1989 Australia Day Honours
The 1989 Australia Day Honours are appointments to various orders and honours to recognise and reward good works by Australian citizens. The list was announced on 26 January 1989 by the Governor General of Australia, Sir Ninian Stephen.[1]
The Australia Day Honours are the first of the two major annual honours lists, the first announced to coincide with Australia Day (26 January), with the other being the Queen's Birthday Honours, which are announced on the second Monday in June.[2]
† indicates an award given posthumously.
Companion (AC)
[edit]General Division
[edit]| Recipient | Citation | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| His Excellency the Honourable Sir Walter Benjamin Campbell | For service to the Crown and the people of Queensland | [1] |
| The Honourable Sir Llewellyn Roy Edwards | For service to the community, particularly as Chairman of World Expo ‘88 | |
| Emeritus Professor Frank John Fenner, CMG MBE | For service to medical science, to public health and to the environment | |
| Gerald Gleeson | For public service as Secretary of the Premier's Department, New South Wales | |
| The Honourable Justice Robert Marsden Hope, CMG QC | For service to the law, to government, to learning and conservation | |
| Sister Deirdre Frances Jordan, MBE | For service to learning and to the community, particularly the Aboriginal community | |
| Brian Thorley Loton | For service to industry | |
| Sir John Brian Massy-Greene | For service to banking, to industry and to the community | |
| John Walter Utz, AO | For service to business and to industry | |
| Alan John Woods, AO | For public service, particularly as Secretary to the Department of Defence | |
| The Honourable Sir John (McIntosh) Young, KCMG | For service to the law and to the Crown |
Officers (AO)
[edit]General Division
[edit]| Recipient | Citation | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Emeritus Professor Adrien Albert | For services to medical chemistry, particularly in the fields of teaching and research | [1] |
| Anthony Stuart Blunn | For service to the Public Service | |
| The Hon Malcolm John Bryce | For service to the Western Australian Parliament | |
| Professor Graham Dene Burrows | For service to medicine, particularly in the field of psychiatry | |
| John Leonard Connell | For service to medicine, particularly in the field of vascular surgery | |
| Kay Cottee | For service to the sport of sailing, the community and to youth | |
| The Right Reverend George Michael Crennan, OBE | For service to the community, particularly in the field of migrant welfare | |
| Sheila Drummond | For service to people with disabilities, particularly as a speech pathologist | |
| Kathleen Elizabeth Fitzpatrick | For service to education, particularly in the field of history | |
| Professor Gwendoline Fay Gale | For service to social science, particularly in the fields of geography and Aboriginal studies | |
| Peter Gregory Goldston | For service to World Expo 88 in the fields of design planning and construction | |
| David Samuel Greatorex | For service to business and commerce, particularly in the field of insurance | |
| John Neville Holland, LVO | For service to the Australian honours system and for public service | |
| Professor Bruce William Holloway | For service to science, particularly in the field of biotechnology | |
| Dr Thomas Henry Hurley, OBE | For service to medicine | |
| Emeritus Professor the Honourable Joseph Ezra Isaac | For service to industrial relations and to education | |
| Donald Hope Laidlaw | For service to secondary industry, the South Australian Parliament and to the community | |
| Ian Murray McLachlan | For service to primary industry | |
| Alex Leo Morokof | For service to secondary industry and as Chairman of the Parliament House Construction Authority | |
| The Honourable Milton Arthur Morris | For service to the New South Wales Parliament, and to the community, particularly youth | |
| Leslie Allan Murray | For service to Australian literature | |
| Gerald Mansfield Niall | For service to business, to industry and to the community | |
| Gordon Robert Peatey | For public service as Chief Executive of the Parliament House Construction Authority | |
| Professor John Riddoch Poynter | For service to education | |
| Jeanne Pratt | For service to the community | |
| Bernard Francis Prindiville, CMG | For service to the community | |
| Jonathan William Sanders, OBE | For service to sailing and to marine science | |
| Thomas William Shapcott | For service to Australian literature and to arts administration | |
| Dr Annette Lester (Anne) Silcock | For service to education, particularly early childhood education | |
| Michael Sinclair | For service to the arts, particularly to fine arts, music and literature | |
| Harry William Sorensen, MBE | For service to the finance industry | |
| John Richard Steinle | For service to education | |
| The Honourable Kevin James Stewart | For service to the New South Wales Parliament and as a New South Wales Agent-General in London | |
| Emeritus Professor David Hugh Trollope | For service to engineering, particularly in the field of geomechanics | |
| Professor Peter Louis Waller | For service to the legal profession, particularly as a teacher, and to the community | |
| Robert Bruce Winder | For service to education | |
| Professor Ann Janet Woolcock | For service to medicine, particularly in the field of respiratory medicine | |
| David Wynn | For service to primary industry, particularly oenology and to the arts |
Military Division
[edit]| Branch | Recipient | Citation | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Navy | Commander Adrian Ronald Cummins | For service to the Royal Australian Navy, particularly as the Director-General of Naval Warfare | [1] |
| Australian Army | Major General Murray Phillip Blake, AM MC | For service to the Australian Army as Commandant Royal Military College | |
| Major General Peter Raymond Phillips, MC | For service to the Australian Army as Assistant Chief of the General Staff Personnel | ||
| Air Force | Air Vice-Marshal Michael Douglas Miller | For service to the Royal Australian Air Force as Director General of Air Force Health Services |
Member (AM)
[edit]General Division
[edit]| Recipient | Citation | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Aziza Hanem Abdel-Halim | For services to the Muslim Community, particularly to women | [1] |
| Barbara Joan Absolom | For service to World Expo '88, particularly as Deputy Entertainment Director | |
| Dr Yvonne Aitken | For service to agricultural research | |
| David Andrew | For service to industrial relations in the building and construction sector and to the community | |
| John Desmond Bailey | For service to the community and athletics | |
| Dr Laszlo Benyei | For service to the resettlement of migrants in Australia | |
| Cedric Ross Berglund | For service to the community and business and industry | |
| Effie Wyllie Best | For service to the community and education | |
| Joan Margaret Bielski | For service to the development of equal opportunities for women and girls, particularly in education | |
| Nancy Black | For service to the community, particularly through organisations for women and children | |
| Dr Josiah Mark Bonnin | For service to the community and medicine | |
| William Ashley Bradfield | For service to astronomy | |
| Joyce Patricia Bragg | For service to the community, particularly through organisations for women and children | |
| James Thomas Carlin Brassil | For service to industrial relations and to occupational health and safety | |
| Robert John Briskey | For service to the Australian Postal and Telecommunications Union | |
| Austin Brookes | For service to mountaineering as Leader of the Australian Bicentennial Everest Expedition | |
| Eric Canfield Brown | For service to engineering | |
| Jane Anne Brumfield | For service to World Expo '88, particularly as Communications Director | |
| Jeanette Mary Landell Buckham | For service to education | |
| Assistant Commissioner Aubrey Patrick Canning, QPM | For service to public service | |
| Trevor Allen Chaseling | For service to aviation security | |
| James Arthur Clough | For service to the NSW Parliament and to the community | |
| Dr Helen Margaret Connell | For service to medicine in the field of child psychiatry | |
| Jean Louise Conybeare | For service to people with intellectual disabilities | |
| Kenneth Fabian Cox | For service to the thoroughbred horse industry | |
| Rewa Mitchell Craig | For service to business and industry | |
| James Stewart Cuming | For service to accountancy and the community | |
| Garry Jeffery Daly | For service to the community and sports administration | |
| Noel Irvine Dawkins | For service to the community and local government | |
| Keith Dawson | For service to the trustee industry and the community | |
| Anne Pamela Dewhurst | For service to the community and the banking industry | |
| Dr Paul Dibb | For service to the Public Service | |
| James Edward Dibble, MBE | For service to the media and to the community | |
| Patrick Rickard Donovan, RFD ED | For service to the community and to industry | |
| Dr Ian Lovell Duncan | For service to medicine and to war veterans | |
| Ronald Millar Eades | For service to the Aboriginal community and to the hospitality industry | |
| Joan Marie Elliston | For service to the community and to the Girl Guides Association | |
| Arnold Erlanger | For service to the Jewish community | |
| Colleen Gladys Fahey | For service to education | |
| Dr Austen Stewart Ferguson | For service to medicine, to veterans and service personnel and to the community | |
| Barrie Ian Follows | For service to the civil aviation industry and to the community | |
| Ivor Pengelly Francis | For service to art as a painter, critic and teacher | |
| Victor Norman Gailey, MBE | For service to the sport of cycling | |
| Joseph Garamy | For service to the Hungarian community | |
| Dr Geoffrey Robert Gates | For service to medicine | |
| The Venerable Ian Gordon Combe George | For service to religion and to the community | |
| Ross Alexander Goven | For service to the World Expo '88o | |
| Kevin William Frank Graham | For service to the NSW Ambulance Service | |
| Dr Alan Gregory | For service to education and to the community | |
| Richard Marcus Griffin | For service to business and finance and to the community | |
| Ian Francis Grigg | For service to the automotive industry and to the community | |
| The Reverend Dr Leslie Bernhard Grope | For service to religion | |
| Louis Henry Hailey | For service to hockey | |
| Robert Keith Reeve Haines | For service to the visual arts | |
| Keith William Halkerston | For service to business and finance, and to the community | |
| Dr Neil Lewis Henry | For service to the dental profession | |
| Dorothy Margaret Hyslop | For service to the community as convenor of the Parliament House Embroidery Committee | |
| Gwenneth Ivy Illingworth | For service to people with impaired hearing | |
| William Edwin James | For service in the field of applied optics | |
| Dr Michael Braham Joel | For service to the community and to the media | |
| Denis Norman Johnston | For public service | |
| Dr William Michael Carmel Keane | For service to hospital administration | |
| Tasman Freer Knight | For service to scouting and to the community | |
| Bruce Langtry | For service to the community, particularly through the Langton Centre for Persons with Problems of Addiction | |
| Lawrence Gordon Lavelle, QFSM | For service to the community, particularly as Chief Fire Officer of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade's Board of Melbourne | |
| The Right Reverend Hurtle John Lewis | For service to religion and to the community | |
| Theodore Henryk Lustig | For service to the building industry, and to the community | |
| The Reverend Allan Charles Male, MBE | For services to the community, particularly disadvantaged youth | |
| James Irwin Faithfull Maple-Brown | For service to wool growing and marketing | |
| Charles William Martin | For service to the building industry, particularly as President of the Australian Institute of Building | |
| Bruce Stephens Matear | For service to the tourism industry | |
| Leonard Albert Mauger | For service to the media, particularly in the field of television broadcasting | |
| Robert Keith McKinnon | For public service, particularly in the field of telecommunications | |
| Lorna Mellor | For service to the community, particularly in promoting a better understanding of diabetes in youth | |
| Jean-Pierre Mignon | For service to the performing arts as Director of the Australian Nouveau Theatre | |
| Noel Keith Miller | For service to business and commerce, and to the community | |
| Thomas Lawrance Morris | For service to business and commerce, and to the community | |
| Professor Marie Draga Neale, OBE | For service to education, particularly for children with special exceptional needs | |
| Walter Martin Newington, BEM | For service to the welfare of veterans and to hospital administration | |
| Barry Stanley John O'Keefe QC | For service to local government | |
| Dr Michael Francis O'Rourke | For service to medicine, particularly in the care of persons affected by coronary disease and in the training of paramedic staff | |
| David Sydney Parker | For service to music and opera | |
| John Frederick Phillips | For service to the manufacturing industry | |
| Professor Vernon Douglas Plueckhahn, OBE ED | For service to forensic pathology | |
| Geoffrey Neil Pollard | For service to tennis | |
| Stanislaus Ivan Rapotec | For service to art | |
| Brian Donald Redpath | For service to the community and to local government | |
| John Francis Ross | For service to the media as a radio broadcasting engineer | |
| Noel John Ruddock | For service to athletics administration | |
| Bernard Francis Rush | For service to aeronautical engineering and to the community | |
| Richard Vincent Ryan | For service to the community | |
| Norman Bede Rydge, OBE | For service to the community | |
| Dr Clement William Semmler, OBE | For service to Australian literature | |
| Joseph Sicari | For service to the Italian community | |
| Walter Frederick Gordon Smith | For public service | |
| The Reverend Alan Deas Soares | For service to the community, particularly in the field of alcohol and drug abuse | |
| Dr Randolph Milton Spargo | For service to medicine, particularly in the fields of communicable and tropical diseases | |
| Roy Wilson Stanhope | For service to education, particularly in the field of science | |
| William Francis Sweetenham | For service to swimming as a coach | |
| Jiri Tancibudek | For service to music | |
| Ian Neil Templeman | For service to the arts in the fields of literature, painting and administration | |
| Dr Alfred Strickland Thomas, OBE | For service to horticulture, particularly the culture of roses | |
| Dr Norman John Perry Thomson | For service to primary industry, particularly in the growing of cotton | |
| Pamela Forsyth Threlfall | For service to the welfare of those suffering disabling head injuries | |
| William Kent Tickner | For service to sport | |
| Margaret Mary Topham | For service to medicine, particularly in the field of family therapy | |
| Kenneth Lowell Unsworth | For service to sculpture | |
| Linda Caprice Vogt (aka Mrs Evans) | For service to music | |
| Roderic Walter Voller | For service to architecture and to the community | |
| The Reverend Dr Godfrey Noel Vose | For service to religion | |
| Ronald Wagstaff, MBE | For service to the administration of the arts, and to the community | |
| Dr David Gaston Walker | For service to science, particularly in the field of nuclear technology | |
| Lucille Juanita Wallis | For service to the community through the War Widow's Guild of Australia | |
| John Sydney Warrington, OAM | For service to scouting | |
| The Reverend Harold Gibson Weir | For service to the community, particularly in the administration of justice, and to the welfare of victims of crime and of prisoners | |
| John West | For service to the media and the arts | |
| Dr Gretna Margaret Weste | For service to science, particularly in the field of botany | |
| Kenneth Henry Wiener | For service to the Jewish community | |
| Marie Joan Winch | For service to the Aboriginal community, particularly in the field of health | |
| Keith Henkel Wood | For service to local government engineering | |
| Harry Stewart Wragge | For service to telecommunications technology | |
| Gim Wah Yeo | For service to the Chinese community | |
| Richard Melville Young | For service to architecture |
Military Division
[edit]| Branch | Recipient | Citation | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Navy | Lt Commander Kenneth John Alderman | For services to the Royal Australian Navy, particularly as Lt Commander (Flying) HMAS Albatross | [1] |
| Captain George Heron | For service to the Royal Australian Navy, particularly as Director, Naval Plans | ||
| Captain Edward Graham Stubington | For service to the Royal Australian Navy, particularly as Director, Joint Planning in Headquarters Australian Defence Force | ||
| Commodore Malcolm John Taylor | For service to the Royal Australian Navy, particularly as Chief of Staff to the Fleet Commander | ||
| Army | Major John Patrick Cantwell | For service to the Australian Army as Adjutant of the Armoured Centre | |
| Colonel Barry Joseph Collins | For service to the Australian Army in the discipline of field surgery | ||
| Major Alistair William Fraser | For service to the Australian Army in the field of personnel management in the Royal Corps of Australian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers | ||
| Colonel Robert Hennessy | For service to the Australian Army in the fields of doctrine and senior officer training | ||
| Major John David Loader | For service to the Australian Army as Officer Commanding Administration Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion | ||
| Colonel Peter Malcolm McDougall | For service to the Australian Army, particularly to the Royal Australian Infantry Corps | ||
| Brigadier David John McLachlan | For service to the Australian Army as General Officer Commanding Logistic Command | ||
| Lt Colonel Darryl Graeme Poole | For service to the Australian Army in the field of Project Management | ||
| Air Force | Sqn Ldr John Nicholas Blackburn | For service to the Royal Australian Air Force as manager of a pilot training aid project for the F/A-18 Hornet | |
| Wing Commander Brenton Jack Espeland | For service to the Royal Australian Air Force as the Commanding Officer Central Flying School, East Sale | ||
| Sqn Ldr Stephen John Fielder | For service to the RAAF as a test pilot at Aircraft Research and Development Unit, Edinburgh, South Australia | ||
| Wing Commander Margaret Doreen Morrissy | For service to the Royal Australian Air Force as a staff officer within Health Services Branch | ||
| Group Captain Brendan Donald O'Loghlin | For service to the Royal Australian Air Force as Officer Commanding Air Base Butterworth, Malaysia | ||
| Group Captain Brian George Weston | For service to the Royal Australian Air Force as Officer Commanding, Base Support Wing Richmond |
Medal (OAM)
[edit]General Division
[edit]| Recipient | Citation | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Winifred Irene Leah Aitken | For service to the community, particularly drama production | [1] |
| Leslie Andrews | For service to people with intellectual disabilities | |
| Marjorie Emily Andrews | For service to the community | |
| Norma Enid Archbold | For service to charitable organisations | |
| Gladys Irene Bailey | For service to the community and music | |
| Marietta Ballini | For service to the Italian community. | |
| Aubrey Allen Joseph George Bannah | For service to the community | |
| Alexander Barr | For service to local government | |
| Margaret Violet Barton | For service to the community | |
| Paul Colin Bayne | For service to mountaineering, particularly the Australian Bicentennial Everest Expedition | |
| Vivian George Bennett | For service to horticulture | |
| Margaret Ellen Bennett | For service to the community, particularly early childhood development | |
| Clarence George Billing | For service to photography | |
| Leslie George Blakers | For service to children with intellectual disabilities | |
| Lt Col Euan Boyd | For service to the welfare of veterans | |
| Sister Mary Edwin Brady | For service to the welfare of children and the elderly | |
| Richard John Maxwell Brennan | For service to the media, particularly film making | |
| John Andrew Brockman | For service to music | |
| Councillor Kathleen Patricia Brown | For service to the community and local government | |
| Bob Desmond Bruce | For service to surf lifesaving | |
| Thomas Harold Burgess | For service to Australian Football and cricket | |
| Nina Burnett | For service to community health | |
| James Beaton Campbell | For service to the community | |
| Regional Superintendent Keith Campbell | For service to community health. | |
| Mary Muriel Canty | For service to the welfare of veterans and to the community | |
| Peter Gareth Carey | For service to Australian football | |
| Frederick Carey | For service to the welfare of veterans and to local government | |
| Frank Chard | For service to the community | |
| Elizabeth Eileen Cliff | For service to the community and local government | |
| Robert James Cobbledick | For service to the community and Primary Industry | |
| James Comerford | For service to the trade union movement | |
| William Conroy | For service to the sport of greyhound racing | |
| Jemima Eliza West Constable | For service to the community | |
| Louis Joseph Anthony Cordony | For service to hairdressing | |
| Sergeant Norman Crookston | For service to mountaineering, particularly in the Australian Bicentennial Everest Expedition | |
| Mary Rose Cross | For service to the community | |
| Major Patrick Alexander Cullinan, SC | For service to mountaineering, particularly the Australian Bicentennial Everest Expedition. | |
| Frederick De Lacy | For service to the sport of swimming | |
| Emilio Deleidi | For service to the Italian community | |
| Jack Dinter | For service to the community and to children | |
| Stephen Lloyd George Dornan | For service to music | |
| Reginald James Down | For service to the trade union movement | |
| William Osborn Duffy | For service to the community | |
| Marilyn Nancy Elliot | For service to World Expo 1988 | |
| John Ferguson Ewart | For service to the community and local government | |
| Kenneth Carr Ewen | For service to youth | |
| Ivor Henry Ewin | For service to cricket administration and to the community | |
| Dieter Fabig | For service to the German community | |
| Ethel Ruby Fick | For service to social welfare | |
| Fritz Otto Fischer | For service to the German community | |
| Muriel Violet Flynn | For service to the welfare of veterans | |
| John Joseph Ford | For service to the Aboriginal community | |
| Dr Peter Donald Graeme Fox | For service to medicine and to the community | |
| Kathleen Marjory Franke | For service to the community | |
| Frederick John Fullerton | For service to the sport of rowing | |
| Joyce Evelyn Gordon | For service to the community | |
| Charles Henry Grant | For service to local government | |
| Nancy Rowland Gray | For service to the community, particularly in the fields of local and family history | |
| Frederick Grinter | For service to the community | |
| Thomas Rush Hall | For service to the community, particularly the elderly | |
| Warrant Officer Class One Neil Alexander Hampson | For service to conservation and international relations | |
| Caroline Carmel Harris | For public service, particularly to the Aboriginal community | |
| Gordon Kenneth Harrison, MBE | For service to local government and to the community. | |
| Shirley Phyllis Hartley | For service to the community | |
| Doreen Clara Hennesy | For service to nursing | |
| Brother Kevin Herlihy | For service to youth. | |
| Jean Ann Hillier | For service to the community. | |
| Vernon Rima Howorth Hillman | For service to the Italian community. | |
| Owen Francis House | For service to veterans. | |
| Sadie Clarice Pollock Howe | For service to the community. | |
| John Inglis | For service to engineering. | |
| Eric Julius Irvin | For service to the community. | |
| Richard John Jackson | For service to primary industry. | |
| Samuel Gilbert Jericho | For service to conservation. | |
| Wendy Margaret Jones | For service to youth. | |
| Denzel Owen Joyce | For service to sport. | |
| Marle Richard Juster | For service to the Pastrycooks' Association of Queensland. | |
| Janet Karin | For service to ballet. | |
| Clive Raymond Keeble | For service to scouting. | |
| Elizabeth Jane Kefford | For service to the Aboriginal community. | |
| John Frederick Kent | For service to the community. | |
| Audrey Clare Keown | For service to education. | |
| Dr Andries Mentz Kleynhans | For service to chiropratic | |
| Norman Leigh Knopp | For service to lawn bowls | |
| Zygfryd Piotr (Peter) Koziell, BEM | For service to the Polish community | |
| Lilli Kuhnle | For service to the community | |
| Frederick Mathias Gustav Laczina | For service to the Hungarian community | |
| Brenda Joy Lake | For service to people with disabilities | |
| Reginald Gordon (Joe) Lambert | For service to the community | |
| Sister Una May Lee | For service to nursing | |
| Arthur Mark Leinster | For service to the community | |
| Kenneth Mitchell Lentfer | For service to the community | |
| Ronald John Lienert | For service to the pig farming industry | |
| Robert Sydney Thomas Long | For service to veterans | |
| Frances Mary Look | For service to World Expo 88 | |
| David Brady Lowing | For service to the rural community | |
| Marjory Jean Lynch | For service to the community | |
| Ellen Agnes Lyndon | For service to the community, local history and conservation | |
| Graham Mabury | For service to community, particularly to youth | |
| William MacDougall | For service to the community, particularly the Royal Flying Doctor Service | |
| William James Marshall | For service to local government | |
| Rex Leon Marshall | For service to the Aboriginal community | |
| Daphne Marcella Martin | For service to the Spastic Centre of New South Wales | |
| June Margaret Mathews | For service to the Girl Guides’ Association | |
| Thelma Jean Matson | For service to nursing | |
| Colin Bruce Maxwell | For service to Rugby Union football | |
| Councillor Reginald Beach McCallum | For service to local government | |
| Leslie James McCarthy | For service to the community | |
| Mervyn Robert McDonald | For service to cycling | |
| Harold Ivan McGilvary | For service to boating safety | |
| Elizabeth Ruth McGrath | For service to the community | |
| Jennifer Anne McGuirk | For service to the community | |
| Councillor Betty McLean | For service to local government and to the community | |
| Alexander Campbell McMurtrie | For service to the Wangi Wangi Volunteer Fire Brigade | |
| Kathleen Nancy Medwin | For service to the community | |
| Keith Stewart Meredith | For service to the transport industry, particularly in the fields of roads and shipping | |
| Terence Vincent Minear | For service to water and to angling | |
| John Francis Miner | For service to Rugby Union football | |
| John Cyril Moon | For service to the community of Cowra, particularly through service clubs and welfare organisations | |
| Edith Joyce Morgan | For service to the community | |
| Jerzy Marian Moskala | For service to the Polish community | |
| Jon Robert Muir | For service to mountaineering, particularly the Australian Bicentennial Everest Expedition | |
| Doreen Annie Isobel Mules | For service to the community | |
| Joan Edith Nelson | For service to Red Cross and to the community | |
| Ann Foster Newmarch | For service to art | |
| Sheila Maureen Nicholls | For service to people with intellectual disabilities | |
| Elizabeth Eleanor Nissen | For service to Red Cross and to the community | |
| Mervyn Francis Xavier Nixon | For service to the trade union movement | |
| Bede Francis O'Brien | For service to lawn bowls | |
| Carl Bernard Offszanka | For service to the community | |
| Charles Joseph Oorloff | For service to Migrant Assistance and to the Sri-Lankan community | |
| The Reverend Geoffrey Samuel Parish | For service to migrants, particularly through the Refugee Council of Australia | |
| Alexander Robert Patten, DFM | For service to horticulture | |
| Merle Perring | For service to the elderly | |
| Marijan Persic | For service to the Slovenian community | |
| Sidney John Peryman, ED | For service to mountaineering, particularly the Australian Bicentennial Everest Expedition | |
| Dorothy May Piggott | For public service | |
| Kenneth Samuel Pope | For service to World Expo 88 | |
| James Priest | For service to the elderly | |
| Brian Peter Purcell | For service to World Expo 88 | |
| Eric James Quarmby | For public service | |
| Kenneth Douglas Ratcliff | For service to industrial safety | |
| Herbert Jack Read | For service to croquet | |
| Victor Alexander Rebikoff | For service to migrants | |
| Michael Anthony Rheinberger | For service to mountaineering, particularly the Australian Bicentennial Everest Expedition | |
| Harry Aubrey Riggs | For service to local government | |
| Pinchas (Pinie) Ringelblum | For service to the Jewish community | |
| Robert George Roche | For service to World Expo 88 | |
| Marie Evelyn Rogers | For service to World Expo 88 | |
| David Arthur Rogers | For service to the community | |
| William David Rose | For service to the Royal Far West Children's Health Scheme | |
| Warren Joseph Saunders | For service to cricket | |
| Allan Roy Sefton, BEM | For service to conservation | |
| Edna Mary Sharrock, MBE | For service to the Country Women's Association | |
| Dorothy Evelyn Shaw | For service to people with impaired hearing | |
| Nancy Jean Shelley | For service to the Peace Movement | |
| Joan Irene Simms | For public service | |
| Leslie Kenneth Smith | For service to youth | |
| Leo William Smith | For service to the community | |
| Clifford Patrick Spellman | For service to the community | |
| Elton Walter Staffsmith | For service to the community | |
| Francis James Stahlhut | For service to the Totally and Permanently Incapacitated Association of Queensland | |
| Peter Maxwell John Sterling | For service to Rugby League football | |
| Clifford Davies Stevens | For service to veterans | |
| Alwina Phyllis Stewart | For service to veterans | |
| Halina Teresa Szunejko | For service to education and to the Polish community | |
| Sydney Taylor | For service to people with intellectual disabilities | |
| Kathleen Mary Taylor | For service to the community | |
| Warwick David Kenneth Teasdale, RFD RANR RFD | For service to the community | |
| Graeme Anthony Thomas | For service to the elderly | |
| Nora Esme Thornhill | For service to the Alcohol and Drug Foundation of Victoria | |
| Major James Francis Truscott | For service to mountaineering, particularly the Australia Bicentennial Everest Expedition | |
| Richard Neville Tucker | For service to the community, particularly through the Lions Club | |
| Marjorie Constance Turbayne | For service to the community | |
| James Ashlin Tweedale | For service to people with physical disabilities | |
| Gordon Lewis Vincent | For service to the community | |
| Paula Irene Voltz | For service to veterans | |
| Nikola Vrbica | For service to the Yugoslav community | |
| Gilbert Weaver | For service to youth | |
| Olive Claire Weston | For service to people with intellectual disabilities | |
| Dr Blair Widmer | For service to the community | |
| Lyle Eustace Wright | For service to horticulture | |
| Derek Fuller Wrigley | For service to people with physical disabilities | |
| Marcus John Young | For service to the community |
Military Division
[edit]| Branch | Recipient | Citation | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Navy | Chief Petty Officer Gloria Jocelyn Allan | For services to the Royal Australian Navy, particularly as the officer's mess supervisor, Australian Defence Force Academy | [1] |
| Chief Petty Officer Rodney John Ferguson | For service to the Royal Australian Navy as the Deputy Sea Training Co-ordinator for the Australian Submarine Squadron | ||
| Petty Officer Stephen Francis Given | For service to the Royal Australian Navy, particularly for establishing the Navy Photographic Archive | ||
| Chief Petty Officer Paul Raymond Maudlin | For service to the Royal Australian Navy, particularly as the Naval Stores Manager in HMAS Torrens | ||
| Lieutenant Andrew Wesley Shearman | For service to the Royal Australian Navy as a member of the Personnel Liaison Team | ||
| Army | Sergeant Stephen Sidney Best | For service to the Australian Army as the Unit Pay Representative, Base Support Unit, Oakey | |
| Captain Winston James Coles | For service to the Australian Army as the Senior Electronics Artificer with the 2nd Base Workshop Battalion | ||
| Warrant Officer Class Two Michael Coyle | For service to the Australian Army as the CSM 16th Battalion, the Royal Western Australian Regiment | ||
| Warrant Officer Class Two Rodney Roy Denaro | For service to the Australian Army in the field of catering | ||
| Warrant Officer Class One Peter Boyce Dwyer | For service to the Australian Army in the field of Storeman Technical General Training | ||
| Captain Keith Edwards Evans | For service to the Australian Army in the field of preventive medicine | ||
| Warrant Officer Class One Neale Roy Jones | For service to the Australian Army in the field of inventory management | ||
| Warrant Officer Class One Michael John Malone | For service to the Australian Army as Regimental Sergeant Major of 1st Commando Regiment | ||
| Staff Sergeant John Daryl Parker | For service to the Australian Army as the medical assistant to 22nd Construction Squadron, 1st Construction Regiment | ||
| Warrant Officer Class One Kenneth Russell Ryley | For service to the Australian Army in the field of Army community services | ||
| Warrant Officer Class One Peter Julian Smith | For service to the Australian Army as the master gunner, Land Command Artillery | ||
| Captain Ullrich Hans Wauer | For service to the Australian Army in the field of health training | ||
| Warrant Officer Class One Lesley Anne Wenban | For service to the Australian Army in the field of supply computing | ||
| Warrant Officer Class One Jack Woods DCM | For service to the Australian Army as the Regimental Sergeant Major of the 49th Battalion, the Royal Queensland Regiment | ||
| Air Force | Flight Sergeant Stewart William Bridge | For service to the Royal Australian Air Force as Maintenance Co-ordinator at No 492 Squadron Edinburgh, South Australia | |
| Flight Sergeant Francis William Clifford | For service to the Royal Australian Air Force as the senior NCO in charge of the Maintenance Control Section at the Air Transport Squadron of the Papua New Guinea Defence Force | ||
| Warrant Officer Dennis Raymond Doggett | For service to the Royal Australian Air Force as a Warrant Officer Engineer at the RAAF School of Technical Training | ||
| Flight Sergeant Mario Salvatore Mangano | For service to the Royal Australian Air Force as a technician employed in the maintenance and distribution of Royal Air Force Technical Publications | ||
| Flight Sergeant Stephen Andrew McIver | For service to the Royal Australian Air Force as a flight steward at No 33 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force Base Richmond, New South Wales | ||
| Flight Sergeant Barry Nelson O'Sullivan | For service to the Royal Australian Air Force as a supply supervisor at Supply Support Squadron Williamtown, New South Wales | ||
| Flight Sergeant Kenneth Ian Rowland | For service to the Royal Australian Air Force as a photographer with the Aircraft Research and Development Unit, Royal Australian Air Force Base Edinburgh, South Australia | ||
| Sergeant Anthony Philip Smith | For service to the Royal Australian Air Force as the senior NCO at Headquarters, Royal Australian Air Force Base East Sale, Victoria |