Reginald Gillard OAM (13 March 1920 –16 August 2001) was an Australian politician. Born in Lithgow,New South Wales,he was a managing partner before his military service (1941–46). Long prominent in local politics,he served as mayor of Lithgow City Council from 1969 to 1972,and again from 1973 to 1976.
In 1975,he was elected to the Australian House of Representatives as the Liberal member for Macquarie. He held the seat until his defeat at the 1980 election by Labor's Ross Free.
Gillard was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in the 1998 Australia Day Honours for "service to local government,the community and the Australian parliament". [1] In September 2000 he received the Australian Sports Medal for his "service to administration of lawn bowls". [2]
Gillard died in 2001. [3] He was not related to Julia Gillard,the former Prime Minister of Australia.
Kim John Carr is an Australian former politician who served as a Senator for Victoria between 1993 and 2022. Representing the Labor Party,he was a minister in the Rudd and Gillard governments.
William Patrick Ludwig was an Australian trade union official,who served as National President of the Australian Workers' Union (AWU),with a brief interruption,from 1989 to 2017. He served two terms from 1989 until 1997 and from 2001 until 2017. He also served as Queensland Branch Secretary Queensland Branch Secretary of the Australian Workers' Union (AWU),from 1988 to 2013.
Vincent Patrick Lester is an Australian politician. He was a National Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 1974 to 2004,representing in succession the electorates of Belyando,Peak Downs and then Keppel. He served as a minister in several National Party governments throughout his career,having first been promoted in 1983 as part of Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen's cabinet.
Danielle Vanessa McGrath,née Carr is an Australian former pair skater. With her brother,Stephen Carr,she is a nineteen-time (1980–1998) Australian national champion. They competed at the 1992 Winter Olympics,placing 13th,the 1994 Winter Olympics,placing 11th,and the 1998 Winter Olympics,again placing 13th. They retired from competitive skating following the 1998 Olympic season. During their amateur career,they were coached by Sergei Shakhrai and Kerry Leitch.
Kate Starre is a former field hockey midfielder from Australia,who competed for her native country in three consecutive Summer Olympics,starting in 1992. She was a member of the Australian Women's Hockey Team,best known as the Hockeyroos,that won the gold medals at the 1996 and the 2000 Summer Olympics.
Arthur Dix Marshall was an Australian politician and sportsman from Western Australia.
Ian Louis Robinson was an Australian politician.
Alasdair Paine Webster is an Australian former politician.
John Barry Mildren was an Australian politician.
Maxwell Arthur Burr,is an Australian retired politician. Born in Launceston,Tasmania,he was educated at Launceston Business College before becoming an accountant and Secretary of the Tasmanian Farmers' Federation. In 1975,he was elected to the Australian House of Representatives as the Liberal member for Wilmot,defeating long-serving Labor member Gil Duthie. When Wilmot was abolished in 1984,Burr successfully contested its successor,Lyons. He held the seat until his retirement in 1993.
Beryl Alice Evans was an Australian politician.
Cameron Carr,is an Australian Paralympic wheelchair rugby player. He has won a silver medal at the 2008 Paralympics and gold medals at the 2012 and 2016 Paralympics.
Murray Davidson Nixon is a former Australian politician.
John Mathwin OAM was an Australian politician. He was the Liberal candidate for the 1955 election for the federal seat of Bonython,but was easily defeated. He was elected as the member for Glenelg in the South Australian House of Assembly in 1970 and held the seat until its abolition in 1985. He stood for Bright at the 1985 election,however he was defeated.
The 2010 Australia Day Honours are appointments to various orders and honours to recognise and reward good works by Australian citizens. The list was announced on 26 January 2010 by the Governor General of Australia,Quentin Bryce.
Kenneth Francis Lowrie was an Australian politician.
Deepak Vinayak is an Indian Australian community leader from Melbourne. He was appointed as the People of Australia Ambassador by Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard for two consecutive terms in 2012 and 2013.
The 2008 Australia Day Honours are appointments to various orders and honours to recognise and reward good works by Australian citizens. The list was announced on 26 January 2008 by the Governor General of Australia,Michael Jeffrey
Leslie Frederick 'Bunny' Abbott OAM (1915–2011) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s.
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1997.