Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. On the grounds of Government House is a pine tree Dame Marie Bashir planted as a seed, now grown many metres tall. She points to an ...

It is a measure of Dame Marie Bashir's successful governorship that although no group owned her, lots of groups, and people, felt she belonged to them.

The Governor of New South Wales, Marie Bashir, has been appointed a Dame of the Order of Australia as part of the Queen's Birthday honours. More than 700 Australians have been recognised in the ...