The Queen's Birthday 2009 Honours List - Governor-General of the ...

MEDAL (OAM) OF THE ORDER OF AUSTRALIA IN THE GENERAL DIVISIONMrs Lois Mary SHINNERS, 9 Waratah Street, Albany Creek Qld 4035For service to the community through voluntary roles.Volunteer, Royal Children's Hospital Foundation, Brisbane, since 1998.Volunteer, Childhood Cancer Support, for many years.Founding Member, Leukaemia Foundation of Queensland, Albany Creek Branch, since 2001;participant/fundraiser, 'Worlds Greatest Shave Campaign', since 2001.Tuckshop Volunteer, Albany Creek High School, for 20 years.Volunteer, All Saints Parish, Albany Creek.Volunteer, Albany Creek Soccer Club, for many years.Volunteer, Brisbane City Football Club.Awards/recognition include:Recognition of Extraordinary Contribution to Your Community and Australia, 2001.Queensland Government’s Certificate and Medallion for Voluntary Work, 2001.Mr Wolodymyr SHUMSKY, 17 Henry Street, Lidcombe NSW 2141For service to the Ukrainian community through cultural, educational and literarycontributions.Founder and President, Ukrainian Studies Foundation; involved in the establishment of theUkrainian Studies Centre, Macquarie University, since 1984; currently involved in the fundingof Ukrainian Studies, Monash University.Founding Member, New South Wales Master Printers and Allied Trades Association.Founder and President, Ukrainian Heritage Society in Australia.Founder and Editor, The Free Thought, Ukrainian newspaper, since 1948.Publisher, Almanc of Ukrainian Life in Australia, 1994; 936 pages.Publisher, Encyclopaedia of Ukrainian in Australia, 2001; 672 pages.320