Awards
- Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE), 1973
- Officer of the Order of Australia (AO), 1987
- Life member of the New South Wales Conservatorium of Music, 1988
- Inducted into the ARIA Music Awards Hall of Fame, 1991
- Named one of the Australian Living Treasures, 1989, 1999
- Sir Bernard Heinze Award, for his service to Australia, 2000
- Honorary Doctorate in Music, Sydney University, 2000
- Honorary Doctorate in Music, Edith Cowan University, Perth, 2001
- Ted Albert Award for Outstanding Services to Australian Music, Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) Awards of 2004
- Honorary Doctorate in Education, Central Queensland University, 2004
- Queen Elizabeth Jubilee medal
- Inducted into the Australian jazz Bell Awards Hall of Fame, 2007
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