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]
| Recipient | Citation | Notes |
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| Robert Alfred Angove | For service to local government and to the community, particularly through environmental, music, church and service groups | |
| Ronald Thomas Banks | For service to the community through charitable, sport, arts and business organisations |
| Gregory Bartels | For service to the community, particularly through business and professional associations, to local and state government instrumentalities, and to organisations fostering health, education and welfare programmes in developing countries |
| Commissioner Brian Charles Bates | For service to community safety as Commissioner of Police and Head of the Fire and Emergency Service of the Northern Territory |
| Professor Richard John Bawden | For service to agricultural education, particularly in the application of systemic development to overcome complex problems in the management of natural resources and rural development both in Australia and overseas |
| William Ronald Beetham | For service to medicine, particularly in the field of orthopaedics, and in the development of training programmes for overseas doctors, and to the community |
| Nicholas Begakis | For service to business and export development in South Australia as a member of a range of government and industry advisory boards, and to the community |
| For service to scientific research in the field of microbiology, particularly through the study of symbiotic nitrogen fixation in legumes leading to improved crop performance in Australia and Asia |
| Graham Thomas Blewitt | For service to international humanitarian law, particularly in the area of war crimes investigation |
| Catherine Frances Bonnes | For service to people with hearing impairments in the Broken Hill area, and as a contributor nationally through the National Deafness Forum of Australia, the National Disability Advisory Council and the Hearing Services Advisory Committee |
| Dr Rita Joan Brassil | For service to the visual arts in Australia and overseas as a sculptor |
| Graeme Harold Brien | For service to public health through fundraising programmes for cancer research, the promotion of campaigns aimed at raising public awareness of cancer, and the improvement of patient education and care |
| Clive Reginald Broadbent | For service to the promotion of environmental health and safety in the field of mechanical building services, particularly the occurrence of legionella bacteria in cooling towers |
| Dr Wendy Elizabeth Brodribb | For service to medicine and community health as a lactation consultant, educator and counsellor in the advancement of the care of breastfeeding mothers and their babies, and to the Nursing Mothers Association of Australia |
| Alan John Broome | For service to the Australian mining industry, particularly in the areas of research and development through the Australian Coal Industry Research Laboratory, and to international trade through Austmine |
| Francis Martin Buckle | For service to the community, particularly as a philanthropist, and to the finance industry |
| Kenneth Donald Buckley | For service to the community as an advocate for civil liberties, human rights and social justice issues in Australia, particularly through the New South Wales Council for Civil Liberties |
| Dr Richard John Burns | For service to medicine, particularly in the field of neurology, and to the community as a patron and professional contributor to groups providing support for people with neurological diseases |
| Belinda Jane Clark | For service to cricket, particularly through the Australian Women's Cricket Team, and to the promotion and development of the game for women and girls |
| Kenneth George Coles | For service to business and industry, particularly in the areas of technological innovation and education, and to the community |
| Geraldine Dorothea Cox | For service to the welfare of children through the establishment, financing and administration of an orphanage in Cambodia |
| Douglas John Cross | For service to archival administration and records management, to professional associations, and to the community through the facilitation of greater public access to genealogical records |
| Peter Charles Cullen | For service to the community, particularly in the area of social welfare, the development of the RecLink programme providing recreational opportunities for the socially disadvantaged and those with substance abuse problems |
| Sean Christopher Dorney | For service to journalism as a foreign correspondent |
| Berry Haworth Durston | For service to rowing as a competitor, manager, coach, referee and administrator |
| Anthony Charles Falkland | For service to engineering and hydrology, particularly the management of fragile water resources in Pacific Island countries |
| Richard Alan Flashman | For service to the motor trade industry, particularly through the Motor Trade Association of South Australia and in the area of industry training, and to the community |
| Leah Ruby Francis | For service to visually impaired people, particularly in the field of education and in the integration of visually impaired children into mainstream education facilities |
| Emeritus Professor Joseph Mark Gani | For service to mathematics, particularly in the field of statistics, and to research in the areas of applied probability and mathematical biology |
| Dr Robert William Gee | For service to veterinary science, particularly as a leader in the development of improved standards of animal health and quarantine services |
| Graeme Lindsay Goldsworthy | For service to the community, particularly through support of programmes providing employment and recreational opportunities for people with disabilities, and to the promotion and development of regional tourism and the hospitality industry |
| Bruce John Goodluck | For service to the community, and to the Federal and Tasmanian Parliaments |
| Valerie Margaret Grogan | For service to the international community, particularly through human rights movements and overseas aid activities, and through St John Ambulance Australia |
| Judith Anne Hancock | For service to the education of girls, to educational administration through professional organisations, and to the community |
| Neville James Howden | For service to the Australian Red Cross as a financial manager, as a contributor to the MATES programme and to the development of the organisation's Blood Service |
| The Honourable Benjamin Charles Humphreys | For service to the Federal Parliament, particularly in the area of veterans' affairs |
| Professor Soo Keat Khoo | For service to medicine in the field of obstetrics and gynaecology as a teacher, researcher, clinician and administrator |
| Brian Henry Knowles | For service to the community, particularly through Rotary International's humanitarian relief work aimed at polio eradication |
| Allan Jeffrey Langer | For service to Rugby League football as a player at national and international levels, and as a supporter of charities, particularly those raising funds for cancer research |
| The Reverend Father John Peter Leary | For service to the spiritual, educational and health needs of the Aboriginal people of the Northern Territory as a priest and missionary of the Catholic Church |
| Trevor John Leis | For service to the dairy industry in Tasmania, and to the harness racing industry as a breeder and competitor |
| Cecil John Louttit | For service to the community, particularly through service, welfare, business and sporting organisations |
| Kevin John Luscombe | For service to the advertising industry, to social welfare and community organisations through the provision of marketing advice, and to education |
| Norman Douglas Lyall | For service to the law as a legal practitioner, and to professional development, particularly through the Law Society of New South Wales and the Law Council of Australia |
| Dr Robert Ian Mair | For service to engineering, particularly professional education, through the Institution of Engineers Australia, and to the expansion of Australia's engineering industry in Asia |
| Dr Jeffrey Gordon Mann | For service to the law, particularly in the areas of taxation law, legal reform and education, and to the community |
| Professor Robin Marks | For service to medicine in the field of dermatology, and to public health, particularly the promotion of skin cancer and melanoma awareness |
| Associate Professor Peter Blake Marshall | For service to medicine, particularly through the development of the Centre for Perinatal and Neonatal Medicine at the Flinders Medical Centre, and to education in the fields of neonatology and paediatrics |
| The Honourable Roderick Grant Matheson | For service to the law and to the community, particularly through the Bedford Industries Rehabilitation Association, the Law Society of South Australia, the Art Gallery of South Australia Foundation and St Mark's College Council |
| Dr David James McClay | For service to education in the Northern Territory as a school teacher and as a contributor to the development of Batchelor College as a leading centre for adult indigenous education |
| Dr Bronwyn Anne Mellor | For service to English education in Australia and overseas through the authorship and publication of innovative texts on literature, and as a teacher at secondary and tertiary levels |
| James Gordon Moffatt | For service to the community, particularly to medical research and charitable organisations as a financial adviser and administrator, and to local government |
| Dr John Moriarty | For service to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community through political advocacy and the promotion of indigenous culture, and to business |
| Fay Theresa Nelson | For service to the promotion and development of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art and culture |
| Vincent John O'Rourke | For service to the rail transport industry, particularly through the restructuring of Queensland Rail, and as a contributor for the inauguration of the Australasian Railway Association |
| Raymond Edward Parkin | For service to Australian war literature through autobiographical works, and to historical research as author of HM Bark Endeavour |
| Alan Francis Parry | For service to the credit union movement, particularly through the World Council of Credit Unions and the establishment of the Education Credit Union Co-operative Limited (Ed Credit) |
| William Frederick Penfold | For service to the community, particularly through the Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute, the Royal Blind Society and Rotary International, and through the reproduction and publication of historic cartographic works |
| Royce Reginald Pepin | For service to international aid programmes through Project Concern International, United Way International and the Multilateral Middle East Initiative, and to the community |
| John Maurice Pinney | For service to the Australian Red Cross as an administrator and as a contributor to the election of the Australian Society to the Executive Council of the Federation of Red Cross |
| Dr Andrew James Pirie | For service to the development of the wine industry and tourism in Tasmania |
| Brother Columbanus Neil Pratt | For service to the Catholic education system at secondary and tertiary levels and as an educational administrator in Australia and the Philippines |
| Lesley Denise Purdom | For service to local government in South Australia, and to the community, particularly through educational advisory bodies and service clubs |
| Mignon Marie Rasch | For service to youth and to international relations through AFS Intercultural Programs |
| David John Rathman | For service to Aboriginal affairs, particularly in the development and delivery of South Australian government services in the areas of education and community welfare |
| Ieuan Roberts | For service to the coal mining industry, particularly in the development and promotion of health and safety standards |
| Associate Professor Rosemary Feilding Roberts | For service to medical record administration, particularly in the development of national coding standards, and as a contributor for the introduction of casemix classifications in health care |
| Richard George Rockliff | For service to the community, particularly through agricultural and arts organisations in Tasmania, and to local government |
| Leslie Paul Scheinflug | For service to soccer as a national player and coach |
| Professor Robin Lorimer Sharwood | For service to the Anglican Church of Australia, particularly in the area of canon law, and to legal education |
| Diane Shteinman | For service to the Jewish community, particularly through the Executive Council of Australian Jewry |
| Roslyn Claire Sinclair | For service to the community of Maleny, particularly as an initiator of and contributor to a range of educational, welfare, service and health groups |
| Professor Larry Sitsky | For service to music as a composer, musicologist, pianist and educator |
| Dr John Havelock Southwick | For service to the dental profession, particularly through the Australian Dental Association, and to the Australian Council of Professions |
| Christopher John Stewart | For service to business, particularly the banking and film industries, and to the community |
| Norma Lesley Symington | For service to people with dementia and their carers, particularly through the Alzheimers Association of New South Wales and the Alzheimers Carer Support Group in Turramurra |
| Ian Edward Taylor | For service to the Victorian Ambulance Service, to Australian Rules football, particularly as an administrator in the country competition, and to the community |
| James William Thomson | For service to the welfare of children and youth in Victoria, particularly through Anglicare and Opportunity Youth Services |
| Gregory John Vickery | For service to the community, particularly through the Australian Red Cross, to the law and to legal education |
| Timothy Alexander Walker | For service to performing arts administration, particularly as General Manager of the Australian Chamber Orchestra |
| Richard James Watson | For service to the business sector as a company director and through the Tasmanian Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Australian Institute of Company Directors, to aquaculture and to sport, particularly snow skiing |
| Councillor John Haydon Wearne | For service to local government, particularly at state and national levels, and to the community through conservation, arts and sporting organisations |
| Barry Dodd Webb | For service to electrical engineering, particularly in the area of lighting as a consultant and lecturer |
| Peter Ian Whelan | For service to public health, particularly in the Northern Territory in the prevention of mosquito-borne diseases through programmes to monitor and control mosquito populations |
| Dr Guy Kendall White | For service to low temperature physics, particularly as a former Chief Research Scientist with the CSIRO, and through scientific publications and teaching |
| Dr Eric Clifford Wigglesworth | For service to the promotion of public health through The Sir Robert Menzies Memorial Foundation, and to accident prevention |
| Alexander Ross Wilson | For service to metallurgy, particularly through the Australian Institute for Non-Destructive Testing, and to the health and safety of persons working in the industrial radiography area of the metals industry |
| Janis Dickson Wittber | For service to youth, particularly through Guides Western Australia and Guides Australia, and to the community |
| The Reverend Richard Frank Wootton | For service to the Uniting Church in Australia, and to the community as an advocate for human rights and social justice issues nationally and world-wide | |
| Recipient | Citation | Notes |
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| Barrie John Aarons | For service to the community of Hamilton and to medicine | |
| Dr Lewsbe George Abbott | For service to medicine in the field of dermatology, particularly through the Australasian College of Dermatologists, to the arts and to veterans and their families |
| Pamela Abbotts | For service to people with disabilities, particularly as the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Recreation Network |
| Purachattra Abey | For service to the Sri Lankan community in Queensland |
| John Agnew | For service to music, education and youth, particularly through the ACT Instrumental Music Programme and bands |
| Graham Thomas Alderman | For service to the community, particularly through the Chartered Institute of Transport in Australia, and to Rotary International |
| Franklin John Alexander | For service to the communities within the Kiama region, particularly through the NSW Rural Fire Service and the State Emergency Service, and to the Scouting movement |
| Alan George Anderson | For service to the community, particularly through the Armed Merchant Cruiser and Landing Ship Association and the Royal Blind Society, and to surf lifesaving |
| John Venn Andrew | For service to sailing, particularly in the 16ft Skiff class |
| Graeme Keith Andrews | For service to the preservation and promotion of Australian maritime history as a researcher and author, and through the Sydney Maritime Museum |
| lma Ellen Archer | For service to the community of Bankstown, particularly though Meals on Wheels and the Greenacre Ladies Bowling Club |
| Barry Ernest Armstrong | For service to youth, particularly through the Scouting movement |
| Doris Catherine Athanasio | For service to women in the Maltese community, through the Maltese Australian Women's Association and the establishment of the Liverpool Maltese Women's Group |
| Lenard William Atkins | For service to the promotion and development of the game of squash, particularly as an administrator, coach and player |
| Norman William Austin | For service to the establishment and development of the Redland Museum, and to the community |
| Jeffrey John Barlow | For service to veterans, particularly through the Insurance Sub-Branch of the Returned and Services League of Australia |
| Karen Maree Barnett | For service to the community, particularly through housing programmes in the St Kilda and Port Phillip areas |
| Garry James Barnsley | For service to the community of the Southern Highlands |
| Dawn Alexia Bartkwoski | For service to the community, particularly through the Geebung Returned and Services League Women's Auxiliary |
| The Reverend Canon Lawrence Francis Bartlett | For service to the Anglican Church, particularly as a contributor to the ecumenical Hymn Book and the Australian Prayer Book |
| Ruth Mary Baxendale | For service to the preservation of local and family history and heritage sites in the Willunga and McLaren Vale areas, and as Chairman of the Willunga Branch of the National Trust of South Australia |
| Phyllis Ferguson Bennett | For service to the community, particularly through the Voluntary Aid Services Corps and the Australian Red Cross |
| Vivian James Berresford | For service to local government, particularly through the Northern Midlands Council, and to the community |
| Francis Dewar Bethwaite | For service to sailing, particularly as a boat designer and as initiator of technical and experimental projects |
| John Gregorius Beus | For service to community welfare, particularly through the Springvale Branch of the Society of St Vincent de Paul and the Springvale Benevolent Society |
| James bin Jamin | For service to community health on the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, particularly as a medical and dental assistant |
| Dr Andrew Barham Black | For service to conservation and the environment, to ornithology and to medicine, particularly in the field of epilepsy |
| Josephine Marie Black | For service to education, particularly as Chairperson of the Corangamite District Adult Education Group, and to the community |
| David Colin Blake | For service to the community, particularly through the Australian and New South Wales Cemeteries and Crematoria Associations |
| Gloria Bouren | For service to the community, particularly as a fundraiser for charity, and to children with hearing and sight impairments through the Wollongong Lantern Club |
| Dr Edwin John Boyce | For service to education, particularly as Principal of Pacific Hills Christian School |
| Neville George Boyd | For service to ballroom dancing as a teacher, examiner, adjudicator and lecturer |
| Dr Maximilian Brandle | For service to education, particularly as Director of the Institute of Modern Languages, to the community through the National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters, and to multiculturalism |
| Donald George Bradshaw | For service to the community, particularly in the field of rehabilitation for those with drug and alcohol addictions |
| Elizabeth Merle Bradwell | For service to women, particularly through Soroptimist International and the Returned Sisters Sub-Branch of the Returned and Services League of Australia, and to the community |
| Margaret Dorothy Brooke | For service to the community of Benalla through the performing and visual arts, particularly as a flautist |
| Neville Brooke | For service to the aged, particularly in the development of health and welfare services |
| Enid Marie Burge | For service to children with sight and hearing impairments, particularly through the St George Lantern Club |
| John Cuthbertson Burrell | For service to the community, particularly through the establishment of the Cork Project, and to veterans and their families |
| Yvonne Rhonda Burton | For service to the community, particularly through Meals on Wheels |
| Shirley Eileen Butler | For service to nursing and the community, particularly through the implementation of programmes and services for people with sensory impairments |
| Kevin Robert Byrne | For service to the community of Caboolture, particularly through charitable organisations |
| Raymond Anthony Callaghan | For service to athletics, particularly through the Australian Association of Veterans Athletics Clubs and the Victorian Veterans Athletic Club |
| Charles Arthur Campbell | For service to the community, particularly through St John Ambulance Australia, the National Trust of Australia and the Australiana Fund |
| Melva Lorraine Campbell | For service to the community, particularly as a fundraiser through the Mildura Base Hospital Ladies Auxiliary and the Mildura Auxiliary of the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Victoria |
| Owen Colin Campbell | For service to the community by raising public awareness of the Sandakan tragedy |
| Sophie Shoshanah Caplan | For service to the Jewish community, particularly in the areas of genealogy and historical research |
| John Gennaro Caputo | For service to the Italian community, to the community of Warringah, and to local government |
| Gavin Boyd Carpenter | For service to the community of the Barkly region, particularly in the areas of regional development and tourism |
| Stephen Alexander Carr | For service to figure skating as a competitor at Australian and World Championships, and to the Olympic Movement |
| Annia Castan | For service to the Jewish community, particularly through philanthropic contributions and support for programmes and services for children with disabilities |
| Cynthia Despa Chamberlain | For service to youth through Guides Australia, and to the community |
| Max Chester | For service to the community, particularly through the Rotary Club of Heidelberg, to local government, and to architecture |
| Dr Clement Byrne Christesen | For service to the development of Australian creative and critical writing as founder and editor of Meanjin Quarterly |
| Muriel Claire Christie | For service to youth, particularly through Guides Australia |
| Gladys Churcher | For service to the community through the welfare programmes of the Canberra Baptist Church and the ACT Hospice Palliative Care Society |
| Colin Frederick Clark | For service to sport, particularly through the Queensland Touch Association, and to the community through the Scouting movement and the State Emergency Service |
| For service to the Aboriginal communities of Cherbourg and Brisbane |
| Kathleen Olga Cockcroft | For service to the community, particularly through voluntary and charitable organisations |
| Clare Colless | For service to the community, particularly through musical groups in the Coonamble and Gold Coast Areas |
| Brian Anthony Collins | For service to the community, particularly through the Children's Cancer Institute Australia for Medical Research |
| James Kevin Colwell | For service to veterans, particularly through the Curranulla Day Care Club and the Cronulla Sub-Branch of the Returned and Services League of Australia |
| Florence Ellen Cooper | For service to the community, particularly through the Ngala Family Resource Centre |
| Raymond John Cooper | For service to Australian Rules football and to the community |
| Gwenith Mary Coulter | For service to women's health, particularly through the Orange and District Breast Cancer Support Service, and to the community |
| Charles William Cowper | For service to the welfare of veterans and their families, particularly through the Adamstown Sub-Branch of the Returned and Services League of Australia |
| Charles Thomas Cripps | For service to the community, particularly through the Northampton Lions Club and fundraising activities for local organisations |
| Betty Lorraine Croker | For service to the community, particularly through the Country Women's Association, the Anglican Church and the Crookwell Mammography Appeal |
| Nina Alison Crone | For service to education, particularly as Headmistress of Melbourne Girls Grammar School |
| Barry Francis Cronin | For service to the community of the Gold Coast region, particularly through Group Training Australia Human Resources Limited |
| Ruth Helénè Cross | For service to the communities of Geelong and Barwon, particularly through the Australian Red Cross |
| Graham John Crouch | For service to the milk and fish marketing industries, and to the community |
| Ronald Henry Culbert | For service to veterans and their families and to the community through the Brisbane City Mission |
| Dr Edward Kevin Cullen | For service to public health through the provision of palliative care services, and to medicine, particularly in the field of geriatric medicine |
| John Dalton | For service to the community, through service, social welfare and overseas aid groups |
| Heather Dawn Davidson | For service to nursing, particularly through the New South Wales College of Nursing, the Institute of Nurse Administrators of NSW and ACT, and the Australian Council of Health Care Standards |
| Dr Alwyn Gerald Davies | For service to Rotary International aid programmes, particularly the Surplus Medicines and Medical Equipment Scheme and the Sight Restoration Programme for Indonesia, and as a general medical practitioner |
| Lieutenant Colonel Rodney Francis Davis | For service to the community of Armidale, particularly through the New England Regional Art Museum |
| Clarence Charles Daw | For service to the community of Ravensthorpe through sporting, social and welfare organisations |
| The Reverend James Arthur Dawes | For service to the Uniting Church in Australia as a minister and a missionary |
| Gregory John Dempsey | For service to opera and as a teacher and adjudicator |
| David Derick Denton | For service to the community, particularly through the provision of telecommunication and security advice for public events |
| The Reverend Michael Deutsch | For service to the Jewish community, particularly as the Cantor and a Minister of the Temple Emanuel |
| David Henry Dial | For service to the community of the Hunter region, particularly through compiling material on local involvement in the Boer War and World War I, and through the Scouting movement |
| William MacLean Dinnie | For service to local government, and to the community of Dalwallinu |
| Harold Arthur Doig | For service to education, particularly through the development of mathematics programmes and curricula, and to the community |
| Lesley Jean Doncon | For service to the community, particularly as a pianist, music teacher and choral conductor |
| Douglas Donovan | For service to the community through the Moonah West Branch of the Naval Association of Australia and sporting groups |
| Sister Mary Helen Dowler | For service to community health and welfare in the areas of pastoral and palliative care in the Orange and Bathurst region, and to education |
| Claude Edmund Downs | For service to lawn bowls and to the community of Mount Gambier |
| Margaret Ann Eaton | For service to people with intellectual disabilities, particularly through the Northgate Workshop of the Endeavour Foundation |
| Reverend John Herbert Edmonstone | For service to religion and the community, particularly through the Baptist Church |
| Eric Geoffrey Edwards | For service to the Hellenic community of Western Australia, particularly through the establishment of the Prevelly Chapel |
| Philip William English | For service to local government and to primary industry, particularly dairy farming |
| Dr John Watson Failes | For service to the community of Armidale, particularly through church and service organisations, and to local government |
| Joseph Richard Fairweather | For service to veterans through the City of Parramatta Sub Branch of the Returned and Services League of Australia, and to the community |
| Kenneth John Falkenmire | For service to cricket, particularly through the Emu Club, the Tamworth District Cricket Association and the North West Cricket Council |
| Frank Farina | For service to soccer as a player and coach |
| Margaret Lorraine Feeney | For service to veterans, particularly through the New South Wales Branch of the War Widows' Guild of Australia |
| Kathleen Mary Fergusson | For service to local government and to the communities of Glamorgan and Spring Bay |
| Robert John Fernance | For service to hockey in the Newcastle area |
| Dr Joyce Eleanor Fildes | For service to the community, particularly through the Zonta Club of Canberra and the ACT Chapter of the Australian Federation of University Women |
| Angela Maria Finnegan | For service to music as a pianist, organist, accompanist and teacher |
| Raymond Maxwell Fisher | For service to Australian Rules football in the Lexton district |
| Joseph John Fleming | For service to the community, particularly through the Society of St Vincent de Paul |
| Enid Winter Fraser | For service to the community through the Australian Red Cross and the Peninsula and Red Hill Hospice Auxiliaries |
| Robert Bryan Fryer | For service to the community, particularly to people with intellectual disabilities through Challenge Southern Highlands Incorporated and the Welby Garden Centre |
| Leslie Gordon Gaffney | For service to veterans, particularly through the establishment of the Tamworth Sandakan and World War II Memorials |
| Mary Hannah Gaffney | For service to the community, particularly the aged, through the Gaffney House Ladies Auxiliary Group |
| Dorothy Blanche Gamble | For service to diving, particularly through the New South Wales Diving Association |
| Reginald Harry Gardner | For service to the community, particularly through the Rotary Club of Kogarah and the Technical Aid to Disabled (TAD), and to recreational sailing through the Botany Bay Yacht Club |
| Walter Gherardin | For service to children, particularly through the Gordon Homes for Boys and Girls |
| Joyce Mary Gibberd | For service to conservation and the environment, particularly through the St Peters Tree Advisory Group, and to the community |
| Yvonne Gloria Gibbons | For service to the community of Strathfield, particularly as a fundraiser for service and welfare groups, and in the recording and preserving of oral histories |
| Craig Austin Goozee | For service to the community, particularly as a fundraiser for research into childhood cancer |
| Robin Gregory Gordon | For service to the pipe band movement as an administrator and tutor |
| Alastair Kinnaird Gordon | For service to athletics, particularly as a coach, administrator and competitor |
| Richard Leonard Goss | For service to the community of Narrandera through sporting, aged care and welfare organisations |
| John Edwin Greig | For service to the real estate industry and to the community |
| Erica Muir Greig | For service to people with disabilities through the Corroboree Club |
| Edmund Herbert Grohn | For service to the community of Bundaberg through service, education and welfare groups |
| Michael Graeme Groom | For service to mountaineering |
| Gillian Hagger | For service to the community, particularly through the Katherine Branch of the Australian Red Cross |
| Beverley May Halburd | For service to youth, particularly through Guides Australia, and to the community |
| Betty Christina Hall | For service to the community, particularly through the Crookwell and District Historical Society, youth, church and welfare organisations, and to local government |
| Dorothy Hamilton | For service to local government, to the cattle industry, and to the community of Eidsvold |
| Alexander Laurence Hamlyn | For service to local government, particularly in the areas of land and water management |
| William Donald Harper | For service to music as a jazz violinist, composer and teacher of jazz |
| Paul William Harragon | For service to Rugby League football as a player, and to the community |
| The Venerable John Douglas Harrower | For service to the community through the Anglican Church and as a missionary |
| Valma Mary Harvey-Hamilton | For service to the aged as a provider of outreach musical entertainment, and as a volunteer for nursing homes and pensioner associations |
| Joan Macedon Heatley | For service to the community of the Burdekin region, through social welfare and education groups |
| Olga Dorothy Hedemann | For service to nursing and health care administration, to the Army Reserve through the Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps, and to the community |
| Hans Erwin Heer | For service to the Swiss community, particularly through the Swiss Society of Queensland |
| Gordon Herbert Hill | For service to the community, particularly in establishing The Sydney Morsecodians Fraternity |
| The Reverend Alexander Mackenzie Hilliard | For service to veterans through the RAN Corvettes Association, to the Uniting Church in Australia, and to the community |
| Monsignor John Maurice Hoare | For service to the Catholic Church, particularly the Canberra Goulburn Archdiocese as Vicar-General and Chancellor |
| Peter Rex Hobson | For service to aviation, particularly through the Royal Victorian Aero Club, and to people with disabilities through the EW Tipping Foundation |
| Harry Hoffman | For service to the community as a philanthropist supporting social welfare groups and educational institutions |
| Leila Shirley Hoffman | For service to the community through the campaign for equal pay, the establishment of the West Australian Young Readers' Book Award and the Perth Torah Education Centre Library |
| Averil Gertrude Holt | For service to the community of Brighton and to the identification, recording and preservation of historical and heritage items in South Australia |
| Mohammad Nurul Huq | For service to the community, particularly through the Islamic Society of the Northern Territory, the Australian Federation of Islamic Councils and as Imam of the Darwin Muslim community |
| Cyril Keith Ingram | For service to botany, particularly through the collection and documentation of plant species, and furthering the knowledge of native flora |
| Margery Irving | For service to the performing arts, particularly to theatre and radio, and to the community |
| Terence Cecil Irwin | For service to veterans and their families, particularly through the Orange Sub-Branch of the Returned and Services League of Australia |
| Robert Francis Isaacs | For service to Aboriginal communities in Western Australia, through housing administration and participation in instrumentalities concerned with health, welfare and education |
| Frederick Thomas Ivory | For service to the community through the Commercial Representatives' and Agents Associations of Australia and Victoria |
| Barbara Mary Jacobs | For service to the community, particularly through the Australian Red Cross |
| Mona Rose Jacobsen | For service to the community, particularly through the Veterans and Family Support Link Line Incorporated, the Australian Red Cross and the Country Women's Association |
| Ronald Edward James | For service to the community, particularly through the Victorian Concert Orchestra |
| Florence Edith Jenkin | For service to the community, particularly through rehabilitation work for those with drug and alcohol addictions |
| The Reverend Father Valerian Jenko | For service to the Slovenian Catholic community in Australia |
| Peter Charles Joseph | For service to the community as Chairman of the Sisters of Charity Health Service Board in Darlinghurst and the St James Ethics Centre |
| Lady Kaye | For service to the community through the Ecumenical Coffee Brigade |
| Michael John Kennedy | For service to people with intellectual disabilities through Kurrajong-Waratah Industries and to the community of Wagga Wagga through service, school, church and cultural groups |
| Alfred John Kitson | For service to the welfare of veterans and their families, particularly through the Naval Association of Australia |
| Vaclav George Kolsky | For service to youth through the Scouting movement and to sport through the Illawarra Hockey and Sports Foundation |
| Dennis Demosthenes Konidaris | For service to the community, particularly through the Australian Red Cross Appeal Committee, the Greek Orthodox Community of Frankston and Peninsula, and the Lefkadian Brotherhood Society |
| Margaret Anne Lanz | For service to gymnastics as a competitor, judge, team manager and coach |
| Geoffrey George Lascelles | For service to veterans and their families, particularly through the Hervey Bay Sub-Branch of the Returned and Services League of Australia, and to the community |
| Marigold Mary Lawrence | For service to the conservation of the environment of the Central Coast region, and to the community |
| John James Lesslie | For service to youth, particularly through the Order of DeMolay, and to the community |
| Edward Arthur Lewis | For service to the community, particularly through Probus and the Victorian and Australian Overseas Foundation |
| Lynette Joy Light | For service to social welfare in Ballarat and district, particularly through the Uniting Church Outreach Centre |
| Bernard Benjamin Lofthouse | For service to the community of Harvey, particularly through service, aged care, ex-service and welfare groups |
| Patricia Audrey Longworth | For service to the welfare of children with disabilities and their families, particularly through the co-ordination of early childhood intervention programmes in the northern suburbs of Sydney |
| Francis Edward Luck | For service to the community of Rockhampton, particularly through the support of educational and artistic institutions, as a benefactor, and to tropical livestock importation |
| Judith Haydon Mackay | For service to equestrian sports, particularly in camp drafting, show riding and dressage events |
| Michael John Maher | For service to parliament at state and federal levels, and to the Maltese community of New South Wales |
| Sister Clare Aileen Mahon | For service to community welfare, particularly through the Mathew Talbot Soup Van in Fitzroy, the Society of St Vincent de Paul and the Corpus Christi Community at Greenvale |
| Angie Mai | For service to women in the Chinese community as founder of the Western Suburbs Chinese Women's Association |
| Vincent Joseph Marinato | For service to the community of Watsons Bay, particularly in preserving the Italo-Australian heritage of the area by recording and documenting local history |
| Maurice George Marks | For service to the community, particularly to the aged and people with disabilities through the Sir Joseph Banks Day Care Centre at Caringbah |
| Dr Cyril Maxwell Martin | For service to the development of the food science and technology industries |
| Arthur John Matthews | For service to veterans' tennis in Tasmania as a player, coach and administrator |
| Edward Joseph McAlpine | For service to sport, particularly to Rugby League football, and to cricket |
| Betty June McCrindle | For service to people with intellectual disabilities through the FOCAL Extended Management Committee, and to the community |
| John Edward McCulloch | For service to youth, particularly through the Youth Hostels Association of Queensland and the Australian Youth Hostels Association |
| Betty Margaret McDermott | For service to the community, particularly through the St Vincent de Paul Society's Marian Villa at Arncliffe |
| David Allan McDonald | For service to the community of Atherton and district, particularly through the Masonic movement, the Queensland Cancer Fund, and sporting and charity organisations |
| John Robert McFerran | For service to the television industry, particularly through the establishment of teletext services in Australia, and to the community |
| For service to figure skating at Australian and World Championships, and to the Olympic movement |
| Frederick Herbert McGrory | For service to surf lifesaving at club, regional, state and national levels |
| Dr Mary McHugh | For service to medicine, particularly as a general practitioner in South Australia |
| Alan John McKinney | For service to rural health, particularly through the Dubbo Base Hospital and the Hospital and Health Services Association of New South Wales |
| Geoffrey Grantley McKinnon | For service to the media, to tourism, and to athletics |
| Maxwell John McKowen | For service to sport as an administrator and sports trainer |
| James Anthony McLeod | For service to the promotion of jazz music, through media broadcasts and encouraging Australian music composition and performance |
| Susan McLeod | For service to nursing and professional education, particularly at the Royal Melbourne Hospital |
| Neil Ambler McQualter | For service to the community of Benalla and district, particularly through the North Eastern Victorian and Benalla Ambulance Services, Benalla Rotary Club and the Benalla Regional Art Gallery |
| Valerie Thame McRae | For service to the community, particularly through branches of the Australian Red Cross, Wyong Gorokan Meals on Wheels and the Inner Wheel Club of Toukley |
| Malcolm Jeffrey Meikle | For service to the entertainment industry as a comedian and compere, and to the community as a fundraiser for charitable events |
| Commodore Laurence Wilfrid Merson | For service to veterans and their families, particularly through the HMAS WARRAMUNGA Veterans' Association and the Naval Association of Australia |
| Councillor Ivan Henry Middleton | For service to local government and to the community of Chinchilla |
| Oliver Allan Moonie | For service to pedigree dog breeding associations, particularly through the Smooth Fox Terrier Association of New South Wales, and to the community |
| Peter Moore | For service music as an instrumental bassoonist, conductor and director, and to music education |
| Robert Christopher Moore | For service to youth, particularly through the South Australian Squadron Air Training Corps, and to gliding |
| Maisie Morgan | For service to the community, particularly through the Red Cross Blood Bank in Melbourne and the St Kilda Branch of Red Cross |
| Dr Geoffrey Claude Morlet | For service to medicine in the field of ophthalmology |
| John Gilbert Morris | For service to the community, particularly veterans, through voluntary research assistance at the Australian War Memorial and in contributing to the establishment of the Hellfire Pass Memorial in Thailand |
| Donald MacEwan Morrison | For service to the community, particularly the care of aged veterans through the Returned and Services League of Australia |
| The Reverend Murray James Morton | For service to the community of the Southern Peninsula, particularly through the Food For All Program and Anglicare |
| Dorothy Joyce Mowbray | For service to the community as a volunteer fundraiser for charities and community causes, particularly through the Board of Social Responsibility of the Uniting Church in Australia |
| Kenneth Hugh Munro | For service to the community of the Darling Downs region, particularly through the University of Southern Queensland, St Andrews Hospital and the Toowoomba Chamber Music Society |
| Louis Nade | For service to visually impaired people through the Royal Blind Society |
| Leslie Keith Neal | For service to amateur wrestling and to youth as an administrator, coach and competitor |
| William George Nethery | For service to the community of Tamworth, particularly through radio broadcasting, service and youth groups, and through the recording of the social history of the area |
| Barbara Niemiec-Warcok | For service to the Polish community in Adelaide, particularly through the Polish Women's Association |
| Kenneth Hugh Norris | For service to cycling for people with disabilities, particularly as a coach and administrator through the Australian Paralympic Preparation Programme |
| Mavis Margaret O'Connor | For service to the community of Norwood through the Society of St Vincent de Paul |
| Keith O'Dempsey | For service to secondary education in Queensland, and to the community |
| Dr Margaret O'Grady | For service to medicine as a general practitioner in the Randwick area |
| Eric George Orford | For service to the community of Toowoomba, particularly through tourism and economic development, and to the beverage industry |
| Richard James Owens | For service to business through the Australian Family Business Network, and to the community |
| Ronald John Palmer | For service to the community of Footscray, particularly through arts, sporting, service and environmental organisations |
| John William Palmer | For service to conservation and the environment, particularly in the Gold Coast area |
| Nicholas Joseph Papallo | For service to the Italian community, particularly through the San Giorgio Association of Sydney, the Italia Australia Association and the Italian Chamber of Commerce |
| Ernest Augustus Parker | For service to veterans and their families, particularly through North Sydney and Chatswood Sub-Branches of the Returned and Services League of Australia, and through the organisation of lawn and indoor bowls programmes for the disabled |
| Ronald Gordon Pate | For service to the community, particularly through the Scouting movement, Rotary International and the Royal Freemasons' Benevolent Institution of New South Wales |
| John Oscar Paul | For service to veterans and their families, particularly through the Tasmanian Branch of the Returned and Services League of Australia |
| Edward Gordon Pawson | For service to archery, particularly as a coach and administrator, and to the Adelaide Archery Club |
| Arthur Dean Pearce | For service to veterans through the Catalina clubs of Australia |
| Betty Macleod Pedersen | For service to the community, particularly through the Baulkham Hills Meals on Wheels and the Presbyterian Women's Association |
| Ernest Edward Perkins | For service to conservation and the environment, particularly through the Field Naturalists Club, and to the community of Castlemaine |
| José Amelia Petrick | For service to the preservation and recording of the history of Alice Springs as a writer and researcher, and to the community |
| Glenville Ivan Pike | For service to the preservation and recording of the history of the pioneers of the Northern Territory and North Queensland as a writer and publisher |
| Frank Pisani | For service to the community, particularly in the promotion of marine safety and safe boating practices through the Fremantle Volunteer Sea Rescue Group |
| Valma Ellen Plant | For service to the community, particularly through the Traralgon Historical Society and the Walhalla Heritage League |
| Joyce Leone Plater | For service to the community of Lower Clarence |
| Angela Pong | For service to the Chinese community, particularly as the founding President of the Burwood Branch of the Chinese Elderly Welfare Association |
| John Dexter Porter | For service to the community, particularly through Rugby Union football in the Illawarra district |
| Ronald George Praite | For service to the community, particularly through research and preservation of the history of Unley |
| Frank Presnell | For service to the community of Guyra, particularly as a fundraiser and volunteer for local organisations |
| Maxwell Leonard Press | For service to sailing, particularly through the Yachting Association of New South Wales and the Australian Yachting Federation |
| David Evan Price | For service to the community of Mornington, particularly through the Uniting Church in Australia and groups promoting social justice and local issues, and to the International Medical Mission |
| Eric Colin Pursche | For service to the community of Manningham, particularly through ex-service and welfare groups |
| Malini Devi Rasanayakam | For service to the Tamil community as the founder and Secretary of the Tamil Foundation |
| Jill Reichstein | For service to the community and through the promotion and development of philanthropy in Australia, particularly through the Lance Reichstein Foundation |
| Helen May Reid | For service to the community, particularly through Lifeline North Queensland |
| Arthur Relf | For service to the aged through the Camden Haven Aged Care Association and the Laurieton Haven Retirement Village |
| Colin Mayne Reynolds | For service to the community, particularly in support of research into childhood cancer through the Oncology Children's Foundation |
| John Edward Riches | For service to youth, particularly through the Scouting movement and the Association of Southern Directions Youth Services |
| Leslie Arthur Roberts | For service to the community as a church organist and as a fundraiser for charities |
| Audria Eileen Rodgers | For service to the preservation and recording of local history through the Tamworth Historical Society, and to the community |
| Philip John Rogers | For service to the community through the Clovercrest Swimming Club and Asthma South Australia |
| Betty Eileen Ross | For service to the entertainment industry as an actor in radio, television and theatre and to industry members, through the Queensland Branch of the Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance and the Actors and Entertainers Benevolent Fund |
| Kathleen Emily Ross | For service to veterans and their families in Tasmania through the War Widows Guild of Australia and the Returned and Services League Ladies Auxiliary, and to the community |
| Dr Patricia Anne Ryan | For service to medicine as a general practitioner, and through the extension and improvement of medical services in the Shoalhaven area |
| Dr William Philip Ryan | For service to medicine as a general practitioner and through the extension and improvement of medical services in the Shoalhaven area, and to forensic science through the Australasian and Pacific Area Association of Police Medical Officers |
| Bernard John Sarroff | For service to aviation, particularly through the Royal Newcastle Aero Club, the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association and the Australian Association of Flight Instructors |
| Mary Ellen Saunders | For service to the community, particularly through the Oakleigh Centre for Intellectually Disabled Citizens, the Cheltenham Willing Workers and the Burwood Branch of the Country Women's Association |
| Pasquale Scalzi | For service to the fruit and vegetable industry through the Adelaide Produce Markets Limited and the South Australian Chamber of Fruit and Vegetable Industries |
| Jean Ethel Schlueter | For service to the community, particularly through the Country Women's Association, the Australian Red Cross, emergency service and sporting organisations |
| Bettina Joyce Schneider | For service to the performing arts in Dubbo, particularly to ballet, and as a fundraiser for charity |
| William Clifton Scott | For service to local government as President of Capel Shire Council, to the Western Australian Farmers Federation, and to the community |
| Noreen Teresa Sear | For service to the community, particularly through the Asthma Foundation Learn to Swim programme at Ryde |
| Paul Arthur Setchell | For service to the welfare of children through Save the Children |
| Neville William Sharpe | For service to research in the small seeds industry and in plant variety trials, to water resource management and to the community |
| Antony Stuart Shires | For service to people with disabilities, particularly through Technical Aid to the Disabled in New South Wales, and to the community |
| John Allan Skinner | For service to the community, particularly through the Ambulance Services Welfare Fund and the Retired Ambulance Officers Association |
| Colin John Slater | For service to the community, particularly the promotion of Australian music and artists and to singing in the Canberra region |
| Stanley Edward Slipper | For service to educational administration, particularly through the Board of Trustees of the Ipswich Grammar School, and to the community |
| Ethel Mary Smallwood | For service to the community of South Gippsland through health and aged care services and local government |
| Ralph Foster Smart | For service to the development of the Australian film industry |
| Donald Andrew Smith | For service to youth through the Queensland Branch of The Boys' Brigade and The Duke of Edinburgh's Award in Australia |
| Geoffrey John Smith | For service to the protection and welfare of Australian fauna as a carer for sick and injured animals |
| Kathleen May Smith | For service to youth through the Frankston Marching Girls Association |
| Leslie William Smith | For service to youth through the Frankston Marching Girls Association |
| Peter Malcolm Smith | For service to primary industry as a breeder, exhibitor and judge of poultry through the Show movement, to the Royal Agricultural Society of New South Wales, and to the horse breeding and racing industries |
| Lieutenant Colonel Ross Smith | For service to veterans and their families, particularly as Chairman of the RSL Veterans Retirement Villages Foundation |
| Christine Helen Smith | For service to the protection and welfare of Australian fauna as a carer for sick and injured animals |
| Charles Edward Sparrow | For service to sailing, particularly as a designer of the Vaucluse Junior Sailing Boat (VJ) |
| Ronald Gordon Spratt | For service to community health, through the environmental health and waste management industries |
| Albert Edward Springett | For service to the communities of Bowral and Mittagong through service, tourist and business organisations |
| John Erwin Stewart | For service to the law and to medical administration through the Medical Board of Victoria |
| Noreen Dorothy Stokes | For service to music as a performer, teacher, examiner and accompanist |
| Donnie Sutherland | For service to the music and entertainment industries, particularly the promotion of Australian performers, and to the community as a compere of fundraising events |
| Keith Hubert Sutton | For service to people with intellectual and physical disabilities through Challenge Southern Highlands, and to the community |
| Janet Ruth Tate | For service to the community, particularly in the promotion of older women's health, and as a fundraiser for charitable and heritage groups |
| John Charles Taylor | For service to surf lifesaving, particularly through the Burleigh Heads Mowbray Park Surf Life Saving Club, and to the community |
| Dr John Thomas | For service to the pharmacy profession, particularly through the continuing education of practising pharmacists |
| William Glanville Thomas | For service to local government and to the community of Jamestown |
| Dr Oswald Boaz Tofler | For service to the Jewish community of Western Australia, and to medicine, particularly in the field of cardiology |
| John Clifford Tolley | For service to the preservation and recording of the history of South Australia, particularly as a researcher and writer |
| John Vincent Toohey | For service to the community as a fundraiser and financial adviser for the Marist Brothers |
| Thomas John Toohey | For service to veterans and their families, particularly through the Bundaberg Sub-Branch of the Rats of Tobruk Association, and to the community |
| John William Toon | For service to veterans and their families, particularly in contributing to the establishment of a memorial at Hellfire Pass in Thailand, and to the community of Dandenong |
| Professor Thomas Andrew Torda | For service to medicine, particularly research in the fields of anaesthesia and intensive care, and to education in hospitals and the University of New South Wales |
| Nellie Eva Torrens | For service to the community of Tamworth, particularly through Meals on Wheels |
| Richmond Thomas Torrens | For service to the community of Tamworth, particularly through Meals on Wheels |
| Deborah Merle Tranter | For service to the promotion of tourism and the cultural heritage of the Darling Downs region |
| Allan Hugh Tucker | For service to brass band music, particularly through the Launceston Railway Silver Band, to youth through the Air Training Corps, and to the community |
| Beres Anne Turner | For service to the community, particularly as a teacher and adjudicator of speech and drama |
| Daphne Rhoda Unicomb | For service to the community of the Hunter Valley region through social welfare, service, cultural and school groups |
| John Graham Urquhart | For service to the liquid petroleum gas industry, and to children with disabilities through the Scouting movement |
| Michael Lister Verco | For service to country horse racing, particularly as President of the Strathalbyn Racing Club |
| Norma Viles | For service to veterans and their families, particularly through the Warilla Sub-Branch Women's Auxiliary of the Returned and Services League of Australia |
| Barbara Helen Volk | For service to the community, particularly through the New South Wales Haemophilia Foundation, the Mark Fitzpatrick Trust and the Red Cross Blood Bank |
| Pamela Lynette Walker | For service to the community, particularly through the Southern Heritage Singers, and as a music teacher |
| Janet Audrey Walley | For service as a sports administrator, particularly to netball in Australia |
| Leo William Walsh | For service to the community through the preservation and promotion of military history and heritage in Queensland, particularly through the Victoria Barracks Historical Society |
| Raymond Mervyn Webster | For service to cricket, particularly through compiling and publishing statistics on Australian first-class cricket, and as a player, umpire and convener of umpiring |
| Allan John Weeks | For service to the community, particularly through the Alexandra District Voluntary Ambulance Service |
| lma Iris Westerway | For service to the community of the Central Coast region through charitable and service organisations |
| Raymond William Wheeler | For service to veterans and their families, particularly through the Victorian Branch of the Ex-Prisoners of War Association of Australia, the Victorian Ex-Prisoners of War and Relatives Association, and the Returned and Services League of Australia |
| Margaret Patricia White | For service to people with intellectual disabilities through the Endeavour Foundation |
| Jean Christina Whitehouse | For service to nursing, particularly in the field of gerontology |
| lma Jean Wightwick | For service to the aged and to people with disabilities, through the Canterbury Centre's Ladies Auxiliary and the Canterbury Senior Citizens' Club |
| Ronald John Williams | For service to cricket, particularly through the Northern Tasmanian Cricket Association |
| Joan Beatrice Williams | For service to people with physical and intellectual disabilities through the Cerebral Palsy League and the Intellectually Disabled Citizens Council |
| Joan Williams | For service to the community of Ballina and district, particularly through the establishment of the Ballina Players, and through Quota International and welfare organisations |
| Herbert Sydney Williams | For service to the welfare of children and infants as a foster parent |
| Dulcie Edna Williams | For service to the welfare of children and infants as a foster parent |
| Lynn Wilson | For service to the community, particularly as the founder, Secretary and Treasurer of the Australasian Tuberous Sclerosis Society |
| Donald James Withers | For service to the community in the area of medical counter disaster planning |
| Spencer Alston Witten | For service to the community, particularly through the Barraba District Hospital Board and Rotary, and to local government |
| James William Young | For service to primary industry, particularly through the Bellarine Branch of the Victorian Farmers Federation and the Bellarine Land Care Group, and to the community | |
