Member of the Order of Australia (AM)
Subcategory of Order of Australia
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Latest Winners / Recipients

Year: 2025

recipient Kevin Andrews 'For significant service to the people and Parliament of Australia, to the Catholic Church, and to the community.'
recipient Joanna Capon 'For significant service to the arts, and to community health.'
recipient Matt Formston
For significant service to people with disability, and to para sports.
recipient David Headon For significant service to history preservation, as a historian, cultural advisor, and author. 
recipient Peter Kennedy For significant service to the print and broadcast media as a journalist.
recipient Lionel Morgan For significant service to rugby league, and to the Indigenous community.
recipient Joanna Murray-Smith For significant service to the performing arts as a writer.
recipient Margaret Burns Dick For significant service to library and information science, and to the community.

Year: 2024

recipient Pamela Allen For significant service to literature as an author.
recipient Janine Barrand For significant service to the museum, arts and cultural sector.
recipient June Factor For significant service to literature, to history, and to the community.
recipient Amanda Gome For significant service to media, to business, and to women
recipient Anna Haebich For significant service to literature as an author, historian and academic.
recipient Gerald Kuchling For significant service to turtle research, preservation and conservation
recipient Max Lambert For significant service to music, and to the performing arts.
recipient Kate Llewellyn For significant service to literature as an author and poet.
recipient Colin Steele For significant service to librarianship, and to digital information sharing.
recipient Bronwyn Bancroft For significant service to the arts, and to the Indigenous community.
recipient Michael Buxton For significant service to urban and environmental planning, to tertiary education, and to the community.
recipient Kathleen Clapham For significant service to Indigenous community health, to anthropology, and to tertiary education
recipient Lisa Kervin For significant service to tertiary education, and to research in early childhood digital literacy.
recipient Tim Low For significant service to conservation, and to environmental education and awareness.
recipient Concetta Perna For significant service to the Australian Italian community.
recipient Charles R. Ringma For significant service to theology, to the community, and to youth.
recipient Sarina Russo For significant service to business, to the community, and to vocational education and training.

Year: 2023

recipient Linda Barwick For significant service to the preservation and digitisation of cultural heritage recordings.
recipient Judith Brett For significant service to education and public debate, particularly in social science and politics.
recipient Warren Brown For significant service to media as a cartoonist, and to military history.
recipient Liz Byrski For significant service to tertiary education, and to literature.
recipient Patricia Lynette Dudgeon For significant service to Indigenous mental health and wellbeing, and to education.
recipient Verity Firth For significant service to the Parliament of New South Wales, and to social inclusion.
recipient Jenny Hocking For significant service to the preservation of Australian political history.
recipient Jean Kittson For significant service to the arts as a performer, writer and comedian.
recipient Kylie Kwong For significant service to the hospitality industry, and to the community.
recipient Michael Levitt For significant service to medical administration, and to professional associations.
recipient Helen Milroy For significant service to public health, and to the Indigenous community.
recipient Pauline Anne Nestor For significant service to tertiary education and research.
recipient Bruna Papandrea For significant service to the performing arts as a film and television producer.
recipient Michelle Potter For significant service to the performing arts in a range of roles.
recipient Norman Swan For significant service to the broadcast media as a science and health commentator.
recipient David Wenham For significant service to the performing arts as an actor and producer.
recipient Antoinette Braybrook For significant service to the law, and to family violence prevention.
recipient Simon Chan For significant service to multiculturalism, to the Indigenous community, and to the arts.
recipient Christine Corby For significant service to Indigenous health, and to the community of Walgett.
recipient Ben Elton For significant service to the entertainment industry as a comedian, actor, writer and director.
recipient Sean Gordon For significant service to the Indigenous community as an advocate for equity.
recipient Beth Graham For significant service to the bilingual education of Indigenous language speaking students.
recipient Roger Hodgman
For significant service to the performing arts as a director.
recipient Caroline Hughes For significant service to the Indigenous community of Canberra.
recipient Liza Lim For significant service to the performing arts as a music composer and academic.
recipient Judith Lucy For significant service to the performing arts as an entertainer.
recipient Maxine McKew For significant service to journalism, to higher education, and to the Parliament of Australia.
recipient Pamela Rabe For significant service to the performing arts as a performer and director.
recipient Denise Scott For significant service to the arts as a comedian and actress.
recipient Wendy Sharpe For significant service to the visual arts, and to the community.
recipient Caroline Wood For significant service to literature as a publisher, and to the community through a range of roles.

Year: 2022

recipient Virginia Baxter For significant service to the arts through performance, production, writing and publishing.
recipient Eleanor Bourke For significant service to Indigenous heritage, to justice, and to education.
recipient Susan Boyd For significant service to international relations, to tertiary education, and to women's affairs.
recipient Bùi Trọng Cường For significant service to multiculturalism, and to the Vietnamese community of Queensland.
recipient Mimi Colligan For significant service to community history, and heritage preservation.
recipient Keith Gallasch For significant service to the arts though performance, writing and production.
recipient Delta Goodrem For significant service to the not-for-profit sector, and to the performing arts.
recipient Meredith Hinchliffe For significant service to the arts through a range of roles and organisations.
recipient Lynne Kelly For significant service to science education as a writer and researcher.
recipient Michael Liffman For significant service to tertiary education, the not-for-profit sector, and visual arts.
recipient Dianne Lucas For significant service to women through sexual assault, domestic and family violence support organisations.
recipient Patrick Mills For significant service to basketball, to charitable initiatives, and to the Indigenous community.
recipient John Schumann For significant service to the veteran community, to music, and to the community.
recipient David Thomas For significant service to the arts, particularly through the museums and galleries sector
recipient Sandra Thompson For significant service to tertiary education, to rural and regional health, and to Indigenous health.
recipient Antony Walker For significant service to the media as a journalist, and to the community.
recipient Sophie Blackall For significant service to children's literature.
recipient Joy Damousi For significant service to social sciences and the humanities, to history, and to tertiary education.
recipient Dennis Eggington For significant service to the Indigenous community of Western Australia.
recipient Harold Fabrikant For significant service to the performing arts, and to medicine.
recipient Anita Heiss For significant service to tertiary Indigenous studies, and to the arts
recipient Joanne Mccarthy For significant service to the print media as a journalist.
recipient Susan Marsden For significant service to history and heritage as an author, academic and speaker
recipient Carol Raye For significant service to the performing arts as an actor and producer.
recipient Shirleene Robinson For significant service to the LGBTIQ community, to marriage equality, and to history.
recipient Christine Sharp For significant service to arts administration in a range of roles.
recipient Yvonne Weldon For significant service to the Indigenous community of New South Wales.
recipient Catherine Fox For significant service to journalism, and to gender equality and diversity

Year: 2021

recipient Lorrae Desmond For significant service to the performing arts as an actor, entertainer and singer.
recipient Craig Foster For significant service to multiculturalism, to human rights and refugee support organisations, and to football.
recipient Garry Ginivan For significant service to children's theatre as a producer and director.
recipient Cathrine Harboe-Ree For significant service to the library and information sciences.
recipient Lindy Hume For significant service to the performing arts, particularly to opera.
recipient Perry McIntyre For significant service to history preservation and genealogy organisations.
recipient Robert McKay For significant service to the visual arts, and to publishing.
recipient John Melville-Jones For significant service to tertiary education in Greek, Roman and Byzantine history and numismatics.
recipient Milton Osborne
recipient Wilfrid Prest For significant service to tertiary education, and to the law and legal history.
recipient Lester-Irabinna Rigney For significant service to Indigenous education, and to social inclusion research.
recipient Robyn Sheahan-Bright For significant service to children's literature, and to the promotion of reading.
recipient Mary Lou Jelbart For significant service to the performing and visual arts, and to the community.
recipient Jaynie Anderson For significant service to tertiary education, particularly to art history in Australia.
recipient Simon Bouda For significant service to the television and print media, and to the community.
recipient Kevin Brophy For significant service to tertiary education, and to creative writing.
recipient Peter Carroll For significant service to the performing arts as an actor.
recipient David Carter For significant service to tertiary education, and to cultural and literary studies.
recipient Kerry Chikarovski For significant service to the Parliament of New South Wales, and to the community.
recipient (For significant service to the performing arts, particularly to dance.) Lee Christofis
recipient Ann Curthoys For significant service to tertiary education, to social history, and to research.
recipient John Daley For significant service to public policy development, and to the community.
recipient Brian J. Gilbertson For significant service to festivals and events in South Australia, to opera, and to voice education.
recipient Charlie King For significant service to the Indigenous community of the Northern Territory.
recipient John Kotzas
recipient Erica McWilliam For significant service to education, and to pedagogy and gender equity.
recipient Patrice Newell For significant service to the environment, and to sustainable farming practices.
recipient Leah Purcell For significant service to the performing arts, to First Nations youth and culture, and to women.
recipient Barbara Santich For significant service to tertiary education, to gastronomy, food culture and history.
recipient Gina Williams For significant service to the performing arts, to Indigenous music, and to media.
recipient Peter Yu For significant service to the community, particularly to Indigenous cultural and political organisations.
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Works About this Award

13 Greek Australians Recognised in Queen’s Birthday Honours List 2021 single work column
— Appears in: Neos Kosmos , June 2021;
David Helfgott, the Concert Pianist Immortalised in Shine, Awarded OAM for Service to Performing Arts Hannah Palmer , Cameron Marshall , 2021 single work column
— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , January 2021;

'Renowned Australian concert pianist David Helfgott has been awarded an Order of Australia Medal for his service to the performing arts following a career spanning seven decades.'
Slip, Slop, Slap Designer's Gong 2016 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 13 June 2016; (p. 9)
‘Singing Was the One Thing I Was Good At’ Emily Ritchie , 2016 single work column
— Appears in: The Australian , 13 June 2016; (p. 7)
Mayor Pedro Awarded AM Honour 2016 single work column biography
— Appears in: Torres News , 25-31 January 2016; (p. 1-2) 'Councillor Pedro Stephen has served as Mayor of the Torres Shire since 1994 and was the first Indigenous person to be elected to this position...'
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