The 1977 Australia Day Honours were announced on 26 January 1977 by the Governor General of Australia, Sir John Kerr. [1]
The Australia Day Honours are the first of the two major annual honours lists, announced on Australia Day (26 January), with the other being the Queen's Birthday Honours which are announced on the second Monday in June.
| Recipient | Citation | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Sir Marcus Laurence Elwin Oliphant | For public service and service to the Crown. | [1] [2] |
| John Ignatius Armstrong | For public service. |
| Recipient | Citation | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Dr Robert James Bartholomew | For service to medical research, particularly clinical biochemistry. | [1] [2] |
| Phyllis Jean Benjamin MBE | For service to government and community. | |
| Maxwell Harold Bone | For service to further education. | |
| John Francis Seccombe Brown MC | For service to primary industry. | |
| Professor Samuel Warren Carey | For academic service in the field of geology. | |
| Eleanor Dark | For service to literature. | |
| Mervyn Gadd | For service to the beef cattle industry. | |
| Major-General Allan Charles Murchison MC ED | For military and public service. | |
| Ernest William Schroder | For service to manufacturing industry. | |
| Albert James Shard | For service to government. |
| Recipient | Citation | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Brigadier Donald Sidney Baldwin | For distinguished service in responsible positions | [1] [2] |
| Major-General Mark Bradbury | ||
| Air Vice-Marshal John Gladstone Cornish | ||
| Major-General Peter Falkland | ||
| Rear-Admiral Maxwell Peter Reed |
| Recipient | Citation | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Henry Robert Beardsmore | For services to the community. | [1] [2] |
| Alderman Andrew Briger | For services to local government. | |
| Dr Winifred Mary Curtis | For academic service in the field of botany. | |
| Henry Reeves Day | For services to agricultural research. | |
| John Moore Dobbie | For services to the sport of bowls. | |
| Dr Alexander Osborne Donald | For services to medicine. | |
| Arthur Stanley Dunstan | For services to primary industry. | |
| David Llewellyn Elix | For services to manufacturing industry. | |
| Dr Joan Elizabeth Farrar | For services to medicine, particularly in the field of handicapped children. | |
| John Frederick Thornton Grimwade | For services to the community. | |
| Cr Arthur Duncan Hillgrove | For services to local government and the community. | |
| Ronald Ross Johnson | For services to industry. | |
| Hector John Lee | For services to science, particularly animal research. | |
| Vincent Reginald Long | For public service particularly in education. | |
| Dr Alice Marshall Moyle | For academic service, particularly in the study of aboriginal music. | |
| Dr Frederick Thomas Rose | For community service, particularly to retarded children. | |
| Allen Axel Strom | For services to conservation. | |
| Darrel Maxwell Taylor | For services to the arts. | |
| Friedrich Von Einem-Joosten | For service to international relations. | |
| Thomas Denys Bernard Webb | For community service. |
| Recipient | Citation | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Wing Commander Roland Arthur Brazier | For exceptional service or performance of duty | [1] [2] |
| Colonel Raymond Lewis Burnard | ||
| Commander Adrian Ronald Cummins | ||
| Lieutenant-Colonel James Farry | ||
| Wing Commander Alexander Christy Freeleagus | ||
| Lieutenant-Colonel Hugh Bracken Gaffney | ||
| Wing Commander Gregory Leonard Hartig | ||
| Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Richmond Harwood | ||
| Lieutenant-Colonel Busby Hill | ||
| Commander Christopher John Nisbet | ||
| Captain Ronald Trevor Richardson | ||
| Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Lawrance Carrington Twiss | ||
| Wing Commander Ian Michael Westmore |
| Recipient | Citation | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Rae Alexander Anderson | For community service. | [1] [2] |
| Correa Minnie Atkinson | For community service. | |
| Zena Rose Jane | For services to nursing. | |
| Lois Amalie Bellingham | For community service. | |
| Bruce Hebbert Boykett | For services to road safety. | |
| Patricia Mary Brown | For services to nursing. | |
| Sister Alexia Jean Burns | For services to nursing. | |
| Barbara Clarke | For services to Aboriginal children. | |
| George R. Clarke | For services to the disabled. | |
| Charles Malcolm Clift | For community service. | |
| Reverend Arthur Thomas Cottrell | For services with the Australian Inland Mission. | |
| James William Courtney | For services to the welfare of ex-servicemen. | |
| Horace William Davies | For community service. | |
| Maurice Donnelly | For services to the disabled. | |
| Leonard Kevin Duffy | For services to local government. | |
| Alfred Henry East | For community service. | |
| Edwin Eric Fuller | For services to local government. | |
| Alice May Graham | For services to sub-normal children. | |
| Gladys Ann Grainger | For services to aged and invalid pensioners. | |
| Dr Jean Grant | For services to community medical care. | |
| Robert Maxwell Grant | For services to first aid. | |
| Gordon Charles Gyles | For services to the community and to Scouting. | |
| John Kenneth Hall | For services to lawn tennis. | |
| Ruby Jean Harris | For community service. | |
| James William Hennahane | For community service. | |
| Glenda Mae James | For community service. | |
| Phyllis Mary Jenkins | For community service. | |
| William Donald Keating | For community service. | |
| Errol Hamilton Lane | For services to Scouting. | |
| Ross Richard Gay Lawson | For community services. | |
| William Stuart Claude Lee | For community service. | |
| Norman C. Lewis | For community service. | |
| Adelaide Lewthwaite | For community service. | |
| Harry Leslie Madigan | For community service. | |
| Myrtle Barbara McRae | For services to nursing. | |
| Robert James Moran | For services to the welfare of members of the Defence Force. | |
| William Leslie Morgan | For services to trade unionism. | |
| William Thomas Nicholls | For community service. | |
| Cr Panagiotis Emanuel Petrochilos | For community service. | |
| Mary Janet Ransom | For services to nursing. | |
| Cr Walter Mayo Rice | For services to local government. | |
| Stanley Edward Shrivell | For services to the Inventors Association of Australia. | |
| Albert Thompson | For services to local government. | |
| Wilma Joyce Wilson | For community service. | |
| George Matthew Wylie | For services to agriculture. |
| Recipient | Citation | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Warrant Officer Stanley Allan Breasley | For meritorious service or performance of duty | [1] [2] |
| Warrant Officer Mervyn Hartley Clark | ||
| Warrant Officer Class I Brian Foster | ||
| Chief Petty Officer Trevor Henry George | ||
| Warrant Officer Class I Raymond Gordon Hooker | ||
| Warrant Officer Quartermaster Gunner Gordon Douglas Michael Hope | ||
| Warrant Officer Class I Geoffrey Alwyn Jebb | ||
| Warrant Officer Class I Theodore Rikus |
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