Nicholas Shehadie
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Sir Nicholas Michael Shehadie, AC
, OBE
KStJ (born 15 November 1926) is the former Lord Mayor of Sydney (1973–1975) and a former national representative
rugby union
captain, who made thirty career Test appearances (1947–1958). He is an inductee into both the Australian Rugby Union
Hall of Fame and the IRB Hall of Fame
.
Orthodox Church who migrated from Lebanon
in 1910 and later became the head of that church in Australia and New Zealand. Sir Nicholas' father Michael remained in Lebanon due to the outbreak of World War I
, won a scholarship to study chemistry at the University of Kiev and in the 1920s chose to migrate to Australia to join his father in Sydney's growing Lebanese community. Michael earnt a living as a chemist and shopkeeper, and having been ordained in Russia took over as the pastoral head of the Antioch Church upon the death of Nicholas senior in 1934.
Nick Shehadie was born in Coogee, New South Wales
and grew up in the inner-Sydney suburb of Redfern
, attending Cleveland St Public and later Crown St Commercial schools.
where many of the surfers were avid rugby players, Keith and Colin Windon
among them. He joined the Randwick Rugby Club
and was first picked as a replacement in first grade when he was still aged fifteen. He made his first representative appearance for New South Wales
against a Combined Services side at age sixteen. In 1947 he appeared in a New South Wales XV against New Zealand and then debuted for Australia
in the final Test against those same touring All Blacks
.
He was selected on the 1947-48 Wallaby tour, the fourth youngest of the 30 man squad. He dislocated his shoulder in the fourth tour match against Cardiff
but recovered to make 24 tour appearances including the final two Tests against England
and France
. He finished the tour in the Wallabies side that met the British Barbarians in their inaugural match against an international touring team.
Shehadie made representative appearances against the New Zealand Māori
in 1949 and that year toured New Zealand in Trevor Allan
's team which first time in history returned victorious with the Bledisloe Cup
. He made further representative showings against the British and Irish Lions
in 1950, the All Blacks in 1951 and Fiji
in 1952.
He made his second tour of New Zealand in 1952 and then on the 1953 Wallaby tour of South Africa
he was honoured with the Australian captaincy in eight tour matches and in one Test. He continued to represent at the highest level from 1954 to 1956 and then in 1957 he made history as the first Wallaby to repeat a tour of the British Isles and Europe. While he played in 24 matches of the trip including two Tests, the tour was a disappointment with the Wallabies losing all five Tests. Shehadie was signally honoured however when he became the first tourist to be asked to play for the Barbarians in the final tour match against his own team.
All up, Shehadie made 175 appearances for Randwick in a 16 year club career. He represented for Australia on 114 occasions - the first player to reach the century mark. He played 30 Tests - a record at the time - 3 of them as captain
.
company. When his footballing days ended he commenced a business supplying and fixing vinyl tiles used in hotel bars and in computer room installations requiring anti-static floors. The business was successful being first to market with a product in high demand by the growing information technology
departments of corporate Australia.
for the council elections
of the City of Sydney
. He ran on a ticket with the Civic Reform Association, a non-aligned ratepayers' association. He was elected and then served a second term from 1966. When city council boundaries were changed in 1967, his ward moved into the South Sydney precinct and he and his fellow councillors were dismissed overnight. In the next election of 1969 he stood again and was chosen as Deputy Lord Mayor of Sydney. He was instrumental in an administration that presided over the development of Martin Place
including its beautification and closure to traffic. This leadership also pioneered a system enabling the transfer by sale of city building site ratios whereby owners of historic buildings would no longer be penalised because they weren't able to develop the building.
In 1973 he was elected as Lord Mayor of Sydney. He was in office at the time of the opening of the Sydney Opera House
by Queen Elizabeth II
on 20 October 1973. He officiated at visits by Charles, Prince of Wales
in 1972 and by Anne, Princess Royal
in 1974. He was in office during the Green Bans when the New South Wales
Builders' Labourers Federation led a successful, although disruptive campaign to protect the built
and natural environment
of Sydney's Woolloomooloo area from excessive and inappropriate development.
for 29 years when in 1978 he was invited by the New South Wales, Minister for Sport, Ken Booth to become a Trustee. At the time he was patron of the Randwick Rugby Club
and a committee member of the Sydney Turf Club
. He served as Trustee of the SCG from 1978–2001 and was Chairman from 1990-2001. His time on the trust saw the installation of lights at the Cricket Ground and the building of the Sydney Football Stadium where a stand was named in his honour. In his final year as Chairman a Walk of Honour was opened, with thirty-three plaques honoring sporting champions who have performed at the SCG. Sir Nicholas Shehadie is one of the thirty-three.
in 1979, a position which gave him a seat on the Australian Rugby Union
board, where he was immediately selected Deputy President. In 1980 he became President of the ARU, a position held till 1987. He was instrumental in the schoolboy rule changes which outlawed forceful scrum engagements aimed to avoid neck injuries and make schoolboy rugby safer. He performed as tour manager on the 1981-82 Australia rugby union tour of Britain and Ireland
.
He was first involved in discussions regarding a Rugby World Cup
from 1983 when the ARU raised the matter with the International Rugby Football Board. Initial resistance came from the Home Nation unions
with the push coming from Australia and New Zealand. After much international lobbying a 1985 vote saw France, New Zealand and Australia all for it; Scotland and Ireland against it; with England and Wales both split. The vote was carried and Shehadie was appointed joint Chairman on the inaugural Rugby World Cup
committee with John Kendall-Carpenter
of the IRB and Dick Littlejohn of the New Zealand Rugby Union. Shehadie retired after the inaugural 1987 Rugby World Cup
and was made a life member of the ARU.
On 24 October 2011, at the IRB Awards
ceremony in Auckland
, Shehadie was inducted into the IRB Hall of Fame
in recognition of his role in the creation of the Rugby World Cup.
in 1981 and served that organisation until 1999. SBS is a government-funded Australian public broadcasting radio and television networks, chartered to provide multilingual and multicultural radio and television services that reflect Australia's multicultural society.
. She is the current Governor of New South Wales. She seldom uses the title "Lady Shehadie", preferring her maiden name. The Shehadies have three children and six grandchildren.
Order of Australia
The Order of Australia is an order of chivalry established on 14 February 1975 by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, "for the purpose of according recognition to Australian citizens and other persons for achievement or for meritorious service"...
, OBE
Order of the British Empire
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions...
KStJ (born 15 November 1926) is the former Lord Mayor of Sydney (1973–1975) and a former national representative
Australia national rugby union team
The Australian national rugby union team is the representative side of Australia in rugby union. The national team is nicknamed the Wallabies and competes annually with New Zealand and South Africa in the Tri-Nations Series, in which they also contest the Bledisloe Cup with New Zealand and the...
rugby union
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
captain, who made thirty career Test appearances (1947–1958). He is an inductee into both the Australian Rugby Union
Australian Rugby Union
The Australian Rugby Union is the governing body of rugby union in Australia. It was founded in 1949 and is a member of the International Rugby Board the sport's governing body. It consists of eight member unions, representing each state and territory...
Hall of Fame and the IRB Hall of Fame
IRB Hall of Fame
The IRB Hall of Fame is a hall of fame operated by the International Rugby Board that recognises special achievement and contribution to the sport of rugby union. The IRB Hall of Fame covers players, coaches, administrators, match officials, institutions and other individuals...
.
Forebears and early life
His grandfather Nicholas Shehadie was a clergyman in the AntiochAntioch
Antioch on the Orontes was an ancient city on the eastern side of the Orontes River. It is near the modern city of Antakya, Turkey.Founded near the end of the 4th century BC by Seleucus I Nicator, one of Alexander the Great's generals, Antioch eventually rivaled Alexandria as the chief city of the...
Orthodox Church who migrated from Lebanon
Lebanon
Lebanon , officially the Republic of LebanonRepublic of Lebanon is the most common term used by Lebanese government agencies. The term Lebanese Republic, a literal translation of the official Arabic and French names that is not used in today's world. Arabic is the most common language spoken among...
in 1910 and later became the head of that church in Australia and New Zealand. Sir Nicholas' father Michael remained in Lebanon due to the outbreak of World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
, won a scholarship to study chemistry at the University of Kiev and in the 1920s chose to migrate to Australia to join his father in Sydney's growing Lebanese community. Michael earnt a living as a chemist and shopkeeper, and having been ordained in Russia took over as the pastoral head of the Antioch Church upon the death of Nicholas senior in 1934.
Nick Shehadie was born in Coogee, New South Wales
Coogee, New South Wales
Coogee is a beachside suburb of local government area City of Randwick. It is located 8 kilometres south-east of the Sydney central business district, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is also a part of the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney....
and grew up in the inner-Sydney suburb of Redfern
Redfern, New South Wales
Redfern is an inner-city suburb of Sydney. Redfern is 3 kilometres south of the Sydney central business district and is part of the local government area of the City of Sydney...
, attending Cleveland St Public and later Crown St Commercial schools.
Rugby career
The young Shehadie embraced Sydney's sporting lifestyle and joined the Coogee Surf ClubCoogee Surf Life Saving Club
The Coogee Surf Life Saving Club is a foundation member of the surf lifesaving movement in Australia. It was founded in 1907 by a group of concerned locals and has a proud history of no lives being lost whilst its members have patrolled...
where many of the surfers were avid rugby players, Keith and Colin Windon
Colin Windon
Colin Windon was an Australian soldier and a state and national representative rugby union player who captained the Wallabies in six Test matches in 1951...
among them. He joined the Randwick Rugby Club
Randwick DRUFC
Randwick District Rugby Union Football Club, also known as the Galloping Greens, is an Australian rugby union club which competes in the Sydney grade competition. The club was formed in 1882 and since then has won 31 first grade premierships and seven Australian club championships...
and was first picked as a replacement in first grade when he was still aged fifteen. He made his first representative appearance for New South Wales
New South Wales Waratahs
The New South Wales Waratahs are an Australian rugby union football team, representing the majority of New South Wales in the Super 15 Super Rugby competition...
against a Combined Services side at age sixteen. In 1947 he appeared in a New South Wales XV against New Zealand and then debuted for Australia
Australia national rugby union team
The Australian national rugby union team is the representative side of Australia in rugby union. The national team is nicknamed the Wallabies and competes annually with New Zealand and South Africa in the Tri-Nations Series, in which they also contest the Bledisloe Cup with New Zealand and the...
in the final Test against those same touring All Blacks
All Blacks
The New Zealand men's national rugby union team, known as the All Blacks, represent New Zealand in what is regarded as its national sport....
.
He was selected on the 1947-48 Wallaby tour, the fourth youngest of the 30 man squad. He dislocated his shoulder in the fourth tour match against Cardiff
Cardiff RFC
Cardiff Rugby Football Club is a rugby union football club based in Cardiff, the capital city of Wales. The club was founded in 1876 and played their first few matches at Sophia Gardens, but soon relocated to Cardiff Arms Park where they have been based ever since...
but recovered to make 24 tour appearances including the final two Tests against England
England national rugby union team
The England national rugby union team represents England in rugby union. They compete in the annual Six Nations Championship with France, Ireland, Scotland, Italy, and Wales. They have won this championship on 26 occasions, 12 times winning the Grand Slam, making them the most successful team in...
and France
France national rugby union team
The France national rugby union team represents France in rugby union. They compete annually against England, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales in the Six Nations Championship. They have won the championship outright sixteen times, shared it a further eight times, and have completed nine grand slams...
. He finished the tour in the Wallabies side that met the British Barbarians in their inaugural match against an international touring team.
Shehadie made representative appearances against the New Zealand Māori
New Zealand Maori rugby union team
New Zealand Māori is a rugby union team that traditionally plays teams touring New Zealand. A prerequisite for playing in this team is that the player is to have Māori whakapapa or genealogy. In the past this rule was not strictly applied. In the past non-Māori players who looked Māori were often...
in 1949 and that year toured New Zealand in Trevor Allan
Trevor Allan
Trevor Allan OAM was an Australian dual-code rugby international who captained Australia in rugby union before switching to rugby league with English club Leigh.-Rugby union club career:...
's team which first time in history returned victorious with the Bledisloe Cup
Bledisloe Cup
Rugby Union's Bledisloe Cup is contested by the Australia national rugby union team and New Zealand national rugby union team. It is named after Lord Bledisloe, the former Governor-General of New Zealand who donated the trophy in 1931. The trophy was designed in New Zealand by Nelson Isaac, and...
. He made further representative showings against the British and Irish Lions
British and Irish Lions
The British and Irish Lions is a rugby union team made up of players from England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales...
in 1950, the All Blacks in 1951 and Fiji
Fiji national rugby union team
The Fiji national rugby union team is a member of the Pacific Islands Rugby Alliance formerly along with Samoa and Tonga. In 2009, Samoa announced their departure from the Pacific Islands Rugby Alliance, leaving just Fiji and Tonga. Fiji are ranked sixteenth in the world by the IRB as of 26...
in 1952.
He made his second tour of New Zealand in 1952 and then on the 1953 Wallaby tour of South Africa
South Africa national rugby union team
The South African national rugby union team are 2009 British and Irish Lions Series winners. They are currently ranked as the fourth best team in the IRB World Rankings and were named 2008 World Team of the Year at the prestigious Laureus World Sports Awards.Although South Africa was instrumental...
he was honoured with the Australian captaincy in eight tour matches and in one Test. He continued to represent at the highest level from 1954 to 1956 and then in 1957 he made history as the first Wallaby to repeat a tour of the British Isles and Europe. While he played in 24 matches of the trip including two Tests, the tour was a disappointment with the Wallabies losing all five Tests. Shehadie was signally honoured however when he became the first tourist to be asked to play for the Barbarians in the final tour match against his own team.
All up, Shehadie made 175 appearances for Randwick in a 16 year club career. He represented for Australia on 114 occasions - the first player to reach the century mark. He played 30 Tests - a record at the time - 3 of them as captain
Captain (sports)
In team sports, a captain is a title given to a member of the team. The title is frequently honorary, but in some cases the captain may have significant responsibility for strategy and teamwork while the game is in progress on the field...
.
Business and public life
Shehadie worked in the 1950s selling fire doors and securities systems for Wormald Industries and later became a sales manager with an asphaltAsphalt
Asphalt or , also known as bitumen, is a sticky, black and highly viscous liquid or semi-solid that is present in most crude petroleums and in some natural deposits, it is a substance classed as a pitch...
company. When his footballing days ended he commenced a business supplying and fixing vinyl tiles used in hotel bars and in computer room installations requiring anti-static floors. The business was successful being first to market with a product in high demand by the growing information technology
Information technology
Information technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...
departments of corporate Australia.
Lord Mayor
His career in public office commenced in 1962 when he stood as an aldermanAlderman
An alderman is a member of a municipal assembly or council in many jurisdictions founded upon English law. The term may be titular, denoting a high-ranking member of a borough or county council, a council member chosen by the elected members themselves rather than by popular vote, or a council...
for the council elections
Local government in Australia
Local government in Australia is the third tier of government, administered by the states and territories which in turn are beneath the Commonwealth or federal tier. Unlike New Zealand, the US or the UK, there is only one level of local government in all states, with no distinction such as...
of the City of Sydney
City of Sydney
The City of Sydney is the Local Government Area covering the Sydney central business district and surrounding inner city suburbs of the greater metropolitan area of Sydney, Australia...
. He ran on a ticket with the Civic Reform Association, a non-aligned ratepayers' association. He was elected and then served a second term from 1966. When city council boundaries were changed in 1967, his ward moved into the South Sydney precinct and he and his fellow councillors were dismissed overnight. In the next election of 1969 he stood again and was chosen as Deputy Lord Mayor of Sydney. He was instrumental in an administration that presided over the development of Martin Place
Martin Place, Sydney
Martin Place, formerly known as Moore Street, is a pedestrian mall in the central business district of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Home to the Reserve Bank of Australia, the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Macquarie Bank and other corporations, Martin Place is synonymous with corporate...
including its beautification and closure to traffic. This leadership also pioneered a system enabling the transfer by sale of city building site ratios whereby owners of historic buildings would no longer be penalised because they weren't able to develop the building.
In 1973 he was elected as Lord Mayor of Sydney. He was in office at the time of the opening of the Sydney Opera House
Sydney Opera House
The Sydney Opera House is a multi-venue performing arts centre in the Australian city of Sydney. It was conceived and largely built by Danish architect Jørn Utzon, finally opening in 1973 after a long gestation starting with his competition-winning design in 1957...
by Queen Elizabeth II
Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
Elizabeth II is the constitutional monarch of 16 sovereign states known as the Commonwealth realms: the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Belize,...
on 20 October 1973. He officiated at visits by Charles, Prince of Wales
Charles, Prince of Wales
Prince Charles, Prince of Wales is the heir apparent and eldest son of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Since 1958 his major title has been His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales. In Scotland he is additionally known as The Duke of Rothesay...
in 1972 and by Anne, Princess Royal
Anne, Princess Royal
Princess Anne, Princess Royal , is the only daughter of Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh...
in 1974. He was in office during the Green Bans when the New South Wales
New South Wales
New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...
Builders' Labourers Federation led a successful, although disruptive campaign to protect the built
Built environment
The term built environment refers to the human-made surroundings that provide the setting for human activity, ranging in scale from personal shelter and buildings to neighborhoods and cities that can often include their supporting infrastructure, such as water supply or energy networks.The built...
and natural environment
Natural environment
The natural environment encompasses all living and non-living things occurring naturally on Earth or some region thereof. It is an environment that encompasses the interaction of all living species....
of Sydney's Woolloomooloo area from excessive and inappropriate development.
Sydney Cricket Ground
Shehadie had been a member of the Sydney Cricket GroundSydney Cricket Ground
The Sydney Cricket Ground is a sports stadium in Sydney in Australia. It is used for Australian football, Test cricket, One Day International cricket, some rugby league and rugby union matches and is the home ground for the New South Wales Blues cricket team and the Sydney Swans of the Australian...
for 29 years when in 1978 he was invited by the New South Wales, Minister for Sport, Ken Booth to become a Trustee. At the time he was patron of the Randwick Rugby Club
Randwick DRUFC
Randwick District Rugby Union Football Club, also known as the Galloping Greens, is an Australian rugby union club which competes in the Sydney grade competition. The club was formed in 1882 and since then has won 31 first grade premierships and seven Australian club championships...
and a committee member of the Sydney Turf Club
Sydney Turf Club
The Sydney Turf Club was founded in 1943 and is the youngest of Australia's Principal Race Clubs. It was formed following an Act passed by the New South Wales parliament called the Sydney Turf Club Act...
. He served as Trustee of the SCG from 1978–2001 and was Chairman from 1990-2001. His time on the trust saw the installation of lights at the Cricket Ground and the building of the Sydney Football Stadium where a stand was named in his honour. In his final year as Chairman a Walk of Honour was opened, with thirty-three plaques honoring sporting champions who have performed at the SCG. Sir Nicholas Shehadie is one of the thirty-three.
Rugby Administration
He was appointed Chairman of the New South Wales Rugby UnionNew South Wales Rugby Union
The New South Wales Rugby Union is the organisation responsible for the sport of rugby union in most of the state of New South Wales, Australia...
in 1979, a position which gave him a seat on the Australian Rugby Union
Australian Rugby Union
The Australian Rugby Union is the governing body of rugby union in Australia. It was founded in 1949 and is a member of the International Rugby Board the sport's governing body. It consists of eight member unions, representing each state and territory...
board, where he was immediately selected Deputy President. In 1980 he became President of the ARU, a position held till 1987. He was instrumental in the schoolboy rule changes which outlawed forceful scrum engagements aimed to avoid neck injuries and make schoolboy rugby safer. He performed as tour manager on the 1981-82 Australia rugby union tour of Britain and Ireland
1981-82 Australia rugby union tour of Britain and Ireland
The 1981-82 Australia rugby union tour of Britain and Ireland was a series of matches played by the Australia national rugby union team . The touring team played twenty-three matches between October 1981 and January 1982, winning sixteen games, drawing one and losing six...
.
He was first involved in discussions regarding a Rugby World Cup
Rugby World Cup
The Rugby World Cup is an international rugby union competition organised by the International Rugby Board and held every four years since 1987....
from 1983 when the ARU raised the matter with the International Rugby Football Board. Initial resistance came from the Home Nation unions
Home Nations
Home Nations is a collective term with one of two meanings depending on the context. Politically, it means the nations of the constituent countries of the United Kingdom...
with the push coming from Australia and New Zealand. After much international lobbying a 1985 vote saw France, New Zealand and Australia all for it; Scotland and Ireland against it; with England and Wales both split. The vote was carried and Shehadie was appointed joint Chairman on the inaugural Rugby World Cup
Rugby World Cup
The Rugby World Cup is an international rugby union competition organised by the International Rugby Board and held every four years since 1987....
committee with John Kendall-Carpenter
John Kendall-Carpenter
John MacGregor Kendall-Carpenter was an England rugby union international who won 23 caps as a back row forward between 1949 and 1954. He subsequently served as President of the Rugby Football Union , the England Schools Rugby Football Union and Cornwall...
of the IRB and Dick Littlejohn of the New Zealand Rugby Union. Shehadie retired after the inaugural 1987 Rugby World Cup
1987 Rugby World Cup
The 1987 Rugby World Cup was the first Rugby World Cup. New Zealand and Australia agreed to co-host the first ever tournament with New Zealand hosting seventeen pool stage matches, two quarter-finals and the final with Australia being the junior partner hosting seven pool matches, two...
and was made a life member of the ARU.
On 24 October 2011, at the IRB Awards
IRB Awards
The IRB Awards are given out annually by the International Rugby Board, the worldwide governing body for rugby union, for major achievement in the sport. They were first awarded in 2001...
ceremony in Auckland
Auckland
The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...
, Shehadie was inducted into the IRB Hall of Fame
IRB Hall of Fame
The IRB Hall of Fame is a hall of fame operated by the International Rugby Board that recognises special achievement and contribution to the sport of rugby union. The IRB Hall of Fame covers players, coaches, administrators, match officials, institutions and other individuals...
in recognition of his role in the creation of the Rugby World Cup.
SBS Broadcasting
He was appointed as Chairman of the Special Broadcasting ServiceSpecial Broadcasting Service
The Special Broadcasting Service is a hybrid-funded Australian public broadcasting radio and television network. The stated purpose of SBS is "to provide multilingual and multicultural radio and television services that inform, educate and entertain all Australians and, in doing so, reflect...
in 1981 and served that organisation until 1999. SBS is a government-funded Australian public broadcasting radio and television networks, chartered to provide multilingual and multicultural radio and television services that reflect Australia's multicultural society.
Family life
In February 1957 Shehadie married Marie BashirMarie Bashir
Marie Roslyn Bashir AC, CVO is the present Governor of New South Wales since 2001 and also the Chancellor of the University of Sydney since 2007. Born in Narrandera, New South Wales, Bashir graduated from the University of Sydney in 1956 and held various medical positions, with a particular...
. She is the current Governor of New South Wales. She seldom uses the title "Lady Shehadie", preferring her maiden name. The Shehadies have three children and six grandchildren.
Honours
- On 1 January 1971, he was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for service to Local Government.
- On 1 January 1976, Shehadie was made a Knight BachelorKnight BachelorThe rank of Knight Bachelor is a part of the British honours system. It is the most basic rank of a man who has been knighted by the monarch but not as a member of one of the organised Orders of Chivalry...
for his service as Lord Mayor of Sydney.
- On 11 June 1990, he was appointed a Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) for "service to the media, to sport and to community".
- On 28 July 2000, Shehadie was awarded the Australian Sports MedalAustralian Sports MedalThe Australian Sports Medal was an award given during 2000 to recognise achievements in Australian sport.Recipients of the award included competitors, coaches, sports scientists, office holders, and people who maintained sporting facilities and services. Over 18,000 Medals were...
for his service as "Both President of Australian Rugby Union and Captain of Australian Rugby Team (1969-1973)".
- On 1 January 2001, he was awarded the Centenary MedalCentenary MedalThe Centenary Medal is an award created by the Australian Government in 2001. It was established to commemorate the Centenary of Federation of Australia and to honour people who have made a contribution to Australian society or government...
for "service to the community".
- On 17 May 2001, the Governor-General of Australia, Sir William DeaneWilliam DeaneSir William Patrick Deane, AC, KBE, QC , Australian judge and the 22nd Governor-General of Australia.-Early life:William Deane was born in Melbourne, Victoria. He was educated at Catholic schools including St. Joseph's College, Hunters Hill and at the University of Sydney, where he graduated in...
, invested Sir Nicholas as a Knight of Grace of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem (KStJ).
- In 2006 he was honoured in the second set of inductees into the Australian Rugby UnionAustralian Rugby UnionThe Australian Rugby Union is the governing body of rugby union in Australia. It was founded in 1949 and is a member of the International Rugby Board the sport's governing body. It consists of eight member unions, representing each state and territory...
Hall of Fame.
- On 24 October 2011, Shehadie was inducted into the IRB Hall of Fame.
External links
- Mosman Sporting Wall of Fame
- Sport Australia
- Australian Lebanese Historical Society Inc.
- Statistiques scrum.com
- Wallaby Hall of Fame
Sources
- Shehadie, Nicholas (2003) A Life Worth Living, Simon & Schuster Australia
- Howell, Max (2005) Born to Lead - Wallaby Test Captains, Celebrity Books, Auckland NZ