The Senior Australian of the Year Award commenced in 1999, in the International Year of Older Persons, and recognises those Australians aged 60 and over who continue to achieve and contribute. 2002 is the only year, since the founding of the awards, that a recipient hasn't been certified.
| Year of award |
Name | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Slim Dusty AO MBE | Country music singer |
| 2000 | Professor Freda Briggs | Educator, author, scholar and ambassador |
| 2001 | Professor Graeme Clark AC | |
| 2003 | Bruce Campbell MBE | |
| 2004 | Tehree Gordon | |
| 2005 | Antonio Milhinhos | Philanthropist |
| 2006 | Sally Goold OAM | |
| 2007 | Phillip Herreen | |
| 2008 | David Bussau AM | Finance Entrepreneur |
| 2009 | Pat LaManna OAM | |
| 2010 | Maggie Beer AM | |
| 2011 | Professor Ron McCallum AO | Australian legal academic |
| 2012 | Laurie Baymarrwangga |
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