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The Australian of the Year Award is an award that aims to "acknowledge the contributions of many outstanding Australians" and is presented to Australian citizens. The award ceremony is held on the eve of Australia Day (January 26) in Canberra each year and includes the presentation of three other variant awards: the "of the Year" awards for Young Australians, Senior Australians and Australian Local Heroes. The Australian of the Year Award ceremonies commenced in 1960 when Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet received the award.
Organised by the National Australia Day Council, the Australian of the Year Award is presented to an Australian citizen by the Prime Minister of Australia on the eve of Australia Day at Parliament House in Canberra.
The Award is intended for one individual each year although there have been few exceptions. In 1967, Melbourne-formed band The Seekers received the Australian of the Year Award. The band were recognised for their musical efforts including topping the singles chart with the track "I'll Never Find Another You". In 1993, the National Australia Day Council altered the award dating system, resulting in the award not being given out.
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Award recipients[edit]
| Year | Recipient |
|---|---|
| 2007 | Professor Tim Flannery |
| 2006 | Professor Ian Frazer |
| 2005 | Fiona Wood AM (b.1958) |
| 2004 | Steve Waugh (b. 1965) |
| 2003 | Professor Fiona Stanley AC (b. 1946) |
| 2002 | Patrick Rafter (b. 1972) |
| 2001 | Lt General Peter Cosgrove AC MC (b. 1947) |
| 2000 | Sir Gustav Nossal AC CBE FAA FRS (b. 1931) |
| 1999 | Mark Taylor (b. 1963 ) |
| 1998 | Cathy Freeman (b. 1973 ) |
| 1997 | Professor Peter Doherty (b. 1940 ) |
| 1996 | Doctor John Yu AM (b. 1934) |
| 1995 | Arthur Boyd AC OBE (b. 1920 ) |
| 1994 | Ian Kiernan OAM (b. 1940 ) |
| 1993 | ** No award given |
| 1992 | Mandawuy Yunupingu (b. 1956 ) |
| 1991 | Archbishop Peter Hollingworth AO OBE (b. 1935 ) |
| 1990 | Fred Hollows AC (1929 - 1993) |
| 1989 | Allan Border AO (b. 1955 ) |
| 1988 | Kay Cottee AO (b. 1954 ) |
| 1987 | John Farnham (b. 1949) |
| 1986 | Dick Smith (b. 1944 ) |
| 1985 | Paul Hogan AM (b. 1939 ) |
| 1984 | Lois O'Donoghue CBE AM (b. 1932 ) |
| 1983 | Robert de Castella MBE (b. 1957 ) |
| 1982 | Sir Edward Williams KCMG KBE (1921 - 1999) |
| 1981 | Sir John Crawford AC CBE (b. 1910 ) |
| 1980 | Manning Clark AC (1915 - 1991) |
| 1979 | Senator Neville Bonnor AO |
| 1979 | Harry Butler CBE (b. 1930) |
| 1978 | Alan Bond |
| 1978 | Galarrwuy Yunupingu AM (b. 1948) |
| 1977 | Sir Murray Tyrall KCVO CBE |
| 1977 | Dame Raigh Roe DBE (b. 1923 ) |
| 1976 | Sir Edward 'Weary' Dunlop AC CMG OBE (1907 - 1993) |
| 1975 | Sir John Cornforth AC CBE (b. 1917 ) |
| 1975 | Major General Alan Stretton AO CBE |
| 1974 | Sir Bernard Heinze AC (1894 - 1982) |
| 1973 | Patrick White (1912 - 1990) |
| 1972 | Shane Gould MBE (b. 1956) |
| 1971 | Evonne Goolagong Cawley AO MBE (b. 1951) |
| 1970 | His Eminence Cardinal Sir Norman Gilroy KBE (1896 -1977) |
| 1969 | The Rt Hon Richard Gardiner Casey Baron of Berwick, Victoria and of the City of Westminister KG GCMG CH (1890 - 1976) |
| 1968 | Lionel Rose MBE (b. 1948 ) |
| 1967 | The Seekers |
| 1966 | Sir Jack Brabham OBE (b. 1926 ) |
| 1965 | Sir Robert Helpmann CBE (1909 - 1986) |
| 1964 | Dawn Fraser MBE (b. 1937 ) |
| 1963 | Sir John Eccles AC (1903 - 1997) |
| 1962 | Alexander 'Jock' Sturrock MBE (b. 1915 ) |
| 1961 | Dame Joan Sutherland OM AC DBE (b. 1926 ) |
| 1960 | Sir MacFarlane Burnet OM AK KBE (1899 - 1985) |
References[edit]
- To use
- [1] - full listing of recipients
- [2] - awards criteria
- [3] - non-official website resource - Australian Government
- [4] - National Australia Day Council media releases
- [5] - sources for other variant awards
- Currently cited