User:Seb26/Sandbox/List of Australian of the Year Award recipients

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The Australian of the Year Walk is a path along Lake Burley Griffin in Canberra containing 100 concrete pillars listing the recipients of the Australian of the Year Award.

The Australian of the Year Award is an award that aims to "acknowledge the contributions of many outstanding Australians" and is presented to Australian citizens. The award ceremony is held on the eve of Australia Day (January 26) in Canberra each year and includes the presentation of three other variant awards: the "of the Year" awards for Young Australians, Senior Australians and Australian Local Heroes. The Australian of the Year Award ceremonies commenced in 1960 when Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet received the award.

Organised by the National Australia Day Council, the Australian of the Year Award is presented to an Australian citizen by the Prime Minister of Australia on the eve of Australia Day at Parliament House in Canberra.

The Award is intended for one individual each year although there have been few exceptions. In 1967, Melbourne-formed band The Seekers received the Australian of the Year Award. The band were recognised for their musical efforts including topping the singles chart with the track "I'll Never Find Another You". In 1993, the National Australia Day Council altered the award dating system, resulting in the award not being given out.


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Award recipients

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Professor Tim Flannery is the current Australian of the Year after receiving the award in 2007.
 
Former cricket player Steve Waugh won the Australian of the Year award in 2004.
 
Dame Joan Sutherland was Australian of the Year in 1961, and also the first female to win the award.


Year Recipient
2007 Professor Tim Flannery
2006 Professor Ian Frazer
2005 Fiona Wood AM (b.1958)
2004 Steve Waugh (b. 1965)
2003 Professor Fiona Stanley AC (b. 1946)
2002 Patrick Rafter (b. 1972)
2001 Lt General Peter Cosgrove AC MC (b. 1947)
2000 Sir Gustav Nossal AC CBE FAA FRS (b. 1931)
1999 Mark Taylor (b. 1963 )
1998 Cathy Freeman (b. 1973 )
1997 Professor Peter Doherty (b. 1940 )
1996 Doctor John Yu AM (b. 1934)
1995 Arthur Boyd AC OBE (b. 1920 )
1994 Ian Kiernan OAM (b. 1940 )
1993 ** No award given
1992 Mandawuy Yunupingu (b. 1956 )
1991 Archbishop Peter Hollingworth AO OBE (b. 1935 )
1990 Fred Hollows AC (1929 - 1993)
1989 Allan Border AO (b. 1955 )
1988 Kay Cottee AO (b. 1954 )
1987 John Farnham (b. 1949)
1986 Dick Smith (b. 1944 )
1985 Paul Hogan AM (b. 1939 )
1984 Lois O'Donoghue CBE AM (b. 1932 )
1983 Robert de Castella MBE (b. 1957 )
1982 Sir Edward Williams KCMG KBE (1921 - 1999)
1981 Sir John Crawford AC CBE (b. 1910 )
1980 Manning Clark AC (1915 - 1991)
1979 Senator Neville Bonnor AO
1979 Harry Butler CBE (b. 1930)
1978 Alan Bond
1978 Galarrwuy Yunupingu AM (b. 1948)
1977 Sir Murray Tyrall KCVO CBE
1977 Dame Raigh Roe DBE (b. 1923 )
1976 Sir Edward 'Weary' Dunlop AC CMG OBE (1907 - 1993)
1975 Sir John Cornforth AC CBE (b. 1917 )
1975 Major General Alan Stretton AO CBE
1974 Sir Bernard Heinze AC (1894 - 1982)
1973 Patrick White (1912 - 1990)
1972 Shane Gould MBE (b. 1956)
1971 Evonne Goolagong Cawley AO MBE (b. 1951)
1970 His Eminence Cardinal Sir Norman Gilroy KBE (1896 -1977)
1969 The Rt Hon Richard Gardiner Casey Baron of Berwick, Victoria and of the City of Westminister KG GCMG CH (1890 - 1976)
1968 Lionel Rose MBE (b. 1948 )
1967 The Seekers
1966 Sir Jack Brabham OBE (b. 1926 )
1965 Sir Robert Helpmann CBE (1909 - 1986)
1964 Dawn Fraser MBE (b. 1937 )
1963 Sir John Eccles AC (1903 - 1997)
1962 Alexander 'Jock' Sturrock MBE (b. 1915 )
1961 Dame Joan Sutherland OM AC DBE (b. 1926 )
1960 Sir MacFarlane Burnet OM AK KBE (1899 - 1985)

References

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To use
  • [1] - full listing of recipients
  • [2] - awards criteria
  • [3] - non-official website resource - Australian Government
  • [4] - National Australia Day Council media releases
  • [5] - sources for other variant awards
Currently cited