Life memberships are awarded to members who have made a significant contribution to the Society. Honorary Members (H) are non-members who have contributed significantly to the arts and the Society.

2023 – Greg de Silva, John & Jennie Pyke
2022 – Glen &Verna Gillard
2021 – Don Hamilton, Kelvin & Coral Hill
2019 – Sue Gleeson
2016 – Peter Hubbard
2015 – Phillip & Marion Ham (H)
2012 – Jenny Bell, Moreen Neil
2008 – Karen Kane
2006 – Fay Dick
2005 – Dale Marsh (H), Colin Merrill (H)*
2004 – Brian Williams, Dulcie Eagle
2001 – John Rigby (H)
1999 – Mavis Sorenson
1996 – Olive Ashworth
1995 – Leith Angelo, Grace Hart
1993 – Walter & Mabel Fullarton
1992 – Jackie Hanson, Mary Norrie, Dr George D Williamson
1991 – Eileen Gleeson, Alice Campbell, Nerida Brennan,
1991 – Joseph Caesar, Margaret Olley, Win Robbins
1990 – Sheelah Mee, Audrey Harding, G. Maclean Offner OBE, John & Cherrie Leggo
1989 – Irene Amos, Iris White
1989 – Nan Paterson
1988 – Tony Scheelbeek
1987 – Charles Ludlow, Ada Ludlow (Richardson), Josephine Jenyns
1986 – Dorris Lenton, Phil & Margaret Raymond, Chris Norris, Phyllis Schneider
1985 – Heather Lee, Rubery Bennett
1984 – Sir James and Lady Ramsay (H)
1981 – Joyce Johnston, Harold Richardson
1978 – Kathleen Leichney
1977 – Huxley Barber
1976 – Agnes Richardson, Herb Carstens
1974 – John Kempthorne, Yvonne Haysom
1970 – Mr. P.G. Johnston
1967 – Mr. T.G.G. Lahey, Robert P. Cummins
1965 – Gwendolyn Grant
1964 – Caroline Barker
1962 – Hubert Jarvis
1961 – E.J.A. Weller
1960 – Frank W. Potts (H)
1958 – Hamilton Shaw, Melville Haysom, Kenneth Macqueen
1949 – Peter S. Templeton
1947 – Bessie Gibson
1945 – William Bustard
1940 – Josephine Barnard
1939 – Dr James V Duhig
1938 – Mrs E Foreman, Alfred C. Homer, Mrs L.J. Harvey (H)
1937 – Gladys Powell (neé Hobday), William G Grant, L (Lewis) J Harvey
1931 – Louis W. K. Wirth
1926 – Daphne Mayo, Vida Lahey*
1907 – Harold Parker

* Dates for Colin Merrill and Vida Lahey are approximate but there are written references to their status.