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.

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Recipients

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[[Bernadette Harvey]
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]
2024 Emma McKeon [12]
2025Dr Katrina Wruck [13]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Australian of the Year Awards — Award Recipients". Australianoftheyear.org.au. Archived from the original on 12 February 2010. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
  2. ↑ Hall, Ashley (26 January 2013). "Afghan refugee wins Young Australian of the Year" (transcript). AM . Australia: ABC News . Retrieved 25 January 2015.
  3. ↑ "Australian of the Year: Rosie Batty awarded top honour for efforts to stop family violence". ABC News . Australia. 25 January 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
  4. ↑ Knott, Matthew (25 January 2016). "Mobile laundry founders Nic Marchesi and Lucas Patchett named Young Australians of the Year". The Sydney Morning Herald . Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  5. ↑ "Young Australian of the Year 2017".
  6. ↑ Pianegonda, Elise; staff (25 January 2018). "Sam Kerr named Young Australian of the Year for Matildas exploits and work advocating for women's sport". ABC News. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  7. ↑ "Rapper Danzal Baker earns Australian award". SBS News. 25 January 2019.
  8. ↑ "Ash Barty wins Young Australian of the Year, capping great year for world number one tennis player". ABC News. Australia. 25 January 2020. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
  9. ↑ "Isobel Marshall - Australian of the Year". Archived from the original on 31 October 2020.
  10. ↑ 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. ↑ McKeon, Emma (25 January 2023). "Olympian Emma McKeon is the 2024 Young Australian of the Year". ABC. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
  13. ↑ Brennan, Dechlan (25 January 2025). "Dr Katrina Wruck named 2025 Young Australian of the Year". National Indigenous Times. Retrieved 3 June 2025.
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