Person
Bashir, Marie Roslyn (1930 - )
AD
- Born
- 1930
Narrandera, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Governor, University Chancellor, Educator and Psychiatrist
Summary
Dame Marie Bashir was the first woman to be appointed Governor of New South Wales. She began her career in medicine and completed an internship at St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney. Later Bashir took up psychiatry. She worked both in universities and mental health services, increasingly focussing children and adolescents.
In 1988 she was appointed Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for her services to child and adolescent health, and in 2001 she was appointed Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) in recognition of service as Governor of New South Wales. In 2014 she was appointed Dame of the Order of Australia (AD) for extraordinary and pre-eminent achievement and merit in service to the administration, public life, and people of New South Wales, to medicine, particularly as an advocate for improved mental health outcomes for the young, marginalised and disadvantaged, to international relations, through the promotion of collaborative health programs, and as a leader in tertiary education.
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Chronology
- 1956
- Education - Bachelor of Medicine (MB) and Bachelor of Surgery (BS), University of Sydney
- 1982 - 1987
- Career position - Foundation Director of the Rivendell Child, Adolescent and Family Service
- 13 Jun 1988
- Award - Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) - in recognition of service to medicine, particularly in the field of adolescent mental health
- 1993 - 2001
- Career position - Clinical Professor of Psychiatry in the Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney
- 1994 - 2001
- Career position - Director of Mental Health Services at Central Sydney Area Health Services
- 1996 - 2001
- Career position - Senior Consultant at the Aboriginal Medical Service in Redfern and Kempsey
- 1 Jan 2001
- Award - Centenary Medal
- 2001 - 2014
- Career position - Governor of New South Wales
- 30 Mar 2001
- Award - Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) - in recognition of service as Governor of New South Wales
- 2007 - 2012
- Career position - Chancellor, University of Sydney
- 2014
- Award - Royal Society of New South Wales Medal
- 9 Jun 2014
- Award - Dame of the Order of Australia (AD) - for extraordinary and pre-eminent achievement and merit in service to the administration, public life, and people of New South Wales, to medicine, particularly as an advocate for improved mental health outcomes for the young, marginalised and disadvantaged, to international relations, through the promotion of collaborative health programs, and as a leader in tertiary education
Related entries
Archival resources
National Library of Australia Oral History Collection
- Interview with Dr Marie Bashir (sound recording), interviewer: Amy McGrath, 20 April 1979, TRC 838; National Library of Australia Oral History Collection. Details
Published resources
Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions
- McCarthy, Gavan; Morgan, Helen; Smith, Ailie; van den Bosch, Alan, Where are the Women in Australian Science?, Exhibition of the Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, First published 2003 with lists updated regularly edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, 2003, https://eoas.info/exhibitions/wisa/wisa.html. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1897276. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/1838462. Details
- 'Bashir, Marie (1930-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-748068. Details
See also
- Herd, Margaret ed., Who's who in Australia 2002 (Melbourne: Crown Content, 2001), 2020 pp. Details
Ailie Smith; Ken McInnes
Created: 10 February 2003, Last modified: 16 October 2025