1990 Australia Day Honours Explained

The 1990 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 1990 by the Governor General of Australia, Bill Hayden.[1]

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.[2]

† indicates an award given posthumously.

Order of Australia

Companion (AC)

General Division

Recipient Citation Notes
William Archer Gunn, For service to primary industry [3]
For service to science, particularly in the field of neurophysiology
Thomas Weetman Smith, For service to the law and to legal institutions
Sidney Baillieu MyerFor service to business and commerce, to government and to the community

Officers (AO)

General Division

Recipient Citation Notes
Lewis Barrett, For service to banking and accounting
Kevin Bleasel For service to medicine, particularly in the field of neurosurgery
Allan Robert Border, For service to the sport of cricket
Bettina CassFor service to social security policy and women's affairs
William Harold Clough, For service to engineering and to the construction industry
Michael John CookFor service to the public service
David Miles DanksFor service to medicine, particularly in the field of paediatrics and birth defects
William Duncan FerrisFor service to international trade and to industry
Francis Robert Fisher For service to the law and to education
Ronald Gordon Fry, For service to industrial relations
For service to business, commerce and to the community
For service to religion and to international relations
Trevor William Haines For public service
George Vincent Hall For service to medicine, particularly as a cardiologist
Ken Robert Handley, For service to the law and to religion
William Samuel Calhoun Hare For service to medicine, particularly in the field of radiology
Peter Dunstan HastingsFor service to journalism
For service to archaeology and to international relations
Harry Payne Heseltine For service to education particularly in the field of Australian literature
Phillip William Hughes For service to education
For service to the Australian Parliament
For service to architecture
William Kaye, For service to the law
For public service
Neal Francis Kent For public service and service to transport
For service to medicine, particularly in the field of research
Colin John Lanceley For service to art, particularly as a painter and sculptor
Peter Gordon Livingstone For public service
George Alfred Lloyd, For service to aviation and to international relations
Robert Bernard Maybury For service to finance, particularly through the building society movement
For service to education, particularly in the field of Australian prehistory
Roderick Duncan McLeod For service to primary industry, particularly grain growing
For service to medicine, particularly in the field of cardiothoracic surgery
Gerald White Milton For service to medicine, particularly in the field of malignant melanoma
Grevor Chilton Molyneux, For service to the community, particularly in the field of health administration and fund raising
Geoffrey Penwill Parsons, For service to music
Eric Gerard Perkins For service to religion and to social welfare
Peter Joshua Sculthorpe, For service to music
Lindsay Hamilton Simpson Thompson, For service to government and politics and to the Victorian parliament
For service as a speech therapist to people with disabilities
Glenn Royce Donal Waldron For service to the law
Nancy-Bird Walton, For service to aviation, particularly the participation of women in aviation
John Yeowart For service to the coal mining industry
For service to the Australian parliament

Military Division

Branch Recipient Citation Notes
Navy David Guy Holthouse For service to the Royal Australian Navy as the Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Logistics)
Peter Clifford Mitchell For service to the Royal Australian Navy, particularly as the Anzac Ship Project Director
Army Brian William Howard For service to the Australian Army as Director General, Natural Disasters Organisation
John David Keldie For service to the Australian Army, in particular as Commander 2nd Division
Air Force Graham Wallace Neil For service to the Royal Australian Air Force as Assistant Chief of the Air Staff — Personnel
For service to the Royal Australian Air Force as Assistant Chief of the Air Staff Development

Member (AM)

General Division

Recipient Citation Notes
Neil William Adcock For service to religion and the community
For service to music and the performing arts
Peter Charles Tustin Armytage For service to horseracing as an administrator and owner
For service to soccer, particularly as the Australian national coach
Yvonne Jean Bain For service to women's affairs, particularly through the National Council of Women
Melvie May Banks For service to the hairdressing industry and to the community
For service to music, particularly jazz
Robert Alexander Barter For service to medicine, particularly in the field of pathology
For service to Aboriginal welfare and land rights
Henry Trevor Bennett For service to the public service, particularly in the field of business law
Frank Lincoln Bett For service to the public service
Douglas Ronald Birch For service to industrial relations
Stanley Aloysius Bitmead For service to the trade union movement
Richard John Bluck For service to the community through the St John Ambulance and to youth
For service to the sport of rowing as an administrator
Thomas Ray Bradley For service to medical science and technology, particularly in the field of cell biology
Anne Mary Brennan For service to social work
Elizabeth Annita Campbell For service to the community, particularly to youth through the Peer Support Foundation
Kathleen Joan Campbell For service to adult education
Arthur Frederick Cobbold, For service to medicine, particularly in the fields of administration and medical education
John Cole For service to the Australian fishing industry
Aileen Coleman For service to international relations, particularly as a medical missionary in Jordan
Shalom Coleman, For service to religion and to the community
Geoffrey Page Cook For service to the construction industry and to the community
Ian Cooper For service to music education
Douglas Ward Cunliffe For service to the science and technology, particularly through the Anglo-Australian Telescope project
For service to the media, particularly as a sporting broadcaster
Bruce Walker Davis For service to heritage and to conservation
Walter Johannes Augustinus De Veer, For service to the Dutch community, multicultural broadcasting and to sport
David John Dewhurst For service to biomedical engineering for people with disabilities
Wandrina Johanna Woutrina Douglas Broers For service to the Dutch community, particularly through the fostering of the language and culture
David Donn Eagleson For public service
Stewart Geoffrey East For service to business, commerce and to the community
Alan Edmund William Edwards, For service to the performing arts
Bruce Harrison Edwards For service to accountancy
Peter Colin Roy Edwards For service to conservation and the environment and to the community
Janet Lucile Elder For service to thoracic medicine and to the community
For service to the community and to education
Averil Fink, For service to the welfare of the aged
Neville Horner Fletcher For service to science, particularly in the field of applied physics
Joseph Robert Emmott Fraser For service to medicine, particularly in the field of rheumatic diseases
For service to the performing arts
For service to the community particularly through the peace movement
Ian John Gollings For service to veterans affairs
Patricia June Goodheart For service to the Girl Guide Association and to the community
Desmond John Gerald Griffin For service to natural history, particularly through the Australian Museum
Elisabeth Ann Harricks For service to people with impaired hearing
Beryl Sidney Haynes For service to people with physical disabilities, particularly in the field of physiotherapy
Thomas Clement Hayson For service to business and commerce
For service to the South Australian parliament and to the community
Peter Phillip Hitchcock For service to conservation and the environment
Harold William Holowell For service to the trade union movement
Elspeth Phyllis Hope-Johnstone For service to the art, to early childhood education and to public broadcasting
Anthony Martin Houen For service to people with disabilities, particularly those with impaired hearing
Donald James Hughes For service to business and to industry, particularly the food industry
William Arthur Charles Hughes For service to the trade union movement
Ronald William John Robinson James, For service to the community
Leslie Arthur Jeckeln For service to the New South Wales parliament as an administrative officer
John Frederick Jenkinson For service to children with physical disabilities
For service to the New South Wales Parliament and to the community
Shirley Marjorie Kidd For service to nursing
Evelyn Koshnitsky, For service to chess
Kurt Albert Lance For service to skiing
John Landerer For service to the legal profession, particularly in the field of legal education, and to the community
Michael Lardelli For service to local government and to the community
Clive Ditton Lee For service to amateur athletics
Beryl Eileen Linn For service to religion and to education
Reginald Marsh For public service and service to the community
William Ian McCullough For public service
Arthur Gregory McDonald For service to the community and to industry
Roderick Gardner McEwin For service to medical administration
Roderick Hamilton McGeoch For service to the law and to the community
For service to the Aboriginal community
Robert Ian McNamara For service to people with disabilities
Donald Frederick Nicholls For public service
Nicholas John Nicolaides For service to medicine, particularly in the field of pathology
David Brian O'Connor For service to the Australian bicentennial celebrations
Bruce Lefroy Okely For public service
For service to landscape architecture
Rex Charles Olsson For service to education, particularly in the field of finance and accounting
Warren George Osmond, For service to veterans
William Abernethy Park, For service to education, to finance and the community
Ian Wilson Paterson For service to education
Mervin George Phillips For service to the community and to primary industry
Douglas William Piper For service to medical education and medical research, particularly in the field of gastroenterology
Judith Anne Porter For service to nursing
Gordon George Powell For service to religious broadcasting and to alcoholics
Guenter Prass For service to the wine industry
John Scott Rowe For public service
George Romano Santoro For service to medical administration and to the Italian community
Sydney Kitchener Saul For service to veterans
Frederick Charles Shield For service to the finance industry, particularly through the building society movement
Georgia Shield For service to the community, particularly those suffering emotional and mental illness
Michael Thomas Edward Shotter, For service to the Australian bicentennial celebrations
John Maslin Sibly For service to conservation, particularly in the field of urban planning
Hari Narayan Sinha For service to science and technology and to Australian-Indian relations
John Harman Slade For service to medicine, particularly in the field of ophthalmology
George Hermon Slade For service to horticulture, particularly the culture of orchids
Margaret Slattery, For service to education and to the community
For service to science and technology, particularly in the field of polymer chemistry
For service to the law and to bioethics
Herbert Rhead Stevens For service to education
Leslie Allan Swinstead For service to industrial relations and to the community
Viola Wilson TaitFor service to the performing arts
Michael John Talberg For service to the community
For public service
Peggy Stuart Taylor For service to nursing, particularly in the field of neo-natal care
Peter Taylor, For service to the community, particularly in the field of care for the aged and infirm
Lurline Tillett For service to children with disabilities, particularly autistic children
George Henry King Tippett For service to international relations in the field of medicine
Arthur Michael Douglas Tooth For service to primary industry
For service to building and construction and for philanthropy
Patricia Ann Turner For public service
Frederic Boyd Turner For service to people with physical disabilities
Doron Ur For service to the community, particularly in the field of multicultural affairs
Roy Henry Wallace For service to education
Roderick John Wallace For public service, particularly to the conservation of Australian film archives
Patricia Ward For service to librarianship
Dorothy Ann Wentworth For service to the community, particularly women's affairs
Ian Sydney Wilson For service to education, particularly through parent participation
Alexander Walter Young, For service to the community

Military Division

Branch Recipient Citation Notes
Navy Rupert Anthony Christie For service to the Royal Australian Navy as the Director of Surface Warfare and Command and Control
Ian Fletcher Holmes For service to the Royal Australian Navy as the Director General Fleet Maintenance
Robin Nyren Partington For service to the Royal Australian Navy as the Naval Officer Commanding North Australia Area
Bryan Chisholm Rowland For service to the Royal Australian Navy as Officer-in-Charge of the Naval Control of Shipping Training Cell
Army Richard Palmer Knox For service to the Australian Army as Director of Financial and Management Support
William Julian Andrew Mellor For service to the Australian Army as Commanding Officer of the 5th Aviation Regiment
Errold Frederick Pfitzner For service to the Australian Army as the Chief of Staff Joint Exercise Planning Staff
Peter Neville Rule For service to the Australian Army as Commanding Officer Queensland Agricultural College Training Unit
George Thomas Salmon For service to the Australian Army in the field of new capital equipment procurement
Ian Malcolm Stewart For service to the Australian Army as Staff Officer Grade One Plans, Headquarters Land Command Australia
Ronald James Tattersall For service to the Australian Army as an administrative staff officer in Army Office, Canberra
Gerald Anthony Thurnwald For service to the Australian Army as Officer Commanding 19th Dental Unit
Air Force Michael Brendon Birks For service to the Royal Australian Air Force as Commanding Officer No 34 Squadron, Fairbairn ACT
Colin Edward Bradford For service to the Royal Australian Air Force as Director of Personnel Officers
David John Green For service to the Royal Australian Air Force as an instructor in the Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Defence Wing at the Army School of Military Engineering
Jonathan Scott Hamwood For service to the Royal Australian Air Force as Commanding Officer, Base Squadron, Tindal
For service to the Royal Australian Air Force as Commanding Officer No 9 Squadron and subsequently Officer Commanding A Squadron, 5th Aviation Regiment
James Frederick George Kennedy For service to the Royal Australian Air Force as the facilities manager of the RAAF Base Tindal development project
Warren James Ludwig For service to the Royal Australian Air Force as the tactical co-ordinator, Standards and Training Office No 10 Squadron, Edinburgh, South Australia

Medal (OAM)

General Division

Recipient Citation Notes
Beatrice Ellen Abell For service to the community, particularly through the Anglican Home Mission Society
Toula AndrikopoulosFor service to the Greek community
Eftychia AntoniouFor service to the Greek community
George Charles Colville Armstrong For service to the community and veterans
Ian Maxwell Leslie Armstrong For service to the community, particularly in the field of community history
Bernard Clarence BadgerFor service to veterans
Joan Margaret BanksFor service to health education and women's affairs
Cedric Anthony Beverly BaxterFor service to the sport of badminton.
Henry Robert BeakFor service to the community and local government
Michael Anthony BeckwithFor service to the community and local government
Donald Fyfe BellFor service to amateur athletics and to the community
Reginald John BennettFor service to the community
Eileen Bennett For service to community health and to international relations
Kenneth John Maynard BilstonFor service to engineering
Alexander Duncan BlackFor service to local government
Patrick Finbar BolandFor service to veterans
Alice Clifford BottFor service to the community
Raynor Richard BottFor service to veterans
Francis Walter BourkeFor service to the community and sport
Henry Keith BowlerFor service to the sport of table tennis
Fay Catherine BrayFor service to the community and youth
George James Francis BreenFor service to veterans
Valerie Jean BroadFor service to the community and people with physical disabilities
Wilfred BrooksFor service to the Public Service
Betsy Caroline BrownFor service to music and education
Christine Penelope BruneFor service to international relations through International Children's Aid
Neita Joyce BurkillFor service to the community
Joseph BurtonFor service to the community
Donald CampbellFor service to the sport of soccer, particularly as a referee
Kenneth Henry CartwrightFor service to the sailing and youth
John Aloysius CavanaghFor services to the community
Doris Winifred ChalmersFor services to the welfare of the aged
George Jira ChaloupkaFor services to Aboriginal art and culture
Antony Erling CharltonFor service to the community
Margaret Jean ChaseFor service to early childhood education
Judith Olive ChisholmFor service to Aboriginal health and welfare
Michael Nicholas ChurkinFor service to the Russian community
Alan ClarksonFor service to the media as a sports journalist
David Major Cody For service to animal welfare, particularly at Taronga Park Zoo
Eileen Bernice CoeFor service to nursing
Albert Thomas CooperFor service to the Public Service
Margaret CooperFor service to the disabled
Ernest George CopeFor service to the community and to youth
Charles Rowland CornallFor service to community health, particularly to hospital administration
Arthur Richard CoxFor service to veterans
Anthony John CulnaneFor service to the community
Ailsa Margaret CurtisFor service to the education of children with intellectual disabilities
William Mayfield DaneFor service to the community and local government
Joan DareFor service to the welfare of the aged
Aline Frances DarkeFor service to the community
Janet Lancaster DarlingFor service to international relations and to the environment
Alan Darcy DarlingtonFor service to veterans
Mijo Ivan DarvenizaFor service to the community, particularly through the Victorian Ambulance Service
Joseph Ivan DavisFor service to sports medicine and the community
Vincent Gerard DavisFor service to community welfare, particularly through the St Vincent de Paul Society
Johannes Cornelius Jacobus De JongFor service to martial arts
Arthur Edward DenisonFor service to the baking industry
Maria DnistrjanskiFor service to the Ukrainian community
Charles Francis DoyleFor service to junior basketball
Mary Frances Wiseman DuchesneFor service to ballet
Ruta DzenisFor service to nursing and to people with intellectual disabilities
Paul Barcroft EcclesFor service to the Public Service
Boyd John EganFor service to the community and to education
Roger August Alfred Faes De Bryon FaesFor service to community health and to the New South Wales Parliament
Clifford Wilmot FarmerFor service to the community
Andrew FlemingFor service to the sport of judo
Doris Ellen FletcherFor service to the community, particularly in the field of migrant assistance
William James FrecklingtonFor service to coach building and craftsmanship
William Henry Charles FullwoodFor service to the community
Graham Charles GardFor service to local government
Guerin GardnerFor service to the sport of canoeing
Brian Alan GlencrossFor service to hockey
John Douglas GordonFor service to music, particularly as a carillonist
George Albert GouldFor service to local government and to the community
Lyall Lintott GreenFor service to the community
Helen Rhoda GreentreeFor service to the community, particularly to youth
Vladislav GregurekFor service to the tourist and hospitality industry
Nicanora GrownsFor service to the Filipino community
Thomas Philip GrundyFor service to education and multicultural affairs
Gordon Talbot GunnFor service to the arts, particularly as a pipe organ builder and player
Jack Vernon GuyeFor service to local government and to the community
John Edmond HaddadFor service to the community.
Gregory Francis HamiltonFor service to people with hearing and visual disabilities
Peter Keith HartenFor service to the Trade Union movement
Lillian Marjorie Florence HawkeFor service to the community
John Graham HawleyFor service to local government and to the community
Pamela Moira HayesFor service to nursing and midwifery education
Bernhard Elizabeth HeidenFor service to lawn bowls and to youth
Maria HeymansFor service to art
Frederick Harley Hillier For service to veterans
Eric HindFor service to local government and to the community
Joan Rita HoffmanFor service to people with intellectual disabilities
Earle Samuel HoffmanFor service to the Jewish community
Frederic Keith Davenport HowardFor service to the community
Henry Humphris-Clark For service to surf life saving
Peter John HunterFor service to photography.
Kevin Robert HutchinsonFor service to the community particularly through the restoration of historic river boats.
For service to Rugby League football and to the media.
Ian Lindsay IrwinFor service to the Australian bicentennial celebrations, particularly through the Castrol World Car Rally.
William George JamesonFor service to people with intellectual disabilities.
Margaret Rose JobsonFor service to the welfare for the aged.
Elizabeth Pearl JohnsonFor service to community welfare, particularly through the Salvation Army.
Thomas Edward JohnstonFor service to local government and to the community.
Thomas Henry JonesFor service to the Western Australian Parliament, to the trade union movement and to the welfare of the elderly.
Fiorenza JonesFor service to the Italian community.
Paraskevas Perry KailisFor service to the Greek community.
Gwen Kemmis For service to people with intellectual disabilities
Marjory KentFor service to the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
Enid Ethel KerrFor service to social welfare, particularly through Life Line.
Noel George LangleyFor service to soccer, particularly as a junior coach.
Ruth Isobel LangleyFor service to community health, particularly through the Asthma Foundation of South Australia
Barry Michael LeeFor service to industry, particularly in the area of fire protection
John Charles Lewis-Driver For service to veterans
Marcus LintonFor active involvement in several community groups including the Commando Association (since 1960); Norman Park Methodist Church, Coorparoo and District RSL, Salvation Army Red Shield Appeal; and Blue Nursing Appeals
Raymond Cecil James LittleFor service to cricket administration
Donald George MacdonaldFor service to horticulture
Nancy Florence MacIvorFor service to the community
John Dight MackayFor service to local government and to the community
Bruce Malcolm MackieFor service to the welfare of the aged and to Legacy
Sheena Dawson MacLeodFor public service, particularly to public health
Francis George MakepeaceFor service to the community
Muriel Doreen MarkeyFor service to the community
Betty Jean Harvard MarksFor service to medicine and to the community
Pamela Howard MarshFor service to physiotherapy
John Henry Marsh For service to the community
Richard Paul MarshallFor public service.
Ruth Lena MataitisFor service to migrant assistance
Brenda Olive MatthewsFor service to the arts, particularly to porcelain painting
Janice Mary MayFor service to people with intellectual disabilities
Louis Benedict Joseph McGovernFor service to education
Margaret Edna McGregorFor service to the community, particularly to the foster grandparent scheme
William John McKenzieFor service to local government and to the community
Stanley Bruce McKenzieFor service to the community
Mavis Jean McKinnonFor service to religion
Donald McKnightFor service to ice skating
Pamela Mary McLeanFor service to surf life saving
Cedric Haig McLeanFor service to scouting
Rae McLintockFor service to education
David George McQuittyFor public service
Roberta McRaeFor service to migrant assistance
Abraham Charles MellickFor service to the community
Mary MerlinFor service to Aboriginal welfare and to the community
Jack Howard MillsFor public service
John William MillsFor service to the community and to veterans
Ursula Merle ModderFor public service, particularly to early childhood education
Marie Therese MorgantiFor service to education
Thelma Isobel MorrisFor service to people with intellectual disabilities
Lillian May MouattFor service to people with intellectual disabilities
John Robert MoultonFor service to the Australian Bicentennial celebrations, particularly the Sydney Australia Day celebrations and fireworks display
Kevin Lesley MyersFor service to life saving
Alexander Gilmour Nason For service to the agricultural show movement
Mary Isabel Catherine NewmanFor service to the retail fashion industry
Leslie Gilbert NewtonFor service to veterinary science and to the community
Clare Mary O'ConnorFor service to the community
Edward (Terry) OppyFor service to the community and to soccer
Dean (Rocky) PageFor service to the community and to country music
Graeme Ogilvy Paton For service to the community
Harold PedenFor service to the Trade Union movement
Angela Maria PediciniFor service to the community
Neville Bruce PerrinFor service to the welfare of the aged
John Frederick PetersFor service to judo
William Robert PfitznerFor service to the community
Rita Mavis PhillipsFor service to nursing
Emily Elizabeth PowellFor service to the community, particularly through the Bankstown Hospital Auxiliary
Joan Eleanor PriorFor service to the community and to music
James Weir QuaiteFor service to hockey
Anthony RaftyFor service to the media as a cartoonist
Allan Walter RansleyFor service to the community
Garry Edward RichardsFor service to youth
Dorothy RichardsFor service to the arts, particularly for the Parliament House Embroidery
Paddy RoeFor service to Aboriginal welfare
Mary Beatrice RussellFor service to the Girl Guides Association
Anthony Joseph RyanFor service to the Australian Wool Corporation as a senior shearing coach
Lucy Ruby SainiFor service to the community
Kenneth William SandoeFor service to the community
Geza Francis Kim SantowFor service to the community
Herbert Edward ScotfordFor service to the community, to arts and to the media
Francis Desmond SetonFor service to the baking industry
George Edward ShillFor service to local government and to the community
Pinhkham Simmalavong For service to the Lao/Indo-Chinese community
Ross Lincoln Simpson For service to the community
Peter Charles SimsFor service to conservation and to the environment
Margaret Jane SivyerFor service to the community
Bernard Zdzislaw SkarbekFor service to the Polish community
Henry Robert SlaneyFor service to primary industry
Winifred Bullot SmithFor service to nursing education
Alan Samuel SmithFor service to local government
Richard Gordon SpinksFor service to swimming, particularly rehabilitative hydrotherapy
Miroslav SrdarovFor service to the Yugoslav community and to local government
Arthur Exley StephensonFor service to primary industry, and to road safety through the Royal Automobile Club of Queensland
Neil Stephen Sullivan For service to local government and to the community
Stephen James TazewellFor service to the community, to conservation and to local history
David Albert ThompsonFor service to Legacy
Sybil ThorntonFor service to people with disabilities
Margaret Ruth TindaleFor service to conservation and the environment
David Morgan TuckermanFor service to the community
For service to medicine and to the Victorian State Disaster Plan
Shirley Wrathall TwistFor service to the community
Ignatius William TyquinFor service to Rugby League football
Jean Azile van Nooten For service to children with visual and hearing disabilities
Georgina Alma VenvilleFor service to the community and to local government
Robert Gardner WalkerFor service to primary industry, particularly sheep breeding
Geoffrey Roy WalkerFor public service
Maureen Anne WalshFor service to the community
Nicholas Anthony Ronald WaterlowFor service to the arts
Alfred Thomas WebbFor service to the community, particularly through the United Hospital Auxiliaries
Annie Isabel WellingtonFor service to the community
John Douglas Frederick WestFor service to the Victoria State Emergency Service
George Albert Westcott For service to the community
James Abbot McNeil WhistlerFor service to the community and to local government
Dudley Lyle WhittingtonFor service to commerce and property development
Richard James WhittingtonFor public service
Walter Frederick WiddesonFor service to the West Australian Axemen's League
Kenneth Arthur WilliamsFor service to lawn bowls
Betty Louise Reading WillisFor service to the Returned Services League Women's Auxiliaries
Jack Reginald WillisFor service to veterans
Percy Ross WillsFor service to veterans
Arthur Frank WilsonFor service to the community
Hazel Mary WilsonFor service to Aboriginal support services
Robert Irving Winter-IrvingFor service to Nagambie Bush Nursing Hospital
William Louis WonderFor service to youth and to international relations
Gerald Albert William WorsellFor service to the Sports Union of the University of New England
Alan James WrightFor service to the community
Patricia Carrie WrightFor service to swimming
Malcolm John Yeo *For service to education and aviation training for young people
Evelyn Eleanor YoungFor service to the community and to women's affairs
John Fitzgerald YunckenFor service to maritime history

Military Division

Branch Recipient Citation Notes
Navy Frederick Ian Baker For service to the Royal Australian Navy, particularly in the maintenance of Guided Missile Destroyers
Peter John Dermot Mitchell For service to the Royal Australian Navy as the Senior Marine Technical Hull Sailor in HMAS Success
Michael John Stubbs For service to the Royal Australian Navy as the Administrative Staff Officer at the Supply School in HMAS Cerberus
Peter Mark Tyler For service to the Royal Australian Navy, particularly as Staff Officer Shipborne Lifesaving and Survival Equipment to the Directorate of Naval User Requirements
Army Peter James Bruce For service to the Australian Army as Regimental Sergeant Major of 8th/12th Medium Regiment
Russell Don Campbell For service to the Australian Army as RSM of 8th Brigade
Graham William Docksey For service to the Australian Army as the RSM of Logistic Command
Roger Paul GillisFor service to the Australian Army in the field of Electronic Warfare
Bernard John Johnson For service to the Australian Army as Squadron Sergeant Major 103rd Signal Squadron
Kenneth Norman Johnston For service to the Australian Army as Regimental Sergeant Major of Land Command Battle School
Alan Raymond Kelb For service to the Australian Army in the field of apprentice training
David Meehan For service to the Australian Army in the field of training
Roger Sidney William Payne For service to the Australian Army as Supervisor Physical Training at the Infantry Centre
Shane Bradley Purdon For service to the Australian Army as the Warrant Officer Supervisor, Construction with Regional Engineer Liverpool
Clem William Russell For service to the Australian Army as Regimental Sergeant Major of the 31st Battalion, the Royal Queensland Regiment
Keith Wayne Spence For service to the Australian Army as a Training Development Warrant Officer at the Royal Australian Army Ordnance Corps Centre, Directorate of Personal Computing, Personnel Branch, Department of Defence (Army Office)
Anthony Charles Turner For service to the Australian Army in the field of training
Clarence Arthur Whitehorn For service to the Australian Army in the field of communications and cryptographic accounting
Air Force Joseph Anthony For service to the RAAF as a technician with the Aircraft Engineering Division at HQ Support Command
Garry Edward Eldridge For service to the RAAF as the technical supervisor at No 114 Mobile Control and Reporting Unit
Gary Edward Glazier For service to the RAAF in the Technical Airmen Manning Cell, Directorate of Personnel Airmen
John Murray Hansen For service to the RAAF as the Senior Non-Commissioned Officer in Charge of No.2 Airfield Defence Squadron, RAAF Base Amberley
Alexander James McCabe For service to the RAAF as Assistant Caterer, Base Support Wing, Darwin
David James McCann For service to the RAAF as a Load-Master Instructor at No.5 Squadron, RAAF Base, Fairbairn

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Australia Day 1990 Honours List. Governor-General of Australia. 2019-01-15.
  2. Web site: Announcing and presenting awards. www.pmc.gov.au. Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 2019-01-15. en.
  3. News: Australia Day Honours. 1990-01-26. Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995). 2019-01-15. 4.