The 1983 Australia Day Honours were announced on 26 January 1983 by the Governor General of Australia, Sir Ninian Stephen.[1]
The Australia Day Honours are the first of the two major annual honours lists, announced on Australia Day (26 January), with the other being the Queen's Birthday Honours which are announced on the second Monday in June.
Order of Australia
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Knight of the Order of Australia (AK)
edit| Recipient | Citation | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Emeritus Professor Sir Roy Douglas Wright | For service to education, to learning and to medicine. | [1] |
Companion of the Order of Australia (AC)
edit| Recipient | Citation | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Sir Tristan Antico | For service to industry and to the community. | [1] |
| The Right Honourable Sir Frank Walters Kitto KBE | For service to learning. | |
| Kerry Francis Bullmore Packer | For service to the media. |
Officer of the Order of Australia (AO)
editGeneral Division
edit| Recipient | Citation | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Norman James Attwood | For public service | [1] |
| Noel Edwin Casey | For public service and for service to the community. | |
| Professor Graeme Milbourne Clark | For service to medicine. | |
| Alan Wilson Coates | For service to commerce and to industry. | |
| Dr John Houghton Colebatch | For service to medicine. | |
| Professor Henry Jacob Cowan | For service to architectural science. | |
| John Twiston Danks | For service to the community. | |
| Noel Joseph Flanagan | For public service. | |
| David Aylward Game | For service to medicine. | |
| Percy James Goldston | For service to engineering and to education | |
| Eric John Richard Heyward | For service with the United Nations Children's Fund | |
| Myer Kangan OBE | For public service and for service to education. | |
| Jan Eric Kolm | For service to industry and to science. | |
| William Albany McKenzie | For service to local government and to the community. | |
| Reginald Leo McKern | For service to the performing arts | |
| Dr Thomas Bruce Millar | For service to international relations | |
| Leslie Wedgwood Parkin | For service to mining and to geology. | |
| Professor James Patrick Quirk | For service to agriculture science. | |
| Wilton Maxwell Scriven | For public service. | |
| Frank Northey Sleeman | For service to local government and to the community. | |
| William Frank Walker | For service to horticulture. | |
| Professor John Manning Ward | For service to education. | |
| Margaret Elaine Whitlam | For service to the community. | |
| David Keith Williamson | For service to the arts as a playwright and screen writer. |
Military Division
edit| Branch | Recipient | Citation | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Navy | Rear Admiral William John Rourke | For service to the Royal Australian Navy, particularly as General Manager, Garden Island Dockyard and as Chief of Naval Material. | [1] |
| Army | Major General Ronald Alwyn Grey DSO | For service to the Australian Army, particularly as Chief of Operations Army and Officer Commanding Field Force Command. | |
| Air Force | Air Vice-Marshal Roy Ernest Frost | For service to the Royal Australian Air for and the Defence Force, particularly as Head, Australian Defence Staff, London and as Chief of Air Force Personnel. |
Member of the Order of Australia (AM)
editGeneral Division
edit| Recipient | Citation | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Richard Frank Annois | For service to visual arts | [1] |
| Vasille Papadimitrou Apostol | For service to ethnic welfare. | |
| Kenneth James Atkinson | For service to primary industry. | |
| William Henry John Barr | For service to industry and to international commerce. | |
| The Reverend John Bayton | For service to religion and to the community. | |
| Kingston Bond | For service to industry. | |
| Dr Allan George Brand | For service to medical administration. | |
| Jack Thornton Christiansen | For service to education. | |
| Eric John Coffey | For service to science in the field of environmental protection and control. | |
| Desmond Fox Colquhoun | For service to the media. | |
| Hubert Kestell Cornish | For service in the television industry and to the community. | |
| Ivor Morris Bridson Cribb | For service to education, particularly in the field of international relations. | |
| Frank Edwin Crowle | For service to the construction industry. | |
| Edwin Phillip Devereaux | For service to medicine, particularly in the field of chiropractic health care. | |
| James Espie Dodds | For service to the disabled. | |
| Monsignor Cornelius James Duffy | For service to education, particularly in the field of remedial teaching. | |
| Arthur David Pearson Dyer | For service to education. | |
| Arthur Henry Forno | For service to local government. | |
| John Norman Germain | For service to the performing arts as an opera singer. | |
| John William Anderson Gildea | For service to international relations, particularly in the field of overseas aid. | |
| Erica Fielding Grimwade | For public service. | |
| Alban Frederick Gurnett-Smith | For public service. | |
| Geoffrey Victor Halliday | For public service. | |
| Dr Elinor Catherine Hamlin | For service to medicine and to medical research. | |
| William Leslie Harding | For public service and for service to the community. | |
| Alma Elizabeth Hartshorn | For service in the field of social welfare. | |
| Alan Bruce Henderson | For service to primary industry. | |
| The Reverend David McIndoe Hodges | For service to religion and to the community. | |
| Kevin Myles Stephen Holland | For service to local government. | |
| William Gordon Jones | For service to local government and to the community. | |
| The Reverend Kenneth Batten Leaver | For service to religion and to the welfare of the disabled. | |
| Graham Robert Lumb | For service to commerce and to the community. | |
| Peter Kenneth MacDougall | For service to the printing industry. | |
| Vincent Brian McMullan | For service to trade unionism. | |
| Douglas Gordon Murtagh Murphy | For service to the community. | |
| Joyce Nicholson | For service to literature and to the book publishing industry. | |
| The Honourable Lindsay Annan North | For service to trade unionism. | |
| Owen Hedley Pamplin | For service to industrial relations. | |
| Jeffrey Langdon Parsons | For service to the community. | |
| James Finlay Patrick OBE ED | For service to the community. | |
| John Wallace Pender | For service to local government and to the community. | |
| Michael Graham Rhodes Perry | For service to industry and to the community. | |
| Betty Mildred Pounder | For service to the theatre and to the performing arts. | |
| Howard Frank Purnell QC | For public service. | |
| Norman Charles Raff | For public service. | |
| Lucy Francis Harvey Rees MBE | For service to children's literature and to the community. | |
| Barrett Reid | For public service, particularly in the field of librarianship. | |
| Richard Malkin Bradley Reynolds | For service to commerce. | |
| Norman Wilfred Savage | For service to the community. | |
| Elsie Hope Solly | For service to education, particularly in the field of secretarial studies. | |
| Emeritus Professor Ian McColl Stewart | For service to engineering. | |
| Robert Landells Mills Summerbell | For service to industry and to the community. | |
| Dr Alan Oliver Watson | For service to dentistry. | |
| Grahame Frederick Wheeler | For service to youth welfare. | |
| James Duncan Wills | For service to industry through the building society movement, and to the community. | |
| John Walter Wrigley | For public service, particularly in the civilisation and study of Australian flora. |
Military Division
edit| Branch | Recipient | Citation | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Navy | Captain John Hughes | For service to the Royal Australian Navy, particularly as director of Naval Aircraft Engineering and the Aircraft Carrier Project Director. | [1] |
| Captain Michael Brymer Rayment | For service to the Royal Australian Navy, particularly in the field of Navy training. | ||
| Army | Colonel David John Gilroy | For service to the Australian Army, particularly as Deputy Commandant of the Command and Staff College, Queenscliff. | |
| Colonel Maxwell Gordon Treadgold Kenny ED | For service to the Army Reserve. | ||
| Colonel Geoffrey Beadnall Sims | For service to the Australian Army, particularly in the field of conditions of service. | ||
| Air Force | Wing Commander Donald Foley | For service as the Commanding Officer of Movement Coordination Centre, Royal Australian Air Force. | |
| Group Captain Colin James Prior | For service as Staff Officer Plans and Intelligence at Headquarters Operational Command, Royal Australian Air Force |
Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM)
editGeneral Division
edit| Recipient | Citation | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Hal Alexander | For service to industrial relations. | [1] |
| William George Bannister | For service to the community. | |
| Pearl Gladys Batchelor | For service to the disabled. | |
| Roy Ambrose Baynes | For service to international relations. | |
| Stanley Thomas Beal | For service to primary industry. | |
| William Robert Beare | For public service. | |
| Peter Michael Benson | For service to the media and to the community. | |
| Arthur Leonard Berry | For service to the community. | |
| Vivienne Joyce Binns | For service to art and craft. | |
| Ronald Edward Blackadder | For service to local government. | |
| Andrew Charles Borbridge | For service to local government and to the community. | |
| Patrick Albert Bourke | For service to ornithology and to the community. | |
| The Right Reverend Father Chrysostom Michael Boyazoglu | For service to religion. | |
| Peter Harry Bradley | For public service. | |
| Harold Martin Bragg | For service to the communuity. | |
| Robert Edward Brunton | For service to industry as an exhibition designer. | |
| Thomas Edgar Burns | For service to the community. | |
| Robert Adam Burrell | For service to surf life saving. | |
| Charles Francis Byron | For service to local government and to the community. | |
| Eusebius James Callan | For service to the community. | |
| Thomas Cyril John Carey | For service to conservation and to the community. | |
| John William Clifford | For public service. | |
| Margot Ernestine Colson | For service to the community. | |
| Patricia Elizabeth Cox | For service in the field of community social work. | |
| Myra Millicent Crawford | For service to the community. | |
| Stephania Dajuk | For service to ethnic welfare and to education. | |
| Edna Ivy May Daniel | For service to the community. | |
| William Glen Davidson | For service to local government and to the community. | |
| Ernest Robert Donohoe | For service to the community. | |
| Neville Joseph Dudley | For service to the community. | |
| Alderman Harry James Edwards | For service to local government and to the community. | |
| James Hickson Edwards | For service to the legal profession as a judge's associate. | |
| Khalil Ahmed El-Chami | For service to ethnic welfare. | |
| John Charles Fahey | For service to aviation. | |
| Ennio Ferraretto | For service to ethnic welfare. | |
| John Herbert Fitzpatrick | For service to district sport. | |
| Frank Jessie Flower | For service to local government and to the community. | |
| John Alwyn Fossey | ||
| John Henry Fraser | For service to the community. | |
| John Grants | ||
| Cyril Reginald Gilbert | For service to the welfare of ex-service personnel. | |
| Patricia Dorothy Gosper | For service to the community. | |
| Roderick Francs Gowans | For public service and For service to the community. | |
| Georgina Florence Gribble | For service to the community. | |
| Wallace Leslie Hagan | ||
| Albert Halm | For service to medicine, particularly in the field of radiography | |
| Sister Janice Hamilton | For service to disabled children. | |
| Louis Ambrose Hamon | For service to local government and to the community. | |
| Thomas Edward Hanny | For service to the sport of archery. | |
| John Harris | For service to the sportb of rugby league football. | |
| Shirley Aileen May Hay | For service to the community. | |
| Helen Estelle Hill Smith | ||
| Eric Lewis Hogan | ||
| Alison Joyce Holder | For service to music education. | |
| Jack Eric Hookway | For service to the community. | |
| June Jeremy | ||
| Karl August Kalterbach | For service to disabled children. | |
| Hatton Tung-Sing Kwok | For service to the community. | |
| Harold Winston Little | For service to local government and to the community. | |
| Cathleen Mackenzie-Forbes | For service to the performing arts and to the community. | |
| Allan McFarlane | For service to the welfare and rehabilitation of prisoners and other offenders. | |
| George Mezher | For service to the community. | |
| Marie-Louise Mezher | ||
| Ruth Ellen Mitchell | ||
| Martin Miezis | For service to ethnic welfare. | |
| Cynthia Asuncion Molina | For service to the community. | |
| Alderman Sidney Kitchener Money | For service to local government and to the community. | |
| John Morrison | For service to surf life saving and to the community. | |
| Stanley Campbell Morrison | For service to the community. | |
| Parker Thomas Morton | For service to sport in the fields of Australian rules football and golf. | |
| Domencio Munizza | For public service as Gardener-in-charge at Government House, Canberra. | |
| Roland Franklin Nicholls | For service to local government and to the community. | |
| Bryce Daniel Norman | For service to surf life saving. | |
| Richard Eli Nunn | For service to the community. | |
| Alderman Anthony Gerard O'Neill | For service to local government and to the community. | |
| Sam Papasavas | For service to the sport of soccer and to the community. | |
| The Reverend Raymond Robert Payne | For service to the community. | |
| Leslie Newton Penhall | For public service. | |
| Giovanni Battista Piazza | For service to ethnic welfare and to the community. | |
| Mervyn Eversley Rankin | For service to the sport of hockey | |
| Edith Holford Rechter | For service to the community. | |
| Colin Walter Reincke | For service to the welfare of ex-service personnel. | |
| Llorabel Reynolds | For service to nursing. | |
| Gwendoline Lillian Robson | For service to the welfare of overseas students in Australia. | |
| Vincent Paul Rowan | For service to the community. | |
| Robert Michael Blyth Rushford | For service to the community. | |
| Roy Shilkin MBE | For service to the community. | |
| Leslie Noel Shorter | For service to industry. | |
| Ivan Fleming Smart | For service to agriculture. | |
| Clarence Gordon Smith | For service to local government and to the community. | |
| Dulcie May Smith | For service to the community. | |
| George Edward Smith | For service to the community. | |
| Elizabeth Jessie Spiller | For service to the community. | |
| Andrew Wilson Steedman | For service to band music and to the community. | |
| Muriel Pearl Stewart | For service to Aboriginal welfare. | |
| Michael Philip Sullivan | For service to the community. | |
| Robert James Swift | For service to education. | |
| Violet Margaret Telford | For service to disabled children. | |
| Maud Frances Terdich | For service to the community. | |
| William Robert Thompson | For service to the community. | |
| David Tognela | For service to local government and to the community. | |
| Brian Barrett Vercoe | For service to the education of the deaf. | |
| Alma Margaret Walker | For public service. | |
| Hedley Robert Walsh | For service to the welfare of ex-service personnel and to the community. | |
| Clifford Graham Warne | For service to religion through the use of media. | |
| Ivan George Neil Warner | For service to local government and to the community. | |
| Bryan Francis Martin Wells | For service to the sport of Australian rules football. | |
| Kaspar Gus Williams | For service to Aboriginal welfare and to the performing arts | |
| Dudley Evan Wilson | For service to the community. | |
| Daphne Lerline Alice Wright | For service to the welfare of ex-service personnel and to the community. |
Military Division
edit| Branch | Recipient | Citation | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Navy | Warrant Officer Richard Kime | For service as the Quality Control Assistant in the Communications School of HMAS Cerberus. | [1] |
| Warrant Officer Phillip Charles Narramore | For service as a clearance diver in the Royal Australian Navy. | ||
| Warrant Officer James Shrapnel | for service as the Junior Sailors' Divisional Officer in the Royal Australian Navy Submarine Squadron Training Department. | ||
| Warrant Officer Norman Thomas Williams | For service as Administrative Support Officer in the Royal Australian Navy Submarine Squadron Training Department. | ||
| Army | Warrant Officer Class Two Ian Geoffrey Cameron | For service to the Australian Army in the field of accommodation and works management. | |
| Warrant Officer Class Two Maxwell James Cannon | For service as an ammunition technician in the Royal Australian Army Ordnance Corps. | ||
| Warrant Officer Class Two Reginald John Fitzpatrick | For service as stores inspector at the 212th Supply Company, Royal Australian Army Ordnance Corps. | ||
| Warrant Officer Class Two Anthony Leon Reid | For service as a parachute jump instructor at the Parachute Training School, Williamstown. | ||
| Warrant Officer Class Two Derric Stephen Ross | For service as an architectural draftsman in the Australian Engineers. | ||
| Warrant Officer Class One Henry John William Studdard | for service to the Australian Army as Quartermaster of the 12th/16th Hunter River Lancers. | ||
| Captain Geoffrey West | For service to the Royal Australian Engineer's Computer Based Engineering and Logistic Planning System Project. | ||
| Air Force | Warrant Officer Graeme Bruce Dodd | For service as a radio technician (ground) in the Royal Australian Air Force. | |
| Warrant Officer Arthur Douglas Gale | For service as an airfield defence guard in the Royal Australian Air Force. |