# 1999 Australia Day Honours

The 1999 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 1999 by the Governor General of Australia, Sir William Deane.
The Australia Day Honours are the first of the two major annual honours lists, the first announced to coincide with Australia Day (26 January), with the other being the Queen's Birthday Honours, which are announced on the second Monday in June.

## Order of Australia
### Companion (AC)
#### General Division

| Recipient | Citation |
| Professor Suzanne Cory | For service to science as a leader in the field of biomedical research, to the advancement of the understanding of the molecular basis of cancer, and to the community as an advocate for improved science education in schools and universities |
| Kaarene Noelle Fitzgerald | For service to the community through commitment and support for Australian medical research into Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), etc. |
| Dr Malcolm Kenneth McIntosh | For service to excellence in scientific and technological research, to providing new opportunities for industries, and to Australian Defence industry and science policy |
| Dr Lowitja (Lois) O'Donoghue, CBE AM | For public service through leadership to Indigenous and non-indigenous Australiansin the areas of human rights and social justice, particularly as chairperson of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission |
| Nicholas Theodore James Paspaley | For service to business development and trade, to the Australian pearling industry, and to the community |

### Officer (AO)
#### General Division

| Recipient | Citation |
| Norman Ross Adler | For service to business and commerce, to the promotion of the arts in South Australia, and to the community |
| Paul Hunter Barratt | For service to public administration, public policy development, business and international trade |
| The Honourable Dr Jack Gordon Beale | For service to the development of public policy in the areas of conservation, resource development and environmental engineering, and as a member of the New South Wales Parliament |
| Brian Bull, APM | For service to crime prevention through the promotion and implementation of the concept of community policing, to the Western Australia Police Service, and to the community |
| Professor David James Burke | For service to science and medicine, particularly in the field of clinical neurophysiology in the areas of research and education, and to the community through medical charities and lay organisations |
| Alison Christine Bush | For service to nursing and to the community, particularly in the provision of primary and maternal health care to Indigenous Australians and as an advocate of Indigenous Health Worker Training |
| Professor Donald John Chisholm | For service to medicine and medical research as a leader in the fields of diabetes research, patient care, medical education and the organisation of medical services |
| Dorothy Joan Dunn | For service to the community, particularly as an advocate of the role of rural women in agricultural industry policy and as Foundation President of Australian Women in Agriculture |
| Neil James Eagle | For service to water resource management, to the citrus industry, and to the community, particularly through support for improved health services and aged care facilities |
| Trevor James Flugge | For service to the Australian grains industries in the areas of industry reform, research and development, and international grains marketing |
| Rosemary Irene Foot | For service to the community, particularly in the areas of health, the visual arts, women's interests and politics |
| Joan Maie Freeman | For service to science in the field of nuclear physics and to the environment as an advocate for social responsibility in scientific research |
| Dr John Eugene (Fred) Gilligan | For service to medicine, particularly intensive care medicine, and to the development of medical retrieval systems |
| John Edward Hatton | For service to the community by raising public awareness of social issues and as an advocate for social change |
| Thomas Andrew Hazell | For service to multiculturalism, to the arts, to the Catholic Church in Melbourne, and to the community as a whole |
| Sydney Howard | For service in contributing to the success of community events and public celebrations as a leading international designer and operator of pyrotechnic displays, and to the community through support for charitable organisations |
| Dr Graeme Thomas Killer | For service to the veterans' community through commitment to enhancing health care services, and in the area of developing cost effective and improved health care for Defence personnel |
| Dr Alban Jude Lynch, AM | For service to the mining industry, particularly in the area of research and education on the application of engineering technology in minerals processing |
| His Excellency John Philip McCarthy | For service to the enhancement of Australia's international reputation and to the development of Australian regional policy |
| Gregory John Norman, AM | For service to the community, particularly youth, through philanthropic support for research into treatments for childhood cancer and in the development of mentoring programmes for junior golfers |
| Geraldine Marie Paton | For service to the community through the media, medical research and the arts |
| The Honourable Peter Elliot Rae | For service to business and commerce, to the Federal and Tasmanian Parliaments, and to the Aboriginal community of Flinders Island |
| Margaret Critchley Smith | For service to women in rural and remote areas as National President of the Country Women's Association of Australia |
| Richard Harold (Dick) Smith | For service to the community, particularly as a benefactor to charitable organisations, to business and commerce, and to the aviation industry |
| Dr Bruce William Stillman | For service to scientific research in the field of molecular biology, particularly through the analysis of DNA replication in the living cell |
| Professor Geoffrey Ian Taylor | For service to medicine in the field of plastic and reconstructive surgery, and the transfer of living bone grafts by utilising micro-vascular techniques |
| Leo Gerard Williams RFD | For service to Rugby Union football, to the law, and to the community |

#### Military Division

| Branch | Recipient | Citation | Notes |
| Army | Major General Peter James Dunn, AM | For distinguished service to the Australian Army and the Australian Defence Force in the field of land force development, as the Military Head of the Defence Efficiency Review Secretariat and as the Head of the Defence Personnel Executive Personnel | |
| Air Force | Air Vice-Marshal Peter Gervase Nicholson, AM | For distinguished service to the Royal Australian Air Force, particularly as the Air Commander Australia | |

### Member (AM)
#### General Division

| Recipient | Citation |
| Robin Elizabeth Amm | For service to education and to educational administration, particularly as principal, Newtown High School of the Performing Arts, and to the community |
| Emeritus Professor Reginald Thomas Appleyard | For service to education through the research and teaching of economic history, migration and population studies, and economics |
| Philip John Bacon | For service to the visual and performing arts as a benefactor and supporter |
| Heather Ann Barton | For service to youth through Guides Victoria |
| Solomon David Bellear | For service to the Aboriginal community, particularly in relation to the administration and development of health policies |
| Douglas George Biggs | For service to the community, particularly through Rotary International |
| Associate Professor James Crawford Biggs | For service to medical research in the field of haematology and bone marrow transplantation, and to the Australian Foundation for the Peoples of the South Pacific |
| Dr Frederick Archibald Bloch | For service to youth and Australian Rules football through the Adelaide University Football Club |
| Professor James Maurice Bowler | For service to earth sciences, particularly through the study of landscape and environmental history, and to Australian prehistory |
| Professor Kenneth John Bowman | For service to education and to optometry, particularly through the Queensland University of Technology |
| Max Reginald Boyd | For service to local government in the Tweed Shire |
| Roslin Elizabeth Brennan | For service to children and school education, particularly through the Federation of Parents' and Citizens' Associations of New South Wales |
| Dr Peter Brayton Brown | For service to medicine, particularly in the field of plastic and reconstructive surgery, and to overseas medical aid programmes |
| Valerie Elizabeth Browning | For service to international humanitarian aid through promoting health and literacy programmes in the Horn of Africa |
| Associate Professor Neil Buhrich | For service to psychiatry, and to the community |
| Captain Richard John Burgess | For service to the community, particularly through the Port of Devonport Authority, and to the preservation of Australian maritime history |
| Dr Harold Burnell Carter | For service to the wool industry, particularly the study of factors affecting wool growth, and for research into the life and work of Sir Joseph Banks |
| John Stanley Castles | For service to the profession of architecture, and to the community |
| Gordon Maitland Chater | For service to the arts as an actor, and to the welfare of the artistic community through the Actors' Benevolent Fund |
| Sir Rupert William John Clarke, MBE | For service to the community and the Victorian Amateur Turf Club |
| Professor Richard Clough | For service to landscape architecture in Australia |
| The Most Reverend Edmund John Patrick Collins | For service to the community through the Catholic Church as Bishop of Darwin, and to the Aboriginal community |
| Dr Richard Graeme Cook, RFD | For service to the profession of dentistry in the field of orthodontics, and to the community |
| The Reverend William David Crews | For service to youth and the disadvantaged through the Uniting Church in Australia and the Exodus Foundation |
| Emeritus Professor Robert Woodhouse Crompton | For service to science, particularly physics education and research, to the Australian Science Olympiads, and to the community through the National Brain Injury Foundation |
| Benjamin Cropp | For service to maritime and coastal conservation, and to the promotion and awareness of the Australian marine environment as a documentary film maker |
| Lindsay Norman Cunningham | For service to sailing as a yacht designer and builder |
| Stanley Fraser Davey | For service to the Aboriginal community, particularly in highlighting social justice issues and acting as an advocate for the establishment of effective regional Indigenous organisations |
| Ian Norman Davies | For service to the community, particularly through the Victims of Crime Association in Queensland |
| Herbert Henry Dawson | For service to country music |
| Professor Michael Antony Denborough | For service to medicine, medical research and education, and to the community |
| William Bruce Dureau | For service to international relations, particularly through promoting Australia's bilateral relationship with Japan and Indonesia |
| Donald John Durie | For service to the community, particularly through Rotary International |
| John Anthony Eales | For service to Rugby Union football, particularly as captain of the Wallabies, and to the community |
| Wendy Sylvia Faulkes | For service to the community through the implementation of alternative dispute resolution programmes |
| Peter James Ferris | For service to community health as an administrator |
| Brian Fisher | For service to children with hearing impairments through enhancing and developing education and audiology services |
| Frank John Ford | For service to the development of the performing arts in South Australia as a director, playwright, administrator and educator |
| Colin James Fuller | For service to the development of the Northern Territory through the provision of infrastructure, land management, conservation and tourism projects |
| Captain Robert John Garven | For service to the Salvation Army, and as a senior chaplain of the New South Wales Fire Brigades |
| Robert James Gear | For service to surf lifesaving in Queensland, and to the community |
| Dr Francis Bathurst Halliday | For service to medicine in the field of ophthalmology, particularly in the area of retinal dystrophy, and in the establishment of the Genetic Eye Foundation |
| Dr Keith Wallington Hills Harris, ED | For service to medicine and to public health, particularly the prevention of tuberculosis in Australia and overseas, and to the community |
| Dr William John Hartley | For services to veterinary pathology and the investigation of wildlife diseases |
| Richard Gilbert Mungo Harvey | For service to primary industry in the fields of animal and plant pest control, and land management |
| Ronald George Harvey, CVO | For service to the promotion of basketball in Australia |
| Dr Dorothy Helena Herbert | For service to rural medicine through the Royal Flying Doctor Service, and to aviation through the Australian Women Pilots' Association |
| Richard Gadsden Hicks | For service to medical service in the field of neurophysiology |
| Francis George Hodgkinson | For service to the visual arts |
| Dr Michael John Hind Hodgson | For service to medicine and medical education, particularly in the field of anaesthetics, and to hospital administration |
| Patricia Margaret Howard | For service to the community, particularly the care of children through the organisation, Accepting Children Everywhere. |
| Allan John Hoy | For service to the media through the promotion of local and regional television services, and to the community |
| Beverley Ann Hunt | For service to community health, particularly through the Breast Cancer Support Service |
| Graeme Spence Irvine | For service to international humanitarian aid through World Vision International |
| Kerry William James | For service to the community, particularly through fundraising for medical research |
| Douglas Samuel Jones, RFD | For service to the law, particularly in the field of construction law, and to the development of arbitration and alternative dispute resolution methods |
| Donald Gordon Keith | For service to primary industry as an apiarist |
| Emeritus Professor Jiro Kikkawa | For service to ecological research, to conservation and to the ornithology of Australian tropical rainforests |
| Dr Richard John Kimber | For service to medicine, particularly in the field of haematology, and to the Australian Red Cross Society |
| Margaret Langley | For service to education through the Marbury School in South Australia |
| Dr Gary Robert Lillicrap | For service to the development of ophthalmology services in North Queensland, to the Trachoma and Eye Health Programme for Indigenous People, and to the community |
| Mary Catherine Lopez | For service to the performing arts and to the development of talented young Australian entertainers |
| Dr Gerhart Lowenthal | For service to science, particularly in the field of radioisotope metrology, and to adult education |
| Edward Stanislaus Madden | For service to the community through the Australian Volunteer Coast Guard Association |
| Associate Professor Donald Roger Marshall | For service to medicine, particularly in the field of plastic and reconstructive surgery, and to Interplast |
| The Reverend John Edward Mavor | For service to the Uniting Church in Australia, and to the international community through Austcare and the Australian Council for Overseas Aid |
| Robert John Mayo | For service to surf lifesaving in South Australia |
| Ernest McCain | For service to the furnishing manufacturing industry |
| Paul Matthew McGrath | For service to shipping through the Australian Maritime Safety Authority |
| Ross David McKinnon | For service to horticulture, particularly as the curator in charge of the Brisbane Botanic Gardens, and to the Australian nursery and garden media industries |
| Audrey Emma McLaughlin | For service to softball as a player, coach and administrator |
| James Donald Merralls, QC | For service to the judiciary and to the legal profession as the editor of the Commonwealth Law Reports |
| Richard John Mills | For service to music, particularly as a composer |
| Dr Cathryn Jean Mittelheuser | For service to women, particularly through the Lyceum Club |
| Dr Patricia Sue Morey | For service to the development and promotion of improved public health services |
| Elsie Jean Morison-Kubelik | For service to music as an opera singer |
| Michael Matthew Moroney | For service to the community of Tamworth |
| John Arthur Moule | For service to the Association for the Blind, and to the community |
| Raymond John Norman | For service to the community through youth, sporting and health organisations |
| Phyllis Mary Norton | For service to the community of Snug |
| Emeritus Professor Coleman Anthony O'Flaherty | For service to tertiary education, and to the community |
| Professor Archibald Robert Oliver | For service to engineering education and research, particularly in the fields of timber drying processes, aerodynamics and fluid mechanics |
| Dr Suzanne Mary Packer | For service to child welfare, to paediatric medicine and to the community |
| The Reverend Thomas Ian Paxton | For service to the community, particularly in the area of aged care services |
| Kenneth Ernest Pech | For service to local government in Western Australia |
| Anthony Mark Perich | For service to the community through charitable organisations |
| John Vincent Plunkett | For service to business and industry through the promotion of technological innovation |
| Paul Crispin Rigby | For service to the newspaper industry as an editorial cartoonist |
| Gwendoline Blanche Roderick | For service to women, particularly through the National Council of Women of Australia |
| Christopher John Roper | For service to the development of continuing legal education |
| Joyce Ross | For service to the visual and performing arts in South Australia |
| Ronald John Rowland | For service to the pharmaceutical industry, and to the community |
| Adjunct Professor Walter George Ryan | For service to civil engineering, particularly in the area of concrete technology, and to people with disabilities through INALA |
| Dr Kay Elizabeth Bass Saunders | For service to Australian history as a scholar, author and commentator on social issues |
| Roy Trevor Schmidt | For service to the Royal Agricultural Society of New South Wales |
| John Fraser Sewell | For service to the community, to the Australian seed industry, and to local government |
| Professor Maria Skyllas-Kazacos | For service to science and technology, particularly in the development of the Vanadium Redox Battery as an alternative power source |
| Brian John Smithies | For service to the Tasmanian dairy industry |
| Kathryn Kaye Spence | For service to neo-natal nursing, particularly through education programmes and professional associations |
| Kathleen Dolores Stanton | For service to sports administration through Sport SA and as a member of state and federal sporting organisations |
| Jennifer Gay Stanzel | For service to people with disabilities, particularly through the organisation, Information on Disability Equipment Access and Services Inc. (IDEAS) |
| Peter Raymond Abercron Stapleton | For service to surf lifesaving in Australia and overseas |
| Dr Antanas Vytautas (Tony) Stepanas | For service to medicine in the field of endocrinology and to the development of diabetic patient support services |
| Joan Ellen Stevenson | For service to youth through Guides Australia, and to women's organisations |
| Susan Virginia Taylor | For service to sport, particularly netball, as an administrator, umpire, coach and player |
| Dr Diana Marmion Temple | For service to medical and scientific research, particularly in the field of respiratory pharmacology, as an advocate for the role of women in science and in promoting an understanding of science by the general public |
| Margaret Johnstone (Renee) Thonard | For service to community health, particularly to people with multiple sclerosis in South Australia |
| Denis Vivian Campbell Tricks | For service to the community, particularly through the Hugh Williamson Foundation |
| Dr David Ian Tudehope | For service to medicine, particularly in the field of neo-natal paediatrics, and to the Multidisciplinary Growth and Development Clinic |
| Edward Turner | For service to the community, particularly through advocacy for aged people |
| Esme Catherine Tyson | For service to the community through the Alice Springs Women's Shelter |
| Carmelo Lino Vella | For service to the Maltese community as a newspaper editor |
| Dr Winifred Lily Ward | For service to the community of the Illawarra region |
| Emeritus Professor Harold Whitmore | For service to administrative law in Australia |
| Samson Shu Leung Wong | For service to the community and to multiculturalism in the ACT region |
| Dr Barry George Wren | For service to medicine and women's health, particularly in the fields of hormone replacement therapy and research into menopause |
| Dr Jacobus Hubertus Wynhoven | For service to engineering and the promotion and application of technological innovation |

#### Military Division

| Branch | Recipient | Citation |
| Navy | Captain Nigel McMurry Carson | For exceptional service to the Royal Australian Navy, particularly as the Chief Staff Officer of the Royal Australian Navy's Test, Evaluation and Acceptance Authority |
| Navy | Commodore Garvon Paul Kable | For exceptional service to the Royal Australian Navy and to the Australian Defence Force as the Head of the Australian Defence Staff, London, and as the Director General Maritime Development in the Australian Defence Headquarters |
| Navy | Rear Admiral John Robert Lord | For exceptional service to the Royal Australian Navy and to the Australian Defence Force as the Commodore Flotillas at Maritime Command Headquarters, and as the Commander, Northern Command |
| Army | Colonel Wayne Thomas Bowen, SC | For exceptional service to the Australian Army in the field of land force development and as the Commanding Officer of the 5th/7th Battalion of the Royal Australian Regiment |
| Army | Principal Chaplain John Raymond Butler | For exceptional service to the Australian Army as the Senior Chaplain of Land Command at Land Headquarters, and as the Principal Chaplain - Army |
| Army | Brigadier Neil David Graham | For exceptional service to the Australian Army in the field of material procurement, management and development |
| Army | Lieutenant Colonel David Lindsay Morrison | For exceptional service to the Australian Army as the Brigade Major of the 3rd Brigade, as the Staff Officer Grade One Preparedness and Mobilisation at Army Headquarters, and as the Commanding Officer of the 2nd Battalion of the Royal Australian Regiment |
| Army | Professor Karl Heinz Rieckmann | For exceptional service to the Australian Army and to the Australian Defence Force in the field of malaria research, and as the Director of the Australian Army Malaria Institute |
| Army | Brigadier Jeffrey Bruce Wilkinson | For exceptional service to the Australian Defence Force in command, regimental and staff appointments, particularly as the Command of the Logistics Support Force and Commander of the Australian Service Contingent, Bougainville |
| Air Force | Wing Commander Christopher Lawrence Deeble | For exceptional service to the Royal Australian Air Force in the fields of project development and operations |
| Air Force | Air Commodore Raymond John Gibson | For exceptional service to the Royal Australian Air Force as the Director of Air Force Planning, and as the Chief of Support at Headquarters Air Command |

### Medal (OAM)
#### General Division

| Recipient | Citation |
| June Patricia Adams | For service to the community of the Tumut Shire |
| Sister Josephine Mary Agnew | For service to nursing, particularly through the Mater Private Hospital |
| John Anagnostou | For service to the Greek community and to veterans through the Greek Sub-Branch of the Returned and Services League of Australia |
| Carmelita Bestil Anderson | For service to women's lawn bowls |
| June May Angus | For service to the community through the NSW Branch of the Presbyterian Women's Association |
| Henri Walter Aram | For service to the community and to improving public awareness and understanding of the principles of finance and investment |
| Haneef Badrudeen | For service to Australian Asian relations through the Sri Lankan and Indian communities, and for services to the Australian Muslim community |
| Dolores Ball | For service to the community as founder of the Renal and Pancreas Transplant Support Group |
| Phyllis Margaret Bannan | For service to the care and support of people with intellectual disabilities in South Australia |
| Roy Charles Barber | For service to veterans and their families, particularly through the POW Association and the TPI Association in Tasmania |
| Barbara May Barnes | For service to the community and to youth through the Bankstown Youth Foundation |
| Margaret Clare Barrie | For service to youth through Guides Australia |
| Charles Robertson Barton | For service to the promotion of Australian classical composers and performers as programmer, on-air presenter and producer |
| Reuben Roy Basham | For service to veterans and to the community |
| Peter Francis Batey | For service to the arts as a producer and director, and to the community |
| Reginald Ryan Baxter | For service to the Lismore community, particularly through sporting groups and local government |
| Janet Alison Beckman | For service to the community, particularly through library services and animal welfare |
| Christine Elizabeth Berry | For service to animal welfare, particularly through the Donkey Society of New South Wales |
| Kaye Lesley Birkbeck | For service to the welfare of children as a foster parent |
| Emma Marie Blackhurst | For service to the community of Dunsborough |
| Dr John (Hans) Bollig | For service to the community, particularly in the areas of aged care and youth development |
| Walter Spencer Bough | For service to the community of Cheltenham |
| Councillor Sylvia Janet Brandenburg | For service to local government, to regional development, and to the community of the Lake Grace district |
| Janine Minna Bravery | For service to the visual arts |
| William Brown | For service to the community through the Victorian State Emergency Service |
| Dr Anthony Roland Buhagiar | For service to medicine in the field of general practice, and to the Maltese community |
| Arthur William Bullen | For service to youth, particularly through scouting and junior rugby union football |
| Dianne Marie Burge | For service to community health, particularly through the Arthritis Foundation of South Australia |
| George Alfred Burne | For service to the Australian film industry as a cinematographer |
| Jack Butcher | For service to the community through brass bands and choirs |
| Doris Marjorie Byrne | For service to the community of Allora and district |
| Michael John Byrnes | For service to surf lifesaving |
| Ronald John Cahill | For service to the community through charitable organisations, and to the law |
| Dr Robert Norman Castle | For service to the community of Stawell as a general practitioner |
| Clifford Ernest Chamberlain | For service to the community of Albury-Wodonga and to the preservation of local history |
| Richard Thomas Chant | For service to the community of North Queensland as a sports commentator |
| Kevin Chapman | For service to the media as a parliamentary broadcaster, and to the community |
| Russell William Clark | For service to the community through the Port Fairy Folk Festival, and to local government |
| Dr Miles De Courcy Clarke | For service to the community, particularly through St John Ambulance |
| Alice Lillian Coleman | For service to the community of the Atherton Tablelands |
| Dr Stephen Clive Cox | For service to oral health programmes through the United Mission to Nepal |
| June Alison Craw | For service to arts administration through the Queensland Theatre Company |
| Elizabeth Martin Crichton | For service to the community of Nyngan |
| Aldo Arthur Crotti | For service to the community as a philanthropist |
| Charles Lawrence Curley | For service to charitable organisations within Australia and overseas |
| Gary John Cuthbert | For service to youth through sport |
| Captain Jack Kenneth Davenport | For service to aviation safety |
| Richard Hasse Davis | For service to tourism, particularly through the Caravan Parks Association of South Australia |
| Elizabeth Mary Davis | For service to the community, particularly through the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney |
| Aris Egbertus de Jong | For service to conservation, to environmental education, and to entomology |
| Selby Verdon Dean, DCM | For service to local government and to the community |
| Lynda Susan Dean | For service to the tea tree industry and to the community |
| Kevin John Dent | For service to the community, particularly through the New South Wales State Emergency Service |
| Roslyn Marion Derrett | For service to regional cultural development and to tourism |
| Maurice George Dick | For service to veterans and their families through the Limbless Soldiers’ Association of Australia |
| Donald Charles Dickson | For service to veterans, and to the community of Brunswick Heads |
| Joan Ffoukes Doney | For service to the conservation of Australian native plants |
| Dorothy Marion Douglas | For service to the community, particularly through the Salvation Army and St John Ambulance and various fundraising activities |
| James William Dryden | For service to youth through the Scout Association and Guides Australia |
| Douglas George Dufty | For service to marine rescue and boating safety |
| William Henry Dunn | For service to the Penrith community |
| Henry William Dunn | For services to the community and to veterans |
| Dr Arthur James Dyer | For service to amateur theatre |
| Dr Bruce Berkeley Edelman | For service to the community and to local government |
| Alfred William Eden | For service to the communities of Portarlington and the Bellarine Peninsula |
| Bruce William Edmunds | For service to sailing |
| Stanley John Edwards | For service to the community of Dunsborough |
| Angelo Efstathis, CBE | For service to the community as a philanthropist |
| Ronald Charles Ellis | For service to the Australian Red Cross Society, particularly through the development of fundraising services |
| Dr Ernest Bert England | For service to community health, particularly through the Australian Rotary Health Research Fund |
| Francis Campbell Evans | For service to the community of Cessnock, particularly through scouting and the Lions Club |
| Miles Farmer | For service to people with disabilities through the Riding for the Disabled Association |
| Elaine Kaye Farmer | For service to surf lifesaving |
| Graeme Arthur Ferguson | For service to people with visual impairments |
| Gunhilde Leopoldine Ferris | For service to classical dance as a teacher and performer |
| Henry Leslie Firth | For service to motor racing as a driver, team manager and engineer |
| Helen Elizabeth Fletcher | For service to people with disabilities through the Aid and Recreation Association for the Disabled |
| Ruth Ann Fletcher | For service to youth through Guides Australia |
| Olive Jacqueline Jean Fowler | For service to the community of Camden |
| Michael William Fraser | For service to local government and to the community |
| Walter Robert Freeman | For service to the community through establishing Probus Clubs, particularly in the Central North Coast Region |
| John Edward Frost | For service to the performing arts |
| Kenneth Frederick Gardiner | For service to the welfare of veterans and aged people |
| Sidney Milton Garland | For service to the community through the Canterbury Bankstown Leagues Club |
| William Edward Gaynor, RFD | For service to surf lifesaving |
| Dr Laurence Edwin Georgeson | For service to the community, particularly through the Australian Red Cross |
| Dr Arthur Malcolm Gill | For service to scientific research into bushfires and their effects on the environment |
| Irene Stella Gillard | For service to veterans, and to the performing arts |
| Lyall Leslie Gillespie, ISO | For service to the community, particularly through the research and documentation of the history of the Canberra region |
| Leonard Matthew Gleeson | For service to the grain industry in Western Australia, and to the community |
| Bernie Gold | For service to the Jewish community and to sport through Maccabi Australia |
| Ethel Verna Goodman | For service to the community of Albany, particularly through the preservation and restoration of the National Trust property “Old Farm Strawberry Hill” |
| Lynette Beverley Gray | For service to baton twirling as a coach and administrator |
| Kenneth Donald Green | For service to youth, particularly through the Naval Reserve Cadets |
| Beverley Joy Greet | For service to community health, particularly to women with HIV/AIDS |
| Doris Lillian Gribble | For service to the community, particularly aged people |
| Clive Mayor Hall | For service to the wool industry and futures trading, and to the community |
| Reverend Dr Allen Harry Hall | For service to bilingual education programmes and the translation of Aboriginal languages |
| Lady April Felicity Hamer | For service to the community through charitable organisations |
| Harry Ronald Harborne | For service to the community of Moree |
| Warren James Harris | For service to the community of Burnie, particularly through the Lions Club |
| Clive Andrew Hartcher | For service to the paint industry through the development of polymers and coatings for specific industrial use |
| Barbara Jean Hebden | For service to the promotion of music and the performing arts in Queensland |
| James Haig Henderson | For service to former members of No 10 Repair and Salvage Unit and their families |
| Michael Conway Hendrikson | For service to the craft of wheelwrighting |
| Michael John Hennessey | For service to the community, particularly through the Granville Train Disaster Memorial Committee |
| Norman Hibbert | For service as a fundraiser and supporter of community and charitable organisations |
| Robert Martin Hitchcock | For service to Rugby Union football, particularly as coach of the Australian Rugby Union Women's team |
| June Ellen Holdsworth | For service to the community of Camden |
| Richard Alan Holland | For service to community health, particularly as a carer for people with HIV/AIDS |
| Jessica Millicent Horder | For service to people with disabilities through Riding for the Disabled |
| Sister Mary Alphonsus Horgan | For service to music education |
| John Edward Hughes, APM | For service to the community |
| Stanley Hunt | For service to the Chinese community |
| Reverend Richard Warwick Hurford | For service to the Grafton community through the Anglican Church |
| James Husband, BEM | For service to the welfare of veterans and their families through the 7th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment Association |
| John Williss Hutchinson | For service to the wool industry, particularly as a shearing instructor and coordinator of training |
| Dr Elizabeth Rae Jane | For service to medicine in the field of general practice, and to the community through Soroptimist International |
| John William Johnston | For service to the community of Scone |
| Alwynne Beryl Jona | For service to the community through the Victorian Association for the Blind |
| Elaine Jones | For service to the community of Narrabri |
| Wlodzimierz Anthony Jucha | For service to veterans and their families, particularly through the Polish Ex-Servicemen's Association and the 8th Battalion Association |
| Despina Kalaf | For service to the Greek community |
| John Maxwell Kidd | For service to the community, particularly youth, and to Rugby Union football |
| Susanne Gay King | For service to squash |
| Dr Robert Peter Knight | For service to the development of veterinary services in the community of Terang and Noorat |
| Matti Allan Kolkka | For service to surf lifesaving |
| Maria Krupska | For service to the Polish community |
| Leonard Bruce Kubbere | For service to the community and to tourism through the establishment of the Featherdale Wildlife Park |
| Esme Lane | For service to youth through the scouting movement |
| Harold Murray Lang | For service to local government and to the community |
| John Harold Albert Lang | For service to the community through charitable and service organisations |
| Kevin Raymond Langdon | For service to the community through the Motor Neurone Disease Association of New South Wales |
| Betty Irene Lawrence | For service to the community of Red Cliffs |
| Sylvia May Le Marquand | For service to youth through Guides Australia, and to the community |
| Claire Elizabeth Lee | For service to the St Mary's Polio Rehabilitation Centre in Andra Pradesh, India, as a missionary and physiotherapist |
| Philip Leong | For service to the community of Townsville |
| Basil Richard Lewers | For service to recreational and sport fishing |
| David Barton Lewis | For service to Rugby Union football |
| Robert Alfred Little | For service to surf lifesaving |
| Malcolm David Little | For service to the community |
| Malcolm Reid Lobsey | For service to the community and to local government |
| Jack Kingsley Looney | For service to veterans and to the community |
| Dr Peter Robin Macneil | For service to rural medicine, and to community health |
| John Richard Maidment | For service to Australia's cultural heritage through the Organ Historical Trust of Australia |
| Tamara Makeev | For service to the Russian Orthodox community, and to the Ethnic Communities Council of the ACT |
| Marie Amy Manning | For service to the development of community information services in South Australia |
| Adrian Edward Mannix | For service to the communities of Drysdale and the Bellarine Peninsula |
| Stephen John Mason | For service to veterans as editor of the Australian Special Wireless Group Association newsletter |
| Linda Doone Mayne | For service to people with disabilities through the Sunshine Welfare and Remedial Association |
| John Anthony McAuliffe | For service to junior surf lifesaving, and to lawn tennis |
| George McBride | For service to the community through the Lions Club and Meals on Wheels |
| Bettine Patricia McCaughan | For service to the arts, particularly as a teacher of voice |
| Ronald David McClure | For service to the sugar cane industry, particularly in the Mackay region |
| Craig John McDermott | For service to cricket and to the community |
| Bevan John McDonald | For service to the community through the Salvation Army and Rotary |
| Albert Louis McDonell | For service to veterans and to the community |
| Graeme McGee | For service to the community, particularly through Fire and Emergency Services, and to competitive long bore shooting events |
| Shauna Fogarty McGilvray | For service to the community through the Graffiti Alert Project and the Legal Arts Crew |
| Annette Jean McGuiness | For service to community health, and to the welfare of the people of Wedge Island |
| Cleveland John (Toby) McLeish | For service to the community, particularly as bandmaster of the Cowra Band |
| Roslyn Anne McLeod | For service to the tourism industry, particularly through the promotion of Australian venues and facilities for conferences and meetings |
| Roy Anthony Peter Medich | For service to the community through fund raising |
| Robert John Meehan | For service to Vietnam veterans and to the preservation of military history |
| Giuseppe Gianfranco Merizzi | For service to the Italian community |
| Robert John Middleton | For service to lawn bowls |
| William George Dyer Middleton | For service to conservation and the environment, and to land management |
| Graeme Allan Millar | For service to the community of Gisborne |
| John Antill Millett | For service to literature as editor of Poetry Australia |
| Elizabeth Milnes | For service to pioneering and facilitating the development and infrastructure of Alice Springs |
| Ethel May Mitchell | For service to the Uniting Church in Australia (Victorian Synod) and to the community |
| Warren John Mitchell | For service to surf lifesaving through the development and introduction of the inflatable rescue boat (IRB) |
| Eric George Molyneux | For service to veterans, particularly through the 2/43rd Battalion Association and the 10th Field Regiment Association |
| Olive Marie Mulholland | For service to the community through welfare organisations of the Catholic Church |
| Jean Estelle Neilson | For service to secondary education through the development of innovative programmes for girls, and to the community |
| Gwendoline Newitt | For service to the community of Sorrell |
| Stanley Alfred Newman | For service to the community, particularly through arts organisations, and to local government |
| Jack Thomas Newman | For service to the community through the St Giles Society, and to architecture |
| Ann Elizabeth Nichol | For service to aged care and to community health organisations |
| Edna Louie Florence Norton-Baker | For service to the community as a fundraiser |
| John Charles O'Donnell | For service to the performing arts, particularly through the Cairns Choral Society and the North Queensland Eisteddfod Council |
| Richard Quin O'Neill | For service to the community, particularly through the Murgon Local Ambulance Committee |
| Alma Doris O'Rourke | For service to nursing, particularly aged care |
| Joseph Thaddeus O'Sullivan, OBE | For service to the community, particularly through the Australian-Irish Heritage Association, the Perth Centre of International Pen and the W B Yeats Society |
| Jillian Anne Munro Nivison Oppenheimer | For service to heritage conservation and the environment, particularly through the National Trust of Australia (New South Wales) |
| Kenneth Paul Owens | For service to the community of Redhead |
| Daniel William Page | For service to the community of Blanchetown |
| Thelma Ann Parish | For service to the community, particularly to children with intellectual disabilities and their families |
| Albert Graham Parish | For service to the community, particularly to children with intellectual disabilities and their families |
| Frank Passalaqua | For service to the community of Guildford |
| Raymond Passmore | For service to veterans and to the community |
| Henry John Paternoster | For service to cricket and to the community |
| Francis William Pengelly | For service to lawn bowls and to the community |
| Rosemary Jean Penn | For service to visually impaired people, particularly through the South Australian Blind Cricket Club |
| Ann Penny | For service to ex-servicewomen and to the community |
| Shirley Dawn Penny | For service to the community of Mildura and district |
| Brian Neville Phemister | For service to the community through the New South Wales Retired Commissioned Officers’ Association |
| Richard Robert Phillips | For service to the preservation of Australia's military history and heritage |
| Stanley Robert Ping | For service to the community and to local government |
| Sister Camille Poidevine | For service to community health and to music education |
| John Crichton Polack | For service to the community, particularly to aged care |
| The Reverend Joyce Sylvia Polson | For service to the community through the Anglican Church |
| Norman Geoffrey Poulter | For service to conservation and the environment, particularly through the Speleological Research Group of Western Australia |
| Fofy Prouzos | For service to the Greek community |
| John Adrian Pulbrook | For service to the community of Morawa |
| Colleen Mary Pyne | For service to education, and to the establishment of the North Australia Research Unit |
| Mavis Irene Quartermaine | For service to youth through Guides Australia, and to the Eastern Goldfields Historical Society |
| Elaine Phyllis Quickenden | For service to the environment through the Lamington Natural History Association |
| Frederick Ernest Raffo | For service to youth and to veterans |
| Eileen Patricia Redrup | For service to the community through charitable organisations |
| Alan John Rees | For service to youth, particularly through the Australian Services Cadet Scheme |
| Dr Edgar Richard Reid | For service to community medicine as a general practitioner, to veterans and to sporting groups |
| George Percy Reid | For service to the community, particularly through the Coleambally Rescue Service and the Murrumbidgee Shire Bushfire Service |
| Richard David Richmond Rex, BEM | For service to veterans and their families |
| Joy Rice | For service to the community, particularly through the Radar Air Defence Branch of the Royal Australian Air Force Association |
| Lyal Gordon Richardson | For service to local government and to the community |
| Jean Ivy Lucy Roberts | For service to women in South Australia through the National Council of Women and the Churches of Christ |
| The Reverend Father John Brendan Rogers | For service to the community, and to veterans and their families |
| Robert George Romanes | For service to the community through the Recreation Industry Council of Australia |
| Russell Sidney Ronan | For service to the community, particularly through Ballina Tidy Towns and Riding for the Disabled |
| John Duncan Ross | For service to tourism and to charitable organisations |
| Francis Thomas Rowell | For service to veterans |
| Desmond John Rundle | For service to cricket administration |
| Douglas John Rymer | For service to veterans and to the community |
| Mavis Jean Salisbury | For service to the preservation and recording of community history |
| Evelyn Margaret Scott | For service to children with intellectual disabilities, particularly through the ACT Down Syndrome Association |
| Dr Dorothy Scott | For service to the discipline of social welfare through research and education, and to the development of specialist support services in the areas of ante- and post-natal depression and child abuse and neglect |
| Walter Batchelor Scott-Smith | For service to youth through the Scout Association of Australia, and to the community |
| John William Seager | For service to veterans through the New South Wales section of the Naval Association and the Submariners’ Association of Australia |
| Helen Audrey Ray Searle | For service to athletics as a coach, administrator and competitor |
| Christopher Sheed | For service to conservation and to the preservation of old growth forests |
| Donald Herbert Sheffield | For service to the Institute of Municipal Engineering Australia |
| Councillor Anthony John Sheridan | For service to local government |
| Caroline Elisabeth Oswald Simpson | For service to the conservation of Australian heritage |
| Bessie Sledge | For service to conservation and the environment through the Cooleman Ridge Parkcare Group |
| Gwendoline Betty Small | For service to the community, particularly through the Raymond Terrace Ladies’ Bowling Club |
| George Smith | For service to the welfare of veterans through the 7th Australian Division Association and the 2/25th Field Regiment Association |
| Harry Smith | For service to aged people, and to sport |
| Gavin John Staines | For service to music education, particularly through school and community bands |
| Giovanni (John) Stefanelli | For service to the community through business and service organisations |
| Margaret Frances Stevens | For service to the community of Roebourne, particularly through the Pilbara Aboriginal Church |
| David George Stevens | For service to THE COMMUNITY OF ROEBOURNE, PARTICULARLY THROUGH THE PILBARA ABORIGINAL CHURCH. OAM S16 1999 |
| Maxwell Alan Wyndham Stone | For service to the community of Broadmeadows, and to local government |
| Philip Gordon Swan | For service to the community, particularly children, as a Primary School Chaplain |
| Mabel Dowling Taylor | For service to the community of Ballarat |
| Clifford Frank Theilley | For service to cricket through the Adelaide and Suburban Cricket Association |
| Zillah Helen Thomas | For service to the community of Katanning, particularly through the Good Samaritan Industries |
| Enid Sydney Thompson | For service to the community, particularly through the Schizophrenia Fellowship of Victoria |
| Joseph Thomsen | For service to veterans and to the community |
| Moya Margaret Turner | For service to the community of Penrith |
| Leonard James Turner, MBE | For service to veterans through the Western Australian Branch of the Returned and Services League of Australia |
| Carole Turner | For service to the community, particularly through the Fairfield Community Aid and Information Service |
| Frank Samuel Van Straten | For service to the performing arts as a historian, museum director and radio broadcaster |
| Walter Rhodes Varley | For service to veterans through the 2/1st Australian Armoured Brigade Reconnaissance Squadron Association |
| Joan Margaret Vaughan | For service to the community, particularly through surf lifesaving |
| Peter Anthony Vodic | For service to the mining industry, and to the community of Broken Hill |
| Dr William Downing Walker | For service to overseas medical aid programmes through Interplast |
| John William Walker | For service to local government and to the community |
| Helen Jean Walker | For service to the community, particularly aged people |
| Jozef Waclaw Wasiel | For service to the Polish community |
| Agnes Irene Webb | For service to the community, particularly through the United Hospital Auxiliaries |
| Kim West | For service to the community through Life Education Victoria |
| Penelope Jane White | For service to veterans as a physiotherapist |
| Alexander Geoffrey Duckett White | For service to the community through the Vincent Fairfax Family Foundation |
| Cynthia Joan Williams | For service to the community of Guyra |
| Mary Louise Willsallen | For service to the sport of carriage driving, particularly through the Equestrian Federation of Australia and the Australian Driving Society |
| Shirley Cameron Wilson | For service to the community, particularly through art organisations |
| Harold Woodward | For service to youth through scouting, and to the community |
| Bryan Åland Woolcock | For service to veterinary science, and to the community |
| Ernest Eric Zillmann | For service to the observation, recording and promotion of Australia's natural history |

#### Military Division

| Branch | Recipient | Citation |
| Navy | Chief Petty Officer David Wayne Gayford | For meritorious service to the Royal Australian Navy while serving in the Directorate of Naval Warfare |
| Navy | Petty Officer Gary Richard Meehan | For meritorious service to the Royal Australian Navy in the field of community service |
| Army | Warrant Officer Class One Kenneth Allan Golden | For meritorious service to the Australian Army as the Squadron Sergeant Major of the 30th Terminal Squadron, as the Regimental Sergeant Major of the 9th Transport Regiment, and as the Regimental Sergeant Major of the Logistic Support Team |
| Army | Warrant Officer Class One Warren Kelvin Knight | For meritorious service to the Australian Army as the Trade Repair Warrant Officer, Port Moresby Workshop, Papua New Guinea, as the Artificer Sergeant Major at the Defence National Storage and Distribution Centre, and as the Artificer Sergeant Major of the 1st Combat Engineer Regiment |
| Army | Major Allan Frederick Monaghan | For meritorious service to the Australian Army in the field of personnel administration, particularly as the Staff Officer Grade Two Honours and Awards, Army |
| Army | Major Bruce Graeme O'Connor | For meritorious service to the Australian Army while serving with the 1st Commando Regiment |
| Army | Major Andrew Michael Pedrazzini | For meritorious service to the Australian Defence Force in the field of computer networking |
| Air Force | Warrant Officer Robert Rein Paarson | For meritorious service to the Royal Australian Air Force in the field of logistics operations |