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Latest Winners / Recipients
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Year: 2021
recipient Lorrae Desmond For significant service to the performing arts as an actor, entertainer and singer.recipient Craig Foster For significant service to multiculturalism, to human rights and refugee support organisations, and to football.recipient Perry McIntyre For significant service to history preservation and genealogy organisations.recipient John Melville-Jones For significant service to tertiary education in Greek, Roman and Byzantine history and numismatics.recipient Milton Osbornerecipient Wilfrid Prest For significant service to tertiary education, and to the law and legal history.recipient Lester-Irabinna Rigney For significant service to Indigenous education, and to social inclusion research.recipient Robyn Sheahan-Bright For significant service to children's literature, and to the promotion of reading.recipient Mary Lou Jelbart For significant service to the performing and visual arts, and to the community.recipient Jaynie Anderson For significant service to tertiary education, particularly to art history in Australia.recipient Simon Bouda For significant service to the television and print media, and to the community.recipient David Carter For significant service to tertiary education, and to cultural and literary studies.recipient Kerry Chikarovski For significant service to the Parliament of New South Wales, and to the community.recipient Ann Curthoys For significant service to tertiary education, to social history, and to research.recipient Brian J. Gilbertson For significant service to festivals and events in South Australia, to opera, and to voice education.recipient Charlie King For significant service to the Indigenous community of the Northern Territory.recipient John Kotzasrecipient Patrice Newell For significant service to the environment, and to sustainable farming practices.recipient Leah Purcell For significant service to the performing arts, to First Nations youth and culture, and to women.recipient Barbara Santich For significant service to tertiary education, to gastronomy, food culture and history.recipient Gina Williams For significant service to the performing arts, to Indigenous music, and to media.recipient Peter Yu For significant service to the community, particularly to Indigenous cultural and political organisations. -
Year: 2020
recipient Bettina Arndt For significant service to the community as a social commentator, and to gender equity through advocacy for men.recipient Joan Beaumont For significant service to education, particularly to the study of war history.recipient Richard Broome For significant service to education in the field of history, and to historical groups.recipient Jane Covernton For significant service to the literary arts as a publisher of children's books.recipient Wesley Enoch For significant service to the performing arts as an Indigenous director and playwright.recipient Paul Field For significant service to the arts, particularly to children's entertainment, and as a supporter of charitable endeavours.recipient Raelene Frances For significant service to history studies as a teacher, researcher and author.recipient Jeffrey Goldsworthy For significant service to education, particularly to legal history and philosophy.recipient Rod Kemp For significant service to the Parliament of Australia, and to the people of Victoria.recipient Lenore Manderson For significant service to education, particularly medical anthropology, and to public health.recipient Georgina Williams For significant service to the Indigenous community through advocacy roles.recipient Glenn Shorrock For significant service to the performing arts as a singer, songwriter and entertainer.recipient Denver Beanlandrecipient Mike Carlton For significant service to the print and broadcast media, and to naval history.recipient Stephen Garton For significant service to tertiary education administration, and to history.recipient Karen George For significant service to history preservation and research, and to professional associations.recipient Cheryl Kickett For significant service to tertiary education, and to the Indigenous community.recipient Rhonda Marriott For significant service to tertiary education, to Indigenous health, and to nursing.recipient Martin Nakata For significant service to tertiary education, and to learning outcomes for Indigenous students.recipient Mark Opitz For significant service to the performing arts, particularly to music production.recipient Susan Sawyer For significant service to tertiary education, to adolescent health, and to international groups.recipient Ross Shardlow For significant service to the visual arts as a painter, and to maritime history.recipient Herb Wharton For significant service to the literary arts, to poetry, and to the Indigenous community. -
Year: 2019
recipient Tara Brabazon For significant service to education, particularly to graduate and cultural studies.recipient Alison Broinowski For significant service to international relations as an academic, author, and diplomat.recipient Dennis Cometti For significant service to the broadcast media as a sports presenter, and to the communityrecipient John Derum For significant service to the performing arts as an actor, director and administrator, and to the community.recipient Jonathan Faine For significant service to the broadcast media as a radio presenter, to the law, and to the community.recipient Adele Ferguson For significant service to the print and broadcast media as a journalist and business commentator.recipient Chrissie Foster For significant service to children, particularly as an advocate for those who have suffered sexual abuse.recipient Ray Harding For significant service to the broadcast media, particularly as a script writer and producer for television.recipient Alan Kohler For significant service to the print and broadcast media as an editor, journalist and finance commentator.recipient John Langmore For significant service to the Parliament of Australia, to international relations and governance, and to education.recipient Alison Lester For significant service to literature as a children's author and illustrator, and to Indigenous literacy.recipient Julie McCrossin For significant service to the community, particularly through LGBTIQ advocacy roles, and to the broadcast media.recipient Sophie Masson For significant service to literature as an author and publisher, and through roles with industry organisations.recipient Kathleen PriceFor significant service to education, particularly through Indigenous teaching initiatives.
recipient Roger Pulvers For significant service to Japanese literature and culture as a writer, translator and educator.recipient Peter Reith For significant service to the Parliament of Australia, and to the community of Victoria.recipient Lynette Russell in recognition of her "significant service to higher education, particularly to Indigenous history and women's studies.recipient Lyndall Ryan in recognition of her "significant service to higher education, particularly to Indigenous history and women's studies.recipient Waverley Stanley for “significant service to the Indigenous community through support for educationrecipient Ian Thorpe for his significant service to youth and Indigenous education through charitable initiatives and to swimming.recipient Ray Argall For significant service to film and television as a director and cinematographerrecipient Eric Bana For significant service to the performing arts, and to charitable organisations.recipient Delys Bird For significant service to higher education, and to gender studies and literature.recipient Jane Caro For significant service to the broadcast media as a journalist, social commentator and author.recipient Sophie Cunningham For significant service to literature as an author, editor and role model.recipient Margaret Fischer For significant service to the festival sector, and to the LGBTIQ community.recipient Richard Fotheringham For significant service to higher education, and to the performing arts.recipient Thomas R. Frame For significant service to higher education, to the Anglican Church of Australia, and to the community.recipient Susan Halliday For significant service to social welfare, particularly through gender equality and human rights advocacy.recipient Rosemary Ross Johnston For significant service to higher education, and to children's literature.recipient Catherine Keenan For significant service to children as an advocate for improving literacy, and to the community of Redfern.recipient Deborah Lawrie For significant service to aviation as a commercial pilot, and to women in the professionrecipient Lenore Layman For significant service to higher education, particularly in the fields of Australian and public history.recipient Peter Martin For significant service to multi platform and print media as an economics journalist.recipient Di Morrissey For significant service to literature as a novelist, and to conservation and the environment.recipient Peter Rix For significant service to the music and events industries, and to philanthropy. -
Year: 2018
recipient Hugh Anderson For significant service to Australian folklore as an historian and author, and to the community of Victoria through historical societies.recipient Noeline Kyle For significant service to history, and to higher education, as a researcher, author and educator, and through advisory roles for arts funding programs.recipient Jozefa Sobski For significant service to women's rights and migrant advocacy, and to higher education and skills based training.recipient Tracey Spicer For significant service to the broadcast media as a journalist and television presenter, and as an ambassador for social welfare and charitable groups.recipient Roger Underwood For significant service to the community of Western Australia through forestry and bushfire management, and as an historian and writer.recipient Hatice Hurmuz Basarin For service to the preservation of Australian and Turkish military history.recipient Glenn A Baker For significant service to the entertainment industry through promoting, preserving and documenting popular music culture.recipient Brian Cadd For significant service to the music industry as a singer, songwriter, performer, mentor and producer, and to professional associations.recipient Joe Caddy For significant service to the community through a range of social welfare initiatives and policy reforms, and to the Catholic Church in Australia.recipient Peter J. Casey For significant service to the performing arts through contributions to musical theatre as a conductor and musical director.recipient Ross Chambers For significant service to education through a range of senior academic roles, and to providing tertiary opportunities in regional areas.recipient Tony Ellwood For significant service to the visual arts and to the museums and galleries sector as an administrator and curatorrecipient Colin Golvan For significant service to the law, to legal education, particularly support for Indigenous students, and to the arts through governance and philanthropy.recipient Robert Gottliebsen For significant service to the print media as a journalist, editor and business analyst, and to education through school governance roles.recipient Kathy Guthadjaka For significant service to the Indigenous community through contributions to education and cultural preservation in East Arnhem Land.recipient Jack Hibberd For significant service to the performing arts through advisory roles, to theatre as a playwright, and through contributions to Australian cultural life.recipient Gael Newton For significant service to the visual arts as photography curator, and as an author and researcher, particularly of Southeast Asian photography.recipient Marie Porter For significant service to education and to the community, particularly as a researcher and advocate for the welfare of women and children.recipient Wendy Poussardrecipient Robert Riddel For significant service to architecture as a practitioner, to education, and to heritage preservation in Queensland.recipient Shurlee Swain For significant service to education, particularly through comparative social history, as an academic, author, and researcher, and to the community.recipient David Robert Walker For significant service to education as an academic in the field of Australian studies, and to international relations. -
Year: 2017
recipient Jonathon Altman For significant service to tertiary education as a researcher and administrator, and to the social sciences and Indigenous economic policy.recipient Kevin Bell For significant service to the law and to the judiciary, to native title and human rights, and to the community.recipient David Brill For significant service to the broadcast media as a cinematographer and journalist, and to the community of Tasmania.recipient John Edwards For significant service to the broadcast media industry as a television producer, and as a role model and mentor.recipient Patricia Lees For significant service to the Indigenous community of Mount Isa, and to youth, aged care, legal and health organisations.recipient Sue-Anne Wallace For significant service to the not-for-profit sector, particularly through charitable fundraising reform and establishing codes of practice.recipient Judith Bessant For significant service to education as a social scientist, advocate and academic specialising in youth studies research.recipient Anne Boyd For significant service to the performing arts and classical music as a composer, pianist, teacher and musicologist.recipient Donald Crombie For significant service to the Australian film and television industry through contributions as a director and writer, and to professional organisations.recipient David Daintree For significant service to education, particularly to tertiary colleges, and as a scholar.recipient Anne Gray For significant service to the visual arts as a curator, scholar and historian, to Australian artists, and to the promotion of cultural heritage.recipient Wendy Jenkins For significant service to literature as an author, editor and publisher, and to mentoring and developing Australia's literary community.recipient Ann McGrath For significant service to the social sciences as an academic and researcher in the field of Indigenous history, and to tertiary education.recipient Deborah Mailman For significant service to the performing arts as an actor, as a role model for Indigenous performers, and to the community.recipient John Romeril For significant service to the performing arts as a playwright and screenwriter, and to theatre companies and education.recipient John Shipp For significant service to library and information management in the tertiary education sector, and to emerging technologies.recipient Frank Van Straten For significant service to performing arts heritage and conservation as a theatre historian, as an author, and to the broadcast media.
Works About this Award
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13 Greek Australians Recognised in Queen’s Birthday Honours List 2021 single work column
— Appears in: Neos Kosmos , June 2021; -
David Helfgott, the Concert Pianist Immortalised in Shine, Awarded OAM for Service to Performing Arts 2021 single work column
— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , January 2021;'Renowned Australian concert pianist David Helfgott has been awarded an Order of Australia Medal for his service to the performing arts following a career spanning seven decades.'
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Slip, Slop, Slap Designer's Gong 2016 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 13 June 2016; (p. 9) -
‘Singing Was the One Thing I Was Good At’ 2016 single work column
— Appears in: The Australian , 13 June 2016; (p. 7) -
Mayor Pedro Awarded AM Honour 2016 single work column biography
— Appears in: Torres News , 25-31 January 2016; (p. 1-2) 'Councillor Pedro Stephen has served as Mayor of the Torres Shire since 1994 and was the first Indigenous person to be elected to this position...'
