Of Lebanese descent, Marie Bashir became the first woman to be appointed Governor of New South Wales in March 2001.
Prior to her appointment she was Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Sydney. Bashir became an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in 1988 for her service to medicine, particularly in the field of adolescent mental heath. She was nominated Mother of the Year in 1971. Bashir is married to Sir Nicholas Shehadie AC OBE.
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Marie Bashir is the first woman to be appointed Governor of New South Wales. She began her career in medicine and completed an internship at St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney. Later Bashir took up psychiatry. She worked both in universities and mental health services, increasingly focussing children and adolescents. In 1988 she was appointed Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for her services to child and adolescent health.
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1956
Education - Bachelor of Medicine (MB) and Bachelor of Surgery (BS) completed at the University of Sydney
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1982 - 1987
Career position - Foundation Director of the Rivendell Child, Adolescent and Family Service
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1988
Award - Officer of the Order of Australia (AO)
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1993 - 2001
Career position - Clinical Professor of Psychiatry in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Sydney
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1994 - 2001
Career position - Director of Mental Health Services at Central Sydney Area Health Services
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1996 - 2001
Career position - Senior Consultant at the Aboriginal Medical Service in Redfern and Kempsey
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2001 -
Career position - Governor of New South Wales
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2001
Award - Companion of the Order of Australia (AC)
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