The Order Winter 2013 - Order of Australia Association

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The National Magazine of The Order of Australia Association 

No 33, Winter 2013 

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The Order No. 33, Winter 2013 

What's where in this edition of The Order 

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Frederick Kummerow OAM has found a postcard 

from the past, posted from Charleville, 

Queensland, in 1912, illustrating wool transport 

in the era of bullock trains. 

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Olympian Ian Thorpe OAM has added the Human 

Rights Medal to his many awards for his 

work with indigenous children. 14–15 

The late World War II humanitarian, Raoul Wallenberg, 

a Swedish diplomat in Nazi-occupied 

Hungary who led a mission to save the lives of 

nearly 100,000 Hungarian Jews, has been named 18–19 

as the first honorary Australian citizen. 

The Royal Succession — gender 

and religion have been on 

the agenda of the Council of 

Australian Governments. Read 

about their decision. 

OAA Foundation Scholars 

receive their scholarship certificates 

from the Governor- 

General 

The national conference in words 

and photos. 

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The Order of Australia Association office holders 

President: Mr Ross Adler AC 

DIRECTORS: 

Chairman: AirCdre Peter McDermott AM CSC 

Deputy Chairman: Mr William Galvin OAM 

Secretary: Colonel Roger Dace AM QGM 

Treasurer: Prof. John McKellar AM ED 

Membership Secty: Ms Colleen Thurgar AM 

Representing ACT: Mr Derek Robson AM 

Representing NSW: Mr Ronald Sharp OAM 

Representing NT: Dr Valerie Asche AM 

Representing Qld: Prof. Tony Webber AM 

Representing SA: Mr Ken Coventry OAM 

Representing Victoria : Mr David Mann OAM 

Representing WA: MajGen Barry Nunn AO RFD ED 

National Manager: Ms Rosemary Everett CPA

People in the news — more on the next page 

A new Association president takes over 

Mr Ross Adler AC 

(right) was elected 

the new President of 

the Order of Australia 

Association by the Board 

of the Association at 

its meeting coinciding 

with the OAA Annual 

Conference in Canberra 

in February. Ross replaces 

outgoing president the 

Hon Shane Stone AC 

QC, who retired at the 

conference after his busy 

and successful three-year 

term. 

Ross, a distinguished 

Australian, is a most successful businessman and is 

dedicated to service in the Australian community. In 1999 

he was made an Officer of the Order of Australia and in 

2007 elevated to Companion of the Order of Australia. 

In 2011 he was honoured with the degree of Doctor of 

the University of Adelaide. He has been a director of the 

Foundation of the OAA since its inception and strongly 

supports its program of providing scholarships to young 

Australians to further their tertiary education. 

His business interests are centred on Amtrade 

Alumni Award recognises work on people trafficking 

Dr Anne Gallagher AO (right) has been named as joint 

recipient of the 2013 Australian National University’s 

Alumni Awards for her continuing work as an advocate for 

today’s “slaves” — the victims of people trafficking. 

In an article in the Autumn edition of ANU Reporter, 

Lisa Visentin writes: 

Anne has built a formidable career as a lawyer, practitioner, 

teacher and scholar with a significant international 

reputation in human rights and the administration of 

criminal justice. 

After graduating from ANU with a Master of International 

Law in 1992 and holding various roles in Canberra, 

Anne served as Special Adviser to Mary Robinson, the 

then UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and former 

President of Ireland, from 1998 to 2000. 

During that time, Anne led the development of the United 

Nations Principles and Guidelines on Human Rights 

and Human Trafficking and was the founding Chairperson 

of the UN Interagency Group on Human Trafficking and 

Migrant Smuggling. 

Since resigning from the UN in 2003, Anne has led the 

Asia Regional Trafficking in Persons Project. The $US30 

million project is an intergovernmental initiative funded 

by the Australian Government, aimed at strengthening legislative 

and criminal-justice responses to human trafficking 

and related exploitation in all 10 Association of South 

East Asian Nations member states. 

While juggling guest-lecturer positions at some of the 

world’s best universities, consulting to the UN and authoring 

numerous documents, handbooks, research reports 

and training materials on human rights, criminal justice 


International, a market-leading supplier of chemicals, 

plastics, raw materials and specialty products to all major 

segments of Australian and New Zealand industry. He was 

a major player in the development of the oil and gas giant 

Santos. 

Ross holds or has held board and chairman positions on 

many business and not-for-profit organisations, including 

the International Chief Executives Organisation, the 

Australia Japan Business Co-Operation Committee, 

the University of Adelaide Council, the Defence SA 

Advisory Board and the FTA Export Advisory Panel. 

Directorships include the Australian Trade Commission, 

the Commonwealth Bank of Australia Limited and Telstra 

Corporation. 

His civic and community record of service is impressive. 

He has served on governing boards of the SA State 

Theatre Company, the Adelaide Festival of the Arts, the 

Adelaide Entertainment Centre, the Formula One Grand 

Prix Board, the Adelaide Legacy Torch Appeal and the 

Duke of Edinburgh Awards (SA). 

As our new President, Ross will bring a wealth of 

business acumen to the association and his record of 

service to the community will be valued by the members 

and board of the association as we move to raise the 

national profile of both the Order of Australia and the 

Order of Australia Association. 

and the rule of law, Anne 

remains committed to 

mentoring others. Anne 

was awarded the inaugural 

Australian Freedom Award 

for her international work 

against contemporary 

forms of slavery in 2011. 

She was made an Officer 

in the Order of Australia in 

2012. She was also named, 

in the same year, a Trafficking 

in Persons Report 

Hero — by the then US 

Secretary of State, Hilary 

Clinton — for her work in 

the global campaign against 

modern slavery. 

Dr Gallagher’s co-awardee is Dr Martin Parkinson, Secretary 

to the Treasury. 

This is the inaugural year in which the Australian National 

University has celebrated and thanked alumni for all 

they have done for the ANU, Australia and the world. 

The awards recognise a diverse group of alumni who are 

making differences, seven of the winners falling into the 

following categories: Student of the Year, Young Alumnus 

of the Year, International Alumnus of the Year, Alumnus 

of the Year and the Vice-Chancellor’s Special Commendation 

Award for Alumni Volunteer Leadership and Service 

to ANU and the Vice-Chancellor’s Special Commendation 

Award for Alumni Innovation and Entrepreneurship. 

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People and places in the news 

Postcard from the past 

In response to the article on postcards in the last edition of The Order, 

Frederick Kummerow OAM of Angaston, SA, writes that his father, Johann, 

sent this postcard in December 1912 to his younger brother, Charles. 

Johann (“Jack”), 20, worked on the Queensland Railways at Charleville. 

Mr Kummerow writes, “This is the original B-Double transport of a century 

ago.” The postcard reads, “Well Chas I am sending you one of the big 

loads of wool — this is a bonsor — we handled a few loads like this they 

have up to 15 tons on 28 to 30 bullocks. This load is just near the railway 

yard, you can see the signal near the mark (x) and you can see where he 

carries his bed and the water cask where I marked (x). See the way they 

have of twiching the load thats steel wire ropes. Some come as far as 250 

miles. Some have from 50 to 100 bales on. They have some fine bullock 

teams they make good money but a rough life some of them have their 

families with them we have a good time when five or six 

come to unload they go and get beer by the bucket full. 

Well Chas I will close now so goodbye from Jack.” 

Australian Kiaps formally recognised 

Applications for the Police Overseas Service Medal 

have formally opened for Australian Kiaps who 

served in Papua New Guinea after World War II. The 

Governor-General, Ms Quentin Bryce AC CVO, has 

made a declaration under the Police Overseas Service 

Medal Regulations to recognise the work of “Kiaps”, 

former patrol officers who were members of the Royal 

Papua New Guinea Constabulary between 1949 and 1973. 

Australian police officers who served with the Royal 

Papua New Guinea Constabulary during the same period 

of time will also be eligible to apply. 

Between 1949 and 1973, about 2000 Australians served 

as officers of the Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary. 

Minister for Home Affairs Jason Clare said,“They have 

never been properly recognised for the work they did to 

maintain order and stability in Papua New Guinea. This 

is righting a wrong. It is long overdue recognition of the 

important work they did.” 

New Customs Reform Board 

Three distinguished Australians with expertise in law 

enforcement, corruption resistance and best-practice 

business systems, make up the new Customs Reform 

Board. They are: 

The Honourable James Wood AO QC, former Royal 

Commissioner of the NSW Royal Commission into 

the NSW Police Service 

Mr Ken Moroney AO APM, former Commissioner of the 

NSW Police Force 

Mr David Mortimer AO, Former CEO TNT Limited, 

former Deputy Chairman of Ansett, former Chairman 

of Australia Post and Leightons Holdings. 

The top priority for the board is to provide advice and 

recommendations to target corruption aggressively and 

oversee the implementation of reforms to embed an 

improved cultur of professionalism and integrity in the 

Australian Customs and Border Protection Service. 

New magistrates 

An advisory panel comprising Chief Federal Magistrate 

John Pascoe AO CVO, former Family Court judge Susan 

Morgan and a senior Attorney-General’s Department 

officer, recently assessed the suitability of 82 candidates 

for two appointments to the Federal Magistrates’ Court of 

Australia. Ms Alexandra Harland, in Darwin, and Ms Judy 

Small, in Melbourne, have been appointed to the Federal 

Magistrates Court as it changes its name to the Federal 

Circuit Court of Australia. 

Ambassador for Counter-Terrorism 

Mr Bill Paterson AM has been succeeded as Australia’s 

Ambassador for Counterterrorism by Mr Bill Fisher, who 

will be Australia’s fifth Ambassador for Counterterrorism. 

The position, based in Canberra, was established in March 

2003 to assist in coordinating and promoting Australia’s 

international counterterrorism efforts. 

High Court judge retires 

High Court judge Justice John Dyson Heydon AC 

has retired after 10 years of service to the High Court of 

Australia which has officially welcomed his successor, 

Justice Patrick Keane, to the bench. at a recent swearing-in 

ceremony in Canberra. The Honourable James Allsop has 

been appointed Chief Justice of the Federal Court.


A vision for now and the future 

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RIGHT: Olympian 

Ian Thorpe 

OAM leads some 

of the children 

his Fountain 

of Youth charity 

helps with 

educational and 

cultural support. 

Ian Thorpe OAM awarded Human Rights Medal 

Fighting for better services for indigenous children in 

remote communities across Australia has delivered the 

Human Rights Medal for 2012 to Ian Thorpe OAM. 

For more than a decade, Ian has worked as a passionate 

advocate of indigenous people with his Fountain for Youth 

charity, which works with 21 remote communities in the 

Northern Territory. 

Ian Thorpe’s Fountain for Youth began in 2000 and 

focuses on raising awareness and funds to bring positive 

change to the lives of indigenous children and their 

communities by supporting educational and cultural programs. 

“I believe that all children should be given the opportunity 

to live a healthy and fulfilling life,” he said. “I want 

indigenous children afforded the same opportunities as all 

children in Australia.” 

Projects the charity supports include the Literacy Backpack 

program, whereby children take home backpacks 

with suitable reading material and parents and students 

work together on choosing books for their school libraries. 

Another successful project is the development of the 

Ghunmarn Cultural Centre in Wugularr/Beswick, which 

develops the artistic ability of Aboriginal children and 

showcases outstanding art from the region. 

“When I first visited some of the communities outside 

Katherine in the Northern Territory I was shocked at the 

lack of facilities — particularly the schools. While the 

situation was tough, I could also see these people had hope 

and with that I saw there was an opportunity to be able to 

work alongside them,” Ian said. 

“If we want to become the great nation that we potentially 

can be, we have to look after the first Australians and 

we have to look after the neediest people in this country 

above all else.” 

Ian’s work has extended beyond Fountain for Youth to 

becoming an active advocate as the Co-patron of the Close 

The Gap campaign, which aims to close the health and 

life expectancy gap between Aboriginal and Torres Strait 

Islander peoples and non-indigenous Australians within a 

generation. 

Human Rights Commission President Professor Gillian 

Triggs said the judges had selected Ian for his dedication 

to helping improve the lives of indigenous children in 

Australia. “Ian Thorpe is more than a great Olympian — 

he has demonstrated a strong and enduring commitment to 

ensuring that vulnerable children are given the opportunity 

to realise their full potential,” she said. 

More than 200 entries were received in this year’s Human 

Rights Commission’s Human Rights Awards; 39 

finalists were selected in 10 categories. 

Winners in the other nine Award categories are: 

Young People’s Human Rights Medal — Krista 

McMeeken; Law Award — Human Rights Law Centre; 

Business Awards — Hoyts Cinemas, Village Cinemas, 

Event/Greater Union/Birch Carroll & Coyle Cinemas and 

Reading Cinemas; Community Individual Award — Pat 

Anderson; Community Award Organisation — Aboriginal 

Legal Service of Western Australia (ALSWA); Literature 

(non-fiction) Award — The People Smuggler, by 

Robin de Crespigny (Penguin Australia, May 2012); Print 

and Online Media Award — Professor Sharon Pickering 

and The Conversation Academic Expert Panel on 

Asylum Seekers series (Series of 14 articles published in 

The Conversation between June and August 2012); Radio 

Award — Intellectually Disabled People Fight for Access 

to Justice (PM, ABC Radio National, Produced by Nance 

Haxton and aired in January 2012; Television Award — 

Age of Uncertainty (The Project, Network Ten, Produced 

by Hamish MacDonald and Sam Clark, screened over 

April and May 2012).

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Multicultural ambassadors and citizenship 

Some of many people chosen for the People of Australia Ambassadors’ Program with the Minister for Multicultural 

Affairs, Senator Kate Lundy (centre front row), and the Chairman of the Australian Multicultural Council, Judge Rauf 

Soulio, next to Minister Lundy. 

number of people who have received honours in the and provide legal assistance to the refugees in South East 

A Order of Australia are continuing their community Asia and Hong Kong refugee camps, for which he was 

work embracing citizenship and multiculturalism. awarded the Austcare Paul Cullen Award in 1997. He was 

The People of Australia Ambassadors Program honours 

people who embody the principles of Australia’s mul- 

2004) and National President of the Vietnamese Commu- 

President of the Vietnamese Community in NSW (2001- 

ticultural policy and have a strong commitment to inclusion, 

social cohesion and actions that unite all Australians. of Australia Medal in 2005 for his services to refugees and 

nity in Australia (2005-2008). He was awarded an Order 

The People of Australia Ambassadors are an important and the community. 

crucial link providing feedback from local communities on Dr Farvardin Daliri OAM, of Queensland, who has 

issues of interest to the Australian Multicultural Council a long history of helping communities on their path to 

and the Australian Government. 

empowerment, harmony and social inclusion. His PhD 

People of Australia Ambassadors are appointed for 12 thesis identified realistic possibilities of supporting indigenous 

children’s English literacy during early schooling. 

months.Those Ambassadors who have been honoured in 

the Order of Australia include: 

He founded and developed Townsville’s regional annual 

Mr Jeremy Jones AM, of NSW, a fifth-generation Cultural Fest (now in its 18th year) which is major means 

Australian who has devoted many years to promoting of socio-economic development, demolition of cultural 

reconciliation and religious pluralism and facilitating the barriers and celebration of Australian inclusive multicultural 

identity and democracy for all. 

ability of Australians of all backgrounds to maximise their 

contributions to Australian society. The Director of the International 

and Community Affairs for the Australia/Israel Director of the Bob Hawke Prime Ministerial Centre at the 

Ms Elizabeth Ho OAM, the foundation Executive 

and Jewish Affairs Council, he is the co-Chairman of the University of South Australia. International patron Nelson 

Australian National Dialogue of Christians, Muslims and Mandela has personally endorsed the centre’s role in public 

learning and its values — “strengthening our democ- 

Jews, the Uniting Church/Jewish Community Dialogue 

and the Annual Conversations between the Jewish community 

and Australia’s Catholic Bishops; a former Con- 

Under her leadership, the Hawke Centre has received a 

racy, celebrating our diversity and building our future.” 

venor of Faith Communities for Reconciliation; and a past 2011 SA Governor’s Multicultural Award. A National 

President of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry. Fellow of the Institute for Public Administration Australia 

He was the 2007 Australian Human Rights Medallist and (IPAA), Ms Ho is also Deputy Chairperson of the Board of 

has spoken in Australia and internationally on Australian 

multiculturalism, religious diversity, the protection of pendent agency responsible for the settlement of refugees 

the Migrant Resource Centre of South Australia, an inde- 

victims of racism, indigenous reconciliation and a number in South Australia, and has been appointed to the South 

of other topics. 

Australian Women’s Honour Roll for notable services to 

Mr Lawrence Dimech OAM JP, a journalist and public learning. 

author. Mr Dimech was the founder and first editor of The Ms Marion Lau OAM JP, who arrived in Melbourne 

Maltese Herald and was former Consul-General of Malta from Malaysia in 1969. She strongly promotes multiculturalism 

and social cohesion and advocates the principles 

in NSW. He was the first Director/Coordinator of the 

Migrants’ Resource Centre in Parramatta and Executive of access and equity and social justice and their application 

to migrants, especially women and children, and the 

Officer and Ethnic Affairs Officer with the Department of 

Immigration and Ethnic Affairs. He has been a resident of aged from non-English-speaking backgrounds. Ms Lau 

Australia since 1954. 

participates actively in a number of community and other 

Dr Tien Nguyen OAM, who came to Australia in 1980 not-for-profit organisations, within the Chinese community 

as well as the Ethnic Communities’ Councils of Victo- 

as a refugee from Vietnam. He requalified as a doctor in 

1984 and has been working as a medical practitioner in ria. She is a Director of her own management consultancy 

Sydney. In 1988 he founded the Council of Vietnamese company and specialises in human resources management, 

Refugees Supporting Organisations in Australia to help aged care and small-business mentoring.


‘Ambassadors’ link with communities 

Heaps of potential on display 

Apart from those who have been honoured in the Order of Australia for a range of 

community activities, there are 45 other People’s Ambassadors steeped in community 

work. Typical of such dedication is Tania Huynh (pictured right) who, at 23, is already a 

recognised leader in the Fairfield (NSW) community and an advocate of youth issues and 

multicultural affairs. Founding director of the We Can-Vas charity group, Ms Huynh has 

an interest in providing support for young people and helping them to achieve. She has 

participated in the National Youth Roundtable, acted as MC for the Bankstown Children’s 

Festival and was on the Prospect Local Champions Sporting Grants selection panel. She 

was the Young Vietnamese Australian of the Year in 2005 and the Young Fairfield Citizen 

of the Year in 2009. She is studying for a Law and Business degree at the University of 

Technology, Sydney. 

A prodigious leader among Victoria’s African youth, Victor Victor (right) arrived 

from Sudan aged 11. Mr Victor is passionate about mentoring youth and supporting 

multicultural programs in his local Dandenong community. He is involved with the Multi- 

Faith Multicultural Youth Network, volunteers as a tutor with African group SAIL, and 

mentors young people through Site Guide. Victor has a passion for music, including local 

hip hop and festivals. He was the Young Victorian of the Year and the City of Greater 

Dandenong Young Citizen of the Year in 2012. 

Council draws from a rich background 

The Australian Multicultural Council consists of 10 

members, including a youth member and two exofficio 

members (the Race Discrimination Commissioner 

and the Secretary of the Department of Immigration and 

Citizenship). 

The Chairman of the council is Judge Rauf Soulio, 

South Australian District Court Judge, and his deputy is 

Ms Gail Ker OAM, the CEO of ACCES Services Inc, 

Queensland. She and three other council members have 

been honoured in the Order of Australia. 

Ms Ker has worked extensively in multicultural 

affairs positions and is a board member of the Ethnic 

Communities Council in Queensland. She is also Deputy 

Chairperson of the Logan and Redlands Regional 

Development Australia Board. She has been actively 

involved in labour-market programs such as SkillShare, 

and played a key role in developing and leading a 

community-based non-government organisation in 

Logan, Queensland. She was Chairwoman and Vice 

Chairwoman of the Settlement Council of Australia 

and a member of the Australian Multicultural Advisory 

Council from January 2009 until June 2011. 

Dr Hass Dellal OAM (Vic), who is Executive Director of 

Good Evans, says high-achieving father 

If any of us discovers a species of animal or plant we are 

almost assured of our name’s immortalisation (in Latin) 

as part of its official name. Still, sometimes other factors 

capture names for posterity. We once had Reaganomics 

and still have versions of Thatcherism. 

A recent book that traces the origins of people’s names 

that have been given to things, actions and beliefs is Lord 

Sandwich and the Pants Man by Eamon Evans. 

The publisher’s publicity notes that “we all know 

there was a ballerina named Pavlova and an earl named 

Sandwich ... but there was also a Baron Lamington and 

a Queen Margarita, a Mr Booze and a Captain Fudge.” 

Laszlo Biro invented the ball-point biro, Jules Leotard 

wore the first leotard, Charles Boycott endured the first 

boycott and Lord Cardigan loved a good cardigan. There 

the Australian Multicultural Foundation and a member 

of several boards, including those of the National 

Centre of Excellence for Islamic Studies Consultative 

Committee; the International Steering Committee; 

and the International Metropolis Project (Canada). He 

is Deputy Chairman of the Victoria Police Multifaith 

Council; Chairman of the Centre for Multicultural 

Youth; and Deputy Chairman of the SBS Board. He 

was a member of the Australian Multicultural Advisory 

Council until June 2011. 

Mr Peter Wertheim AM (NSW), who is executive 

director of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry, 

was a practising solicitor for more than 30 years, 

consultant to law firm Slater and Gordon. He was 

honorary solicitor for the East Timor Relief Association, 

the Australian International Fund for Disadvantaged 

Children in Vietnam, and Aboriginal Medical Service 

Co-operative, Redfern, NSW. 

Mr Talal Yassine OAM (NSW), who is founder and 

managing director; Crescent Investments Australasia 

Pty Ltd, director Sydney Ports, director the Whitlam 

Institute Ltd, deputy Chairman, Gulf Australia Business 

Council Ltd. 

really was a maverick named Maverick and a chauvinist 

named Chauvin. Greek literature’s The Iliad features a 

bully named Hector and a wise teacher named Mentor. 

Quite apart from its possible value in trivia contests or 

arguments at the pub, the book has a sales champion in 

former Minister for Foreign Affairs and now Australian 

National University Chancellor Gareth Evans AC QC. 

He’s the author’s father and wrote recently to friends and 

colleagues touting the book as an ideal present and as “a 

light, funny look at some of the people and places whose 

names gave us everyday words.” 

For a preview access: 

 

It’s available at Australian bookshops and on line. 

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100 years of ‘call the nurse’ — rain, hail or shine 

Caring for the Community Rain Hail or Shine —The 

History of District/Community Nursing in the ACT 

(1911-2011) 100 years. 

By Alan Foskett and Shirley Sutton AM 

Published by ACT Community Nursing History Group 

The book begins in 1911, finishes in 2011 and covers 

how district and community nursing in the ACT have 

evolved over the last 100 years and how the wider health 

services in the ACT have influenced the provision of 

community health care and the role of the nurse and the 

care of patients. 

Alan Foskett and Registered Nurse Shirley Sutton AM 

PSM are co-authors supported by a working group of 

retired nurses. 

The launching of this book about the history of district 

and community nursing in the ACT plays a key role in 

Canberra’s centenary celebrations. Published by Shirley 

Sutton’s ACT Community Nursing History Group, the 

book was launched on March 24, dedicated to the late 

Helen Dengate, a community nurse and founding member 

of the history group. 

Although the first district nurses did not begin their work 

until 1950, co-authors, local historian Alan Foskett and 

former senior community nurse Shirley Sutton, point out that 

to understand fully the origins and development of district 

and community nursing it is important to be aware of how 

health and hospital services developed in both the Federal 

and Australian Capital Territories and nearby areas before 

1950 and up to the present. 

As a result the wider history of how the health services 

evolved over the last 100 years is covered in the book through 

a record of events and issues, stories and photographic 

material. Much valuable Canberra and district general history 

is included. 

It was the National Council of Women which first raised 

the need for an ACT-based district nursing service outside 

the hospital environment and it took the case to the then 

Commonwealth Minister for Health, Senator McKenna, in 

1948. 

After what seemed a long delay, agreement was given for 

two nurses to begin a district nursing service in early 1950. 

District nurses Wilshire and Allan were the pioneers of the 

service. The book is full of individual stories, many heartrending, 

as well as devotion-to-service stories, stories about 

patients and sometimes humorous stories told by community 

nurses who worked over the six decades that followed; 

stories which make up such an important part of the history 

of Canberra’s health services. 

The rapid expansion of community nursing in the sixties 

and seventies was a response to the unprecedented growth 

of Canberra’s population and an increasing acceptance of 

the value of and need for the provision of health services 

to people in their communities and in their homes. 

The establishment of the Capital Territory Health 

Commission in 1975 and the concurrent provision in the 

seventies of a network of 11 community health centres 

provided a solid base from which community nursing 

services would continue to grow. The ageing of the 

population was another key factor in the planning of 

home-based nursing services at that time. 

Caring For The Community identifies the significance 

of the home-based palliative-care program first introduced 

in 1985 and the many special socio-health programs that 


have become central to community nursing over the last 

25 years. 

The book, of 450 pages and enhanced by Robina 

Gugler’s artistic design, is a fitting tribute not only to 

those two pioneering nurses of early 1950 but also to the 

many hundreds who have followed, including the 250 

community nurses employed now by the ACT Health 

Directorate. 

Because of its heritage significance, the project has been 

generously supported by the ACT Government through the 

ACT Heritage Grants Scheme, ACT Department of Health 

and other sources. 

Caring For The Community is on sale for $40 and can 

be bought by contacting Shirley Sutton AM on 

02 6291 8410. 

Level 12, 135 King Street, Sydney


Australia’s first Honorary Citizen 

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Displaying Raoul 

Wallenberg’s certificate 

of honorary citizenship 

at the ceremony, Mr 

George Farkas (left), the 

son of Mr John Farkas, 

Wallenberg’s right-hand 

man in 1944-45 and the 

last person to see him 

before he was taken 

captive by the Russians, 

and Professor Frank 

Vajda AM, whom 

Wallenberg rescued from 

an execution squad. 

The Governor-General, Ms Quentin Bryce AC CVO, 

presided at a ceremony at Government House, Canberra 

on May 6 recognising the late humanitarian Raoul 

Wallenberg — a Swedish diplomat in Nazi-occupied Hungary 

who led a mission to save the lives of nearly 100,000 

Hungarian Jews — as the first honorary Australian citizen. 

The following is a lightly edited version of her address 

to Holocaust survivors and others involved because of 

Wallenberg’s courage. 

“Nobel laureate, writer and Holocaust survivor Elie 

Wiesel has said: 

The opposite of love is not hate, it’s indifference. 

The opposite of art is not ugliness, it’s indifference. 

The opposite of faith is not heresy, it’s indifference. 

And the opposite of life is not death, it’s indifference. 

“With these words, Professor Wiesel has reminded the 

world of its tragic failure to prevent one of the darkest 

periods in human history, the Holocaust. This was a time 

when the Nazi war machine, not geared to victory on the 

battlefield but to the systematic annihilation of their fellow 

man, destroyed the innocent lives of countless millions 

of Jewish, Romani, disabled and homosexual people. But 

within this dark abyss of sadness and despair, there were 

flickers of light. Acts of bravery and humanity by those 

who were not indifferent. Acts of ... courageous people. 

“No actions shone brighter or reflected better on the 

qualities of humanity than those of Raoul Wallenberg, 

a man whose courage in the face of adversity must be 

remembered for all time. 

“Born in Sweden in 1912, Wallenberg was an architect, 

businessman and diplomat who served as Sweden’s special 

envoy in Budapest, Hungary from July 1944. 

“Confronted with the reality of Hitler’s Final Solution, 

he set about trying to save as many Jews as possible. 

Repeatedly putting his own life at risk, he succeeded in 

issuing ‘protective passports’ and providing shelter for 

up to 100,000 people whose lives would otherwise have 

been lost. He rented buildings which he would label ‘The 

Swedish Library’ or the ‘Swedish Research Institute’ seeking 

to extend to them the protection of diplomatic immunity 

when these buildings were really just providing a safe 

haven for those he had rescued. 

“He would confront the Hungarian fascists, the Arrow 

Cross, as they were transporting men and women to the 

gas chambers, desperately handing out Swedish passports 

to all those he could find. And his intervention would help 

thwart Adolf Eichmann’s plan to liquidate Hungary’s General 

Ghetto, which would itself have killed almost 70,000 

Jews just as the Nazi occupation of Budapest was coming 

to an end. 

“These were the actions of one selfless man who was 

to be tragically taken by the Red Army after they entered 

Budapest on 17 January, 1945. He was never to be seen 

again. But since that time, much has been done around 

the world to ensure Wallenberg’s memory is not forgotten. 

At Israel’s Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial he is 

honoured as ‘Righteous Among Nations’ and the United 

States, Canada, Hungary and Israel have each made him 

an honorary citizen. 

“In Australia Wallenberg has already been honoured by 

parks and monuments created in his name. I am proud that 

today our nation goes one step further in making Raoul 

Wallenberg our first ever honorary citizen. I cannot think 

of a more appropriate and significant figure to welcome to 

our Australian family. Wallenberg’s life is an example to 

us all. His brave, selfless and compassionate actions are 

proof that just one person can make a real difference. 

“Today may not have occurred but for the efforts of 

people who understand how important it is to perpetuate 

Raoul Wallenberg’s memory. None more so than Dr Frank 

Vajda, who, with his mother Maria, were rescued by Wallenberg. 

You have done so much to honour his name. To 

you we say thank you. 

“Ladies and Gentlemen, today is a special day ... for the 

Swedish community who see us honour one of their own 

[and] for survivors of the Holocaust and their families, 

some of whom are with us today. ... Australia proudly welcomes 

its newest citizen, and we assure you that ‘Never 

Again’ [is] firmly in our hearts and minds. 

“It is said in the Old Testament, that one who saves a 

life is considered to have saved an entire world. Today 

we honour the heroic deeds of one man who refused to be 

indifferent in the face of inhumanity and hatred. He ultimately 

would give his life so that others could have theirs. 

For this, and for all that Raoul Wallenberg symbolises, we 

should all be eternally grateful.”

10 


The royal succession — gender and religion 

The issue of Australia’s 

becoming a republic has 

faded for the time being. 

This has not, however, taken 

the Royal Family out of 

public debate. For years 

there has been concern 

over the discriminatory 

issues of male succession 

and restrictions on 

religious association. 

The Commonwealth of 

Nations has addressed both 

issues. Now Australia 

has responded. 

Her Majesty the Queen, Sovereign of 

The Order of Australia 

Commonwealth and states agree in a hybrid sort of way 

The Council of Australian Governments (COAG) has 

agreed to a hybrid model to implement the previously 

agreed changes to the rules of royal succession in 

Australia. 

At the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting 

in Perth in October 2011, the Prime Ministers of 

Commonwealth nations agreed to the proposal by British 

Prime Minister David Cameron that the rules for the royal 

succession be reformed to allow for succession regardless 

of gender and to remove the bar on succession for an heir 

and successor of the sovereign who marries a Roman 

Catholic. 

Under the hybrid model, Australian states may choose 

to enact state legislation dealing with the rules of royal 

succession. States have agreed that they will ask the 

Commonwealth under s.51(38) of the Constitution to enact 

legislation and that any state legislation will be consistent 

with their requests to the Commonwealth under s.51(38). 

All jurisdictions have endorsed the hybrid model, 

which means that all jurisdictions will request the 

Commonwealth to enact legislation under Section 51 (38) 

of the Constitution. Individual states can elect, if they so 

choose, to enact also their own legislation. 

At a press conference after the COAG meeting, the 

Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, said, “ This issue of royal 

succession was discussed. This is Australia’s part in 

ensuring that, for the future, girls could succeed to become 

the monarch in the same way that boys can, that there’s 

not discrimination, and that there is no discrimination 

against the monarch marrying a Catholic.” 

Premier Denis Napthine of Victoria said, “We welcome 

the agreed position with regard to royal succession. I think 

this provides a sensible way forward for all jurisdictions 

to operate under the umbrella of the Commonwealth 

constitutional changes.” 

. In December at the Council of Australian Governments 

meeting the Prime Minister and all Premiers and Chief 

Ministers, apart from Queensland Premier Campbell 

Newman, agreed to effect these changes under section 

51(38) of the Commonwealth Constitution, in which the 

states can pass legislation requesting the Commonwealth 

to make changes to the law. 

Commenting before the April COAG meeting, the 

Commonwealth Attorney-General, Mark Dreyfus QC, 

said that the Newman Government needed to embrace the 

21st century and allow modernisation of the UK’s royal 

succession laws, which would do away with the preference 

for a male heir and exclusion of Catholics, among other 

restrictions. 

“These royal succession reforms remove outdated 

notions of gender and the religious affiliation of a spouse. 

They are long overdue,” he said. 

Asked at the press conference if he had changed his 

position, Premier Newman said, “The position when we 

last met was that we were being asked to refer our powers 

to the Commonwealth, as I recall. 

“Sadly on that day I think many people seemed to 

misunderstand where I was coming from. My Government 

moved this year, some weeks ago, in fact a couple of 

months ago, to introduce legislation to ensure what was 

agreed at CHOGM could be implemented in Queensland. 

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11 

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Prince Charles Prince William On the way 

History shows that it’s always been a changing royal world 

Changing the laws relating to the royal succession 

and to religious observance are not new. The English 

Parliament passed an Act of Succession in 1544 to 

cope with Henry VIII’s erratic attempts at fathering a 

male successor. 

Similarly there have been several laws enforcing 

aspects of religious observance: the First Act of Uniformity 

of Edward VI in 1549 decreed that all services 

should be in English, not Latin. The Second Act of Uniformity 

made church attendance compulsory, rather 

like Australia’s electoral Acts, which decree attendance 

but not the act of voting. 

With the accession of the Catholic monarchy, Parliament 

passed the Revival of the Heresy Acts in 1554, 

originally decreed by Richard II, Henry IV and Henry 

V. Elizabeth I reversed that religious-political hiccup 

in 1559 with the Act of Supremacy and another Act of 

Uniformity restoring “the Book of the Common Prayer 

and Administration of the Sacraments and other Rites 

and Ceremonies of the Church, after the use of the 

Church of England.” To reinforce her father’s break 

with Rome, Elizabeth assented in 1571 an “Act against 

bringing Decrees of the Pope into England.” 

Over the next 70 years, Charles I brought the monarchy 

into grave political dispute and civil war to such an 

extent that he was subject to “An Act erecting a High 

Court of Justice for the Trial of Charles I”, the result 

Succession and gender — continued from previous page 

So, in other words, some people last time reported 

somehow that we didn’t support the female succession 

occurring. Absolute nonsense. What we have always been 

on about is about the sovereignty of Queensland and the 

way that our Constitution works. — Queensland Premier 

Campbell Newman. 

“Today I’ve been happy to agree that we will amend the 

legislation that is currently in the Queensland House. I 

stress that it has already been introduced some time ago. 

I’m happy to amend that and to, in the amendment, have a 

request to the Commonwealth to similarly pass legislation 

under 51 (38).That’s the way we’re going to go, I’m happy 

with that, and I think it deals with the concerns that my 

Cabinet and I have had.” 

The Prime Minister was asked about Premier Newman’s 

of which was a death warrant for the king. The Commonwealth 

(or republic, or Protectorate) that followed 

was marked by Acts of Parliament in 1648-1649 “Abolishing 

the Office of King” and an “Act abolishing the 

House of Lords.” 

With the restoration of the monarchy by Charles II, 

religious observance in accordance with the Church of 

England was again enforced in 1662 by the prophetic 

“Last Act of Uniformity” and by the First Conventicle 

Act of 1664. 

James II’s Declaration of Indulgence in 1687 allowed 

his loyal subjects to worship in any way they wanted 

“by granting to them the free exercise of their religion 

for the time to come ...” 

The Toleration Act of 1689 in the reign of William 

and Mary allowed freedom of religious observance 

as long as it was not behind “doors locked, barred or 

bolted during any time of such meeting”. 

It wasn’t until 1829 that the Catholic Emancipation 

Act lifted “certain restraints and disabilites” on 

Roman Catholic subjects of George IV from sitting 

and voting in Parliament, holding Crown office or 

franchise or civil right. The Jewish Relief Act of 1858 

allowed Jews to take an oath, acknowledging their 

consientious objection to taking a Christian oath. 

— Ian Mathews AM 

reference to “sovereignty” — “Aboriginal sovereignty 

movements here; there’s a few tribal groups looking to 

have their right to self-determination and decolonisation 

under the United Nations. If you support Queensland’s 

right to become a sovereign state under these new 

changes, do you support Aboriginal people — tribes — 

who are looking to become independent in the future?” 

The Prime Minister replied, “Well, I don’t think my 

position about Queensland is any different today than it 

was yesterday, which is Queensland’s a great state and I 

love visiting there. On our engagement with indigenous 

Australians, you know our approach. Our approach has 

been about working to close the gap; it’s an approach 

about recognising land rights and that’s the approach we 

will continue to take in the future.”

12 The Order No. 33, Winter 2013 The Order No. 33, Winter 2013 

13 

What a load of rubbish — but it was one man’s dream to clean up Australia and the world 

The name Ian Kiernan AO is 

synonymous with Clean Up 

Australia Day, a testament to the 

outstanding work Ian has done over 

the last 24 years. However, Clean Up 

Australia is more than just a day, it is 

an organisation that works throughout 

the whole year to educate and 

provide practical solutions to help the 

community, government and businesses 

live more sustainably every day of the 

year. 

The Clean Up story began in 1989 

when an “average Australian bloke” had 

a simple idea to make a difference in his 

own backyard — Sydney Harbour. Two 

years previously Ian had recognised 

his lifelong dream of sailing around the 

world when he competed in the BOC 

Challenge solo around-the-world yacht 

race. As he sailed through the oceans 

he was so shocked by the amount of 

rubbish that he felt compelled to act. 

Once back in Sydney he organised 

the Clean Up event. It triggered an 

enormous public response, 40,000 

Sydneysiders donating their time and 

energy to cleaning up the harbour. 

The next year Clean Up Australia Day 

was born and the idea went national. 

The idea was simple: get communities 

to take ownership of their local areas 

and lend a hand to clean up rubbish left 

by others, as well as encouraging less 

littering in the first place. It’s grown 

LEFT: A jubilant Ian Kiernan brandishes one of the now-recognisable bags 

of rubbish collected on “his” day. ABOVE: Two of Ian’s hundreds of thousands 

of Australian elves go about their duties in a nature park. RIGHT: 

An illustration of how widely Ian’s evangelism has spread — a few members 

of the legion of cleaner-uppers in and on the shores of Cuba over Clean Up 

the World Weekend. Cuba is one of the 116 countries that joined that event 

on the weekend of September 14 – 16 last year. The statistics toward the end of 

the report headed “The global dimension ...” (page 13, below right) are remarkable. 

into the largest community-based event 

in the country and, over the last 23 

years, Australians have devoted more 

than 26,100,600 million hours and 

collected more than 288,650 tonnes 

of rubbish. Ian is now the Executive 

Chairman of Clean Up Australia Ltd 

and dedicates his time to overseeing 

the various events and acting as a 

passionate spokesman. 

This has been another successful year 

of the campaign, more than 550,330 

volunteers donning their gloves and 

bags to remove 16,150 tonnes of 

rubbish from 7,341 sites across the 

nation. Despite some wild weather 

and challenges that nature has thrown 

at volunteers, such as the recent bush 

fires, heat waves and floods, Australians 

have proved once again that they have 

a desire to look after their environment 

and appreciate what they have. 

Although we are unable to control the 

aftermath of natural events that threaten 

our communities, we can control the 

amount of rubbish strewn in our parks, 

waterways, roadsides and beaches. 

Clean Up Australia Day enables 

people to make a commitment to 

improving their local areas and that 

can be a small or big effort; that’s 

the beauty of the day. All kinds of 

rubbish have been removed from the 

environment, from big items such 

as rusted cars pulled out of rivers 

and lakes to the smaller stuff such as 

hundreds of thousands of cigarette butts 

and plastic beverage containers. 

The organisation is ahead of the pack 

in its ability to mobilise hundreds of 

thousands of Australians to produce 

fundamental change but it’s a common 

misconception this is governmentfunded. 

It’s not and the organisers 

rely on support from individuals and 

corporations. A significant proportion 

of the donations received go towards 

providing kits to the community to 

enable them to conduct their clean-ups. 

From humble beginnings, the reach 

of Clean Up Australia has gone global 

with the support of the United Nations 

Environment Program [see page 13]. 

What does the future hold for Clean 

Up Australia? 

Unfortunately, Australians continue to 

produce an average of 2 tonnes each of 

rubbish a year so, although Ian would 

love to retire, that doesn’t look likely to 

happen soon! 

Outside of the iconic Clean Up 

event on the first Sunday of March 

every year, campaigning will continue 

for environmental reform including 

pushing for a national container deposit 

scheme, banning plastic bags and 

improved recycling facilities. 

For more information please visit 

www.cleanup.com.au or like us on 

Facebook 

The global dimension mobilising the world 

Founded 20 years ago, Clean Up 

the World has grown to become 

one of the largest and most successful 

environmental initiatives in the world, 

mobilising an estimated 39 million 

people each year in 132 countries. 

With the United Nations Environment 

Programme (UNEP) as its primary 

partner, Clean Up the World contributes 

to the achievement of UNEP’s 

sustainable development policies at 

practical, grass-roots and community 

levels. 

On top of community-capacity 

building, participation in Clean Up 

the World delivers environmental 

and health benefits and contributes to 

the attainment of the United Nations 

Millennium Development Goals. 

Inspiration comes via communications 

from the Sydney team and 

Chairman and Founder Ian Kiernan 

AO; the Executive Director of UNEP, 

Achim Steiner; and through sharing the 

examples of other participants. Being 

part of and profiled as a member of a 

global network of organisations which 

are making positive changes in their 

communities, is another inspirational 

campaign element. 

Empowerment comes via the support 

success of activities undertaken. Success 

is promoted by the provision of 

free information, materials and support 

(delivered remotely via web, email and 

phone in English, French and Spanish), 

which helps participants plan, promote, 

conduct and find local sponsorship 

for activities relevant to their local 

community and environment. 

Activities undertaken around the 

globe range from clean-ups, education 

campaigns, environmental concerts, 

creative competitions and exhibitions 

to improving water quality, planting 

trees, minimising waste production 

and establishing recycling programs. 

An activity can engage a small village 

or a whole nation. Participants range 

from non-government organisations 

to community/family groups, 

religious groups, local governments 

and businesses and are primarily in 

developing countries. 

The campaign’s flagship event is 

Clean Up the World Weekend, held 

on the third weekend in September. In 

addition to uniting millions in global 

environmental action, the weekend 

serves as a celebration of participants’ 

year-round activities. By promoting 

their achievements internationally, 

Clean Up the World focuses public 

attention on global community 

concerns for the environment and how 

each individual can make a positive 

contribution to a cleaner and healthier 

world. 

Clean Up the World Weekend 

was celebrated on September 14- 

16 in 116 countries, attracting 

28,797 participating groups from 

632 registered organisations and an 

estimated 27 million volunteers who 

delivered 224 activities. Organisational 

participation by region was: Africa 

165; Asia Pacific 155; Europe 65; Latin 

America 208; North America 23; West 

Asia 16. 

Types of organisations involved were: 

businesses 15; community groups 122; 

educational institutions 95; government 

bodies 47; NGOs 232; other 121. 

Of these groups, 421 were new to the 

campaign in 2012, 174 renewed their 

participation from 2011 and 37 rejoined 

after an absence.

14 


OAA Foundation ceremony at Government House 

PICTURED RIGHT: Front: Adj Prof Brian O’Keeffe 

AO, Foundation Secretary; Mr Hugh Morgan AC, 

Foundation Chairman and scholarships donor; Mr 

Benjamin Knight, scholarship awardee; Her Excellency 

Ms Quentin Bryce AC CVO, Governor-General of 

Australia; His Excellency Mr Michael Bryce AM AE; 

Mr Aaron Moss, scholarship awardee; The Hon Shane 

Stone AC QC, Association President; Mrs Lesley Ann 

Benson; Mr Peter Benson OAM, donor. Middle: Mrs 

Tania Knight, Benjamin’s mother; Mr Peter Knight, 

his father; Mr Tony Moss, Aaron’s father; Mrs Karen 

Moss his mother; Assoc. Prof Elaine Murphy AM, 

Foundation Coordinator of Awardees & Mentors; 

AIRCDRE Peter McDermott AM CSC, Association 

Chairman. Back: Prof Michael Hamerston, Chairman, 

Foundation National Panel; Dr Alyssa Fitzpatrick 

(2009 scholarship awardee and 2012 Rhodes Scholar; 

Mr Darvell Hutchinson AM, Foundation Treasurer; 

Mr Nicholas Paspaley AC, Foundation Director and 

scholarship donor; Mr Ross Adler AC, Foundation 

Director, scholarship donor and mentor) 

Recently, the Governor-General of the Commonwealth 

of Australia, Her Excellency Ms Quentin Bryce AC 

CVO, hosted an award ceremony for the two most recent 

recipients of an Order of Australia Association Foundation 

scholarship. 

Held at Government House, Canberra, the ceremony 

preceded the late-afternoon garden party held on the 

shores of Lake Burley Griffin, for participants in the 

annual conference of The Order of Australia Association. 

The drawing room in Government House hosted a small 

gathering of awardees, parents and the generous donors, 

Mr Peter Benson OAM and Mrs Benson, representing 

the Riddiford Trust, and representatives of The Order of 

Australia Association and Foundation. 

Benjamin Knight receives his OAA Foundatiion scholarship 

award from the Governor-General. 

Her Excellency was most generous in her comments of 

support for the awardees and the outstanding opportunities 

inherent in these awards. Also in attendance were two 

former award recipients of a Foundation scholarship — Dr 

Alyssa Fitzpatrick, of Adelaide, who is a recent Rhodes 

Scholar, for South Australia, and Ms Sara Farnbach, a 

former Canberra resident and graduate, who was home 

briefly from various nursing postings overseas with the 

World Health Organisation. 

The two new awardees are studying in the Arts/ 

Commerce/Law field — Aaron Moss, of Tasmania, at the 

University of Tasmania; and Benjamin Knight, formerly 

of Tasmania but now at Monash University, Victoria. Both 

are deeply involved in student politics. 

Benjamin Knight 

Benjamin, formerly from the Tasmanian Academy, 

Don College and Devonport High School, is studying 

for a Bachelor of Commerce/Laws at Monash University 

in Victoria. With an ATAR rank of 97.85 percentile he 

achieved Academic Excellence Awards for Economics, 

Geography and Accounting in Year 12 and a Monash 

Scholarship for Excellence and Equity. Keen to be an 

advocate for people’s rights, Benjamin is committed to 

becoming a barrister/solicitor. 

At school he began his community involvement and 

public liaison through fund-raising activities and by 

holding office in the Students’ Representative Council. 

Through Lions International he progressed to the state 

finals of Youth of the Year. In his Hall of Residence 

(Howitt) at Monash, Benjamin quickly assumed 

responsibilities as major events coordinator. In 2012 

he became a resident adviser, a role well suited to his 

advocacy skills and outstanding academic achievements. 

He is now very active in student politics at local, state 

and national levels. As a member of the National Union 

of Students he provides strong and positive support for 

student issues. In 2013 he will represent Monash Student 

Association as education officer. This role will capitalise 

on and enhance his negotiating skills. 

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Governor-General meets a trio of awardees 

15 

AT RIGHT: A trio 

of awardees with the 

Governor General, 

(from left) Benjamin 

Knight, Aaron Moss, 

the Governor General 

and an earlier awardee, 

Alyssa Fitzpatrick, who 

was the most recent 

of the Foundation’s 

awardees to receive a 

Rhodes Scholarship and 

was invited to meet the 

Governor-General at 

the Awards Ceremony 

at Government House, 

Yarralumla. 

Aaron Moss receives his OAA Foundatiion scholarship 

award from the Governor-General 

Continued from previous page 

Benjamin is keen to undertake a student exchange as 

part of his studies, to broaden his understanding and 

appreciation of international perspectives. He is a keen 

community participant in drama activities, and public 

speaking. To strengthen his community sklls he has 

completed certificates of competency in first aid, service 

of alcohol and fire safety. 

The Order of Australia Association Foundation 

scholarship will reduce his reliance on part-time work, 

ensure that he maintains his excellent study results (last 

semester he achieved three high distinctions) and allow 

him to volunteer at community legal centres and MPs’ 

offices. 

The Riddiford Trust has generously donated the funding 

for Benjamin’s scholarship. 

The Foundation has arranged mentors for both students. 

The mentoring program is an outstanding feature of the 

scholarship as it provides access to an eminent member 

of The Order of Australia in the chosen field of study. Mr 

Ron Banks AM, of Tasmania, has agreed to mentor Aaron 

and Mr Michael Robinson AO, of Victoria, has accepted 

the mentor role for Benjamin. 

Aaron’s eyes set on 

United Nations 

Aaron Moss (left) of Lindisfarne, Tasmania, 

is studying for a Bachelor of Arts (Advanced 

Honours)/Bachelor of Laws degree at the University of 

Tasmania. With an ATAR rank of 98.75 percentile, Aaron 

received Year 12 Awards for outstanding achievement 

in economics, legal studies, accountancy and Applied 

Maths. This led to him becoming a participant in the High 

Achievers’ Program. Subsequently he received the Lara 

Giddings Award for Outstanding Achievement. In 2011 he 

was entered on the Arts Faculty Dean’s Roll of Excellence. 

He has been highly placed in Law School competitions. 

His sights set on a position in the United Nations, 

Aaron chose his courses to reflect his deep interest in 

international affairs, social justice and the capacity for 

law and politics to make a difference and a change in the 

world. He is National Membership Officer of UN Youth 

Australia, Convenor of the 2012 Evatt Trophy (the largest 

Model Security Council-style debating competition in 

the southern hemisphere and he recently visited Harvard 

University with the Australian delegation for the National 

Model United Nations). He is also National President of 

the Young Australian Democrats. Aaron is a member of 

the Golden Key International Honour Society, a global 

group for high-achieving students, in which he plays a 

leading role in organising programs and events. 

This scholarship will remove the stress and anxiety 

of the demanding financial pressure Aaron experiences, 

enhance his opportunities to relate to his mentor, Mr 

Ron Banks AM and allow him to extend his spheres of 

influence in the community and afford more time for study 

(to maintain high distinctions). Aaron enjoys extensive 

involvement in community boards of management and his 

relaxation comes from his deep passion for pop and dance 

music. 

He has a determination to succeed, a desire to help 

change life for the better for those in need, and a 

willingness to lead by example. 

The Order of Australia Association Foundation has 

provided the funding for Aaron’s Scholarship.

16 

Harmony and 

citizenship 


Since Harmony Day began in 1999, almost 50,000 

events, including naturalisation ceremonies, have 

been held across Australia as community groups, 

schools, churches, local governments and the business 

community celebrate the cultures that make 

Australia a great place to live. 

ABOVE: Aoife McCann with flag aloft. RIGHT: She receives her Citizenship Certificate from Ms Peta Dunn, WA State 

Director of the Department of Immigration and Citizenship, at a special ceremony poolside at Claremont, WA. 

Australia’s most successful author, Thomas Keneally 

AO, joined forces with the Minister for Multicultural 

Affairs, Senator Kate Lundy, in a video to promote Harmony 

Day in March. 

Senator Lundy said the theme underpinning this year’s 

celebration was Many Stories – One Australia, emphasising 

that each of Australia’s 22 million citizens has 

a unique story to tell. “The stories which make up the 

broader Australian narrative are varied and unique, and 

this year’s theme aims to bring to light the amazing diversity 

amongst Australia’s citizens,” she said. 

“Australians have been encouraged to reflect on 

their journey and share it with others — in workplaces, 

on social network sites, at schools or within their 

communities.”As a storyteller himself, Thomas Keneally 

endorsed the fact that everybody has a story to tell. 

Harmony Day, which is also the UN International Day 

Against Racial Discrimination, is also a day for celebrating 

citizenship in Australia. 

Sixteen-year-old Aiofe McCann became a citizen at a 

poolside ceremony at the Claremont, WA pool centre as 

part of Western Australia’s Harmony Day celebrations. 

Events were held around the state, including the special 

citizenship ceremony for Aiofe, a synchronised swimming 

star selected to represent Australia at the World Swimming 

Championships in Barcelona later this year. 

State-wide events included: 

• a Harmony Road Show in the town of Victoria Park; 

showcasing different cultures (in conjunction with the 

WA Office of Multicultural Interests); 

• the Mirrabooka Harmony Day Festival; 

• the City of Canning’s Harmony Day concert; and 

• a Harmony Day celebration of traditional music, dancing 

and food in Warnbro. 

Tasmanians celebrated Australia’s multicultural spirit 

with a citizenship ceremony at the International Wall of 

Friendship Sunken Garden in Hobart on March 20 — the 

day before Harmony Day was celebrated across the country. 

Scores of events were held statewide, including the 

Moonah Taste of the World Festival, a food-related celebration 

of Glenorchy City and southern Tasmania’s rich 

cultural diversity, on March 24. 

Community groups, schools and businesses were again 

involved, events including those funded by the Federal 

Government’s Diversity and Social Cohesion Program, 

such as the Picnic in the Orchard at St John’s Orchard 

Community Garden, New Town, on March 23 and, in 

Launceston on March 24, Northern Suburbs Community 

Centre hosted the Long Lunch Table in Mowbray. 

Victorians watched Harmony Day celebrations in 

Melbourne’s Federation Square as orange — the colour of 

Harmony Day — flooded the area. The big screen showed 

animations promoting 2013’s theme Many Stories — One 

Australia. 

Events included the launching in Fitzroy of a National 

Ethnic and Multicultural Broadcasters’ Council media kit, 

in part to help new and emerging communities become radio 

broadcasters and also engage with mainstream media. 

Other events included the Banyule City Council’s Taste 

of Harmony luncheon in Heidelberg West. Maroondah 

declared itself a “Refugee Welcome Zone” at an art and 

cultures event hosted by the Maroondah Harmony Day 

Working Group at Eastland shopping centre. 

More than 700 events were held in NSW, including the 

2013 NRL Harmony Day Festival, featuring rugby league 

legend Hazem El Masri. Other events included a lunchtime 

multicultural presentation at Blacktown Arcade, in 

Sydney’s west; celebrations at Gundagai Public School, 

in the state’s southwest; and corporate events, hosted by 

Mitsubishi Electric Australia and Telstra, in Sydney. 

One of hundreds of events in Queensland included 

a day of celebrations, performances and workshops at 

Woodridge State High School, in Brisbane’s south, which 

has more than 64 cultural groups represented in the student 

body. A workshop on Afghan kite-flying was popular. 

There was a community multicultural festival in the 

Lockyer Valley, a lunch-time barbeque at the Toowoomba 

City Council Green and a Harmony Day breakfast at Edge 

Hill State School, Cairns, at which an anti-racism education 

program was launched. 

Continued next page

The United Nations has appointed Former High Court 

Justice Michael Kirby AC CMG chairman of the UN 

Human Rights Council (HRC) Commission of Inquiry 

to investigate human rights violations in the Democratic 

People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), announced in 

Geneva. 

The Commission of Inquiry (COI) was established by 

a resolution of the UN’s Human Rights Commission on 

March 14. 

The COI’s mandate is to investigate human-rights 

violations in North Korea, including the right to food, 

violations associated with prison camps, torture and 

inhuman treatment, arbitrary detention, violations of 

the right to life, freedom of movement and enforced 

disappearances, discrimination and violations of freedom 

of expression. The COI will operate for one year and is 

expected to be operational by June. 

In addition to the Hon. Michael Kirby as Chairman, the 

other members of the COI are Marzuki Darusman, the UN 

Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in 

North Korea and former Indonesian Attorney-General; and 

Serbian human-rights campaigner Sonja Biserko. 

Michael Kirby’s wide national and international 

experience includes his presidency of the International 

Commission of Jurists (1995–1998) and as a member of 

and/or adviser to a wide range of UN agencies and panels 

including the UNAIDS Expert Panel on AIDS and human 

rights since 2003; the UN Human Rights Commission; 

UNESCO; the UN’s human rights operation in Cambodia; 


Kirby chairs UN probe into N. Korea 

Michael Kirby 

AC CMG 

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and the International Labour Organisation. 

Foreign Minister Bob Carr has welcomed the 

appointment and congratulated Mr Kirby, expressing hope 

that the inquiry will provide definitive information on the 

nature of human-rights abuses in North Korea. 

“The Honourable Michael Kirby’s strong legal 

credentials and previous experience in the UN system 

make him an ideal candidate for the position,” he said. 

“Australia is deeply concerned by the human-rights 

situation in the DPRK and I’m pleased that Australia 

co-sponsored and supported the UN resolution which 

established the Commission of Inquiry. ...” 

Birthday within a birthday 

Romaldo Giurgola AO of Mitchell/Giurgola & Thorp 

Architects, celebrated on May 9 the 25th anniversary 

of the opening of Parliament House in Canberra by the 

Queen. His company won an international design competition 

that attracted 329 entries from 28 countries. 

A new book was launched on 15 May at a ceremony 

for the Australian artists, craftspeople and designers of 

the many art works in and around Parliament House. The 

book, by former art/craft program coordinator Pamille 

Berg AO, features more than 60 commissioned works, 

such as artist Arthur Boyd’s design for the Great Hall 

Tapestry, which was woven by the Victorian Tapestry 

Workshop. 

On 23 May The Australian Ballet paid tribute to Parliament 

House with the world premiere of Monument, a 

new ballet by Garry Stewart, as part of the Centenary of 

Canberra celebrations. An exhibition of Australian Ballet 

costumes is in Parliament House until 2 June.On 24 

June, Parliament will host a large morning tea celebrating 

the long term workers and others who have contributed to 

Parliament House during the last 25 years.The building’s 

celebrations culminate with a free public Open Day at 

Parliament House on 24 August. In addition, the Speaker 

of the House of Representatives, Ms Anna Burke, has 

announced the national My First Speech competition for 

year 10 to 12 students across Australia; two winners will 

deliver their speeches at Parliament House during the 25 th 

anniversary Open Day. Their schools will also receive a 

cash prize. For more information: www.aph.gov.au/myfirstspeech 

or phone 1800 139 299; for other information 

access www.25years.aph.gov.au 

Harmony and citizenship From page 16 

Some of Canberra’s best-known national buildings 

were bathed in orange, the official colour of Harmony 

Day, as one of about 50 events held around the territory. 

Black Mountain Tower, Old Parliament House (now the 

Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament 

House), the National Library of Australia and Questacon 

were all lit up after dusk. 

Community groups, schools and businesses helped 

produce events, ranging from a craft workshop at the 

Canberra Institute of Technology’s Adult Migrant English 

Program to an event with refugee guest speakers, organised 

by the St John the Apostle Parish, Kippax, as well as 

numerous morning teas and other celebrations around the 

territory. 

In the Northern Territory there was continuous screening 

of a documentary, 11Eleven Project, which tells the 

story of planet Earth on November 11, 2011 using footage, 

music and sounds sourced from around the world on that 

day. 

Dragon-boat enthusiasts celebrated Australia’s diversity 

with a regatta, taking to the waters of Cullen Bay for a 

series of races open to the community. 

Builder to a nation 

Harry Triguboff AO has been given Life Membership 

of the Housing Industry Association for his contribution 

over the last 30 years to Australian house-building. 

The managing director of Meriton Appartments, Mr 

Triguboff has been responsible for the construction of 

more than 50,000 dwellings since his first block of units in 

1963.

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A national conference to remember 

‘Hats off to ACT’ 

‘Comprehensive 

program’ 

‘Wonderful 

fellowship’ 

— Just three of the many 

complimentary remarks from 

the conference evaluation 

forms. 

Some of the record 429 Association members and partners who attended the ACT Chief 

Minister’s reception in Canberra’s new National Arboretum. 

Conference organising 

committee chairman Len 

Goodman AO recalls the 

highlights of the 27th 

national conference in The Governor-General, Ms Quentin Bryce AC CVO, the Association’s patron, addresses 

members at the Government House reception. 

Canberra last February 

Thank you to the record 429 association members and local communities, their Excellencies mingled throughout 

partners from all eight association branches who the assembly. As the Governor-General was not to be 

responded to the ACT Branch’s invitation as host to help available for the conference gala dinner she was hostess to 

celebrate the National Capital’s Centenary 100 in 2013, OAA Foundation chairman Hugh Morgan AC, secretary 

held at Rydges Lakeside Hotel, London Circuit, the onestop 

accommodation and meeting place. 

board members at a presentation of two foundation 

Adjunct Professor Brian O’Keeffe AO and Foundation 

Their verdict was overwhelmingly positive on the spread scholarships before the reception. [Reports pp 14, 15] 

of conference events to engender enjoyment, fellowship, To encourage an audience “Q & A” participation the 

entertainment, official occasion and substance in keeping innovative National Symposium: Australia in the 21st 

with the association profile. As always, there was room for Century — Challenges and Opportunities was convened 

improvement and helpful comments have been passed on by former Governor-General Major General Michael 

to future organisers. 

Jeffery AC AO (Mil) CVO MC (Ret’d) and moderated 

It began with the new meet-and-greet followed by by media personality Ray Martin AM and consisting of a 

ACT Chief Minister Katy Gallagher’s civic reception panel comprising Robyn Archer AO, Canberra Centenary 

at the newly opened $60 million National Arboretum, Creative Director; Tony Coote AM, farmer and regional 

overlooking Canberra and Lake Burley Griffin. The advocate; Dr Sam Prince, medical entrepreneur and 

ladies were given posies for Valentine’s Day and National philanthropist; and Rachelle Towart CEO, Australian 

Service Day was recognised too. 

Indigenous Leadership Centre — to challenge members to 

After welcomes by Ms Gallagher and ACT Branch have their say about Australia’s future. 

Chairman Derek Robson AM, National President Shane General Jeffery emphasised that Australia was well 

Stone AC QC opened the conference and ACT Patron placed to deal with these issues through the talent pool 

General Peter Gration AC OBE (Ret’d) led with the loyal of our people if it garnered the necessary bipartisan will 

toast. 

and political leadership. He called on members of the 

A detachment of the Australian Defence Force 

Order who had been recognised already for personal 

Federation Guard executed a flawless rifle-drill routine contributions above the ordinary to take up the challenge 

to match any seen at the Edinburgh Tattoo. Talented individually and collectively to “take all this forward 

association member soprano Tania de Jong entertained and through the Association – at branch and national levels”. 

serenading “be-gonged” members. 

As Ray Martin put it, “OK, so what do we do about it — if 

It was a perfect afternoon for the Government House not us, who?” 

reception hosted by their Excellencies Ms Quentin Bryce The three-hour symposium was captured on DVD and 

AC CVO as Association Patron and Principal Companion summarised by Dr Alan Hawke AC, who prefaced his 

of the Order and Mr Michael Bryce AM AE. The outdoor remarks saying “... our former Governor-General set the 

lawns beside Lake Burley Griffin constituted a superb scene admirably, articulating the basis of Australia’s being 

setting, where generous refreshments were served. the lucky country — not the ironic title that Donald Horne 

After a relaxed welcome and tribute to the level of intended in his famous book!” 

members’ contributions and service to the nation and 

Report continues, more photographs. next page


Symposium tackles the big questions 

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The poignant wreath-laying 

ceremony at the Australian War 

Memorial included addresses by 

AWM Council member Dr Alan 

Hawke AC and ACT Patron General 

Peter Gration AC OBE (Ret’d), a 

former AWM Council chairman. 

Major General Michael Jeffery AC 

AO (Mil) CVO MC (Ret’d) read 

The Ode. National President Elect 

Ross Adler AC and ACT Branch 

Chairman Derek Robson AM laid 

wreaths at the Tomb of the Unknown 

Soldier. 

Continued from previous page 

Alan Hawke invoked “a great mentor”, Tony Ayers AC, 

who said that there are only three questions: “What’s 

the matter? How come? So what?” Michael Jeffery and 

his co-contributors identified “What’s the matter” and 

“How come” and some of the “So what” — governance; 

education; family dysfunction; health; indigenous issues; 

food security (including clean water, soil degradation and 

environmental management). 

General Jeffery’s keynote speech, Dr Hawke’s 

rapporteur report and other inputs are on the national 

and ACT Branch websites and copies of the DVD have 

been provided to state and territory branches.This OAA 

initiative was profiled around the ACT with media releases 

promoting the symposium. Ray Martin and a Channel 9 

cameraman shot footage of the civic reception and the 

symposium and several key members were interviewed. 

The Multi Faith Observance at the confererence venue 

was attended by nearly all registrants. Moderated by Rev 

Professor James Haire AC KStJ, Executive Director, 

the Australian Centre for Christianity and Culture; there 

were presentations by Christian, Hindu, Buddhist, Muslim 

and the Jewish communities (read by Professor Haire at 

their request, as it was their Sabbath). After James Haire’s 

Reflections there was a novel Q & A exchange between the 

moderator and readers, including audience participation. 

James’s final Go in Peace exhortation gave meaning to 

and captured the spirit of the inclusive observance. 

National Deputy Chairman Bill Galvin OAM conducted 

the members’ forum, directing questions from the floor 

to national officers and directors (branch chairmen) for a 

lively 90 minutes. 

Saturday’s Annual General Meeting, chaired by outgoing 

National President the Hon Shane Stone AC QC included 

a special resolution by the ACT Branch to amend the 

Constitution: That, in the first object of the Company, the 

words “Head of State of Australia” be deleted and the 

following words inserted in their place, namely, “Queen of 

Australia and Sovereign Head of the Order of Australia”. 

Members on-line were advised of the ACT case for and 

the National Secretary’s case against. The resolution was 

lost narrowly, 38 negative proxies cast by the chairman to 

maintain the status quo. 

After a Fellowship Lunch, attendees readied for the 

finale Gala Dinner and the Toulouse Lautrec: Paris and 

the Moulin Rouge exhibition tour at the National Gallery 

of Australia. One of Australia’s most highly regarded 

sopranos, Louise Page OAM, received standing ovations. 

Newly appointed National President Ross Adler AC made 

his inaugural comments and National Chairman Peter 

McDermott AM CSC closed the conference. 

The conference promotion package was omitted from 

The Order April 2012 edition, available only to members 

with on-line access, so branches circulated it and it was 

listed on a special conference link on the national and 

ACT websites. The full registration brochure was inserted 

in the delayed November edition of The Order. 

The ACT Branch appreciated the opportunity to host you 

as our fellow Association members and partners to your 

National Capital and now urges you to make a date for 

Melbourne 2014! 

Len Goodman AO 

Members of the conference organising committee (from 

left): Len Goodman AO (Chairman); Brian Acworth AM 

(Treasurer); Diane Kargas AM; .Derek Robson AM (ACT 

Branch Chairman); and Ian Meikle AM.

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few years ago I wrote an article for The Order 

A inviting members to consider what they wanted their 

association to do for them. It was entitled “Let’s Lunch” 

and the theme was: do we want the Association to do more 

than arrange pleasant lunches and other social events? In 

2006, when we last formally polled members, you told us: 

• Members prefer passive membership; 

• Most join for peer contact or out of a sense of obligation 

after recognition in the Order; 

• Most were satisfied with the operations of the OAA; 

• Most endorsed the OAA Foundation;, but few supported 

fund-raising activities per se; 

• Most wanted to see promotion of the Order and the 

Association, emphasising individual high achievers. 

Having chaired a few OAA members’ forums and 

the like, I have noticed there has long been two lines of 

thinking in the OAA community on the matter of reaching 

out to the wider community: we in the OAA should be 

doing more with the skills we have to assist others; and 

we have all been recognised for serving the community 

and wish to continue supporting it but only within 

those organisations in which we have been recognised. 

These sentiments are very understandable and, although 

providing assistance to our selected communities is a 

At the AGM in Canberra in February, two items of 

business proposed amendments to the constitution of 

The Order of Australia Association: 

To delete the requirement for the President to be a 

director of the company. The motion was passed. 

That, in the first object of the company [at clause 5.a 

(1)] the words “Head of State of Australia” be deleted 

and the following words inserted in their place, 

namely, “Queen of Australia and Sovereign Head of 

the Order of Australia”. The motion was not passed. 

At the board meeting before the AGM, the directors 

accepted the retirement of Mr Geoff Vincent AM 

from the post of National Treasurer after seven years of 

outstanding service to the Association, and appointed 

Professor John McKellar AM ED National Treasurer. 

Professor McKellar was appointed a Member of the 

Order of Australia (QB 2008) for service to people with 

dementia — particularly Alzheimer’s disease — and 

their carers through organisations that provide education, 

support services and funding for research. 

Formerly Professor of Chemistry at Charles Sturt 

University, he served on government and community 

entities including as Chairman, BODC Consultative 

Committee; Scientific Industries Steering Committee; 

President, All Saints Cathedral Scout Group; Deputy 

Chairman, 2MCEFM; and Central West Conservatorium. 

He was Chairman of Charter and By-laws Committee, 

Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI) for 26 

years; SA Branch President; National Secretary; 

Foundation Chairman, Analytical Chemistry Division; 

Chairman, Chemical Education Division; and appointed 

Distinguished Fellow in 2004; member, Alzheimer’s 

Australia SA Board 1996; president, 1999-2011; national 

vice-president 2001–6; and Ministerial Carer Advisory 

Committee, Carer Reference Group. 

Professor McKellar was Treasurer of the SA Branch 


Supporting our communities 

Chairman’s Report by 

Peter McDermott AM CSC 

central part of the OAA strategic plan that guides all our 

activities, the actual conduct of those activities is left to 

branches and individuals to carry out — within the structure 

of the OAA or within those organisations that we choose to 

support. 

At the recent annual OAA conference in Canberra 

our collective views were challenged in a well-received 

national symposium, in which members were asked to 

have their say about Australia’s future. This engendered a 

robust and productive discussion among those attending, 

many members making strong calls for the Association to 

be “more than just a social organisation”. Our outgoing 

President, Shane Stone AC QC, invited those members 

interested in doing just that to provide Secretary Roger 

Dace AM QGM with suggestions for assisting other 

communities in their good works. This invitation was 

extended later to all members through a bulk emailing. 

Although we got some good ideas, we are still keen 

to get more responses from members with a view to 

providing branches with a list of projects that they might 

like to support. This outcome provides an avenue for 

engagement, drawing on our members’ collective expertise 

and organisational skills, while at the same time leaving 

the actual conduct of activities to those in the branches and 

regional groups prepared to offer this support. 

National Office Notes by National Secretary Roger Dace AM QGM 

of The Order of Australia Association in 2010–2011 and 

Branch Chairman in 2012. 

The Board has also welcomed two new directors, Mr 

Ken Coventry OAM, representing the SA Branch and Mr 

Ron Sharpe OAM, chairman of the NSW Branch, who 

has built a career in civil contracting, road construction 

and maintenance. Ron was founding chairman of the Road 

Profiling Association of Australia. As a dedicated member 

of Apex he was awarded Life Membership in 1990. In 

January 2005 Ron was named Citizen of the Year for the 

City of Gosford, NSW and on Australia Day 2006 he was 

awarded an Order of Australia Medal for service to the 

Central Coast community. As a member of The OAA, Ron 

has been regional convenor for NSW Central Coast; NSW 

Regional Co-ordinator for Regional Groups; and is now 

NSW chairman. 

Honorary award 

The former Singapore Foreign Minister and Trade 

Minister, George Yong-Boon Yeo, has been invested as 

an Honorary Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in 

recognition of his service to Australia-Singapore relations 

since 1999. Mr Yeo served as Singapore’s Minister for 

Trade and Industry from 1999 to 2004, and Minister for 

Foreign Affairs from 2004 to 2011. 

Consul-General in New York 

Former Premier of Victoria Stephen Bracks AC has 

been appointed Australia’s next Consul-General in New 

York. He was made a Companion in the Order of Australia 

in 2010 for services to the Parliament and community of 

Victoria. Mr Bracks is expected to take up his appointment 

in September 2013 replacing Mr Phillip Scanlan AM.

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The Australia Day List of Honours in The Order of Australia 

COMPANION (AC) IN THE GENERAL 

DIVISION OF THE ORDER OF 

AUSTRALIA 

The Hon Alexander John 

DOWNER, Mount George SA 5155 

For eminent service to the Parliament of Australia 

through the advancement of international 

relations and foreign policy, particularly in 

the areas of security, trade and humanitarian 

aid, and to the community of SA 

The Reverend Prof James Mitchell HAIRE 

AM, 15 Blackall St, Barton ACT 2600 

For eminent service to the community 

through international leadership in ecumenical 

and interfaith dialogue, the promotion of 

religious reconciliation, inclusion and peace, 

and as a theologian 

Prof Brian Paul SCHMIDT, Sutton NSW 

2620 

For eminent service as a global science leader 

in the field of physics through research in the 

study of astronomy and astrophysics, contributions 

to scientific bodies and the promotion 

of science education 

The Hon Tom UREN AO, 8 Gilchrist Place, 

Balmain NSW 2041 

For eminent service to the community, particularly 

through contributions to the welfare 

of veterans, improved medical education in 

Vietnam and the preservation of sites of heritage 

and environmental significance 

OFFICER (AO) IN THE GENERAL 


AUSTRALIA) 

The Hon Justice James Leslie 

ALLSOP, Court of Appeal, Supreme Court of 

NSW, Sydney NSW 2000 

For distinguished service to the judiciary and 

the law, as a judge, through reforms to equity 

and access, and through contributions to the 

administration of maritime law and legal 

education 

Prof John Robert ARGUE, Myrtle Bank SA 

5064 

For distinguished service to engineering 

through contributions to the development of 

stormwater management and technology as a 

researcher and academic 

Mr Robert ATKINSON APM, Calamvale Qld 

4116 

For distinguished service to policing and to 

the community of Qld, through leadership 

in law enforcement, community and cultural 

engagement, improved service delivery and 

contributions to professional development 

Mr Nicholas BEGAKIS AM, Torrens Park 

SA 5062 

For distinguished service to business and 

commerce in SA through leadership in the 

food industry and the development of international 

trade, and to the community 

Ms Carolyn Louise BOND, Moonee Ponds 

Vic 3039 

For distinguished service to the community 

through the protection of consumers, 

particularly in relation to financial services, as 

an advocate and counsellor and through the 

provision of legal assistance services 

Ms Lynelle Jann BRIGGS, 1 Strzelecki Cres, 

Narrabundah ACT 2604 

For distinguished service to public administration, 

particularly through leadership in the 

development of public service performance 

and professionalism 

Prof Roger William BYARD PSM, SA 

For distinguished service to medicine in the 

field of forensic pathology as an academic, 

researcher and practitioner and through 

contributions to professional committees and 

organisations 

Prof Robert Graham CLARK, Balgowlah 

Heights NSW 2093 

For distinguished service to science and technology 

through leadership and governance 

of the scientific community of the Australian 

Defence Force and through contributions to 

quantum computing and nanotechnology 

Prof Diego DE LEO, Brisbane Qld 4000 


field of psychiatry as a researcher and through 

the creation of national and international 

strategies for suicide prevention 

Mr Paul William DYER, 

C/- Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, 

142 New South Head Rd, Edgecliff NSW 

2027 

For distinguished service to the performing 

arts, particularly orchestral music as a 

director, conductor and musician, through the 

promotion of educational programs and support 

for emerging artists 

Ms Jill GALLAGHER, 17-23 Sackville St, 

Collingwood Vic 3066 

For distinguished service to the Indigenous 

community of Vic, through leadership in the 

area of health and contributions to cultural, 

welfare and professional organisations 

Emeritus Prof Robert Donald GOLDNEY, 

Toorak Gardens SA 5065 


field of psychiatry, as a researcher and academic, 

through international contributions to 

the study of suicide and its prevention 

Mr Richard James GOYDER, Peppermint 

Grove WA 6011 

For distinguished service to business through 

executive roles and through the promotion of 

corporate sponsorship of the arts and Indigenous 

programs, and to the community 

Prof Peter Gavin HALL, 

Department of Mathematics and Statistics, 

University of Melbourne Vic 3010 

For distinguished service to mathematical 

science in the field of statistics through 

international contributions to research, as an 

academic and mentor, and through leadership 

of advisory and professional organisations 

Mr Gregory Neil HARTUNG OAM, PO Box 

1670, Fyshwick ACT 2609 

For distinguished service to sport and to 

people with a disability through contributions 

to the development and promotion of 

the paralympic community, particularly in the 

South Pacific 

Mr Clive JAMES AM, Cambridge, UK 

For distinguished service to literature through 

contributions to cultural and intellectual heritage, 

particularly as a writer and poet 

Mr James Carvel McCOLL, Adelaide SA 

5000 

For distinguished service to primary industry 

through policy and strategy advisory roles in 

the agriculture, fisheries and natural resources 

sector, and to conservation and the environment 

Mr Roderick Hamilton McGEOCH AM, 62 

Wallis St, Woollahra NSW 2025 


through contributions to a range of organisations, 

and to sport, particularly through 

leadership in securing the Sydney Olympic 

Games 

Mr Alistair Murray McLEAN OAM, PO Box 

256, Lilydale Vic 3140 

For distinguished service to the advancement 

of Australia’s diplomatic, trade and cultural 

relationships in Asia and for significant leadership 

and co-ordination roles in the Australian, 

International and local communities in 

Japan, following the earthquakes and tsunami 

of 11 March 2011 

Mr Peter James McMURTRIE, 53 Langer 

Circuit, North Lakes Qld 4509 


through leadership in the areas of emergency 

patient care and health service management 

and contributions to professional organisations 

Mrs Ernestine Bonita MABO, 4/13 Nightjar 

St, Deeragun Qld 4818 


community and to human rights as an advocate 

for the Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander 

and South Sea Islander peoples 

Prof Ralph Nigel MARTINS, 

C/- McCusker Alzheimer’s Research Foundation, 

Hollywood Medical Centre, 85 Monash 

Avenue, Nedlands WA 6009 


field of psychiatry through leadership in the 

research into Alzheimer’s disease and the 

development of early diagnosis and treatment 

programs, and to the community of Perth 

Dr Colin Douglas MATTHEWS, 56 Church 

Terrace, Walkerville SA 5081 

For distinguished service to reproductive 

medicine, particularly through the establishment 

of donor insemination and in vitro 

fertilisation programs, through contributions 

to research and as an academic 

Mrs Natalie MILLER OAM, 27 Stonnington 

Place, Toorak Vic 3142 

For distinguished service to the film industry 

through promotion of screen culture, as a 

mentor to emerging film-makers, particularly 

women, and contributions to advisory and 

professional organisations

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Dr Philip James MOORS, Balwyn North Vic 

3104 

For distinguished service to conservation and 

the environment through contributions to the 

botanical and scientific community and the 

promotion of Australian flora 

Mr Hugh Andrew O’NEILL, North Melbourne 

Vic 3051 

For distinguished service to architecture, 

through contributions to tertiary education 

and the fostering of relations with Asia, particularly 

Indonesia 

Mrs Elaine Janet PATON, Tallangatta Vic 

3700 

For distinguished service to the rural community, 

particularly as an advocate for the role of 

women in agriculture and through contributions 

to educational programs 

Prof Sally REDMAN, Annandale NSW 2038 

For distinguished service to public health 

through leadership in the care of women with 

breast cancer, contributions to research and 

higher education and the promotion of relationships 

between researchers, policy makers 

and practitioners 

Prof Marilyn Bernice RENFREE, Glen Waverley 

Vic 3150 

For distinguished service to biology, particularly 

through leadership in the research into 

marsupial reproduction, and to the scientific 

community through contributions to professional 

organisations 

Emeritus Prof George Ernest ROGERS, 

1 Gandys Gully Rd, Stonyfell SA 5066 

For distinguished service to biochemistry 

through contributions to tertiary education 

and leadership of research into the molecular 

structure and growth processes of wool and 

hair 

Mr Clive Robert WEEKS, 1101/19 Queens 

Rd, Melbourne Vic 3004 

For distinguished service to engineering 

through leadership roles in the development 

of key civil works projects and through 

contributions to professional and educational 

organisations 

Dr Peter William WEISS AM, NSW 

For distinguished service to the arts, particularly 

orchestral music through philanthropic 

support and advisory roles 

The Hon Dr Christine Ann WHEELER QC, 

Applecross WA 6053 


the law, through leadership in the administration 

of justice and contributions to legal 

education, as a mentor to women, and to the 

community of WA 

The Hon Justice Margaret Jean WHITE, Fig 

Tree Pocket Qld 4069 


the law, through leadership in administration, 

contributions to education and law reform, 

and to the community of Qld. 

Mr Tony WURRAMARRBA, 30 Bougainvillea 

Drive, Alyangula NT 0885 


community of the Groote Eylandt Archipelago 

through leadership and advocacy for 

improved services and infrastructure 

Prof Helen Maria ZORBAS, Vaucluse NSW 

2030 

For distinguished service to public health 

through leadership in the delivery of improved 

information and services to cancer 

patients and their families and contributions 

to research and clinical trials 

OFFICER (AO) IN THE MILITARY 


AUSTRALIA 

Royal Australian Navy 

Rear Admiral James GOLDRICK AM CSC 

RANR, ACT 

For distinguished service as Commander, 

Border Protection Command, Commander, 

Joint Education and Training, and Commandant 

of the Australian Defence Force 

Academy, and for outstanding scholarship in 

the study of Australian naval history 

Australian Army 

Major General Grant Douglas CAVENAGH 

AM, Vic 

For distinguished service to the Australian 

Defence Force as Commander Joint Logistics 

and as Head Land Systems Division 

Major General Gerard Paul FOGARTY AM, 

ACT 

For distinguished service as Deputy Commander 

Joint Task Force 633 in Iraq, Director 

General Personnel - Army and as Head 

People Capability 

MEMBER (AM) IN THE GENERAL 


AUSTRALIA 

Mr Mitchell David ANJOU, Vic 

For significant service to optometry and 

public health, particularly in the Indigenous 

community, as a researcher, clinician and 

educator 

The Hon John Joseph AQUILINA, PO Box 

155, Blacktown NSW 2148 

For significant service to the Parliament of 

NSW, and to the community 

Mr Howard BAMSEY PSM, Griffith ACT 

2603 

For significant service to public administration, 

particularly in the area of climate change 

and energy efficiency 

Emeritus Prof Gordon Alfred BARCLAY, 

227 Alloura Waters, Davistown NSW 2251 

For significant service to tertiary education in 

New South Wales, particularly in the field of 

chemistry 

Emeritus Prof Allan Douglas BARTON, 

deceased, 

Late of Australian Capitol Territory 

For significant service to accounting and 

economics as an author, researcher, educator 

and mentor 

Mr Dean Bryan BARTON-SMITH, Vic 

For significant service to the sport of athletics, 

and to people who are deaf or hard of 

hearing through the development of sport and 

recreation opportunities 

Dr Warwick Carl BATEMAN OAM, 9 Fairyland 

Avenue, Chatswood NSW 2067 

For significant service to youth through 

administrative and leadership roles with the 

Scouting movement in Australia 

Dr Brian Michael BOETTCHER, PO Box 

391, Wahroonga NSW 2076 For significant 

service to psychiatry as a clinician and educator 

Assoc Prof Stuart Leigh BOLAND, Killara 

NSW 2071 

For significant service to medicine through 

leadership roles in professional organisations, 

and as a surgeon and educator 

The Reverend Emeritus Prof Gary Donald 

BOUMA, Melbourne Vic 3004 

For significant service to sociology as an 

academic, to interfaith dialogue, and to the 

Anglican Church of Australia 

Mr Robert Clements BROWN, 1 Weemala 

Rd, Northbridge NSW 2063 For significant 

service to the superannuation and funds management 

industry 

Dr Gavan John BUTLER, 226A Nelson St, 

Annandale NSW 2038 

For significant service to economics and 

political science as an academic, researcher 

and educator 

Prof William Edward CARTWRIGHT, Windsor 

Vic 3181 

For significant service to cartography and 

geospatial science as an academic, researcher 

and educator 

Mr Paul CATTERMOLE, PO Box 1571, 

Darwin NT 0801 

For significant service to the community of 

the NT through the planning and management 

of major sporting and cultural events 

Mr Donald William CHALLEN, Blackmans 

Bay Tas 7052 

For significant service to economics, and to 

public administration in Tas in the treasury 

and finance sector 

Assoc Prof Andrew Donald COCHRANE, 

51 Spencer St, Essendon Vic 3040 

For significant service to adolescent and 

adult congenital heart disease as a clinician, 

researcher and educator, and through humanitarian 

and philanthropic contributions 

Mr Keith Osborne COLLETT, Bentleigh East 

Vic 3165 

For significant service to sustainable land 

management practices and water conservation 

Dr Brian Leslie CORNISH OAM RFD ED, 

95 Conyngham St, Frewville SA 5063 For 

significant service to medicine as an orthopaedic 

surgeon, to forestry and conservation, 

and to the community 

Mr Ian Thomas CROSER, ACT 

For significant service to science through 

electronic communication and radar and 

related technologies 

Assoc Prof Jack CROSS, 363 Halifax St, 

Adelaide SA 5000 


SA, particularly in the field of art and design, 

and to Indigenous education

Mr Ewen Graham CROUCH, Roseville NSW 

2069 

For significant service to the law as a contributor 

to legal professional organisations, 

and to the community through executive roles 

with Mission Australia 

The Right Reverend Andrew William 

CURNOW, PO Box 2, Bendigo Vic 3552 For 

significant service to the Anglican Church of 

Australia through leadership roles 

Dr Marianne Josephine DACY, 2 Devine St, 

Erskineville NSW 2043 

For significant service to interfaith dialogue, 

and to the Congregation of Our Lady of Sion 

Prof Stephen Misha DAVIS, 

Melbourne Brain Centre, Royal Melbourne 

Hospital, Parkville Vic 3050 For significant 

service to medicine in the field of neurology 

Mr Grant Raymond DE FRIES, Picnic Point 

NSW 2213 

For significant service to youth through 

administrative and leadership roles with the 

Scouting movement in NSW 

Mrs Margaret Ann DEVLIN, Camberwell Vic 

3124 

For significant service to youth, particularly 

through the Guiding movement in Vic, and to 

the sport of women’s hockey 

Mr Edward DONNELLY, 83/300A Burns Bay 

Rd, Lane Cove NSW 2066 

For significant service to the community 

through leadership in the promotion of the 

health and welfare of men through the Australian 

Men’s Shed Association 

Prof Michael Andrew DOPITA, Googong 

NSW 2620 

For significant service to science in the field 

of astronomy and astrophysics 

Mr John DOUST, 

505 ‘Renaissance Apartments’, 22 Windelya 

Rd, Murdoch WA 6150 

For significant service to the building and 

construction industry through executive and 

leadership roles 

Dr Alan William DUNCAN, 67 The Boulevard, 

Floreat WA 6014 

For significant service to medicine in the field 

of paediatric intensive care as a clinician and 

educator 

Mr John Robert DUNKLEY, 5 Coleman St, 

Pearce ACT 2607 

For significant service to the exploration, science 

and conservation of caves and karsts 

Mr Michael John DYSART, 15 Magney St, 

Woollahra NSW 2025 For significant service 

to architecture 

Dr Mark Francis ELLIS, 271 The Boulevard, 

Ivanhoe East Vic 3079 

For significant service to medicine in the 

field of ophthalmology, and to eye health in 

Indonesia and Timor-Leste 

Mr Bruce Neil ESPLIN, Melbourne Vic 3000 

For significant service to the emergency management 

sector in Vic 


Dr David Alexander EVANS, ACT 

For significant service to science and innovation 

through commercialising and developing 

new technologies 

Mrs Kerrie Margaret EYERS, Bondi Junction 

NSW 2022 

For significant service to psychology, 

particularly through mental health program 

administration 

Mr Graeme David FAIR, 2 Tahara Rd, Toorak 

Vic 3142 

For significant service to the sport of tennis 

through a range of administrative and leadership 

roles, and to the community 

Ms Elizabeth FISHER, 6/2 Stevens St, 

Somerton Park SA 5044 


through organisations and advisory bodies 

that promote social justice and the interests 

of women 

Dr Hardinge Guy FITZHARDINGE, PO Box 

35, Mandurama NSW 2792 

For significant service to conservation and the 

sustainable management of threatened species, 

and to the agricultural industry 

Mrs Anne FOGARTY, WA 

For significant service to equity, access and 

advancement of education in WA 

The Hon Robert Clive FORDHAM, 

22 Redgum Court, Newlands Arm Vic 3875 


Vic, to education, to the Anglican Church 

in Australia, and to tourism and economic 

development 

Emeritus Prof Philip Jack FOREMAN, 

9/76-82 Bellevue Rd, Bellevue Hill NSW 

2023 

For significant service to tertiary education, 

particularly in the area of special education, 

and to people with a disability 

Mr David Anthony FORSYTH, Castle Cove 

NSW 2069 

For significant service to the aviation industry 

through administrative and leadership roles 

Prof Emeritus Maurice William FRENCH, 

60 Phillip St, Toowoomba Qld 4350 

For significant service to tertiary education 

through a range of leadership roles, to the 

preservation of local history, and to the study 

of the humanities 

Ms Christine Mary GEE, PO Box 256, Campbell 

ACT 2612 

For significant service to international relations 

and the people of Nepal, particularly 

through the provision of education, health and 

environmental programs 

Mr John Aubrey GIBSON, deceased, 

Late of Melbourne Vic 3000 

For significant service to international relations 

as an advocate for human rights 

Prof Malcolm George GILLIES, London, UK 


through leadership roles, and to the humanities, 

particularly as a scholar of musicology 

Mr Eric John GOODWIN, 20/4-8 Hilltop 

Cres, Fairlight NSW 2094 


through educational organisations, and to 

business 

Prof Ian Charles GOULTER, Auchenflower 

Qld 4066 


particularly through rural and regional 

engagement 

Dr David Leslie GRANTHAM PSM, PO Box 

1244, Indooroopilly Qld 4068 For significant 

service to public health in the area of occupational 

hygiene 

Mr Laurence Francis HARKIN, Berwick Vic 

3806 

For significant service to the community, 

particularly through the care and protection of 

people with a disability 

Mr Russell John HAWKINS, 8 Vic Avenue, 

Claremont WA 6010 


through leadership roles in the development 

of facilities for the support of parents, children 

and the aged 

Mr Ronald Kenneth HEINRICH, 67 Burraneer 

Avenue, St Ives NSW 2075 For 

significant service to the law, and to the legal 

profession 

The Reverend Harry James HERBERT, 1 

Bamburgh Place, Bundanoon NSW 2578 For 

significant service to the community through 

leadership and advocacy roles in the area of 

social justice and welfare 

The Most Reverend Roger Adrian HERFT, 

GPO Box W2067, Perth WA 6846 

For significant service to the Anglican Church 

of Australia through leadership roles in ecumenical 

and interfaith relations and advocacy 

for social justice 

Ms Mary Louise HERRON, 

Sydney Opera House, Bennelong Point, Sydney 

NSW 2000 

For significant service to the performing arts 

through leadership and advisory roles 

Ms Jill Lesley HICKSON, Woollahra NSW 

2025 


through leadership roles in organisations supporting 

the arts, culture, tourism, the environment 

and education 

Mr Clive Perry HILDEBRAND, Chelmer 

Qld 4068 

For significant service to business, particularly 

through leadership in the promotion of 

international relations and the protection of 

the sugar industry, and to tertiary education 

Mr John Kinloch HINDMARSH, 4 Mugga 

Way, Red Hill ACT 2603 

For significant service to building and construction 

in the ACT, and to business 

Mr Michael HINTZE, London, UK 


through philanthropic contributions to organisations 

supporting the arts, health, and 

education 

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Mr Philip James HOFFMANN, PO Box 599, 

Glenelg SA 5045 

For significant service to the travel and tourism 

industry through contributions to professional 

associations and the development of 

training standards


Adjunct Prof David Anthony HOOD, 122 

Waverley Rd, Taringa Qld 4068 For significant 

service to environmental engineering as 

an educator and researcher, through contributions 

to professional organisations, and to 

public awareness of sustainability 

Prof William Roy JACKSON, 30 Through 

Rd, Camberwell Vic 3124 

For significant service to science in organic 

chemistry as an educator and researcher 

Mr Kenneth Edward JOHNSON, Campbell 

ACT 2612 

For significant service to the development of 

water resources for irrigation and hydro- electricity 

as an engineer 

Mr Stephen John JONES, PO Box 116, Withcott 

Qld 4352 

For significant service to local government 

and the community of the Lockyer Valley, 

particularly in relation to the Qld floods in 

2010 and 2011 

Mr Andrew Gabriel KALDOR, 64 The Point 

Rd, Woolwich NSW 2110 

For significant service to the arts, particularly 

orchestral music through advisory roles and 

philanthropy 

Ms Margaret Dean (Meg) LARKIN, PO Box 

1293, Tamworth NSW 2340 

For significant service to the arts as a leader 

and advocate of regional organisations 

Mr Geoffrey Michael LAW, 144 Waterworks 

Rd, Dynnyrne Tas 7005 

For significant service to conservation and the 

environment, particularly in Tas 

Dr Michael John LLEWELLYN-SMITH, 27 

Kate Court, Adelaide SA 5000 

For significant service to local government 

through the promotion of city and state relations 

and planning 

The Hon Dr Jane Diane LOMAX-SMITH, 

PO Box 10113, Gouger St, Adelaide SA 5000 

For significant service to the Parliament and 

the community of SA 

Mr Malcolm William LONG, 45 Balfour Rd, 

Rose Bay NSW 2029 

For significant service to the performing arts 

and to the broadcasting and communications 

industries 

Mr Sandy Charles LONGWORTH, 3/39 

Middle Head Rd, Mosman NSW 2088 

For significant service to engineering through 

leadership and advisory roles in research, 

training and professional organisations 

Dr David Alistair LONIE, 122 Pittwater Rd, 

Boronia Park NSW 2111 

For significant service to psychiatry, particularly 

in the field of infant and adolescent 

mental health 

Dr Isla Ellen LONIE, deceased, 

Late of Boronia Park NSW 2111 


of psychiatry, and to professional associations 

Dr Errol James McGARRY, Eltham North 

Vic 3095 

For significant service to science and technology, 

particularly through research and development 

in the field of chemistry 

Ms Sandra Veronica McPHEE, Point Piper 

NSW 2027 

For significant service to business and to the 

community through leadership and advisory 

roles 

Mr John David MADDOCK, 9 The Boulevard, 

Hawthorn Vic 3122 

For significant service to vocational education 

and training, and to the sport of basketball 

Mr David William MARCHANT, 21/73 Peninsula 

Drive, Breakfast Point NSW 2137 For 

significant service to the rail industry through 

national structural reform and infrastructure 

upgrades 

Assoc Prof Jenó Emil MAROSSZEKY, 

Denistone NSW 2114 

For significant service to rehabilitation medicine, 

and contributions to people with arthritis 

Dr Ian William MARSHALL AE, The Gap 

Qld 4061 


Qld as a medical practitioner and through 

contributions to the cattle industry and rural 

education 

The Hon Justice Glenn Charles MARTIN, 

Brisbane Qld 4000 

For significant service to the law, particularly 

through contributions to the Australian Bar 

Association, and to the community of Qld 

Mr James Edward MAXWELL, Woollahra 

NSW 2025 

For significant service to sport, particularly 

cricket, as a commentator, and to the community 

Mr Wayne Ashley MERTON, Dural NSW 

2158 


NSW, and to the community 

Mr Robert Gordon MILLER, PO Box 320, 

Newtown NSW 2042 


particularly through contributions to people 

with a disability 

Dr Christopher MITCHELL, Lennox Head 

NSW 2478 

For significant service to medicine as a general 

practitioner through leadership roles in 

clinical practice, education and professional 

organisations 

Mr David Edward MITCHELL, Golden 

Grove SA 5125 

For significant service to conservation and 

the environment as a volunteer and volunteer 

advocate 

Ms Jill Elizabeth MORGAN, Melbourne Vic 

3000 

For significant service to the promotion of 

multicultural and Indigenous art through 

leadership roles in arts organisations 

Prof Jonathan Mark MORRIS, Longueville 

NSW 2066 

For significant service to maternal and infant 

health as a clinician, educator, patient advocate 

and researcher 

Mr Christopher John MOSELEY, 

9 Westdene Cres, Caversham, Berkshire RG4 

7HD, UK 

For significant service to linguistics through 

the preservation of Indigenous and endangered 

languages 

Mr Jacob George MYE MBE OAM, deceased, 

Late of Darnley Island via Thursday Island 

Qld 4875 

For significant service to the Indigenous communities 

of the Torres Strait 

The Reverend Dr Anthony George NAN- 

CARROW, 

6 Sheffield St, Malvern SA 5061 

For significant service to the Uniting Church 

in SA 

Mrs Juliana Ampofowaa NKRUMAH, Quakers 

Hill NSW 2763 

For significant service to the community, particularly 

the welfare of women and refugees 

Ms Linda Jane O’BRIEN, 69 Watkin St, 

Newtown NSW 2042 

For significant service to secondary education 

through leadership and innovative practices, 


Mr Timothy John O’BRIEN, Berri SA 5343 


Berri, SA 

Mr Julien William O’CONNELL, 1A Camperdown 

St, Brighton East Vic 3187 

For significant service to the community, and 

to the Catholic Church through leadership 

roles within health and governance services 

Mr Francis Michael O’HALLORAN, East 

Balmain NSW 2041 

For significant service to business through 

leadership in the insurance industry and the 

promotion of corporate philanthropy 

Ms Mary Ann O’LOUGHLIN, 60 Wallis St, 

Woollahra NSW 2025 

For significant service to public administration 

through the development of social policies, 

the reform of federal financial relations 

and government services 

Ms Tania PALMER, 

PO Box 93230, GPO Siem Reap Angkor 

17000, Kingdom of Cambodia 

For significant service to the community, particularly 

St children and families in Cambodia, 

through the Green Gecko Project. 

Mr George PAPADOPOULOS, Camberwell 

Vic 3124 

For significant service to the multicultural 

community of Vic through the development 

of public policy, programs and services 

Dr Nicholas George PAPPAS, Level 14, 23 

Hunter St, Sydney NSW 2000 

For significant service to the sport of rugby 

league football, to the arts, and to the Greek- 

Australian community 

Mr Neil PERRY, 

C/- Rockpool Bar and Grill Sydney, 66 

Hunter St, Sydney NSW 2000 

For significant service to the community as a 

benefactor of and fundraiser for charities and 

as a chef and restauranteur 

Mr Jimmy Viet Tuan PHAM, 27 Prince St, 

Canley Vale NSW 2166 

For significant service to the community, par-

ticularly children in Vietnam, through KOTO 

International 

Assoc Prof Jonathan PHILLIPS, GPO Box 

715, GPO Sydney NSW 2001 For significant 

service to mental health as a forensic psychiatrist, 

particularly through contributions to 

professional organisations 

Ms Norma Margaret PLUMMER, 2 Kirkham 

Court, Berwick Vic 3806 

For significant service to the sport of netball 

as a coach and representative player 

Mr Robin Andrew POKE, Hughes ACT 2605 

For significant service to the sport of rowing 

and the Olympic movement as an administrator, 

journalist and author 

Mrs Ann Kathleen PORTER, Sydney NSW 

2000 

For significant service to people who are deaf 

or hard of hearing through executive and 

advocacy roles 

Emeritus Prof Owen Edward POTTER, 

835 Riversdale Rd, Camberwell Vic 3124 

For significant service to chemical engineering 

through leadership in the areas of education, 

research and development, and to the 

Catholic Church 

Mr Alan Nalder POWELL, Linden Park SA 

5065 


SA through governance of welfare and church 

organisations and as a philanthropist 

Dr Jan Desma PRATT, Grange Qld 4051 

For significant service to child health nursing 

through leadership in the area of professional 

development 

Dr David Anthony RAND, Beaumaris Vic 

3193 

For significant service to science and technological 

development in the area of energy 

storage, particularly rechargeable batteries 

Prof Paul Murray REDMOND, Queens Park 

NSW 2022 

For significant service to the law through contributions 

to legal education and professional 

bodies, and to the community 

Prof Bruce William ROBINSON, 

UWA School of Medicine, Sir Charles Gairdner 

Hospital, Nedlands WA 6009 

For significant service to medicine in the area 

of research into asbestos-related cancers, and 

to the community, particularly through support 

to fathers 

Prof Abdullah SAEED, Asia Institute, University 

of Melbourne Vic 3010 


the field of Islamic studies, and to the community, 

particularly through the promotion of 

interfaith dialogue 

Mr Antonino SCHIAVELLO, 1 Sharps Rd, 

Tullamarine Vic 3043 

For significant service to business, particularly 

in the manufacturing and construction 

industries, and to the community of Vic 

Mrs Janine Betty SCHMIDT, Brisbane Qld 

4000 

For significant service to the promotion of 

library services and information sciences, 


particularly through the development of electronic 

access initiatives 

Emeritus Prof Steven SCHWARTZ, 

802/45 Bowman St, Pyrmont NSW 2009 

For significant service to tertiary education, to 

the community, and to mental health 

Ms Kathryn Shauna SELBY, PO Box 18, 

Northbridge NSW 2063 

For significant service to the arts as a concert 

pianist and performer of chamber music 

Prof Dinesh SELVA, 

SAn Institute of Ophthalmology, 

Level 8, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide 

SA 5000 

For significant service to ophthalmology 

and visual sciences as an academic, clinician 

and researcher and through contributions to 


Prof Peter Allen SILBURN, Paddington Qld 

4064 

For significant service to medicine as a 

neurologist, particularly in the treatment of 

neurodegenerative diseases 

Prof David Owen SILLENCE, Eastwood 

NSW 2122 


of clinical genetics 

Prof Anne SIMMONS, Wollstonecraft NSW 

For significant service to biomedical engineering, 

as an academic and administrator 

Dr Michael Alexander SMITH, Downer ACT 

For significant service to archaeological 

scholarship, particularly of the Australian 

desert regions 

Prof Roger SMITH, 56 Memorial Drive, 

Newcastle NSW 2300 

For significant service to medical research 

and development in the Hunter region and in 

the field of maternal health 

Mr Graham Joseph SMORGON, Vic 

For significant service to business, and to the 

community of Vic 

Emeritus Prof Richard SPEARE, 72 Kokoda 

St, Idalia Qld 4811 

For significant service to medical and biological 

research through leadership roles in the 

areas of public health and wildlife conservation 

Mr Graham George SPURLING ED, 41 King 

St, Brighton SA 5048 

For significant service to business, and to the 

community of SA 

Emeritus Prof Robert Lynton STABLE, Clayfield 

Qld 4011 


Qld through innovative and strategic management 

in the areas of tertiary education and 

health 

Mr Jock Hewett STATTON OAM, 57 Cut 

Hill Rd, Kangarilla SA 5157 For significant 

service to the veteran community of SA 

Mrs Susan Winston TALBOT, 

63 East 80th St, New York NY 10075, USA 

For significant service to international relations, 

particularly through promotion of the 

arts 

29 

Mr Benedict TAYLOR, 2/164 Hay St, East 

Perth WA 6004 

For significant service to the Indigenous 

community of WA through contributions to a 

range of social justice and humanitarian rights 

issues 

Mr Mark TEDESCHI QC, 15th Floor, 175 

Liverpool St, Sydney NSW 2000 For significant 

service to the law as a prosecutor, and to 

photography 

Mr Robert Bain THOMAS, Vaucluse NSW 

2030 


NSW through contributions to library governance, 

and to business 

Mr Gianfranco TOMASI, 20 Fraser Rd, Applecross 

WA 6153 

For significant service to business through 

leadership roles in the electrical contracting 

industry, and to the community 

Prof Kristine Margaret TOOHEY, Paradise 

Point Qld 4216 

For significant service to sport as an academic 

and researcher and through contributions to 


Prof Michael James TOOLE, 11 Byron St, 

Elwood Vic 3184 

For significant service to international health, 

particularly through leadership in medical 

research 

Mr Kenneth Irving TURNER, 1/58 Murray 

St, Booker Bay NSW 2257 


particularly in the political history of NSW 

Mrs Judy VERLIN, 13 Bellington Drive, 

Alfredton Vic 3350 For significant service to 

the community of Ballarat 

Assoc Prof Jitendra Kantilal VOHRA, 53 

First Avenue, Kew Vic 3101 For significant 

service to medicine in the field of cardiology 

Mr Alan George WALDRON, 16 Arabian 

Avenue, West Beach SA 5024 For significant 

service to the sport of baseball, and to the 

community 

Dr Bruce William WALKER, Alice Springs 

NT 0870 

For significant service to the Indigenous communities 

of remote Australia and the NT, and 

to the sport of cricket 

Emeritus Prof John Gilbert WALLACE PSM, 

PO Box 133, Clifton Hill Vic 3068 


Mr Leigh Robert WHICKER, PO Box 1088, 

Stirling SA 5152 

For significant service to the sport of Australian 

rules football in SA 

Ms Mary-Louise WILLIAMS, Annandale 

NSW 2038 

For significant service to the museum sector 

and the preservation of maritime history 

Mrs Lynette Robyn WILLOX, Mount Lawley 

WA 6050 

For significant service to people with a disability 

in WA


Dr Bethia (Beth) WILSON, South Yarra Vic 

3141 


Vic through the provision of dispute resolution 

in the area of health services 

Ms Yvonne Ethel WILSON, Yenda NSW 

2681 


Griffith, particularly through contributions to 

the protection of women and children 

Mr Bill WOOD, 29 Fairfax St, O’Connor 

ACT 2602 

For significant service to the community and 

the Legislative Assembly of the ACT 

Dr Glenda Kaye WOOD, Woollahra NSW 

2025 


of dermatology 

Emeritus Prof Neville David YEOMANS, 

Camberwell Vic 3124 


research and clinical practice in the field of 

medicine 

Mr Kenneth Hudson YOUDALE DFC OAM, 

Sydney NSW 2000 


particularly as an advocate for people affected 

by thalidomide 

Mr Derek Bernard YOUNG, South Yarra Vic 

3141 


Vic through contributions to the performing 

arts and higher education, and to philanthropy 

Dr Jane Louise ZIMMERMAN, George 

Town Tas 7253 

For significant service to the community as 

an advocate and promoter of the status and 

health of women 

MEMBER (AM) IN THE MILITARY 


AUSTRALIA 


Captain Jonathan David SADLEIR RAN, 

ACT 

For exceptional performance of duties as the 

Director Navy Continuous Improvement, 

Commanding Officer HMAS Parramatta and 

as Staff Officer Global Operations 


Major General Stephen Julian DAY DSC, 

ACT 

For exceptional service to the Australian Defence 

Force as Commander of the 7th Brigade 

and Head Joint Capability Coordination 

Lieutenant Colonel Michael Edward GAR- 

RAWAY, SA 

For exceptional service in the field of officer 

career management in 2009 and as Commanding 

Officer, 7th Battalion, the Royal 

Australian Regiment, from 2010 to 2012 

Major General Paul David McLACHLAN 

CSC, Vic 

For exceptional service to the Australian 

Defence Force as the Director General 

Development and Plans - Army, and as the 

Commander of the 7th Brigade 

Brigadier Barry Neil McMANUS CSC, USA 

For exceptional service to the Australian Defence 

Force as the Director General Capability 

and Plans and as the Army Attaché to the 

USA 

Brigadier Jane Maree SPALDING, NSW 

For exceptional service to the Australian 

Defence Force in the fields of recruiting and 

strategic reform 

Colonel Wade Bradley STOTHART, ACT 

For exceptional service as Commanding 

Officer Timor Leste Battle Group - Four, 

Commanding Officer of the 3rd Battalion, 

the Royal Australian Regiment, Military Assistant 

to the Commander Forces Command 

and Director of Officer Career Management 

- Army 

MEDAL (OAM) OF THE GENERAL 


AUSTRALIA 

Mrs Lieta ACQUAROLA, 179 Virgil Avenue, 

Yokine WA 6060 

For service to the hospitality industry, and to 

a range of charitable organisations 

Mr John Geoffrey ADNAMS, Mount Waverley 

Vic 3149 

For service to business and commerce, and to 

the community 

Mr Francis Xavier ALCORTA, 4/54 Johnson 

St, Bargara Qld 4670 For service to veterans 

and their families, and to journalism 

Mrs Maree Sarah ALLEN, 141 Copeland 

Rd East, Beecroft NSW 2119 For service to 

highland dancing as a teacher, adjudicator and 

administrator 

Dr Mustafa Abbas ALLY, PO Box 4603, 

Eight Mile Plains Qld 4113 

For service to the community through the 

promotion of interfaith harmony 

Mr Phillip Gregory ANDERSON, 88 Castleton 

Cres, Gowrie ACT 2904 

For service to the international community 

following the earthquakes and tsunami which 

occurred in Japan in 2011 

Mrs Pamela Clare ARCHER, Taree NSW 

2430 

For service to music, and to the community 

of Taree 

Mr Russell Joseph ARDLEY, Mornington Vic 

For service to youth through Mornington Peninsula 

Youth Enterprises 

Mrs Meredith Claire ARNOLD, PO Box 26, 

Waikerie SA 5330 For service to the community 

of Waikerie 

Mrs Krishna ARORA, 14 Viggers Parade, 

Glen Waverley Vic 3150 

For service to the community through multicultural 

and aged welfare organisations 

Mr Philip Henry ASKER, 35 Seymour St, 

Ringwood Vic 3134 For service to the tourism 


Dr John Francis ATCHISON, 5 Catherine 

St, Armidale NSW 2350 For service to the 

community of New England as a historian 

and educator 

Mrs Philadelphia Alaine ATKINSON, Atherton 

Qld 4883 

For service to the community, particularly 

people with a disability 

Mr Brian Laurence BALDWIN, 44 Brewery 

St, Inverell NSW 2360 For service to the 

community of Inverell through a range of 

organisations 

Mr John Graeme BALFOUR, Belrose NSW 

2085 For service to the community, particularly 

veterans 

Mr Ronald Frederick BARNES, 32 Albara 

Rd, Ingle Farm SA 5098 For service to youth 

through the Scouting movement 

Mr Donald James BARTON, 7 Quinty St, 

Fig Tree Pocket Qld 4069 For service to 

the community through church and welfare 

organisations 

Dr Malcolm BAXTER, Armadale Vic 3143 

For service to medicine as an ear, nose and 

throat specialist 

Miss Olga Lillian BAYLEY, 45 Beaconsfield 

St, Revesby NSW 2212 For service to 

the community as a supporter of charitable 

organisations 

Clinical Prof Graeme Leslie BEARDMORE, 

Tewantin Qld 4565 For service to medicine in 

the field of dermatology 

Dr Allan Kenneth BEAVIS, PO Box 272, 

Moss Vale NSW 2577 For service to music, 

and to education 

Ms Linda Karen BEILHARZ, Bendigo Vic 

3550 

For service to the community, and to polar 

exploration 

Mr Philip William BELL, 6 Herber Place, 

Wahroonga NSW 2076 For service to education, 


Mr John Maxwell BENYON, Cremorne 

NSW 2090 

For service to radio broadcasting, and to the 

community 

Mr Robert Allan BLAKE, 162 Sackville 

Terrace, Doubleview WA 6018 For service to 

surf lifesaving as an administrator and official 

Mrs Eftihia Angelica BLAND, 8 Berrillee 

Lane, Turramurra NSW 2074 For service to 

the community through charitable organisations 

Mr Terence Paul BOARDMAN, 201/168 

Queenscliff Rd, Queenscliff NSW 2096 For 

service to surf lifesaving, and to the community 

Mr John Samuel BOLITHO, 18 Anderson St, 

Finley NSW 2713 For service to the community 

of Finley 

Mr Brendan Matthew BOLTON, Tokyo, 

Japan 




Mr Kevin John BORGER, 67 Elanora 

Avenue, Pottsville NSW 2489 For service to

veterans and their families, and to people with 

a disability 

Mr Peter Gerard BOYCE, 214 Perwillowen 

Rd, Nambour Qld 4560 For service to the 

community of the Sunshine Coast 

Mr Robert Arthur BREEDEN, deceased, 

Late of Yalyalup WA 6280 

For service to conservation and the environment, 


Dr James Ernest BREHENY, 15 Riverside 

Avenue, Balwyn North Vic 3104 For service 

to medical administration 

Dr Nellie Dianne BRESCIANI, Toorak Vic 

For service to music, to the visual arts, and to 

the community 

Mr David John BRIEGEL, Wembley Downs 

WA 6019 

For service to the community through charitable 

and historical organisations 

Ms Tessie Florence BRILL, Hastings Point 

NSW 2489 For service to the community of 

the Northern Rivers 

Mr Jeffrey Ross BRITTON, PO Box 369, 

Smithton Tas 7330 



Mr John Winton BROOMBY, Westbury Tas 

7303 



Mr Colin McIntyre BROWN, 

‘McMurchie’, RMB 157 Cummings Rd, 

Walla Walla NSW 2659 

For service to the community of the Riverina, 

particularly as an educator 

Mr Kenneth Raymond BROWN, 49 Howes 

Cres, Dianella WA 6059 For service to the 

sport of tennis through administrative roles 

Mr Colin Francis BROWNE, 4 Victory St, 

Mitcham Vic 3132 

For service to the sport of athletics, to education, 


Mrs Jennifer Mary BRYANT, 30 McKirdys 

Rd, Tyabb Vic 3913 For service to wildlife 

conservation 

Mr Walter BULDO, 1 Seaton Place, Parkinson 

Qld 4115 


veterans and their families 

Mr Richard Alfred BURNS, 17 Deviation Rd, 

Penguin Tas 7316 For service to botany, as an 

author and conservationist 

Mrs Raelene Mary BUSSENSCHUTT, Kadina 

SA 5554 

For service to the community through health, 

agricultural and women’s organisations 

Mr Phillip Anthony BUTLER, PO Box 494, 

Glenorchy Tas 7010 For service to the community 

of Glenorchy 

Mrs Hazel Dawn BUTORAC, 98A Third 

Avenue, Mount Lawley WA 6050 For service 

to the community through a range of organisations 


Mrs Betty Iris BYRNE, PO Box 495, Burnie 

Tas 7320 For service to the community of 

Burnie 

Commodore Ian Arthur CALLAWAY RAN 

(Ret’d), 10/17 Belmont Avenue, Wollstonecraft 

NSW 2065 For service to veterans and 

their families 

Mr Donald CAMERON, Ventnor Vic 3922 

For service to local government, to conservation 

and the environment, and to the community, 

particularly through Lions International 

Dr John Dominic CANNON, 50 Minno St, 

Howrah Tas 7018 For service to the sport of 

sailing 

The Reverend Father George CARPIS, 24 

Maclagan St, Isaacs ACT 2607 For service 

to the Greek Orthodox Church, and to the 

community 

Prof Vincent CARUSO, 81/1 Wingfield 

Avenue, Crawley WA 6009 For service to 

medicine in the field of pathology 

Mrs Norma Alice CASTALDI, Hunters Hill 

NSW 2110 

For service to the community as a fundraiser 

and volunteer 

Mr Nigel Phillip CASWELL, 7 Lansell Rd, 

Brighton East Vic 3187 For service to the 

community through a range of organisations 

Ms Joanne CAVANAGH, Hampton Vic 3188 

For service to the community through social 

welfare organisations 

Mr Stephen Lindsay CAVANAGH, PO Box 

260, Hervey Bay Qld 4655 For service to 

education, and to the sport of rugby league 

football 

Mr John Laurence CHADBAN, 7 Coast 

Avenue, Boomerang Beach NSW 2428 For 

service to local government, and to the community 

of the Great Lakes region 

Mr Brian Erskine CHASELING MBE, deceased, 

Late of Queenscliff NSW 2096 

For service to veterans and their families 

Dr Kee CHEUNG, 31 Windsor Place, Carindale 

Qld 4152 For service to the Chinese 

community of Brisbane 

Mr Alan Charles CLOUGH, 57 Khartoum St, 

Footscray West Vic 3012 

For service to the sports of Australian Rules 

football and lawn bowls, and to the community 

Mr Robert Edward CLYNE, 6 Rutland Avenue, 

Unley Park SA 5061 


through the Freemasonry movement 

Mrs Patricia June CONOLLY, 6/45 Glen Kyle 

Drive, Buderim Qld 4556 For service to the 

community of the Sunshine Coast 

Mrs Jane Louise COOKE, 22 Crestwood 

Drive, Baulkham Hills NSW 2153 For service 

to the sport of gymnastics as an administrator 

Mrs Joanne Frances COURT, PO Box 643, 

Nedlands WA 6909 

For service to the community as an advocate 

for health, early childhood development and 

conservation organisations 

Mr Kenneth John CRADDOCK, Narrabri 

NSW 2390 

For service to the community of Narrabri, 

particularly veterans and their families 

Mrs Heather Janice CROMBIE, Kalgoorlie 

WA 6430 

For service to the community through remote 

health organisations 

Mrs Carole CROMMELIN, 48 Irvine St, 

Peppermint Grove WA 6011 For service to 

the community through health and charitable 

organisations 

Mr Wilbur Henry CROSS, 28 King George 

Parade, Forster NSW 2428 For service to 

music as a bandmaster, teacher and mentor 

Mr Ronald James CUMMING, Bunyip Vic 

3815 For service to the community of Bunyip 

Mr Alan Richard CURRY, 6 Reliance Boulevard, 

Tanilba Bay NSW 2319 For service to 

the community, particularly veterans and their 

families 

Mr Peter Howard DALE, 18 Malakoff St, 

Ballarat Vic 3350 

For service to the performing arts, and to the 

community of Ballarat 

Mrs Marilyn Jean DANN, 8 Doulton Rd, 

Blackburn Vic 3130 For service to the deaf 

and hearing impaired 

Mr John Gerard DAVIES, 1/21 Selborne Rd, 

Toorak Vic 3142 For service to youth through 

a range of organisations 

Councillor John Neville DAVIS, 5154 Mitchell 

Highway, Orange NSW 2800 For service 

to local government, and to the community 

of Orange 

Mr Douglas Charles DAWS, 12 Campbell St, 

Kalgoorlie WA 6430 

For service to the mining industry, to local 

government, and to the community of Kalgoorlie 

Mr Robert Alan DAWSON, Ferntree Gully 

Vic 3156 For service to the community as a 

volunteer 

Mrs Wandacita DAY, 40 Whitehaven Rd, 

Northmead NSW 2152 For service to the 

trade union movement, and to the community 

Mr Neil DICKINS, 6 Hartley Court, Mount 

Gambier SA 5290 

For service to the community through social 

welfare and sporting organisations 

Mrs Margot Balfour DODS, 122 Orana Rd, 

Ocean Shores NSW 2483 For service to 

music through administrative roles 

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Mrs Colleen Frances DOLAN, 119 Petersen 

St, Freshwater Qld 4870 For service to people 


The Reverend Father Ignatius Tyson DO- 

NELEY, Sacred Heart Monastery, 1 Roma 

Avenue, Kensington NSW 1465 

For service to the community through Catholic 

education organisations


Mr Patrick Joseph DONNELLAN, Empire 

Bay NSW 2257 For service to the community 

of Gosford 

Mr Thomas Henry DONOHUE, 28A Hotham 

St, Ballarat Vic 3350 For service to the community 

through social welfare organisations 

Mr William Keith DOWNIE, PO Box 630, 

North Hobart Tas 7002 For service to business, 


Mr Alan Ralph DUGGAN, Cradoc Tas 7109 

For service to the community of the Huon 

Valley 

Mr John Stephen DWYER, 2 Edward St, 

Maffra Vic 3860 For service to the community 

through a range of organisations 

Mr Leslie David ELCOME, Vic Point Qld 

4165 For service to people with a disability 

Mr Alan Frederick ELLIOTT, 

334 Dorcas St, South Melbourne Vic 3205 

For service to photography 

Mr Patrick George EMERY, Darlington WA 

6070 

For service to the community through health 

and charitable organisations 

Mr Trevor FARRELL, Auchenflower Qld 

4066 For service to people with a disability 

Mr Jules Mark FELDMAN, 95 Olinda-Monbulk 

Rd, Olinda Vic 3788 For service to the 

print media industry 

Mr Graham Henry FELTON, Avoca Beach 

NSW 2251 

For service to the community through aged 

care organisations 

Mr Michael Angel FERNANDEZ, 14 Government 

Rd, Primbee NSW 2502 For service 

to the community through public health 

programs 

Mrs Holly FERRARA, 45 Mount Shadforth 

Rd, Denmark WA 6333 For service to youth 

through the Scouting movement 

Mrs Juanita Mary FIELD, 3256 Benalla 

Tocumwal Rd, Waggarandall Vic 3646 For 

service to the community through church and 

women’s organisations 

Mr Jack Leonard FISHER, Potts Point NSW 

2011 

For service to the community through a range 

of Jewish organisations 

Mr Joseph FLEMING ED, PO Box 1517, 

Maroubra NSW 2035 

For service to the community, and aged care 

Mrs Deborah FLEMING-BAUER, 

Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 700 

Harris St, Ultimo NSW 2007 For service to 

the television industry 

Mr Roy Alton FLYNN, ‘Gwandalan’, 8444 

Gore Highway, Millmerran Qld 4357 For 

service to local government, and to the community 

Mrs Wendy FOLVIG, Claremont WA 6010 


of organisations 

Major Norman Glyn FORD (Ret’d), 245/45 

Avenue Rd, Payneham SA 5070 For service 

to the community 

Mr Ronald Neil FORTE, Palm Lake Resort, 

175/272 Fryar Rd, Eagleby Qld 4207 For service 

to surf lifesaving, and to the community 

Prof Bradley Scott FRANKUM, Orangeville 

NSW 2570 For service to medicine as an 

educator and administrator 

Mr Albert William GAMBLE, 41 Derriwong 

Rd, Round Corner NSW 2158 For service to 

youth through the Scouting movement 

Mr Geoffrey Philip GARNETT, Melville WA 

6156 

For service to the sport of athletics as an official 

and administrator 

Mr Glen David GARRICK, Buderim Qld 

4556 For service to surf lifesaving 

Mr Yvon Albert GATINEAU, 158 Lord St, 

Newtown NSW 2042 For service to the community 

of Lightning Ridge 

Dr Robert Pem GERNER, 19A Angophora 

Place, Catalina NSW 2536 

For service to architectural education, particularly 

in the field of urban design 

Mr Mark Bradley GEYER, Penrith South 

NSW 2750 

For service to the sport of Rugby League 

football, and to the community through a 

range of charitable organisations 

Dr Francesco GIACOBBE, 19A Alexandra 

St, Hunters Hill NSW 2110 For service to the 

Italian community of NSW 

Mr Richard James GIDDINGS, Pontville 

Tas 7030 For service to the community of 

Brighton 

Mr Lionel Herbert GILLMAN, 134 River St, 

Corowa NSW 2646 For service to the community 

through Lions Australia 

Mr Giuseppe Gianpiero GIUGNI, Kingston 

ACT 2604 


and charitable organisations 

Mr Gordon Holland GLASCOCK, 2/16-24 

Oxford St, Sutherland NSW 2232 For service 


Mr Brian Thomas GLEESON, Kingswood 

SA 5062 

For service to the community of SA through 

the management of sporting events 

Mrs Mary Laelia GLEN, deceased, 

Late of Condobolin NSW 2877 

For service to local government, and to the 

community of Condobolin 

Mr Peter John GOERS, Norwood SA 5067 

For service to the community as a radio 

broadcaster 

Mr Frederick Charles GOODE, 4 Mingay Avenue, 

East Maitland NSW 2323 For service to 


Mr John Kevin GOODFELLOW, 

Kardinia International College, Kardinia 

Drive, Bell Post Hill Vic 3215 For service to 

education 

Mrs Robin Leslie GORDON, PO Box 302, 

Belmont NSW 2280 

For service to the preservation of social and 

local history, and to the community 

Mrs Carolyn Mary GOULD, Kellyville NSW 

2155 

For service to the cashmere industry, and to 

the community 

Mr Bernard Frederick GRAHAM, 9 Marion 

St, Altona North Vic 3025 For service to the 


Mr David GRAHAM, 27 Upton St, Altona 

Vic 3018 



Mr Keith Cyril GRAHAM, 28 Milray St, 

Swansea NSW 2281 For service to the community 

of Swansea 

Mr William Hamilton GRANT, 6 Fraser Terrace, 

Highgate Hill Qld 4101 For service to 

business, and to the community 

Mr Ross GRAYSON, ‘Sunset Villa’, 29 Grayson 

Rd, Killarney Qld 4373 For service to the 

community of Killarney 

Mr Roger Michael GREENAN, 3 Manfred 

Avenue, Windale NSW 2306 

For service to the community through contributions 

to men’s health and well-being 

Mrs Doreen Clare GREENHAM, 33 We St, 

Balranald NSW 2715 For service to the community 

of Balranald 

Mrs Maureen Joy GRIEVE, NSW 

For service to the community of Ballina 

Mr Bruce Atkin GRIFFITHS, 8 Monomeath 

Avenue, Toorak Vic 3142 

For service to the automotive manufacturing 


Mr Geoffrey Leonard GRIMISH, 78 The Esplanade, 

Cronulla NSW 2230 For service to 

the community through fundraising activities 

Mr Sydney GROLMAN, Cammeray NSW 

2062 For service to the community 

The Hon Paul Marshall GUEST QC, 1/51 

Mathoura Rd, Toorak Vic 3142 For service to 

the community, and to the sport of rowing 

Mr Harmick HACOBIAN, 745 Warringah 

Rd, Forestville NSW 2087 For service to the 

Armenian community 

Mr Christopher Ben HALFORD, Griffith 

ACT 2603 




Mr Ted HAMILTON, Toorak Vic 3142 

For service to the performing arts, and to the 

community 

Mr Noel Bernard HANNANT, 30/530 Bridge 

St, Wilsonton Qld 4350 For service to the 

community of Toowoomba

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Mr Warwick William HANSEN, 21 Old Wilson 

Drive, Colo Vale NSW 2575 For service 

to the community, and to the funeral industry 

Mr Thomas Frank HARDING ED, 72 The 

Esplanade, Torquay Vic 3228 For service to 

the community through historical and service 

organisations 

Mr Trevor Albert HARGREAVES, Yarrawonga 

Vic 3730 For service to the community of 

Yarrawonga 

Mr Alan Murray HARPER, Eastwood NSW 

2122 For service to education 

Mrs Antona HARRIS, 34 Menangle Rd, Glen 

Alpine NSW 2560 For service to the community 

Dr James Michael HARRIS, 2 Russell Cres, 

Sandy Bay Tas 7005 For service to veterinary 

science and animal welfare 

Mrs Beryl Gwendalen HAY, 5 Madura Close, 

Westlake Qld 4074 For service to the blind 

and partially sighted 

Mr Peter John HAYES-WILLIAMS, Wheeler 

Heights NSW 2097 For service to veterans 

and their families 

Mr Raymond Shane HAZEN, PO Box 891, 

Barham NSW 2732 For service to radio 

broadcasting 

Mr Charles Harry HEATH, PO Box 326, 

Metung Vic 3904 For service to the real estate 


Mr Robert Glen HEINRICH, Highbury SA 

5089 For service to the information technology 

industry 

Mr Douglas Rayment HENDERSON, 

C104 ‘Rivage Royale’, 75 Brighton Parade, 

Southport Qld 4215 For service to veterans 

and their families, and to youth 

Mrs Nina Olive HIGGINS, 89 Boundary St, 

Bundaberg Qld 4670 For service to the community 

of Bundaberg 

Mrs Margaret Ann HODGENS, Inverell NSW 

2360 For service to the community of Inverell 

Mr Robert John HOLLOWAY, 23 Dorothy 

Avenue, Armidale NSW 2350 For service 

to the community, and to veterans and their 

families 

Mr Trevor William HOLLOWAY, ACT 




Dr Miriam Frances HOLMES, Bellbowrie 

Qld 4070 For service to youth through the 

Guiding movement 

Ms Susan Ruth HOOPMANN, 1 Brookes St, 

Hunters Hill NSW 2110 For service to local 

government 

Dr John Dennis HORTON, 27 Duncan St, 

Birchip Vic 3483 For service to medicine, and 


Mr Richard Lancelot HOUSE, 23 Burke 

St, Victor Harbor SA 5211 For service to 

conservation and the environment, and to the 

community 

Ms Louise Amelia HOWDEN-SMITH, 

Tareena St, Nedlands WA 6009 For service to 

the performing arts, particularly ballet 

Mrs Catherine Gai HOWELLS, Kensington 

NSW 2033 

For service to physiotherapy, and to people 


Mrs Suzanne Joy HOYLE, Kettering Tas 

7155 

For service to the community through health 

care organisations 

Mrs Leslie Irene HUGGINS, deceased, 

Late of Apollo Bay Vic 3233 


community of Alice Springs 

Prof Robert IANSEK, 115 Brunel St, Malvern 

East Vic 3145 For service to medicine in the 

field of neurology 

Mr Robert John IRVINE, 3 Sunningdale 

St, South Bunbury WA 6230 For service to 

education, to regional development, and to 

the community 

Mr Peter Boutros JABBOUR, 24 Wingham 

St, Dandenong North Vic 3175 For service 

to the community through multicultural and 

charitable organisations 

Mr Sigmund Alexander JABLONSKI, NSW 

For service to Vietnam veterans 

Mr Clifford Robert JACKSON, 9 Pasadena 

St, Monterey NSW 2217 For service to the 

blind and partially sighted, and to the aviation 

industry 

Mr William Robert JACKSON PSM, Calwell 

ACT 2905 




Mr Edward JAKU, 26/6 Trelawney St, Woollahra 

NSW 2025 For service to the Jewish 

community 

Mr Claude Justin JEANNERET, 34 Ashmore 

Rd, Bundall Qld 4217 For service to surf 

lifesaving 

Mr Harold Dawson JOHNSTON, deceased, 

Late of Glen Iris Vic 3146 


care and charitable organisations 

Dr Anthony Douglas JORDAN, PO Box 119, 

Woori Yallock Vic 3139 

For service to the Australian wine industry as 

a wine maker, administrator and judge 

Mr Sigmund JÖRGENSEN, ‘Montsalvant’, 

7 Hillcrest Avenue, Eltham Vic 3095 For service 

to the visual arts, and to the community 

Mr Raivo KALAMAE, PO Box 72, Bankstown 

NSW 1885 


and veterans’ organisations 

Mrs Patricia May KENNEDY, 20 Edgar St, 

Bedford Park SA 5042 For service to veterans 

and their families, particularly as an entertainer 

Ms Lillace Mary KENTA, NSW 




Mr Malcolm John KERR, 98/2 Alexander 

Avenue, Taren Point NSW 2229 For service 

to the Parliament of NSW 

Mr Anthony KHOURI, 20 Boundary St, Parramatta 

NSW 2150 For service to the community 

through multicultural organisations 

Mrs Norma KING, South Fremantle WA 6162 

For service to the community as a historian 

Mr George KLEIN, NSW 

For service to community health through drug 

and alcohol related programs 

Mrs Christine Anne KNIGHT, PO Box 487, 

Merbein Vic 3505 For service to the community 


Mr Brian James KOTZ, Blakeview SA 5114 



Mr David Allan LANE, PO Box 436, Lightning 

Ridge NSW 2834 For service to local 

government, and to the community 

Mrs Anne Merle LANG, 15 Bridge St, Kensington 

SA 5068 

For service to the community through sporting 

and fitness organisations 

Mrs Margaret Ruth LANGE, Dernancourt SA 

5075 For service to music as an educator and 

administrator 

Ms Diane Therese LANGMACK, 149 Cabarita 

Rd, Cabarita NSW 2137 For service to the 

community through charitable and women’s 

organisations 

Mrs Patricia Anne LANHAM, PO Box 64, 

Manly NSW 1655 


through mental health organisations 

Mr Max Andrew LAURIE, 24R Nulla Rd, 

Dubbo NSW 2830 For service to the community 

Mr George LAZARIS, 266 Storey St, Maroubra 

NSW 2035 For service to the community 


Mrs Anne Elizabeth LEADBEATER, 104 

Orchard Rd, Kinglake Vic 3763 

For service to the community of Kinglake, 

particularly in the aftermath of the 2009 Vicn 

Bushfires 

Mr Lloyd Christie LEAH, Aldgate SA 5154 

For service to conservation and the environment 

Mr Hugh LEE, PO Box 490, Eastwood NSW 

2122 For service to the Chinese community 

of Eastwood 

Mr James Kyungkyu LEE, 7/28 Weigand 

Avenue, Bankstown NSW 2200 For service to 

the Korean community of Canterbury 

Mr Allan Andrew LEES, PO Box 2042, 

Hornsby Westfield NSW 1635 For service to 

the performing arts


Mr Bruce David LINDENMAYER, 17 Monkman 

St, Chapman ACT 2611 For service to 

conservation and the environment 

Mr Russell John LOANE, Carindale Qld 

4152 

For service to engineering in the field of illumination 

Sister Berneice Mary LOCH, Rockhampton 

Qld 4700 


Institute of Sisters of Mercy 

Mr Kerry Thomas LONERGAN, Toowong 

Qld 4066 For service to the media, and to the 

community 

Mr Patrick John LONG, 11 Sail St, Noosaville 

Qld 4566 For service to the aerial mustering 

industry 

Mr Richard Craig LONGMORE, 2/3 Bonrook 

St, Hawker ACT 2614 For service to 

herpetology, particularly the study of snakes 

and lizards 

Mrs Mary Elizabeth LOVETT, 433 Melrose 

Rd, Mudgee NSW 2850 For service to the 

blind and partially sighted, and to the community 

Mrs Theda Claire LOWE, Ashgrove Qld 4060 

For service to the performing arts 

Mr Charles LOWLES, 9 Hardy St, Blackett 

NSW 2770 For service to local government, 


Ms Abigail Margaret LUDERS, Griffith ACT 

2603 




Mrs Margaret Mary LYNCH, 1 Armfield St, 

Brighton Vic 3186 For service to the community 

through adult multicultural education 

Mr Richard John LYTHAM, Collaroy Plateau 

NSW 2097 For service to surf lifesaving 

Mr Alexander Urquhart McARTHUR, SA 

For service to the community through Oxfam 

Australia 

Mr Hugh Calmar McCRINDLE, 19 Lyndhurst 

St, Taree NSW 2430 For service to the 

community of Taree 

Mr Shane William MacDONALD, PO Box 

1639, Towoomba Qld 4350 For service to the 

community of the Darling Downs 

Mr Andrew John McDOUGALL, ‘Strathroy’, 

Orange NSW 2800 

For service to the community of Orange 

through social welfare organisations 

Mr Robin James McKENZIE, Canberra ACT 

2600 




Mr Ian Geoffrey McKEOWN, 9/2 Cameron 

St, Cranbourne East Vic 3977 For service to 

the community, particularly veterans and their 

families 

Mr Archibald John McLEISH, 80/36 Mountford 

Cres, Albury NSW 2640 For service to 

the community of Albury 

Mr Patrick MacMILLAN, 1 Maranoa Place, 

Wahroonga NSW 2076 

For service to the community through Alzheimer’s 

Australia NSW 

Brigadier Philip John McNAMARA CSC 

ESM (Ret’d), 

36 McCauley St, Thirroul NSW 2515 



Mr Alexander McDonald McNEILL, 

9 Haradli Court, Newstead Tas 7250 

For service to veterans and their families 

Mr Donald Lane MacRAILD, 

94 Valencia Creek - Briagolong Rd, Valencia 

Creek Vic 3860 


Vanuatu Prevention of Blindness Project 

Mrs Nisia Margaret MacRAILD, 

94 Valencia Creek - Briagolong Rd, Valencia 

Creek Vic 3860 


Vanuatu Prevention of Blindness Project 

Mr Herbert Charles MANGELSDORF, 5/72 

Kurnell Rd, Cronulla NSW 2230 For service 

to sport, particularly lawn bowls 

Dr Michael William MARONEY, Sydney 

NSW 2000 For service to the sport of athletics, 

particularly triathlon 

Dr Joseph Julius MASIKA, 14 William St, 

South Plympton SA 5038 


and social welfare organisations 

Dr Artis Visvaldis MEDENIS, 69 Werri St, 

Gerringong NSW 2534 For service to veterinary 

science, and to the community 

Mrs Pamela MENDELS, 7B/97 MacKinnon 

Parade, North Adelaide SA 5006 For service 

to the community as a volunteer with Jewish 

organisations 

Mr Peter William MIDDLETON, deceased, 

Late of Sydney NSW 2000 

For service to music, and to the community 

Mr Dennis Davis MILES, 45 Hay St, Mitchelton 

Qld 4053 For service to the sport of 

football 

Mr Peter Bertram MILL, Frankston Vic 3199 

For service to the community, particularly in 

the field of radio communications 

Lieutenant Commander Christopher Anthony 

MILLS RFD RAN (Ret’d), 

PO Box 13, Belgian Gardens Qld 4810 

For service to the community of Townsville 

Dr Richard Morley MILNER, Gawler SA 

5118 


through Rotary International 

Mrs Rosa Frances MIOT, 17 Aintree Avenue, 

Doncaster East Vic 3109 

For service to people with a disability, particularly 

through sport and recreation 

Mr Paul Francis MOLLOY, Australian High 

Commission, Islamabad, Pakistan 




Ms Leanne Deirdre MORGAN, Mildura Vic 

3500 For service to diving as an administrator 

and coach 

Mr Ian Richard MORISON, Geelong Vic 

3220 


through contributions to pipe band performance 

Ms Belinda MORRISON, PO Box 2190, 

Clovelly NSW 2031 

For service to the Australian music industry 

as a performer and advocate 

Mr David John MOTTERAM, North Adelaide 

SA 5006 For service to the community 

Mr George Alan MURDOCH, 31 Rebecca 

Cres, Altona Meadows Vic 3028 For service 

to education in isolated communities 

Councillor Antonio Anthony MUSTACA, 

Chatswood NSW 2057 For service to the 


Dr Geoffrey Vernon MUTTON, 73 Dalton St, 

Orange NSW 2800 For service to medicine in 

the field of orthopaedic surgery 

Mr Filippo NAVARRA, 269 Belmore Rd, 

Riverwood NSW 2210 For service to the 

community 

Mr Bernard Patrick (Doc) NEESON, Sydney 

NSW 2000 

For service to the performing arts as a singer 

and songwriter, and to the community 

Mr Desmond John NELSON, Heffernan Rd, 

Alice Springs NT 0870 


particularly in central Australia 

Mrs Coralie Dawn NEWMAN, 23/3 Lakeshore 

Drive, Narrabeen NSW 2101 For service 

to the sport of netball as an administrator 

Mr Dobe NEWTON, PO Box 1249, Fitzroy 

North Vic 3068 

For service to the performing arts as an entertainer 

and advocate 

Ms Audrey Margaret NICHOLLS, PO Box 

78, Port Melbourne Vic 3207 For service to 

the performing arts, particularly ballet 

Mr Hedley NICHOLSON, 11 Mengarvie Rd, 

Parkes NSW 2870 For service to the sport of 

tennis, and to the community of Parkes 

Mrs Gillian Cavendish NIKAKIS, Mornington 

Vic 3931 

For service to nursing through mental health 

support programs 

Mr Charles William OAKENFULL, Caulfield 

South Vic 3162 For service to the community 

as a foster carer 

Mrs Patricia Gwendoline OAKENFULL, 

Caulfield South Vic 3162 For service to the 

community as a foster carer

Mr Robert Bruce O’CALLAGHAN, PO Box 

832, Tanunda SA 5352 

For service to the Australian wine industry, 

and to the community of the Barossa Valley 

Mrs Judith Mary OHANA, Wollstonecraft 

NSW 2065 For service to aged care 

Mr Richard Norman OLESINSKI, Port Noarlunga 

SA 5167 


and to surf lifesaving 

Mr Duncan ORD, Darlington WA 6070 

For service to the performing arts as an 

administrator 

Mr Peter O’SHAUGHNESSY, 19 St Johns 

North, The Broadway, Winchester, Hants 

SO23 9BD, UK For service to the performing 

arts as a writer, theatre director, actor, 

historian and folklorist 

Mr Anthony Philip OXLEY, 5 Carthona Avenue, 

Darling Point NSW 2027 For service to 

the visual arts, and to the community 

Mrs Roslyn Mary OXLEY, 5 Carthona Avenue, 

Darling Point NSW 2027 For service to 

the visual arts, and to the community 

Mrs Helen PAATSCH, ‘Lindenau’, 18 Fulton 

St, Colac Vic 3250 For service to the community 

of Colac 

Mrs Louise Mary PAGE, Mawson ACT 2607 

For service to the performing arts 

Mr Graham Dudley PARHAM, 12/2 Fotheringham 

Terrace, Gawler SA 5118 For service 

to equestrian sport 

Mr David PARKIN, 10 Calvin St, Hawthorn 

Vic 3122 

For service to the sport of Australian rules 

football as an administrator, coach and player 

Mr James Harrison PARKINS, Glenelg East 

SA 5045 

For service to the community through service 

organisations 

Mr Graham David PARTRIDGE, Wilson WA 

6107 



The Very Reverend Father Diogenis PAT- 

SOURIS, SA 

For service to the Greek Orthodox Church, 


Ms Diana Mary PATTERSON, PO Box 160, 

Anglesea Vic 3230 For service to conservation 

and the environment 

Ms Yvonne Maureen PATTINSON, 24 Eungella 

Drive, Black Mountain Qld 4563 For 

service to the community through a range of 

organisations 

Mr Maxwell James PEAKE, 

149/32-68 Homestead Avenue, Walkley 

Heights SA 5098 

For service to the sport of harness racing, and 


Mr Pasquale PEDULLA, Gordon NSW 2072 


and aged care organisations 


Dr Dawn Margaret PEEL, Colac Vic 3250 

For service to the community of Colac as a 

local historian 

Mr Brian Joseph PENNINGTON, Ryde NSW 

2112 

For service to people with a disability, 

particularly through ‘Wheelchairs Rule OK’ 

Disability Camps 

Dr George Christopher PEPONIS, Hunters 

Hill NSW 2110 

For service to the sport of rugby league football, 


Mr Malcolm John PETERS, ‘Kayannie’, 

1614 Wallangra Rd, Ashford NSW 2361 For 

service to primary industry, to regional development, 


Mr Steven PEUSCHEL, 180 Progress Rd, 

Eltham North Vic 3095 For service to the 

community through health care organisations 

Mrs Deânne Cynthia PHILLIPS, ‘Strathroy’, 

Orange NSW 2800 

For service to the community of Orange 

through social welfare organisations, particularly 

for youth and the aged 

Mr Winston Churchill PHILLIPS, ‘Binnaway 

Downs’, 16 Bidgee Rd, Cooma NSW 2630 


community of the Monaro and Snowy Mountains 

region 

Mr William Anthony (Bill) PHIPPEN, 130 

Donalds Range Rd, Razorback NSW 2571 

For service to people with disability, and to 

the community 

Mr Robert Ian POLLOCK, 7 Golden Grove, 

Red Cliffs Vic 3496 

For service to the community through the St 

Vincent de Paul Society 

Mr William Alfred POLWARTH, 47 Waratah 

St, Geelong West Vic 3218 For service to the 

community of Geelong 

Mr Graham Lewis PORTER, Harrisville Qld 

4307 

For service to the community through sporting, 

youth and service organisations 

Mrs Barbara Jean PRANGNELL, 19 Brailsford 

Way, Butler WA 6036 For service to 

youth, particularly through The Girls’ Brigade 

Mr Keith Albert PRETTY PSM, PO Box 1, 

Drouin Vic 3818 For service to local government, 


Mr Bruce Edward PRICE, PO Box 421W, 

Ballarat West Vic 3350 For service to the 

community of Ballarat 

Mr Agostino PUOPOLO, 1 Regal Court, Vermont 

South Vic 3133 For service to the sport 

of athletics as an administrator and coach 

Mr Bernard Patrick QUINN, PO Box 5028, 

South Murwillumbah NSW 2484 For service 

to the Northern Rivers community 

Mr Michael Forsyth RABBITT, 65 Gordon 

Avenue, Hamilton South NSW 2303 For 

service to the community through a range of 

charitable organisations 

Mr Alan Henry RAE, 11/56 Beach Rd, 

Hampton Vic 3188 



Prof Ajay RANE, PO Box 1417, Thuringowa 

Qld 4817 For service to medicine in the field 

of urogynaecology 

Mr Harold Joseph REARDON, Gundagai 


Gundagai 

Dr John William REGGARS, Vic 

For service to community health as a chiropractor 

Mr Wulf Ernst REICHLER, 22 Barwon St, 

Brewarrina NSW 2839 

For service to local government, to conservation 

and the environment, and to the community 

Dr John Cracroft RICE, 46 Tyrone St, Victor 

Harbor SA 5211 For service to medicine as an 

ear, nose and throat specialist 

Mr Alan Thorold RICHARDSON, 141 

Kooyong Rd, Rivervale WA 6103 For service 

to veterans and their families, and to the community 

of Belmont 

Mrs Denise Kaye RICHARDSON, Tintinara 

SA 5266 

For service to the community through charitable 

and sporting organisations 

Mr Donald Gilbert ROACH, 79/3 Cashel St, 

Pasadena SA 5042 For service to veterans and 

their families 

Mrs Bernice Patricia ROBERTS, Seaton SA 

5023 For service to the community of Seaton 

Mr David John ROBERTS, 48 Park Avenue, 

Chatswood NSW 2067 For service to surf 

lifesaving 

Mr Frank Arthur ROBERTS, 

Villa 36 ‘Martha’s Point’, 165 Osborne Drive, 

Mount Martha Vic 3934 

For service to community health, particularly 

through patient support services 

Mr Ian Thomas ROBERTS, 1202 Benbournie 

Rd, Blyth SA 5462 For service to the community 

of Blyth 

Mr Peter Llewelyn ROBERTS, Curtin ACT 

2605 




Mr Trevor William ROBINSON, 34 Oxford 

St, Paddington Qld 4064 

For service to human rights, particularly as an 

advocate for the gay and lesbian community 

Dr Mark Alexander ROBSON, 30 Brooklyn 

Rd, Melton South Vic 3338 


through the Melton Cancer Support Group 

Mr Brett Stephen ROENFELDT, 13 Augusta 

St, Maylands SA 5069 For service to the real 

estate industry through administrative roles 

Mr Antonio ROMEO, Torrensville SA 5031 

For service to the community as a supporter 

of a range of local organisations 

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Mrs Elizabeth ROMEO, Torrensville SA 5031 

For service to the community as a supporter 

of a range of local organisations 

Dr Jon David ROSENTHAL, 2/11 Orrong 

Grove, Caulfield North Vic 3161 For service 

to the visual arts as promoter of Australian 

artists 

Mr Phillip Joseph RUSSO, 88 Albert St East, 

North Parramatta NSW 2151 For service to 

local government, and to the community of 

Parramatta 

Mr Barry Thomas RYAN, 102 Bardwell Rd, 

Bardwell Park NSW 2207 For service to the 

performing arts, particularly opera 

Mr Desmond Kearns RYAN, 36 O’Shanesy 

St, North Rockhampton Qld 4701 For service 

to people with disabilities 

Mr Paul Andrew SALISBURY, 

Australian Embassy, 2-1-14 Mita, Minato-ku, 

Tokyo 108-0062, Japan 




Mr Daniel John SALMON, PO Box 580, 

Albury NSW 2640 

For service to the community of Albury 

Wodonga, particularly through the Australian 

Air Force Cadets 

Mr Michael Reginald SCARCE, 19 Centennial 

Lane, Camden NSW 2570 For service to 

the community of Camden 

Mr Paul Martin SCHREMMER, 98 Barons 

Cres, Hunters Hill NSW 2110 For service to 

industrial design 

Dr John Charles SCHWARZ, Elderslie NSW 

2570 

For service to international relations, particularly 

through the African AIDS Foundation 

Mrs Rosalie Gae SCHWARZ, Elderslie NSW 

2570 

For service to international relations, particularly 

through the African AIDS Foundation 

Mr Bernard George SCOBIE, 32 Vaggelas 

Cres, Biggera Waters Qld 4216 For service to 

the community through youth and charitable 

organisations 

Mr Reginald Hugh SELLERS, 7 Eton St, 

Colonel Light Gardens SA 5041 For service 

to the sport of cricket, particularly as an 

administrator 

Mrs Nancy Maria Assunta SERG, 10 Yawung 

Avenue, Baulkham Hills NSW 2153 For service 

to the Maltese community of NSW 

The Reverend Father Thomas Harold SHA- 

NAHAN, 108A Upper St, Tamworth NSW 

2340 

For service to veterans and their families, and 


Dr Navaratnam SHANMUGANATHAN, 

17 Hatfield St, Balwyn North Vic 3104 For 

service to the Tamil community of Vic 

Mr Gregory Roger SHANNON, Kenmore 

Qld 4069 

For service to the building and construction 

industry through vocational training and 

education 

Mr Mervyn Ray SHARMAN, Glen Innes 

Examiner, Bourke St, Glen Innes NSW 2370 


community of Glen Innes 

Mr Kevin Vincent SHEEHAN, 

AFL House, 140 Harbour Esplanade, Docklands 

Vic 3008 For service to the sport of 

Australian Rules football 

Mr John Vincent SIDGREAVES, deceased, 

Late of Blakehurst NSW 2221 

For service to pharmacy, and to the community 

Mrs Rosalie Anne SILVERSTEIN, 3 Landale 

Rd, Toorak Vic 3142 

For service to the community through educational, 

charitable and Jewish organisations 

Ms Wendy Susan SIMPSON, Darling Point 

NSW 2027 


of women’s and youth organisations 

Group Captain Arthur William SKIMIN 

(Ret’d), 

‘Valmont’, 12/1-5 MacNaughton St, Holt 

ACT 2615 



Mr Michael William SMALL, 27 Pioneer 

Avenue, Childers Qld 4660 For service to the 

Indigenous communities of Qld 

Mrs Rosemary Louise SMART, Box Hill Vic 

3128 

For service to the community through local 

and historical organisations 

Mr Barrie Robert STANFORD, 9 Silkwood 

Rd, Woonona NSW 2517 For service to surf 

lifesaving 

Mrs Loreen Olive STANHOPE, Unit 142 

‘Willandra Village’, 149-153 Epping Rd, 

Marsfield NSW 2122 

For service to the community through 

language programs assisting migrants and 

refugees 

Mr Barry James STANTON, 1A Sussex St, 

Henley Beach SA 5022 For service to sports 

administration and to the sport of athletics 

Mr Benjamin STEWART, Harrison ACT 2914 

For service to youth through the Australian 

Air Force Cadets 

Mrs Suzanne Ruby STODDART, Mogimil St, 

Dunedoo NSW 2844 For service to the community 

of Dunedoo 

Mr Henry Paul St, Wybalena Grove, Cook 

ACT 2614 For service to the community 


Mrs Nancy Margaret STRICKLAND, Coffs 

Harbour NSW 2450 For service to the community 


Mr Thomas Neil STRICKLAND, Coffs 

Harbour NSW 2450 For service to the community 


Mrs Diane Lois SULLIVAN, 29 Murray St, 

Evandale Tas 7212 For service to the community 

of Evandale 

Mrs Christina Monsarrat SUMNER, Cammeray 

NSW 2062 For service to the visual 

arts 

Mrs Shirley Mary SYMES, PO Box 703, 

Charters Towers Qld 4820 For service to the 

community of Charters Towers 

Dr Richard Joohuat TAN, Chuan Huat Farm, 

Biloela Qld 4715 For service to medicine, and 

to the community of Biloela 

Mr Beshara TAOUK, 33-37 High St, Preston 

Vic 3072 For service to the Lebanese community 

in Vic 

Mr David William TATTERSALL, Moss Vale 

NSW 2577 For service to music as an educator 

and administrator 

Ms Janet THOMAS, PO Box 2107, Hotham 

Hill Vic 3051 For service to the mathematical 

sciences 

Ms Heather THORNE, Kew Vic 3101 


through breast cancer research 

Mr Dean Edward TURNER, 3 Denning 

Place, McKellar ACT 2617 

For service to the sport of volleyball as an 

administrator, referee and coach 

Mr Brian Claud TWITE, 2/18 Cameron 

Avenue, Oakleigh South Vic 3167 For service 

to the sport of golf as an administrator and 

mentor 

Miss Lesley Mary UREN, 97 Riviera Rd, 

Avondale Heights Vic 3034 For service to 

arts and crafts as an embroidery artist and 

educator 

Ms Sandra Lisa URSINO, GPO Box 1144, 

Brisbane Qld 4001 For service to children 

and young people through Radio Lollipop 

Mr Robert Alister VAGG, ‘Moolah’, Ivanhoe 

NSW 2878 For service to local government, 


Dr Geza Ferencz VARASDI, Vic 

For service to medicine as a general practitioner 

Mr Bernard Leonard VERWAYEN, PO Box 

6119, Mooloolah Valley Qld 4553 For service 

to veterans and their families 

Mr John Edwin VOSS, Wahgunyah Vic 3687 

For service to the community of Wahgunyah 

Mrs Susan Louise WAKEFIELD, 29 Moore 

St, Glenbrook NSW 2773 For service to 

youth through the Guiding movement 

Mrs Joan WALLIS, Coopers Plains Qld 4108 

For service to the community 

Mr Roderick Alexander WALTERS, Ashgrove 

Qld 4060 For service to people with a 

disability 

Mr Alan Bruce WARD, Cootamundra NSW 

2590 


community of Cootamundra

Mr Keith Matthew WARNOCK, 

Constitution Hill Retirement Village, 1 Centenary 

Avenue, Northmead NSW 2152 For 

service to the community of Holroyd 

Mrs Monica Winnifred WARREN, Happy 

Valley SA 5159 For service to the community 

Mr Allan James WATSON, 14 Charles St, 

Kew Vic 3101 For service to local government, 


Mrs Elizabeth Isabell WEBB, 41 James St, 

Glenreagh NSW 2450 For service to the community 

of Glenreagh 

Assoc Prof Michael John WEIDMANN, 

225 Wickham Terrace, Brisbane Qld 4000 

For service to medicine in the field of neurosurgery 

Mr Malcolm Robert WEIR, Gerringong 


Gerringong 

Mr Peter WESTON, ‘Yalgo’, Nymagee NSW 

2831 For service to conservation and the 

environment 

Mr Ian Gifford WESTRAY, Blacktown NSW 

2148 

For service to the sport of football as an 

administrator 

Mr Anthony John WHEELER, 81 Keel 

Retreat, Geographe WA 6280 For service to 

the community through health and church 

organisations 

Mr Robert Frederick WHITEWAY, 78 Abbott 

St, Sandringham Vic 3191 For service to 

conservation and the environment 

Mrs Shirley Joan WILHELM, 7 Edinburgh 

St, Murray Bridge SA 5253 For service to 

the community through church and service 

organisations 

Mr Geoffrey Alan WILLIAMS, PO Box 22, 

Wiseleigh Vic 3885 For service to conservation 

and the environment 

Mr Peter James WILLIAMS, 9 Westbrook St, 

Newtown Qld 4350 For service to the community 

of Toowoomba 

Mr Glenn Kenneth WILLMANN, 24 Chardonnay 

Court, Morayfield Qld 4506 For 

service to the veterans and their families 

Dr Anthony Rodham WILSON, PO Box 834, 

Tumut NSW 2720 For service to medicine, 

and to the community of Tumut 

Mr Bruce Douglas WILSON, 52 Ferguson 

St, Cessnock NSW 2325 For service to the 

print media industry, and to the community of 

Cessnock 

Mrs Joan Mary WILSON, 18 Nullaburra Rd, 

Newport Beach NSW 2106 For service to the 

Tibetan community 

Mr Lindsay Robert WOOD, Maitland NSW 

2323 

For service to the sport of cricket, and to the 

community 

Mr Peter Michael WOODS, 11 Lucinda St, 

Gwynneville NSW 2500 For service to the 


sport of rugby union football as an administrator 

Mrs Wendy Joyce WOODWARD, PO Box 

3350, North Nowra NSW 2541 For service to 

the community through a range of organisations 

Mrs Betty Margaret WRIGHT, Sawtell NSW 

2452 


care and health organisations 

Mr David Willmer WRIGHT, PO Box 31, 

Flinders Vic 3929 

For service to the visual arts using the medium 

of stained glass 

Mr Ronny YEO, 2 Millar St, Drummoyne 

NSW 2047 



Mr Panayiotes Michael YIANNOUDES, 49 

Rosemont Avenue, Caulfield North Vic 3161 

For service to the Greek and Cypriot communities 


Mr Kenneth James YOUNG, 118 Kendall 

Drive, Casula NSW 2170 For service to the 

community, and to veterans and their families 

MEDAL (OAM) OF THE MILITARY 


AUSTRALIA 


Warrant Officer Timothy Joseph HOLLIDAY, 

NSW 

For meritorious service to the Royal Australian 

Navy in the area of workforce and 

personnel career development within the 

Communications and Information Systems 

category 

Chief Petty Officer Arron Cameron WAT- 

SON, Qld 

For meritorious service in the field of marine 

engineering in the Royal Australian Navy 


Captain A, 

For meritorious service 

Warrant Officer Class One Stephen Michael 

GREENALL, NT 

For meritorious service as the Artificer Sgt 

Major of the 5th/7th Battalion, the Royal Australian 

Regiment, as Maintenance Manager 

of Joint Logistic Unit North, and as Electrical 

and Mechanical Engineering Warrant Officer 

of the 1st Brigade 

Warrant Officer Class One H, 

For meritorious service to the Special Operations 

Command in regimental leadership roles 

Warrant Officer Class One David Ross 

LEHR, ACT 

For meritorious service as the Regimental Sgt 

Major of the 2nd/10th Field Regiment, Joint 

Task Force 635 Operation ANODE Rotation 

13, and the 1st Field Regiment 

Warrant Officer Class One John Robert 

PICKETT, ACT 

For meritorious service as the Drill Wing Sgt 

Major, Royal Military College Duntroon and 

as the Regimental Sgt Major of the 41st Battalion, 

the Royal NSW Regiment, and the 2nd 

Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment 

Warrant Officer Class One Richard Alfred 

VERRALL, Qld 

For meritorious service as the Regimental Sgt 

Major of the 2nd/17th Battalion, Royal NSW 

Regiment and the 7th Battalion, the Royal 

Australian Regiment 

Royal Australian Air Force 

Wing Commander Rudy Thomas DARVILL, 

SA 

For meritorious service in leadership, development 

and sustainment of the Maritime 

Intelligence, Surveillance Reconnaissance 

and Response capability 

Warrant Officer Russell George KENNEDY 

CSC, Vic 

For meritorious service in the field of Reserve 

training development and management within 

Director General Reserves - Air Force Branch 

Sqn Leader Ravinder SINGH, NSW 

For meritorious service in the field of airlift 

capability support 

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The Order Winter 2013 - Order of Australia Association

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