APPA Life Members
APPA Life Membership Award
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.
This award began as an APPA Fellowship and was later changed to become APPA Life Membership
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‘Hero of Primary Education’ Award
This 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.
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| 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 Australia | 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 | State / Territory | Year |
| Emeritus Professor Max Angus | Western Australia | 2007 |
| Harriet Olney | Western Australia | 2007 |
| Professor Phil Riley | Victoria | 2021 |