Tim Fairfax
{{Short description|Australian philanthropist}}
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| birth_name = Timothy Vincent Fairfax
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| occupation = Philanthropist and pastoralist
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| spouse = Gina Fairfax
| children = 4
| parents = {{unbulleted list|Sir Vincent Charles Fairfax|Lady Nancy Fairfax}}
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| office = Chancellor of the Queensland University of Technology
| term = 8 September 2012{{spaced endash}}31 December 2019
| predecessor = Peter Arnison
| successor = Xiaoling Liu
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Timothy Vincent Fairfax {{post-nominals|country=AUS|AC}} is an Australian philanthropist, pastoralist and a member of the Fairfax family. He leads a charitable foundation called the Tim Fairfax Family Foundation, created in 2008.
Biography
Throughout his life, Fairfax has served in a variety of roles within a large number of organisations.[http://www.frrr.org.au/cb_pages/tim_fairfax.php Tim Fairfax AC] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180514052241/https://www.frrr.org.au/cb_pages/tim_fairfax.php |date=14 May 2018 }}, Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal website. Accessed 5 March 2018. This includes serving as president of the Queensland Art Gallery Foundation, deputy chairman of the National Gallery of Australia, director of the Foundation of Rural and Regional Renewal (FRRR), council member of Australia Philanthropic Services, chairman of the Salvation Army Advisory Board, deputy chancellor of the University of the Sunshine Coast and chairman of the University of the Sunshine Coast Foundation.[http://australianphilanthropicservices.com.au/tim-fairfax Timothy Fairfax AC] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180310012511/http://australianphilanthropicservices.com.au/tim-fairfax |date=10 March 2018 }}, Australian Philanthropic Services website. Accessed 5 March 2018.[https://www.qut.edu.au/about/contact/groups/chancellery/office-of-the-chancellor Tim Fairfax] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180514052218/https://www.qut.edu.au/about/contact/groups/chancellery/office-of-the-chancellor |date=14 May 2018 }}, Chancellery: Office of the Chancellor, Queensland University of Technology website. Accessed 5 March 2018.
He is a director of a number of other companies, including JH Fairfax & Son which owns agricultural properties throughout Queensland and New South Wales. He is also a patron of AMA Queensland.[https://www.amaqfoundation.com.au/page/About/Our_board_and_team/Mr_Tim_Fairfax Our board and team: Tim Fairfax AC - Patron] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180313132057/https://www.amaqfoundation.com.au/page/About/Our_board_and_team/Mr_Tim_Fairfax/ |date=13 March 2018 }}, Australian Medical Association (Queensland) website. Accessed 5 March 2018.
In 2008, Fairfax founded the Tim Fairfax Family Foundation in a bid to support people in rural and remote communities throughout Queensland and the Northern Territory.[http://www.tfff.org.au/our-mission-vision Our Mission & Vision] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180313133938/http://www.tfff.org.au/our-mission-vision/ |date=13 March 2018 }}, Tim Fairfax Family Foundation website. Accessed 5 March 2018.{{cite web | title=Founder & Trustees | website=Tim Fairfax Family Foundation | url=https://www.tfff.org.au/founder-and-trustees/ | access-date=2 November 2022}}
Fairfax revealed in 2014 that he believes he suffered from undiagnosed mental health issues in the early 1970s during a downturn in the cattle market and was using that experience to encourage people in remote areas to access funding, made available by his foundation for a program run by the FRRR, to help their mental wellbeing during difficult times.Phelps, Mark [http://www.queenslandcountrylife.com.au/story/3573437/tim-fairfax-how-i-beat-the-black-dog Tim Fairfax: how I beat the black dog] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180105105206/http://www.queenslandcountrylife.com.au/story/3573437/tim-fairfax-how-i-beat-the-black-dog/ |date=5 January 2018 }}, Queensland Country Life, 24 June 2014. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
In 2012, he was appointed chancellor of the Queensland University of Technology,[https://www.qut.edu.au/news?news-id=50683 QUT's new Chancellor Tim Fairfax a leader in many fields] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180514052218/https://www.qut.edu.au/news?news-id=50683 |date=14 May 2018 }}, QUT News, Queensland University of Technology, 27 August 2012. Retrieved 5 March 2018. serving until 2019.[https://www.qut.edu.au/news?id=152828 QUT’s new Chancellor an outstanding technology leader], QUT News, Queensland University of Technology, 10 October 2019. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
In 2017 he spoke at the second annual Queensland Philanthropy Showcase, encouraging arts philanthropy.Corbett, Bryce [http://www.afr.com/news/media-dynastys-tim-fairfax-leads-arts-push-for-philanthropy-dollars-20170629-gx14n0 Media dynasty's Tim Fairfax leads arts push for philanthropy dollars] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180309055743/http://www.afr.com/news/media-dynastys-tim-fairfax-leads-arts-push-for-philanthropy-dollars-20170629-gx14n0 |date=9 March 2018 }}, Australian Financial Review, 30 June 2017. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
As a fifth generation member of the Fairfax family, Fairfax is a great-great-grandson of John Fairfax, and until 2008 was a shareholder in Fairfax Media.Passmore, Daryl [http://www.couriermail.com.au/business/rich-list/tim-and-gina-fairfax/news-story/b8d3da21c7904bf04fc2be7209c42800 Qld Rich List 2013: Tim and Gina Fairfax] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171020215523/http://www.couriermail.com.au/business/rich-list/tim-and-gina-fairfax/news-story/b8d3da21c7904bf04fc2be7209c42800 |date=20 October 2017 }}, The Courier-Mail, 25 August 2013. Retrieved 5 March 2018. His grandmother was Ruth Fairfax, the inaugural president of the Queensland Country Women's Association.Martell, Ally [https://www.qt.com.au/news/qcwas-first-leader-a-visionary/3244622 QCWA's first leader a visionary] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180419053536/https://www.qt.com.au/news/qcwas-first-leader-a-visionary/3244622/ |date=19 April 2018 }}, Queensland Times, 21 October 2017. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
Honours
Fairfax received the Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Leadership Award in 2011. He was named as a Queensland Great in 2013.[https://www.qld.gov.au/about/events-awards-honours/awards/qld-greats-awards/2013-recipients#_fairfax 2013 Recipients: Tim Fairfax] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180416013130/https://www.qld.gov.au/about/events-awards-honours/awards/qld-greats-awards/2013-recipients#_fairfax |date=16 April 2018 }}, Queensland Greats Awards, Queensland Government website. Accessed 5 March 2018.
In the 2014 Australia Day Honours Fairfax was appointed a Companion of the Order of Australia.[https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/national/australia-day-honours-list-2014-in-full/news-story/aa4c0e548dce3872f8aad25d965a8936 Australia Day honours list 2014: in full], The Sunday Telegraph, 27 January 2014. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
He was a national finalist in the Senior Australian of the Year category at the 2016 Australian of the Year awards but lost to Professor Gordian Fulde.[https://www.australianoftheyear.org.au/news-and-media/tour-of-honour-2013/news-and-media/news/article/?id=2016-national-finalists-announced 2016 National finalists announced] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180313084136/https://www.australianoftheyear.org.au/news-and-media/tour-of-honour-2013/news-and-media/news/article/?id=2016-national-finalists-announced |date=13 March 2018 }}, Australian of the Year Awards website, 24 November 2015. Accessed 5 March 2018.[https://www.australianoftheyear.org.au/alumni/connect/tim-fairfax Tim Fairfax: 2016 Senior Australian of the Year (Queensland)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170319183715/https://www.australianoftheyear.org.au/alumni/connect/tim-fairfax/ |date=19 March 2017 }}, Australian of the Year Honour Roll, Australian of the Year website. Accessed 5 March 2018.
References
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External links
- {{official|https://www.tfff.org.au/|Tim Fairfax Family Foundation}}
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Category:Australian philanthropists
Category:Companions of the Order of Australia
Category:Chancellors of the Queensland University of Technology