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

MEDAL (OAM) OF THE ORDER OF AUSTRALIA IN THE GENERAL DIVISIONDr Micheil Francis SWEET, ‘Cotswold’, Lachlan Road, New Norfolk Tas 7140For service to medicine as a general practitioner, and to the community of theDerwent Valley.General Practitioner in the Derwent Valley, for 50 years.Visiting Medical Officer, servicing New Norfolk District Hospital and Corumbene NursingHome, for many years.Member, Hobart Target Rifle Club; Australian and Tasmanian team representative in fullboretarget rifle shooting.Awards/recognition include:Citizen of the Year, New Norfolk, 2008.Queen's Medal, Tasmania, fullbore target rifle shooting, 1998.Gold Medal, World Championships, New Zealand, fullbore target rifle shooting, 1995.Queen's Medal, New Zealand, fullbore target rifle shooting, 1992.Mr Marten Adlington SYME, Port Fairy Vic 3284For service to the community and heritage conservation in the Port Fairy region.Researched, compiled, edited and published a 3 volume work titled Shipping Arrivals andDepartures - Victorian Ports 1798-1860, 1984-2006.Researched, wrote and published, Seeds of a Settlement: Buildings and Inhabitants ofBelfast Port Fairy in the Nineteenth Century, 1991; a history of some 75 of Port Fairy'shistoric buildings and of the people who built and lived in them.Researched, wrote and published, A Vernacular Cottage Collection: A documentation andreminiscences of Market/Wishart Street, Port Fairy 1849-2004, 2005.Researched, wrote and published, Lifeboats for Victoria: the story of lifeboats and their crewsin Victoria 1856-1979, 2002.Chairman, Port Fairy Branch, National Trust.Current Member, Port Fairy Lifeboat Committee.Member, Community Reference Group, Port Fairy Design Guidelines Committee and PortFairy Urban Design Framework.Involved in the heritage listing of Griffiths Island, Moyne River training walls, and severalpublic buildings in Port Fairy.328