The 1976 Australia Day Honours were announced on 26 January 1976 by the Governor General of Australia, Sir John Kerr.
The Australia Day Honours are the first of the two major annual honours lists, announced on Australia Day (26 January), with the other being the Queen's Birthday Honours which are announced on the second Monday in June.
| Recipient | Citation | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Sir Bernard Thomas Heinze | For eminent achievement and merit of the highest degree in the field of music. | [1] |
| Ronald Gordon Jackson | For eminent achievement and merit of the highest degree in the fields of industry and business management. | |
| For eminent achievement and merit of the highest degree in the field of education. | ||
| For eminent achievement and merit of the highest degree in the fields of the arts and public service and in particular, to the development of library based information systems. | ||
| For eminent achievement and merit of the highest degree in services to Australian Universities and to the study of the Humanities. |
| Recipient | Citation | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Arthur Bassingthwaite | For distinguished service of a high degree in the field of primary industry. | |
| Harold Leigh Beaney | For distinguished public service of a high degree. | |
| Jean Edna Blackburn | For distinguished service of a high degree to education. | |
| John Frederick Joseph Cade | For distinguished service of a high degree in the field of medicine. | |
| Edward John Carey | For distinguished public service of a high degree. | |
| Thomas Kingston Critchley | For distinguished public service of a high degree. | |
| Ronald Dowd | For distinguished service of a high degree to opera. | |
| Arthur Frederik Alan Harper | For distinguished public service of a high degree in the field of metric conversion. | |
| Clem Jones | For distinguished service of a high degree in the fields of public service and local government. | |
| Menzie Lipson | For distinguished service of a high degree to science, particularly in the field of wool textile research. | |
| Alan McLeod McCulloch | For distinguished service of a high degree in the artistic field, particularly in the promotion of art and as an art historian. | |
| Donald Metcalf | For distinguished service of a high degree to medical research. | |
| Raymond Milton Moore | For distinguished service of a high degree to science, particularly in the field of ecology. | |
| John Wesley Poulton | For distinguished service of a high degree to the electrical industry. | |
| William Cropley Radford | For distinguished service of a high degree to education. | |
| Tulloch Llewelyn Roberts | For distinguished service of a high degree to the community and in the field of primary industry. | |
| Ian Wotton Allnutt Shevill | For distinguished service of a high degree to the community. | |
| Donald John George Strang | For distinguished service of a high degree to commerce and in the field of industrial relations. | |
| Wilfrid Coad Thomas | For distinguished service of a high degree to the media, particularly in the field of radio broadcasting. | |
| Wilfred Asquith Townsley | For distinguished academic service of a high degree. | |
| For distinguished academic service of a high degree, particularly in the fields of agriculture and education. | ||
| For distinguished service of a high degree in the field of science, particularly medical research. |
| Recipient | Citation | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| J.A.B. Cotsell | For distinguished service in responsible positions | |
| W.G. Henderson | ||
| J.C. Jordan | ||
| J.M.L. Macdonald | ||
| A.G. McFarlane | ||
| J.A. Munro | ||
| R. Noble | ||
| W.J. Norrie | ||
| F.S. Robey |
| Recipient | Citation | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Ronald George Bennett | For service to the community. | |
| Harold Blair | For service to the Aboriginal community and in the field of music. | |
| Lillian E. Caelli | For service to the community and in the field of sport. | |
| Gwenda Elaine Canning | For service in the field of nursing. | |
| Dudley John Carter | For service to youth. | |
| Kenneth Reuben Cavanough | For service to the community and to local government. | |
| Charles Henry Chiswell | For service to the community and local government. | |
| Frederick George Cottrell | For service to the welfare of ex-servicemen and women. | |
| Ray Neil Crawford | For service to sport of rodeo. | |
| Grace Crowley | For service to art. | |
| Matilda Christina de Vere | For service to the community. | |
| Lena Dobbin | For service to the community. | |
| Francis Patrick Donovan | For public service, particularly in the field of trade promotion. | |
| Brian Robinson Elliott | For academic service in the field of Australian literature. | |
| Richard Dyason Ferris | For service to medicine. | |
| John Allan Forbes | For service to medicine. | |
| Alan Charles Frost | For service to the community and local government. | |
| Richard Gaensler | For service to the community. | |
| Edwin Charles Gifford | For service to the community. | |
| Mary Elizabeth Gilchrist | For public service. | |
| Maxwell Alexander Gray | For service to youth. | |
| Alexander Morris Griffiths | For service to conservation. | |
| Keith John Griggs | For service to the community. | |
| Clarence Henry Hall | For service to the community and to local government. | |
| Raymond Hanson | For service to music. | |
| Sidney Jones Hayes | For service to the community, particularly in the field of sport. | |
| Sidney Frank Heaslip | For service to the community and in the field of primary industry. | |
| Vernon Clifford Henderson | For service to the community and local government. | |
| Olive Rosaine Hine | For service to the community. | |
| D'Arcy Kelly | For service to medicine and to the community. | |
| Lorna Ince King | For public service in the field of medicine. | |
| Albert Lacey | For service to the community. | |
| Donald Ernest Leggett | For service to the community and to local government. | |
| Catherine Agnes McEwan | For service to the community. | |
| Robert Bruce MacKenzie | For public service in the field of housing. | |
| Keith J. McKinnon | For service to the community. | |
| William James McLaren | For public service, particularly in association with the Darwin Relief Operation in 1974. | |
| Estelle Yvonne McMinn | For service to the community and to sport. | |
| Kathleen Jean Menzies | For service to the community. | |
| Lois O'Donoghue | For service to the Aboriginal community in South Australia. | |
| Trevor Brian Prescott | For service to commerce and to the community. | |
| Cecil John Seddon Purdy | For service to chess. | |
| Erwin Aladar Rado | For service to the film industry. | |
| Carl Edward Rector | For service to the community and to sport, particularly surf life-saving. | |
| Laurie Reece | For service in the field of Aboriginal studies. | |
| Hubert Staner Reilly | For service to the community. | |
| George Seelaf | For service to the community and to the trade union movement. | |
| James Wesley Blackwell Semple | For service to the community particularly youth. | |
| Vincent Serventy | For service to preservation, particularly in the field of the preservation of wildlife. | |
| John Shaw | For public service in the field of civil aviation. | |
| Leslie Rosemary Taylor | For service to the community and in the field of international relations. | |
| Maida Thomas | For service to the community. | |
| Gerorge Underwood | For public service and service to the community | |
| Margaret Joan Voller | For service to the community. | |
| Margaret Leitch Walker | For service to the community, particularly in the fields of child health and children's welfare. | |
| May Hilda Walsh | For service to the community. | |
| Horace Ward | For service to the community. | |
| Felix Werder | For service to music. | |
| Peter Whallin | For service to the hotel industry. | |
| James Arthur Joseph Wilson | For service to the community, particularly to youth. | |
| Norma Dorothy Young | For service to the community. |
| Recipient | Citation | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| J.E.S. Alwyn | For exceptional service or performance of duty. | |
| L.E.A. Bolden | ||
| L.D. Brown | ||
| R.O. Brown | ||
| G.P. Buckham | ||
| F.B. Cahill | ||
| G.P. Corlis | ||
| L.D. Durston | ||
| A.J. Elshaw | ||
| W.L. Garrad | ||
| S.A Hall | ||
| A.W. Hammett | ||
| D.V. Harper | ||
| R.J. Heffernan | ||
| R.W.H. Holister, | ||
| L.J. Irlam | ||
| D.R. Leslie | ||
| G.L. Mansford | ||
| R.A.H. McCluskey | ||
| G.J. Moore | ||
| P.F. Moravic | ||
| R.J. Morris | ||
| G.W. O'Brien | ||
| E. Pinoli | ||
| N. McN. Pollock | ||
| P.H.B. Pritchard | ||
| D.C.V Pye | ||
| R.J.L. Quirk | ||
| J.F. Reid | ||
| R.J. Rider | ||
| R.P. Rodriguez, | ||
| P.J. Short | ||
| E.C. Swinnerton | ||
| H. Taylor | ||
| I.A. Thomson | ||
| D. Waining | ||
| E.J. Walker | ||
| W.H. Wansley | ||
| J.B. Webster |