The first plaque is on the corner of the Mid Western Highway and Main Street and the remainder are placed as per the adjoining map. Consult the list for the guest’s names and the year they attended the festival. Further information on each guest is available by downloading the Guest Profiles Brochure.
Year Official Guest Plaque
1958 Prof Colin Roderick CBE- Author 34
1959 Hon Ray S Maher LBA - Labor NSW 19
1960 Olav Nordland - Norwegian Consul 13
1961 Sir Eric Woodward KCVO - NSW Govenor 7
1962 Eric Baume - Journalist 10
1963 Ald Harold Jensen - Lord Mayor of Sydney 22
1964 John Thompson - ABC Broadcaster 26
1965 Neil Hutchison - ABC Television 12
1966 Michael Sawtell - Author 17
1967 Bertha Jago (Lawson) - Daughter of Henry Lawson 38
1968 Bill Peach - Television personality 24
1969 Leonard Teale - Actor 35
1970 Chuck Faulkner - Actor 45
1971 Harold Goodwin - Founder of Henry Lawson Festival 3
1972 Hon George Freudenstein MLA - NSW Country Party 42
1973 Dr Hilarie Lindsay OAM - Author 20
1974 Patrick White - Author 46
1975 John St Vincent Welch - Past President Henry Lawson Festival 4
1976 Ted Roberts - Author 1
1977 Clive Evatt QC - Labor Party 36
1978 Lorriane Bayly - Actor 29
1979 Steve Liebmann - Television Presenter 39
1980 Leonard Teale - Actor 15
1981 Malcolm Thompson - Actor 41
1982 Peter Summer - Actor 44
1983 Jennifer Murphy - Actor 9
1984 James Dibble AM - ABC news reader 2
1985 Peter Lawson - Artist 47
1986 Thomas Keneally AO - Author 33
1987 Di Morrissey - Author 16
1988 Slim Dusty AO - Country music singer 25
1989 Eric Rolls AM - Author 21
1990 Briget Goodwin - Film maker 40
1991 Mike Hayes - Journalist 30
1992 Leon Becker AM - Broadcaster 26
1993 Alan Moir - Cartoonist 23
1994 Geoff Lawson OAM - Cricketer 48
1995 Carol Willis - Camp Quality 18
1996 Dr Hilarie Lindsay OAM - Author 5
1997 Garry McDonald AO - Actor 11
1998 Paula Duncan AM - Actor 28
1999 Judy Nunn - Actor 6
2000 Peter Bensley - Actor 45
2001 Colin Buchanan - Country music singer 14
2002 Jan O'Neill (Lehane) - Tennis Star 27
2003 Alan Jones AO - Broadcaster 37
2004 Her Exec. Prof Marie Bashir AC - NSW Governer 8
2005 Don McAlphine - Cinematographer 43
2006 David Foster OAM - Wood chopper 32
2007 Hon Ian Armstrong OBE - National Party 31
2008 Sandy Fussell - Author 43