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Jenny and I had were wonderfully descriptive and I  Dentists now has a total membership of 794.  This is
        now see how we manage so well when Ron is there.   comprised of:
        I think Jenny and I managed to hold our own, but we    •  660 Active Fellows
        missed Ron’s guiding hand.                             •  113 Retired Fellows

                                                               •  11 Honorary Life Fellows (including 2 Masters)
        My  particular  thanks  go  to  Jenny  Ball  for  her
        organisation and stewardship of the occasion, ably     •  10 Honorary Fellows
        supported on the night by John Owen. Kang Kim was  686 Fellows are in  Australia and  91 in  New
        a huge help with IT support and correcting the mis-   Zealand.    Fellows  of  our  Section  have  spread  to
        steps of the President’s fingers on the computer. My   many parts of the globe with Fellows now living in
        wife Bec’s help was also greatly appreciated.  All in   Belgium, Cambodia, Eritrea, Fiji, Hong Kong, Papua
        all, our team rose to the challenge in the absence of   New Guinea, Timor L’Este, Tonga, and  the USA.
        the other Board members.
                                                              78%  of  Section  VIII  Fellows  are  male  and  22%  are
        It was a very special evening for all those fortunate  female.
        enough to be in attendance.
                                                              2021 Queen’s Birthday Honours

        In closing, thank you all again for the opportunity to   2021 produced a bumper crop of ICD Fellows who
        serve you as your President. I look forward to seeing   were recognised on the Queen’s Birthday Honours
        many  of  you  at  the  ICD  events  in  New  Zealand  in   List.  Six Fellows received well-deserved recognition
        2022 and in Sydney in 2023.                           for  their  outstanding  contributions  to  dentistry
                                                              and to the community – Ramesh Balasubramaniam
        Rick Sawers AM                                        OAM  (WA),  Mark  Bartold  AO  (SA),  John  Coolican
        President, Section VIII                               AM  (NSW),  Geoff  Knight  AM  (VIC),  Jan  Owen  AM
                                                              (WA) and Kaye Roberts-Thomson OAM (SA).  Please

                    Registrar’s Report                        join  the  Board  in  congratulating  these  Fellows

                      November 2021                           for  the  honours they  have  been duly  awarded.
                                                                •  Assoc. Prof. Ramesh BALASUBRAMANIAMOAM,
                                                                  for service to dentistry.

                                                                •  Professor  Peter  Mark  BARTOLD  AO, for
                                                                  distinguished service to dentistry, to periodontal
                                                                  research  and  education  and  to  professional
                                                                  dental organisations.

                                                                •  Dr John Edward COOLICAN AM, for significant
                                                                  service to dentistry in the field of orthodontics
                                                                  and to rugby union.

                                                                •  Dr  Geoffrey  Macdonald  KNIGHT  AM,  for
                                                                  significant  service  to  professional  dental
                                                                  associations and to the community.

                       Registrar Petrina Bowden                 •  Mrs  Janette  Mary  OWEN  AM,  for  significant
                                                                  service to the Indigenous community through
        Congratulations to the 30 new Fellows inducted at         dental health initiatives.
        the centenary induction ceremony in Perth at the end    •  Dr Kaye Frances ROBERTS-THOMSON OAM, for
        of October.  Like the other Board members, I regret       service to dentistry and to the community.
        that border restrictions precluded my attendance at
        this special ICD event.                               Vale Fellows
                                                              Since the previous Registrar’s report in the May
        Membership Statistics                                 newsletter,  the  Board  has  been  notified  of  the
        Including  the  new  Fellows  inducted in  Perth, the   passing  of  five  Section  VIII  Fellows:  Peter  Barnard
        Australasia Section  of the  International  College of   OAM  (NSW),  Rob  Butler  (VIC),  David  Keys  (QLD),

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