BOB HAWKE IN THE EYE OF HISTORY

Honours[edit]

Orders

·          1979: Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) "For service to trade unionism and industrial relations" as President of the ACTU;^[103]

Foreign honours

·          1989: Knight Grand Cordon of the Order of the White Elephant.^[104]

·          2008 Grand Companion of the Order of Logohu, Papua New Guinean Prime Minister Sir Michael Somare informed Hawke that he was being honoured for his "support for Papua New Guinea ... from the time you assisted us in the development of our trade union movement, and basic workplace conditions, to the strong support you gave us during your term as Prime Minister of Australia".^[105]

·          2012 Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun.^[106]

Awards[edit]

·          August 2009: Australian Labor Party Life membership, Bob Hawke became only the third person to be awarded life membership of the Australian Labor Party, after Gough and Margaret Whitlam. During the conferration, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd referred to Hawke as "the heart and soul of the Labor Party".^[107]

·          March 2014: University of Western Australia Student Guild Life membership.^[108]

Fellowships

·          University College, Oxford^[109]

Honorary degrees

·          Nanjing University, Honorary doctorate^[109][110]

·          University of Oxford, Honorary Doctor of Civil Law^[111]

·          Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Honorary doctorate^[109][112]

·          Rikkyo University, Honorary Doctor of Humanities^[109]

·          Macquarie University, Honorary Doctor of Letters^[109][113]

·          University of New South Wales, Honorary doctorate^[109][112]

·          University of South Australia, Honorary doctorate^[109][112]

·          University of Western Australia, Honorary Doctor of Letters^[109][112]

·          Sydney University, Honorary Doctor of Letters^[106]

Other[edit]

·          University of South Australia, Bob Hawke Prime Ministerial Library^{[112][114][115]}

Film[edit]

A biographical television film, Hawke, premiered on the Ten Network in Australia on 18 July 2010, with Richard Roxburgh playing the title character. Rachael Blake and Felix Williamson portrayed Hazel Hawke and Paul Keating respectively.^[116][117]

See also[edit]

·         Australia portal

·         South Australia portal

·         Victoria portal

·         Organized Labour portal

·         Biography portal

·         Politics portal

·         University of Oxford portal

·         Beer portal

·         Hawke Government

·         Hawke–Keating Government

·         First Hawke Ministry

·         Second Hawke Ministry

·         Third Hawke Ministry

·         Fourth Hawke Ministry

·         Australian Labor Party leadership spill, June 1991

·         Australian Labor Party leadership spill, December 1991

·         Prices and Incomes Accord