Major Benefactors of the University

The University of Western Australia acknowledges the generosity of the following significant donors on the Benefactor Wall:

  • Sir John Winthrop Hackett
    Robert Gledden
    Athelstan Saw
    Carnegie Corporation
    David Bunny
    James and Ellen Withnell
    Boans
    Commonwealth Bank of Australia
    Hubert and Frances Whitfeld
    Mary Raine
    Wellcome Trust
    Cuming Smith and Mount Lyell Farmers Fertilisers
    William McGillivray
    Nuffield Foundation
    Frederick Hadley
    Ernest and Evelyn Havill Shacklock
    Grain Pool of WA
    Sir Edward and Lady Beatrice Lefroy
    Western Mining Corporation
    Muscular Dystrophy Research Association of WA
    Sir Thomas Wardle
    Paul Sobotka
    George Milne
    Frieda Neumann
    Alvina King
    William Craig
    Ted Rischbieth
    Albert Gild
    Joe and Rose Skinner
    Ada Bartholomew
    Sir Anthony and Lady Callista Lefroy
    Eileen Joyce
    William Nelson
    Patrick Healy
    Edith Gordon
  • Lancelot Prior
    Lions Save-Sight Foundation WA
    Julian and Irena Alter
    Geoffrey Robinson
    Westpac Banking Corporation
    Lawrence Wilson
    Wanda and Zygmunt Horawicz
    Lord Alistair McAlpine
    Sigurd Ohman
    Robert and Janet Holmes à Court
    Edith Tattersall
    Sir Eric Smart
    AMP Society
    Albert Maller
    Christopher Vargovic
    Variety – the Children’s Charity of WA
    Jean Rogerson
    Woodside
    Ronald and Catherine Berndt
    Frank Gamblen
    North West Shelf Venture
    The Garnett Passe and Rodney Williams Memorial Foundation
    Cassamarca Foundation
    Cancer Council WA
    Harold Schenberg
    Haruhisa Handa
    John Matthews
    James Trevelyan and Samina Yasmeen
    James and Terri Zadko Family
    Arthur Finn
    Leah Cohen
    John Harriott
    Margaret Loman-Hall
    Wesfarmers
    Brettney and Annie Fogarty, Fogarty Foundation
  • Sir James and Lady Sheila Cruthers
    Brightspark Foundation
    Jean Kahan
    Alcoa of Australia
    Eileen Jenkins
    David Newby
    The University Club
    Harold and Margaret Clough
    BHP Billiton
    Chevron Australia
    Edith Cockell
    John Elsey
    Clough
    Muriel Horsfall
    Charles Morgan
    William and Marlene Schrader Trust
    John Jackson
    Monadelphous Group
    Lloyd’s Register Foundation
    Goodeve Foundation
    Marjorie Le Souef
    Robert Telford
    Michael Chaney
    Kimberley Foundation Australia
    Jack and Eleanor Bendat, Bendat Family Foundation
    Rio Tinto
    Lotterywest
    Channel 7 Telethon Trust
    Jim Buckee
    Committee for Perth
    Jean Callander
    Joyce Chapple
    Reta Thornton
    Andrew and Nicola Forrest, Minderoo Foundation
    Gregory Poche and Kay van Norton Poche
  • Shell Australia
    Royal Perth Hospital Medical Research Foundation
    JDRF Australia
    Jack Tiddy
    Mary Dillon
    Mannkal Economic Education Foundation
    Malcolm, Carolyn and Tonya McCusker, McCusker Charitable Foundation
    Iluka Resources
    Ernst and Young
    UWA Centenary Trust for Women
    UWA Geoscience Foundation
    Teach Green Charitable Foundation
    Fugro
    Trevor and Judy Eastwood
    Ron and Lynette Kinnersly
    Family Larsson-Rosenquist Foundation
    Frankie Jessie Embleton Treatt
    Alcoa Foundation
    The McNamara Family
    Glen Robertson
    Women and Infants Research Foundation
    The Law Society of WA
    Mitsubishi Development
    Verna Rowbotham
    Arthritis and Osteoporosis WA
    Korea Foundation
    Harry Leaver
    National Breast Cancer Foundation
    Heart Foundation WA
    The Packard Humanities Institute
    Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
    Perth Children's Hospital Foundation
    Fiona Wood Foundation
    Adrian and Michela Fini
  • Clinipath Pathology
    David and Coral Mack
    Stan and Jean Perron
    Cancer Research Trust
    Jock Clough Marine Foundation
    Dick and Pip Smith Foundation
    Margaret McPhee
    Friends of Breast Cancer Research
    Spinnaker Health Research Foundation
    MSWA
    Rose Marie and Robert Vojakovic, Asbestos Diseases Society of Australia
    Ron and Peggy Bell Family Legacy
    Bruce and Betty Green
    Bankwest Foundation
    Giumelli Family Foundation
    Peter Harrison
    John Drabble
    St Catherine's College
    Sylvia and Charles Viertel Charitable Foundation
    George Roy Haslam (Mick) Wright
    Muscular Dystrophy Association of America
    Leon and Merab Tauman
    Ian Potter Foundation
    Beyond Blue
    Australian Cancer Research Foundation
    Colin Eldridge
    John Rodgers
    Dr Albert Arcus
    Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
    Virtue Australia Foundation
    Peter Djura
    Merle Smith (Dunlop)
    Gordon Dunlop

 

Benefactor Wall Ceremonies

The Launch of UWA's Benefactor Wall

On Wednesday 6 May 2015, The University of Western Australia held a commemorative event to acknowledge the foresight and remarkable support of the University’s significant donors.

Look through the photos from each year's Benefactor Wall celebrations below.

  • Wednesday 6 May 2015
  • Wednesday 30 March 2016
  • Tuesday 12 September 2017
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Benefactor Stories

Below are the stories of some of those honoured on our Benefactor Wall.

Click through to read about the impact of their generosity.