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Marie Bashir completed a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery at the University of Sydney, and served as the first female Governor of New South Wales from 2001 to 2014.
At the time of her appointment she was Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Sydney, Area Director of Mental Health Services Central Sydney and Senior Consultant to the Aboriginal Medical Service, Redfern and Kempsey. She became an Officer of the Order of Australia in 1988 and a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) in 2006. In June 2014, she was named a Dame of the Order of Australia (AD) for her extraordinary achievement and merit in service.
Larissa Behrendt is a Eualeyai/Kamillaroi woman. She is the Professor of Law and Director of Research at the Jumbunna Indigenous House of Learning at the University of Technology, Sydney.
Her published works include Indigenous Australia for Dummies and several novels and books on Indigenous issues. She was named as 2009 NAIDOC Person of the Year and 2011 New South Wales Australian of the Year. Her involvement in the arts includes filmmaking and Chair at Bangarra Dance Theatre.
Richard Glover is the author of twelve books, including George Clooney’s Haircut—and Other Cries for Help, a collection of his comic pieces featured on ABC Radio’s Thank God It’s Friday.
His weekly humour column has been published in the Sydney Morning Herald for over twenty years, and he also presents the top-rating Drive show on ABC Radio Sydney. Both his sons attended IGS.