List of Young Australian of the Year Award recipients

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The Young Australian of the Year Awards commenced in 1979, and recognises those aged 16 to 30 who are considered exceptional young Australians. 1993 was the only year in which an award was not given.

Year of
award
NameNotes
1979 Julie Sochacki [1]
1980 Peter Hill
1981 Paul Radley
1982 Mark Ella AM
1983 Michael Waldock
1984 Jon Sieben OAM
1985 Deahnne McIntyre OAM
1986 Simone Young AM
1987 Marty Gauvin
1988 Duncan Armstrong OAM
1989 Brenden Borellini
1990 Cathy Freeman OAM
1991 Simon Fairweather OAM
1992 Kieren Perkins OAM
1993No award made: period of award changed from the previous year to the year ahead in 1994;
i.e. Kieren Perkins was named Young Australian of the Year for 1992 in 1993 and
Anna Bown was named Young Australian of the Year for 1994 in 1994
1994 Anna Bown
1995 Poppy King
1996 Rebecca Chambers
1997 Nova Peris-Kneebone OAM
1998 Tan Le
1999 Bryan Gaensler
2000 Ian Thorpe OAM
2001 James Fitzpatrick
2002 Scott Hocknull
2003 Lleyton Hewitt AM
2004 Hugh Evans
2005 Khoa Do
2006 Trisha Broadbridge
2007 Tania Major
2008 Casey Stoner AM
2009 Jonty Bush
2010 Mark Donaldson VC
2011 Jessica Watson OAM
2012 Marita Cheng AM
2013 Akram Azimi [2]
2014 Jacqueline Freney OAM
2015 Drisana Levitzke-Gray [3]
2016 Nic Marchesi OAM
Lucas Patchett OAM
[4]
2017 Paul Vasileff [5]
2018 Samantha Kerr OAM [6]
2019 Danzal Baker [7]
2020 Ashleigh Barty [8]
2021 Isobel Marshall [9]
2022Dr Daniel Nour MD [10]
2023 Awer Mabil [11]

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