Egan, Ted

Ted Egan was named Territorian of the Year and three years later, was appointed Administrator (the Queen’s representative) of the Northern Territory, an office he held for the next five years. In 2004, he was made an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for ‘contributions to the literary heritage of Australia through song and verse’, and was recently listed as one of Australia's National Living Treasures by the National Trust of Australia.;