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Timothy Vincent Fairfax is an Australian philanthropist, Pastoral farming and a member of the Fairfax family. He leads a charitable foundation called the Tim Fairfax Family Foundation, created in 2008.
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. Our board and team: Tim Fairfax AC - Patron , 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. Our Mission & Vision , Tim Fairfax Family Foundation website. Accessed 5 March 2018.
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 Tim Fairfax: how I beat the black dog , Queensland Country Life, 24 June 2014. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
In 2012, he was appointed chancellor of the Queensland University of Technology, QUT's new Chancellor Tim Fairfax a leader in many fields , QUT News, Queensland University of Technology, 27 August 2012. Retrieved 5 March 2018. serving until 2019. 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 Media dynasty's Tim Fairfax leads arts push for philanthropy dollars , 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 Qld Rich List 2013: Tim and Gina Fairfax , 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 QCWA's first leader a visionary , Queensland Times, 21 October 2017. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
In the 2014 Australia Day Honours Fairfax was appointed a Companion of the Order of Australia. 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. 2016 National finalists announced , Australian of the Year Awards website, 24 November 2015. Accessed 5 March 2018. Tim Fairfax: 2016 Senior Australian of the Year (Queensland) , Australian of the Year Honour Roll, Australian of the Year website. Accessed 5 March 2018.
Honours
Fairfax received the Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Leadership Award in 2011. He was named as a Queensland Great in 2013. 2013 Recipients: Tim Fairfax , Queensland Greats Awards, Queensland Government website. Accessed 5 March 2018.
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