List of Young Australian of the Year Award recipients
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The Young Australian of the Year Awards
commenced in 1979, and recognises those aged 16 to 30 who are outstanding and exceptional young Australia
ns. 1993 was the only year in which an award was not 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 1979, and recognises those aged 16 to 30 who are outstanding and exceptional young Australia
Australia
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ns. 1993 was the only year in which an award was not certified.
| Year of award | Name |
|---|---|
| 1979 | Julie Sochacki |
| 1980 | Peter Hill |
| 1981 | Paul Radley |
| 1982 | Mark Ella Mark Ella Mark Gordon Ella is an Indigenous Australian former rugby union player, often considered as one of his country's all-time greats in that sport. In a relatively short career , Mark Ella established himself as one of the all-time greats in world rugby union... |
| 1983 | Michael Waldock |
| 1984 | John Sieben |
| 1985 | Deahnne McIntyre |
| 1986 | Simone Young Simone Young Simone Margaret Young AM is an Australian conductor. She is music director of the Hamburg Philharmonic and general manager of the Hamburg State Opera... (AM) |
| 1987 | Marty Gauvin |
| 1989 | Duncan Armstrong Duncan Armstrong Duncan John D'Arcy Armstrong, OAM, is a former Australian swimmer and Olympic gold medalist.Armstrong was a freestyle swimmer in international competition during the 1980s, who won gold in the 200-metre freestyle at the 1988 Seoul Olympics... |
| 1990 | Cathy Freeman Cathy Freeman Catherine Astrid Salome "Cathy" Freeman, OAM is former Australian sprinter, who specialised in the 400 metres event. She became the Olympic champion for the women's 400 metres at the 2000 Summer Olympics, at which she lit the Olympic Flame.Freeman was the first ever Aboriginal... OAM |
| 1991 | Simon Fairweather Simon Fairweather Simon John Fairweather, OAM is an archer born in Adelaide, South Australia. He is 175 centimetres tall and weighs 71 kilograms.Fairweather won the individual gold medal at the World Championships in Poland in 1991.... OAM |
| 1992 | Kieren Perkins Kieren Perkins Kieren John Perkins OAM , is a former Australian professional swimmer. One of the world's best-ever long-distance swimmers, he won two Olympic gold medals in 1992 and 1996 in the 1500-metre freestyle, and a silver medal in 2000.... OAM |
| 1994 | Anna Bown |
| 1995 | Poppy King Poppy King Poppy Cybele King is an Australian entrepreneur. She is best known for her company Poppy Industries and the range of cosmetics available at Poppy Stores in Australia, during the 1990s.-Early life:... |
| 1996 | Rebecca Chambers |
| 1997 | Nova Peris-Kneebone Nova Peris-Kneebone Nova Maree Peris, AO, is an Australian athlete. She was a representative in the Australian Women's Hockey team at the 1996 Summer Olympics becoming the first Aboriginal Australian to win an Olympic gold medal.In 1997, she switched sports to athletics and a year later she became a double gold... (AO |
| 1998 | Tan Le Tan Le Tan Le , a Vietnamese-Australian telecommunications entrepreneur, is a co-Founder of Emotiv. She was named the 1998 Young Australian of the Year.... |
| 1999 | Bryan Gaensler Bryan Gaensler Bryan Malcolm Gaensler is an Australian astronomer and former Young Australian of the Year, currently based at the University of Sydney. He is best known for his work on magnetars, supernova remnants and magnetic fields.- Education :... |
| 2000 | Ian Thorpe Ian Thorpe Ian James Thorpe OAM , nicknamed the Thorpedo and Thorpey, is an Australian swimmer who specialises in freestyle, but also competes in backstroke and the individual medley. He has won five Olympic gold medals, the most won by any Australian, and with three gold and two silver medals, was the most... (OAM |
| 2001 | James Fitzpatrick |
| 2002 | Scott Hocknull Scott Hocknull Scott Hocknull is a vertebrate palaeontologist and Senior Curator in Geology at the Queensland Museum in Brisbane. He was the 2002 recipient of the Young Australian of the Year Award.... |
| 2003 | Lleyton Hewitt Lleyton Hewitt Lleyton Glynn Hewitt born 24 February 1981) is an Australian professional tennis player and former world no. 1.In 2000, Hewitt had won ATP titles on all three major surfaces and reached one final on carpet. By 2001, he became the youngest male ever to be ranked no. 1 at the age of 20... |
| 2004 | Hugh Evans |
| 2005 | Khoa Do Khoa Do Khoa Do , born 1979, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, is a film director, screenwriter, professional speaker and philanthropist who received the Young Australian of the Year Award in 2005. The Do family arrived in Sydney as Vietnamese refugees in 1980. His brother is the comedian Anh Do... |
| 2006 | Trisha Broadbridge |
| 2007 | Tania Major Tania Major Tania Major , first came to prominence in 2004 as the youngest person elected to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission .... |
| 2008 | Casey Stoner Casey Stoner Casey Stoner is an Australian professional motorcycle racer. Born in Kurri Kurri, New South Wales, Australia and raised in Southport, Queensland, Stoner raced from a young age and moved to the United Kingdom to pursue a racing career... |
| 2009 | Jonty Bush |
| 2010 | Mark Donaldson Mark Donaldson Mark Gregor Strang Donaldson VC is the first recipient of the Victoria Cross for Australia, awarded for gallantry, the highest award in the Australian honours system. He is the first Australian recipient of a Victoria Cross since Keith Payne in 1969... , VC Victoria Cross for Australia The Victoria Cross for Australia is the highest award in the Australian Honours System, superseding the Victoria Cross for issue to Australians... |
| 2011 | Jessica Watson Jessica Watson Jessica Watson is an Australian sailor. She resides in Buderim, Queensland. In May 2010, she unofficially became the youngest person to sail non-stop and unassisted around the world, although her route did not meet World Sailing Speed Record Council criteria for circumnavigation of the... |