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Latest Winners / Recipients
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Year: 2024
recipient Colin Steele For significant service to librarianship, and to digital information sharing. -
Year: 2023
recipient Linda Barwick For significant service to the preservation and digitisation of cultural heritage recordings.recipient Judith Brett For significant service to education and public debate, particularly in social science and politics.recipient Patricia Lynette Dudgeon For significant service to Indigenous mental health and wellbeing, and to education.recipient Verity Firth For significant service to the Parliament of New South Wales, and to social inclusion.recipient Jenny Hocking For significant service to the preservation of Australian political history.recipient Michael Levitt For significant service to medical administration, and to professional associations.recipient Bruna Papandrea For significant service to the performing arts as a film and television producer.recipient Norman Swan For significant service to the broadcast media as a science and health commentator.recipient Antoinette Braybrook For significant service to the law, and to family violence prevention.recipient Simon Chan For significant service to multiculturalism, to the Indigenous community, and to the arts.recipient Christine Corby For significant service to Indigenous health, and to the community of Walgett.recipient Ben Elton For significant service to the entertainment industry as a comedian, actor, writer and director.recipient Sean Gordon For significant service to the Indigenous community as an advocate for equity.recipient Beth Graham For significant service to the bilingual education of Indigenous language speaking students.recipient Maxine McKew For significant service to journalism, to higher education, and to the Parliament of Australia.recipient Caroline Wood For significant service to literature as a publisher, and to the community through a range of roles. -
Year: 2022
recipient Virginia Baxter For significant service to the arts through performance, production, writing and publishing.recipient Eleanor Bourke For significant service to Indigenous heritage, to justice, and to education.recipient Susan Boyd For significant service to international relations, to tertiary education, and to women's affairs.recipient Bùi Trọng Cường For significant service to multiculturalism, and to the Vietnamese community of Queensland.recipient Keith Gallasch For significant service to the arts though performance, writing and production.recipient Delta Goodrem For significant service to the not-for-profit sector, and to the performing arts.recipient Meredith Hinchliffe For significant service to the arts through a range of roles and organisations.recipient Michael Liffman For significant service to tertiary education, the not-for-profit sector, and visual arts.recipient Dianne Lucas For significant service to women through sexual assault, domestic and family violence support organisations.recipient Patrick Mills For significant service to basketball, to charitable initiatives, and to the Indigenous community.recipient John Schumann For significant service to the veteran community, to music, and to the community.recipient David Thomas For significant service to the arts, particularly through the museums and galleries sectorrecipient Sandra Thompson For significant service to tertiary education, to rural and regional health, and to Indigenous health.recipient Joy Damousi For significant service to social sciences and the humanities, to history, and to tertiary education.recipient Dennis Eggington For significant service to the Indigenous community of Western Australia.recipient Susan Marsden For significant service to history and heritage as an author, academic and speakerrecipient Shirleene Robinson For significant service to the LGBTIQ community, to marriage equality, and to history. -
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.
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...'