ACEL National Awards History
Recognition of the profession by the profession

ACEL National Awards are presented to those individuals or teams who have made a significant educational contribution and influenced education at a national level in Australia and beyond.

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ACEL National Fellowship

ACEL presents Fellowships to those members who have made outstanding educational leadership contributions to ACEL and/or whose work has influenced educational practice at a national and/or international level. The Fellowship is a recognition of contributions to the profession beyond the nominee’s day-to-day role. Outstanding individuals who are not members may also be conferred with an Honorary Fellowship in celebration of their contributions.

2025
Summer Howarth VIC
Dr Mathilda Joubert VIC
Derek Scott VIC
Andrew Wrigley ACT
2024
Nathan Chisholm VIC
Dr Phil Cummins VIC
Malcolm Elliott TAS
Sinan Kerimofski WA
2023
Debbie Dunwoody VIC
Angela Falkenberg SA
Stephen Gniel VIC
Lisa Rodgers WA
2022
Dale Morrow QLD
Josie Crisara OAM VIC
Patrick Coughlan QLD
Jake Madden NSW
2021
Alice Dunlop SA
Peter Goss VIC
Frank Malloy NSW
Phillip Moulds QLD
2020
Murat Dizdar PSM NSW
Meredith Edwards OAM SA
Tracey Ezard VIC
James Laussen VIC
Aine Maher VIC
Michele McLoughlin ACT
2019
Neil Barker VIC
Sholto Bowen VIC
Mary Fitz-Gerald VIC
Richard Ford TAS
Ann-Marie Furney NSW
Ronald Gorman WA
Carolyn Grantskalns SA
Lorraine Hodgson NT
Rachael Lehr WA
Kylie Lipscombe NSW
Julie Podbury VIC
Fran Reddan VIC
Robert Sieben SA
2018
Mark Campling QLD
John Cleary NT
Kim Dray VIC
Catherine Rey ACT
Brad Russell NSW
Geoff Ryan VIC
Judy Smeed QLD
Patrea Walton QLD
2017
Judy Crowe VIC
Anne Foale TAS
Alan Genoni WA
David L Giles SA
Joanne Jarvis NSW
David Lee WA
Lynda MacLeod SA
William Maiden ACT
Anthony Roberts NT
Warren Symonds SA
Vicki Treble NSW
Tony Watson WA
2016
Michelle Anderson VIC
Bruce Armstrong VIC
Antony Beswick WA
Chris Bonnor AM NSW
Wendy Cahill AM VIC
Sandy Cartwright NT
Helen Goode VIC
Neil MacNeil WA
Michael O’Neill WA
John Mula TAS
Debra Punton VIC
John Ryan QLD
Anne Tonkin VIC
Angus Tulley ACT
The Asia Education Foundation VIC (Hon)
Nicole Hanna WA (Hon)
Abdullah Khan WA (Hon)
Darrel LeMercier WA (Hon)
2015
Norma Ashton-Smith VIC
Pamela Betts QLD
Kerry Bolger VIC
Kathryn Brennan NSW
Patricia Cowling VIC
Shane Glasson WA
Patricia Hindmarsh TAS
Norman McCulla NSW
Ann McIntyre NSW
Margaret McKenna VIC
Anthony O’Byrne VIC
Mandy Reynolds-Smith TAS
Robert Walker NSW
Gerald White SA
2014
Jeremy Beard VIC
Ray Bloxham QLD
Ray Boyd WA
John Collier NSW
Lisa Ehrich QLD
Vicki Forbes VIC
Bronwyn Harcourt VIC
Robert Hoff SA
Matthew Hughes WA
Deborah Kember QLD
Paul Kilvert SA
Michael Lee ACT
Warren Marks NSW
Keith Newton WA
2013
Robyn Bell QLD
Kerrie Blain ACT
Simon Clarke WA
Michael Dahl SA
Simon Gipson VIC
Diane Joseph ACT
Garry Le Duff SA
Toni Meath VIC
Dennis Mulherin QLD
Coralee Pratt VIC
Brian Ralph NSW
Paul Rijken SA
Phil Ridden WA
Brett Shackleton QLD
Carolyn Woodhouse VIC
2012
Ian Anderson WA
Amelia Angelakis SA
Elida Brereton VIC
Joan Conway QLD
Lawrie Drysdale VIC
Valerie Gould WA
Marion Guppy NT
Daryl Hanly QLD
Margie Kesby NT
Stewart Moyses NT
Liliana Mularczyk NSW
Mary Oski VIC
Glenn Proctor VIC
Kevin Richardson SA
Steffan Silcox WA
Karen Spiller QLD
Elisabeth Turner WA
Michael Windred NSW
2011
Michele Bruniges NSW
Graham Chadwick NT
Garry Costello SA
Neil Dempster QLD
Helen Brennen VIC
Margot Foster SA
Brian Gray QLD
John Hattie VIC
Norman Hunter QLD
Helen O’Brien NSW
Peggy Saab NSW
Helen Starr QLD
Anthony Whelan NSW
2010
Dorothy Andrews QLD
Michael Avery NT
Margaret Banks NT
Toni Cocchiaro SA
John DeCourcy NSW
Michelle Green VIC
Bob Lingard QLD
Stephen Hibbert Newton VIC
Elizabeth O’Carrigan NSW
Lee-Anne Perry QLD
Greg Petherick SA
Barbara Stone NSW
Mark Turkington NSW
Peter Turner NSW
Allan Walker HK
David Warner QLD
Robyn White WA
Pauline Zappulla VIC
2009
Gerard Calnin VIC
David Cannon NT
Henry Gray NT
Brenda Keenan NT
Gabrielle Leigh VIC
Maureen O’Rourke VIC
Marian Parkinson SA
Alan Reid SA
Heather York Schnagl VIC
Marie Therese Smith NSW
Jennifer Stanley SA
Arthur Townsend NT
Jim Watterston ACT
Helen Wildy WA
Wayne Craig VIC
Steve Marshall VIC
Didamain Udo NT (Hon)
2008
Brenda Beatty VIC
Carolyn Broadbent ACT
Paul Brock NSW
Louise Anne Bywaters SA
Christine Cawsey NSW
Peter Anthony Hope Cooper VIC
Philippa (Pip) Field SA
Christopher Presland NSW
Allan John Shaw ACT
Karen Starr VIC
Rev Andrew Phillip Syme WA
Edward Richard Tudor VIC
Kathy Walker VIC
Jeff Walkley VIC
Daniel White VIC
Lisa Paul PSM ACT (Hon)
2007
Annette Cunliffe NSW
Leoni Degenhardt NSW
Christine Edwards TAS
Irene Gray TAS
Michael Harvey WA
Genia Janover VIC
Kathy Lacey VIC
Jean Lomax SA
Stephanie Munday-Lake QLD
Helga Neidhart VIC
Rob Rasmussen QLD
John Worthy WA
Alexander Young RFD TAS
Ron Miletta USA (Hon)
Simon Marginson VIC (Hon)
2006
Simon Boss-Walker QLD
Edward Brierley VIC
Robert Chandler NSW
Mark Creedon QLD
Rev. Monsignor Thomas Doyle VIC
Ron Dullard WA
David Gurr VIC
Anne Paul ACT
Graeme Sassella-Otley WA
Rosa Storelli VIC
Desmond Cahill VIC (Hon)
Lynne Kosky VIC (Hon)
2005
Lee Callum QLD
Timothy Frances Hawkes NSW
Jillian Morgan TAS
Jennifer Mary Nicol WA
Ingrid Moses NSW (Hon)
Alan David Robson WA (Hon)
John Munro VIC (Hon)
2004
Stephen Paul Brown QLD
Debra Joy Brydon VIC
Kenneth Gilbert QLD
Helen Margaret Halling ACT
Roger Hayward VIC
Ian Patrick Lillico WA
Anthony Mackay VIC
Ian McKay QLD
Dennis Walter Sleigh ACT
Elizabeth Ward VIC
Anthony Watt QLD
2003
Kenneth John Eltis NSW
Peter Bryant Hauser VIC
Neville Tom Highett SA
Janette Belva McClelland NSW
David George Manttan QLD
Heather Doris Sjoberg NT
Robin Ann Sullivan QLD
Gene R Carter USA (Hon)
Anthony Brace Conabere VIC (Hon)
Darrell John Fraser VIC (Hon)
Frances Merryl Hinton ACT (Hon)
Kenneth John Rowe VIC (Hon)
2002
Anne Benjamin NSW
Catherine Gwynn Buchanan SA
Kathleen Susan Cottee SA
Neil Charles Cranston QLD
Alan Hutchinson VIC
Ronald Rea Ikin NSW
Gregory Brynle Whitby NSW
2001
Gordon Kenneth Avenell QLD
Michael Anthony Cox VIC
Hazel Jean Day VIC
Darryl Bruce Moir TAS
John Anthony Retallick NSW
Patricia Ann Wilks ACT
Edward Allen Holdaway Cda. (Hon)
Alan Seagren USA (Hon)
Donald Keith Tyrer VIC (Hon)
2000
Warren Henry Brown NSW
Clarence Michael Burke QLD
Stephen Kenneth Dinham NSW
Kathleen Kuryl TAS
Donald Richard Laird VIC
Isabelle Brigid Limerick QLD
Graham Paul Harrington TAS (Hon)
1999
John Ewington TAS
Victoria Stokes NT
Prudence Clarke ACT
Donald Daniels PNG
Louise Clayton-Jones NSW
John Schiller NSW
Kenneth Evans WA
Graham Brown WA
Richard Cotter VIC
Patricia Fitzgerald VIC
1998
Richard Jeremy Bates VIC
Narottam Bhindi NSW
Michael William Bradley NT
Sylvia Jane Walton VIC
Glenda Campbell-Evans WA
Michael John Colwell PNG
Patrick Augustine Duignan NSW
Elizabeth Hazel Lee ACT
Jennifer Anne Lewis NSW
Angus Edward Lucas QLD
Glynys O’Brien SA
Robert Clive Townsend ACT
Peter William Hill VIC (Hon)
1997
Peter Gronn VIC
Marian Lewis PNG
Neil Keith Money QLD
Michael Norman VIC
Reginald Pollack NSW
Colin Stanley Trestrail WA
Raymond William McCulloch VIC (Hon)
1996
James McDonald Cameron NT
Paul Carlin VIC
Robert Conners NSW
Janelle Eldridge NSW
Tom Grace WA
Everlyn Marie Jansen QLD
Malcolm Lee ACT
Richard Mayhew WA
Cynthia Merrill VIC
David Mossenson WA (Hon)
Philip Thurston Seino WA
Geoffrey James Spring NT (Hon)
1995
Robin Amm NSW
Charles Burford NSW
William F Donovan ACT
Michael Gaffney ACT
Gail Mackay QLD
Joseph John McCorley QLD
John Olsen McGorm SA
Ian Stevenson NT
Noel Lee Stonehouse VIC
Colin James Sutcliffe QLD
Beryl Wilson VIC
1994
Mary Grace Armstrong NSW
Maureen Bridget Boyle ACT
Ronald James Kirkman NT
Garry Michael Askey-Doran TAS
Norman Alfred John Hughes QLD
Peter Lloyd Hodge TAS
1993
Martin Kennings Caust SA
Alan Edgar Druery QLD
Carolyn Diana Harrod QLD
David George Heath WA
Neil Andrew Johnson NSW
Ian Maxwell Ling VIC
Gwenyth Joan McNeil VIC
David Bruce Smith VIC
Keith Ernest Tronc QLD
Denise Florence Wilkowski NT
1992
William George Bassett QLD
Ruary James Bucknal NT
Michael John Hough NSW
Bruce Alan Lyons WA
Douglas Charles Ogilvie QLD
Fenton George Sharpe NSW
Elaine Winsome Thomas VIC
John Gilroy Thorne TAS
1991
Rt Hon Sir Zelman Cowen NSW
Mary Louise Bergin NSW
Neville Harry Fry QLD
Michael Bernard Myers NSW
Campbell William Reilly WA
Anthony Tenney NSW
Maxwell John Sawatzki ACT
1990
Martin Donovan Brandreth WA
Francis Allan Crowther QLD
James Anthony d’Arbon NSW
Barry Herbert Elliott VIC
Reynold John Macpherson NSW
Robert Keith Maynard SA
Margaret Louise Nadebaum WA
Charles Henry Payne NT
1989
John A Bunday WA
Geoffrey A Burkhardt ACT
Kingsley Curtis SA
James Stewart Hamilton VIC
Eric Hinchliffe WA
Mary Mercer SA
Merline Muldoon QLD
Kath Phelan NT
Ruth Readford QLD
Neil Tuckwell QLD
1988
Janette Barbara Biber NSW
Johanna Conway NSW
Thomas A Grunsell NSW
Barry Jenkins NSW
Milton Edgar March ACT
Laurence Royce Miller QLD
John Frank Clement Roulston QLD
John Woods SA
1987
Clyde Percival Bant WA
Pauline Josephine Murphy VIC
Brian John Caldwell TAS
Diana Mildred Fleming VIC
Robin Beth Gregory NSW
Alexander Ross Thomas NSW
Robert Muir Stone SA
Ian Wilson Paterson NSW
1986
Trevor Marshall Barr SA
William Neil Hird QLD
Doug Swan NSW
Quentin Frederick Willis VIC
1985
Judith Dorothy Chapman VIC
William John Kennedy SA
Richard Roger Lee ACT
1984
Phillip William Hughes TAS
1983
John Richard Steinle SA
Eric George Hoare WA
Gerald Anthony O’Callaghan SA
Colin Reginald Joseph Moyle VIC
1982
Hedley Beare VIC
Jarvis Lesley Finger QLD
William Richard Mulford ACT
Ian Francis Vacchini NSW
1981
Clifford Burnett ACT
Charles Philip Cullen QLD
Edwin Harold Jones WA
Patricia Jean Jones WA
Thomas James Moore VIC
Francis (Frank) George Rogan VIC
William George Walker VIC (Hon)

ACEL Gold Medal

The ACEL Gold Medal is the most prestigious honour awarded by ACEL and is presented to an Australian educator whose influence and contribution to the study and practice of educational leadership is assessed as most outstanding at the national level. The contribution by the awardee is consistent with the vision, mission and objects of ACEL.

2025 Helen Cahill VIC
2024 John Cleary NT
2023 Sandra Milligan VIC
2022 Karen Spiller OAM CF QLD
2021 Patrea Walton QLD
2020 Ann McIntyre NSW
2019 Margot Foster SA
2018 Martin Westwell SA
2017 Richard Teese VIC
2016 Jim Watterston QLD
2015 Michele Bruniges NSW
2014 David Gurr VIC
2013 Paul Brock NSW
2012 Barry McGaw VIC
2011 John Hattie VIC
2010 Anthony Mackay VIC
2009 Alan Reid SA
2008 David Loader VIC
2007 Sylvia Walton VIC
2006 Peter Tannock WA
2005 Kwong Chiu Lee Dow VIC
2004 Patrick Augustine Duignan NSW
2003 USQ School Revitalisation Project Team QLD
2002 Michael John Hough NSW
2001 Kenneth George Boston NSW
2000 William Richard Mulford TAS
1998 Charles Henry Payne NT
1997 Francis Allan Crowther QLD
1996 James Anthony D’Arbon NSW
1995 Albert (Alby) W Jones SA
1994 Brian John Caldwell VIC
1993 Kenneth Richard McKinnon NSW
1992 Phillip Hughes TAS
1991 Hedley Beare VIC
1990 William George Walker VIC
1989 Jarvis Leslie Finger QLD
1988 Robert Bruce Winder NSW
1987 Charles Philip Cullen QLD
1986 Ruth Rogers SA
1985 Robert Fordham VIC
Edwin Harold Jones WA

ACEL Hedley Beare Award for Educational Writing

This award aims to promote quality writing by educators about educational leadership. This award is presented annually for an outstanding piece of educational writing (which may take various forms) that has provided new and significant knowledge about educational leadership. This award was introduced in 2002 as the ACEL Award for Educational Writing. Following its award to Hedley Beare, he graciously consented to the naming of the award in his honour.

2025 Norm Hunter QLD
2024 Dr Selena Mary Fisk QLD
Mathew White SA
2023 Deborah Netolicky SA
2022 Peter Hutton VIC
2021 Pasi Sahlberg NSW
2019 Amanda Heffernan VIC
2018 Lester-Irabinna Rigney SA
2017 Ken Avenell QLD
2016 Anthony Shaddock ACT
2015 Scott Eacott NSW
2014 Neil Cranston TAS
2013 Neil Dempster QLD
2012 Paul Brock NSW
2011 Frank Crowther AM QLD
2010 John Hattie VIC
2009 Christine Cawsey NSW
2008 Patrick Augustine Duignan NSW
2007 Vivianne Robinson NZ
2006 Keith Tronc QLD
2005 Jarvis Finger QLD
2004 Robert John Marzano USA
2003 Peter Ribbins UK
Jun Hau Zhang PRC
2002 Hedley Beare VIC

ACEL Nganakarrawa Award

ACEL presents the Nganakarrawa Award (pronounced nana-ga-raa-wa) to those whose general excellence in educational leadership and whose learning, experience and contribution have earned lasting respect and gratitude. With its origins in the Ndjebbana language of central Arnhemland, the term Nganakarrawa refers to ‘those who move about, all seeing, all knowing, knowledgeable and well regarded.’

2025 Colin Dobson VIC
2024 Mandy Reynolds-Smith TAS
2023 Toni Meath VIC
2022 Kevin Richardson SA
2020 Yong Zhao US
2019 Karen Spiller QLD
2018 Bruce Armstrong VIC
2017 Linda Darling-Hammond USA
2016 Patrick Griffin NSW
2015 Michael Gaffney ACT
2014 Ken Avenell QLD
2013 Norm Hunter QLD
2012 Dorothy Andrews QLD
2011 Neil Dempster QLD
2010 Br Kelvin Canavan fms NSW
2009 Neil Cranston QLD
2008 Anthony Mackay VIC
2007 Stephen Brown VIC
2006 Narottam Bhindi NSW
2005 Neville Highett SA
2004 Sylvia Walton VIC
2003 Neil Keith Money QLD
2002 Patrick Augustine Duignan NSW
2001 Robert Keith Maynard SA
2000 Noel Lee Stonehouse VIC
1999 Jennifer Anne Lewis NSW
1998 David Bruce Smith VIC
1997 John Roulston QLD
1996 Michael Hough NSW
1995 Ian Maxwell Ling VIC
Fenton George Sharpe NSW
1994 Jarvis Leslie Finger QLD
1993 Neville Harry Fry QLD
1992 Francis Allan Crowther QLD
1991 William Richard Mulford TAS
1990 Elaine Winsome Thomas VIC

ACEL Keith Tronc Award for Outstanding Leadership

This award is to an early career teacher who has demonstrated outstanding practice in the classroom and as a result has made a significant difference to colleagues and the lives of students. The awardee must have made a significant contribution to the improvement of student and educational outcomes. This category is open for nominees in their first five years of teaching.

2025 Chiara Monopoli SA
Matthew Paton NSW
2024 Alarna Page TAS
2023 Grace Chaplin VIC
2022 Emily Sinclair NSW
2020 Martyn Anderson SA
2019 Mia Pinnington QLD
2018 Andrew Devoy QLD
Ryan Gill NSW
2017 Shaelee Dunbar NSW
Rachael Lehr WA
2016 Laura Searle SA
2015 Andrea Stringer NSW
2014 Alice Dunlop SA
2013 Jenni Holder ACT
2012 Bronwen Bowman TAS
2011 Sarah Long QLD
Maria Maffei SA
Helen Vaughan TAS
2010 Dorrie Chamberlain ACT
Cheryl Davis TAS
2009 Christine O’Hare ACT
Matthew Arie Westland TAS
2008 Sue Le Messurier TAS
Heidi Rohrig SA
2007 Gary Simpson VIC

ACEL Leadership Award

The Leadership Award acknowledges individual educators and teams who have demonstrated outstanding leadership through specific projects or initiatives. This award celebrates leadership excellence in driving innovation, conducting impactful research, or influencing educational policy. Recipients of this award are acknowledged for their role in achieving measurable improvements for students and/or colleagues.

2025
Dr Stephanie MacMahon QLD
Dr Caitlin Munday VIC
The University of Melbourne's Melbourne Metrics and 41 Australian/New Zealand Partner Schools VIC
2024
Clair Andersen TAS
Judith Anne Howard QLD
Colin Axup VIC
Pamela Russell VIC
2023
Suraiya Abdul Hameed QLD
Ashley Coats SA
Jacinda Euler Welsh QLD
Sinan Kerimofski WA
Paddy McEvoy SA
VSSEC Education Team VIC
2022
Deonne Smith SA
Rowena Fox SA
Janet Clinton VIC
Joel Hohn NT
Danielle Cronin NSW
Iyla Davies OAM QLD
Townsville Catholic Education - Tammi Webber, Krista O'Connor, Janelle Knack QLD
2021
Neil McGoran SA
Christopher Smyth NSW
Angela Falkenberg SA
Kerry White SA
Michael Newman QLD
2020
Sharon Collins QLD
Peter Mader SA
Marnee Shay QLD
2019
Ailsa Purdon NT
Andrew Pierpoint QLD
Helen Chatto NT
Martin Lippett SA
Phillip Moulds QLD
2018
Lewis O’Brien SA
Foundation for Young Australians
2017
Indigenous Pedagogical Leaders
Mitchell Institute, Victorian Association of Secondary School Principals and NSW Secondary Principals Council NSW
The Smith Family
Agnes McGrath, Audrey Billias, Susan Edwards & Regina Thompson NT
Rosanne Pugh NSW
Darren Roylett SA
Carl Salt SA
Mathew Alan White SA
2016
Marilyn Clark SA
David Edwards
Panayoula Parha SA

ACEL National Media and Journalism Award

This award is presented to an awardee for their ongoing contribution and commitment to reporting in the arena of educational issues and their commitment to recognising and encouraging student and teacher voice on the critical issues affecting education settings across Australia.

2024 Andrew Jaspan VIC
2023 Annabel Astbury SA
2020 ABC ME
2019 Craig Campbell and The Project

ACEL Presidential Citation (discretionary)

The Presidential Citation is an occasional award given by the President to recognise outstanding service to Australian education. It is presented to someone who has made an outstanding contribution in furthering the vision, mission and objectives of ACEL.

2025 Dr Lyn Sharratt
2024 Julia Gillard ACT
2023 John Hattie VIC
2022 Dorothy Andrews QLD
2020 Deborah Kember QLD
2019 Department of Education NSW
2018 Christine Cawsey NSW
2017 Jeremy Beard VIC
Kerrie Blain ACT
Anne Foale TAS
Keith Newton WA
Tony Roberts NT
Jenny Stanley SA
Michael King ACT
Andrew Ius VIC
2016 Kevin Richardson SA
2014 Chris Presland NSW
Helen Starr QLD
2013 Neville Highett SA
2011 Michele Bruniges NSW
Peter Dawkins VIC
2010 Dorothy Andrews QLD
Marian Lewis QLD
Andy Hargreaves USA
2009 Stephen Brown VIC
Alma Harris UK
2008 Margaret Banks NT
2007 Gregory Whitby NSW
2006 Helen Halling ACT
2005 Darryl Moir TAS
2004 David Gurr VIC
2003 Kathleen Kuryl TAS
2002 Jennifer Anne Lewis NSW
2001 Beryl Lynette McMillan VIC
2000 Phillip Thurston Seinor WA
1999 Neil Keith Money QLD
1998 Robert Keith Maynard SA
1997 Noel Lee Stonehouse VIC
1996 Martin Kennings Caust SA

The William Walker Oration

One of the most important annual events for ACEL. It is an invited address dedicated to the memory of WG (Bill) Walker, who died on 25 July 1991 at the age of 62. The oration is delivered at the ACEL national conference as part of the ACEL annual awards ceremony, or as a keynote address. The inaugural William Walker Oration was delivered in 1991 by Rt. Hon. Sir Zelman Cowen, eights weeks after Billʼs untimely death.

2024 Dr Sandra Peter
2023 Marnee Shay
2022 Professor Jenny Gore
2021 Professor Donna Cross
2019 Dr Martin Westwell
2018 Professor John Hattie
2017 Professor David Hopkins
2016 Emeritus Professor Geoff Gallop
2015 Emeritus Professor Michael Fullan
2014 Noel Pearson
2013 Professor Barry McGaw
2012 Professor Erica McWilliam
2011 Hon Professor John Hattie
2010 Professor Allan Walker
2009 Professor Andy Hargreaves
2008 Dr Douglas Reeves
2007 Professor Viviane Robinson
2006 Professor John McBeath
2005 Professor Keith Walker
2004 Professor Patrick Duignan
2003 Hon Clare Martin
2002 Hon John Dawkins
2001 Ms Margaret Jackson
2000 Professor William Mulford
1998 Emeritus Professor Hedley Beare
1997 Dr Allan Walker and Mr John Walker
1996 Associate Professor Frank Crowther
1995 Emeritus Professor Peter Karmel
1994 Professor Judith Chapman
1993 Dr Brian Caldwell
1992 Professor Fenton Sharpe
1991 Right Honourable Sir Zelman Cowen

ACEL Life Members

ACEL Life Membership is given to those whose outstanding leadership in education, and particularly their years of dedicated service to ACEL, warrants extra recognition.

2024 Helen Halling ACT
2022 Thomas Roberston QLD
2021 Dorothy Andrews QLD
2021 Mary Wallis QLD
2021 Ian Elder WA
2021 David Kopelke QLD
2021 Sidney Rasmussen QLD
2021 Joan Conway QLD
2021 Terry Chapman NSW
2021 Gregory Casey QLD
2021 Ann Carroll QLD
2021 Mark Creedon QLD
2021 Patricia Rogers VIC
2021 Nicholas John Vidot ACT
2021 Narottam Bhindi NSW
2021 Susan Benzie NSW
2021 Eric Wilson QLD
2021 Norm Hunter QLD
2021 David Manttan QLD
2021 Mary-Ellen Pattinson QLD
2021 David Lin WA
2021 Peter Freney QLD
2021 Mark Porter SA
2021 Anne Paul ACT
2021 John Hattie VIC
2021 Lisa Ehrich QLD
2021 Lee Anne Perry QLD
2021 Leoni Degenhardt NSW
2021 Marian Lewis QLD
2021 Ross Horner QLD
2021 Peter Boge QLD
2021 Peter Chapman QLD
2021 William Bird NSW
2021 Wendy Adams VIC
2021 Wayne Troyahn QLD
2021 Brian Rout QLD
2021 Lynne Thomson WA
2021 Gwen Sands QLD
2021 Keith Tronc QLD
2011 Michael Myers NT
2011 John Roulston QLD
2006 Frank Crowther AM QLD
2006 Brian Caldwell VIC
2004 Mary Armstong NSW
2004 Hedley Beare VIC
2003 Jarvis Finger QLD
1999 Alby Jones SA
1994 Robyn White WA
1994 Kathleen Cotter SA
1993 Jean Lomax SA
1993 Philippa Field SA
1993 Kenneth Evans WA
1993 Raymond Barrett QLD
1993 Catherine Buchanan
1993 Michael Hough NSW
1993 Michael Myerson
1993 Patricia Slattery VIC
1993 Ken Rogers QLD
1992 Maureen Boyle ACT
1992 John Ewington TAS
1992 Anthony Whelan NSW
1992 John Bunday WA
1992 Anthony Watt QLD
1992 Henry Gray NT
1992 Vicki Stoke NT
1992 Dennis Sleigh NSW
1991 Patricia Wilks ACT
1991 Terry O'Brien NSW
1990 Ian Lillico WA
1990 Kenneth Eltis NSW
1989 Paul Carlin
1988 Colin Curtis SA
1987 Stephen Newton VIC
1986 Fenton George Sharpe NSW
1986 Garry Askey-Doran TAS
1986 A. Ross Thomas NSW
1986 Robin Elizabeth Amm NSW
1986 Brian Ralph NSW
1986 Patrick Duignan QLD
1976 Tony Tenney
1976 Anthony D'Arbon NSW
1974 Quentin Willis VIC

ACEL RC Kelly Awards

The RC Kelly Award was inaugurated in 1990 to be presented to the outstanding ACEL affiliate of the preceding calendar year. The award was donated by a former President of ACEA, Robin Gregory, in memory of her father who was an educator. The last award was made in 2001.

2001 NTCEA & QIEA (Joint Award)
(Final year of presentation)
2000 ACEA (Tasmania)
1999 ACEA (New South Wales)
1998 ACEA (New South Wales)
1997 PNGCEA
1996 ACEA (Canberra Region)
1995 ACEA (Victoria)
1994 ACEA (New South Wales)
1993 ACEA (Canberra Region)
1992 QIEA
1991 NTCEA
1990 QIEA