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- Bernie Harris - 2004
- Morelle Hazlitt - 2006
- Lesley Dankbaar - 2009
- Errol Carter - 2009
- Trevor Fowler - 2009
- Kath Jones - 2009
- Polly Templeton - 2009
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1994 - Earle RAWLINGS (Queensland) Hall of Fame Award
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It was while working for the Queensland Treasury Department in 1949 and studying for his accounting degree at Queensland University that Earle Rawlings’ future became clear. The Under-Treasurer’s son was a court reporter and encouraged Earle to study high-speed Pitman shorthand. It was a logical choice for Earle because he had already reached 100wpm in high school. After six months of service in the Air Force National Service, he buckled down to increase his Pitman speed, graduating in 1954. He was appointed Queensland’s Chief Court Reporter in 1974, the youngest person to hold that position.
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1995 - Allan GREEN (Australian Capital Territory) Hall of Fame Award
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Allan Green was born in1924 in western Sydney, NSW. In 1940, as a means of finding employment, Allan learned typing (60wpm) and Pitman shorthand (120wpm). He was then employed as copy-boy at the Daily Telegraph newspaper in Sydney and then as secretary to the manager of heavy industrial and war equipment factory (both jobs thanks to his typing and shorthand ability).
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1996 - Stan KELLY (Victoria) Hall of Fame Award
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In 1948 Stan Kelly worked in the Office of the Public Trustee and the Titles Office, Melbourne. In 1949, he was appointed the Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages and began studying Pitman shorthand at Zercho’s Business College, passing the 130wpm test.
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1997 - Stan PARR (South Australia) Hall of Fame Award
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I joined the South Australian Public Service on 30 March 1937 as a Temporary Junior Clerk with the Department of Industry; however, shortly thereafter came the call of King and country and I joined the RAAF, where I trained and qualified as an air navigator. With the return of peace, I left the Air Force and, in 1947, I began my long association with reporting by becoming Clerk and Assistant Reporter in the South Australian Industrial Commission. In 1949, I transferred to the Department of Government Reporting as Acting Reporter and, during this period, as a part-time student, I gained a Bachelor of Economics at the University of Adelaide.
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1998 - Bob WORSLEY (South Australia) Hall of Fame Award
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Bob Worsley joined the New South Wales State Court Reporting Branch as a court reporter in 1954, reporting all tribunals from the District Court through to the New South Wales Court of Appeal.
In 1975 he took up employment with the Commonwealth Reporting Service, transferring to Adelaide and reporting all Federal tribunals up to and including the High Court of Australia.
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2001 - Tom COOPER (New South Wales) Hall of Fame Award
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Tom Cooper retired in 1987 as Chief Editor of Debates, NSW Hansard after a career which started in 1943 when he learnt shorthand and typing as a Junior Clerk at the New South Wales Railways. He became a court reporter with the NSW Attorney General's Department in 1952 then moved to the Commonwealth Attorney General's Department in 1955.
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2002 - Michael VAUGHAN (South Australia) Hall of Fame Award
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2002 - Des MILNE (South Australia) Hall of Fame Award
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Des Milne retired in 1999 at the age of 56 after a long career in court reporting. Des was born on 25 December 1943 and has always lived in South Australia.
After learning Pitman shorthand and typing at Adelaide Technical College, Des began a career in court reporting when he was first appointed to the law courts in 1964 at the age of 23. From there followed a distinguished career, both as a reporter and in management, where he always fought for the best for reporters.
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2003 - Bev WALSHE (Victoria) Distinguished Services Award
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1955: At the age of 15, Bev Walshe commenced work with the Commonwealth Bank in Martin Place, Sydney and attended night classes to learn shorthand and typing.
1959: While working as a secretary Bev’s manager helped her obtain training on a new type of shorthand known as Stenotypy. A friend of his had just returned from America and was prepared to teach it to her. The course required Bev to buy a text book of 20 lessons divided into A and B segments, a set of 45 inch records, a small ‘reader’ in Stenotypy and a Steno machine, which she hired with the right to purchase outright.
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2004 - Bernie HARRIS (Australian Capital Territory) Hall of Fame Award
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Bernie was born in Brisbane, Queensland, in 1942 and attended Buranda Boys' for his primary schooling and Cavendish Road High for his secondary education. Taking a commercial course at Cavendish Road, he was trained in shorthand, typing and bookkeeping. He entered the Queensland Public Service in December 1958 and was appointed as a trainee reporter at the State Reporting Bureau at Parliament House in Brisbane in 1959. He was promoted as a Reporter Division III, in the same year and worked as a court reporter in the criminal and civil court jurisdictions, as well as working on a variety of royal commissions and commissions of inquiry, travelling widely throughout the State.
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2006 - Morelle HAZLITT (New South Wales) Hall of Fame Award
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In the late 1970s Morelle commenced her court reporting career with the New South Wales Reporting Services Branch (formerly Court Reporting Branch). She was one of the first machine shorthand writers in New South Wales courts.
Prior to working as a court reporter Morelle was employed as Assistant to the State Registrar, Institute of Chartered Accountants, which held a number of subcommittee meetings per month.
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Key: TBC - to be confirmed.
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