Each year on the Queen’s Birthday, Australians are honoured for their services to the community. We take a look at this year’s list to see how the arts fared in the public perception.
Receiving the highest award in the Queen’s Honour List – the Companion (AC) in the General Division is:
Emeritus Professor Virginia Margaret SPATE (NSW): For eminent service to higher education, particularly to art history and theory and to the advanced study of the contemporary arts, as an academic, author and curator, and as a role model for young art historians.