List of Senior Australian of the Year Award recipients
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The Senior Australian of the Year Award
commenced in 1999, in the International Year of Older Persons
, and recognises those Australia
ns 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.
Australian of the Year
Since 1960 the Australian of the Year Award has been part of the celebrations surrounding Australia Day , during which time the award has grown steadily in significance to become Australia’s pre-eminent award. The Australian of the Year announcement has become a very prominent part of the annual...
commenced in 1999, in the International Year of Older Persons
International Year of Older Persons
In its Proclamation on Aging, the United Nations General Assembly decided to declare 1999 as the International Year of Older Persons. The proclamation was launched on 1 October 1998, the International Day of Older Persons, by United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan and Dr. Gunhild O...
, and recognises those Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
ns 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 Slim Dusty David Gordon "Slim Dusty " Kirkpatrick AO, MBE was an Australian country music singer-songwriter and producer, with a career spanning nearly eight decades. He was known to record songs in the legacy of Australian poets Henry Lawson and Banjo Patterson that represented the Australian Bush... |
Country music Country music Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music... singer |
| 2000 | Professor Freda Briggs | Educator, author, scholar and ambassador |
| 2001 | Professor Graeme Clark AO | |
| 2003 | Bruce Campbell MBE | |
| 2004 | Tehree Gordon | |
| 2005 | Antonio Milhinhos | Philanthropist Philanthropist A philanthropist is someone who engages in philanthropy; that is, someone who donates his or her time, money, and/or reputation to charitable causes... |
| 2006 | Sally Goold OAM | |
| 2007 | Phillip Herreen | |
| 2008 | David Bussau David Bussau David Bussau AM is a pioneer of microfinance, having founded Opportunity International Australia and co-founded the Opportunity International Network... |
Finance Entrepreneur |
| 2009 | Pat LaManna OAM | |
| 2010 | Maggie Beer Maggie Beer Maggie Beer is an Australian cook, food author, restaurateur and food manufacturer.-Earlier life:Born Margaret Ann Ackermann in Sydney in January 1945 to Ronald Ackermann and Doreen Carter.-Career:... |
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| 2011 | Professor Ron McCallum Ron McCallum Professor Ronald Clive McCallum, AO is an Australian legal academic. He is an expert in labour law, and has served as a Professor and Dean of Law at the University of Sydney... AO |
Australian legal academic |