It received very wide support from New South Wales organisations related to child health and welfare and was backed by several prominent members of the medical profession, particularly in the paediatric field, notably Dr. John Yu, CEO of Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children, Sydney (who had been honoured by the Australian Government with the prestigious Australian of the Year award in 1996).
Rodney Cocks CSM is an author, expert in international affairs, and an Australian of the Year award recipient.
She was the 2006 recipient of the Young Australian of the Year Award, for her work in Thailand and with Australian youth.
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Former Australian of the year and AC, CBE, Lowitja O'Donoghue also spent a huge portion of her childhood at the Aboriginal mission in Quorn, Colebrook Children's Home.
Tim Flannery, scientist and Australian of the Year 2007, grew up in Sandringham in the 1950s.