Fellowship of the College is the highest honour that the College can bestow.
Fellows
The Fellows of Trinity College are a select group of international community, academic, business and professional leaders. Honorary Fellows are elected by the College Council. Election is for life (see the list below of Former Fellows), or until elevated to the status of Senior Fellow. The number of Fellows is limited to 30 at any one time.
2014 Ms Rowena Armstrong, AO, QC
2010 The Hon. Austin Asche, AC, KStJ, QC
2014 Dr Graeme Blackman, AO
2020 Mr Syd Bone
2009 Mr David Brownbill, AM
2017 Dr Barbara Cargill
2010 Mr Robert Champion de Crespigny, AC
2015 Mr Laurie Cox, AO
2020 Mr Jim Craig
2014 The Rt Revd Andrew Curnow, AM
2020 Ms Sue Dahn
2017 Ms Margot Foster, AM
2020 The Hon Justice David Harper AM
2014 Associate Professor Alison Inglis
2012 Professor Marcia Langton, AM
2015 Professor Peter McPhee, AM
2012 Dr N. Bruce Munro
2017 Adjunct Professor Clare Pullar
2012 Mr Clive Smith
Senior Fellows
Under new provisions of the Constitution adopted on 29 October 2009, the Council may elect to the status of Senior Fellow a person who has been an honorary Fellow of the College for not less than 10 years, and who has played a distinguished part in the life of the College.
2017 Associate Professor Anthony Buzzard (elected Fellow in 1997)
2011 Sir Roderick Carnegie, AC (elected Fellow 1980)
2020 The Most Revd Dr Peter Carnley, AC (elected Fellow in 2001)
2017 Mr Bill Cowan, AM (elected Fellow in 1997)
2017 Mr Rob Clemente (elected Fellow in 1997)
2012 Mr Robert Cripps, AM (elected Fellow 1984)
2020 Professor Derek Denton, AC (elected Fellow 2004)
2021 Mrs Louise Gourlay, OAM (elected Fellow 2009)
2015 The Rt Revd Dr Peter Hollingworth, AC, OBE (elected Fellow 1998)
2021 Dr Michael ‘Taffy’ Jones, AM, PSM (elected Fellow 2009)
2017 Professor Richard Larkins, AC (elected Fellow in 1997)
2020 Dr Susan Lim (elected Fellow 2005)
2020 Ms Fay Marles, AM (elected Fellow 2005)
2010 Professor John Poynter, AO, OBE (elected Fellow 1965)
2020 Professor Richard Smallwood, AO (elected Fellow 2005)
2012 The Hon. Clive Tadgell, AO, QC (elected Fellow 1993)
2015 Dr Mechai Viravaidya, AO (elected Fellow 1997)
2021 Dr Denis White (elected Fellow in 2009)
2015 Mr Richard Woolcott, AC (elected Fellow 1996)
Former Fellows
1980 Dame Margaret Blackwood, DBE (†1986)
1980 Sir John Bunting, KBE (†1995)
1997 The Revd Dr Evan Burge (†2003)
1974 Sir Joseph Burke, KBE (†1992)
2002 Mr W B ‘Barry’ Capp, AM (†2020)
1982 Professor Manning Clark, AC (†1991)
1980 Sir Rupert Clarke, AM, MBE (†2005)
1994 The Rt Revd Robert Dann (†2008)
1980 Professor Peter Dennison (†1989)
2012 Professor C. Ian Donaldson (†2020)
1980 Sir Clive Fitts (†1984)
1992 Mr John Gourlay, AM (†2007)
1980 The Hon Sir Rupert Hamer, AC, KCMG, ED (†2004)
1980 Sir Edmund Herring, KCMG, KBE, DSO, MC, ED, QC (†1982)
1980 Dr John Hueston (†1993)
1984 Dr Peter Jones (†1995)
1998 Miss Valentine Leeper (†2001)
2000 Dame Elisabeth Murdoch, AC, DBE (†2012)
1998 Mr James Perry (†2007)
2012 Dr Roger Riordan, AM (†2019)
1989 Mr Robert Sanderson, DFC (†2008)
1980 The Hon. Sir Reginald Sholl (†1988)
2000 Mr Michael Thwaites, AO (†2005)
1982 Sir Lance Townsend (†1983)
1992 Professor Kevin Westfold (†2001)
1980 The Most Revd Sir Frank Woods, KBE (†1992)
Former Senior Fellows
2011 Mr Alan Cuthbertson (elected Fellow 1980) (†2021)
2010 The Rt Revd James Grant, AM (elected Fellow 1975) (†2019)
2012 Mr James Guest, AM, OBE, VRD (elected Fellow 1984) (†2015)
2012 Sir Brian Inglis, AC (elected Fellow 1990) (†2014)
2012 Mr Brian Loton, AC (elected Fellow 1990) (†2022)
2011 Professor Robin Sharwood, AM (elected Fellow 1980) (†2015)
2011 Professor Alan Shaw, AO (elected Fellow 1980) (†2012)
2020 Ms Diana Smith (elected Fellow 2002) (†2021)