2003 Queensland Greats recipients
The Queensland Greats honoured in 2003 were:
- Professor Peter Doherty AC
- David Malouf AO
- Angelo Puglisi
- Dr Evelyn Scott AO
- Reginald Murray (R.M.) Williams AO CMG.
Professor Peter Doherty AC
Professor Peter Doherty completed a degree in Veterinary Science at The University of Queensland and worked as a veterinary officer with the former Department of Primary Industries. He completed a PhD in pathology at the University of Edinburgh Medical School in Scotland. At the John Curtin School of Medical Research, Canberra, Professor Doherty worked on the nature of the cellular immune defence. For this work, Professor Doherty was jointly awarded the 1996 Nobel Prize for Physiology and Medicine. He also worked for many years at St Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee and the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Melbourne. He is a passionate advocate for biomedical research, science and public education.
David Malouf AO
David Malouf is internationally recognised as one of the world's finest and most versatile contemporary writers. Since his first collection of poetry in 1962, he has published novels, short stories, collections of poetry, opera libretti and a play. His novels include Johnno, An Imaginary Life and The Great World which won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize and the Prix Femina Estranger in 1991. Remembering Babylon was shortlisted for the 1993 Booker Prize and was awarded the inaugural international IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. Antipodes, a collection of stories, won the Queensland and Victorian Premier's Literary Award and the Vance Palmer Award for Fiction. David delivered the prestigious Boyer Lectures in 1998 for the ABC.
Angelo Puglisi
Often called the "Godfather" of the Queensland wine industry, Angelo Puglisi is one of Australia’s most respected vignerons. He oversees most of the operations of the Ballandean Estate and is ultimately responsible for all vineyard processes. Angelo is a former Churchill Fellowship Scholar who undertook training in winemaking and grape growing in Europe as part of the Churchill Scholarship. In 2002, Angelo was personally recognised by the Queensland Wine Industry. The Australia Day Council bestowed the Award for Services to the Community and the Australian Wine Industry to Angelo in 1999, in the same year he was honoured with the Yellow Pages Directions Award for contribution to the wine tourism industry.
Dr Evelyn Scott AO
Dr Evelyn Scott had a long and distinguished involvement with the Indigenous community, spanning over 30 years, which saw her campaigning for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander rights at both state and national levels. She has played a key role in establishing Aboriginal legal services, housing societies and medical services throughout Queensland.
