To commemorate the 50th Henry Lawson Festival of Arts in 2007, plaques honouring each official guest were laid in the Main Street footpaths. The plaques are randomly placed on both sides of the street. The first plaque is on the corner of the Mid Western Highway and Main Street and the remainder are placed as per the adjoining map. Download the attached pamphlet for the guest’s names and the year they attended the festival.
Plaque Locations
The first plaque is on the corner of the Mid Western Highway and Main Street and the remainder are placed as per the adjoining map.
Past Official Guests | ||
| 2019 | Inga Simpson – Author | |
| 2018 | Alison Bell – Stage, Film and Television Actress / Writer | |
| 2017 | Tara Moss – Author, Journalist, Documentary Presenter | |
| 2016 | Vanessa Grimm – News Presenter | |
| 2015 | Roy Billing – Actor and Writer | |
| 2014 | Mark Grentell – Director/Writer/Producer | |
| 2013 | Chris Coleman – Broadcaster | |
| 2012 | Dick Smith – Entrepreneur | |
| 2011 | Gregory Bryan – Historian | |
| 2010 | Juliettre Palmer-Frederick – Author | |
| 2009 | Max Cullen – Actor | |
| 2008 | Sandy Fussell – Author | |
| 2007 | Hon Ian Armstrong OBE – National Party | |
| 2006 | David Foster OAM – Wood Chopper | |
| 2005 | Don McAlpine – Cinematographer | |
| 2004 | Her Exec. Prof Marie Bashir AC – NSW Governor | |
| 2003 | Alan Jones AO – Broadcaster | |
| 2002 | Jan O’Neill (Lehane) – Tennis Star | |
| 2001 | Colin Buchanan – Country Singer | |
| 2000 | Peter Bensley – Actor | |
| 1999 | Judy Nunn – Actor | |
| 1998 | Paula Duncan AM – Actor | |
| 1997 | Garry McDonald AO – Actor | |
| 1996 | DrHilarie Lindsay OAM – Author | |
| 1995 | Carol Willis – Camp Quality | |
| 1994 | Geoff Lawson OAM – Cricketer | |
| 1993 | Alan Moir – Cartoonist | |
| 1992 | Leon Becker AM – Broadcaster | |
| 1991 | Mike Hayes – Journalist | |
| 1990 | Briget Goodwin – Film Maker | |
| 1989 | Eric Rolls AM – Author | |
| 1988 | Slim Dusty – Country Music Singer | |
| 1987 | Di Morrissey – Author | |
| 1986 | Thomas Keneally AO – Author | |
| 1985 | Peter Lawson – Artist | |
| 1984 | James Dibble AM – ABC News Reader | |
| 1983 | Jennifer Murphy – Actor | |
| 1982 | Peter Summer – Actor | |
| 1981 | Malcolm Thompson – Actor | |
| 1980 | Leonard Teale – Actor | |
| 1979 | Steve Liebmann – Television Presenter | |
| 1978 | Lorraine Bayly – Actor | |
| 1977 | Clive Evatt QC – Labor Party | |
| 1976 | Ted Roberts – Author | |
| 1975 | John St Vincent Welch – Past Festival President | |
| 1974 | Patrick White – Author | |
| 1973 | Dr Hilarie Lindsay OAM – Author | |
| 1972 | Hon George Freudenstein MLA – NSW Country Party | |
| 1971 | Harold Goodwin – Founder of the Henry Lawson Festival | |
| 1970 | Chuck Faulkner – Actor | |
| 1969 | Leonard Teale – Actor | |
| 1968 | Bill Peach – Television Personality | |
| 1967 | Bertha Jago (Lawson) – Daughter of Henry Lawson | |
| 1966 | Michael Sawtell – Author | |
| 1965 | Neil Hutchison – ABC Television | |
| 1964 | John Thompson – ABC Broadcaster | |
| 1963 | Ald Harold Jensen – Lord Mayor of Sydney | |
| 1962 | Eric Baume – Journalist | |
| 1961 | Sir Eric Woodward KCVO – NSW Governor | |
| 1960 | Olav Nordland – Norwegian Consul | |
| 1959 | Hon Ray S Maher MLA – Labor NSW | |
| 1958 | Prof Colin Roderick CBE – Author | |
Walk of Fame Brochures
Click here – to download the Walk of Fame Brochure
Click here – to download the Walk of Fame ‘Guest Profiles’ booklet
