Adler AC. In 2008, in auniversity exchange program, he studiedsome of his electives at Lund University.German is his preferred second language.This updates his progress.“I completed my Bachelor ofCommerce [studies] in December2009 and graduated in April this year.During last summer I spent some timedoing vacation placements at bothPrice Waterhouse Cooper (November–December) and KPMG (January–February). Both experiences were verypositive and rewarding. I learned a lotabout audit techniques and was givenquite a deal of responsibility to engagewith clients, which was challenging.I also learned about business moregenerally.“This year I have continued towardscompleting my Bachelor of Law andDiploma of Languages (German). Ihave also continued volunteering as amanagement committee member withIndependent Advocacy SA Inc, anadvocacy organisation for people withan intellectual disability, and as a familysupport volunteer with the AustralianRefugee Association, assisting a Burmesefamily to assimilate into Australiansociety. Unfortunately, I broke my legearlier playing football, so I was quitelimited for a while.“Next year [2011] I plan to travel toGermany to complete my Law Degreeand my Diploma of Languages (German).I will spend a few months at the start ofthe year taking language courses thatwill count towards my diploma and thenspend six months in Heidelberg, studyingin German, to complete my Law Degree.At the end of all this I intend to returnhome and begin working full-time.”

18 The Order, Summer 2010–2011Oxford beckons two scholarship awardeesALYSSA FITZPATRICK andMARK HASSALL were 2009scholarship recipients.Both are studying for the doubledegrees of Bachelor of Medicine andBachelor of Surgery at the Universityof Adelaide. The funding for Mark’sscholarship was generously donated byDr David Game AO and his mentor isEmeritus Professor Derek Frewin AO.The funding for Alyssa’s scholarshipwas generously donated by Mrs DianaRamsey AO and her mentor is DrMichael Rice AM.In 2009 Mark completed his Bachelorof Medical Science with first-classhonours. His honours degree thesis topicwas Parkinson’s Disease. Alyssa has beentop student in her cohort each year thatshe has been at university. Her specialinterest is oncology.A most exciting opportunity hasjust opened for both Alyssa and Mark.Each year Oxford University’s medicalprogram offers 50 placements worldwideto medical students to undertake a sixweekelective subject in a branch ofmedicine. This year, out of thousands ofapplicants, four of the 50 places weresecured by Australians — two of them byour awardees! The subject is offered earlyeach year, in this case 2012. Mark hopesto work in neurosurgery or neurology.Alyssa hopes to work in oncology orbreast and endocrine surgery.Oxford, at the time of the year theyplan to be there, should be a wonderlandof old colleges, snow and warm fires!Memories of an honorary orthodontist for the Spastic Centre of NSWDr. William John Harvey OAM(picture at right) writes:From April 1960 until late in 1983, Iwas privileged to serve many childrenand adolescents, some being itinerantpatients and others residents of hostels.My visits to the Mosman SpasticCentre were early every second Mondaymorning but from time to time at monthlyintervals. Referrals were made by thehonorary dentists for this institutionas well as from requests from speechpathologists, occupational therapist andmedical practitioners.Many patients were extremelyhandicapped by the various conditionsof cerebral palsy. Most frequently,mothers accompanied the children, beingtransported on special buses from theirhomes or hostels. It was heartbreaking tonote many marriage failures caused byfathers’ not being able to cope with somany problems associated with caringfor their children. In a few instances, itwas the mother who left the marriageand the father, the sole breadwinner, whotook time from his work to accompanythe children. Not infrequently, there wasmore than one afflicted child from the oneAwardee Alyssa Fitzpatrick (left), Mrs Diana Ramsay AO, the donor of Alyssa’sscholarship; Dr David Game AO, the donor of Mark Hassell’s scholarship; andMark Hassall, at the recent AGM of the South Australian Branch.Just before this stunning trip, both willjoin other fifth-year medical studentsin an overseas elective subject to becompleted in Tanzania. This opportunitywill increase their understanding of thebarriers to effective health-care deliveryin developing communities and broadentheir knowledge of diseases rarely seenin countries like Australia. They will beable to deliver aid collected by Insight,the global health group of the Universityof Adelaide, to expand the host country’sfamily who were in need of treatment.Many conditions required assistanceby nurses, audiologists, medicalpractitioners, speech pathologists,occupational therapists, dentists anddental specialists in a number of fields.The Spastic Centre conductededucation at all levels and separationfrom classes proved to be part of thenature in treating children for an hour orso.When I was in private practice, it wasnot unusual for appointments to be madefor some of these children to receivetreatment in one of my surgeries, bothin the City of Sydney, Eastwood andavailable medical supplies.It is easy to see the benefits that accrueto our awardees when bright students arerelieved of some of the financial burdensof university life and, instead of workingat non-related casual jobs, can devotemore time to enhancing their studyopportunities in professional endeavours.Their donors should be delighted at theopportunities they have provided. Theirmentors should be invigorated to havesuch keen charges!Pymble. Spastic Centre Buses, withdevoted drivers and carers were conveyedin this manner.Some patients enjoyed music andrequired much assistance by occupationaltherapists in order that they may performthe manual tasks associated with theuse of limbs. Many were conveyed inwheel chairs and required a great dealof physical assistance for changes ofposture. Others were able to stumble intothe surgery and to the classrooms.General anaesthetics were employedfor some dental procedures but rarely fororthodontic ones.It was so sad to witness the declinein health of a number of these patients.However, some completed theireducation and made progress in theirlives.I know of at least one patient, thedaughter of an Anglican minister, whoknew of my love of music and, before Ileft, she presented me with a gramophonerecord of the Beethoven Piano Concerto.Such a grateful family! In due course, thisyoung woman, Esther, married, movedto Melbourne and enjoyed the life ofmotherhood.

The Order, Summer 2010–2011What it takes to be Student Citizen of the YearTen outstanding senior secondary studentsreceived OAA South AustralianBranch Student Citizenship Award medallionsand certificates at a GovernmentHouse reception in Adelaide recently. SAGovernor Rear Admiral Kevin Scarce ACCSC RANR presented medallions andMrs Scarce presented certificates.For the first time, a Student Citizen ofthe Year Award was given. The recipientwas Christina Rees of Aberfoyle ParkHigh School. Her citation reads:Christina Rees is a Year 11 student atAberfoyle Park High School where sheis active in school leadership being amember of the Student RepresentativeCouncil, of a year level managementteam and of the Student Voice Committeewhich involves activities such as organisingassemblies. She has been part of the‘Big Brother Big Sister’ program.On an initiative of her home group,Christina presented ‘Phones Project’ toa whole school assembly. Old phonesare collected and handed to police fordistribution to abused wives and partnersto use in emergency situations. Shehas participated in the 40-Hour Faminefor three years raising money for needyoverseas communities.Christina is involved in the ‘Active 8’Premier’s Youth Challenge, a leadershipbuilding group developing skills throughcommunity service. One activity has beento volunteer at Monarto to build fencesand paths.In her local community of Kangarilla,Christina has been a member of theCountry Fire Service for five years, was acadet lieutenant and is now a fully qualifiedfire fighter. Called out to incidentsaround the clock in recent years, she hasexperienced traffic management, searchand rescue, fire fighting and vehicleaccidents. She and her family donatedhousehold items to a family after the MtBold fires.An active member of ‘Friends of OnkaparingaPark’, Christina has plantedtrees, weeded, cleared rubbish and builtshelters. She has performed at the Kangarillabenefit concert to raise money forcharities including the Tsunami Appeal.She is a member of the Australian GirlsChoir and has represented Australia tolocal, interstate and international audiences.As a CFS member, she has attended theANZAC Youth Vigil at Morphett Vale forthree years and sang the National Anthemat the 2009 Vigil. She has attended DawnServices at Morphett Vale and Kangarilla.In these activities, Christina hasdemonstrated outstanding leadership,management, organisational abilities,communication skills and pride in beingan Australian.She is able to cooperate with peers andsupervisors, and makes the advancementof others her priority.Christina Rees with His Excellency Rear Admiral Kevin Scarce AC CSC RANR andMrs Scarce at Government House, Adelaide, where she was presented with the firstStudent Citizen of the Year Award.The SA award group with His Excellency, Mrs Scarce and Branch Chairman Mrs ElaineBussenschutt OAM. Back row (L-R): Hayley Adams, Unley High School; Christina Rees,Aberfoyle Park High School; Heidi Poole, Modbury High School; Andrew Randhawa,Millicent High School; Madelaine Kelly, St Aloysius College; Emma Mathewson,Murraylands Christian School. Front row (L-R): Jacob Shearer, Cornerstone College;Michelle Ahrens, Loxton High School; Charlotte Thomas, Seymour College; His Excellency;Mrs Scarce; Melanie Hayden, Westminster School; and Mrs Bussenschutt.Treat yourself and help theOAA FoundationApply for your official Order of AustraliaAssociation plaque.See the other side ofthe address sheet of The Order for detailsand order form. Sales of plaqueshelp fund-raising by The Order of AustraliaAssociation FoundationLevel 12, 135 King Street, Sydney19

20The Order, Summer 2010–2011Fledgling North American Group stretches its wingsMr Richard Armitage (centre), whoreceived his honorary AC for eminentservice in strengthening relations betweenAustralia and the United States, ispictured with General Colin Powell KCBMSC and the Australian Ambassador tothe US, the Hon Kim Beazley AC, at aninvestiture ceremony in Washington DCon 13 October 2010.Mr Thomas Corcoran (pictured left)receiving his honorary OAM from theAustralian Ambassador to the US, theHon Kim Beazley AC. Mr Corcoranbecame the first US official of theAustralian Embassy in Washington DC tobe honoured in the Order for his work inflawlessly managing hundreds of officialvisits to American Administrations byAustralian Governors-General, PrimeMinisters, Cabinet Ministers and formerheads of government and governorsgeneralover 14 years.US Admiralhonoured forexcellenceThe United States Chairman of the JointChiefs of Staff, Admiral Mike MullenUSN (pictured right), has been appointedan Honorary Officer (AO) in the MilitaryDivision of the Order of Australia.He was honoured in recognition ofhis service to the military relationshipbetween Australia and the USA as theChairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.The Governor of Victoria, HisExcellency Professor David de KretserAC, representing the Governor-General,invested Admiral Mullen in the presenceof the US Secretary of State, HillaryRodham Clinton, US Secretary ofDefence Dr Robert Gates, Prime MinisterJulia Gillard, Foreign Minister KevinRudd, the Chief of the Defence Force, AirChief Marshal Angus Houston AC AFCand the Secretary of Defence, Dr IanWatt AO. Admiral Mullen’s appointmentrecognises his outstanding contributionto the safety and security of Australianforces in Iraq during 2007 and 2008.Greg Copley AM, Chairman of the newly established North American Group fromWashington DC, OAA Executive Officer Pam Peterson and Air Commodore PeterMcDermott AM CSC, Deputy National Chairman of the Association, on a recent visit tothe National Office in Canberra.

The Order, Summer 2010–2011Gen. Petraeus misses dinner — but sends a note21The North AmericanGroup is the largestgeographic area of asection of The Order ofAustralia Association,encompassing Canada,the United States, Mexicoand the Caribbeanstates.At a glittering inaugural dinner of theNorth American Group of The Orderof Australia Association in Washington,the Australian Ambassador to the UnitedStates, His Excellency the Hon KimC. Beazley AC, raised a toast to QueenElizabeth II, Sovereign of the Order ofAustralia and Queen of Australia, onOctober 12, 2010.His toast was followed immediatelyby a toast to The Order of AustraliaAssociation, proposed by me asChairman of the OAA’s new NorthAmerican Group.The dinner, to mark the establishmentof The Order of Australia AssociationNorth American Group, was hosted byAmbassador Beazley and his wife, SusieAnnus, at the Australian Ambassador’sResidence in Washington, DC.The ambassador serves as vice-patronof the OAA North American Group (asthe patron of the Association over all isHer Excellency the Governor-General)The event, with 18 guests, broughttogether Australian and Americanrecipients of honours in the Order.In my introductory remarks at thedinner, I told the hosts and guests, “ThisHow often to do hear reference to asearch for the “black box” flight datarecorder after an air crash?The Australian inventor of what hasbecome universally used, Dr David WarrenAO, died in July aged 85.Born in 1925 at a remote missionstation in far north-eastern Australia,Dr Warren served as Principal ResearchScientist at the Defence Science andTechnology Organisation’s AeronauticalResearch Laboratories (ARL) in Melbournefrom 1952 to 1983.Early in his career he was involvedin accident investigations related to themysterious crash of the world’s first jetairliner, the Comet, in 1953. He advocatedthe use of a cockpit voice recorderas a means of solving otherwise inexplicableaircraft accidents. He designed andconstructed the world’s first flight-datarecorder prototype at the ARL in 1956. Itbecame known as the ‘black box’.It was five years before the value andBy Gregory Copley AM, Chairmanof the North American Group, TheOrder of Australia Association,Washington DCinaugural dinner is important not onlyfor the Association and recipients ofhonours but also for the fact that it showsthe strength of the great bonds betweenAustralia and North America.“It is clear that the receipt of an honourin the Order of Australia is not merelyrecognition of past achievements onbehalf of Australia or the internationalsociety; it is a call to duty, to servehumanity into the future.”Ambassador Beazley spoke of thehistory of Australian-US diplomaticrelations and on the creation of the Orderof Australia.Several US recipients of honours inthe Order attended the dinner: Mr JohnF. Mars AO (Hon) (Mars Corporation),Mrs Harriet M. Fulbright AO (Hon),the widow of US Senator J. WilliamFulbright, and Mr Thomas Corcoran,who was invested with an honorary OAMon the week of the dinner. Mr Corcoranwas actually invested with his OAM byAmbassador Beazley at a well-attendedreception at the Embassy shortly afterthe dinner. [Photo on previous page]Aviation industry mourns death of Black Box inventorpracticality of the flight data recorderconcept was realised and another fivebefore authorities mandated that they befitted to cockpits in Australian aircraft.The modern-day equivalent of DrWarren’s device, installed in passengerairlines around the world, is a testamentto his pioneering work. It is now used inroad transport to capture information inthe lead-up to accidents.Among many awards during his career,Dr Warren and his team also received theLawrence Hargraves award in 2001 fortheir work on the Black Box recorder.He was appointed an Officer in theGeneral Division of the Order of Australiain 2002 for service to the aviation industry.In November 2008, Qantas namedan Airbus A380 aircraft after Dr Warrenin honour of his contribution to aviation.His name joined such aviation luminariesas Sir Charles Kingsford Smith andNancy Bird Walton in adorning one of 20new planes.He became the first US official of theAustralian Embassy in Washington DCto be honoured within the Order for hiswork in flawlessly managing hundreds ofofficial visits to America by AustralianGovernors-General, Prime Ministers,Cabinet Ministers and former heads ofgovernment and heads of state over 14years.US General David H. Petraeus AO(Hon), Commander of the InternationalSecurity Assistance Force/US ForcesAfghanistan, sent a handwritten note ofregret that he could not participate in thedinner.General Petraeus’s letter said, “I regretthat I will not be able to attend but I hopeyou can appreciate the pressing mattersthat I have at hand as the Commander ofNATO ISAF.” He added, “Sure wouldhave enjoyed joining you; however,I’m pretty decisively engaged here inAfghanistan — where I’m privileged toserve with some great Aussies, amongmany others. All the best from Kabul.”Ambassador Beazley said that hewanted the dinner to be held each year atthe Australian Ambassadorial residence.The staff of the embassy and theresidence created an evening of superbhospitality to commemorate the foundingof the Association’s North AmericanGroup.What is significant is that the NorthAmerican Group is the largest geographicarea of a section of The Order ofAustralia Association, encompassingCanada, the United States, Mexico, andthe Caribbean states. Several dozenrecipients of Order of Australia honourslive in the region, and now have theopportunity to come together to supportthe ideals of the Order.Dr Warren served as chairman of theCombustion Institute (Australian & NewZealand Section) from 1958 to 1983 andScientific Energy Adviser to the VictorianParliament in 1981 and 1982.He is survived by his wife Ruth, fourchildren and seven grandchildren.

22Initiatives needed constantlyoften re-read my copies of TheI Order, collected over many years,to get a long-term view of the growthand development of the Association.There are some issues, core business,that remain constant: membership, lifemembership sustainability, financialmanagement, communication, support ofthe Order of Australia and the nominationof deserving Australians for awards.Occasionally new initiatives areembraced — the Foundation being themost notable; the oration; and, latterly,symposiums or forums as an integral partof our changing national conferences.These are now part of core business too.I believe the National Committeecontinues to manage the affairs of theAssociation with thoroughness andforesight. Over the past few years,the committee has concentrated ongovernance and developing strategic andbusiness plans that form the basis of thecontinuing wellbeing of the Association.In his report in this issue of The Order,For service to the community of Burniethe National Secretary details other areaswhere we have identified opportunitiesthat will benefit the Association and thecommittee will be carrying these forward.The new North America Group is nowup and running under the stewardship ofGreg Copley AM and the patronage ofAmbassador Kim Beasley AC.National President Shane StoneAC has been active, conductingworkshops on how to nominate peoplefor awards in the Order, as well asPhoto courtesy of The Burnie AdvocateMrs Joan Grimmond, of Burnie, Tasmania, receives her award from His Excellency theGovernor of Tasmania, Peter Underwood AC. The presentation, attended by 50 membersof family, friends and representatives of the many organisations of which she is a member,was held at Umina Park on October 29, at the Onecare Home for Aged in Burnie. Heraward of the Order of Australia Medal in the General Division was for service to thecommunity of Burnie and announced in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List.Members have an opportunity to putan aim of the Order of Australia Associationinto action.The Department of Immigration andCitizenship (DIAC) and Broome ShireCouncil have joined forces to encouragelocal residents to become Australiancitizens. Departmental officers recentlyconducted citizenship testing of a groupof 13 locals in Broome. Eight of themofficially joined the Australian family inThe Order, Summer 2010–2011Helping migrants to become citizensa citizenship ceremony conducted by thecouncil on October 27.A spokesman said DIAC wanted toencourage more migrants to becomecitizens, especially people who had livedin Australia a long time.Enough applications for citizenship byBroome residents will mean that localswill be able to take the citizenship test,introduced in 2007, in their own townrather than having to travel to Perth.Chairman's report, Summer 2011by Dina Browne AOproviding practical input into enhancingthe status of the organisation.The Foundation continues to give theAssociation an important national focus.I have lamented previously that simplyrunning the Association sometimesdistracts us from exploring ideas andharnessing the considerable skills of ourmembership to make the Association amore valuable and meaningful force inAustralian public life (and consequentlymore rewarding for members).I lament the fact that our distinguishedorators have not had a wider audienceand that we have not developed theconcept sufficiently so that the orationsachieve the level of public recognitionthey deserve. This is one initiativethrough which the Association couldcontribute significantly to the nationalinterest but one which requires thesupport of members and much hard workand planning by a dedicated, independentcommittee.We should always have a vision for thefuture that adds challenge to the present.While browsing through old editionsof The Order, I came across anarticle written almost 10 years ago by thethen National Secretary, Brigadier DavidBuring AM. In this, David looks at whatcharacterises the people in the Order.He writes, “We refer conventionally toservice and achievement, words that arereflected in the documents that createand authorise the Order of Australia,but one virtue really underpinning thewhole identity of the Order of Australiais generosity. It takes real generosityfor any member of the community tocontribute time and effort in a way thatis recognised by others. The more formalprocess of recognition depends then onthe generosity of another person takingthe time and effort to compile and lodge anomination for an award.”This is an astute observation whichI would like to extend: there is furtherevidence of this generosity in theway people voluntarily serve theAssociation itself — I speak of theexecutive subcommittee, the directors,the Foundation chairman and hisboard, branch and regional committees,conveners and all the willing helpersthat abound at Association functions.Your generosity ensures the future of theAssociation. I am honoured to have beenthe recipient of such generosity and thankyou all for your support during my termof office.It has been a privilege being part of themanagement of such an extraordinaryorganisation.I hope you had a safe and happyfestive season and I look forward to thetime when our paths may cross again.(Certainly in Hobart, if you are able toattend the conference!)

Many members will be aware thatthe national committee of theAssociation has recently approvedincreases to both the annual and lifesubscription rates, a decision taken withgreat reluctance. Correspondence fromsome members has indicated that there issome misunderstanding about the use towhich this income is put.The annual subscriptions, and incomederived from invested life memberships,have to meet a wide range of Associationexpenditures of which this magazine andbranch newsletters form only a smallpart. These include the salary of a parttimestaff member in the National Office,hire of office space, facilities and servicesto support the national office, insuranceto cover all national, branch and regionalgroup functions and voluntary staff,meetings of the national committee twicea year and four meetings of the executivesubcommittee each year.In addition we have costs associatedwith the annual audit and with meetingour legal obligations as a limitedcompany.Inflation does add to our operatingcosts and for a number of years it hadbeen the practice to use the incomegenerated from life memberships topay a disproportionate share of ouradministrative costs, in effect crosssubsidisingthe revenue derived fromannual subscriptions. The effect of thiswas to reduce the investment pool thatwas there primarily to meet the throughlifecosts that would be charged to lifemembers.While “in the good times” this wasa workable option, as global financialmarkets began to slide we faced theOver a number of years theAssociation has evolved a practiceof permitting at branch level and, byimplication, at regional group level,affiliate or associate membership toindividuals who do not hold an Orderof Australia award in their own right.Affiliate or associate membership (theactual term has varied from state to stateand is not important) is allowed where,in the opinion of the branch, such arelationship does not detract from theaims and objectives of the Associationand is in the interest of the branch (orregional group) and/or the individualconcerned.This is not codified in the Association'srules but for a number of years now hasbeen managed with tact and discretion tothe over-all benefit of the OAA.Generally, there have been two classesof individuals who have been accordedthe privilege of affiliate membership ofour Association:The Order, Summer 2010–2011New $ubscription rates — and whyNational Office notesby Roger Dace AM QGM,National SecretaryTax man and charitable gift statusThe Order of Australia Associationis in the process of developinga case for the Association to berecognised by the Australian TaxOffice as a Deductible Gift Recipient(DGR).If approved, this would allow us toorganise functions of which the costcould be shown as a tax deduction,which will help us boost our reservesand also perhaps allow us to supportmore charitable initiatives at branchand regional group level.This is not a quick process. We havereal possibility of being unable, within10 years, to meet our obligations to lifemembers.We have reviewed the expenditureside of the ledger to seek cost savingsand, although some successes have beenachieved, there is yet more to be done.We now use our web site for mostAGM papers, which has cut the amountof paperwork that used to be sent to all8,000-plus members, when we knowthat fewer than 200 members attend, andthis will show some real savings thisyear. It has also been possible to conductThe status of Affiliate Members• Individuals who hold an Order of theBritish Empire award and who do notalso hold an Order of Australia award;• Partners of deceased members of theOAA, where the deceased member hasbeen active in the OAA at a national,branch or regional group level. Byimplication such individuals havea strong circle of friends within theAssociation and it would be churlishto remove the fellowship we offer at atime of need.An important consideration wheninviting an individual to accept affiliatemembership of the OAA is acceptance ofthe fact that NO recognition or support isprovided by the National Office to theseindividuals — i.e. personal details are notrecorded by the National MembershipSecretary, they have no voting rights inthe Association at any level, they are notentitled to receive any communicationfrom the National Office — includingThe Order. These individuals are not23obtained preliminary legal advicealready that is encouraging but wehave to get the Assistant Treasurer tosponsor action in Parliament to getus “named” as a DGR. If everythinggoes smoothly (and does it ever?) weare hopeful of a positive outcome inmid–2011.The Association is most appreciativeof the pro-bono legal advice it hasreceived, and continues to receive,from Mr Richard d’Apice AM ofMakinson & d’Apice in Sydney andfrom Maddocks in Melbourne.some meetings via teleconference andto make savings on the midyear nationalcommittee meeting.The Order remains a fairly high-costitem and our attempts to make it a costneutralitem by increasing the amountof paid advertising have been singularlyunsuccessful to date.I know that most voluntary andcommunity groups are facing similarfinancial pressures and I can assure youthat we are doing everything practical tominimise future expenditure and so holdsubscription rates at their present levels.charged any fee by the National Officebut may be charged a fee set at the locallevel to meet any administrative costsassociated with receiving branch and/orregional group services such as branchnewsletters and similar communications.Although it has not been the practicefor affiliate members to serve as nationalor branch officers — and that would bediscouraged — there is nothing to preventa regional group’s co-opting an affiliatemember to serve in a local appointmentwhere there is an absence of a fullmember of the Association willing toserve in such an appointment.If a member of a regional group wereto object to an affiliate member’s servingin an “official” capacity — e.g. secretaryor treasurer — those objecting would begiven the opportunity to fill the positionheld by the affiliate member. In mostcircumstances a volunteer for official andsemi-official appointments is preferableto a pressed member.

24You see them everywhere: containerson trucks, containers on railways;containers by the thousand on wharvesand in their own storage parks — and,of course, you see them on ships tailormadefor them.How did it all come about that, apartfrom raw materials, the world’s tradeand our personal belongings are almostuniversally shipped in containers?One of the reasons is that DonaldAlexander Gillies AM, who died onAugust 26, 2010, designed the world’sfirst fully cellular-built container ship,the MV Kooringa (photo at right). Builtat the NSW State Dockyards, Newcastle,for Associated Steamships Pty Ltd andMcIlwraith, McEacharn and Company,Kooringa was commissioned in 1964.According to Wikipedia, the 6,750-ton ship was designed to handle 10,000tons of containerised cargo in 36hours by being loaded and unloadedsimultaneously.It entered the Melbourne-Fremantletrade in 1964, arriving at FremantleHarbour on 19 June that year.His father, Duncan, died when Donaldwas nine but with the support of his localchurch community, Donald completed amechanical engineering apprenticeshipand a Marine Engineering Certificate,winning the AWA prize in 1943. He wentThe Order, Summer 2010–2011Ideas and people who change the worldto sea in 1944 as a junior engineer androse through the ranks, won his FirstClass Certificate of Competency andcontinued as Senior Engineer Officer,also serving in the Merchant Navy inWorld War II.After six years of sea service he settledin Melbourne with his wife, Joy andchildren, Heather and David. In 1963,he became responsible for the designand construction of MV Kooringa. In1968 he designed MV Kanimbla and MVManoora built in Whyalla.In 1971 the family moved to Sydney.Don became Chief Engineer of SydneyHospital, moving later to CSIRO todesign an oceanographic research vessel.In 1983, with colleague Fred Ellis, heformed Advance Ship Design, mainlyto design and patent the HatchcoverlessContainership concept. This design isnow in wide use and has revolutionisedcargo handling the world over.In his personal life, Don always madetime to invest in the service of others. Hewas deeply involved in several churches,North Sydney Rotary, Diabetes Australiaand served on committees of manyprofessional organisations.He lectured in naval architecture at theUniversity of NSW for 18 years.In May 2010, Don was made a Memberof the Order of Australia for his servicesto naval architecture and the community.From obituary notes supplied by DavidGillies and additional material.Preserve the memory and acknowledge the support of othersWe can help you preserve thememory of your Investitureand acknowledge the supportof family and associates whocontributed to your award.We offer to :• supply you with a high-qualityreplica of your medal, with theappropriate ribbon;• copy your Warrant;• supply a plate with the detailsof your award;• prepare a display frame withtwo of your photographsfrom your Investiture day,as illustrated, or to yourindividual design.We offer other display optionstoo, such as a smaller framewith a replica medal, ribbonand plate.If you use a replica medal ina frame you can display theoriginal in its box.You might also consider havingadditional displays made forfamily members or for yoursupporters.Medals, Mementos & MorePO Box 375Blackwood SA 5051Phone and Fax: (08) 8278 8530Mobile: 0411 415 817medalsandmore@bigpond.comwww.medalsmementos.comVic Medals & More15 Stirling CrescentGlen Waverley VIC 3150Phone: (03) 9590 0052Fax: (03) 9545 0101vmedals@bigpond.net.auQueensland Medals & MorePO Box 412Mooloolaba QLD 4557Phone and Fax: (07) 5478 4830Mobile: 0402 041 952www.queenslandmedals.comkym@queenslandmedals.com