Every year the Henry Lawson Festival Committee welcomes a special guest to join in the festivities. Over the years the festival has seen numerous influential and famous special guests.
Year | Official Guest |
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2019 | Inga Simpson – Author |
2018 | Alison Bell – Theatre and Television |
2017 | Tara Moss – Author, Journalist, TV Documentary Presenter |
2016 | Vanessa Grimm – News Presenter |
2015 | Roy Billing – Actor & Writer |
2014 | Mark Grentell – Director/Writer/Producer |
2013 | Chris Coleman – Broadcaster |
2012 | Dick Smith – Entrepreneur |
2011 | Gregory Bryan – Historian |
2010 | Juliettre Palmer-Frederick – Author |
2009 | Max Cullen – Actor |
2008 | Sandy Fussell – Author |
2007 | Hon Ian Armstrong OBE – National Party |
2006 | David Foster OAM – Wood Chopper |
2005 | Don McAlpine – Cinematographer |
2004 | Her Exec. Prof Marie Bashir AC – NSW Governor |
2003 | Alan Jones AO – Broadcaster |
2002 | Jan O’Neill (Lehane) – Tennis Star |
2001 | Colin Buchanan – Country Singer |
2000 | Peter Bensley – Actor |
1999 | Judy Nunn – Actor |
1998 | Paula Duncan AM – Actor |
1997 | Garry McDonald AO – Actor |
1996 | Dr Hilarie Lindsay OAM – Author |
1995 | Carol Willis – Camp Quality |
1994 | Geoff Lawson OAM – Cricketer |
1993 | Alan Moir – Cartoonist |
1992 | Leon Becker AM – Broadcaster |
1991 | Mike Hayes – Journalist |
1990 | Briget Goodwin – Film Maker |
1989 | Eric Rolls AM – Author |
1988 | Slim Dusty – Country Music Singer |
1987 | Di Morrissey – Author |
1986 | Thomas Keneally AO – Author |
1985 | Peter Lawson – Artist |
1984 | James Dibble AM – ABC News Reader |
1983 | Jennifer Murphy – Actor |
1982 | Peter Summer – Actor |
1981 | Malcolm Thompson – Actor |
1980 | Leonard Teale – Actor |
1979 | Steve Liebmann – Television Presenter |
1978 | Lorraine Bayly – Actor |
1977 | Clive Evatt QC – Labor Party |
1976 | Ted Roberts – Author |
1975 | John St Vincent Welch – Past Festival President |
1974 | Patrick White – Author |
1973 | Dr Hilarie Lindsay OAM – Author |
1972 | Hon George Freudenstein MLA – NSW Country Party |
1971 | Harold Goodwin – Founder of the Henry Lawson Festival |
1970 | Chuck Faulkner – Actor |
1969 | Leonard Teale – Actor |
1968 | Bill Peach – Television Personality |
1967 | Bertha Jago (Lawson) – Daughter of Henry Lawson |
1966 | Michael Sawtell – Author |
1965 | Neil Hutchison – ABC Television |
1964 | John Thompson – ABC Broadcaster |
1963 | Ald Harold Jensen – Lord Mayor of Sydney |
1962 | Eric Baume – Journalist |
1961 | Sir Eric Woodward KCVO – NSW Governor |
1960 | Olav Nordland – Norwegian Consul |
1959 | Hon Ray S Maher MLA – Labor NSW |
1958 | Prof Colin Roderick CBE – Author |