The 1985 Queen's Birthday Honours for Australia were announced on Monday 10 June 1985 by the office of the Governor-General.[1]
The Birthday Honours were appointments by some of the 16 Commonwealth realms of Queen Elizabeth II to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries. The Birthday Honours are awarded as part of the Queen's Official Birthday celebrations during the month of June.
| Recipient | Citation | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Anthony Joseph Ayers | For service to the development and implementation of administrative structures, systems and procedures | [2] |
| Duilio Barro | For service to the Italian community | |
| Professor David Parker Craig | For service to the community, particularly in the field of physical chemistry | |
| John Dowell Davies | For service to the arts | |
| Dr Eric Cunningham Dax | For service to medicine, particularly in the fields of psychiatry and mental health | |
| Dr Edgar John Donaldson | For service to ophthalmology, particularly in the field of retinal detachment surgery | |
| Professor Hugh Alexander Dunn | For services to the public service, particularly in the field of international relations and in the development of Australian relations with China | |
| Sister Fabian Elliott | For service to the community, particularly in the fields of hospitals and nursing | |
| James Herbert Forrest | For service to the community and to the legal profession | |
| Ray Gietzelt | For service to the trade union movement | |
| Dr Bryan Hudson | For service to medicine, particularly in the field of endocrinology | |
| Professor Helen Hughes-Dorrance | For service to international relations, particularly in the field of economics | |
| Donald Aitken Johnstone | For service to conservation | |
| Donald James Little | For public service, particularly in the field of engineering education | |
| John Laurence Menadue | For public service | |
| Raymond Ford Paley | For service to industry particularly private and public sector financial institutions and to the community | |
| Anthony John Walker Powell | For public service, particularly in the field of town planning | |
| Emeritus Professor Geoffrey Sawer | For service to learning in the field of law | |
| Dr Brian Walter Scott | For service to commerce particularly in the field of management consultancy | |
| John Hackman Sumner, | For service to theatre in Australia | |
| John Edward Truscott | For service to the arts, particularly in the field of theatre and film design | |
| Dr Howard Ernest Williams | For service to medicine particularly in the field of paediatrics | |
| Richard Arthur Woolcott | For public service as a diplomatic representative |
| Branch | Recipient | Citation | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Navy | Rear Admiral Ian Warren Knox | For service to the Australian Defence Force as Vice Chief of the Defence Force | |
| Army | Major General Barry Herbert Hockney | For service to the Australian Army, particularly in the field of personnel administration and policy | |
| Major General William Brian James, | For service to the Australian Army, medical services and as Director-General of Army Health Services | ||
| Air Force | Air Vice Marshal Raymond George Funnell | For service to the Royal Australian Air Force as Chief of the Air Staff | |
| Air Vice Marshal Edward Arundel Radford, | For service to the Royal Australian Air Force as Chief of Air Force Personnel |
| Recipient | Citation | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Leonard Lyof Amadio | For service to the arts, particularly as director of the SA Department of the Arts | |
| Marjory Alice Angas | For service to Aboriginal welfare | |
| Dr Patricia Marea Bale | For service to medicine, particularly in the field of histopathology | |
| Franco Belgiorno-Nettis, | For service to secondary industry and to the arts | |
| Dr Henry Joseph Blackmore | For service to the deaf and hearing impaired | |
| Walter Lewis Bridgland, | For service to the community | |
| George Julian Browning | For service to museums, particularly in the design and construction of dioramas | |
| Meryl Caldwell-Smith | For service to the community and nursing | |
| Clive Bernard Churchill | For service to sport, particularly rugby league football and to the community | |
| Douglas Harold Collett | For service to the wine industry | |
| Christopher Samuel Cullen | For service to industry, particularly in the field of commerce and to the community | |
| John Macdonald Davidson | For service to the profession of architecture | |
| Douglas Ian Donaldson | For service to the automotive industry | |
| Dr Peter Dunn | For services to the public service as a Defence scientist in the field of chemical research for Australia and UN organisations | |
| Dorothy Joan Durdin | For service to nursing education | |
| Doreen Josephine Eblen | For service to nursing, particularly with repatriation general hospitals | |
| Monsignor Paul El Khoury | For service to the Lebanese community | |
| Alexander George Everard | For service to the French community | |
| James Michael Bede Fitzpatrick | For public service, particularly as chairman of the Housing Loans Insurance Corporation | |
| Emeritus Professor Gustav Julius Fraenkel | For service in the field of medical education | |
| The Honourable Henry Bernard French | For service to the trade union movement | |
| Dr Bryan Harle Gandevia | For service to the Australian War Memorial and to the public service | |
| George Golla | For service to music | |
| The Reverend Dr Ian Hamilton Grimmett | For service to religion and to education, particularly as Master of Kings College University of Queensland | |
| Dr Elsie Harwood | For service to the welfare of the ageing | |
| Trevor Haworth | For service to the tourist industry | |
| Matthew Edward Heagney | For service in the field of industrial relations | |
| Dr Reginald William Hession | For service to the dental profession | |
| Irene Ellen Healy Hughes, | For service to the War Widow's Guild | |
| Patrick Michael Hurley | For public service, particularly with the South Australian Police Force | |
| Gilbert Wallace Jackson | For service to the community of Norfolk Island, particularly as a member of the Norfolk Island Legislative Assembly | |
| Claude Harold Kellion | For service to diabetic research particularly through the Kellion Diabetes Foundation | |
| Dr Hugh Daley Kennare | For public service particularly with the South Australian Dental Service | |
| John Michael Kerin | For service to primary industry, particularly in South Australia | |
| Leslie Ross Lester | For service to the insurance industry, particularly in relation to natural disaster relief | |
| Con Marinos | For service to the Greek community in Australia | |
| Ian George Martin | For service to industry particularly in the field of international trade | |
| John Eric McClelland | For service to hospital administration | |
| David James McGarry | For service to industry, particularly in the development of Australia's natural resources | |
| Clarice McNamara | For service to the community, particularly in the development of human relationships | |
| Donald James Munro | For service to the performing arts particularly as an administrator | |
| Francis Perry Nolan | For public service | |
| Bernard Matthew O'Sullivan | For service to the community | |
| Elizabeth Florence Patterson | For service to the community and to education | |
| Douglas Gordon Price | For service to engineering | |
| Sheila Mary Grace Prior, | For service to the community | |
| Aleksander Ranoschy | For service to education | |
| Alderman Michael Francis Reynolds | For service to local government and to the community | |
| John Hornby Rowland | For public service, particularly with the Department of Transport | |
| John Saunders | For service to industry and to the community | |
| The Very Reverend Lancelot Rupert Shilton | For service to religion | |
| James Chadder Shovelton | For service to the community particularly as chairman of the Salvation Army Red Shield Appeal in Western Australia | |
| Shirley Colleen Smith, | For service to the Aboriginal community | |
| Professor Alice Erh-Soon Tay | For service to legal teaching and research | |
| Jack Anzac Tremaine | For service to the community of Kangaroo Island | |
| Peter John Valkenburg | For service to industry particularly in the areas of trade and manufacturing | |
| Dr Andrew Elgar Vern-Barnett, | For service to the welfare of people with disabilities, particularly autistic children | |
| Michael John Vernon | For service in the field of consumer affairs | |
| Alan Everard Watkin | For service to the welfare of those with impaired hearing and to the community | |
| Dr Robert James Whitelaw, | For public service, particularly to the department of the treasury and international financial institutions | |
| Allen Edward Williams | For public service with the railway of Western Australia | |
| The Reverend John David Williams | For service to religion | |
| George Winston | For service to welfare of those with disabilities, particularly as the founder of technical aid to the disabled | |
| Dr Hugh John Wirth | For service in the field of animal welfare, particularly with the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. |
| Branch | Recipient | Citation | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Navy | Commodore Richard Malcolm Baird | For service to the Royal Australian Navy, particularly as the Director General Naval Manning and Training | |
| Commander John Joseph Doyle | For service to the Hydrographic Branch of the Royal Australian Navy, particularly as Deputy Hydrographer | ||
| Commodore Anthony Lancaster Hunt | For service to the Royal Australian Navy, particularly as Helicopter Project Director | ||
| Commander Kerry Charles Stephen | For service as the Commander, Australian Mine Warfare and Patrol Boat Force | ||
| Army | Colonel Alexander Bartsch | For service to the Army Reserve, particularly in Western Australia | |
| Lieutenant Colonel Brian William Cloughley | For service to the Office of the Chief of the Army Reserve | ||
| Lieutenant Colonel Peter Douglas Gibbons | For service as Commanding Officer of the North West Mobile Force | ||
| Major Geoffrey Frank Healey | For service as the Officer Commanding 211 Supply Company | ||
| Captain Roderick Douglas McLeod | For service as Quartermaster of 1st Battalion the Royal Australian Regiment | ||
| Captain Robert Edward Mills | For services as Adjutant/Quartermaster of 2nd Electrical and Mechanical Engineers Services Unit | ||
| Principal Chaplain Douglas Hodson Percival | For services as an Army Chaplain | ||
| Major Barry John Rust | For service to the Australian Army in the field of Personnel Administration | ||
| Captain Paul Duncan Thompson | For service to the Australian Army Reserve, particularly in the Brisbane Water Transport Unit | ||
| Captain Albert John Whipp | For service as the Quartermaster of the Infantry Centre | ||
| Air Force | Air Commodore William John Belton | For service to the Royal Australian Navy as the Senior Engineering Officer of the Tactical Fighter Project Office in the USA | |
| Squadron Leader Leigh Macquarie Gordon | For service to the Royal Australian Air Force as a pilot and particularly as leader of the RAAF Formation Aerobatic Team, the Roulettes | ||
| Squadron Leader Donald Joseph Lynam | For service to the Royal Australian Air Force with Logistics Branch, Headquarters Support Command | ||
| Wing Commander Raymond John Maclean | For service to the Royal Australian Air Force as a Supply Officer | ||
| Squadron Leader Colin George Storey | For service to the Royal Australian Air Force in the Directorate of Personnel, Airmen | ||
| Flight Lieutenant Stephen Henry Williams | For service to the Royal Australian Air Force as a Supply Officer at Base Squadron Richmond |
| Recipient | Citation | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Daisy Evelyn Louise Aitken | For service to the performing arts | |
| Henry Samuel Alexander | For services to medicine, particularly in the field of optical dispensing | |
| Gloria Fay Balcombe | For service to the community, particularly through the CWA | |
| Richard Messenger Banks | For service to the community, particularly in relation to co-operative societies | |
| Edmund James Bartrim | For service to the community | |
| Janice Gwendoline Bateman | For service to the community | |
| Walter Victor Bates | For service to the sport of soccer | |
| Frederick Hector Bathurst | For service to the welfare of people with impaired vision | |
| Jocelyn Reta Bayly | For service to the sport of netball | |
| Cecilie Bearup | For service to the community, particularly in the field of occupational therapy education | |
| Dr Fred Cyprian Better | For service to sports medicine | |
| David Henry Bibby | For service to the community and local government | |
| Steele Roy Bishop | For service to the sport of cycling | |
| Isobel Kendall Bowden | For service to the community and conservation | |
| William Thomas Boyd | For service to the community | |
| Maxwell Thomas Brisbane | For service to the sport of basketball | |
| Allen William Bryan | For service to the community | |
| Thelma Elizabeth Budrodeen | For service to the community, particularly through the Riding for the Disabled programme | |
| Alderman Harold Manus Bull | For service to the community and local government | |
| Noel Edgar Burge | For service to sport | |
| Molly Veronica Byrne | For service to the community and parliamentary service | |
| Neville Allan Byrnes | For service to the community | |
| Ian James Warner Cameron | For service to the sport of motor cycling | |
| Carmelo Caruso | For service to the Italian community | |
| Leonard Francis Cheffers | For service to the community and local government | |
| Henry Humphrey Marsden Chilton, | For service to primary industry, particularly the growing marketing of fruit and vegetables | |
| Henry Ernest Chipperfield | For service to the community, particularly in the field of hospital administration | |
| Robin Wayne Chisholm | For service to industry, particularly in the field of small business | |
| Alice Constance Clark | For service to the community | |
| Olive Bell Clifton | For service to the community, particularly through the St John Ambulance Brigade | |
| Essieina Coffey | For service to the Aboriginal community | |
| Dr Conn Constantinou | For service to the Greek community | |
| Sergeant Second Class William Denis Crompton | For service to the community, particularly through the Citizens Youth Welfare Association | |
| Michael William Cronin | For service to the sport of rugby league football | |
| Grace Laurette Cuming | For service to the community | |
| Clarence James Daley | For service to the sheep industry in Australia | |
| Janice Faye Davis | For service to the sport of judo and to the community | |
| Kevin Dodd | For service to the community, particularly in the field of hospital administration | |
| Betty Jean Dunkley | For service to the welfare of children, particularly those with intellectual disabilities | |
| Mathew Francis Dwyer | For service to the Office of Australian War Graves | |
| Elaine Margaret Fairclough | For service to the community, particularly the welfare of the aged | |
| Bertram Albert Farquhar | For service to the community and to primary industry | |
| Gwendoline Ethel Farrington | For service to the community and to local government | |
| Francis Anthony Finegan | For service to the sport of boxing and to the community | |
| Cindy-lu Fitzpatrick | For service to the sport of swimming | |
| Margaret Joyce Ford | For service to the welfare of ex-service personnel | |
| Christopher Charles Edwin Gahan | For service to local government and to the community | |
| Phillip Raleigh Ginsberg | For service to the sport of ice hockey | |
| John Herbert Gleeson | For service to the trade union | |
| Councillor Harold George Golland | For service to local government and to the community | |
| Sergeant Third Class Clive Keith Grimshaw | For service to local government and to the community | |
| Leslie Brian Gronow | For service to sport and to the community | |
| Kenneth Charles Gulliver | For service to sport, particularly cricket and basketball | |
| George Thomas William Hall | For service to the welfare of ex-service personnel and to the community | |
| Kenneth Valentine Hampton | For service to the Aboriginal community | |
| Claudia Adams Hargreaves | For service to the community through music | |
| Keith Edward William Harper | For public service | |
| Charles William Harriman | For service to the outback community of North Queensland | |
| Millicent Treeby Herbert | For service to the community | |
| Walter Bernard Hesling | For service to the arts | |
| Wanda Zofia Teresa Hessler | For public service and for service to the Polish community in Australia | |
| Sergeant Second Class William Charles Hipwell | For public service with the New South Wales Police Force | |
| Arthur Oswald Hoad | For service to primary industry and to the community | |
| Noel George Hodges | For service to the community, particularly through the State Emergency and Country Fire Services | |
| William Laurence Hoffmann | For service to music | |
| Councillor Allan George Holden | For service to local government and the community | |
| Stephen Roy Holland | For service to the sport of swimming | |
| Valerie Major Howse | For service to international relations through the Australian Committee for Venice | |
| William Richard Henry James, | For service to nursing | |
| Eric Clifford Jamieson | For service to the community | |
| John Christian Jeppesen, | For service to the welfare of ex-service personnel and to the community | |
| Robert Vincent Jervis | For service to journalism | |
| Sister Mary Perpetua Johnston | For service to the community | |
| Clifford Hubert Stewart Johnstone | For service to the community | |
| Walter Leslie Kelly | For service to the community | |
| Mavis Maud Kennedy | For service to Aboriginal children | |
| Maxwell Kevin Kirwan | For service to the sport of water skiing | |
| Jack Robert Larcombe | For public service and for service to the community | |
| Anne Mary Lobato | For service in the community | |
| Eric Stephen Loft | For service to the community | |
| George Antonio Lonzar | For conservation and to tourism | |
| Margaret Frances Lukes | For service to the community, particularly in the field of mental health | |
| Senior Constable Ronald Malcolm Macfarlane | For public service with the Australian Federal Police | |
| Dr Geoffrey Charles Macfarlane | For service in the field of hyperbaric medicine | |
| Dorothy Mary McAdam | For service to the community, particularly to youth | |
| John James McAnulty | For public service as a diplomatic representative | |
| Ethel Constance McEwen | For service to the community | |
| John Norman Muir McFarlane | For service to industry and to the community | |
| Monica Cecilia McGillivray | For service to those with learning difficulties | |
| Vera Catherine McKeown | For public service | |
| Robert Joseph McKerrow | For service to industry, particularly with building societies in Western Australia | |
| James McLoughlin | For service to the welfare of those with disabilities | |
| Merva Millicent McMorrow | For service to the community | |
| John Robert McMurray | For service to the community and to the sport of Australian rules football | |
| Gladys Alvena McNaught | For service to the community | |
| Betty Jean McSweeney | For service to the community | |
| Doris Rosetta (Dot) Mendoza | For service to the performing arts | |
| Millthorpe Malcolm Midgley, | For service to the community | |
| Ian McDonald Mill | For service to the community | |
| Donald Peter Morrison | For service to the sport of surf life saving | |
| The Reverend Father Grant Morrow | For service to youth with disabilities, particularly through scouting | |
| Councillor Brenda Murray | For service to the community | |
| Thomas Charles Nash | For service to the community | |
| Raymond Bede Newland | For service to the Australian Dental Association and to the community | |
| Ray Ruby Gertrude Oldham | For service to the community through conservation of the man-made and natural environment | |
| John Anthony Osborne | For service to the community | |
| Madeline Overmyer | For service to the community | |
| Sister Helena Parker | For service to the community | |
| David Leland Parsons | For service to the community, particularly to charitable organisations | |
| Ettie Pau | For service to the Torres Strait Islands community | |
| Gordon Adrian Perlstein | For service to the trade union movement particularly with the Australian Transport Officers' Federation | |
| Margaret Helen Peters | For service to nursing, particularly midwifery education and practice | |
| Angelo George Pippos | For service to the Greek community in Queensland | |
| Lilian Purves | For service to the nursing of the aged | |
| John Francis Quinn | For service to the welfare of ex-service personnel | |
| Robert Reid | For service to the dairy industry and to the community | |
| Jean Elizabeth Reid | For service to the education of children with learning difficulties | |
| Roy Brendon Reidy, | For service to the welfare of children | |
| Ian Pountney Richmond Rex | For service to the community, particularly with the voluntary fire service | |
| Thomas Albert Roberts | For service to the community | |
| Dr Lancelot Turbet Robey | For service to the community, particularly in the field of medicine | |
| Jean Neal Robinson | For service to early childhood education | |
| Alfred Douglas Ross | For public service | |
| Phyllis Mary Russell | For service to the scouting movement | |
| Terence John Santry | For service to art, both as an artist and teacher | |
| Jack William Robert Scott | For service to the community particularly through the Country Fire Authority | |
| Robert James Scott | For service to the community and to local government | |
| Elizabeth Alice Silsbury | For service to music and music education | |
| Colleen Ellen Sims | For service to the education of children in outback Queensland | |
| Francis Ernest Sims | For service to the education of children in outback Queensland | |
| Robert Alan Smith | For service to the sport of surf life-saving | |
| Leslie Ernest Smith | For service to the welfare of children | |
| Donald Braithwaite Snadden | For service to the community, particularly through the Victoria Hospitals' Association | |
| Jesse Franklin Spicer | For service to the Rostrum movement | |
| Jean Elizabeth Starr | For service to the conservation and care of koalas, and treatment of the diseases affecting them | |
| Dorothy Ruth Stewart | For service to the welfare of people with impaired vision | |
| Arthur Raymond Sullivan | For service to youth through the Air Training Corps | |
| Wendy Lois Swift | For service to nursing, particularly in the field of burns injuries | |
| Peter Swindells | For service to local government, particularly in the fields of education and management | |
| Eva Florence Syers | For service to the community and to charitable organisations | |
| Francis Inglis Synnott | For service to the printing industry | |
| Alwyn Florence Tamo | For service to the community | |
| Detective Sergeant Ronald Albert Thomas | For public service with the South Australian Police Force | |
| Arthur David Timms | For service to local government and to the community | |
| Arthur Alan Tonkin | For service to the trade union movement, particularly through the meat industry employee's union | |
| Wilfred Thomas Hood Truelove | For service to the community | |
| Gordon James Vesperman | For service to the sport of swimming | |
| William Glyn Walkley | For service to the community | |
| Edward Moss Waxman | For service to the community | |
| Wallace Robert Werrett | For service to the welfare of ex-service personnel and to the community | |
| Thomas James Whitehouse | For service to the sport of lawn bowls, particularly in the development of participation in sport by the visually impaired | |
| Elizabeth Dorothy Wilson, | For service to the welfare of the ageing | |
| Frank Zions | For service to the community |
| Branch | Recipient | Citation | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Navy | Warrant Officer Martin John Cowper | For service to the Royal Australian Navy Fleet Air Arm, particularly as Air electrical Inspector at HMAS Albertross | |
| Warrant Officer Geoffrey William Hickling | For service to the communications branch of the Royal Australian Navy, particularly as the Chief Yeoman of Signals in HMAS Adelaide | ||
| Chief Petty Officer Lindsay Irwin | For service to the development of electronic systems in the Royal Australian Navy | ||
| Warrant Officer John Manley | For service to medical administration and training in Her Majesty's Australian Fleet | ||
| Chief Petty Officer James Lawrence Short | For service to the local community and as the Senior Sailor in charge of the Victualling Stores Section HMAS Nirimba | ||
| Warrant Officer Kerry James Spencer | For service as the Anti-Submarine Warfare Electrical System Specialist at the Royal Australian Navy Trials and Assessing Unit | ||
| Army | Warrant Officer Class Two Bernard Martin Allen | For service to the Army Community Service in Townsville | |
| Ssgt Mario Piero Bernasconi | For service as Commander, Kingstown Barracks, Rottnest Island | ||
| Warrant Officer Class One Barry Mervyn Bishop | For service to Military Engineering Computing | ||
| Captain William Thomas Burton | For service as Assistant Project Officer, Army Training Facilities Project, NSW | ||
| Warrant Officer Class One Glennon Andrew Ernst | For service as Vehicle Wing Sergeant Major at the Army Apprentices School | ||
| Corporal Barry John Guthrie | For service as Deputy President of the Regimental Institute of 6th Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment | ||
| Warrant Officer Class Two George Edward Jackson | For service in the field of aerial delivery equipment | ||
| Warrant Officer Class Two Ronald William Joseph King | For service in the field of equipment management at 21 Supply Battalion | ||
| Warrant Officer Class One Kenneth Alexander Mackenzie | For service as Regimental Sergeant Major of the 1st Signal Regiment | ||
| Warrant Officer Class One John Frederick May | For service to the active Army Reserve in the Sydney area | ||
| Warrant Officer Class Two John Douglas William Muller | For service to 42nd Battalion, Royal Queensland Regiment | ||
| Warrant Officer Class One Michael James Ruffin | For service as Regimental Sergeant Major of the Special Air Services Regiment | ||
| Warrant Officer Class One Terrence Sheehy | For service as Regimental Sergeant Major, Headquarters 11 Field Force Group | ||
| Warrant Officer Class Two Dennis Eric Webbe | For service as Battery Sergeant Major, 110 Air Defence Battery | ||
| Air Force | Warrant Officer Paul Gippel | For service to the Royal Australian Air Force as a Senior Clerk Supply at Headquarters Support Command | |
| Warrant Officer James Edward Patrick Hall | For service to the Royal Australian Air Force as a Warrant Officer Engineer with Maintenance Squadron East Sale | ||
| Warrant Officer Alma Florence Lunn | For service to the Royal Australian Air Force as a supply supervisor with No 1 Stores Depot | ||
| Warrant Officer Terence Bennett Montgomerie | For service to the Royal Australian Air Force as a clerk administrative at Headquarters RAAF Richmond | ||
| Warrant Officer Ernest Albert Payne, | For service to the Royal Australian Air Force as Warrant officer-in charge of maintenance control flight at Number 2 aircraft depot | ||
| Sergeant Ronald Robson | For service to the Royal Australian Air Force as a Supply Supervisor with Number 77 Squadron | ||
| Flight Sergeant Raymond George Viner | For service to the Royal Australian Air Force as an Engine Fitter with the RAAF F/A18A Schedule Maintenance Analysis Team in the United States of America | ||
| Warrant Officer Joan Wotton | For service to the Royal Australian Air Force as a Service Women's Non-Commissioned Officer with Number 1 Recruit Training Unit |