Australian of the Year Flashcards
2013
Australian of the Year
Ita Buttrose
Australian journalist and businesswoman, (founding editor of “Cleo”, editor of “Australian Women’s Weekly”)
2012
Australian of the Year
Geoffrey Rush
Australian actor and film producer
Triple Crown of Acting: Academy Award, Tony Award, Emmy Award
2011
Australian of the Year
Simon McKeon
Philantropist businessman (As chairman, director or board member Involved in: Business for Millenium Development, World Vision's Vision Fund, Global Poverty Project of Australia, Red Dust Role Models, The Big Issue magazine, other organisations for Human Rights, Climate Change, Disability and Charity)
2010
Australian of the Year
Patrick McGorry
Psychiatrist
Development of early psychosis intervention services for youths
2009
Australian of the Year
Mick Dodson
Indigenous leader
Advocate of land rights, involved in United Nations Forum on Indigenous Issues
2008
Australian of the Year
Lee Kernaghan
Singer
Country songwriter, composer, musician
2007
Australian of the Year
Tim Flannery
Scientist, golbal warming activist
(Chief Commissioner of Australian Climate Commission, Chairman of Copenhagen Climate Council, Chair of Environmental Sustainabilty at Macquarie University)
2006
Australian of the Year
Ian Frazer
Immunologist
HPV vaccine
2005
Australian of the Year
Fiona Wood
Plastic surgeon
invention of spray-on skin for burn victims, worked with victims of 2002 Bali bombings
2004
Australian of the Year
Steve Waugh
Sportsman, humanitarian
(Captain of Australian test cricket team 1999-2004, most capped test player in history (until 2010 Tendulkar), fundraiser for leper children’s colony, charity work for rare diseases via Steve Waugh Foundation)
2003
Australian of the Year
Fiona Stanley
Epidemologist
(noted for her public health work, and her research into child and maternal health, and birth disorders such as cerebral palsy)
2002
Australian of the Year
Patrick Rafter
Tennis player
2001
Australian of the Year
General Peter Cosgrove
Commander of the International Force for East Timor (1999-2000); later Chief of Army and Chief of the Defence Force
2000
Australian of the Year
Sir Gustav Nossal
Biologist
(famous for his contributions to the fields of antibody formation and immunological tolerance
1999
Australian of the Year
Mark Taylor
Australian circket team captain
(widely regarded as an instrumental component in Australia’s rise to Test cricket dominance)
1998
Australian of the Year
Cathy Freeman
Athlete
(also young Australian of the Year in 1990; became the Olympic champion for the women’s 400 metres at the 2000 Summer Olympics, at which she lit the Olympic Flame)
1997
Australian of the Year
Peter Doherty
Veterinarian, immunologist
(1996 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine recipient; his work described how the body’s immune cells protect against viruses)
1996
Australian of the Year
John Yu
Paediatrician
(Chief Executive Officer of the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children at the time of its relocation from inner-city Camperdown to Westmead in western Sydney in 1995)
1995
Australian of the Year
Arthur Boyd
Painter
(Boyd’s work ranges from impressionist renderings of Australian landscape to starkly expressionist figuration, and many canvases feature both. Several famous works set Biblical stories against the Australian landscape)
1994
Australian of the Year
Ian Kiernan
Environmentalist
founder of Clean Up Australia and Clean Up the World
1992
Australian of the Year
Mandawuy Yunupingu
Singer
front man of the Aboriginal rock group Yothu Yindi
1991
Australian of the Year
Peter Hollingworth
Bishop
(engaged in social work for several decades, he served as the Archbishop of Brisbane for 11 years from 1989; later Governor-General of Australia 2001-2003)
1990
Australian of the Year
Fred Hollows
Ophthalmologist
(known for his work in restoring eyesight for countless thousands of people in Australia and many other countries; founder of the Fred Hollows Foundation focussing on treating and preventing blindness and other vision problems)
1989
Australian of the Year
Allan Border
Australian cricket team captain
(still retains the world record for the number of consecutive Test appearances of 153 and the number of Tests as captain)
1988
Australian of the Year
Kay Cottee
First female sailor to perform a single-handed, non-stop circumnavigation of the world (1988)
1987
Australian of the Year
John Farnham
Singer, entertainer
(his album “Whispering Jack” held the No. 1 position for a total of 25 weeks and is the highest-selling album in Australian history)
1986
Australian of the Year
Dick Smith
Entrepeneur, political activist
founder of Dick Smith Electronics, Dick Smith Foods and Australian Geographic
1985
Australian of the Year
Paul Hogan
Actor
1984
Australian of the Year
Lowitja O’Donoghue
Aboriginal health worker
later inaugural chairperson of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission 1990–1996
1983
Australian of the Year
Robert de Castella
Marathon runner
(gold medals at 1983 World Championships in Helsinki, 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane and later 1986 CG in Edinburgh)
1982
Australian of the Year
Sir Edward Williams
Judge of the Supreme Court of Queensland
chairman of the 1982 Brisbane Commonwealth Games Foundation
1981
Australian of the Year
Sir John Crawford
Economist
key architect of Australia’s Post-War growth
1980
Australian of the Year
Manning Clark
Historian
(author of the best-known general history of Australia, his six-volume “A History of Australia”, published between 1962 and 1987)
1979
Australian of the Year
Neville Bonner, Politician
(first Indigenous Australian to become a member of the Parliament of Australia)
Harry Butler, Naturalist
(populariser of science and natural history for both child and adult audiences)
1978
Australian of the Year
Alan Bond, Businessman
(initially successful in property development, later extended business interests in other fields like brewing (Tooheys), gold mining and others. Purchased Nine Network in 1987 and went bankrupt in 1992)
Galarrquy Yunupingu, Indigenous leader
(involved in fight for Land Rights)
1977
Australian of the Year
Raigh Roe (President of the Country Women's Association)
Sir Murray Tyrrell
(Official Secretary to 6 Governor-Generals of Australia for a record term of 26 years)
1976
Australian of the Year
Colonel Sir Edward Dunlop
Military surgeon
renowned for his leadership while being held prisoner by the Japanese during World War II
1975
Australian of the Year
Sir John Cornforth, Scientist
(work on stereochmistry of enzyme-catalysed reactions, Novel Prize in Chemistry same year)
Major General Alan Stretton, Army officer
(managed Cyclone Tracy cleanup)
1974
Australian of the Year
Sir Bernard Heinze
Conductor
(Director of the New South Wales State Conservatorium of Music, conducted all the orchestras run by the ABC, most particularly the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra)
1973
Australian of the Year
Patrick White
Author
(widely regarded as one of the most important English-language novelists of the 20th century; Nobel Prize for Literature same year)
1972
Australian of the Year
Shane Gould
Swimmer
winner of three gold medals, a silver and bronze in 1972 Summer Olympics
1971
Australian of the Year
Evonne Goolagong Cawley
Tennis player
won 14 Grand Slam titles in the 70s and 80s
1970
Australian of the Year
Cardinal Sir Norman Gilroy
Glergyman
first Australian-born Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
1969
Australian of the Year
Lord Richard Casey
Politician, diplomat
(Governor-General of Australia 1965-1969; served at Gallipolli as aide-de.-camp to Major General Sir William Bridges, colonial governor of Bengal between 1944 and 1946)
1968
Australian of the Year
Lionel Rose
Boxer
first Aboriginal Australian to win world boxing title (1968)
1967
Australian of the Year
The Seekers
Music group
Austrlian folk-influenced pop quartet
1966
Australian of the Year
Jack Brabham
Racing driver
Formula One champion in 1959, 1960 and 1966
1965
Australian of the Year
Sir Rober Helpmann
Actor, ballet dancer, theatre director
1964
Australian of the Year
Dawn Fraser
Swimmer
(gold medal winner at 1956, 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympic Games, also known for her controversial behaviour and larrikin character)
1963
Australian of the Year
Sir John Eccles
Neurophysiologist
seminal work on the synapse; shared Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine same year
1962
Australian of the Year
Jock Sturrock
Yachtsman
(won over four hundred national and state championship yachting races, bronze medal for Australia at 1956 Opympic games in Melbourne)
1961
Australian of the Year
Joan Sutherland
Opera singer
(dramatic soprano noted for her contribution to the renaissance of the bel canto repertoire from the late 1950s through to the 1980s)
1960
Australian of the Year
Sir Macfarlane Burnet
Virologist
(predicting acquired immune tolerance and was best known for developing the theory of clonal selection; Nobel Prize same year)
2014
Australian of the Year
Adam Goodes
Australian Rules Football Player
(Dual Brownlow medalist, 4 times All Australian player; founder and active for The Goodes O’Loughlin Foundation focussing on education and healthy lifestyle of indigenous youths)
