and upgraded to Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) in 2005, for "service to the community of wide ranging social and economic benefit through support and philanthropy for ongoing medical research initiatives, improved health care opportunities, nurturing artistic talent in young performers, and preservation of diverse cultural heritage". Fairfax's personal wealth in 2012 was estimated by the BRW at 418 million. Her assets include the residential land development, Harrington Park, near Camden, New South Wales. Harrington Park was the name of the cattle property once owned by Sir Warwick and Lady Fairfax. Lady Fairfax was a chairman, founder and president of the Friends of The Australian Ballet and was the president of the Australian Opera Foundation during the 1970s. Her philanthropy includes gifts of 750,000 to St Vincent's Foundation and 250,000 to the Garvan Foundation in 2002 on the occasion of her eightieth birthday. References 1922 births 2017 deaths Australian Officers of the Order of the British Empire Australian people of Polish-Jewish descent Australian women philanthropists Australian philanthropists Australian women in business Businesspeople from Sydney Companions of the Order of Australia Converts to Roman Catholicism from Judaism Australian Roman Catholics Mary Naturalised citizens of Australia People educated at the Presbyterian Ladies' College, Sydney Polish emigrants to Australia Members of the Order of Australia 19th-century Australian women 20th-century Australian women 20th-century philanthropists 20th-century women philanthropists