Honours and Legacy
Bacon was posthumously awarded the degree of Doctor of Laws honoris causa from the University of Tasmania in August 2004.
His appointment as a Companion of the Order of Australia was announced in June 2005 but made effective from 13 May 2004. The Order of Australia is not awarded posthumously, but Bacon had been nominated before his death.
The Jim Bacon Foundation was established in his honour to "provide practical support and financial assistance to cancer patients and their families by making funds available to organisations that offer cancer treatment and palliative care services".
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