About Sallyanne Atkinson
Sallyanne Atkinson AO is an Australian former politician who served as Lord Mayor of Brisbane from 1985 to 1991 in Queensland, Australia. She is the only woman to have held the position. As of 2017, she was Chairman of the Museum of Brisbane, President of the Council of The Women's College at the University of Queensland and chair of the advisory board of the Queensland Brain Institute at the University of Queensland. In 1993 Ms Atkinson was created an Officer of the Order of Australia for service to local government and the community, and in 2001 she was awarded a Centenary Medal for service to local government and to business. She became the first female Lord Mayor of Brisbane, as well as the first from the Liberal Party. Atkinson was awarded Australian Catholic University's (ACU National) highest honour, Doctor of the University (honoris causa), at the Brisbane Campus graduation ceremony held at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre on 2 April 2004.
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