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1990 Queen's Birthday Honours (Australia)
The 1990 Queen's Birthday Honours for Australia were announced on Monday 11 June 1990 by the office of the Governor-General. The Birthday Honours were appointments by some of the 16 Commonwealth realms of Queen Elizabeth II to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries. The Birthday Honours are awarded as part of the Queen's Official Birthday The King's Official Birthday (alternatively the Queen's Official Birthday when the monarch is female) is the selected day in the United Kingdom and most Commonwealth realms on which the birthday of the monarch is officially celebrated in those ... celebrations during the month of June. Order of Australia Companion (AC) General Division Officer (AO) General Division Military Division Member (AM) General Division Military Division Medal (OAM) General Division Military Division References {{DEFAULTSORT:Queen's Birthday Honours 1990 1990 aw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Governor-General Of Australia
The governor-general of Australia is the representative of the monarch, currently King Charles III, in Australia.Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australiaofficial website Retrieved 1 January 2015. The governor-general is appointed by the monarch on the recommendation of government ministers. The governor-general has formal presidency over the Federal Executive Council and is commander-in-chief of the Australian Defence Force. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Farrands
Dr John Law Farrands (11 March 1921 – 14 July 1996) was a scientist and senior Australian Public Servant. Life and career John Farrands was born on 11 March 1921 in Melbourne. He studied part-time at University of Melbourne for his Bachelor of Science, majoring in physics and mathematics. Farrands was the Chief Defence Scientist and he was Secretary of the Australian Government science department between 1977 and 1981. Farrands retired from the Australian Public Service on Christmas Eve 1981. Farrands died in Melbourne on 14 July 1996. Awards Farrands was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath Companion may refer to: Relationships Currently * Any of several interpersonal relationships such as friend or acquaintance * A domestic partner, akin to a spouse * Sober companion, an addiction treatment coach * Companion (caregiving), a caregive ... in December 1981 when he was Secretary of the Department of Science. In June 1990 Farrands was made an Officer of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Allen (musician)
Peter Allen (born Peter Richard Woolnough; 10 February 1944 – 18 June 1992) was an Australian singer-songwriter, musician and entertainer, known for his flamboyant stage persona, boundless energy, and lavish costumes. His songs were made popular by many recording artists, including Elkie Brooks, Melissa Manchester and Olivia Newton-John, including Newton-John's first chart topping hit "I Honestly Love You", and the chart topping and Academy Award winning "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)" by Christopher Cross. In addition to recording many albums, he enjoyed a cabaret and concert career, including appearances at the Radio City Music Hall riding a camel. His patriotic song "I Still Call Australia Home", has been used extensively in advertising campaigns, and was added to the National Film and Sound Archive's Sounds of Australia registry in 2013. Allen was the first husband of Liza Minnelli. They met in October 1964, married on 3 March 1967, formally separated on 9 April ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Baker (general)
General John Stuart Baker (24 February 1936 – 9 July 2007) was a senior Australian Army officer. Entering the Royal Military College, Duntroon in 1954, his career culminated with his appointment as Chief of the Defence Force from 1995 to 1998, the most senior position in the Australian Defence Force. Baker also served as the inaugural Director of the Defence Intelligence Organisation from 1990 to 1992, Vice Chief of the Defence Force from 1992 to 1995, and was author of the highly influential 1988 "Baker Report". Career Baker entered the Royal Military College, Duntroon in 1954. On graduation in 1957, he was allotted to the Royal Australian Engineers and later completing a degree in civil engineering at the University of Melbourne. ACM Angus HoustonCDF eulogy for General John Baker AC, DSM 13 July 2007, www.defence.gov.au, accessed 31 March 2012. Baker's first regimental posting was a one-year appointment in Papua New Guinea, and not long after he spent a year in Hawa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Carwardine
Rear Admiral Anthony Michael "Gerry" Carwardine AO (born 25 March 1938) is a retired Australian naval officer, Chief of Naval Personnel in the Royal Australian Navy and former Commandant of the Australian Defence Force Academy. Early life Carwardine was educated at Newington College (1947–1953), commencing as a preparatory school student in Wyvern House, before entering the Royal Australian Naval College. Naval career * Entered – Royal Australian Navy (1954) * Served – HMA Ships ''Queenborough'', ''Quiberon'', ''Vendetta'', ''Brisbane'', ''Melbourne'', ''Banks'', ''Gull'', and HM Ships ''Carron'' and ''Corunna'' (1956–1974) * Commanding Officer – HMAS ''Swan'' (1976–1978) * Director – Naval Data Combat System Centre (1980–1983) * Commander – HMAS ''Adelaide'' (1983–1985) * Commanding Officer – HMAS Cerberus (1986–1988) * Naval Officer Commanding – Victoria (1986–1988) * Chief – Naval Personnel (1988–1990) * Defence Attache – Washi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Taylor (public Servant)
John Casey Taylor (2 December 193014 May 2011) was a senior Australian public servant. He was Secretary of the Department of Aboriginal Affairs from 1981 to 1984. Life and career John Taylor was born on 2 December 1930 in Melbourne. He graduated from University of Melbourne with a degree in commerce. Taylor joined the Australian Public Service in 1952 as a clerk in the Victorian branch of the Postmaster-General's Department The Postmaster-General's Department (PMG) was a department of the Australian federal government, established at Federation in 1901, whose responsibilities included the provision of postal and telegraphic services throughout Australia. It was .... Between 1974 and 1981, Taylor was a Commissioner on the Public Service Board. In 1981 he was appointed Secretary of the Department of Aboriginal Affairs. According to Charles Perkins, who succeeded him as Secretary in the department, his departure in 1984 was against his wishes. He was made a special adv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loti Smorgon
Loti Smorgon (née Kiffer; 1919 – 20 August 2013) was an Australian philanthropist. Along with her husband, Victor Smorgon, she donated an estimated $40 million in cash and artwork to the National Gallery of Victoria. Loti married Victor in 1937, and they were married for 73 years until his death in 2009. They were both made Officers of the Order of Australia in the 1990 Queen's Birthday Honours (Victor was later elevated to Companion) and were both featured on the Australian Legends series of postage stamps in 2008. She was also the subject of a 1981 portrait by Andy Warhol. Titled ''Loti Smorgon'', it is in the National Gallery of Victoria The National Gallery of Victoria, popularly known as the NGV, is an art museum in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Founded in 1861, it is Australia's oldest and most visited art museum. The NGV houses an encyclopedic art collection across two .... References 1919 births 2013 deaths Australian Jews Officers of the Order of A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victor Smorgon
Victor Smorgon (2 January 1913 – 3 July 2009) was an Australian industrialist, arts patron and benefactor, who was founder and former head of the Victor Smorgon Group. Biography Smorgon was born in 1913 in Heidelberg, a German settlement in Ukraine, then part of the Russian Empire. His father, Naum (Norman) Smorgon, ran a kosher butcher shop until the business was nationalized in 1927, with the Smorgon family emigrating to Australia later that year. Naum Smorgon and his brothers resumed the family's kosher butchery in the Melbourne suburb of Carlton North, and Victor entered the wholesale meat business. The success of Victor's meat importing business saw the entire family become involved in the company, and soon Smorgon Consolidated Industries expanded its business to cover plastics, glass, steel and recycling. By 1995, the collective worth of Smorgon Consolidated Industries' interests in steel, paper, plastics, packaging and property had been estimated at between A$1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susan Ryan
Susan Maree Ryan (10 October 194227 September 2020) was an Australian politician and public servant. She was a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and held ministerial office in the Hawke Government as Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Status of Women (1983–1988), Minister for Education and Youth Affairs (1983–1984), Minister for Education (1984–1987) and Special Minister of State (1987–1988). She was the first woman from the ALP to serve in cabinet and was notably involved in the creation of the ''Sex Discrimination Act 1984'' and the ''Affirmative Action (Equal Opportunities in Employment) Act 1986''. Ryan served as a senator for the Australian Capital Territory from 1975 to 1987. After leaving politics she served as the Age Discrimination Commissioner from 2011 to 2016, within the Australian Human Rights Commission. Early life Ryan was born on 10 October 1942 in Camperdown, New South Wales. She was the daughter of Florence Ena (née Hodson) and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Outterside
Robert Outterside (6 March 1932 – 8 August 2022) was an Australian rugby union player. Outterside, a number 8, was born in Sydney and played two international rugby matches for Australia. Away from football, Outterside was also a successful teacher and school administrator, rising to become Headmaster of Sydney Boys High School , motto_translation = With Truth and Courage , established = , location = Cleveland Street, Moore Park, Sydney, New South Wales , country = Australia , coordinates = , pu .... In 1990 he was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for service to education. Outterside died on 8 August 2022, at the age of 90. References 1932 births 2022 deaths Australian rugby union players Australia international rugby union players Officers of the Order of Australia Rugby union players from Sydney Rugby union number eights {{Australia-rugbyunion-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Morrison (chemist)
James Douglas Morrison AO, FAA, FRSE, FRACI (1924–2013) was a Scottish born Australian physical chemist. Born and educated in Glasgow (BSc 1945, PhD 1948), he moved to Australia in 1949 to work with the CSIRO. There he switched from X-Ray crystallography to mass spectrometry as a research topic. In 1967 he was appointed as the foundation chair of physical chemistry at La Trobe University, where he was a professor of chemistry until retiring in 1989.Morrison, James Douglas (1924 - 2013) Encyclopaedia of Australian ScienceMorrison, James Douglas, AO, FAA, FRSE, FRACI (1924-2013) trove.nla.gov.au [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Nesta Marks
Elizabeth Nesta "Pat" Marks (28 April 1918 – 25 October 2002) was an Australian entomologist who described 38 new mosquito species, as well as new species of fruit flies, bugs, cockroaches and ticks. She had a PhD in insect physiology from the University of Cambridge and was a member of the Royal Entomological Society of London. Early life Marks was born in Dublin, Ireland, in 1918, and was known by the name Pat or Patricia for the Cathedral she was christened in ( St Patrick's Cathedral). Her father, Ted (Edward Oswald) Marks, born in Brisbane in 1882, was a geologist and inventor (later an ophthalmologist) from a family of doctors. Ted Marks, travelled to Ireland twice to undertake his studies because of the absence of a university in Queensland. He left for Ireland in 1913 to conduct his medical studies and married Nesta Drury, also of Brisbane, in 1914. Their daughter Pat was born following his service in WW1 An only child, Pat Marks and her family returned to Australia in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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