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  • Prof. Colin Tatz Honoured at ANC Annual Banquet

    15 November, 2008

    PRESS RELEASE
    Armenian National Committee of Australia
    259 Penshurst Street, Willoughby NSW 2068
    PO Box 768, Willoughby NSW 2068
    T: (02) 9419 8264 | F: (02) 9411 8898
    E: [email protected] | W: www.anc.org.au


    {CONTACT: Haig Kayserian (Communications Officer) ~ 0403 317 903 ~
    [email protected]}


    PROF. COLIN TATZ HONOURED AT ANC ANNUAL BANQUET

    SYDNEY: The Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC Australia) has
    awarded the 2008 Friend of the Armenian-Australian Community Award to
    political scholar and genocide recognition activist, Professor Colin Tatz at
    its Annual Banquet.

    Over 250 guests attended ANC Australia's premier event on Friday evening at
    Dee Why RSL's Gallery Room, and applauded Prof. Tatz as he accepted the
    prestigious award.

    "I feel like more than a 'friend' to the Armenian-Australian community, you
    are more like family," he said after being handed the award by ANC Australia
    President, Mr. Varant Meguerditchian.

    Prof. Tatz, who has recently helped uncover archives highlighting Australian
    relief efforts during the Armenian Genocide, told the audience his hope was
    that major governments including the United States of America and Australia
    will see past political lines and enter a period where humanity and human
    rights takes preference.

    Prof. Tatz was born and educated in South Africa. At the University of Natal
    he completed his BA (Law), BA (Hons) and MA (Hons) in political science. He
    came to Australia in 1961, and in 1964, he was awarded his PhD from the
    Australian National University, for work on the policies and practices of
    Aboriginal administration in the Northern Territory and Queensland. In 1982
    he took the chair of politics at Macquarie University, Sydney, from which he
    retired on 9 July 1999.

    Prof. Tatz is a Founding Director of the Australian Institute for Holocaust
    and Genocide Studies at the Shalom Institute, University of New South Wales.
    In 1997 he was made an Officer of the Order of Australia and was awarded an
    honorary Doctor of Laws degree by Natal University.

    Prof. Tatz joins Peter Collins, Bob Carr, Joe Hockey and John Watkins on the
    Friend of the Armenian-Australian Community Award honour roll.

    Mr. Meguerditchian said: "We congratulate Prof. Tatz. He has been
    instrumental in the advancement of the Armenian cause in Australia, and our
    community's distinguished partnership with him is deserving of this and many
    honours."

    The ANC Australia - Melbourne Chapter award was won by Victorian Scholar Dr.
    Paul Bartrop on Tuesday.

    The past week has been dubbed ANC Australia Advocacy Week, and has been
    headlined by ANC America board member and long-time community activist, Mr.
    Raffi Hamparian.

    Mr. Hamparian has joined ANC Australia in meetings with over 40 legislators
    in Canberra, Sydney and Melbourne in a highly successful awareness effort
    highlighting issues of concern to Armenians and Armenian-Australians.

    The delegation's trip to Canberra resulted in West Australian Senator Chris
    Ellison's call, in the national Senate, for Australia to recognise the
    Armenian Genocide. This address was three weeks after the Hon. Joe Hockey
    did likewise in the Australian Parliament's House of Representatives.

    Mr. Hamparian addressed the ANC Australia Annual Banquet on Friday,
    delivering an inspiring speech which called on the community to lead the
    peak public affairs body in their fight to bring justice to the Armenian
    cause.

    The Armenian National Committee of Australia is the peak public affairs body
    of the Armenian-Australian community. ANC Australia advances the concerns of
    the Armenian-Australian community.
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