The Victorian Department of Premier and Cabinet advises that a State Memorial Service for Ms Judith Durham AO will be held at 7:00pm on Tuesday 6 September 2022, at Hamer Hall, Arts Centre Melbourne, 100 St Kilda Road, Southbank, Victoria.
Ms Durham was an enormously talented and successful musician, best known as the lead singer of the 1960s folk/pop group, The Seekers. The Seekers released their debut album, Introducing The Seekers, in 1963. In 1968, they were honoured as Australians of the Year for 1967.
In 1995, Ms Durham was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia for service to music. In 2001, she was awarded a Centenary Medal. In 2014, she was awarded an Officer of the Order of Australia for distinguished service to the performing arts as an entertainer, through seminal contributions to Australian music, and as a supporter of a range of not-for-profit organisations.
Details regarding attendance at the service and livestreaming can be found at State Memorial Service for Judith Durham AO.
As a mark of mourning and respect, the Australian National Flag should be flown at half-mast all day on Tuesday 6 September 2022 in Victoria only from all buildings and establishments occupied by Australian Government departments and affiliated agencies. Other organisations are welcome to participate.
- When flying the Australian National Flag with other flags, all flags in the set should be flown at half-mast.
- If a set of flags includes the flags of other nations, it would be appropriate to seek permission from the diplomatic representatives of that nation to half-mast their flag.
- An acceptable half-mast position would be when the top of the flag is a third of the distance down from the top of the flagpole.
- Information on flag protocol is available at Australian National Flag.
Your assistance is appreciated.
Commonwealth Flag Officer