James (Jim) Sinclair CSM OBE D.Litt, passed away in Queensland’s Sunshine Coast on 9 October 2017. Jim Sinclair was awarded the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1992, an honorary doctorate from the Australian National University in 1999 and a Companion in the Order of the Star of Melanesia in … [Read more...]
Dr Hugh Gallagher
Vale Dr Hugh Gallagher OAS is sad to announce the passing of another of its founding members who remained with us until the last, Dr Hugh Gallagher, 29.09.1929 – 12.09.2017. Hugh was OAS Member Number 153. Hugh was an avid collector of Oceanic Art with a fine eye for excellence. He donated … [Read more...]
David Tribe
Vale David Tribe OAS mourns the loss of one of its founding and staunchest members, David Tribe, OAS Member number 66, who passed away in Sydney 30 May 2017 aged 85. In 1960s London, he enjoyed a varied career, creatively, as an intellectual, and as a secular activist. David returned to Sydney in … [Read more...]
Senta Taft Hendry
28 January 1924 – 6 December 2014 Last December saw the passing of tribal art collector and adventurer, Senta Taft-Hendry. At 85 years of age she was easily Australia’s oldest commercial pilot – yet she could possibly have been 90. Having arrived in Australia as a teenager without a passport … [Read more...]
