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Thanking our Supporters
Stella is grateful to the many supporters who have made our work possible over the past decade.
Ambassador
Catherine Andrews
Founding Patron
Ellen Koshland, Koshland Innovation Fund
Stella Patron
Anonymous
Joanna Baevski
McLean Foundation
The Beverley Shelton Estate
Trawalla Foundation
Stella Prize Award Sponsor
Wilson Foundation
(2020-23)
National Australia Bank
(2016-19)
Stella Star
Anonymous
Cassy Liberman
The Andyinc Foundation
The Estate of Barbara Coombs
The Ivy H. Thomas & Arthur A. Thomas Trust
The Key Foundation
The Nelson Meers Foundation
The Serp Hills Foundation
Giving Circle (Melbourne)
Krystyna Campbell-Pretty AM
Keren Murray & David Dyer
Jane Hansen AO
Seri Renkin OAM & Danny Bessell
Giving Circle (Sydney)
Sue Abrahams
Jane Bridge
Libby Davidson
Anne Davis
Kate Jordan
Rebecca Lim
Wendy McCarthy AO
Bill Manos
Lenore Robertson
Stella Hero
Anonymous
Anita Apsitis & Graham Anderson
Diane Balnaves
Caroline Beecham & John Lydon
Julia Champtaloup & Andrew Rothery
Annie Condon
Michelle Garnaut AO & Patricia O’Donnell
Andrea Goldsmith
Justice Michelle Gordon
Ann Johnson
Berry Liberman
Lee Liberman
Chips Mackinolty
Eve Mahlab AO
Roger Massy-Greene
Rob McLean AM
Caroline Ryan
Margie Seale
Louise Walsh
Donna Ward
Herbert Smith Freehills
The Darin Cooper Foundation
The Estate of Dorothy Porter
The Hart Line Fund
The Mietta Foundation
The Oranges & Sardines Foundation
The Readings Foundation
The Robertson Foundation
The W & A Johnson Family Foundation
The WeirAnderson Foundation
Stella Champion
Anonymous
Nicole Abadee & Rob Macfarlan
Debra Adelaide
Suzanne Baker
Mim & Mike Bartlett
Genevieve Blair
Wendy Bonnici
Maxine Brenner
Jennifer Byrne
Georgina Byron AM
Joan Chappell
Lizby Chappell
Kelly Cheung
Susan Clifford
Melissa Cooney
Julie Ann Cox
Annabel Crabb
Peter Crossing AM
Susanne Dahn
Alicia Darvall
Merran Dawson
Kathryn Fagg AO
John B Fairfax AO
Karen Fehring
Maryanne Fernando
Leonie Flannery
Rebecca Ford
Camilla Freeman
Nicole Freeman
Helen Garner
Rose Gilder
Raechel Godfrey
Virginia Grant
Alexandra Grimwade
Stella Champion (continued)
Sophie Groom
Gail Hambly
Julia Hanna
Michaela Healey
Kerry Heysen
Alice Hill
Sarah Hill
Mary Hoban
Elizabeth Hollingworth
Katrina Holmes à Court
Alexandra Hopper
Judy Horacek
Helen Imber
Fiona Inglis
Julie Ireland
Anita Jacoby AM
Lynne Jensen
Susan Jones
Hannah Kent
Jane Kunstler
Sara Lane
Michael Livingston
Anna Low
Robin Low
Kerri Martin (in memoriam)
Ann Mackinolty
Bobbi Mahlab AM
Frank Mahlab
Karen Mahlab AM
Jodie Martire
Fiona McGauchie
Peter McLennan
Jeanne McMullin
Margaret McVey
Kate Monteleone
Virginia Morrison
Madeleine Motion
Virginia Murdoch
Maria Myers AO
Cynthia Nadai
Susanne Newton
Julie Reilly
Joanna Renkin
Clare Renner
Mark Rubbo
Kate Savage
Ron Savage
Julianne Schultz AM
Elizabeth Shaw
Fleur Spitzer OAM
Fiona Stager
Aveen Stephenson & Ashley Stephenson
Katrina Strickland
Sue Terry
Ray Travers
Aviva Tuffield
Penny Ward-Ambler
Janet Whiting AM
Suzy Wilson
Charles Windeyer & Catrionadh Dobson
Claire Wivell Plater & James Kirby
Charlotte Wood AM
Harrison Young
Julia Zemiro
Avid Reader Bookshop
Leading Edge Books
Melbourne Girls Grammar Schools
Sabina’s Book Club
The GMG Foundation
The Horizon Foundation
The Kaldor Family Foundation
The Shand Foundation
Stella Friend
Carol Austin
Lee Ann Basser
Dianne Batten
Danielle Birch
Samantha Blake
Jolyon Blazey
Anna Bligh
Elizabeth Reid Boyd
Joanna Brand
Sally-Lee Brandon
Caitlin Burns
Rose Byrne
Antonella Cannizzaro
Hilary Charlesworth
Kate Cubitt
Mary Delahunty
Katherine Dellar
Lisa Dempster
Megan Dench
Annabel Dulhunty
Lord Francis Ebury
Suzanne Falkiner
Marie Fitzpatrick
Lisa Fleetwood
Robyn Fortescue
Nancy Fox
Anna Funder
Chris Gordon
Matthew Gordon
Andy Griffiths
Jacinta Halloran
Freya Headlam
Michaela Healy
Anne Hotta
Justine Hyde
Sophie Inwald
Louise Jones
Anna Joyce
Patrick Keyzer
Lillian Kline
Susan Lee
Nikki Lusk
Anne Manne
Margaret McCaffrey
Monica McInerney
Meg McKinlay
Hilary McPhee
Wendy Michaels
Alan Mitchell
Paul Montgomery
Liz Nield
Catherine Pearce
Virginia Peters
Sarah Reed
Lucy Regan
Catherine Richardson
Linda Savage
Lucille Seale
Caroline Sheehan
Gene Sherman
Michaela Skelly
Tamieka Spencer Bruce
Pamela Tate
Sarah Thompson
Karen Toddie
Sally Treeby
Maria Triaca
Tricia Walton
Alicia Webb
Thea Whitnall
Rachael Young