Fellows and Life members
Fellows
Fellows are special ACORN members who have made a significant contribution to the goals of the College and perioperative nursing or demonstrated professional excellence.
Honorary Fellows are members of eminence who have given exceptional service to perioperative nursing on a national and/or international level, made a noteworthy contribution to the goals of the College at the highest level as well as to the profession of perioperative nursing and/or the wider nursing profession.
Fellows can be contacted through ACORN via email [email protected].
The 2002–2004 board were admitted as Foundation Fellows to form a cohort to support initial applications.
Di Binns (Tasmania)
Rose Blackford (Northern Territory)
Rae Gyder (Queensland)
Lois Hamlin (New South Wales)
James Harrison (Tasmania)
Kim Hepper (South Australia)
Veronica Hill (Western Australia)
Marilyn Schroeder (Victoria)
Elsie June Allen AM (Victoria)
Mary Barry OAM (Victoria) *
Di Binns (Tasmania)
Judith Cornell AM (New South Wales) *
Menna Davies (New South Wales)
Rosemary Gaston (Northern Territory)
Rae Guyder (Queensland)
Lois Hamlin (New South Wales)
James Harrison (Tasmania)
Carolyn Saunders (Webster) (Western Australia)
Pat Solomon (New South Wales) *
Sr Mary Felix Thorburn AM (Victoria) *
Pauline Walker (New South Wales)
* Denotes deceased
Tarryn Armour (Victoria)
Helen Barallon (Victoria) *
Dr Judith Berry (South Australia)
Sarah Bird (Tasmania)
Lillian Blair (New South Wales)
Stephen Born (Queensland)
Jenny Cubitt (New South Wales)
Phyllis Davis AM (New South Wales)
Dr Jed Duff (New South Wales)
Rebecca East (Victoria)
Dr Paula Foran (Victoria)
Lesley Gilbert (Victoria)
Dr Brigid Gillespie (Queensland)
Toni Hains (Queensland)
Sharon Harding (Northern Territory)
Allanah Hazelgrove (New South Wales)
Lynette Hill (Queensland)
Joy Jensen (Queensland)
Tracy Kerle (New South Wales)
Robyn Lawson (Western Australia)
Grace Loh (Western Australia)
Ruth Melville (Queensland)
Suellen Moore (New South Wales)
Dr Patricia Nicholson (Victoria)
Dr Sonya Osborne (Queensland)
Michelle Reardon (Queensland)
Dr Marilyn Richardson-Tench (Victoria)
Wendy Rogers (Northern Territory)
Catherine Smith (Queensland)
Dr Zaneta Smith (Western Australia)
Catherine Steel (Queensland)
Lesley Stewart (Northern Territory) *
Sally Sutherland Fraser (New South Wales)
Vicky Warwick (Western Australia)
Libby Webb (Northern Territory)
Carollyn Williams (Victoria)
Deborah Burrows (New South Wales)
Elyse Coffey (Victoria)
Edwina Eaton (Victoria)
Oya Gumuskaya (New South Wales)
Indra Jolayemi (Victoria)
Judy Munday (Queensland)
Kylie Stopp (South Australia)
Justine Vost (Queensland)
Erin Wakefield (Victoria)
Cory Williams (Queensland)
Jintao Xie (Victoria)
* Denotes deceased
Life members
Life Members have made an outstanding contribution to the perioperative nursing profession and their local association. State and territory perioperative nursing associations make nominations for life membership of ACORN.
Linley Bates
Brigid Gillespie
Judith Hewett
Lynette Hill
Joy Jensen
Joanne McNaughton
Ruth Melville
Heather Moon
Cheryl O'Brien
Narelle Sommerfeld
Kim Armstrong
Rae Guyder
Dorothy Tyrell
Di Binns
Jenny Bloomfield
Jane Brain
Jean Colles
Patricia Eizele
Judith Eldridge
Margaret Ewington
Tim Haas
Betty Hickman
Shirley Hyland
Cheryl Robinson
Anne Swifte
Pamela Tait
Bev Vinson
Petronella Wilcox
Veronica Hill
Robyn Lawson
Ruth Mackey
Jan Miller
June Raxter
Carolyn Saunders
Jacqui Smith
Vicky Warwick
1987 Ron Clarke*
1988 Mair Jones*
1990 Lesley Cooke*
1990 Peg Durrant*
1997 Narelle Hines*
1997 Helen Stanley
1998 Lyn Tozer*
2000 Mary Sams
2001 Crystal Bowen
2001 Barbara Edwards
2002 Lyn Redknap*
2005 Val Corcoran
2005 Susan Golland*
2005 Judy Rouse
2006 Pat Solomon (Sr M Gabriel) *
2006 Gillian Walker
2006 Lorna Abell
2006 Norah Fogarty
2009 Jennie Pirie
2011 Lois Hamlin
2011 Karin Croghan
2011 Terri Pinkis
2012 Phyllis Davis
2017 Menna Davies
2019 Jenny Cubitt
2020 Tracy Kerle
2023 Lillian Blair
* Denotes Deceased
Elizabeth Webb
Cheryl Winter
Sharon Harding
Wendy Rogers
Rosemary Bradley
Lesley Stewart *
* Denotes deceased
Judith Berry
Lyell Brougham
Fiona Davies
Catherine Hashemi
Kim Hepper
Jill Hilbig*
Susan Hopkins
Jill Hughes-Jones*
Liz Mazzei AM
Helen Richardson
Caroline Saniotis
Chris Whellum
Di Wickett
Catherine Ebel
Allyson Mullraney
Diana Hutt
Sharon Mewett
Veronica Cummings
Sandy McAdam
Margaret Rainbow*
Margaret Wheeler
Carmel Rodgers *
* Denotes deceased
Jorge Acevedo
June Allen
Jean Badenhop
Bernadette Brennan OAM
Julie Campbell
Claire Collins
Marilyn Cornish
Jan Coverdale
Michele Cullen
Mary Fallon
Paula Foran
Lesley Gilbert
Christine Gillmartin
Leonie Lorenz
Dr Patricia Nicholson
Nicky Nixon
Gwenda Peters
Marilyn Schroeder
Betty Thompson
Betty Weir
Patricia Wilding
Carollyn Williams
Helen Barallon *
Pauline Bennett *
Mary Barry OAM *
Sister Mary Felix Thorburn *
Pamela Waite *
Marea Fennell *
Jackie Dalzell *
Angela Docherty *
Judith Bridges *
Dorothea Burnett *
* Denotes deceased