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The Advance Australia Foundation (AAF) was established in 1980. The AAF recognised "individuals or groups who have made outstanding contributions to the growth and enhancement of Australia, the Australian people and the Australian way of life". It was wound up in the mid-1990s.


Award recipients

Awards given by the AAF included the Advance Australia Award and the Special Merit Advance Australia Award. Recipients of the Advance Australia Award included: 1994: *
Murray Godfrey Murray may refer to: Businesses * Murray (bicycle company), an American manufacturer of low-cost bicycles * Murrays, an Australian bus company * Murray International Trust, a Scottish investment trust * D. & W. Murray Limited, an Australian whole ...
, for services to the community 1993: * Patricia Barnard, for services to adult literacy * Tracy Barrell, for services to sport. * Zanna Barron for work with suffers of multiple sclerosis * Phoebe Fraser, daughter of former prime minister Malcolm Fraser and representative of CARE Australia, for services to international care *
Wayne Gardner Wayne Michael Gardner (born 11 October 1959) is an Australian former professional Grand Prix motorcycle and touring car racer. His most notable achievement was winning the 1987 500 cc Motorcycle World Championship, becoming the first Aust ...
, for services to international goodwill * Allen Henry with his dog Brutus, for services to youth * Craig Heading for services to science and technology * Alan Jones, broadcaster and rugby league coach, for services to the community. * Petrea King for services to crisis counseling * Dulcie Magnus for efforts with the visually impaired * Yvonne Stewart for work in special education. 1990: * Professor Fred Hollows, for Medicine and Overseas Aid 1983: * Australia II, for winning the Americas Cup 1982: * (Athol Thomas) for his services in promoting Western Australia 1981: * Professor Fred Hollows, for Aboriginal eye care *
Joe Dolce Joseph Dolce (born October 13, 1947) (, originally ) is an American-Italian singer/songwriter, poet and essayist. Dolce achieved international recognition with his multi-million-selling song, "Shaddap You Face", released worldwide under the n ...
, Export Excellence for the international success of his song
Shaddap You Face "Shaddap You Face" is a novelty song written and performed by Joe Dolce (released under the name Joe Dolce Music Theatre) about a rebellious Italian boy. Released in late 1980, it set a number of sales and longevity records. It was released by ...
. *
Norman Harwood Norman Harwood (29 December 1929 – 10 August 2008) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played in one first-class match for Northern Districts The Northern Districts men's cricket team are one of six New Zealand first-class cricket teams ...
, Transportation History at the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences *
Mary Lidbetter Mary may refer to: People * Mary (name), a feminine given name (includes a list of people with the name) Religious contexts * New Testament people named Mary, overview article linking to many of those below * Mary, mother of Jesus, also calle ...
, Local History. 1980: *
Prue Acton Prue Acton, OBE (born 26 April 1943) is an Australian fashion designer, often referred to as "Australia's golden girl of fashion" during the 1960s. Early life Prudence Leigh Acton was born in Benalla, Victoria and educated at Firbank Anglican ...
, for contribution to fashion *
Charles Malpas Charles Henry Malpas (28 April 1899 – 1 January 1982) was an Australian inventor and businessman. Malpas was born at Leicester in England to toolmaker Charles Edward Malpas and Florence, ''née'' Merry. He served in the Royal Air Force f ...
, inventor of wine cask tap


Government funding

The AAF was for several years partly funded by the Federal Government. This ended in 1986 when the AAF become involved in the
Australian Made Australian Made was a festival concert series held during 1986–1987 in the six state capitals of Australia and featured local rock acts Mental as Anything, I'm Talking, The Triffids, The Saints, Divinyls, Models, INXS and even Jimmy Barnes. ...
campaign, which the Government decided it would prefer to fund directly. Since 2012, the Federal Government has funded annual Advance Awards, for innovation and achievement, to Australian citizens who live overseas or who have done so in the past.


See also

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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 Gove ...


References

{{reflist, refs= {{cite web, title=Awards - Melway , url=http://www.melway.com.au/our-community/awards/ , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110812001119/http://www.melway.com.au/our-community/awards/ , url-status=dead , archive-date=12 August 2011 , accessdate=11 March 2013 {{cite web , url=https://www.advanceawards.com/frequently-asked-questions , title= Frequently Asked Questions , author= , website=Advance Awards , publisher=Australian Government , access-date=4 May 2019 {{cite web, title=Recognition and awards, url=http://www.hollows.org.au/Fred-Hollows/recognition-and-awards, accessdate=11 March 2013 {{cite news, last=Keneally, first=Margaret, title=Allen advances a nation, newspaper=Daily Telegraph Mirror, date=12 Feb 1993, pages=5 {{cite web , url=https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;db=CHAMBER;id=chamber/hansardr/1986-09-24/0022;query=Id:%22chamber/hansardr/1986-09-24/0045%22 , title= House of Representatives, Questions Without Notice, Advance Australia Foundation , last1=Robinson , first1=Ian , last2=Hawke , first2=Bob , date=24 September 1986 , website=Parliament of Australia , access-date=18 August 2019 , quote=Mr IAN ROBINSON - My question is directed to the Prime Minister. I refer to the Australian-made campaign and the launching, on 31 August last by the Prime Minister, of a specially designed green and gold logo which is to be the centrepiece of the campaign. I ask the Prime Minister: Did the Government provide any financial backing for the campaign? Further, will he seek to have the Advance Australia Foundation moderate the minimum licence fee of $200 for small businesses and cottage industries to participate, and also the fee on annual budgeted gross income which is inhibiting small business from participating in that all important campaign? Mr HAWKE - Some financial assistance was provided to the Advance Australia Foundation. There had been such assistance previously. That stopped when the Foundation indicated that it wished to be of assistance to and involved in the Australian-made campaign. It seemed to the Government that it was appropriately placed to do so. A small amount of financial assistance-as I recall, it was a quarter of a million dollars-was made available to it. All I can say is that in the discussions that I have had with the Advance Australia Foundation and its Chairman and Executive Director, Mr Norman Spencer, I have not had any indications that the small charges to which the honourable member referred have acted as an inhibition in the way he indicated. In the light of the honourable member's question, I am more than happy to take the matter up with Mr Spencer and to see whether the Foundation's experience suggests that there is such an inhibition and, if so, whether there is some way in which it can be modified. {{cite web , url=https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;adv=yes;db=CHAMBER;id=chamber%2Fhansardr%2F1998-05-12%2F0082;orderBy=_fragment_number,doc_date-rev;query=Dataset%3Ahansardr,hansardr80%20Decade%3A%221990s%22%20Year%3A%221998%22%20Month%3A%2205%22;rec=6;resCount=Default , title=House of Representatives, Questions on Notice, Advance Australia Foundation , last1=Thomson , first1=Kelvin , last2=Fahey , first2=John , date=12 May 1998 , website=Parliament of Australia , access-date=5 May 2019 , quote=Mr Kelvin Thomson asked the Minister for Finance and Administration, upon notice, on 2 March 1998: (1) Has the Advance Australia Foundation (AAF) been declared insolvent; if so, will he provide details and identify the source of his figures. (2) Did the AAF prepare an annual report for 1995–1996; if so, (a) was it distributed; if not, why not, and (b) will he provide me with a copy. (3) Is the AAF being disbanded because of insolvency; if so, (a) has it taken 18 months for this to be publicised; if so why, and (b) were licensees informed; if not, why not. (4) Did the AAF's annual report for 1994-95 list $3 million in licence fees and $800 000 in cash reserves; if so, (a) what has become of the sums, (b) who is accountable for the sums and (c) what safeguards and procedures apply. Mr Fahey (Finance and Administration) —The answer to the honourable member's question is as follows: (1) No. (2) No. (a) N/A. (b) N/A. (3) No. (a) N/A. (b) N/A. (4) Yes. (a) Remaining funds of the AAF are now in the process of being transferred into a trust fund held by the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry pending new arrangements for administering the Australian Made Logo. (b)and (c) KPMG Chartered Accountants wound up the financial affairs of the AAF {{cite web, title=Trophy - Advance Australia Award, Prue Acton, 1980, url=http://museumvictoria.com.au/collections/items/251557/trophy-advance-australia-award-prue-acton-1980, accessdate=11 March 2013, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029200451/http://museumvictoria.com.au/collections/items/251557/trophy-advance-australia-award-prue-acton-1980, archive-date=29 October 2013, url-status=dead


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Photograph of an enameled pin from the 1980s
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