Life Members
About APPA Life Membership
Recipients of APPA Life Membership have contributed to primary school education, school leadership and the Australian Primary Principals Association in a significant and enduring way.
Examples of this contribution:
- Holding and voicing the strong conviction that all primary schools have the people and resources necessary for every child to reach his or her potential
- Effectively leading their respective associations and building the capacity of APPA at a national level;
- Providing expert and considered advice in the development of APPA policy, projects and submissions;
- Voicing a passion for improving the status of principalship and building the capacity of primary school principals;
- Representing APPA and clearly voicing the association’s position on a range of issues at national forums, conferences and meetings;
- Contributing to the collaborative and cooperative framework under which APPA operates each year; and,
- Contributing to the success of APPA Annual Conferences and Forums, and the Trans-Tasman Conferences.
About ‘Hero of Primary Education’ AwardThis award is presented in acknowledgement of and recognition for significant research and/or outstanding professional activity, particularly in its relevance to Primary education, and in the context that the award of APPA Life Membership was not available to the nominee/s.
Life Membership Honour Roll | ||
Name | State / Territory | Year |
Anthony McGruther | Queensland | 2009 |
Barry McConville | New South Wales | 1995 |
Brad Gaynor | Australian Capital Territory | 2022 |
Brian Pocock | South Australia | 1997 |
Chris Cameron | Australian Capital Territory | 1999 |
Chris Robarts | Victoria | 2006 |
Colin Pettit | Western Australia | 2008 |
Colleen Breheney | Tasmania | 2001 |
Dave Edwards | South Australia | 2016 |
David Bishop | New South Wales | 1998 |
Dennis Yarrington | Australian Capital Territory | 2021 |
Dr Roderick Crouch | Queensland | 2008 |
Elizabeth Moroney | Australian Capital Territory | 2002 |
Erroll Robinson | South Australia | 1994 |
Frank Hennessy | Queensland | 1995 |
Gabrielle Leigh | Victoria | 2016 |
Gary McClean | Victoria | 1995 |
Gary Rodgers | Victoria | 1994 |
Geoff Scott | New South Wales | 2014 |
Geoffrey Gapper | South Australia | 1997 |
Graeme Feeney | New South Wales | 2021 |
Graham Cowell | Western Australia | 1995 |
Ian Anderson | Western Australia | 2022 |
Janet Purcell | Western Australia | 1996 |
Janet Wilmot | Western Australia | 2011 |
Janice Szmal | Victoria | 2002 |
Jenny Leeson | Australian Capital Territory | 1998 |
Joan North | Victoria | 1999 |
John Bugg | Victoria | 1995 |
John Turner | Victoria | 2000 |
John Willett | Western Australia | 1995 |
Julie Biles | Australian Capital Territory | 1995 |
Kathy Campbell | New South Wales | 1998 |
Ken Hedley | Western Australia | 1999 |
Leonie Drew | Western Australia | 1997 |
Leonie Trimper | South Australia | 2011 |
Leslie Bishop | Tasmania | 1994 |
Marilyn Gilberston | South Australia | 1996 |
Mark Mowbray | New South Wales | 2021 |
Maureen Stephenson | New South Wales | 1998 |
Michael Nuttall | Australian Capital Territory | 2021 |
Mike Berson | Western Australia | 1995 |
Neil Mason | South Australia | 1994 |
Nigel Bentley | Tasmania | 1994 |
Norm Hart | Queensland | 2016 |
Patrick (Jim) Smith | Western Australia | 1997 |
Patrick McGrath | Australian Capital Territory | 2009 |
Paul Aldred | Western Austalia | 1996 |
Paul Cazzulino | Queensland | 2002 |
Peter Paul | Victoria | 1996 |
Peter Radford | Tasmania | 1995 |
Phillip Seymour | New South Wales | 2021 |
Richard Wyatt | Tasmania | 1996 |
Robert Hoff | South Australia | 2014 |
Ronald Sandeman | Australian Capital Territory | 1994 |
Ros Oates | South Australia | 2022 |
Rosalie Ramsay | New South Wales | 2002 |
Sally Ruston | New South Wales | 2016 |
Sean Gordon | Queensland | 2004 |
Shane Baker | Western Australia | 1998 |
Stephen Breen | Western Australia | 2016 |
Stephen Portlock | South Australia | 2014 |
Tim Emery | Western Australia | 2012 |
Tom Croker | New South Wales | 1997 |
Tony Misich | Western Australia | 1997 |
Vicki Simmonds | Victoria | 2002 |
‘Hero of Primary Education’ Awardees | ||
Emeritus Professor Max Angus | Western Australia | 2007 |
Harriet Olney | Western Australia | 2007 |
Professor Phil Riley | Victoria | 2021 |