1955 The Perth Prize
1955 The Woman's Weekly Prize
1956 The Woman's Weekly Prize
1961 The Archibald Prize
1964 Sir Charles Lloyd Jones Memorial Prize
1964 The Helena Rubinstein Prize, Perth
1965 The Helena Rubinstein Prize, Perth
1965 Sir Charles Lloyd Jones Memorial Prize
1968 The Archibald Prize
1969 C.B.E
1971 Sir Charles Lloyd Jones Memorial Prize
1973 Sir Charles Lloyd Jones Memorial Prize
1988 Order of Australia
1994 The Trustees Watercolour Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
1994 The Pring Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
1995 Honorary Doctorate of Letters, University of Sydney
1996 The Nita Kibble Award for Literature, for "Diaries"
1996 Winner of Foundation for Australian Literary Studies, James Cook University, Townsville
1997 The Pring Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
1998 The Pring Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
2003 The Pring Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
2003 The Trustees Watercolour Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
2004 Medal of Life Achievement, Sculptors and Painters Association of Australia

Represented:

Australia:
• Art Gallery of NSW
• Art Bank of Australia
• Art Gallery of Western Australia
• Art Gallery of South Australia
• Australia National Gallery, Canberra
• Bendigo City Art Gallery
• Darwin Museum
• Mornington Peninsula Art Centre, Victoria
• National Gallery of Victoria
• National University, Canberra
• New England Regional Art Gallery
• New Parliament House, Canberra
• Power House Gallery of Contemporary Art, Sydney
• Queensland Art Gallery
• Rockhampton City Art Gallery
• Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery
• The High Court, Canberra
• University of Sydney
• University of NSW

International
• Janos Pannonius Museum, Pecs, Hungary
• Rugby Museum, England
• Nuffield Foundation, Oxford, England
• National Portrait Gallery, London, England
• National Gallery, Budapest
• Reserve Bank Collection
• United Nations Building, Geneva, Switzerland