Editing Marie Bashir (section)

==Medical career==

Upon her graduation in medicine, Bashir took up a posting as a junior resident medical officer at [[St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney|St Vincent's Hospital]] and then to the [[Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children]]. After first living in [[Elizabeth Bay, New South Wales|Elizabeth Bay]], Bashir and Shehadie moved their family to [[Pendle Hill, New South Wales|Pendle Hill]] in Western Sydney, where Bashir worked as a [[General Practitioner]]. However, wanting to assist people suffering from mental illnesses, Bashir eventually decided to take up postgraduate studies in Psychiatry. To make this easier, in 1968 Bashir and her family moved back into central Sydney to [[Mosman, New South Wales|Mosman]] on the North Shore, purchasing a [[Middle Harbour]]-waterfront house at 7 Shellbank Avenue for $57,000 from yachtsman Gordon Reynolds.<ref name=Clune6145>Clune & Turner (2009) pp.614–615</ref> This would be their primary residence until its sale in May 2020.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Macken |first1=Lucy |title=Dame Marie Bashir sells Mosman house, ending more than half a century ownership |url=https://www.domain.com.au/news/dame-marie-bashir-sells-mosman-house-957712/ |access-date=12 September 2024 |publisher=Domain.com.au |date=22 May 2020}}</ref>

When Shehadie was made [[List of Mayors and Lord Mayors of Sydney|Lord Mayor of Sydney]], Bashir became the [[Lady Mayoress]] of Sydney from 1973 to 1975. In 1974 Bashir was named as "[[Australian Mother of the Year Award|Mother of the Year]]" by the NSW Child Care Committee and the National Council of Women (NSW), with Bashir noting "the fact that I, as a professional woman, was chosen as Mother of the Year points to the growing social acceptance of a working mother".<ref name="MOTY"/> When Shehadie was knighted in 1976, Bashir acquired the title '''Lady Shehadie''', a title she did not use, remaining "Marie Bashir" in professional life.<ref name="MOTY">{{cite news |title='Mother' award to Lady Mayoress |agency=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=26 September 1974 |page=12}}</ref> After completion of postgraduate studies in psychiatry, she was made a Member of the [[Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists]] in 1971, becoming a Fellow in 1980. From 1972, Bashir was a teacher, lecturer and mentor to medical students at The University of Sydney.<ref name=USyd>{{cite press release| title=Professor Marie Bashir elected University Chancellor| publisher=University of Sydney| date=30 April 2007| url=http://www.usyd.edu.au/news/84.html?newsstoryid=1687| access-date=21 January 2010}}</ref>

In 1972 Bashir was appointed Director of the [[Rivendell Child, Adolescent and Family Unit|Rivendell Child, Adolescent and Family Service]], which provides consultative services for young people with emotional and psychiatric issues, and oversaw the unit's moving to the former [[Thomas Walker Convalescent Hospital Buildings|Thomas Walker Convalescent Hospital]] in [[Concord West, New South Wales|Concord West]] in 1977 following its acquisition by the NSW Health Commission in 1976.<ref>{{cite news |title=Private hospital to be taken over |agency=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=22 November 1976 |pages=21}}</ref> In 1987 she was appointed director of the Community Health Services in the Central Sydney Area Health Service, which put emphasis on early childhood services, migrant and Indigenous health as well as the elderly. On 13 June 1988 she was made an [[Officer of the Order of Australia]] (AO) "In recognition of service to medicine, particularly in the field of adolescent mental health".<ref name=AO>[https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/883752 Officer of the Order of Australia] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090803235631/http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/honour_roll/search.cfm?aus_award_id=883752&search_type=quick&showInd=true |date=3 August 2009 }}, AO, 13 June 1988, itsanhonour.gov.au<br />'''Citation:''' ''In recognition of service to medicine, particularly in the field of adolescent mental health''.</ref>[[File:ThomasWalker8.JPG|thumb|right|The [[Rivendell Child, Adolescent and Family Unit|Rivendell Unit]] in [[Concord West, New South Wales|Concord West]], where Bashir served as founding Director, 1972–1988.]]

From 1990 to 1992, she served on the New South Wales Women's Advisory Council. In 1993, she was appointed as Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Sydney, and in 1994 as the Clinical Director of Mental Health Services for the Central Sydney Area. This was a time of major reform in mental health service delivery, which contributed to substantial change in the provision of public sector mental health services. She served until 2001.<ref name=USyd/> In her university role, Bashir is instrumental in developing collaborative teaching programs between colleagues in [[Vietnam]] and [[Thailand]] with Australian psychiatrists, chairing the [[University of New South Wales]] Third World Health Group (1995–2000) and supporting various financial and social support programmes for International students.<ref name=Clune617>Clune & Turner (2009) p.617</ref>

In 1995, in a partnership with the [[Aboriginal Medical Service]], [[Redfern, New South Wales|Redfern]], she established the Aboriginal Mental Health Unit, which provides regular clinics and counselling at both the Aboriginal Medical Service in Sydney and mainstream centres. From 1996, Bashir also took up the consultative role of senior psychiatrist to the Aboriginal Medical Service. As well as championing the health of indigenous Australians, Bashir also continued her focus on youth and juvenile issues, particularly through her terms chairing the NSW Juvenile Justice Advisory Council (1991–1999) and as consultative psychiatrist to Juvenile Justice Facilities (1993–2000).<ref name=USyd/> On 1 January 2001, Bashir was awarded the [[Centenary Medal]].<ref name=CM>[https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1123499 Centenary Medal] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090803235548/http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/honour_roll/search.cfm?aus_award_id=1123499&search_type=quick&showInd=true |date=3 August 2009 }}, 1 January 2001, itsanhonour.gov.au</ref>