A hand-woven tapestry portrait of Acton was unveiled at the Rockhampton Art Gallery while the Beef Australia exhibition was being held in the city in 2015. Friends of Acton had the portrait commissioned from the Australian Tapestry Workshop. Former Governor of Queensland, Penelope Wensley AC addressed the guests at the unveiling and said that the portrait captured both the spirit of the country and of Acton himself. Rockhampton's Central Queensland University posthumously made Acton an Honorary Doctor of the University in 2015, to recognise his role as an ambassador for the Central Queensland region and for the Australian cattle industry in general. During the 2015 Paradise Lagoons Campdraft, a bronze bust of Graeme Acton at the venue was unveiled by Prime Minister Tony Abbott.