1985 Australia Day Honours

The 1985 Australia Day Honours were announced on 26 January 1985 by the Governor General of Australia, Sir Ninian Stephen.

The Australia Day Honours are the first of the two major annual honours lists, announced on Australia Day (26 January), with the other being the Queen's Birthday Honours which are announced on the second Monday in June.

Order of Australia

Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) Recipient Citation NotesPeter Graham Faithfull HendersonFor distinguished public service, particularly as Secretary to the Department of Foreign Affairs. Richard Clarence KirbyFor distinguished service to the advertising industry in Australia and to the Herbert Vere Evatt Memorial Foundation. Charles Leycester Devenish MearesFor distinguished public service to the Australian honours system and for continued distinguished service in the field of social welfare.Lloyd Frederic Rees For distinguished service to the arts in Australia, particularly in the field of landscape painting.

Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) General Division Recipient Citation NotesCecil Roy Abbott For public service, particularly with the NSW Police Force.Ronald Moore BannermanFor public service, particularly as Commissioner of Trade Practices and chairman of the Trade Practices Commission. Harold Felix Bell For service to commerce and for public service.Joseph BrenderFor service to secondary industry and the community.Keith Frederick BrigdenFor public service, particularly with the Australian Taxation Office and as Commonwealth Auditor General.Desmond Eoghan ByrneFor public service and for service to the community.Michael John MaxwellFor service to the arts, particularly to the Art Gallery of South Australia.Verner Thomas ChristieFor service to the banking industry. Gerard William CrockFor service to medicine, particularly in the field of ophthalmology.Alan Woodhouse CromptonFor service to industry and to the community.John Geoffrey DonaldsonFor service to the petroleum industry.Graham Barton FeakesFor public service as a diplomatic representative and in the development of Australian relations with South and South-East Asia.Laurie John FergusonFor service to government and to the NSW Parliament.John Charles Finemore For public service as Chief Parliamentary Counsel for Victoria. Peter Ian Alexander HendryFor service to medicine. Ursula Hoff For service to the arts, particularly to art scholarship in Australia.James Frank KirkFor service to industry, particularly to the development of Australia's natural resources.James Bruce KirkwoodFor public service, particularly as foundation chairman of the National Energy Research Development and Demonstration Council.William David McPhersonFor service to industry and to the community.Victor Eadric MartinFor service to the banking industry, particularly as chairman of the Committee of Review of the Australian Financial System. Robert George NealeFor public service, particularly as Director General of the Australian Archives.Julius Lockington Patching For service to sport, particularly as secretary general of the Australian Olympic Federation.Clifton Ernest PughFor service to Australian art. Keith Val SinclairFor service to education, particularly the study of modern languages. Robert StreetFor service to learning, particularly as Vice Chancellor of the University of Western Australia. Graham Douglas TracyFor service to medicine, particularly in the field of surgery.Reginald Frank William For service to commerce and to the community.Alan John WoodsFor public service, particularly as Secretary to the Department of Resources and Energy.

Military Division Branch Recipient Citation NotesNavy David James MartinFor service as the Chief of Naval Personnel and Flag Officer Naval Support Command. Brian TremayneFor service as the Director-General of Naval Health Services and chairman of the Services Health Policy Committee.Army Kevin George CookeFor service to the Army Reserve, particularly as Commander, 3rd Division. Kenneth Joseph TaylorFor service to the Australian Army, particularly as Chief of Materiel. Billie Hicks CollingsFor service to the Royal Australian Air Force, particularly as Air Officer Commanding Support Command.

Member of the Order of Australia (AM) General Division Recipient Citation NotesJudith Alison AdamFor service to the community health, particularly to the Royal Women's Hospital, Victoria. John Stuart AllmanFor service to science, particularly surveying and mapping.John Rushworth AndersonFor service to the avocado industry. William Arthur BarclayFor service to medicine, particularly in the field of psychiatry.Bryan William BirchFor public service, particularly to the ACT Electricity Authority.Arnold BlochFor service to the Jewish community in Australia.Anthony BonniciFor service to the Maltese community in Australia.Sonia Ingeborg Borg (Mrs Fankhanel)For service to the film and television industry. Lewis Arnold BornFor service to religion and to the community, particularly in the field of youth affairs.Joan BrewerFor service to library education.Colin Hordern BullFor service to manufacturing industry.Robert Marshall CameronFor service to the community.Alan Henry CashFor service to education and to the community.Alfred Thomas Speakman Clarke For service to the welfare of ex-service personnel.Peter John DavidsonFor service to secondary industry and commerce, particularly in the field of accountancy.Jack Leonard Davis For service to Aboriginal literature and theatre. David DenhamFor service to seismology.William Edward Leembruggen de VosFor service to the pastoral industry of the Northern Territory. Peter David DrysdaleFor service to international relations and trade.Paul Bruce FreeFor public service in the field of science and technology. William John GarrettFor service to medicine, particularly the science of obstetric ultrasound. Martin Fritz GlaessnerFor service to geology, particularly micropalaeontology.John Fredolin GleesonFor service to the radio and television industry.Albert Jaime GrassbyFor service to community relations.Barry Joseph GrearFor service to the community, particularly through administering natural-disaster relief.Neville Bruce GruzmanFor service to architecture.Clive Arthur HamerFor service to education, particularly as headmaster of Wesley College, Perth.Eric Herbert HanfieldFor public service, particularly as Administrator of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands.Clarence Lindsay HermesFor services to youth in the ACT.James HickeyFor public service, particularly in the field of Commonwealth-State relations.William John HoffmannFor service to the Olympic Federation as competitor and official, particularly as general manager of the 1984 Australian Olympic Team.Irene Faith HooperFor service to the Country Women's Association.William Howard-SmithFor service to the Australian shipping industry. Dharmasoka Laksiri JayasuriyaFor service to community relations.William James JobFor service to the community.Jeffry Joynton-SmithFor service to the performing arts. Alice Hazel Kelso KingFor service to the study of Australian history.Rollo Kingsford-Smith For service to the Australian aviation industry. James Wilfred KnightFor service to industry, particularly in the field of food research.Gilles Thomas KrygerFor service to commerce. John Charles LaneFor service to aviation medicine and to road-safety standards.Peter Stroud LangfordFor service to air-safety standards.Alfred Lionel LazerFor service to athletics. John Francis LincolnFor service to the community, particularly in the field of prisoner rehabilitation.Kaye Elizabeth LoderFor service to the community, particularly in the field of women's affairs.Robert Henry LukeFor service to bushfire prevention and control.Noel LynaghFor public service to the Northern Territory.Hugh George McCredieFor service to sport in Australian universities.Walter Patrick McGrathFor service in drug rehabilitation, particularly through Odyssey House.Margaret Grace McNairFor service to nursing.Hector Iain Munro MacFarlaneFor service to religion.John Thomas MaherFor public service to Queensland. Ernest Cosmo ManeaFor service to the community of Bunbury and to local government.Raymond David MarginsonFor service to university administration. Giorgio MaseroFor service to the Italian community in Australia.Graeme William MatthewsFor service to the finance industry, particularly in the development of new technology.John Peter MaynesFor service to the trade-union movement.Richard Graham Meale For service to music.Patrick Dalgety MooreFor service to the wool industry.Frank Thomas MoorhouseFor service to Australian literature. Bernard Anthony Mullane For service to the community of Baulkham Hills Shire.Gerald Anthony MurphyFor service to the legal profession.John Robert NeilFor service to the Returned Services League.Donald Geoffrey NeilsonFor service to accountancy.Phyllis Margaret NewnhamFor service to nursing. Thomas Henry O'DonnellFor service to medicine, particularly in the field of otolaryngology.Moffatt Benjamin OxenbouldFor service to opera.Mahla Liane PearlmanFor service to the legal profession, particularly the NSW Law Society.Gail Gordon RadfordFor service to women's affairs, particularly in the Equal Employment Opportunity Bureau. Tyndale John Rendle-ShortFor service to medicine, particularly in the field of child health.Myra Ellen RoperFor service to international relations.Peter Frederick RushforthFor service to the ceramic arts, particularly pottery.Charles Richard RyeFor public service, particularly in the field of economic policy.Colin Howard SandisonFor service to the community, particularly in the control of anaesthetic-gas contamination in hospital operating theatres.Reuben Francis Scarf For service to the community and to philanthropic organisations.James Edward SchofieldFor public service to the aviation industry in Australia and Papua New Guinea.David Herbert StandenFor service to the development of uniform practice standards in architecture.Leonard Buttell SwindenFor service to hospital administration. Joseph Julius Hubert Szent-IvanyFor service to science, particularly in the field of entomology in Australia and the South Pacific.Stephen WalkerFor service to sculpture.Francis John WatersFor service to the trade-union movement. Arthur Farquhar WebsterFor service to veterinary science.Morris Langlo WestFor service to literature.Neil Malcolm WestawayFor service to the Scout Association of Australia. Henry Norman Burgess WettenhallFor service to the community, particularly in the field of natural history.Richard Norman WheelerFor service to commerce and the community.James Galarrwuy YunupinguFor service to the Aboriginal community.

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