The 1989 Queen's Birthday Honours for Australia were announced on Monday 12 June 1989 by the office of the Governor-General. [1] [2]
The Birthday Honours were appointments by some of the 16 Commonwealth realms of Queen Elizabeth II to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries. The Birthday Honours are awarded as part of the Queen's Official Birthday celebrations during the month of June.
| Recipient | Citation | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Dame Mary Durack, DBE | For service to the community and literature | [1] [2] |
| The Honourable Mr Justice Russell Walter Fox | For service to the law and to government | |
| Albert Edward Harris, AO | For service to the community | |
| Professor Priscilla Sheath Kincaid-Smith, CBE | For service to medicine, particularly in the field of nephrology | |
| The Honourable Justice Michael Hudson McHugh, QC | For service to the law | |
| Elisabeth Joy Murdoch, DBE | For service to the community | |
| Sir Gustav Joseph Victor Nossal, CBE | For service to medicine, to science and to the community | |
| The Honourable Sir Laurence Whistler Street, KCMG QC | For service to the law and to the Crown | |
| Kenneth Wilberforce Tribe, AO | For service to the arts, particularly in the field of music |
| Branch | Recipient | Citation | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Navy | Vice Admiral Ian Warren Knox, AO | For service to the Australian Defence Force as Vice Chief of the Defence Force | [1] [2] |
| Army | Lieutenant General Lawrence George O'Donnell, AO | For service to the Australian Army as Chief of the General Staff | |
| Air Force | Air Marshal Raymond George Funnell, AO | For service to the Royal Australian Air Force as Chief of the Air Staff |
| Recipient | Citation | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Edward William Francis Bacon, CBE | For service to the community, particularly in the field of migrant assistance | [1] [2] |
| Willoughby James Bailey | For service to business and commerce, particularly in the field of banking | |
| Patrick Brazil | For service to the Public Service as Secretary to the Attorney-General's Department | |
| Dr John Ewart Cawte | For services to the Aboriginal community and psychiatry | |
| Professor Malcolm Chaikin, OBE | For services to education, particularly in the field of technolgical science | |
| Leonard Gordon Darling, CMG | For service to art, particularly through the Australian National Gallery, and to the community | |
| Rodney Disney Davidson, OBE | For service to conservation, particularly through the National Trust of Australia | |
| Norman Seymour Davidson | For service to primary industry and to the agricultural show movement | |
| Dr Ralph Leonard Doherty | For service to medicine, particularly in the fields of research, education and administration | |
| Robert Edwards | For service to conservation and the environment, particularly through museum organisations | |
| The Honourable Paul Anthony Edward Everingham | For service to government and politics and to the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly | |
| Maxwell Henley Harris | For service to literature | |
| Dr Stuart Francis Harris | For public service, particularly as Secretary to the Department of Foreign Affairs | |
| Gwendoline Nessie Harwood | For service to literature, particularly as a poet and librettist | |
| William Hubert Hayes, AM | For service to the community | |
| Dr Katie D Helms | For service to agricultural research | |
| Rosina Johnston | For service to nursing and to international relations | |
| Ian Patrick Kennedy | For service to the meat industry | |
| Sir Richard Kingsland, CBE DFC | For service to the community | |
| Isi Joseph Leibler, CBE | For service to the Jewish community | |
| Alastair MacLaurin Mackerras | For service to education | |
| Donald Gordon Macleish | For service to medicine, particularly through the teaching and development of vascular surgery | |
| Professor Margaret Mary Manion | For service to education and to the arts | |
| The Honourable Justice Brian Frank Martin, MBE QC | For service to the community | |
| Wendy Elizabeth McCarthy | For service to the community, particularly women's affairs and to the Australian Bicentennial celebrations | |
| Kenneth Gordon McCracken | For service to space science and technology | |
| Emeritus Professor James Russell McWilliam | For service to science and technology, particularly in the field of agricultural research | |
| June Yvonne Mendoza | For service to the visual arts | |
| Dr Stephen Charles Milazzo | For service to medicine, particularly in the field of rheumatic and arthritic diseases | |
| John David Newcombe, OBE | For service to the community, particularly to youth and to those with physical disabilities | |
| Dr Keith Norrish | For service to mining and agriculture, particularly through the use of x-ray fluorescence spectrometry | |
| His Honour Judge Harold George Ogden | For service to legal education | |
| Kevin Horace Parker, RFD QC | For public service, particularly as Solicitor-General of Western Australia | |
| Sister Mary Dulcie Reardon | For service to education | |
| The Honourable Dr Ian Gordon Sharp | For public service, particularly in the field of industrial relations | |
| Dr Anne Fairhurst Summers | For service to journalism and to women's affairs | |
| Patrick Nicol Troy | For service to education and to urban and regional development | |
| Edwin Gerhard Tscharke, MBE | For service to medical administration | |
| Kenneth Douglas Williams, AM | For service to business and commerce and to the community | |
| Cecil Wallace Edgar Williams | For service to industrial relations through the trade union movement | |
| Alan Keveral Cumming Newton Wrigley | For public service, particularly as Director General of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation |
| Branch | Recipient | Citation | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Navy | Rear Admiral Alan Lee Beaumont, AM | For service to the Royal Australian Navy, particularly as Director of Naval Plans | [1] [2] |
| Rear Admiral Owen John Hughes, AM | For service to the Royal Australian Navy, particularly as the Submarine Project Director | ||
| Army | Major General Ross Stuart Buchan | For service to the Australian Army as General Officer Commander Training Command | |
| Major General Barry Nigel Nunn | For service to the Army Reserve | ||
| Air Force | Air Commodore John William Mitchell | For service to the Royal Australian Air Force as Commander Air Lift Group | |
| Air Vice-Marshal Alan Raymond Reed | For service to the Royal Australian Air Force as Air Officer Commanding, Support Command |
| Recipient | Citation | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Julie Moncrief Anthony, OBE | For service to the performing arts and to the community | [1] [2] |
| Attilio John Antico | For service to business and industry, particularly horticulture | |
| Professor Manuel James Aroney, OBE | For service to the Greek community and multicultural relations | |
| Neil Clifford Ashdown | For service to the community and to the arts | |
| Carmel Benjamin | For service to the community, particularly through social welfare organisations | |
| Dr William Roderick Blevin | For service to science, particularly in the field of applied physics | |
| Thomas Crampton Blue, BEM | For service to sports administration through the Olympic Federation of Australia | |
| Geoffrey Marcus Brash | For service to the community and retail business | |
| Kenneth Gethley Brooks | For service to education, particularly adult education | |
| John Charles Brown | For service to the wine industry | |
| Captain Doreen Brunt | For service to the community, particularly through youth counselling | |
| Captain David Brunt | For service to the community, particularly through youth counselling | |
| Leonard Edmund Buck | For service to the community, particularly through social welfare organisations | |
| Cicely Marion Joyce Bungey | For service to women's affairs in rural areas | |
| Francis Reginald Burgess | For service to automative engineering | |
| Dr Alan Durmergue Charters | For service to medicine and medical education | |
| Jennifer Cheesman | For service to the sport of basketball | |
| John Dowling Coates | For service to the sport of rowing | |
| Neville Leonard Colbran | For service to the law and the community | |
| Ernest Terence Colhoun | For service to music and radio and to the community | |
| Dr Robert Malcolm Cook | For service to dentistry and to maxillo-facial surgery | |
| Dr Victor James Couch | For service to education | |
| Associate Professor Graham De Vahl Davis | For service to the Jewish community | |
| John Thomas Devitt | For service to swimming and to sports administration | |
| Vivian Richard Ebsary | For service to biomedical engineering | |
| The Honourable Cyril Thomas Edmunds | For service to the Victorian Parliament and to the community | |
| Dr Mohamad Ali El Erian | For service to the Islamic community | |
| David Lindsay Elsum | For service to commerce and business | |
| Noel Ferrier | For service to the performing arts | |
| Ronald David Fitch | For service to industrial relations, to commercial arbitration and to architecture | |
| Michael Andrew Fitzgerald | For service to arts administration and to children's and young people's theatre | |
| Michael Francis Fletcher | For service to the sport of yachting | |
| Dr Brian James Fotheringham | For service to medical administration, to St John Ambulance and to child safety | |
| Dr Shirley Estelle Freeman | For public service | |
| Reginald William Gasnier | For service to rugby league football | |
| Joseph Salem Gazal | For service to business and commerce and to the Lebanese community | |
| Brendan Michael Hannelly | For service to the computer industry and to youth education | |
| The Honourable John Joseph Harman | For service to the community, particularly through the Australian Bicentennial celebrations | |
| Gaye Rosemary Hart | For service to the community, particularly through the Australian Bicentennial celebrations | |
| Colin Michael Hill | For service to conservation and to the community | |
| Bruce Huggett | For public service | |
| Yvonne Denise Kenny | For service to the opera | |
| Raymond John Kidney | For service to the community, particularly through social welfare organisations | |
| Dr Marcus James Killingback | For service to medicine, particularly in the field of colorectal surgery | |
| Anita Kay Lawrence | For service to the arts, particularly as designer of the Parliament House embroidery | |
| Arthur Geoffrey Lee, OAM | For service to scouting and to the community | |
| Frank Alfred Moorman Lees | For service to education and to research liaison with industry | |
| Robert Brook Lewis | For service to the community | |
| Dr Rex John Lipman, ED | For service to the banking industry and to the thoroughbred horse industry | |
| Margaret Elizabeth Lyttle | For service to education | |
| Dr Ian John Mackie | For service to surf life saving | |
| Father Robert John Thomas Maguire, RFD | For service to homeless youth through the Open Family Foundation | |
| Robert Brooker Maher | For service to the community, particularly through the Australian Bicentennial celebrations | |
| Claude Anthony Martin | For service to the flour milling industry and to the welfare of children | |
| Patrick Vowles Mayes | For service to the community, particularly through the Australian Bicentennial celebrations | |
| Dr Robert James Furlong McInerney, CMG | For service to medicine, particularly in the fields of obstetrics and gynaecology, and to sports medicine | |
| Neil Donald McInnes | For public service | |
| John Maurice McKim | For service to the community | |
| William David Mitchell | For service to primary industry, particularly fisheries and dairying | |
| John Gordon Morrison | For service to literature | |
| Beverley Margaret Moyes | For service to the community | |
| Colonel Lawrence James Newell, QPM ED RI | For service to the community, particularly in the field of emergency services | |
| Gerald Joseph O'Byrne | For service to the finance industry, particularly the credit union movement | |
| James Joseph O'Connor | For service to the thoroughbred horse breeding industry | |
| Elisabeth Nancy Owles | For service to community health as a dietitian | |
| Nita Veronica Pannell, OBE | For service to the performing arts | |
| Barbara Tweed Payne, OBE | For service to the community, particularly through the Australian Bicentennial celebrations | |
| Victor Bruce Perkins | For service to the transport industry, particularly shipping | |
| Raymond Owen Powys | For service to business and commerce, particularly in the field of property management | |
| Professor Michael Albert Edward Rex | For service to veterinary science | |
| Ronald Gordon Roach | For service to tourism and to the community | |
| Peter Ross-Edwards MLA | For service to politics and to the Victorian Parliament and to the community | |
| James Doric Rump | For service to the manufacturing industry and for public service | |
| Ian Murray Russell, OBE | For service to the community, particularly through the Australian Bicentennial celebrations | |
| Sister Mary Tarcissius Ryan | For service to nursing and hospital administration | |
| Dr Joachim Schneeweiss | For service to the community, particularly the Jewish community | |
| John Mervyn Shaw | For service to commerce, particularly the gas and fuel industry | |
| Dr Stuart John Hunt Shepherd | For service to geriatric medicine | |
| Earle John Smith | For service to surf life saving | |
| John Daniel Smith | For service to the trade union movement | |
| Patricia Josephine Smith | For service to women's lawn bowls | |
| John Kenrick Staveley | For service to commerce, particularly the insurance industry | |
| Professor Noel Levin Svensson | For service to people with disabilities, particularly through rehabilitation engineering | |
| Dr John David Swale | For service to music | |
| Howard Hamilton Taylor | For service to the visual arts | |
| Professor James Miln Thomson | For service to education and to marine science | |
| Margaret Ellen Throsby | For service to radio broadcasting | |
| Andonis (Tony) Toumbourou | For service to the Cypriot community | |
| Leonard Cecil Townsend | For service to the trade union movement | |
| Keith Leonard Turley | For service to the building and construction industry and to housing for the aged | |
| Janet Dianne Vernon | For service to the performing arts | |
| Dr Lesley Vincent | For service to people with physical disabilities | |
| Leslie Trethowan Whitcroft | For service to the community, particularly through service organisations | |
| The Honourable Frank Noel Wilkes | For service to government and politics and to the Victorian Parliament | |
| Daryl Robert Williams, QC | For service to the legal profession | |
| James Philip Yonge | For service to the banking industry | |
| Dr John Samuel Yu | For service to medicine, as a paediatrician and hospital administrator |
| Branch | Recipient | Citation | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Navy | Lieutenant Detlef Rudolf Friedel Hase | For service to the Royal Australian Navy as Staff Officer (Discipline) in the Directorate of Naval Legal Services | [1] [2] |
| Commander John Scott Moore | For service in the Royal Australian Navy and as Master Attendant, particularly during the Bicentennial Naval Salute | ||
| Commodore Rodney Graham Taylor | For service to the Royal Australian Navy and as Deputy Fleet Commander and Commodore Flotillas | ||
| Commander Francois Robert van der Berg | For service to the Royal Australian Navy as Staff Officer Operations in the Directorate of Naval Intelligence and Security | ||
| Army | Major Peter John Buckney | For service to the Australian Army in the field of logistics | |
| Lieutenant Colonel Colin John Carting | For service to the Australian Army in the field of personnel management | ||
| Brigadier Geoffrey John Christopherson | For service to the Defence Force as Director General of Movement and Transport | ||
| Colonel Anthony John McGee | For service to the Australian Army as the Director of the Bicentennial Military Tattoo 1988 | ||
| Lieutenant Colonel Terrence John Nolan | For service to the Australian Army as Commanding Officer Special Air Service Regiment | ||
| Captain Christopher Fancourt Parkinson | For service to the Australian Army as Technical Survey Adviser – Vanuatu | ||
| Lieutenant Colonel Brian Lawrence Vale | For distinguished performance of duty as Commanding Officer of the School of Army Health | ||
| Lieutenant Colonel Lyall Alan Wood, RFD | For service to the Australian Army as the Commanding Officer of 2nd/17th Battalion the Royal New South Wales Regiment | ||
| Air Force | Wing Commander Peter Arthur Allen | For service to the Royal Australian Air Force as the Commanding Officer, RAAF Museum | |
| Squadron Leader Graeme John Baesjou | For service to the Royal Australian Air Force as the Detachment Commander and Senior Administrative Officer during the development of the RAAF Base, Tindal | ||
| Squadron Leader Mark Donald Binskin | For service to the Royal Australian Air Force as an F/A-18 display pilot and the No 77 Squadron Fighter Combat Instructor | ||
| Wing Commander Frederick William Eske | For service to the Royal Australian Air Force as the project engineer for the RAAF S-70A-9 Black Hawk Helicopter Project | ||
| Air Commodore Roger Francis Lowery | For service to the Royal Australian Air Force as Flying Display Director for the Australian Bicentennial Air Show |
| Recipient | Citation | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Dennis Hill Adams | For service to the community as a military artist | [1] [2] |
| Shirley Margaret Adams | For service to the Girl Guides and to local government | |
| Brian John Aherne | For service to the community, particularly through the Australian Bicentennial celebrations | |
| Keith Lewis Alcock | For services to golf | |
| William Henry Allen | For service to the community | |
| Archie Frederick Arbuckle | For service to the veterans and to people with visual impairments | |
| Catherine Elizabeth Archer | For service to hockey | |
| Duncan John D'Arcy Armstrong | For service to swimming | |
| Joseph Bernard Arrowsmith | For service to the visual arts | |
| Colin Keith Atkins | For service to regional planning and the community | |
| Sydney Richard Bagley | For service to the craft of stonemasonry and to the training of young people | |
| Vernon Leslie Bailey | For service to the community and local government | |
| Maxwell Rae Barry | For service to the community and technical education | |
| Denis Charles Bartell | For service to the community | |
| Harold William Bartlett | For service to the community | |
| Kenneth Leslie Bayly | For service to scouting | |
| Cecil Elias Baz | For service to the community | |
| Stanley Beacroft | For service to the community, particularly through the St Vincent de Paul Society | |
| Tracey Lee Belbin | For service to the sport of hockey | |
| Coral Bennett | For service to the community and conservation | |
| Kathleen Isobel Bensley | For service to the community | |
| David Wayne Beresford | For service to veterans | |
| Ermes Michael Bergagna | For service to the Italian community | |
| Kevin Francis Betts | For service to people with physical disabilities | |
| Reginald Thomas Biggs | For service to the community | |
| Frances Rita Bisby | For service to the community and the Girl Guides | |
| Noel Thomas Bodycoat | For service to the community and education | |
| Kevin Wilfred Booth | For service to the community and music | |
| The Reverend Anthony Boylan | For service to children as chaplain to the Adelaide Children's Hospital | |
| James Bradley | For service to surf life saving | |
| Leona Muriel Lillian Bradley | For service to the community, particularly women's affairs | |
| The Reverend Father Arthur Ernest Bridge | For service to youth as co-ordinator of the Hunter Life Education Centre | |
| Charles Wallis Bright | For service to the Dalwood Children's Home | |
| William Norman Ronald Brisbane | For service to the community and scouting | |
| Paul Edgar Buddee | For service to music, to children and to literature | |
| John Howard Burgess | For service to the community and local government | |
| Denise Marie Burgess | For service to the community | |
| Ellis Christian Butt | For service to the community and local government | |
| Geoffrey Watson Canaway | For service to the visually impaired | |
| Lee Anne Capes | For service to the sport of hockey | |
| Michelle Edith Capes | For service to the sport of hockey | |
| Sally May Carbon | For service to the sport of hockey | |
| David Reginald Chandler | For services to the building industry | |
| Ernest William Chapman | For service to the sport of rowing and to the community | |
| Montague Gerald Chatfield | For service to the sport of tennis | |
| Yung Kil Choi | For service to the Korean community | |
| Bernard Neil Clarke | For service to conservation | |
| Elspeth Catherine Clement | For service to the sport of hockey | |
| Lynette Rae Clyde | For service to the community and nursing | |
| Leslie Thomas Cooper | For service to the community and local government | |
| Eustace Henry Cope | For service to the citrus growing industry | |
| Derrick Charles Frances Corser | For service to the community, particularly the elderly | |
| Stanley Alfred Coster | For service to country music | |
| Hazel Clarice Cotterill | For service to terminally ill and disables children | |
| Colin James Henry Crain | For service to the community, particularly in the field of education | |
| Sydney Arthur Cunningham | For service to the Aboriginal community | |
| Laurance Alexander Daglish | For service to the elderly and to sport | |
| Ivan Henry Davies, DFC | For service to Legacy | |
| Robert Arthur Lewis Dawe | For service to music | |
| John Osbourne Dexter | For service to the avocado and kiwifruit growing industry | |
| Thomas Michael Dignam | For service to the community | |
| Hermanna Maria Bernardina Dobber | For service to the community, particularly women's affairs | |
| Councillor Neville Fraser Duncan Donald | For service to the community and local government | |
| Margaret Ann Donald | For service to the community, particularly through music therapy | |
| Reginald Paul Donnelly | For service to the community | |
| Loretta Eileen Dorman | For service to the sport of hockey | |
| Mary Elizabeth Dossetor | For service to the elderly and the physically disabled | |
| Maureen Doupe | For service to children with intellectual disabilities | |
| Margery Duffy | For service to youth through music | |
| Violet Claudia Mary Duncan | For service to the community | |
| Ian Charles Edwards | For service as a physiotherapist in Kabul, Afghanistan | |
| William Ernest Elliott | For service to the sport of Australian rules football | |
| Nicholas Elias Ellis | For service to the Greek community | |
| Gregory Patrick Farrell | For service to the transport industry and to the community | |
| Jean Kinkead Ferguson | For service to early childhood education | |
| Herbert Alfred Fibbins | For service to the sport of hockey | |
| Peter Charles Firkins | For service to the community | |
| Maree Beverley Fish | For service to the sport of hockey | |
| Councillor Stanley Hill Flanders | For service to the community and to local government | |
| Dorothy Fraser | For service to the community | |
| Harold Emanuel Freedman | For service to the visual arts | |
| Charles Freeleagus | For service to veterans | |
| Alma Annie French | For service to the community | |
| Wallace Freyling | For service to the Toowoomba General Hospital | |
| Marjorie Patricia Fuller | For service to the community | |
| Donald Alfred Furner | For service to the sport of rugby league | |
| Valerie Glennys Gaddes | For service to the community | |
| Gerard Timothy Noel Gaffney | For service to local government and to the community | |
| Sudershan Kumar Gajree | For service to photography | |
| Dorothy Phyllis Sylvia Gale | For service to the community | |
| Ronald Gallacher | For assistance to the Public Service | |
| David Gant | For service to people with intellectual disabilities | |
| Donald Blandford Gatehouse | For service to the community | |
| Garnet Leonard Gaukroger | For service to the community | |
| Agnes Darcey Gibbons | For service to people with physical disabilities | |
| Phyllis Doreen Gierke | For service to community health and to children with physical disabilities | |
| Elizabeth Monica Joan Gill | For service to the community | |
| Vivian Herbert Charles Gillingwater | For service to youth | |
| Stanley Cyril Glassford | For service to local government and to the community | |
| Raymond George Godkin | For servicing to cycling | |
| Frederick Harold Gray | For service to Aboriginal welfare | |
| Henry Moore Greaves | For service to the rural community, particularly through radio broadcasting | |
| Cynthia Lillian Gurner | For service to the community | |
| Arthur William Hadfield | For service to hospital administration | |
| Thomas Graham Hall | For service to sports administration | |
| Herbert Robert Hamblen | For service to community health | |
| George Allan Hardwick | For service to historical research, particularly in the field of maritime history | |
| Arthur Leslie Harper | For service to the community, particularly through marine safety | |
| John Hubert Harris | For service to Australian rules football and to the community | |
| Rechelle Margaret Hawkes | For service to hockey | |
| Anne Marie Hayden | For service to the community | |
| David Henderson | For service to the community | |
| William Goodman Kerray Henderson | For service to veterans | |
| John Lloyd Hewett | For service to optometry | |
| Councillor Henry Arthur Hewson | For service to local government and to the Victorian and Commonwealth parliaments | |
| Michael Thomas Higgins | For service to the community particularly in the field of migrant assistance | |
| Dorothy May Hill | For service to animal welfare and to the elderly | |
| Lorraine Mary Hillas | For service to hockey | |
| Winifred Margaret Hilliard, MBE | For service to Aboriginal welfare, particularly the Pitjantjatjara people | |
| Peter Samuel Hilton | For service to the community particularly the migrant community | |
| Geoffrey John Hitchcock | For service to children's health | |
| Frank Leslie Hodgson | For service to youth and architecture | |
| Harold Maxwell Hodgson | For service to the community, particularly in the field of youth welfare | |
| Gladys Isobel Holland | For service to the community | |
| The Reverend Keith Douglas Horne | For service to the community | |
| Thomas Stanislaus Howard | For service to the community | |
| Nancy Millicent Hummerston | For service to the community | |
| Lilian Blanche Huntington | For service to women's lawn bowls | |
| Donald Mervyn Hutchison | For service to the real estate industry and to the community | |
| Ludwik Ihnat | For service to the Ukrainian community | |
| William Dubois Jensen | For service to the community | |
| Phyllis Sarah Johnson | For service to women's affairs and consumer rights | |
| Ruth Cecilia Keane | For service to the community | |
| Stephen Dixon Keir | For service to manufacturing and to horse racing | |
| Richard Milton Kett | For service to the elderly | |
| James Alec Kidd | For service to horticulture | |
| Bernard Francis Kilgariff | For service to the Northern Territory and Commonwealth Parliaments | |
| Katherine Wilma Kingsbury | For service to community and health welfare | |
| Matthew Miklos Kiss | For service to people with disabilities | |
| Air Commodore Lyall Robert Klaffer, AFC (rtd) | For service to the community, particularly through the Australian Bicentennial celebrations | |
| Ray William Kratz | For service to horticulture and to local government | |
| Gordon James Landsberg | For service to the community | |
| John James Larkin | For service to pasture conservation and to the community | |
| Keith John Leleu | For service to maritime history and preservation | |
| Harold Robert Lee | For service to veterans and to the community | |
| Robert Dudley Leonard, BEM | For service to the community, particularly to veterans and to the arts | |
| Reginald John Lindsay | For service to country music | |
| Diane Margaret Lippe | For service to nursing, particularly people with physical disabilities | |
| Thomas Locker | For service to cricket and to the community | |
| Barbara Elsie Lofts | For service to community health | |
| Marjorie Maude Long | For service to the community | |
| Sergeant Clifford Donald Lonsdale | For public service with the New South Wales Police Force | |
| Betty Claire Lynch | For service to community health as a dietician | |
| Bernard Marcus | For public service | |
| Dr Mark Milutin Marinkovich | For service to the Serbian community | |
| Thomas James Marsh | For service to veterans and to the community | |
| Elsie Marsh | For service to the community, particularly through the Australian Red Cross | |
| Mervyn John Mason | For service to local government and to the community | |
| Robert Lyall Matchett, RD | For service to community education and to youth | |
| Francis Bernard Matthews | For service to veterans and to the community | |
| James Patrick Matthews | For service to community health | |
| Donald Bruce Maxwell | For service to rugby union football | |
| Martin Bernhard Maywald | For service to the community | |
| Audrey June McDonald | For service to the trade union movement and to women's affairs | |
| Philomena McGrath | For service to migrants and to the Irish community | |
| Molly McGurk | For service to music education | |
| Neil William McInnes | For service to youth through church camps | |
| Ronald Frederick McKendrick | For service to the community | |
| Dr Keith Roland McLachlan | For service to local government and to the community | |
| Barbara Jean Meynink | For service to post secondary education | |
| Cyril Thomas Monaghan | For public service | |
| Philip John Morrissey | For service to the community, particularly through the Australian Bicentennial celebrations | |
| Joseph Patrick Morton | For service to scouting | |
| Dr Louis Georges Moussa | For service to the Lebanese community | |
| Wallace Edward Mulheron | For service to education | |
| John Leo Murphy | For service to the community health | |
| Evelyn Alexa Murray | For service to the community | |
| Catherine Margaret Murtagh | For public service with the Victoria Police Force | |
| Macgregor Boyd Napier | For service to athletics | |
| Ksenia Nasielski | For service to the community, particularly the elderly | |
| Emil Anthony Negri | For service to adults and to children with intellectual disabilities | |
| Bill Neidjie | For service to conservation | |
| Halina Jozefa Netzel | For service to the community, particularly the Polish community | |
| Lillian Mary Neville | For service to women's athletics | |
| John Alexander Nicol | For service to local government | |
| Stuart Norman Nivison | For service to horse racing | |
| Winsome Eileen O'Brien | For service to the community | |
| Patrick O'Leary | For public service | |
| Morris Stephen Ochert | For service to the Jewish community | |
| Joyce Elaine Oldmeadow | For service to children's literature | |
| Garth Francis (Garry) Ord | For service as a radio and television broadcaster | |
| Pauline Gladys Osborne | For service to the community | |
| Louis Raymond Page | For service to the community particularly through the Friendly Benevolent Society | |
| Kathleen Anne Partridge | For service to hockey | |
| Sharon Lee Patmore | For service to hockey | |
| David St. Leger Pearce | For service to the community | |
| Jaqueline Margaret Pereira | For service to hockey | |
| Margaret Isabel Ann Pewtress | For service to netball | |
| Hazel Mary Pierce | For service to the community | |
| Claud Joseph Pilcher | For service to the community | |
| Alison May Pilkie | For service to the community | |
| Sandra Jane Pisani | For service to hockey | |
| Dr John Drysdale Playford | For service to literature | |
| Albert Neil Preston | For public service | |
| Robert Alan Quin | For service to the community and to local government | |
| Schelte Raadsma | For public service | |
| Richard William Ragless | For service to the community | |
| The Reverend Father Francis Charles Richards | For service to the community | |
| John Charles Edgar Ridley | For service to the community | |
| James McIntosh Robertson | For service to golf administration | |
| Norman Herbert Robinson | For service to conservation and the environment | |
| Stanley Russell Robinson | For service to local government | |
| The Reverend Father John Bernard Roche | For service to religion, the community and to veterans | |
| Stoyan Rogleff | For service to Ku-ring-gai State Emergency Service and Civil Defence Organisation | |
| Dr Reno George Rossato | For service to medicine and to the community | |
| Edwin Keith Russack | For service to the community and to the South Australian Parliament | |
| Dr Charles Terence George Russell | For service to angling | |
| Peter John Sarah | For service to the community, particularly through the Australian Bicentennial celebrations | |
| Barry Lesley Saxby | For service to veterans | |
| Vincenzo Scurria | For service to the community | |
| John Kingsley Sharp | For service to special education, particularly for children with intellectual disabilities | |
| Douglas Andrew Simpson | For service to the community, particularly with the Country Fire Authority | |
| Ernest James Sims | For service to youth | |
| Jean Wren Slattery | For service to the Royal Horticultural Society of New South Wales, particularly in the field of floral art | |
| Kim Maree Small | For service to hockey | |
| Verna Margaret Smith | For service to pre-school education | |
| Philomena Mary Smyth | For service to nursing | |
| Alma Lilly Stackhouse | For service to the Aboriginal community | |
| Dr Beresford Hannam Stock | For service to pharmacy | |
| Dr Robert Story | For service to conservation and national parls | |
| Lawrence Lea Strange | For service to the community, particularly through the Australian Bicentennial celebrations | |
| Dugald Macarthur Stuart | For service to horse racing | |
| Keith William Stuckey | For service to local government | |
| Deborah Ann Sullivan | For service to hockey | |
| Dr Alexander Kennedy Sutherland | For service to veterinary science | |
| Theodore Arthur Taylor | For service to youth | |
| John Hartley Teakle | For service to primary industry | |
| Albert Arthur Tegel | For service to the poultry industry and to the community | |
| Henry Albert Hingston Thomas | For service to the community | |
| The Reverend Ivan Bruce Thornton | For service to the community | |
| Tjunkata Tjupurrula | For service to the community, particularly the Aboriginal community | |
| Elizabeth Todd | For service to music education | |
| Liane Marianne Tooth | For service to hockey | |
| Kathleen Tucker | For service to the community | |
| Dulcie Agnes Turnbull | For service to the community and to local government | |
| John Kendall Vaughan | For service to surf life saving | |
| Colin Venn | For service to the community | |
| John Maxwell Wall | For service to people with visual impairments | |
| Kathleen Wall | For service to the elderly | |
| Neville Robert Wallwork | For service to the community | |
| Stanley Bernard Dudley Walpole | For service to local government and to the community | |
| Patience Australie Wardle | For service to community history | |
| Raymond Hastings Warne | For service to the community | |
| Colin Watson | For service to conservation and bushwalking | |
| Raymond Wetherall | For service to the community | |
| Margaret Louisa Wheatley | For service to the community | |
| Dr Paul Hamilton Hume White | For service to religious welfare | |
| Douglas Croxford White | For service to local government and to the community | |
| James Norman Whittle | For service to scouting | |
| John Cornell Whittle | For service to the community and to veterans | |
| Dr David John Wibberley | For service to community health | |
| Christopher David Wilford | For service to the banana growing industry | |
| Councillor Alick Williams | For service to the community | |
| John Joseph Wilson | For service to rugby league football | |
| William Bryce Winfield | For service to the elderly | |
| The Reverend Gillam Albert McConnell Wood, OBE | For service to the elderly | |
| Dorothy Joan Woolnough | For service to nursing | |
| Eileen Mary Yeo | For service to the community | |
| Robert Young | For service to basketball | |
| Amy Merle Young | For service to the community, particularly through choral music | |
| Francis Patrick Zikan | For service to community emergency services | |
| John Robert Zwar | For service to the community through tree planting parkland development | |
| Dorothea Hedwig Zweck | For service to women's affairs |
| Branch | Recipient | Citation | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Navy | Chief Petty Officer Geoffrey John Wade Abnett | For service to the Royal Australian Navy as Assistant Staff Officer (Personnel), Directorate of Naval Intelligence and Security | [1] [2] |
| Petty Officer Nola Frances Hanigan | For service to the Royal Australian Navy and as Personnel Officer at HMAS Platypus | ||
| Warrant Officer Peter George Hassell | For service to the Royal Australian Navy as Fleet Legal Assistant | ||
| Chief Petty Officer Patrick Eamon Marsh | For service to the Royal Australian Navy as Naval Support Command Ceremonial and Gunnery Chief Petty Officer | ||
| Army | Warrant Officer Class Two Robert Bruce Allen | For service to the Australian Army as Operations Research Warrant Officer of the Special Air Service | |
| Warrant Officer Class One John Alexander Beningfield | For service to the Australian Army in the field of accommodation and works | ||
| Warrant Officer Class One Bruce John Cook | For service to the Australian Army as Regimental Sergeant Major of the 21st Supply Battalion | ||
| Warrant Officer Class One Peter Ernest Dobbs | For service to the Australian Army as Regimental Sergeant Major 4th Field Regiment | ||
| Warrant Officer Class One Terence Allan Eaton | For service to the Australian Army School of Transport | ||
| Warrant Officer Class Two David Elliot | For service to the Australian Army in the field of piping music | ||
| Warrant Officer Class One Norman James Goodhew | For service to the Australian Army as the Artificer Sergeant Major of Perth Workshop Company | ||
| Warrant Officer Class One George Francis Kearns | For service to the Australian Army Reserve in Western Australia | ||
| Warrant Officer Class One Patrick Joseph Keily | For service to the Australian Army in project management | ||
| Warrant Officer Class Two Ross Kenneth Kershaw | For service to the Australian Army in the field of officer cadet training | ||
| Warrant Officer Class One Geoffrey Richard Parker | For service to the Australian Army in the field of training | ||
| Warrant Officer Class Two Iris Rose Preston | For service to the Australian Army in the field of movement and transportation | ||
| Warrant Officer Class Two John Malcolm Strachan | For service to the Australian Army in the field of Army Reserve recruiting | ||
| Warrant Officer Class One Louis Dawson Walker | For service to the Australian Army as the Regimental Sergeant Major of the 1st Armoured Regiment | ||
| Air Force | Warrant Officer Robert Francis Carpenter | For service to the Royal Australian Air Force as Flight Engineer Leader, Richmond | |
| Flight Sergeant Thomas Easton | For service to the Royal Australian Air Force as the Senior Non-Commissioned Officer responsible for the supervision of security arrangements associated with VIP movements at RAAF Fairbairn | ||
| Warrant Officer John Michael Jenkins | For service to the Royal Australian Air Force as Warrant Officer in charge of financial administration for project personnel located in North America | ||
| Sergeant Robert William Jennings | For service to the Royal Australian Air Force as the police dog handler responsible for designing an effective tactical training program for police dog handlers and their dogs | ||
| Flight Sergeant Allen Robert Meredith | For service to the Royal Australian Air Force as the Facilities Supervisor RAAF Base Pearce, Western Australia | ||
| Sergeant Christopher Cecil Parslow | For service to the Royal Australian Air Force as Senior Non-Commissioned Officer-in-Charge of Maintenance Control section at RAAF Base Tindal | ||
| Flight Sergeant Raymond Thomas Tuni | For service to the Royal Australian Air Force as Senior Non-Commissioned Officer-in-Charge of P3C Orion Aircraft Major Servicings | ||
| Warrant Officer Raymond Percival Willis | For service to the Royal Australian Air Force as the Caterer at RAAF Base Tindal |
The Birthday Honours, in some Commonwealth realms, mark the reigning British monarch's official birthday by granting various individuals appointment into national or dynastic orders or the award of decorations and medals. The honours are presented by the monarch or a viceregal representative. The Birthday Honours are one of two annual honours lists, along with the New Year Honours. All royal honours are published in the relevant gazette.
The Australia Day Honours 1986 were announced on 26 January 1986 by the Governor General of Australia, Sir Ninian Stephen.
The 2006 Queen's Birthday Honours for Australia were announced on Monday 12 June 2006 by the Governor-General, Michael Jeffery.
The 2002 Queen's Birthday Honours for Australia were announced on Monday 10 June 2002 by the office of the Governor-General.
The 2001 Queen's Birthday Honours for Australia were announced on Monday 11 June 2001 by the office of the Governor-General.
The 1999 Queen's Birthday Honours for Australia were announced on Monday 14 June 1999 by the office of the Governor-General.
The 1985 Queen's Birthday Honours for Australia were announced on Monday 10 June 1985 by the office of the Governor-General.
The 1986 Queen's Birthday Honours for Australia were announced on Monday 9 June 1986 by the office of the Governor-General.
The 1987 Queen's Birthday Honours for Australia were announced on Monday 8 June 1987 by the office of the Governor-General.
The 1988 Queen's Birthday Honours for Australia were announced on Monday 13 June 1988 by the office of the Governor-General.
The 1990 Queen's Birthday Honours for Australia were announced on Monday 11 June 1990 by the office of the Governor-General.
The 1991 Queen's Birthday Honours for Australia were announced on Monday 10 June 1991 by the office of the Governor-General.
The 1992 Queen's Birthday Honours for Australia were announced on Monday 8 June 1992 by the office of the Governor-General.
The 1993 Queen's Birthday Honours for Australia were announced on Monday 14 June 1993 by the office of the Governor-General.
The 1994 Queen's Birthday Honours for Australia were announced on Monday 13 June 1994 by the office of the Governor-General.
The 1995 Queen's Birthday Honours for Australia were announced on Monday 12 June 1995 by the office of the Governor-General.
The 1984 Queen's Birthday Honours for Australia were announced on Monday 11 June 1984 by the office of the Governor-General.
The 1983 Queen's Birthday Honours for Australia were announced on Monday 13 June 1983 by the office of the Governor-General.
The 1981 Queen's Birthday Honours for Australia were appointments to recognise and reward good works by citizens of Australia and other nations that contribute to Australia. The Birthday Honours are awarded as part of the Queen's Official Birthday celebrations and were announced on 13 June 1981 in Australia.
The 1982 Queen's Birthday Honours for Australia were appointments to recognise and reward good works by citizens of Australia and other nations that contribute to Australia. The Birthday Honours are awarded as part of the Queen's Official Birthday celebrations and were announced on 13 June 1982 in Australia.