Timothy Vincent Fairfax is an Australian philanthropist, pastoralist and a member of the

Fairfax family Members of the Fairfax Family were prominent as Australian media proprietors, especially in the area of newspaper publishing through the company John Fairfax and Sons (later known as Fairfax Media, although the Fairfax family no longe ...

. He leads a charitable foundation called the Tim Fairfax Family Foundation, created in 2008.

Biography

Throughout his life, Fairfax has served in a variety of roles within a large number of organisations.Tim Fairfax AC
, Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal website. Accessed 5 March 2018. This includes serving as president of the

Queensland Art Gallery The Queensland Art Gallery (QAG) is an art museum located in South Bank, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The gallery is part of QAGOMA. It complements the Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA) building, situated only away. The Queensland Art Galler ...

Foundation, deputy chairman of the

National Gallery of Australia The National Gallery of Australia (NGA), formerly the Australian National Gallery, is the national art museum of Australia as well as one of the largest art museums in Australia, holding more than 166,000 works of art. Located in Canberra in th ...

, director of the Foundation of Rural and Regional Renewal (FRRR), council member of Australia Philanthropic Services, chairman of the Salvation Army Advisory Board, deputy chancellor of the

University of the Sunshine Coast The University of the Sunshine Coast (UniSC) is a public university based on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia. After opening with 524 students in 1996 as the Sunshine Coast University College, it was later renamed the University of the ...

and chairman of the University of the Sunshine Coast Foundation.Timothy Fairfax AC
, Australian Philanthropic Services website. Accessed 5 March 2018.Tim Fairfax
, Chancellery: Office of the Chancellor, Queensland University of Technology website. Accessed 5 March 2018. He is a director of a number of other companies, including JH Fairfax & Son which owns agricultural properties throughout Queensland and

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. He is also a patron of AMA Queensland. In 2008, Fairfax founded the Tim Fairfax Family Foundation in a bid to support people in rural and remote communities throughout

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and the

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. Fairfax revealed in 2014 that he believes he suffered from undiagnosed

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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. In 2012, he was appointed chancellor of the

Queensland University of Technology Queensland University of Technology (QUT) is a public research university located in the urban coastal city of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. QUT is located on two campuses in the Brisbane area viz. Gardens Point and Kelvin Grove. The univ ...

, serving until 2019. In 2017 he spoke at the second annual Queensland Philanthropy Showcase, encouraging arts philanthropy. As a fifth generation member of the Fairfax family, Fairfax is a great-great-grandson of

John Fairfax John Fairfax (24 October 1804 – 16 June 1877) was an English-born journalist, company director, politician, librarian and newspaper owner, known for the incorporation of the major newspapers of modern-day Australia. Early life Fairfax was bo ...

, and until 2008 was a shareholder in

Fairfax Media Fairfax Media was a media company in Australia and New Zealand, with investments in newspaper, magazines, radio and digital properties. The company was founded by John Fairfax as John Fairfax and Sons, who purchased ''The Sydney Morning Herald' ...

. His grandmother was

Ruth Fairfax Ruth Beatrice Fairfax (8 October 1878 – 1 February 1948) was a founding member of the Australian Country Women's Association and the first President of the Queensland Country Women's Association. The federal electorate of Fairfax is named in ...

, the inaugural president of the

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Honours

Fairfax received the Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Leadership Award in 2011. He was named as a

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in 2013. In the

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Fairfax was appointed a

Companion of the Order of Australia The Order of Australia is an honour that recognises Australian citizens and other persons for outstanding achievement and service. It was established on 14 February 1975 by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, on the advice of the Australian Gove ...

. He was a national finalist in the

Senior Australian of the Year The Australian of the Year is a national award conferred on an Australian citizen by the National Australia Day Council, a not-for-profit Australian Governmentowned social enterprise. Similar awards are also conferred at the State and Territo ...

category at the 2016 Australian of the Year awards but lost to Professor

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.Tim Fairfax: 2016 Senior Australian of the Year (Queensland)
, Australian of the Year Honour Roll, Australian of the Year website. Accessed 5 March 2018.

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