Editing Rolf Harris (section)

==Honours==
Harris received multiple awards and honours, but following his conviction many of these were rescinded.<ref name=news.com.au>{{cite news|url=http://www.news.com.au/national/breaking-news/perth-rolf-harris-monument-to-get-the-chop/story-e6frfku9-1226973451185|title=Harris stripped of honours as purge begins|work=news.com.au|date=1 July 2014|access-date=1 July 2014|archive-date=14 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150814142825/http://www.news.com.au/national/breaking-news/perth-rolf-harris-monument-to-get-the-chop/story-e6frfku9-1226973451185|url-status=dead}}</ref> Harris was appointed a [[Member of the Order of the British Empire]] (MBE) in 1968; he was advanced to Officer (OBE) in 1977, then to Commander (CBE) in 2006,<ref name="QB2012">{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120617004657/http://www.gg.gov.au/res/file/2012/honours/qb2012/Media%20Notes%20AO%20%28final%29.pdf |archive-date=17 June 2012 |url=http://www.gg.gov.au/res/file/2012/honours/qb2012/Media%20Notes%20AO%20%28final%29.pdf |title=Media Notes AO |access-date=30 June 2014 |date=6 June 2012 |work=The Australian Honours Secretariat |url-status=dead}}</ref> but these honours were revoked in March 2015.<ref name=BBC31711252/><ref name="Gazette">{{cite web|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/notice/2295581|date=3 March 2015|access-date=3 March 2015|title=Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood|work=[[London Gazette]]}}</ref>

In 1986, Harris planted a ''[[Cathormion|Cathormion umbellatum]]'' tree at [[Kununurra]]'s celebrity tree park.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Walsh|first1=Rourke|title=Vote on Harris' honour|url=https://au.news.yahoo.com/a/24437291/vote-on-harris-honour|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140814010612/https://au.news.yahoo.com/a/24437291/vote-on-harris-honour/|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 August 2014|access-date=30 July 2014|work=The Kimberley Echo|date=11 July 2014}}</ref> The plaque recording the planting was stolen in July 2014, a week before the local council voted to keep it. The council, however, felt that ongoing vandalism at the park made it unlikely that the plaque would be replaced.<ref>{{cite news|title=Rolf Harris plaque to be retained despite being stolen|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/jul/30/rolf-harris-plaque-to-be-retained-despite-being-stolen|access-date=7 April 2015|agency=Australian Associated Press|work=[[The Guardian]] |date=30 July 2014}}</ref>

In 1989, he was appointed a Member of the [[Order of Australia]] (AM),<ref name=honour>[https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/869847 Rolf Harris's citation] at the Australian Government's "It's an Honour" website; accessed 13 September 2016.</ref> and was advanced to Officer (AO) in the [[2012 Queen's Birthday Honours (Australia)|Queen's 2012 Birthday Honours]].<ref name="QB2012"/> These appointments were rescinded in February 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.comlaw.gov.au/Details/C2015G00261|title=Termination of appointments – Order of Australia|work=[[ComLaw]]|date=19 February 2015|access-date=23 February 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-02-23/rolf-harris-stripped-of-oam/6218022|title=Rolf Harris stripped of Order of Australia honours by the Governor-General|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|author=Giselle Wakatama|date=23 February 2015|access-date=23 February 2015}}</ref>

In 2001, he was awarded the [[Centenary Medal]] "for service to entertainment, charity and the community".<ref name=honour/> On 30 July 2014, the board of the [[National Trust of Australia]] (New South Wales) voted to remove Harris from the list of those honoured as "[[Australian National Living Treasures]]" and to withdraw the award.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nationaltrust.org.au/nsw/NationalLivingTreasures |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130129093613/http://www.nationaltrust.org.au/nsw/NationalLivingTreasures |url-status=dead |archive-date=29 January 2013 |title=National Living Treasures |access-date=2 October 2014}}</ref> Harris had been among the original 100 Australians selected for the Medal in 1997.

Harris received two honorary doctorates: from the [[University of East London]] in 2007<ref name="Rolf Harris receives Honorary Doctorate">{{cite web|url=http://www.uel.ac.uk/news/latest_news/stories/graduation07Rolf.htm|title= Rolf Harris receives Honorary Doctorate of the University of East London|publisher=[[University of East London]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100523191409/http://www.uel.ac.uk/news/latest_news/stories/graduation07Rolf.htm|archive-date=23 May 2010|access-date=30 June 2014}}</ref> and [[Liverpool Hope University]] in 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hope.ac.uk/index.php?option=com_content&id=4824&task=view&Itemid=1690|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722025333/http://www.hope.ac.uk/index.php?option=com_content&id=4824&task=view&Itemid=1690|url-status=dead|archive-date=22 July 2011|title=Liverpool Hope Honours Rolf Harris – Liverpool Hope University|publisher=Hope.ac.uk|access-date=30 March 2011}}</ref> Both were rescinded following his indecent assault conviction.<ref>{{cite news|first=Tom|last=Belger|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/jul/02/rolf-harris-honorary-doctorate|title=Rolf Harris stripped of honorary doctorate|work=[[The Guardian]] |date=2 July 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=Lorna|last=Hughes|url=http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/rolf-harris-stripped-honorary-degree-7374589|title=Rolf Harris stripped of honorary degree from Liverpool Hope University|work=Liverpool Echo|date=3 July 2014}}</ref>

In 2008, Harris was inducted into the [[ARIA Hall of Fame]]. He was joined onstage by [[the Seekers]] to perform "Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport" and his "Jake the Peg" routine.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,23855523-662,00.html|title=Rolf Harris in the ARIA Hall of Fame, sport|work=[[Herald Sun]]|last=Zonneveldt|first=Mandi|date=13 June 2008|access-date=14 June 2008}}</ref> After his conviction, the [[Australian Recording Industry Association]] removed him from the ARIA Hall of Fame.<ref name=news.com.au/>

The same year, to coincide with the release of ''Art: The Definitive Visual Guide'', publishers [[Dorling Kindersley]] conducted the "What the British really think about art today" survey and placed Harris above notable English artist [[Damien Hirst]].<ref name="Lom"/>

In 2011, Harris was awarded the title of "Best Selling Published Artist" by the [[Fine Art Trade Guild]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fineart.co.uk/Awards_Meet_Learn_Celebrate.aspx|title=Previous Award Winners|author=Fine Art Trade Guild|publisher=[[Fine Art Trade Guild]]|year=2012|access-date=13 September 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/8818746/The-last-laugh-belongs-to-top-selling-artist-Rolf-Harris.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/8818746/The-last-laugh-belongs-to-top-selling-artist-Rolf-Harris.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=The last laugh belongs to top-selling artist Rolf Harris|author=Judith Woods|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=11 October 2011|access-date=11 October 2011}}{{cbignore}}</ref> He was made a [[BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award|Fellow of BAFTA]] the following year,<ref name=rolf>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-17913020|title=Rolf Harris to receive Bafta Fellowship| access-date=2 May 2012|date=2 May 2012|work=[[BBC News]] }}</ref> but following his conviction, the academy announced that his fellowship would be annulled.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/uk/rolf-harris-will-be-stripped-of-bafta-fellowship-and-could-lose-cbe-from-queen-30395193.html|title=Rolf Harris will be stripped of BAFTA Fellowship and could lose CBE from Queen|access-date=7 April 2015|date=30 June 2014|work=Belfast Telegraph}}</ref> In July 2014, [[Froncysyllte Male Voice Choir]] announced that Harris's honorary vice-presidency had been annulled.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-east-wales-28197922|title=Froncysyllte Male Choir severs ties with Rolf Harris|work=[[BBC News]] |access-date=7 April 2015}}</ref>

===ARIA Music Awards===
The [[ARIA Music Awards]] is an annual awards ceremony held by the [[Australian Recording Industry Association]]. They commenced in 1987.

{{awards table}}
! {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
| [[ARIA Music Awards of 1994|1994]]
| ''Rolf Rules OK''
| [[ARIA Award for Best Comedy Release|Best Comedy Release]]
| {{nom}}
| <ref name="awards">{{cite web|url=http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history/award/Best-Comedy-Release|title=ARIA Awards Best Comedy Release|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA)|access-date=17 April 2022}}</ref>
|-
| [[ARIA Music Awards of 2008|2008]]
| Rolf Harris
| [[ARIA Hall of Fame]]
| {{no|Revoked}}
| <ref name=news.com.au/>
|-
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