List of Australian of The Year Award Recipients

The following is a list of the recipients of the Australian of the Year award.

Year of
award		 Name Post
nominals		 Born Died Comments
1960 Sir Macfarlane Burnet OM 1899 1985 Virologist; 1960 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine co-recipient
1961 Joan Sutherland CBE 1926 2010 Opera singer
1962 Jock Sturrock 1915 1997 Yachtsman
1963 Sir John Eccles 1903 1997 Neurophysiologist; 1963 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine co-recipient
1964 Dawn Fraser 1937 Swimmer; gold medal winner at 1956, 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympic Games
1965 Robert Helpmann CBE 1909 1986 Actor; ballet dancer; director
1966 Sir Jack Brabham OBE 1926 Racing driver; Formula One champion in 1959, 1960 and 1966
1967 The Seekers N/A Music group
1968 Lionel Rose MBE 1948 2011 Boxer; first Aboriginal Australian to win world boxing title (1968)
1969 The Rt. Hon. Lord Casey GCMG CH DSO MC PC 1890 1976 Politician, diplomat, Governor-General of Australia (1965–1969)
1970 Cardinal Sir Norman Gilroy KBE 1896 1977 Clergyman; first Australian-born Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
1971 Evonne Goolagong 1951 Tennis player
1972 Shane Gould 1956 Swimmer; winner of three gold medals, a silver and bronze in 1972 Summer Olympics.
1973 Patrick White 1912 1990 Author; 1973 Nobel Prize for Literature recipient
1974 Sir Bernard Heinze 1894 1982 Conductor
1975 (joint recipients) John Cornforth
MAJGEN Alan Stretton
AO CBE		 1917
1922		 Scientist; 1975 Nobel Prize in Chemistry recipient
Australian Army officer; managed Cyclone Tracy cleanup
1976 LTCOL Sir Edward "Weary" Dunlop CMG OBE 1907 1993 Military surgeon; World War II prisoner of war
1977 (joint recipients) Raigh Roe
Sir Murray Tyrrell		 CBE
KCVO CBE		 1922
1913
1994		 President of the Country Women's Association
Official Secretary to six Governors-General
1978 (joint recipients) Alan Bond
Galarrwuy Yunupingu		 1938
1948		 Businessman
native title activist
1979 (joint recipients) Neville Bonner
Harry Butler
OBE		 1922
1930		 1999
 First Aboriginal elected to the Parliament of Australia
naturalist
1980 Manning Clark AC 1915 1991 Historian
1981 Sir John Crawford 1910 1984 Economist
1982 Sir Edward Williams KBE KCMG QC 1921 1999 Judge of the Supreme Court of Queensland; chairman of the 1982 Brisbane Commonwealth Games Foundation
1983 Robert de Castella MBE 1957 Marathon runner
1984 Lowitja O'Donoghue CBE 1932 Aboriginal health worker; inaugural chairperson of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (1990–1996)
1985 Paul Hogan 1939 Actor
1986 Dick Smith 1944 Entrepreneur
1987 John Farnham AO 1949 Singer, entertainer
1988 Kay Cottee AO 1954 First female sailor to perform a single-handed, non-stop circumnavigation of the world (1988)
1989 Allan Border AO 1955 Australian cricket team captain
1990 Fred Hollows 1921 1993 Ophthalmologist; founder of The Fred Hollows Foundation
1991 Peter Hollingworth AC OBE 1935 Bishop; Governor-General of Australia (2001–2003)
1992 Mandawuy Yunupingu 1956 Singer, Yothu Yindi
1993 No award made: award dating system changed
1994 Ian Kiernan OAM 1940 Environmentalist; founder of Clean Up Australia and Clean Up the World
1995 Arthur Boyd AC OBE 1920 1999 Painter
1996 John Yu AM 1934 Paediatrician
1997 Peter Doherty AC 1940 Veterinarian; immunologist; 1996 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine recipient
1998 Cathy Freeman 1973 Athlete; also Young Australian of the Year in 1990
1999 Mark Taylor AO 1964 Australian cricket team captain
2000 Sir Gustav Nossal AC CBE 1931 Biologist
2001 GEN Peter Cosgrove AC MC 1947 Commander of the International Force for East Timor (1999-2000); Chief of Army (2000–2002); Chief of the Defence Force (2002–2005)
2002 Patrick Rafter 1972 Tennis player
2003 Fiona Stanley AC 1946 Epidemiologist
2004 Steve Waugh AO 1965 Australian cricket team captain and humanitarian
2005 Fiona Wood AM 1958 Plastic surgeon; worked with victims of the 2002 Bali bombings
2006 Ian Frazer 1953 Immunologist
2007 Tim Flannery 1956 Scientist; global warming activist
2008 Lee Kernaghan OAM 1964 Singer
2009 Mick Dodson AM 1950 Indigenous leader
2010 Patrick McGorry AO 1953 Psychiatrist
2011 Simon McKeon 1955 Philanthropist businessman
2012 Geoffrey Rush 1951 Australian actor and film producer


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