1999 Australia Day Honours Explained

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.[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]

Companion (AC)

General Division

Recipient Citation Notes
Professor Suzanne CoryFor 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 FitzgeraldFor service to the community through commitment and support for Australian medical research into Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), etc.
Dr Malcolm Kenneth McIntoshFor 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, 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 Notes
Norman Ross AdlerFor service to business and commerce, to the promotion of the arts in South Australia, and to the community
Paul Hunter BarrattFor service to public administration, public policy development, business and international trade
The Honourable Dr Jack Gordon BealeFor 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, 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 BurkeFor 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 FluggeFor service to the Australian grains industries in the areas of industry reform, research and development, and international grains marketing
Rosemary Irene FootFor service to the community, particularly in the areas of health, the visual arts, women's interests and politics
Joan Maie FreemanFor 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 HattonFor 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, 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 McCarthyFor service to the enhancement of Australia's international reputation and to the development of Australian regional policy
Gregory John Norman, 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 RaeFor 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) SmithFor service to the community, particularly as a benefactor to charitable organisations, to business and commerce, and to the aviation industry
Dr Bruce William StillmanFor 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
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, 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, For distinguished service to the Royal Australian Air Force, particularly as the Air Commander Australia

Member (AM)

General Division

Recipient Citation Notes
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 BaconFor service to the visual and performing arts as a benefactor and supporter
Heather Ann Barton For service to youth through Guides Victoria
Solomon David BellearFor 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 BowlerFor 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 BrowningFor 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 CarterFor 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 ChaterFor 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, 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 CollinsFor service to the community through the Catholic Church as Bishop of Darwin, and to the Aboriginal community
Dr Richard Graeme Cook, For service to the profession of dentistry in the field of orthodontics, and to the community
The Reverend William David CrewsFor 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 CroppFor 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 DawsonFor service to country music
Professor Michael Antony DenboroughFor 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 EalesFor 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
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, 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 HodgkinsonFor 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, 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 KikkawaFor 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 MillsFor service to music, particularly as a composer
Dr Cathryn Jean MittelheuserFor 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 PackerFor 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 RigbyFor 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 RoperFor 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-KazacosFor 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 TempleFor 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 TudehopeFor 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 Notes
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
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
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
ArmyColonel 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
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
Brigadier Neil David Graham For exceptional service to the Australian Army in the field of material procurement, management and development
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
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
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 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 Notes
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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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 Notes
Navy Chief Petty Officer David Wayne Gayford For meritorious service to the Royal Australian Navy while serving in the Directorate of Naval Warfare
Petty Officer Gary Richard Meehan For meritorious service to the Royal Australian Navy in the field of community service
ArmyWarrant Officer Class One Kenneth Allan GoldenFor 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
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
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
Major Bruce Graeme O'ConnorFor meritorious service to the Australian Army while serving with the 1st Commando Regiment
Major Andrew Michael Pedrazzini For meritorious service to the Australian Defence Force in the field of computer networking
Air Force Warrant Officer Robert Rein PaarsonFor meritorious service to the Royal Australian Air Force in the field of logistics operations

Notes and References

  1. News: AUSTRALIA DAY 1999 HONOURS . . S16 . Australia . 26 January 1999 . 3 October 2019 . 1 . National Library of Australia.
  2. Web site: Announcing and presenting awards. www.pmc.gov.au. Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. en. 2019-10-03.