Government House
CANBERRA ACT 2600
10 April 2019
The Governor-General is pleased to announce the following honorary appointment within the General Division of the Order of Australia:
ORDER OF AUSTRALIA
Honorary Officer (AO) in the General Division
Ms Margaret Humphreys CBE OAM,
C/- Child Migrants Trust, 169 Riversdale Road, Hawthorn VIC 3122
For distinguished service to the community, particularly to former child migrants.
By His Excellency’s Command
Paul Singer MVO
Official Secretary to the Governor-General
APPOINTED AN HONORARY OFFICER (AO)
IN THE GENERAL DIVISION OF THE ORDER OF AUSTRALIA
Ms Margaret Humphreys CBE OAM
C/- Child Migrants Trust, 169 Riversdale Road, Hawthorn VIC 3122
For distinguished service to the community, particularly to former child migrants.
Ms Humphreys received her OAM in 1993, and since that time she has continued her tireless advocacy and social work practice with former child migrants, changing hundreds of lives for the better. In 1987 she founded the Child Migrants Trust and has been its International Director for more than 30 years. Her dedication and life changing work has helped more than 2000 former child migrants to reclaim their families and identities after decades of separation. Ms Humphreys’ work has ranged from painstaking research of births, deaths and marriages, to a social work practice with former child migrants, and pioneering work to develop a therapeutic service.
In addition, through her campaigning and advocacy for social justice in Australia and the United Kingdom, she has played a significant role in bringing about two major apologies (2009 and 2010) and three national inquiries relating to child migration (1998, 2001 and 2017).
On the basis of the outstanding contributions she has made over more than 30 years in providing services to former child migrants and steadfastly advocating for them at the highest levels of Government, in both Australia and the United Kingdom, her distinguished service warrants recognition at Officer level.
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