| Recipient | Citation | Notes |
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| 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 |
