Bashir, Marie

Also known as
Bashir, Marie Roslyn (1930-)
Field of activity
Governor; Governor, Educator and Psychiatrist
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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.

  • 1956 Education - Bachelor of Medicine (MB) and Bachelor of Surgery (BS) completed at the University of Sydney
  • 1982 - 1987 Career position - Foundation Director of the Rivendell Child, Adolescent and Family Service
  • 1988 Award - Officer of the Order of Australia (AO)
  • 1993 - 2001 Career position - Clinical Professor of Psychiatry in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Sydney
  • 1994 - 2001 Career position - Director of Mental Health Services at Central Sydney Area Health Services
  • 1996 - 2001 Career position - Senior Consultant at the Aboriginal Medical Service in Redfern and Kempsey
  • 2001 - Career position - Governor of New South Wales
  • 2001 Award - Companion of the Order of Australia (AC)

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Australian Women's Register

  1. Where are the Women in Australian science?
    Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre
    [2003]
    Published: Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre
    Series: http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/wisa/wisa.html
  2. Who's who in Australia 2002
    Herd, Margaret
    [2002]
    Published: Crown Content

Encyclopedia of Australian Science

  1. Who's Who in Australia 2002
    Herd, Margaret
    [2001]
    Published: Crown Content
  2. National Library of Australia Oral History Collection: Interview with Dr Marie Bashie (sound recording), interviewer: Amy McGrath (20 April 1979)
    1 sound cassette (c. 90 minutes). Dr Bashir talks about her Lebanese background, husband Sir Nicholas Shehadie, choice of medicine as a career and her internship at St Vincent's Hospital; visit to Lebanon; work in government practice; taking up psychiatry; her directorship of Rivindell home for emotionally disturbed children; her position as Lady Mayoress and meeting the Queen.
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  1. Sir Bruce Williams: a thirst to know, and a reverence for truth. [Obituary. Address at the Memorial Service for Professor Sir Bruce Williams KBE in the Great Hall at the University of Sydney on 23 August, 2010.]
    Bashir, Marie
    Quadrant (Sydney)
    [ Article : 2010 ]
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  2. Langford Oration 2003 [The challenges facing medical administration and a biographical account of Sir Robert Garran]
    Bashir, Marie
    Quarterly (Royal Australian College of Medical Administrators)
    [ Article : 2004 ]
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  3. Sir Bruce Williams: A Thirst to Know, and a Reverence for Truth
    Bashir, Marie; Hush, Noel
    Quadrant
    [ Article : 2010 ]
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  4. Ceremonial ribbon, 'Our Bridge'
    [ Object ]
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  5. Asia in Australia: from adversity to resiliency and strength: some aspects of the mental health of Asian refugee children. -Paper presented to the International Symposium on Adolescent Health (4th: 1987: Sydney )-
    Bashir, Marie; Schwarz, Michael
    New Universals: Adolescent Health in a Time of Change
    [ Article : 1988 ]
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  1. Photograph, 'Our Bridge' ceremony
    [ Photograph : 2007 ]
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  2. Jon Plapp 1938-2006: [Obituary: Jon Plapp, psychologist and artist.]
    Legge, Geoffrey
    Art and Australia
    [ Article : 2007 ]
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