List of Senior Australian of the Year Award recipients

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The Senior Australian of the Year Award [1] commenced in 1999, in the International Year of Older Persons, and recognises those Australians aged 60 and over who continue to achieve and contribute. 2002 is the only year, since the founding of the awards, that a recipient hasn't been certified.

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Recipients

Year of
award		NameComments
1999 Slim Dusty AO , MBE Country music singer
2000 Freda Briggs AO Educator, author, scholar and ambassador
2001 Graeme Clark AC Pioneer of the Bionic Ear
2003 Bruce Campbell MBE Rural community leader [2]
2004 Tehree Gordon Community volunteer and wildlife rescuer
2005 Antonio Milhinhos Philanthropist
2006 Sally Goold OAM Indigenous nurse and mentor
2007Brian EganFormer [Helped farmers in need and in drought]; Founder of Aussie Helpers
2008 David Bussau AM Finance entrepreneur
2009 Pat LaManna OAM Entrepreneur and philanthropist
2010 Maggie Beer AM Cook and restaurateur
2011 Ron McCallum AO Australian legal academic
2012 Laurie Baymarrwangga Indigenous community Leader
2013 Ian Maddocks Palliative care specialist
2014 Fred Chaney AO Reconciliation advocate
2015 Jackie French AM Author
2016 Gordian Fulde AO Emergency healthcare specialist [3]
2017 Anne Gardiner AM Service to the people of the Tiwi Islands. [4] [5]
2018 Graham Farquhar AO ACT biophysicist [6]
2019 Suzanne Packer Advocate for children's rights and child abuse prevention [7]
2020 John Newnham Obstetrics specialist preventing pre-term birth [8]
2021 Miriam-Rose Ungunmerr-Baumann Aboriginal activist and educator [9]
2022 Valmai Dempsey St John Ambulance volunteer (50+ years) [10]
2022 James Goodge Vinnies volunteer (50+ years) [10]
2023 Tom Calma Advocate for Voice to parliament [11]
2024Yalmay YunupiŋuTeacher, linguist and community leader [12]

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  2. ↑ "Bruce Campbell". National Australia Day Council. 2003. Archived from the original on 6 August 2020. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  3. ↑ Smith, Dan (25 January 2016). "Australian of the Year: David Morrison, former Army chief, given top honour for gender equality work". ABC News . Australia. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  4. ↑ Wyatt, Ken (25 January 2017). "2017 Senior Australian of the Year". health.gov.au. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
  5. ↑ La Canna, Xavier (26 January 2017). "Senior Australian of the Year Sister Anne calls for more understanding of Indigenous cultures". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
  6. ↑ "ANU - Research School of Biology - Farquhar Lab - Coordination of CO2 fixation and transpiration in plants". biology.anu.edu.au. Archived from the original on 16 February 2011.
  7. ↑ Suzanne Packer is named 2019 Senior Australian of the Year, 25 January 2019, retrieved 15 May 2019
  8. ↑ Pianegonda, Elise (25 January 2020). "Australian of the Year acknowledges firefighters as the real heroes in his acceptance speech". ABC News. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
  9. ↑ Burnside, Niki (25 January 2021). "Sexual assault survivor and advocate Grace Tame named 2021 Australian of the Year". ABC News. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  10. 1 2 Paralympian and disability advocate Dylan Alcott named 2022 Australian of the Year, Charlotte Gore, ABC News Online, 2022-01-25
  11. ↑ Sakkal, Paul (25 January 2023). "Body positivity advocate Taryn Brumfitt named Australian of the Year". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
  12. ↑ "Yalmay Yunupiŋu | Australian of the Year".
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