Page 3 (The cover contains only a set of pictures of a foundation awardee and page 2 is a directory to the rest of
the magazine.
Heading: All in a day's work for the Governor-General
You see the word “patron” associated with the name of the Governor-General on the letterheads of such
organisations at The Order of Australia Association and many others.
What are patrons and what do they do? Ironically, even the Shorter Oxford Dictionary is not much help
because its definitions relate mostly to the Latin origin of the word, pater meaning father; and petronus which
means protector of clients, advocate and defender. In fact, most of the several historic definitions and some of
the current ones tend to associate patrons and patronage to commercial enterprises — like pubs and shops. In the
17th and 18th centuries and even today there are patrons of the arts, usually wealthy people who support artists’
work or make substantial gifts to art gallieries or theatres.
The patron of OAA is the Governor-General, Her Excellency Ms Quentin Bryce AC CVO, who is also patron
of approximately 320 different organisations and takes a keen interest in their activities. Her patronages cover
community, service organisations and charities and her program includes interactions with patronages, on
average, several times a week. The Governor-General’s patronage assists organisations to raise their profile
through her connection with them.
Ms Bryce has been rather busier than usual recently. In the past few months she has been travelling the world
as part of her job, which includes being Commander-in-Chief.
Most recently she represented Australia at various events associated with the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. Her
engagements included a call on the Prince of Wales followed by a chat with members of Surf Life Saving
Australia, who rowed in the rain during the Thames procession. She held an investiture ceremony for Mr
Richard Bonynge AC CBE, Mr George Michell AM, Mr William Dalglish OAM and Mr David Mearns OAM
(Honorary).
She was at the Jubilee concert to hear Mr G. Gurrumul Yunupingu and Ms Kylie Minogue and she attended
the jubilee service in St.Paul’s Cathedral, the reception at Guildhall and had lunch with the British Foreign
Minister, Mr William Hague. She attended a reception given by the Queen for Commonwealth GovernorsGeneral and, next day, was at lunch for the Queen given by the Secretary-General of the Commonwealth
Secretariat.
It all sounds like one long party, which it was meant to be, but its serious side was largely unseen: the
informal talks and exchange of views.
Before London, however, it was all work for the Governor-General. Her recent travels began in March, when
she undertook a tour of seven island states in the Pacific.
In Tonga she attended the funeral of King George Tupou V.
Next day, in the Republic of Kiribati, in addition to various ceremonies, she visited the Marine Training Centre
and the Institute of Technology before laying a wreath at the Betio Coast Watchers’ Memorial. In Tuvalu she
visited a primary school, addressed the island’s parliament and visited a hospital.
Island-hopping, next day she was in the Independent State of Samoa where, again, she addressed parliament
and met government ministers. Her interests are revealed with a visit to the SENESE school for children with
disabilities. She presented a group bravery award when visiting the Australian Pacific Technical College and
then hosted two receptions, one for senior Samoan women and another for Australian volunteers in Samoa. Now
it’s the weekend but there is no let- up: next stop was Noumea, New Caledonia, where she had lunch with the
French High Commissioner, then laid a wreath at the Place Bin Hakeim before a reception given by the
President, Mr Harold Martin. The Sunday was filled with more ceremonial meetings and receptions.
Come Monday and the Governor-General is in Nauru, where she meets the President, the Speaker and
members of the Australian community as well as prominent Nauruan women. This pattern is repeated for her
visit to Pohnpei, in the Federated States of Micronesia and, on the same day, in Honiara, capital of the Solomon
Islands.
It is there, on the last day of her official engagements, that the Governor-General addresses the Women’s
Leadership Forum in Parliament House. Then, as Patron of the International Women’s Development Agency,
she meets representatives of the West AreAre Rokotanikeni Association and launches Women’s Financial
Literacy booklets. She meets also members of the Combined Taskforce 635 of the Regional Assistance Mission
to the Solomons Islands (RAMSI).
Just a week later the Governor-General is on her way to a state visit to the Philippines, the first such visit by
an Australian Governor-General, and it marked the 66th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Australia
and the Philippines. The visit involved her in several ceremonial engagements. It took her also to meet
beneficiaries of the Conditional Cash Transfer program and AusAid’s BRACE program, which is the Building
the Resilience and Awareness of Metro Manila Communities to Natural Disaster and Climate Change Impacts
program for an area severely affected by natural disasters. Apart from lunching with senior female Philippine
officials, she had time to talk to members of the Australian community and Youth Ambassadors for
Development.
Less than a fortnight later, after attending plenty of engagements in Australia, the she was on a flight to
Afghanistan to commemorate ANZAC Day with Australian troops, of whom she is Commander-in-Chief. This
was her third visit to Australian troops in Afghanistan.
At the Dawn Service at their Tarin Kowt base, she told the assembled troops, “On behalf of all Australians, I
thank you for your immeasurable endeavour and commitment. I salute the 32 exemplary soldiers who have died
here, and say to their loved ones, we will remember them ... .” She then laid a wreath on which she had
handwritten the names of the 32 Australians killed in Afghanistan.
One month later the Governor-General was on her way again, this time to Cyprus on her way to the Diamond
Jubilee celebrations in London. In Cyprus, another first visit by a Governor-General.
Australian police have been stationed on the divided island in what has become the longest United Nations
peacekeeping mission, dating from 1964. The Governor-General met members of the current AFP contingent on
the island. Apart from the obligatory but necesssary state meetings, she also met representatives of the
Mediterreanean Institute of Gender Studies; and Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot women who are part of the
Cyprus Academic Dialogue and the non-government organisation Hands Across the Divide. She had meetings,
too, with Dr Maria Hadjicosti, director of Antiquities at the Cyprus Archaeological Museum; and with the
Archbishop of Cyprus. Then it was on to a few hectic days in London. The Governor-General was accompanied
on these visits by her husband, Mr Michael Bryce AM AE.
This article is largely based on the Governor-General's public schedules issued by
Government House.
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Heading: Another patron in the family
is Excellency Mr Michael Bryce AM AE has agreed to be the patron of the Royal Australian Air Force’s No 75
Squadron Association.
The Squadron was formed on March 4, 1942, crested with the magpie and motto “Seek and Strike”. Today the
fighter squadron defends Australia from the north, based at RAAF Tindal near Katherine in the Northern
Territory and equipped with F/A-18 Hornets.
Mr Bryce said he was proud to accept the honour.
“This distinguished fighter squadron has served Australia at home and abroad for nearly 70 years,” Mr Bryce
said.
“No 75 Squadron has played a vital role in protecting Australia’s interests throughout our proud nation’s
aviation and war history.
“I am truly honoured the association has invited me to be their patron.”
This year marks the 70th anniversary of No 75 Squadron’s part in the Battle for Australia, defending
Australia’s northern approach from Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.
With 25 Kittyhawk fighters and only nine days to prepare, 75 Squadron was on its way north to fight back the
Imperial Japanese forces.
“I am, like many Australians, eternally grateful for the brave resistance that 75 Squadron Kittyhawks put up
against the Japanese, and equally proud of the role that 75 Squadron plays at Tindal, safeguarding our skies,” Mr
Bryce said.
“The unique history of the squadron makes it a symbol of the story of the RAAF and its actions and deeds are
legendary in Australia’s wartime diary.”
In 2003, 75 Squadron deployed 14 F/A-18 Hornets and about 250 airmen and airwomen to Iraq for Operation
Falconer in support of the US-led Operation Iraqi Freedom.
The following year the squadron received a meritorious unit citation for its achievements in Iraq.
Mr Bryce has strong ties with the Australian Defence Force, having served five years in the Air Training
Corps before joining the RAAF Reserves as an Intelligence Officer.
Serving from 1956 to 1970, Mr Bryce also served as honorary Aide-de-Camp to the Governor of Queensland.
He was awarded the Air Efficiency Award (AE) in 1970.
This article was supplied by Defence Media
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Heading: Medical treatment raising ethical questions
Barry Novy is Managing Director of Kliger Wood, Melbourne, so his days could easily be
consumed by the commercial and residential property services that define his working life.
Yet the 2011 Queen’s Birthday OAM recipient finds it is his enduring affiliation with
Melbourne’s Royal Children’s Hospital that consistently provides a real feeling of meaning
and achievement. He has been involved with the hospital for more than 25 years on several
committees and ultimately at board level and as Chairman of the RCH Foundation Board
for eight years.He says, “This association has been one of the most gratifying commitments I could ever be
lucky enough to experience.
“I am constantly amazed by the absolute dedication of
everybody at the hospital to the highest level of service, an excellence factor which is both recognised and
essential within the hospital, the community and internationally.”
It is his own commitment to the community, in particular his work with a number of children’s charitable
organisations, that has been recognised by the Order.
In his current role as Chairman of the Children’s Bioethics Centre’s Development Board, Novy leads a strong
team of 20 members whose role is to extend the scope of the centre’s endeavours through developing strategic
business partnerships and continuing financial support via fund-raising.
The Development Board has members from the business and legal worlds, health professionals and
community members, including Mr Novy’s fellow OAM, Ms Marion Lau. The Patron of the Development
Board is a retired Chief Justice of the Family Court of Australia, Professor Alistair Nicholson AO.
Despite the challenges of leading such a high-calibre board, it is the work of the Bioethics Centre that excites
Novy most.
“In the 140-year history of the Royal Children’s Hospital, treatments and technology have advanced
dramatically but the fundamentally tough decisions remain — out of the range of treatment options, which one
will best suit the child and the family?” he says.
The Clinical Director of the Children’s Bioethics Centre, Dr Hugo Gold, defines clinical ethics as “helping
clinicians resolve difficult questions that arise in complex medical care.”
In order to provide the best care for a child, the Bioethics Centre assists clinicians in assessing the range of
available treatment options and asks the — often tricky — question: what would be the right thing? What is the
best treatment path for this particular child?
“In the old days,” Dr. Gold recalls, “doctors were expected to make treatment decisions and patients were
expected to accept them. These days it is more about patients’ making decisions for themselves based on the
information they are given. The role of the clinician is to facilitate people’s arriving at the best decision for
themselves.”
Central to the centre’s activity is the case consultation service. When confronted with conflicting views about
the continuing treatment and care of a seriously ill child, a patient’s clinician can request a consultation. A
multidisciplinary group of between two and 20 health professionals trained in ethical thinking is then swiftly
assembled.
The multidisciplinary group, representing medical, nursing, legal, allied health and chaplaincy, meets
clinicians to discuss the issues and care-management options available.
Within 24 to 48 hours the centre’s clinical ethicist, Associate Professor Lynn Gillam, collates the response and
provides the clin-ician with a summary, followed by a detailed formal report within a week.
Since its inception in 2008, the Bioethics Centre has held more than 80 clinical ethics consultations,
implemented changes in clinical practice through improved ethical decision-making and developed evidencebased clinical guidelines and protocols. More than 200 ethics education sessions have been held for hospital
staff. The centre has hosted three annual national paediatric bioethics conferences and public forums.
For Mr Novy, knowing that all children and families who come to the Royal Children’s Hospital will receive
the best level of care is thanks enough for the work he does.
“The ethics that the centre is dealing with and the process of what it does brings families to a point where they
feel fully supported by the hospital. It is, indeed, part of the treatment.”
To learn more about the Children’s Bioethics Centre, visit:
www.rch.org.au/bioethics
Heading: Clinical ethics issues
Referrals to the Clinical Ethics Service cover a diverse range of issues arising in the clinical setting,
including:
Informed consent
End-of-life decision-making, including advanced treatment plans and withdrawal and withholding treatment
Withholding information from children (children’s/families’ rights)
Children’s participation in decision-making
Cultural dissonance/cross- cultural care; interpreters
Prenatal screening/diagnosis
Predictive genetic testing, including carrier status in minors
Genetic counselling
Children’s participation in research — competence, opt-out consent, children’s assent to treatment
Vaccination practice
Allocation of resources
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Heading: What is ‘old’ when there is a world to explore?
Judith Cottier AM, former Principal of Perth College, the Anglican School for Girls in Mount Lawley, WA,
who launched Exotic Places Too, by Mollie Dinham OAM, says the sentiments she expressed at the launching
are still relevant.
Where’re you from?” asked the US backpacker of the person next to him on a bus in Bali and, being told Perth,
commented, “Perth? I’ve just read a great book written by an old woman who lives in Perth. She has travelled
all over the world. I’d just love to go to the places she’s been to, see the things she’s seen.”
Further ruminations followed until Alene finally asked whether the book was Travels to Exotic Places.
“Yeah, that was it,” responded the backpacker. “Do you know this old lady?” Alene said she had been
mentioned in the acknowledgments and added that she would never think of Mollie Dinham as “old”.
So how old is “old”? one might ask. To the US backpacker it is any year over 50, for the Travels cover
journeys made by Mollie Dinham, confessed traveller and adventure-seeker in the 25 years after she turned 50.
To her two daughters growing up, her age did not come into the equation, except that she was not like other
mothers. They came to accept that their mother was a “modern-day nomad” whom friends regarded as being a
legend in her lifetime for her jet-abouts to places most people had never even heard of, let alone known where
they were. They include Ladakh, Uzbekistan, Ethiopia, the Shetlands, Mongolia, Yemen, as well as the more
familiar Iraq and Iran, Alaska and Paraguay.
At the launching of the second book, Exotic Places Too, Iudith Cottier AM quoted from the poem “When I am
old I shall wear purple”. The poem then lists other pointers, none of which included adventure and travel.
The young have taken senior citizens, grey power, insurance policies, retirement homes and thrown them into
the same pot as Autumn Clubs, gentle ocean cruises and grand tours from one comfortable hotel to the next.
Booksellers and libraries arrange special sections about health, diet, osteoporosis and such ailments, craftwork
and recreational pursuits for the elderly.
Nowhere is there the word “adventure” and, obviously, “adventure travel” is only to be indulged in by the
young. This perception is solidified by adventure-travel brochures.
There is nothing in the poem “When I am old I shall wear purple”, reflected Iudith Cottier, that described
Mollie Dinham, then in her late seventies. In consequence, she came to the conclusion that the 120 published
stories were, in fact, a challenge. They were a challenge to the over-50s to go out and seek adventure!
Books have been written about young people achieving extraordinary feats and, in the hands of the over-50s,
these records inspire admiration; but Travels to Exotic Places and Exotic Places Too were two books that said
that there was no need for such regret. Age was a state of mind rather than a physical state. The author did not,
like many writers, outline what could be done; she went ahead and showed by example that adventurous travel
was not the province of the young in age; it was the province of the young in spirit.
It might be the easy solution to package the over-50s into a tidy parcel and chain them to set parameters that
make supervision easy. This attitude, says Mollie Dinham, might make life easy for someone younger and for
corporations but stifles what makes life worth living for a great many of those reaching retirement -— now with
the time and money but lacking the confidence to be “young”.
If you pass the medical for travel insurance and the airline you are fit to go, she says, commenting that travel
in pairs makes life easier, accommodation cheaper and provides back-up in case of need. She has mainly
travelled solo or with adventure groups that have relaxed their age restrictions after viewing her travel CV.
Travellers, she says, are ageless; their bond is a spirit of adventure.
Book clubs and libraries would do well to foster this undisclosed or inhibited love of adventure in the over50s. For book clubs in particular, collections of stories are ideal for the busy person and ageing eyesight: only
the 10 to 20 stories for discussion need be read. This can be more meaningful than a book of fiction, for
example, which has been skipped through in order to meet the deadline. When it comes to selection for clubs
and libraries, books showing over-50s being adventurous need to be promoted, not set aside.
The well-illustrated trilogy Travels to Exotic Places, Exotic Places Too and More Exotic Places can be
bought as one package for $50 post-free from Mollie Dinham OAM, 24 Kemp Road, Mount Pleasant WA
6153, (08) 9364 3807.
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Heading: The queen’s style and titles
This article is an edited text of a submission by Sir David Smith KCVO AO, which, for procedural reasons,
could not be put to members attending the recent annual general meeting of the association in Darwin.
Sir David served as Official Secretary to five Governors-General from 1972 to 1990. He is the author of
Head of State, Macleay Press, Sydney, 2005
I have been a life member of the Order of Australia Association since my appointment to the Order of Australia
in 1986.
I am proud of the way in which the Association, since its formation in 1980, has enabled those appointed to
the Order to continue to serve the Australian community in so many ways.
It is now proposed to seek tax deductibility status from the Australian Government to enable the Association
to expand its activities. To that end members are required to approve a new Memorandum and Articles of
Association, including a revised list of objects and purposes.
It is my intention to move a motion at the 2013 annual general meeting that would enable this matter to be
considered.
I suggest a motion along the following lines: That, in the first object of the Company, the words “Head of
State of Australia” be deleted and the following words inserted in their place, namely, “Queen of Australia and
Sovereign Head of the Order of Australia”.
Since its formation the Association has had, as its first object in a list of objects, “To promote loyalty to the
Sovereign and to the institution of the Crown, and to foster love of and pride in Australian citizenship.”
In the course of drafting the Association’s new constitutional documents, our legal advisers suggested that our
application for tax deductibility, even if it complied with the legal requirements in all other respects, might still
fail to receive government approval if our objects contained a reference to the Queen. This legal advice was
accepted and all reference to the Queen was removed from the initial draft.
The legal advice represented an unwarranted slur on the integrity of the public servants and the minister of the
Crown who would deal with the application for tax deductibility. It also flew in the face of Prime Minister
Gillard’s statement to the House of Representatives on 7 February 2012, the Parliament’s first day of sitting this
year. In moving an Address of Congratulations to the Queen on reaching her Diamond Jubilee, the Prime
Minister spoke of
“our respect and regard for the dedication you have displayed in the service of the Commonwealth and your
deep and abiding commitment to Australia and her people.”
The Prime Minister went on to refer to her joining the British Prime Minister last October in announcing the
establishment of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Trust to support charitable organisations and projects across the
Commonwealth; told the Parliament that her government would contribute $5 million to the Trust; that Australia
would be represented by the Governor-General at ceremonial events in London in June; that Parkes Place in
Canberra’s Parliamentary Zone would be renamed Queen Elizabeth Terrace; and that there would be other
events to commemorate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.
To suggest that the Gillard Government could act on the Association’s application for tax deductibility in the
manner alleged by our legal advisers beggars belief.
In due course wiser counsels prevailed, the legal advice was rejected, and the Queen was reinstated in our
Association’s list of objects.
However, the Queen was to be moved from being mentioned in the first of a list of objects to being mentioned
in the last of a list of objects. When it was pointed out that this insult to the Sovereign would be unacceptable to
many members of the Association, the Queen was reinstated in the first object.
The draft then stated, as the Association’s first object, “To promote loyalty to the Sovereign as Head of State
of Australia.”
During the 1998 Constitutional Convention and the 1999 debate on the republic referendum, one side argued
that the Queen was the Sovereign and the Governor-General was the Head of State, while the other side argued
that the Queen was both Sovereign and Head of State.
In some quarters the argument still continues and it will undoubtedly arise in any future referendum proposal
for Australia to change its system of government to a republic.
Whichever side individual members of the Order of Australia Association might take on this question, it is
undoubtedly controversial, divisive and political, and it has no place in the affairs of the Association.
The facts are that the term Head of State is not mentioned in the Australian Constitution; that the Queen does
not have the title of Head of State; and that two successive (Coalition government) Attorneys-General have
conceded in writing that they and their department have not been able to produce any constitutional or legal
document that would confirm that the Queen is Australia’s Head of State.
On the other hand, the Queen has two titles in Australia that are not in dispute and for which there is
constitutional and legal documentary evidence. The Sovereign is Queen of Australia by virtue of two Acts
passed by the Australian Parliament – the Menzies government’s Royal Style and Titles Act 1953 and the
Whitlam government’s Royal Style and Titles Act 1973.
The Queen is also Sovereign Head of the Order of Australia by virtue of Royal Letters Patent which she
signed on 14 February 1975 on the advice of Prime Minister Whitlam to create the Order to which we all
belong.
It makes little sense to use a title which is hotly disputed and for which there is no documentary evidence in
existence, and not to use the Sovereign’s two titles which are indisputable and for which there is abundant
documentary evidence provide by the Australian Parliament and by the Queen herself.
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Heading: Institute of Molecular bioscience hosts OAA members
Members of the Queensland Branch of the Order of Australia Association were given the opportunity to visit
one of Australia’s premier scientific centres, the Institute of Molecular Bioscience at the University of
Queensland. The mission of the institute is to decipher the information contained in the genes, proteins and
molecules of humans, animals and plants.
Established in 2000, the institute aims to develop pharmaceutical and cellular therapies, technologies and
diagnostics to prevent or treat diseases. In addition, through studying both animals and plants, it pursues other
opportunities for applying understanding of genetic programming and molecular architecture. This has the
capacity to transform and create new industries in biology, information technology, green energy and
agriculture.
After two interesting talks and an inspection of some of the institute’s laboratories, members were treated to
morning tea. Professor Brandon Wainwright, IMB Director, detailed the institute’s history and outlined the
major areas and direction of the institute’s research efforts. Professor Sean Grimmond, who heads the
Queensland Centre for Medical Genomics, described how his laboratory is focused on globally surveying
genomic information using the latest genome sequencing approaches, and then integrating this data to define the
underlying molecular networks controlling biological processes such as cell division and pathological states
including pancreatic, ovarian and breast cancer.
The visit was enjoyed by all who attended, including members from Cairns, who happened to be in Brisbane
and some who travelled from the Gold Coast. Members appreciated the efforts of both Brandon and Sean in
making their presentations suitable for a lay audience. Thanks also to Peter Isdale AM, of the institute’s
commercial arm, IMBCom, for his role in arranging the visit.
Heading: Washington’s vice-patron’s dinner to be a ‘fixture’
The Australian Ambassador to the United States, His Excellency the Hon. Kim Beazley AC, honorary VicePatron of The Order of Australia Association’s North American Group, and his wife, Susie Annus, hosted his
second dinner for the group earlier this year at the Ambassador’s Residence in Washington, DC.
In welcoming guests, he said that he hoped that the annual event had been firmly implanted in the Embassy’s
schedule and noted that there was a growing number of senior US officials who were honorary members of the
Order.
Ambassador Beazley spoke of the importance of the Order of Australia as a tool for not only recognising the
accomplishments of Australians
but also to recognise the commitments which key officials of other countries have made to improving
relationships with Australia.
In a follow-up letter to NAG Chairman Gregory Copley AM, the Ambassador noted, “The Order of Australia
dinners are rapidly becoming one of the highlights of my year.
“ ...We are beginning to build up a substantial number of awardees here [in North America].
“We must give sufficient time next year for as many as possible of them to turn up [for the dinner].”
Significantly, it was the first public occasion on which Ambassador Beazley had been able to wear his own
decoration as a Companion of the Order.
A number of the new US recipients of the Order had to decline participation in the dinner at the last minute,
given a hectic schedule of Washington politics but all declared an enthusiastic commitment to participating in
events of the association.
These included the new Director of the US Central Intelligence Agency, General David Petraeus, AO (Hon),
New Zealand Ambassador the Rt. Hon. Michael Moore, AO (Hon) and the Australian Defence Attaché in
Washington, DC, Major-General Timothy McOwan, AO DSC CSM; the former CIA Director, the Hon. Michael
(Mike) Hayden AO (Hon); and a former State Department official, the Hon Richard Armitage AC (Hon).
Attending the dinner for the first time was Australia’s first man in space, Dr Paul Scully-Power AM DSM,
with his wife, Frannie Scully-Power.
Dr Scully-Power’s achievements have been memorialised at the Australian National Portrait Gallery, where
his portrait now stands near the entrance.
NAG Chairman Gregory Copley noted, in his thanks to Ambassador Beazley and Susie Annus, “We have,
with The Order of Australia Association in North America, a vehicle which helps cement Australia’s positive
image in the minds of our host nations, both through the Australians who have been recognised and through
those non-Australian allies whose contributions to bilateral relations can be rewarded ...”. More events are
planned for the future.
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Heading: War, peace and writing Haiku
Preamble: There is rarely a time when members of the Order of Australia Association do not
surprise people with their interests, often far removed from the activity that earned them their
honours. Frank A. Lees AM MBE is one such person.
He was made a Member in the Order in 1989 for service to education and to research liaison with
industry. However, one of his passions is the disciplined writing of Japanese Haiku poetry. Frank
explains in a book of his collected poems, “Haiku is derived from two words — Hai from hachi
(eight) and ku (nine), giving the 17 syllables in three lines of five, seven and five each.
“The finest Haiku, in my opinion, are in the subject range of the seasons, the four elements —
water, air, fire and earth, plus Nature — trees, flowers, birds and the whole family of flora and fauna.
The great masters of the 18th and 19th centuries encapsulated the essence of Haiku in an art of
expression within the seventeen syllables, with enigmas of emotion of love and unstated innuendos
well concealed …”
In a foreword to Frank Lee’s book, historian Emeritus Professor Geoffrey Blainey AC writes:
Frank Lees went to Japan in 1946, soon after the end of World War II. A very young member of the forces
occupying the land of the defeated enemy, he spent 15 months in the village of Hofu. It was surrounded by neat
farmlands and close to fishing villages; and its people — he soon realised — felt some of the inner harmony of
the landscape.
Initially feeling some uneasiness about living with the wartime enemy in all its millions, he began to relax.
Soon he observed the spirit which quietly bonded together the Japanese people in time of peace. In the village,
he recalls, he fell in love with “things Japanese” .
Two kindly Japanese families spurred his interest in the poetry known as Haiku, itself a repository of
harmony. Eventually in Australia in the 1970s he learned how to obey the strict rules guarding the verses written
in Haiku’s distinctive style. As he explained in his author’s note, Haiku is a pithy and disciplined kind of poetry.
Each verse usually consists of a mere 17 syllables and usually no punctuation.
You cannot readily write Haiku without observing sky and land, wind and sun. Frank learned how to watch
nature and its moods. Even today, when he writes a letter to a friend, he pens on the top corner of the page a few
words about that morning’s or afternoon’s weather.
He retained his love of Japanese culture after he left the air force and again settled down in Australia. Each
return visit to Japan gave him pleasure, though he did not meet again the families who had taught him so much.
“Hofu was my village
Through winter spring summer autumn Then farewell never to return”
In his garden in suburban Melbourne, Frank and his wife created a corner of Japan, and watched it become the
“home to the maple, bamboo, daphne, water, wind and moonlight”. There, the stream of water trickles, making
what he calls a ducky sound. Japan was not the only society to fascinate him. His house overlooking the
Japanese garden is “Shalford”, named after the English village where he lived while working at the University
of Surrey.
Geoffrey Blainey says that the engaging selection of Frank’s Haiku verses are arranged according to the
season: “Not all are set in the Japanese countryside. Here is the sea, with echoes of Nelson and the Battle of
Trafalgar. … Elsewhere wattle birds and magpies fly by, and black swans are swimming …”
“Nature swims them in pairs. As stately as any white swan.”
Professor Blainey ends his foreword noting, “His verses portray a fragile, ephemeral world but he himself is
quietly optimistic. In Borneo as an RAAF electrician with the Mustang aircraft, he experienced the last months
of World War II and he also saw the newly bombed ruins of Hiroshima but he has since seen the postwar world
flourishing in unpredicted ways. Winter can be harsh, he writes, but from the cold comes spring and summer.”
Heading: Fast-tracked citizenship for defence families
The Government will fast-track Australian citizenship for family members of Australian Defence Force (ADF)
personnel.
Under proposed changes to the Australian Citizenship Act 2007, family members of ADF personnel will now
be able to gain access to the same reduced residence requirement which applies now to ADF members and their
children aged under 16 years, enabling them to apply for Australian citizenship after 90 days of service.
The Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, Chris Bowen, said, “The Government recognises that families
who support ADF members serving Australia should be able to enjoy all the benefits of Australian citizenship
while their family members are settling into Australia,” .
The new requirement provides for a more consistent approach and will apply to partners and other family
members who have migrated with an ADF member, including children aged over 16 years and dependent
elderly parents who had previously to wait four years to apply for citizenship.
“The amendment will help these families access employment opportunities and education assistance, as well
as aid them in building a close and continuing relationship to Australia.’
The Minister for Defence Science and Personnel, Warren Snowdon, said the fast-tracked citizenship would
be available to both present and future ADF overseas lateral recruits granted a specific visa on or after 1 July
2007.
“This amendment will provide more equitable treatment and greater certainty for ADF lateral recruits and
their families, so that all family members can become Australians at the same time,” he said. This amendment
would also help Australia to attract personnel to highly specialised roles in the ADF.
The Government has introduced a comprehensive Bill to Parliament clarifying the eligibility for the defence
service residence requirement. It is supported by the Opposition.
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Heading: Swim for safety and better health
By Dr William John Harvey OAM
Saving lives through educating people can be a most rewarding activity. With so many drowning in the sea,
rivers and pools, it is an unfortunate commentary on the lack of attention to this need in all
communities,whether in cities or the outback.
As a student at Dubbo High School, from 1940 until 1944, and a self-taught swimmer, I gained all medals
and certificates from the NSW Amateur Swimming Association and the Royal Life Saving Society of NSW. As
well as taking part in the local swimming club activities, I taught children and adults to swim, including Army
and Air Force personnel who were camped in Dubbo, ready to leave for World War II.
The AIF camp was in the area that later became the Western Plains Zoo; the RAAF stores depot was in North
Dubbo. Both were within cycling distances.
While a student at the University of Sydney, I was asked by the NSW Amateur Swimming Association to
travel, during university vacations, to many parts of NSW to teach people of all ages to swim. Several towns had
no pools, so rivers, rivulets and leech-filled small streams were the only places for swimming. At Hay the river
rose one night about a metre, the current so swift I needed more than the usual precautions when the students
were taught in the river. Gundagai had no pool, so I held lessons in the river near to the rail bridge.
Murrumburrah/Harden, Gilgandra, Jerilderie, Culcairn , Albury, Wagga, Narrandera and Cootamundra were
among the other towns visited. Some were better served as, of course, were Dubbo, Tamworth and Wellington.
Financed by the NSW Amateur Swimming Association and private donations, I travelled by rail or, where
there were no rail lines, by small van. On arrival, I contacted local newspaper offices and/or radio stations to
encourage the councils to build swimming centres.
My childhood swimming was in a tributary of the Macquarie River in Dubbo.
Then, in 1936, the council built a 50m Olympic Pool — a favourite cycle- ride destination in the early
mornings, lunch hours and evenings.
I am concerned at the loss of lives in private, unfenced pools; in rivers; off beaches and in council pools.
Deaths of infants as well as handicapped adults could be avoided if proper precautions were taken. Local
councils insist that domestic pool owners have safe fences and gate locks. The Learn to Swim Campaigns were
most helpful and were an interesting part of my student life.
At 84, I regard consistent and proficient education in swimming as very important. Other sporting and leisure
activities are significant for all ages, as are additional physical and intellectual pursuits beneficial to our
physiques and minds.In old age, leisure has stimulating and helpful components that may prolong life, as well as
improve health in body and mind.
Swimming is a fine form of health sustenance in every way. I should like to see more people teaching
swimming.
Heading: A legend of the noble profession of nursing
Ellen Mary Higham OAM was a gifted health administrator who never lost her love of people and her genuine
concern for all those in her care.
Trained in the most demanding traditions of nursing she went on to challenge many of those traditions and
open the vocation she loved to a new age of expert modem professionalism.
Her appointment as Matron of Grafton Base Hospital in 1959 made her the youngest hospital matron in NSW.
Under her administration, Grafton Base became the first NSW country hospital to appoint and educate male
nurses.
Product of an age when the desire to marry and raise a family meant an automatic end to dreams of a nursing
career, she fostered formation of a post-graduate nurses’ association encouraging qualified nurses to undertake
courses enabling them to return to hospital work.
In the 1980s she played a major role in the transfer of nurse education into tertiary institutions, helping lay the
groundwork for the system still in place.
The eldest child of Walter and Margaret (nee Corcoran) Higham, Ellen grew up on the family property at
Eatonsville.
Drawn to nursing, she was signed up for a “trial run” at Grafton’s old Runnymede Hospital and made light of
early hurdles, which included several early occasions of fainting at the sight of blood in the operating theatre.
She trained subsequently at Grafton Base Hospital followed by midwifery and tresillian training in Sydney
before returning to Grafton Base Hospital in 1949 as theatre supervisor.
Appointed deputy matron in 1951, Ellen later spent a year in post-graduate studies at Rotunda Hospital,
Dublin and at Guy’s Hospital, London. She would study in Great Britain again in 1972 after winning a Hospital
Commission Scholarship to study senior nursing staff structures, reporting for the NSW State Health
Department.
Ellen became Matron of Grafton Base Hospital in August, 1959. In her 27 years as matron and later director
of nursing, she visited every patient in the hospital every day, knew their names and conditions and was
constantly available for duty any time, day or night.
In the days before mobile telephones it was not uncommon for a police vehicle to collect her from social
engagements to head back to a hospital emergency.
Residents at the hospital’s former Miller Ward, which cared for elderly women, showed a keen interest in the
gowns their lively young “matron” planned to wear on social occasions and were frequently treated to a fulldress pre-event visit.
Always a people person, over the years she became godmother to more than 150 babies of family, friends and
former patients.
In professional life Ellen was a Fellow of the NSW College of Nursing, a Fellow of the Royal College of
Nursing Australia and a Foundation Fellow of the Institute of Nursing Administrators of NSW and the ACT.
During the 1970s and 80s she was involved with various tertiary institutions, including the Northern Rivers
College of Advanced Education and University of New England Northern Rivers, as proposals for tertiary nurse
training were hammered out.
In the Queen’s Birthday Honours List of 1986, the year she retired as Director of Nursing at Grafton Base
Hospital, Ellen Higham won the Medal of the Order of Australia for her services to nurse education. She was
honoured by her colleagues later in the same year, becoming the first Honorary Fellow of the Institute of
Nursing Administration for NSW and the ACT.
Retirement enabled her to return to another earlier ambition, undertaking external studies from the New
England University, gaining distinctions as a Bachelor of Arts (Philosophy) in 1995. Ellen died last year.
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Heading: Student talent on display at sparkling event
Sub-heading: The Order of Australia Association Foundation Awards
Darwin, the tropics and the annual conference of The Order of Australia Association. What a combination!
The members of the NT National Conference Organising Committee, chaired by Mrs Wendy James OAM, are
to be congratulated for their determination, drive and empathy in offering a conference to showcase Darwin and
the Territory in such a spectacular fashion.
After an entertaining two-day program, delegates mingled with Territorian and Commonwealth dignitaries at
the Darwin Convention Centre on the waterfront for the sparkling conference dinner.
Even Friday the thirteenth could not dampen the electric atmosphere!
The annual dinner is the occasion for the presentation of the Foundation Awards of The Order of Australia
Association.
The awardees are assessed for their potential as future leaders in their fields of study and their community
involvement for the benefit of Australia, as well as their need for financial assistance to achieve their potential.
To date, 27 scholarships have been awarded to undergraduates in all states and territories. This year marked
the awarding of the first indigenous scholarship.
The Association Foundation is grateful to the three donors — the Riddiford Trust, Mr Baillieu Myer AC and
Mr Nicholas Paspaley AC.
A feature of the scholarship is that each awardee is introduced to a personal mentor who has an honour in the
Order of Australia and who is eminent in the chosen field of study of the awardee.
This year Her Excellency, The Administrator of the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia,
Professor Marie Bashir AC CVO, presented the awards to the three successful university students.
The National Chairman, Air Commodore Peter McDermott AM CSC, addressed more than 300 guests, then
introduced Her Excellency.
The Order of Australia Association Foundation’s Chairman, Mr Hugh Morgan AC, introduced each recipient
to Her Excellency and the Foundation’s Honorary Secretary, Adjunct Professor Brian O’Keeffe AO, delivered
the outstanding, leather-embossed certificate folders for presentation.
Two of the three students are studying at the University of Adelaide and one is at Charles Darwin University.
All awardees have received excellent results to date and are clearly on a path of excellence.
We were delighted to have at the dinner representatives of the generous donors of the funding for the
scholarships,
Ms Roslynne Bracher AM representing Mr Nicholas Paspaley AC and Mr Peter Benson OAM, representing the
Riddiford Trust.
Heading: Economics and finance plus vines and cakes
Alexandra Grigg, of Uraidla, South Australia, is enrolled for the double degree of Bachelor of Economics with
Bachelor of Finance at the University of Adelaide.
She completed Year 12 at Heathfield High School and, throughout her secondary schooling, was awarded
with academic-excellence and outstanding-achievement prizes each term.
At present her GPA is 6.0 and she is placed in the top 15 per cent in her field of study.
In her second year at university, Alexandra was invited to join the Golden Key International Honour Society
for ambitious, high-achieving, community-minded people.
Living at home in the rural area near Mt Lofty has placed some travel restrictions on Alexandra as she relies
on public transport and family to provide access to the University of Adelaide campus.
Two separate part-time jobs entail working in vineyard maintenance and baking goods for local and urban
organic health food stores.
She now has the happy prospect of using her scholarship to provide much-needed income and thus allowing
more time to devote to the strict discipline required to excel in her studies.
Sport and community work include playing netball and representing in regional teams of which she is captain;
Student Representative Council; Business and Professional Women’s Foundation Australia; and Zonta
International.
At present, Alexandra and a friend use their baking talents to raise funds for an orphanage in Nepal.
Her career dream is to change people’s perception of economic policy.
She is fascinated by Australian politics and economic policy and how human psychology is the underlying
driving force of the economy.
“I hope to one day merge the use of behavioural finance and human psychology in fiscal policy as a career at
both a national and international level,” she says.
This dream seems to be well on the way to fruition!
Funding for Alexandra’s scholarship was generously donated by The Riddiford Trust.
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Heading: Combining studies with community involvement
Karynne Lake (above) of Farrer, Northern Territory, is enrolled for the Bachelor of Social Work at Charles
Darwin University. She completed Year 12 at Our Lady of the Sacred Heart College in Enfield, South Australia,
then undertook a series of trade-related subjects in the Bakers Certificate at Regency Park Campus of TAFE in
Adelaide. This was followed by a Hospitality Certificate through the Australian Hotels Association on the Gold
Coast, Queensland. Karynne has always brought a complete understanding of the workplace situation to each
position she has held. She moved from being assistant manager of a cafe in Katherine to a distribution centre
receptionist in Broome, then to a support-worker position in a women’s refuge, also in Broome.
Within the broad social-work field, she aspires to work in child protection with special emphasis on the
placement of foster children and adopted children. Karynne knows first-hand the challenges facing children in
desperate need of child protection. She understands the way in which a determination to succeed can strengthen
a person to the point where he or she can ask for help. Now, as a mother of two, she is passionately embracing
her social-work degree course because she can combine her life experiences with sound theory. Her excellent
results reflect this nexus. Within her community and through her children, Karynne contributes extensively to
many different activities — choir, horse-riding, swimming and wildlife protection. She is an outstanding group
leader, a supporter of team members and a trusted confidante. She seeks to work in an environment with a high
degree of teamwork, innovation and a potential for growth. She can effectively juggle the ever-present strains of
daily living with the obligations of work and society, while displaying energy and vital enthusiasm.
Funding for Karynne’s scholarship was generously donated by Mr Nicholas Paspaley AC.
James Broinowski , of Battery Point, Tasmania, is enrolled for the Degree of Viticulture and Oenology at the
University of Adelaide. He completed Year 12 at Hobart College. While in secondary education, James worked
part-time in the hospitality industry, where he developed a solid work ethic and acquired the beginnings of
world-class industry skills. He has travelled extensively in Australia, North America, Europe, Africa and Asia.
He has accumulated certificates in Hospitality Management, Wine Knowledge and Evaluation, International
Sommeliers’ Guild, Court of Master Sommeliers and Wine and Spirit Education from both Australian and
internationally accredited bodies. In 2010 James returned to Australia to commence his degree studies. He has
worked in restaurants of renown in Australia and overseas.
Community and sporting interests include hockey, swimming, scouting and sailing (in the Tasmanian squad
for five years). He was involved in fund-raising for Save the Children’s Fund, the Heart Research Institute and
Guide Dogs Australia.
In Wales he worked with disenchanted youth and children with physical and mental health problems. In
Africa, he volunteered to assist with building a school. James is committed to excellence and becoming a world
leader in the wine industry. He has already embarked on his wine-making business in the Barossa. He has been
invited into the Waite Scholars’ program, which puts outstanding students in contact with industry leaders and
includes acceptance into the honours course. James wants to break new ground to develop the Australian wine
industry into a more diverse, exceptional world leader. He sees many economic and social benefits accruing
from increased employment in local wine regions — with outstanding benefits for tourism. A fine sentiment
indeed!
Funding for James’s scholarship was generously donated by Mr Baillieu Myer AC.
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Heading: The Order
of Australia Association Annual National Conference — Darwin 2012
Sub-heading Report by National Chairman Peter McDermott AM CSC
The Order of Australia Association proudly supports the Order of Australia — all members of the Association
are recipients in the Order — and it works hard to promote the Order and to foster love of and pride in
Australian citizenship. First among our activities is an annual conference that allows members to showcase the
Association; engage with the community; meet our reporting needs; and celebrate our lives as proud and
privileged citizens in our magnificent continent.
This year, for the first time since the Association was formed more than 30 years ago, we celebrated together
in Darwin, Australia’s front door to the world. Delegates and guests came from all over Australia and Darwin
became a showcase of achievement by quiet Australians — women and men from all walks of life who have
given, in many cases, a lifetime of work to communities all over Australia.
So members of the Association went to Darwin’s new Convention Centre to enjoy two days of highly
successful activities skilfully arranged by the NT Branch’s organising committee, chaired by Mrs Wendy James
AM. Our Patron, the Governor-General, was unable to join us but sent her best wishes and arranged for Her
Excellency the Administrator of the Government of the Commonwealth, Professor Marie Bashir AC CVO, to be
our guest of honour at our annual dinner, where she presented scholarship awards made in the name of our OAA
Foundation. [See pages 13 and 14]
In these difficult economic times and cognisant of the costs to our members and to the Association’s coffers,
we obtained sponsorship for the conference, not only to defray our costs but to offer places at the final dinner to
members of the Northern Territory community, allowing us to tell others what we do in the Association. The
National President, the Hon. Shane Stone AC PGDK QC, obtained significant support from the NT business
community.
Highlights were many:
Government House visit and morning tea hosted by Her Honour the Hon. Sally Thomas AM, Administrator of
the Northern Territory and Patron of the NT Branch. We saw state rooms and gardens of this historic building
which has survived cyclones and the Darwin bombings in World War II;
The formal opening in the afternoon — which included greetings by Ali Mills, a Larrakia elder, and the Lord
Mayor of Darwin, Katrina Fong Lim — was made by the National President, who spoke of the necessity for
us to promote the Order of Australia more widely in our communities.
The oration was delivered by the Hon. Austin Asche AC QC, a former Administrator and Chief Justice of the
Supreme Court of the NT. Under the rubric of history and social change in Australia, he spoke of the
development of a genuine Australian nationality. Copy this web address to your browser to read this erudite
and amusing view of ourselves.
http://www.theorderofaustralia.asn.au/downloads/2012NTConferenceOration.pdf
The NT Government hosted a welcome reception for us at Parliament House, the Hon. KonstantineVatskalis
MLA representing the Hon. Paul Henderson MLA, Chief Minister, providing a heartfelt welcome to the
Territory.
On the second day we conducted a memorable multifaith observance and wreath-laying ceremony at Christ
Church Cathedral conducted by the Dean, the Very Reverend Jeremy Greaves, music provided by the Darwin
Chorale under the direction of Nora Lewis AM.
The core of conference, the annual general meeting,was the opportunity to look hard at our organisation for
the first major review of its constitution in more than 30 years. The National Secretary, Colonel (Retd) Roger
Dace AM QGM, has worked very hard with the National Chairman and directors to produce this forwardlooking document and its emphasis on building a strong future for the Association.
A members’ forum, led by Deputy National Chairman Bill Galvin OAM, generated lively discussion on a
wide range of topics, all members given the chance to exchange ideas and raise issues for consideration by the
board. Members were given a taste of next year’s events by outgoing director and now organiser of the 2013
annual conference Mr Len Goodman AO. Len told us that the 2013 event would be held in Canberra on
February 14 to 16, coinciding with Canberra’s centenary.
The glittering dinner on the last day attracted a record number — more than 400 members and partners — as
well as leaders of almost every ethnic community and other groups in the Territory. Mr Hugh Morgan AC,
Chairman of the OAA Foundation, introduced to our guest of honour the new scholarship awardees, Alexandra
Grigg of Uraidla (SA); James Broinowski of Hobart (Tas); and Karynne Lake of Farrar (NT).
These impressive young Australians are distinguishing themselves in the community and our support of them
as they pursue their studies gives real meaning to the association’s commitment to serving the Australian
community.
In this first — but not last — conducting of the OAA conference in the tropics, so remote from our usual
locales, we extended our reach to ensure that the name of the Order and the work of the association is better
known in the Australian community.
We were highly successful by any measure, and we will again use a model of sponsored support for future
conferences to ensure that all members can enjoy their participation in our annual event with support from the
community that they have so proudly served.
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Heading: Cost-cutting essential to financial health
National office notes
By Roger Dace AM QGM
National Secretary
Since the last edition of The Order the Association has implemented a number of changes that will have a direct
bearing on all members. The first was the retirement of Mrs Pam Peterson, who has served the association with
dedication and commitment for more than seven years. We wish her and husband David well in their retirement
— although, knowing Pam, she won’t be just sitting watching the flowers grow.
As a consequence of Pam’s retirement we have employed a new National Manager, Ms Rosemary Everett, to
take on those tasks with which Pam was so familiar and to play a new role in monitoring the accounts in
preparation for the annual audit. In recent years our audit compliance has drawn some observations from the
auditors and the Board has resolved to tighten the way we manage this at national, branch and regional group
level.
I am well aware that some members wonder why we have to demonstrate strict compliance with our financial
reporting obligations but that is the law and all directors ignore that at their personal peril.
At the last board meeting the Treasurer, Mr Geoff Vincent AM, reminded all directors that we are still
suffering under the effect of the global financial crisis and expressed concern that for the last two years we had
delivered a negative budget. While this did not pose any immediate threat to the Association’s financial
viability, the directors agreed that it was a bad practice and consequently some tightening of the 2011–2012
budget was unavoidable. For this financial year it was unanimously agreed:
The branch administrative grants would not be paid;
The next edition of The Order would be available only in an electronic format;
National Office expenditure would be reduced by $20,000;
Meetings of the board for the remainder of this financial year would be via teleconferencing;
Commercial sponsorship would be actively sought.
During the AGM the new constitution, which has been under development for the last 12 months, was
approved unanimously with dissent by one Director, Mr Len Goodman AO (Chairman ACT Branch) who
indicated that he would seek, at the next AGM, a change to how we refer to the Sovereign. [See report on page
9] A copy of the new constitution is available through the OAA web site. I would like to thank the many
members who assisted during its development.
The Board is now reviewing the Association’s by-laws to ensure their continuing relevance, their compliance
with legislative changes and compatibility with the new constitution. It is hoped to complete this process over
the next few months.
I have referred previously to the association’s intention to seek eligibility as a deductible gift recipient entity.
Our proposal has now been submitted to the Australian Tax Office for review and comment. Subject to the
result of that, we will seek formal approval from the Assistant Treasurer, The Hon David Bradbury MP. That
approval is not a given and is a political rather than a legal process.
The next two pages, pages 17 and 18, contain only a selection of pictures taken at the national
conference in Darwin. They have no captions.
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Heading: Rick’s journey: from Italian POW to Australian cattle breeder
Preamble: People who choose the country they want to live in are often more passionate about it than those
born there. Rick Pisaturo AM is one of those fortunate people. His autobiography, Australia, My Love, has a
foreword written by rural journalist Malcolm McKosker OAM in which he sets out how an Italian-born POW
became a Member in the Order of Australia.
Main text: While most people on their life’s journeys have to triumph over one or more major adversities, those
encountered by remarkable Italian-born Australian legend Riccardo (Rick) Pisaturo AM would have loomed so
insurmountable as to blunt and break the will of a lesser man.
The inspirational life story of this high achiever in a multitude of endeavours is captured with vibrant clarity
in his epic book, Australia, My Love.
The book spans an amazing spectrum of mixed emotions; of fear, frustration, joy, determination, humility,
longing and love, the latter word describing Rick’s total commitment to his chosen country, a land to which he
first came as prisoner of war.
Born in rural Italy and growing up under the repressive heel of dictator Benito Mussolini, young Riccardo
joined the Italian Army as a volunteer to avoid later compulsory military service, only to find himself thrown
into deadly hostilities when Mussolini joined the German Axis forces to declare war on Great Britain and its
allies, including Australia.
Italy having invaded and colonised a number of North African countries early in the 20th century, Rick was
sent with thousands of other young Italian men to the strategic centres of Benghazi, Tripoli and Tobruk to fight
British forces and pursue Mussolini’s impossible dream of capturing the prized possession of Egypt from the
British.
Clad in heavy winter woollen uniforms totally unsuited to the scorching North African heat, with insufficient
water even to drink, let alone wash lice-infested uniforms and armed with the most obsolete rifles and other
weapons, the Italian troops had little hope of success against well-equipped and highly mobile British forces.
This gave the demoralised young Italians little choice but to surrender in huge numbers to British forces, a
much safer option then surrendering to the French, which could have resulted in their mass execution.
Rick’s story describes the horrors of his first internment camp where unfriendly and often drunken guards
added to the fear and misery, then the relief of being shipped along with other POWs on the former Cunard
luxury liner Queen Mary to Australia, the far more agreeable conditions in Australian prison camps and then the
enormous relief of being allocated as workers on Australian farms.
Fortune smiled on the young Rick in his allocation to the farm of Mr Reay Badgery and his wife, a kindly
couple at Sutton Forest, NSW. There, the strong young Italian was quick to reward the Badgerys’ kindness and
trust with hard work and a dedication to doing well any job allocated to him.
This contact was to have a profound influence on his life, the Badgerys tending to regard Rick more as a son
than a compulsory worker.
With the end of the war in Europe, most Italian prisoners of war were returned to camps where they were
supposed to await the Australian Government’s decision on their repatriation to Italy.
By that time Rick had developed such a love for Australia and a longing to stay here that he escaped from his
camp with the help of an Australian friend, going first to a Lismore district banana farm owned by Italian
immigrants, where he was treated as a despised slave and was not paid for this three weeks’ work.
After returning to Sydney, Rick heard that the then Minister for Immigration, the Hon. Arthur Calwell, was
offering a moratorium to repatriate any escaped Italian POWs back to their home country if they gave
themselves up by a specified date. Taking the risk, Rick eventually sailed back to Naples in Italy to rejoin his
family.
With the love of Australia tugging at his heart strings, Rick could not settle back into an Italian way of life
that had become so different. Unable to reach agreement with his farming father on acquiring land of his own,
Rick married a local Italian girl and obtained permission to return to Australia.
After, again, working in the country, which his wife could not stand, the couple moved to Sydney where the
embers of Rick’s entrepreneurial skills were quickly fanned into success with real estate, rental properties and
house building. When his wife, never happy in Australia, left him to return to Italy, Rick continued to expand
his business interests and was becoming a wealthy man.
By his own admission a workaholic, Rick then added rural land and cattle breeding endeavours to his already
prodigious workload, eventually gaining Australian and world recognition for his Poll Shorthorn and Charolais
cattle. That was in joyous contrast with earlier bitter times when the cattle of this “foreigner and ex-prisoner of
war” were virtually ignored and downgraded in show competition because many judges came from an
establishment club which didn’t want outsiders muscling in.
Moving further into cattle successes at his Mandalong Park property on the western outskirts of Sydney, Rick
later founded his own Mandalong Specials breed, the more compact Square Meaters breed based on Murray
Grey genetics and then Tropicanas, as well as introducing the giant Italian Chianina and associated breeds to
this country.
After marrying a second time, Rick divested much of his real estate and house building business to
concentrate on expanding cattle breeding and rural interests, developing advanced skills in animal nutrition and
health matters, being made a JP and having his achievements recognised as a Member in the Order of Australia
(AM) plus other top decorations awarded by the Ita1ian Government and other countries to which he had
established export trading links.
Most remarkable of his fascinating story is the absence of bitterness and rancour where it may well have been
justified. His monumental achievements are told with humility, wit and the best form of passion — that which
harnesses a dream and moulds it to reality.
This indeed is a story that should be read and enjoyed by all Australians, as well as others in foreign fields
who may aspire to a new future in this land of opportunity, inspired by a former Italian lad who did it his way.
Australia, My Love, is published by the author, Rick Pisaturo. Special offer price $25 (RRP $30) plus $9.30 postage. All
net proceeds to St Vincent’s Prostate Cancer Centre. To buy, email: sales@rickpisaturo.com.au or call Rick’s office 02 9834
5092.
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Sub-heading: People, places, achievement and service
Heading: Helping hands across the sea
The after-effects of natural disasters such as those in Aceh, the tsunami and nuclear melt-down in Japan and the
earthquakes in Christchurch, NZ, continue long after events move on.
On March 11 this year, the Chairman of the Australia-Japan Foundation (AJF), Murray McLean OAM,
expressed his deep condolences and support for the people of Japan on the first anniversary of the 2011
earthquake and tsunami.
Mr McLean said that like so many other Australians who had extended the hand of friendship in a time of
need, the AJF, under its Reconstruction Initiative, was seeking to help devastated communities recover.
Among its programs it was helping to rebuild Australia House in the Echigo-Tsumari region, destroyed in an
aftershock.
It had also funded a visit to Australia by 24 students from Minami-Sanriku, enabling them to experience
Australia’s school and cultural life through home stays and cultural activities.
It would fund a playground for a new school the Fukushima Board of Education is establishing for children
displaced by the accident at the city’s nuclear-power plant and also help establish a mobile library service to
communities in Fukushima Prefecture.
Heading: First RSM farewelled at Rocks ceremony
Wally Thompson OAM, the first Regimental Sergeant Major of the Australian Army (RSM-A), was farewelled
by family, friends and former colleagues gathered at the Garrison Church in the Rocks, Sydney, in April.
The current RSM-A, Warrant Officer Class I Dave Ashley, knew Wally for more than 30 years.
He reflected on the lessons Wally had taught him and spoke highly of the work, spirit and profound legacy
Wally leaves behind.
He said, “Wally was not just an Australian soldier. He is the Australian soldier.
“I remember Wally with pride. I remember him in faith. He will always be my mate and I thank him for
showing us our opportunities."
Wally served with distinction for 37 years from 1950 to 1987. He was conscripted in 1950 for National
Service. During his military career he saw operational service in Malaya and three tours in Vietnam, he was
wounded on his second tour of Vietnam.
Heading:
Lifetime Emmy
David Hill AM, the Chairman and CEO of the Fox Sports Media Group in Los Angeles, has been awarded the
2010-2011 Life Time Achievement Award by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in the US.
It is the technology and engineering Lifetime Emmy. He was made a Member in the Order of Australia in 2002
for Services to Sports Television.
Heading: 4.5 million new citizens since 1949
The OAA’s aim to foster pride in Australian citizenship received a boost earlier this year when the Minister
for Immigration and Citizenship, the Hon. Chris Bowen, announced that 4.5 million people from more than 200
countries had become Australian citizens since the first citizenship ceremony in 1949.
Before 1949, when legislation was introduced formally identifying us as Australians, most people in Australia
were considered British subjects.
Mr Bowen said, “Citizenship is the bond that holds our culturally diverse population together.
“This milestone also serves as a reminder of the role citizenship plays in building a strong and unified
Australia.”
Heading: Another award for Professor Randell AO
Professor Shirley Randell AO, director of the Centre for Gender, Culture and Development Studies, in Rwanda,
is on her way back there to facilitate a sexual- and gender-based violence workshop for an African Union
Mission to Somalia.
She will host the first Rwanda Association of University Women Friendship Tour. Then she goes to Torino,
Italy, for Zonta International’s world conference, where she will receive their Honorary International
Membership Award.
Rwanda has won the UN Public Service Award 2012.
Pages 21 to 38
Heading: The Queen’s birthday list in the Order of Australia
Preamble: The Queen’s Birthday Honours List has become available at just the right time for publication in this
(Internet only version) of The Order, doubly convenient because publishing it in a print version would be
prohibitively expensive. To be accurate, this list represents only about half of it. We expect to publish the other
half in association with the next edition, but only in the Internet version, not the printed one.
COMPANION (AC) IN THE
GENERAL DIVISION
The Honourable Peter Douglas BEATTIE
Wilston Qld 4051
For eminent service to the Parliament and community of Queensland, through initiatives in the area of education
and training, economic development, particularly in biotechnology, information technology and aviation
industries, and to the promotion of international trade.
Professor the Honourable Gareth John EVANS AO QC
Fitzroy Vic 3065
For eminent service to international relations, particularly in the Asia Pacific Region as an adviser to
governments on a range of global policy matters, to conflict prevention and resolution, and to arms control and
disarmament.
Professor Ian Hector FRAZER
St Lucia Qld 4067
For eminent service to medical research, particularly through leadership roles in the discovery of the Human
Papilloma Virus vaccine and its role in preventing cervical cancer, to higher education and as a supporter of
charitable organisations.
The Honourable Robert Murray HILL
Unley Park SA 5061
For eminent service to the Parliament of Australia, particularly through the development of policy reform in the
portfolios of the environment and defence, and to Australia’s international relations through senior diplomatic
representation to the United Nations.
Professor Stephen Donald HOPPER
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond,
Surrey TW9 3AB, UK
For eminent service as a global science leader in the field of plant conservation biology, particularly in the
delivery of world class research programs contributing to the conservation of endangered species and
ecosystems.
The Honourable Joan Elizabeth KIRNER AM
114 Thompson Street, Williamstown Vic 3016
For eminent service to the Parliament of Victoria and to the community through conservation initiatives,
contributions to gender equality, the development of education and training programs and the pursuit of civil
rights and social inclusion.
The Honourable Chief Justice Wayne Stewart MARTIN
Dalkeith WA 6009
For eminent service to the judiciary and to the law, particularly as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of
Western Australia, to legal reform and education, and to the community.
Professor Peter SINGER
Melbourne Vic 3000
For eminent service to philosophy and bioethics as a leader of public debate and communicator of ideas in the
areas of global poverty, animal welfare and the human condition.
OFFICER (AO) IN THE GENERAL DIVISION
Emeritus Professor Mary Darvall BARTON
Torrens Park SA 5062
For distinguished service to veterinary science and public health as a researcher and diagnostic microbiologist,
and to education through academic and administrative roles at the University of South Australia.
Professor David St Clair BLACK
Kingsford NSW 2032
For distinguished service to science in the area of organic and heterocyclic chemistry, through leadership roles
within professional organisations, and as an educator and mentor.
Ms Barbara Patterson BLACKMAN
Yarralumla ACT 2600
For distinguished service to the arts and to the community, as a supporter of artistic performance, through
philanthropic contributions, and as an advocate for people who are blind and partially sighted.
Ms Jennifer May BOTT
Northwood NSW 2066
For distinguished service to the arts through executive and leadership roles in national cultural organisations,
and to the development of policy reform initiatives promoting funding and best practice.
Mr Ian BRUSASCO AM
Ashgrove Qld 4060
For distinguished service to the community of Queensland through leadership roles with a range of public
administration, sporting and charitable organisations, particularly Foodbank Queensland.
Dr William Henry BUTLER CBE
Willetton WA 6155
For distinguished service to the community through the promotion of public understanding of natural history
and wildlife conservation, to the development of collaborative environmental partnerships with industry, and to
the community.
Dr Thomas Edwin CALMA
Waramanga ACT 2611
For distinguished service to the Indigenous community as an advocate for human rights and social justice,
through contributions to government policy and reform, and to cross cultural understanding.
Mr Robert Graham CAMERON
Bolwarra NSW 2320
For distinguished service to the mining industry in New South Wales, through leadership roles with professional
organisations, to higher education, and to the community of the Hunter Valley.
Mr Peter Philip CAREY
New York, USA
For distinguished service to literature as a novelist, through international promotion of the Australian identity, as
a teacher, and as a mentor to emerging writers.
Mr Robin Hamilton CHAMBERS
Armadale Vic 3143
For distinguished service to Australia-China relations, particularly through the promotion of trade and
investment relationships in the minerals and metals sector, and as an adviser on international corporation law.
Mr Paul CLARKSON
South Melbourne Vic 3205
For distinguished service to the creative arts through leadership and administration roles of cultural
organisations and events, to arts policy development, to education, and to the community of the City of Port
Phillip.
Ms Mary Lynn CROOKS
Northcote Vic 3070
For distinguished service to the community through contributions to public policy, particularly in the areas of
social cohesion and water sustainability, and as an advocate for the advancement of women.
Dr Owen Thomas DENMEAD
ACT 2602
For distinguished service to environmental research in the fields of crop and soil sciences, physical ecology and
micrometeorology, and through the development of improved agricultural practices.
Professor Geoffrey Alan DONNAN
University of Melbourne Parkville Vic 3010
For distinguished service to neurology as a clinician and academic leader, and through international
contributions to research, particularly in the prevention and treatment of stroke.
Mr Jeremy Kitson ELLIS
Eltham Vic 3095
For distinguished service to business and commerce, particularly as a contributor to the development of the
mining industry, to the environment through leadership and advisory roles, to higher education, and to
philanthropy.
Mr Richard FALKINGER
East Melbourne Vic 8002
For distinguished service to heritage architecture, particularly the restoration and conservation of ecclesiastical
structures, to philanthropy, and through support for young architects.
Dr Anne Therese GALLAGHER
Moruya NSW 2537
For distinguished service to the law, and to human rights, as a practitioner, teacher and scholar, particularly in
the areas of human trafficking responses and criminal justice.
Dr Judith Teng Wah GOH
Gold Coast MC Qld 9726
For distinguished service to gynaecological medicine, particularly in the field of fistula surgery, and to the
promotion of the rights of women and children in developing countries.
Dr Michael HALMAGYI
Mosman NSW 2088
For distinguished service to neurology as a clinician and educator, and through contributions to research into the
diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the nervous system.
Professor Elizabeth Jane HARMAN
Yorkeys Knob Qld 4878
For distinguished service to tertiary education administration, to the development of vocationally oriented and
professional development courses, through governance reforms, and to the community.
Mr Rolf HARRIS AM OBE
London NW1 2ND UK
For distinguished service to the performing and visual arts, to charitable organisations, and to international
relations through the promotion of Australian culture.
Mr Stuart Beaumont HART ISO
Springfield SA 5062
For distinguished service to the community of South Australia through leadership roles in public administration,
particularly urban and regional planning, to policy reform, and to the development of conservation initiatives.
Associate Professor Ross Roger HASLAM
St Georges SA 5064
For distinguished service to medicine, particularly as a leader in the specialities of perinatology and
neonatology, to professional development, and to medical research and education.
The Honourable David Peter HAWKER
Apsley Vic 3319
For distinguished service to the Parliament of Australia, to public administration and monetary policy reform,
and to the community through local government, health and sporting organisations.
The Honourable Doctor John Joseph HERRON
Hendra Qld 4011
For distinguished service to the Parliament of Australia, to international relations through diplomatic and
humanitarian roles, to professional medical associations, and to the community.
Professor Graeme John HUGO
Eden Hills SA 5050
For distinguished service to population research, particularly the study of international migration, population
geography and mobility, and through leadership roles with national and international organisations.
Professor Douglas Samuel JONES AM RFD
Darling Point NSW 2027
For distinguished service to the law as a leader in the areas of arbitration and alternative dispute resolution, to
policy reform, and to national and international professional organisations.
Ms Elizabeth May JONES
Williamstown Vic 3016
For distinguished service to the performing arts as an artistic director, administrator and performer, to the
promotion of Indigenous playwrights and actors, and to the community.
Mr Piers LANE
London UK
For distinguished service to the performing arts as an internationally renowned classical pianist, to professional
and cultural organisations, and to the development of emerging musicians.
Dr Robert Bruce LEE
ACT
For distinguished service to the aviation industry, to the development of air safety and accident investigation
standards, and to national and international professional associations.
Mr Russell John LEE
Surrey Hills NSW 2010
For distinguished service to the international community through the development of humanitarian aid
programs, particularly as Founder of Operation Open Heart, and to professional nursing organisations.
Dr Deborah LEHMANN
Fremantle WA 6160
For distinguished service to medical research in the field of epidemiology, particularly the prevention of
pneumococcal infection, to Indigenous health, and to professional organisations.
Ms Susan Carolyn LLOYD-WILLIAMS
Toorak Vic 3142
For distinguished service to the thoroughbred horseracing industry through the development of marketing
strategies and initiatives, to the promotion of women, and to the community.
Mr Simon Vincent McKEON
Vic
For distinguished service to business and commerce through leadership and advisory roles, and to the
community as a supporter of national and international charitable, educational and sporting organisations.
Professor Anthony Kinnaird MILNE
Belrose NSW 2085
For distinguished service to science and engineering as a contributor to international research programs,
particularly in the fields of radar remote sensing, vegetation assessment and wetlands mapping, and to
education.
Adjunct Professor Simon Richard MOLESWORTH AM QC
Hampton Vic 3188
For distinguished service to conservation and the environment, to heritage preservation at national and
international levels, to the professions and natural resource sectors, and to community health organisations.
Mr Graeme Lloyd MURPHY AM
Sydney NSW 2000
For distinguished service to the performing arts, both nationally and internationally, particularly ballet and
contemporary dance, as a choreographer and director, and to the enhancement of Australia’s cultural
environment.
Mrs Daphne Mary PIRIE MBE
Benowa Qld 4217
For distinguished service to sports administration and to hockey, particularly through roles with the Queensland
Academy of Sport, as an advocate for the participation of women and girls in sport, and to the community of the
Gold Coast region.
Professor John Edward RASKO
Castle Cove NSW 2069
For distinguished service to biomedical research in the field of gene and cell therapy, as a clinician, author and
administrator, through executive roles with professional organisations, and to philanthropy.
Ms Shelley REYS
NSW
For distinguished service to the Indigenous community, to reconciliation and social inclusion, and as an
advocate for improved educational, health and employment opportunities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander people.
Professor Nicholas Andrew SAUNDERS
Newcastle NSW 2300
For distinguished service to medicine and to higher education through administration and clinical leadership
roles, and as a significant contributor to national academic and professional organisations.
Mr Stephen Thomas SEDGWICK
Melba ACT 2615
For distinguished service to the community through leadership roles in the administration and implementation of
innovative economic and social policy reform, and to public sector ethics and accountability.
Mr Brett Joseph SHEEHY
Toorak Vic 3142
For distinguished service to the performing and visual arts as a director of national festivals, to international
artistic exchange, and through mentoring roles.
Mr Anthony Francis SHEPHERD
Kirribilli NSW 2061
For distinguished service to business, particularly the infrastructure development sector through innovative joint
venture partnerships, and to the arts and sporting organisations.
Dr Richard Miln SMITH
Belair SA 5052
For distinguished service to scientific research in the fields of human nutrition, cardiovascular disease and
agriculture, to Indigenous communities in rural and remote areas, and to professional organisations.
Professor Tamarapu SRIDHAR
Patterson Lakes Vic 3197
For distinguished service to tertiary education, particularly the discipline of chemical engineering, as an
academic and administrator, and to the forging of international strategic educational relationships.
The Honourable Professor Christopher David STEYTLER QC
Mindarie WA 6030
For distinguished service to the judiciary and to the law, to the advancement and protection of human rights, to
legal education, and to professional ethics and standards.
Mr Frank Walden THOMPSON
The Gap Qld 4061
For distinguished service to the publishing industry, to the promotion of modern Australian cultural expression,
particularly in the area of literary fiction, and through support for emerging authors.
Mr Phillip TOYNE
Gundaroo NSW 2620
For distinguished service to environmental law through executive and advisory roles, particularly the
introduction of a National Landcare Program, to the protection and restoration of Australian landscapes, and to
the Indigenous community.
Professor Mathew Alexander VADAS
Double Bay NSW 2028
For distinguished service to medical and biotechnological research, particularly in the area of human
immunology, to higher education, and through contributions to professional organisations.
The Honourable Mark Anthony VAILE
Cedar Party NSW 2429
For distinguished service to the Parliament of Australia, through support for rural and regional communities, to
the pursuit of global trade and investment opportunities, and to the citizens of the Taree region.
Professor Ian Robert YOUNG
Canberra ACT 2600
For distinguished service to tertiary education through leadership, strategic management, research and academic
roles, as an author, and to international education collaboration.
Mrs Lesley Frances YOUNG
East Sassafras Tas 7307
For distinguished service to women and their families in rural and remote areas through the development of
policies relating to social and economic wellbeing, to local government, and to the community of the Latrobe
region.
OFFICER (AO) IN THE MILITARY DIVISION
ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY
Vice Admiral Raymond James GRIGGS AM CSC RAN
ACT
For distinguished service to the Australian Defence Force as Deputy Head Strategic Reform and Governance,
Deputy Chief of Joint Operations, and Chief of the Royal Australian Navy.
Vice Admiral Peter David JONES DSC AM RAN
ACT
For distinguished service as Head Information and Communications Technology Operations and Head
Capability Systems in the Capability Development Group.
MEMBER (AM) IN THE GENERAL DIVISION
Mr Anthony Norman ABBOTT
Adelaide SA 5000
For service to the law, and to the legal profession, through policy development and reform roles with
professional organisations, and to the disability sector through the Multiple Sclerosis Society of South Australia.
Mr Bruce Murdoch ACKERMAN
Marysville Vic 3779
For service to the community of the Marysville region through the provision of assistance and support to
residents during, and in the aftermath of, the 2009 Victorian bushfires.
Mr Enzo Errol ALLARA
Balgowlah NSW 2093
For service to the community through executive roles with Foodbank Australia, and to the food manufacturing
and processing industry.
Mr Thomas Michael ALMOND
Newcastle NSW 2300
For service to the road transport and logistics industry through development of heavy vehicle safety strategies,
and to the community of the Hunter region.
Dr Ratomir ANTIC
Glenunga SA 5064
For service to thoracic medicine as a clinician, administrator and mentor, and to people affected by asthma.
Mr Robert Johnston ASHBY
Hallett SA 5419
For service to the merino sheep breeding and wool growing industry, particularly through executive roles with
professional organisations.
Mr Ivan BACKMAN
Heidelberg Vic 3084
For service to the transport and logistics industry through roles with the Australian Logistics Council, as an
advocate and mentor, and to the community.
Dr Stephen BADDELEY
Nightcliffe NT 0810
For service to orthopaedic medicine in the Northern Territory, to international humanitarian aid, and to St John
Ambulance.
Mrs Annette Elizabeth BALDWIN
Castle Hill NSW 2154
For service to nursing as an administrator, through contributions to health care outreach programs in the South
Pacific, and to nurse education.
Mrs Mina W Singh BATRA
Balgowlah Heights NSW 2093
For service to the community as an advocate of gender equality, Indigenous issues, human rights and interfaith
relations.
Professor John Robinson BELL
New Farm Qld 4005
For service to medicine in the field of pathology, to medical education and professional organisations, and to the
community.
Mrs Margaret Elizabeth BERLEMON
Rostrevor SA 5073
For service to youth through executive roles in the Guiding movement at state and national levels, and to the
community through young women’s organisations.
Associate Professor Wilma Margaret BESWICK
Albert Park Vic 3206
For service to medical education and research through training and administrative roles, to curriculum
development and clinical assessment reform, and to professional associations.
Mr Brett BIDDINGTON
ACT
For service to the space sector, particularly through national policy and industry development, science and
education support, and through governance of astronomy programs.
Dr Denis George BINNION
Torrens Park SA 5062
For service to adult and community education as a leader in curriculum development, particularly in the areas of
integration and access as well as executive roles in professional organisations.
Mr Stuart Alexander BLACK
Milsons Point NSW 2061
For service to the profession of accounting, to ethical practices and standards, as a contributor to professional
organisations, and to the community.
Dr David Caryl BLAIKIE
Prospect SA 5082
For service to community health in South Australia through public administration roles, to professional dental
organisations, and to local government.
Dr John Rowan BLOGG
Malvern East Vic 3145
For service to veterinary science, particularly in the speciality of ophthalmology, and as an author and mentor.
Mr Grahame John BOND
Paddington NSW 2021
For service to the performing arts as an actor, writer and composer, and as a supporter of aspiring artists.
Ms Terry Ann BRACKS
Williamstown Vic 3016
For service to youth, particularly as the Founder of Western Chances, and as a contributor to health, social
development and arts organisations in Victoria.
The Honourable Ernest Francis BRIDGE OAM
Doubleview WA 6018
For service to the Indigenous community, particularly through support for health management programs, and to
the Parliament of Western Australia.
Dr James BROADBENT
Mulgoa NSW 2745
For service to the preservation of Australia’s built heritage through roles with the New South Wales Branch of
the National Trust of Australia, and as an academic and researcher.
Dr Patricia May BRODIE
Dulwich Hill NSW 2203
For service to midwifery as a clinician, researcher and educator, and to professional associations.
Ms Christine Mary BUNDESEN
Fig Tree Pocket Qld 4069
For service to international tertiary education through leadership roles in the field of English Language
Teaching, to the development of quality assurance standards, and to professional organisations.
Ms Heather Rose BUTLER
St Helens Tas 7216
For service to the community of the east coast of Tasmania, particularly through the tourism and hospitality
sectors, to youth, and to the Parliament of Tasmania.
Dr Robert Frank CARE
West Pennant Hills NSW 2125
For service to engineering through a range of executive roles, to the business sector, to international
humanitarian programs, and to the sport of athletics.
Mr John Albert CARLSON
Queanbeyan NSW 2620
For service to public administration, particularly in the areas of nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament, and
to the development of international safeguards policy.
Mr Robert Terrence CARSON
The Branch NSW 2425
For service to the international community through humanitarian roles, particularly in Pakistan, to Rotary, and
to the building and construction industry.
Mr Colin Bruce CARTER OAM
Camberwell Vic 3124
For service to the Indigenous community through the development of employment and economic opportunities,
as a supporter of charitable organisations, and to the sport of Australian Rules football.
Mr Brian David CASSIDY PSM
Canberra ACT 2600
For service to public administration, particularly in the areas of competition policy, trade practices and
consumer protection regulation.
Professor Christopher CHRISTOPHI
Melbourne Vic 3000
For service to medicine as a clinician, to medical education as an academic and researcher, through
contributions to professional organisations, and to the Greek community of Victoria.
Dr David COHEN
Caulfield North Vic 3161
For service to progressive alternative education, curriculum development and science education, as a researcher
and editor, and to the community.
Emeritus Professor Desley William CONNELL
Sunnybank Qld 4109
For service to environmental chemistry and public health, to education as an academic, researcher and author,
and as a mentor.
Mr Brett Robin COTTLE
Bilgola NSW 2107
For service to the performing arts, particularly to songwriters, composers and publishers, through executive
roles with copyright protection organisations, and to the community.
Ms Caroline Anne CROSSE
Melbourne Vic 3000
For service to the community through the creation and provision of innovative employment opportunities for
people with a mental illness, and to the promotion of social inclusion.
Mr Anthony Michael D’ALOISIO
Mosman NSW 2088
For service to business and commerce, particularly through leadership roles in the securities and investments
regulatory sector, to Australia-Asia relations, and to charitable organisations.
Mrs Jessica DAMES
Burra SA 5417
For service to arts administration in South Australia through the Independent Arts Association, as a supporter of
emerging artists and writers, and to the promotion of cultural events.
Mr Frederick Redmond DAVIDSON
Toorak Vic 3142
For service to business and commerce in the human resources and outplacements industry, and to the
community through executive roles with service, health and educational organisations.
Dr James Hector DAVIDSON
Fitzroy Vic 3065
For service to literature as an editor and cultural commentator, and to education as an historical researcher and
biographer.
Mr William Louis DELAAT
Seaforth NSW 2092
For service to the pharmaceutical industry through roles with professional organisations, to the development of
medicines policy and reform, and to the community.
Dr Carey John DENHOLM
Taroona Tas 7053
For service to higher education as an academic, to psychology, particularly relating to families and adolescents,
and to the community.
Mr Philip Raymond DIMENT
Surry Hills NSW 2010
For service to the community as the convenor of the Australian Aids Memorial Quilt Project, and through
contributions to the advancement of human rights.
Dr Jeanette Maree DIXON
Dudley NSW 2290
For service to education through roles in promoting space science, through contributions to the learning of
science in schools, and as a teacher.
The Reverend Monsignor Anthony Linsay DOHERTY
Rose Bay NSW 2029
For service to the Catholic Church in Australia, through adult faith education and pastoral care, and to the Parish
of Rose Bay.
Mrs Margaret Josephine DOWLING
Double Bay NSW 2028
For service to children through executive roles with Barnardos Australia.
The Honourable Justice John Alfred DOWSETT
Judges’ Chambers, Federal Court of Australia,
North Quay, Brisbane Qld 4000
For service to the law and to the judiciary, to professional associations, and to legal education in the area of
litigation and dispute resolution.
Professor Graham Paul DURANT
Nicholls ACT 2913
For service to science education as the Director of Questacon: The National Science and Technology Centre, to
the museums sector, and through scientific advisory roles.
Mr Edward David EDWARDS
Macquarie ACT 2614
For service to science in the field of entomology, particularly moths and butterflies, as an author and researcher,
and as a mentor.
The Honourable Graham John EDWARDS
North Beach WA 6020
For service to the Parliaments of Australia and Western Australia, to veterans through advocacy and support
roles, and to people with a disability.
Professor Garry James EGGER
Fairlight NSW 2094
For service to medical education as an administrator and teacher, particularly in the area of health promotion
and research, as an author, and to professional organisations.
Mrs Elizabeth Priscilla ENGLISH
Largs Bay SA 5016
For service to nursing, particularly in the field of stomal therapy clinical practice and education, and through
executive roles with national and international associations.
Mr Robert Joseph FAVELL
Manunda Qld 4870
For service to music education in Far North Queensland as a conductor, director and teacher, as a mentor of
young musicians, and to the Brass Band movement.
Professor Michael Patrick FENELEY
Randwick NSW 2031
For service to medicine in the field of cardiology as a clinician, researcher and educator, through contributions
to professional organisations, and to the community.
Emeritus Professor Ian Stewart FERGUSON
Hawthorn Vic 3122
For service to tertiary education through administrative and teaching roles, to forestry and land management, as
a researcher and author, and to the community.
Professor Michael John FIELD
Hunters Hill NSW 2110
For service to medical education as an academic and teacher, particularly in the field of nephrology, as a
clinician, and through contributions to a range of professional organisations.
Mrs Denise Mae FISHER
Kilcoy Qld 4515
For service to nursing, particularly in the areas of breastfeeding and lactation management, and to the health and
well-being of mothers and children.
Scientia Professor Joseph Paul FORGAS
School of Psychology, University of New South Wales
Sydney NSW 2052
For service to education and research in the discipline of psychology, as an academic and author, and through
contributions to international professional associations.
Mrs Jane Gladys FRASER
Saratoga NSW 2251
For service to people with a disability as a defender of human rights through a range of government and
advocacy organisations.
Mr Lindsay James FRASER
Roselands NSW 2196
For service to industrial relations in the building and construction industries, to vocational education and
training, and to youth.
Dr Michael Graeme GARNER
Monash ACT 2904
For service to veterinary science, particularly in the field of epidemiology, and through the development and
promotion of Australia’s animal health.
Dr Alexander Segger GEORGE
Kardinya WA 6163
For service to conservation and the environment as a botanist, historian and author, particularly in the area of
Australian flora, and through roles with national and international professional organisations.
Mrs Dianne Christine GIBLIN
Werrington Downs NSW 2747
For service to public education, particularly through the Federation of Parents’ and Citizens’ Association of
New South Wales, and to the community.
Mrs Margaret Ann GRAY
Belrose NSW 2085
For service to education, particularly the provision of English language courses for overseas students and adult
migrants, and through advisory and accreditation policy roles.
Mr David GREEN PSM
Fitzroy North Vic 3068
For service to the community through leadership roles with social justice organisations, to welfare policy
reform, and to the community.
Dr Neville James GREEN
Merriwa WA 6030
For service to the community as an historian specialising in native title and Indigenous projects, as an author,
and to professional associations.
Mr Trevor John GREEN
Black Rock Vic 3193
For service to arts administration, particularly through the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, to Australia’s
symphonic sector, and as a supporter of young artists and composers.
Dr Graeme Cecil GUNN
Collingwood Vic 3066
For service to architecture, to the promotion of innovative urban design, to professional education, and as a
supporter of emerging architects.
Mr Peter GUNN
Melbourne Vic 3000
For service to the transport industry, to the development of innovative freight logistics strategies, and as a
supporter of children`s health organisations.
Professor Neville Frederick HACKER
Rose Bay NSW 2029
For service to medicine in the field of gynaecological oncology as a clinician, researcher and educator, and
through contributions to professional organisations on a national and international level.
Mr Frank Allen HALL-BENTICK
Richmond Vic 3121
For service to people with a disability through executive and advocacy roles with a range of organisations,
particularly Disability Australia.
Professor John Davis HAMILTON
Newcastle NSW 2300
For service to medicine and tertiary education as an academic and administrator, through support for Indigenous
students, and to professional associations.
Mr Wayne David HARRISON
Surry Hills NSW 2010
For service to the arts as a director, writer, producer and performer, to Australian cultural life, and as a supporter
of emerging talent.
Professor Barry Thomas HART
Echuca Vic 3564
For service to conservation and the environment, particularly in the areas of water quality, aquatic ecology and
catchment management, and to education as an academic and researcher.
Dr Keith George HARTMAN
Mosman NSW 2088
For service to medicine in the field of obstetrics and gynaecology as a clinician, and through executive and
fundraising roles with the Friends of the Mater Foundation.
Professor Alan John HAYES
Bowral NSW 2576
For service to the social sciences through the Australian Institute of Family Studies, as a contributor to policy
research, and as an academic and author.
Professor Colleen Patricia HAYWARD
Perth WA 6000
For service to tertiary education through administrative and research roles, to the advancement of the rights of
Indigenous people, particularly in the areas of social welfare, law and justice and children’s health.
Ms Jane Elizabeth HAYWARD
Strathewen Vic 3099
For service to the community of the Strathewen area, particularly to schoolchildren and their families, in the
aftermath of the 2009 Victorian bushfires.
Mrs Bettine Garth HEATHCOTE
Madeley WA 6065
For service to aged persons through executive and advisory roles with a range of organisations, particularly the
Council on the Ageing at state and national levels, and to the community.
Dr Thomas Rex HENDERSON
Subiaco WA 6904
For service to rural and remote medicine in Western Australia as a paediatrician and neonatologist, to
Indigenous health and welfare, and as a mentor.
Professor Heather Jeannie HERBERT
Dubbo NSW 2830
For service to tertiary education, particularly through improvements to educational outcomes for Indigenous
people, and to the delivery of learning opportunities across regional and remote northern Australia.
Mr Athol HODGSON
Parkdale Vic 3195
For service to forestry science, particularly the development of land management and bushfire risk reduction
strategies, to emergency service organisations, and to the community of rural Victoria.
Mr Brand HOFF
Forrest ACT 2603
For service to the information communication technology sector, to innovative product development and
research, and to the community of the Australian Capital Territory.
Mr Leon Codrington HOLMES
Glenunga SA 5064
For service to the community through leadership roles with the Australian Meals on Wheels Association at state
and national levels, to corporate governance and structural reform, and to the community of South Australia.
Dr Nicholas Charles HOPE
Redwood City, CA 94062, USA
For service to the international business and finance sector, particularly the economic development of emerging
nations, through senior leadership roles with banking and academic institutions.
Mrs Anne Dorothy HOWE
Largs North SA 5016
For service to public administration in South Australia through executive and advisory roles with economic,
water, construction and horticultural organisations.
Mr Klaus HUENEKE
Palmerston ACT 2913
For service to conservation and the environment as an historian, author and photographer, and to the
preservation of Australia’s built heritage, particularly in the Snowy Mountains region.
Mr Tony HYAMS
Melbourne Vic 3000
For service to the superannuation industry through leadership and executive roles, to the financial services
sector, to the Parliament of Victoria, and to the community.
Mr Rodney Myles HYMAN
Mosman NSW 2088
For service to the plant and machinery valuation industry through the Australian Property Institute, to
professional organisations, and to the community.
Mr Zigismunds INGE
Toorak Vic 3142
For service to building and construction, particularly the retirement village industry, as a financial supporter of
health, sporting and children’s organisations, and to professional associations.
Mr Graham Jack INNS
North Adelaide SA 5006
For service to business and commerce, particularly through the Australian Institute of Management, to local
government, and to the community.
Mrs Audrey JACKSON
Albany WA 6330
For service to education through the activities of the independent schools sector on a state and national level, to
vocational learning and training, and as Headmistress of St Mary’s Anglican Girls’ School.
Professor Robert Siebrand JANSEN
Killara NSW 2071
For service to medical research and education in Australia and internationally as an academic, particularly in the
field of human reproductive genetics and in-vitro fertilisation, and as a clinician and author.
Mr Kenneth Stephen JASPER
Rutherglen Vic 3685
For service to the Parliament of Victoria, and to the community of the Murray Valley, through advocacy and
support roles for the performing arts, multicultural, transport, health and emergency service organisations.
Mr Christopher Richard JOHNSON
Newtown NSW 2042
For service to architecture in the field of urban design and the development of major public projects, to policy
implementation and reform, and to professional organisations.
Mr Leigh Frederic JOWETT
Marysville Vic 3779
For service to the community of the Marysville area through the provision of assistance and support to residents
during, and in the aftermath of, the 2009 Victorian bushfires.
Ms Jean Maxwell KELSO
Osborne SA 5017
For service to the performing arts as a senior soloist, through mentoring roles, as the Founder and Director of the
Hope and Harmony Choir, and to the community.
Professor Anne Margaret KEOGH
Darlinghutst NSW 2010
For service to medicine in the field of cardiac transplantation, advanced heart failure and pulmonary
hypertension as a clinician and researcher, to professional associations, and to the community in the area of
animal welfare.
Dr Glen Ashley KILE
Brighton Vic 3186
For service to forest science, biosecurity and sustainable forestry through research, leadership and management.
Mr Peter Stannett KINGSTON
Lavender Bay NSW 2060
For service to the visual arts as a painter, printmaker and cartoonist, and to the preservation and conservation of
the natural environment and historical locations.
Mr Spiros Jeff KONSTANTINOU
Canberra ACT 2600
For service to business and commerce, particularly in the property construction and management sector, as a
supporter of a range of charitable organisations, and to the Greek community of the Australian Capital Territory.
Mr John Adrian LAWLER APM
ACT
For service to public administration in the area of crime investigation and prevention through executive roles,
and to national and international law enforcement.
Mr Gregory Arthur LEWIN
Carlton Vic 3053
For service to the profession of chemical engineering through senior roles in the petroleum industry, to business
and commerce, and to professional organisations.
Mr Lancelot Graham LIGHTFOOT
Wahroonga NSW 2076
For service to the container shipping industry, to the development and promotion of Australia’s international
trade networks, as a supporter of the welfare of merchant mariners, and to the community.
The Honourable David Edward LLEWELLYN
Howrah, Tas 7018
For service to the Parliament of Tasmania, particularly through contributions in the portfolio areas of planning,
resources, primary industry, Police and emergency management and health, to the community, and to the
Anglican Church in Tasmania.
Mr Neil William LOWRIE
Millswood SA 5034
For service to the community through executive roles with residential aged care service providers, to the law,
and to the Uniting Church in South Australia.
Mr Philip Eric McCARROLL
Duffy’s Forest, NSW 2084
For service to the community through financial support and fundraising activities for a range of charitable,
youth, health and educational organisations.
Emeritus Professor Jennifer Anne McCOMB
Kalamunda WA 6076
For service to plant science, and to education, as an academic, researcher and author, to professional scientific
organisations, and to the community.
Dr Garth Alexander McGILVRAY
Coffs Harbour NSW 2450
For service to veterinary science, particularly through the development of national registration accreditation
policy, and as a practitioner.
Professor Joan Merrilyn McMEEKEN
Eaglemont Vic 3084
For service to tertiary education in the discipline of physiotherapy as an academic, researcher and educator, to
professional organisations, and to the community.
Professor Gabrielle Lucy McMULLEN
Clifton Hill Vic 3068
For service to tertiary education, particularly through the Australian Catholic University, as an administrator and
academic leader, to the discipline of science, and to the community.
Emeritus Professor Graham Jon MACDONALD
Double Bay NSW 1360
For service to biomedical research in the areas of hypertension and renal disease, to medical education, to the
promotion and awareness raising of organ donation, and as a mentor.
Ms Lynnita Mary MADDOCK PSM
Richmond Vic 3121
For service to public administration, particularly in the area of Australia’s Antarctic operations, to the
development of natural resources and environmental protection strategies, and to scientific research.
Mr Barry Charles MARSDEN AFSM
Seabrook Vic 3028
For service to public administration in Victoria in the fire and emergency services sector, and to the
development of innovative firefighting equipment and technologies.
Dr Alfred James MARTIN
Myrtle Bank SA 5064
For service to paediatric respiratory medicine as a clinician and researcher, to medical education and
administration, as an advocate for Indigenous health care, and to professional associations.
Mr Stuart Lionel MAUNDER
Strawberry Hills NSW 2012
For service to the performing arts, particularly with Opera Australia, as an artistic director, and as a mentor to
emerging artists.
Mr Italo MAZZOLA
Primbee NSW 2502
For service to the community through executive roles with residential aged care service providers, to
multicultural organisations, and as a supporter of the Catholic Diocese of Wollongong.
Mr Ronald Usher METCALFE OAM
Hughes ACT 2605
For service to the community of the Australian Capital Territory region as a community radio presenter, through
the promotion of military history, and as a volunteer with national cultural institutions.
Mr James Morrison MILLAR
Gordon NSW 2072
For service to business and commerce through executive roles with a range of organisations, and to the
community through leadership and fundraising support for social welfare, cancer research and educational
associations.
Ms Frances Lillian MILNE
Balmain NSW 2041
For service to the multicultural communities of New South Wales, as a contributor to human rights and social
justice for refugees and asylum seekers, and to the Uniting Church in Australia.
Mr Alan Duncan MORTIMER
Wantirna South Vic 3152
For service to food science and technology, to professional development and networking at the national and
international level, to food safety standards, and as a mentor.
Mr Graeme John MORTON
Taringa Qld 4068
For service to the arts, particularly choral music and culture, as a conductor, director, composer and academic,
through the performance of new Australian musical works, and to youth.
Dr Pieter Willem MOURIK
Baranduda Vic 3691
For service to medicine as an obstetrician and gynaecologist, to the promotion of medical services in rural and
remote areas, and to education.
Dr James Sunter MUECKE
Norwood SA 5067
For service to ophthalmic medicine, to the provision of eye health services and rehabilitation programs for
Indigenous and South East Asian communities, and to professional organisations.
Associate Professor Jane Crawford MUNRO
International House, University of Melbourne
Parkeville Vic 3052
For service to education at secondary and tertiary levels, particularly for international students, and to the
community through a range of leadership and advisory roles.
Dr Ludomyr John MYKYTA
Glenside SA 5065
For service to geriatric medicine through care of the aged, education of students, and leadership roles with
professional and advisory organisations.
Professor Alanna Maree NOBBS
Pymble NSW 2073
For service to education in the fields of ancient history and the classics as an educator, and through leadership
roles in professional organisations, particularly the Society for the Study of Early Christianity.
Dr Janette Rosalind NOBLE
Largs NSW 2320
For service to the community, particularly through contributions to the Hunter Region Botanic Gardens.
Mr Richard Gerald NOTT
West Pymble NSW 2073
For service to the banking and insurance industries, and to the community through the Australia-Britain Society.
Emeritus Professor Robert Rupert OFFICER
Southbank Vic 3006
For service to business and education in the field of financial economic theory, as a leader of public and private
sector institutions, an adviser to government and an academic administrator.
Clinical Professor Trevor Stewart PARRY
Wembley Downs WA 6019
For service to paediatric medicine and to child health through the introduction of innovative development
programs, the promotion of prevention and early intervention, and contributions to protection services.
Mr Lindsay Richard PARTRIDGE
Sydney NSW 2000
For service to the building and construction industry, particularly in the areas of industry training and career
development, and to the community.
Dr Russel John PERRY
Nedlands WA 6009
For service to the community of Western Australia as a leader in urban design, through contributions to the sport
of Rugby Union football, and to the education and training sector.
Ms Elke Brita PFAU
Kilkenny SA 5009
For service to the German community of South Australia through leadership of a range of welfare, aged care,
sporting and cultural programs.
Mr John Brian PICKETT MVO
Gerrora NSW 2534
For service to higher education in the field of economics and business, to the development of mid-career
business and community leaders through the Commonwealth, Pacific Region and Latin American Study
Conferences, and to human resource management.
Mr Peter Lloyd PICKLES
Killara NSW 2071
For service to the community through the establishment of student leadership training programs, the provision
of pastoral care for Members of Parliament, contributions to international aid programs, and philanthropic
support for medical research.
Mr Anthony PIETROPICCOLO
Roleystone WA 6111
For service to the community of Western Australia as the Director of Centrecare through the generation of
programs supporting individuals and families, including affordable housing and the welfare of Indigenous
Australians and refugees.
Associate Professor Eileen PITTAWAY
Leura NSW 2780
For service to the refugee community, particularly women and girls, as a researcher, educator, publisher and
lobbyist.
Professor David Henry PLOWMAN
Nedlands WA 6009
For service to the community through support for child migrants, as the founding Chair of Child Migrants of
Malta, and to higher education.
Ms Janet Frances POWELL
Research Vic 3095
For service to the Parliament of Australia, and to the community, particularly through leadership of YWCA
Victoria.
Clinical Associate Professor Jonathan RAMPONO
Subiaco WA 6008
For service to medicine as a psychiatrist, through support for women and newborn children, and to professional
and social welfare organisations.
Professor Ronald Michael RAPEE
Sydney NSW 2109
For service to clinical psychology as a leader in the research and development of treatment programs for anxiety
disorders, particularly in children.
Dr Raymond Francis RAPER
Riverview NSW 2066
For service to medicine in the field of intensive care as a clinician, researcher and educator, and through
contributions to professional associations.
Mr William Robert REED
Broome WA 6725
For service to business and commerce through the pearling industry, the marketing and promotion of jewellery,
to tourism, and to the community of Broome.
Dr Ian Norman REINECKE
Point Piper NSW 2027
For service to information technology, particularly through leadership in the development and implementation
of uniform national health systems and as an adviser and coordinator of the technology capability of the Sydney
2000 Olympic Games.
Mrs Mavis Anne RICHARDSON PSM
Dingo Creek Via Wingham, NSW 2429
For service to the community of the Manning Valley and its regions through contributions to local government
and a range of arts, aged care, youth and Aboriginal community development programs.
Professor Bruce Gregory ROBINSON
Kirribilli NSW 2061
For service to medicine in the field of endocrinology as a clinician, researcher and university administrator, and
through the establishment and leadership of the Hoc Mai Australian Vietnam Medical Foundation.
Professor Dominic Brock ROWE
Macquarie University NSW 2109
For service to medicine in the field of neurology through contributions to people with Motor Neurone Disease
and Parkinson’s Disease as a clinician, researcher, educator and administrator.
Associate Professor Tilman Alfred RUFF
Melbourne Vic 3000
For service to the promotion of peace as an advocate for the abolition of nuclear weapons, and to public health
through the promotion of immunisation programs in the South East Asia-Pacific region.
Mr Kenneth John RYAN
Toorak Vic 3142
For service to the community through roles with charitable organisations supporting children and youth, to
tourism, and to sport.
Ms Robyne SCHWARZ
Toorak Vic 3142
For service to the community of Victoria through leadership roles with a range of social, health and welfare
organisations.
Ms Sandra SDRAULIG
Glenside SA 5065
For service to the arts through the promotion of the Australian film industry, particularly through leadership
roles with the Adelaide Film Festival, Film Victoria and the Melbourne International Film Festival.
Dr Robert Dale SHARRAD
Aldgate SA 5154
For service to the environment through leadership of community conservation organisations, particularly the
Nature Foundation of South Australia, and through science education and ecological field studies.
Ms Ruth Ann SIMMS
Stanmore NSW 2048
For service to education as an Aboriginal Education Officer supporting children and their families and as a
contributor to state curriculum planning, and to the community as an Indigenous representative at local and
international forums.
Mr Clive Henry SKAROTT
Edge Hill QLD 4870
For service to the community of Queensland through the development of infrastructure to facilitate expanding
export and tourism access, the establishment of credit union services, and through a range of tourism, sporting
and educational organisations.
Dr Alfred William SMITH, deceased
Late of Templestowe Vic 3106
For service to public administration in Victoria through oversight of major projects, including the relocation of
the Melbourne Market, and contributions to public policy in transport and logistics development resulting in the
effective delivery of road and rail transport solutions.
Dr Graham Jeffrey SPARROW
Vermont South Vic 3133
For service to mineral chemistry and to the mining industry as a research scientist and project manager in the
development of metallurgical processes for upgrading Australia’s mineral resources.
Ms Alice Eve-Marie SPIGELMAN
Darling Point NSW 2027
For service to the community as an advocate for human rights and social justice, particularly for women and
refugees, and through contributions to cultural organisations.
The Reverend Emeritus Professor Peter Daniel STEELE
Parkville Vic 3052
For service to literature and higher education as a poet, author, scholar and teacher, and to the Catholic Church.
The Honourable Haddon STOREY QC
Hawthorn Vic 3122
For service to the Parliament of Victoria, particularly through law reform and contributions to cultural
reinvigoration, to the arts through executive roles with cultural organisations, and to education.
Associate Professor Jonathan Raymond STRETCH
Rose Bay NSW 2029
For service to medicine and to the community as a plastic surgeon and oncologist and through Melanoma
Institute Australia.
Dr Phillip Victor TAHMINDJIS
London, UK
For service to the international community, and to the law, as a contributor and advocate for the promotion and
protection of human rights.
His Honour Judge Kenneth Victor TAYLOR AM(Mil) RFD
Mosman NSW 2088
For service to the judiciary, to the law, and to the community through contributions in the areas of privacy,
freedom of information, and in health and patient care matters.
Mrs Naomi Ruth TIPPETT
Melbourne Vic 3000
For service to children and their families nationally and internationally through the development of health and
welfare programs, as a contributor to multicultural education, and to the promotion of social harmony.
Mrs Margaret Kenyon TOMKINS PSM
Pascoe Vale Vic 3044
For service to the community through the development of supported group housing, the provision of a range of
mental health programs and advocacy and support for technology to assist the blind and partially sighted.
The Honourable Judith Mary TROETH
Toorak Vic 3142
For service to the Parliament of Australia and to the community through contributions to public policy
development and support for asylum seekers and women’s rights.
Mr Phillip John VANNY
Belrose NSW 2085
For service to the surf lifesaving movement through executive roles at national, state and local level.
Mrs Susan Gae WALTER
Sylvania Waters NSW 2224
For service to the community through fundraising programs for childhood cancer research, particularly as
Founder of the Steven Walter Children’s Cancer Foundation.
Dr Bruce Ian WATSON RFD
Millswood SA 5034
For service to dentistry, particularly in the field of orthodontics as a clinician and educator, and through
leadership roles with professional organisations.
Professor Malcolm John WEST
Bunya Qld 4055
For service to cardiovascular medicine as a clinician, researcher, academic and mentor, and to the community
through contributions to medical foundations and charities.
Mr Bernard WHEELAHAN
East Melbourne Vic 3002
For service to business through a range of executive and advisory roles, to Australian Latin-American relations,
to professional associations, and to the community.
Professor Geoffrey Hamilton WHITE, deceased
Late of Birchgrove NSW 2041
For service to vascular surgery as an academic, clinician and researcher, particularly through the development of
the endovascular treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms.
Mrs Heather Rose WIELAND
South Gladstone Qld 4680
For service to women and their families living in rural and regional areas through leadership roles within the
Country Women’s Association of Australia.
Mr Martijn B D WILDER
Neutral Bay NSW 2089
For service to environmental law, particularly in the area of climate change through contributions to the
development of law, global regulation, public policy and the promotion of public debate, and to the community.
Mr Kimberley William WILKIE
Burswood WA 6100
For service to the community of Marysville in the aftermath of the 2009 Victorian bushfires.
Mr Gerardus Maria WILLEMS
Sydney NSW 2000
For service to the arts as a concert pianist, music educator and mentor to young musicians.
Mr Scott Malcolm WILLIAMS
Armidale NSW 2350
For service to the community of New England through a range of contributions to higher education, business,
local government, community radio and philanthropy.
The Honourable Donald George WING
Launceston Tas 7249
For service to the Parliament of Tasmania, to the transport, tourism and conservation sectors, and to the
community through a range of educational, sporting, multicultural and humanitarian endeavours.
Mr Robert WINNEL
Yarralumla ACT 2600
For service to the building and construction industry in the area of property development for home builders,
through contributions to professional organisations, and to philanthropy.
Mr Richard WOLDENDORP
Glen Forrest WA 6071
For service to the arts as an Australian landscape photographer.
The Honourable David Charles WOTTON
Stirling SA 5152
For service to the Parliament and community of South Australia through contributions to environmental
management, family and community services, and the ageing.
Mr Brian Fredrick WRIGHT
Ardross WA 6153
For service to architecture through leadership roles in professional organisations and contributions to the
establishment of standards for the education of architects and the practice of architecture.
Dr Malcolm WRIGHT
Coorparoo Qld 4151
For service to intensive care medicine, as a clinician, teacher and administrator, and through advanced medical
training programs in developing countries.
MEMBER (AM) IN THE MILITARY DIVISION
ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY
Commodore Michael Joseph NOONAN RAN
ACT
For exceptional performance of duty and leadership as Director General Operations, Headquarters Joint Operations
Command and as Director Military Strategic Commitments.
AUSTRALIAN ARMY
Brigadier Shane Francis CAUGHEY CSC
Qld
For exceptional performance of duty as Assistant Commander — Afghanistan, Joint Task Force 633 on Operation
SLIPPER.
Colonel Steven James LEE
ACT
For exceptional service as Director of Information and Communications Technology Capability Management from
2007 to 2008, and Commandant Defence Command Support Training Centre from 2009 to 2011.
Brigadier Michael Leo PHELPS
Vic
For exceptional service in the fields of acquisition and sustainment of land capability for the Australian Defence
Force.
Colonel John William SHANAHAN
NSW
For exceptional service as the Staff Officer Grade One Collective Training Land Headquarters, Acting Assistant Chief
of Staff Headquarters Forces Command and Force Engineer at Headquarters 6th Brigade.
Colonel David John SMITH
NSW
For exceptional service as Staff Officer Grade One Force Structure Plans, Army Headquarters and Commanding
Officer, 2nd Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment.
ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE
Air Commodore Tracy Lee SMART
ACT
For exceptional performance of duty as a medical officer in the Royal Australian Air Force.
Chaplain Ian Stuart WHITLEY
NSW
For exceptional service to the Royal Australian Air Force and the Australian community as an Air Force Chaplain.