The Board & Selection Process
The current board of directors comprise five like-minded persons with the common goal of establishing the Australian Hall of Fame. The board will be expanded to include representatives of sponsors, past inductees, and donors.
There will be a panel of 100 to scrutinise and to vote on all nominations. To secure induction into the Hall of Fame a nominee much achieve a minimum of 75 votes from the panel. Living inductees will be invited to serve on the panel.
Merit will be the only selection criteria. There will be no quotas and the process will be free of politics.
Prerequisites for Selection
Those whose efforts have helped define who we are as a people and how
Australia is perceived as a country.
Trailblazers. Those stepping into the unknown or doing something for the first time.
Those who left a legacy for others to admire or benefit from.
Those who inspired us.
Can be living or dead
Must be recognised as Australian but not necessarily born in Australia.
There are many hurdles. Why should someone in public office or on the sporting field be any more worthy than a private quiet achiever with a dream?
How does a rock star rank above an unknown soldier about to go over the top with his heart hammering in fear and his head thinking of home? What setback does history play when judging someone's efforts 150 years ago compared with the luxury of living in the modern era?
During his 2009 Presidential Inaugural address, Barack Obama famously said: "Greatness is never a given. It must be earned."
On January 26, 1788, Captain Arthur Phillip sailed into Sydney Cove.
Boats groaning with convicts were unloaded onto a land that was already home to the Aboriginal people. In those moments, the story of Australia was about to unfold.
And over the past 232 years some exceptional Australians have helped steer us towards where we are now as a country and how we see ourselves as a people.
The serving Prime Minister of Australia will be invited to become Patron during his or her term of office.