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1999 Australia Day Honours
The 1999 Australia Day Honours are appointments to various orders and honours to recognise and reward good works by Australian citizens. The list was announced on 26 January 1999 by the Governor General of Australia, Sir William Deane. The Australia Day Honours are the first of the two major annual honours lists, the first announced to coincide with 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 The Order of Australia is an honour that recognises Australian citizens and other persons for outstanding achievement and service. It was established on 14 February 1975 by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, on the advice of the Australian Gov ... Companion (AC) General Division Officer (AO) General Division Military Division Member (AM) General Division Military Division Medal (OAM) General Division Military Division References {{DEFAULTSORT:Australia Day H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Honours System
The Australian honours and awards system refers to all Order (distinction), orders, decorations, and medals, as instituted by letters patent from the Monarchy of Australia, Monarch of Australia and countersigned by the Australian prime minister at the time, that have been progressively introduced since 14 February 1975. The Australian honours and awards system excludes all state and local government, and private, issued awards and medals (although a few can be recognised in the Australian Honours Order of Wearing, order of wearing, like those in the Order of Saint John (chartered 1888), Order of St John). Honours and awards have been present in Australia since pre-Federation of Australia, Federation, primarily from the Orders, decorations, and medals of the United Kingdom, Imperial honours and awards system. This Imperial system remained in place until its full phase out in 1994 (although the Monarch of Australia may still confer some of these honours to Australians in their perso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joan Maie Freeman
Joan Maie Freeman (7 January 1918 – 18 March 1998) was an Australian physicist. Biography Joan Maie Freeman was born in Perth on 7 January 1918. Her family moved to Sydney in 1922 and she attended the Sydney Church of England Girls Grammar School. While still a girl, she took evening classes at Sydney Technical College. The school hid her attendance from inspectors, as they thought a girl in the class would reflect negatively on the college. She completed her Intermediate Certificate Examination and earned a place at the University of Sydney in 1936. Freeman studied mathematics, chemistry, physics and zoology, and was often the only woman, indeed the school stipulated that a seat had to be left vacant between women and men in a lecture hall). She received her BSc in 1940 and was awarded a Commonwealth Research Scholarship to continue her MSc. Career Freeman took a position at the Radiophysics Laboratory of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research as a research off ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gordon Chater
Gordon Maitland Chater AM (6 April 1922 – 12 December 1999) was an English Australian comedian and actor, and recipient of the Gold Logie, he appeared in revue, theatre, radio, television and film, with a career spanning almost 50 years. Biography Early life Chater was born in Bayswater, West London and attended Cottesmore School as a child. He attended Cambridge University to study medicine but did not finish his degree, instead taking part in many student revues. Radio and theatre Chater arrived in Australia following World War II. He first came to prominence in Australia as a stage and radio actor, and was a cast member of the 1963 Sydney season of Chekhov's ''The Cherry Orchard'', the debut production by the Old Tote Theatre Company, the precursor to the Sydney Theatre Company. He appeared in a radio program opposite Gwen Plumb Television roles Chater became a national TV star when he was cast with Carol Raye and Barry Creyton in the Australian satirical television ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harold Burnell Carter
Harold Burnell Carter, BVSc, DVSc (Hon), FRSE, AM; (3 January 1910 – 27 February 2005) was an Australian scientist whose work in the middle decades of the twentieth century at the CSIR (now CSIRO) Australia's national scientific research organization laid foundations for the scientific understanding of the biology of Merino fine wool upon which much of Australia's economy depended at the time. As an author, he has been collected by libraries. Research Carter's investigations were focussed upon the histology of the wool fibre, its embryonic development and the genetic and environmental factors that caused variability in wool quality. His aim was to establish the necessary scientific knowledge by which the economic value of the Merino could be improved. He was a strong supporter of women's participation in this research. Burnell conceived the idea of an Australian national Sheep and Wool laboratory. In the early 1940s, he drafted a plan for such laboratories, which he develope ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valerie Browning
Valerie Browning (born 1950) is an Australian nurse who is known for her work with Afar people in Ethiopia. She founded the Afar Pastoral Development Association and the Barbara May Hospital. Background Browning was born in southern England but raised in an Anglican family in Armidale, New South Wales where her father, a former British Army officer, was a horticulturalist and her mother a nurse with 8 children. In the 1960s she was sent by her parents to nursing school in Sydney at the age of 16 or 17, because her large family struggled financially. She was later enlisted on graduation from Royal Alexandra Hospital and midwifery training by a fellow nurse Rowene Brooker, on a scheme for medical personnel to support victims of the 1973 Ethiopian famine. The two knew nothing of Ethiopia or African life, and left Australian ten days later and travelled straight from Addis Ababa to the East African Rift and down into the Danakil Desert, nomadic Afar country, caring for malnourished ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sol Bellear
Solomon David Bellear (1950/1951 – 29 November 2017) was an Aboriginal Australian public figure. Early life Bellear was brought up in the far north of New South Wales and was one of nine children. His brother Bob became a judge. Activism In 1970 Bellear was part of a delegation that intended to speak to the United Nations General Assembly on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander issues. The trip involved attending the "Congress of the African People" in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Bellear was the first chair of the Aboriginal Legal Service when it was founded in the early 1970s. He was the chairman of the Aboriginal Medical Service in Redfern, New South Wales and was on the board from 1975 until his death. In 1990 Bellear became a member of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC), becoming elected as one of 20 councillors for the Sydney region. He was subsequently elected a commissioner for the NSW Metropolitan Zone. He served as deputy chair bef ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip Bacon
Philip John Bacon (born 4 February 1947) is an Australian art dealer, philanthropist and mentor to young artists. In 2019, he was inducted into the Queensland Business Leaders Hall of Fame in recognition of his status as Australia's leading art dealer and his outstanding contributions to philanthropy. After a short career in finance, which his father encouraged, Bacon became a gallery assistant at the Grand Central Gallery in Brisbane in the late 1960s under the tutelage of its owner Keith Moore. Moore’s philosophy was to conduct the gallery operations as a trading business, adhering to the strict principles that govern successful businesses. Coupled with this was an enthusiastic commitment to hard work and customer service. Working with Moore was a career development experience for Bacon, which deeply impressed him and shaped his own business practices. Bacon also began collecting by placing selected works on lay-by until he could afford to pay them off. Following the closur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Dunn (general)
Major General Peter James Dunn AO (born 14 April 1947) is a retired senior officer in the Australian Army, and a former Commissioner for the Australian Capital Territory Emergency Services Authority (2004–06). As Commissioner for the Australian Capital Territory Emergency Services Authority he was responsible for the ACT Fire Brigade, ACT Ambulance Service, Rural Fire Service and State Emergency Service. He was appointed to this position in 2003 by Chief Minister Jon Stanhope. The creation of this position was recommended by the McLeod Inquiry into the Canberra bushfires of 2003. Dunn was previously a major general in the Australian Army. While serving in the army, he had completed a Defence Efficiency Review of the Australian Defence Force The Australian Defence Force (ADF) is the military organisation responsible for the defence of the Commonwealth of Australia and its national interests. It consists of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), Australian Army, Royal Aus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leo Williams (rugby Union)
Leo Gerard Williams AO RFD (14 May 1941 – 14 October 2009) was an Australian rugby union official, who played for the Queensland Reds (1961–1965), managed the team (1971–1972) and also served as president of Queensland Rugby Union (1988–1995), chairman of Australian Rugby Union (1994–1996) and as a board member of Rugby World Cup (1995–2000), eventually becoming chair (1997–2000). As chair he oversaw the RWC 7s tournament in Hong Kong in 1997 and the 1999 Rugby World Cup won by the Australian Wallabies. Williams attended school at Nudgee College and was captain of the swimming team and a member of the First XV in his final year. He graduated in 1958 and commenced arts/law degrees at the University of Queensland in 1959. He earned three University blues in swimming, water polo and rugby having represented the State of Queensland in all three sports in the late 1950s and early 1960s. He graduated in 1964. Williams played Brisbane club rugb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruce William Stillman
Bruce William Stillman, AO, FAA, FRS (born 16 October 1953, in Melbourne, Australia) is a biochemist and cancer researcher who has served as the Director of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) since 1994 and President since 2003. He also served as the Director of its NCI-designated Cancer Center for 25 years from 1992 to 2016. During his leadership, CSHL has been ranked as the No. 1 institution in molecular biology and genetics research by Thomson Reuters. Stillman's research focuses on how chromosomes are duplicated in human cells and in yeast ''Saccharomyces cerevisiae''; the mechanisms that ensure accurate inheritance of genetic material from one generation to the next; and how missteps in this process lead to cancer. For his accomplishments, Stillman has received numerous awards, including the Alfred P. Sloan, Jr. Prize in 2004 and the 2010 Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize, both of which he shared with Thomas J. Kelly of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, as well as the 2019 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dick Smith (entrepreneur)
Richard Harold Smith (born 18 March 1944) is an Australian entrepreneur, aviator and philanthropist. He holds a number of aviation world records and is the founder of Dick Smith Electronics, ''Australian Geographic'' and Dick Smith Foods. He was selected as 1986 Australian of the Year. In 2010, he founded the media production company Smith&Nasht with the intention of producing films about global issues. In 2015, he was awarded the Companion of the Order of Australia. He is a fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry. Early life Smith's father was a salesman and sometime manager at Angus & Robertson's bookstore. He started a business that failed when Smith was 17, and his mother a housewife. His maternal grandfather was pictorialist photographer Harold Cazneaux. As a child, Smith was considered academically hopeless and, having a speech defect, called himself "Dick Miff". From his home in East Roseville, Smith attended primary school at Roseville Public School at which, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Rae
Peter Elliot Rae AO (born 24 September 1932, Launceston, Tasmania) is an Australian retired politician who represented the Liberal Party for the state of Tasmania in the Australian Senate. He served as a Senator from 1967 until his resignation in January 1986. He was subsequently elected to the division of Bass in the Tasmanian House of Assembly at the February 1986 election, serving until his defeat on 13 May 1989. Rae served as a Shadow Minister with portfolios that included Industry and Commerce, Finance, and Education and Science. Rae led a four-year investigation of the capital markets of Australia, particularly the Stock Exchanges. The "Rae Report" led to the establishment of what is now the Australian Securities and Investments Commission. He was also leader of several of the Australian delegations to European Parliament, the Council of Europe and NATO. Senator Rae worked to amend the Constitution Alteration (Senate Casual Vacancies) Bill 1977 to provide for direct e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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