Vale Sue-Anne Wallace AM

The PAHN committee was devastated to learn last week of the sudden passing of Sue-Anne, our much-valued Vice-Chair and friend.

Sue-Anne was a champion of PAHN and for all performing arts collections, archives and museums. Her intellect, knowledge and experience were highly regarded and relied upon by all the committee, as was her wit, warmth and willingness to volunteer her time to just making things happen. Sue-Anne was instrumental in the organisation of PAHN’s Working Group day at last November’s ADSA conference in Adelaide, which was PAHN’s first foray back into a face-to-face gathering for several years. Being spread out across the country, and relying on online meetings, the day in Adelaide will be fondly remembered by the committee as the last day most of us spent with Sue-Anne in person. Her absence will be keenly felt now and for many years to come.

_{Sue-Anne taking a moment to admire the historic Queen’s Theatre, Adelaide, PAHN Working Group Day, 27 November 2023}

I’m sure we join with all our members in offering our condolences to her family and our sympathies too to her closest friends and colleagues.

Her funeral service will be held on Friday 15 March at Sacred Heart Church, Cardinal Street, Mosman, Sydney. We understand that Sue-Anne’s family have provided some suggestions to people wishing to make a donation to acknowledge her special areas of interest and devotion:

• Research into Kabuki Syndrome, the rare genetic disease affecting Sue-Anne’s eldest grandson Hugo; 
• Theatre Heritage Australia, the most recent not for profit that Sue-Anne has been heavily involved with; and 
• Lou’s Place, a charity she has supported for decades that exemplifies her life-long commitment to women’s issues. 

Helen M., Mark, Paul, Claudia, Helen T., Maria