The 1980 Australia Day Honours were announced on 26 January 1980 by the Governor General of Australia, Sir Zelman Cowen.
The Australia Day Honours are the first of the two major annual honours lists, announced on 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
Dame of the Order of Australia (AD) Recipient Citation NotesFor public and parliamentary service to Australia over many years.
Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) Recipient Citation Notes Rutherford Ness Robertson For service to biological sciences James Vernon For service to industry and to government.
Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) General Division Recipient Citation NotesHarold David AndersonFor public service as a diplomatic representative. Rupert Jethro BestFor service to agricultural science.Charles Warren BonythonFor service to conservationGavin MacRae BunningFor service to industry and to the community. Harold James FrithFor public service in the field of wildlife research and conservation. Norman John Oswald MakinFor service to Parliament, to politics and to government.Lyndon Lloyd McKenzieFor public service in the aviation industry.Richard James PascoeFor public service. Sam Scruton Richardson For service to education.Laurence Elwyn Short For service to trade unionism.Kylie TennantFor service to literature.John Allan UhrigFor service to industry. Rex Eugene VowelsFor service to education.Roy Mervyn Watis For public service
Military Division Branch Recipient Citation NotesNavy Peter Hogarth Doyle For service to the Royal Australian Navy particularly as Chief of Naval Material and as Chief of Joint Operations and Plans.Army David Frederick Walter Engel For service to the Australian Army, particularly as Chief of Material - Army. John Dennis Stevenson For service to the Royal Australian Navy particularly as General Officer Commanding Logistics Command.For service to the Medical Branch of the Royal Australian Air Force and particularly as Director-General of Air Force Health Services.
Member of the Order of Australia (AM) General Division Recipient Citation Notes Paul Gerhard Ernst AlbrechtFor service in the field of Aboriginal welfare.For service to the Royal Life Saving Society of Western Australian. Mary Maria AndrewsFor service to religion.Kenneth Alan ArcherFor service to media.Franca ArenaFor service in the field of ethic affairs.Violet Thenie BaddamsFor service to education.George Kenneth BarlinFor service to the media and to the community.Jeffrey Allison BennellFor service to the sport of lawn bowlsWilliam Martin BoothFor service to aviation. Harold James BrownFor service to education.Roy Henry George BryantFor community service, particularly in the welfare of alcoholics.William Patrick CalnonFor service to local government.Roy Angus CameronFor service to trade unionism.Stanley James ColeFor community service.Chandler Phillip CoventryFor service to art.Ruth Winifred CracknellFor service to the performing arts.William Leslie Carrington DaviesFor service to commerce and to the media.Victor Allen EdgeloeFor service to education. Doris Norma FarleyFor service in the field of Aboriginal welfare.Maxwell Edgar FatchenFor service to journalism and to literature.Trevor Charles FentonFor public service in the aviation industry and for service to the arts.Kenneth James FoxFor service to aviation.Eric John GeeFor service to the dental profession.James Patrick GibsonFor service to trade unionism.Arthur Royston GriffithsClive Frank Sutherland GroomFor service to the stevedoring industry. Eric Rowland GuilerFor service to biological sciencesAlexander Leonard HeiligFor public service.Robert Arthur HingstonFor service to local government.Hazel HolymanFor service to the aviation industry.Frederick Leslie Kerr For service in the field of fire protection, particularly as Director of the South Australian Country Fire ServiceJoan Elizabeth KirnerFor community service.Dorothy Isabel Knox For service to education.Joan Dorothy LongFor service to the film industry.Doris Irene Magee For service to the sport of athletics.Alan David McGilvray For service to the sport of cricket.James Gordon MenziesFor community service. Alwyn John MillingtonFor service to agriculture. Edmund Laurence RandallFor service to religious education.Josephine Francis RogersFor community service in the field of diet and nutrition.Honora Maud RyanFor community service.John Kevin RyanFor service to the sport of horse racing.Alwyn Monteith ShearerFor service to commerce and industry.Donald Adrian Allen SimpsonFor service to handicapped children. William Anderson Hugh SmithFor service to medicine.Desmond Joseph Sullivan For public service, particularly as Managing Secretary, Rottnest Island. Eric Hyman TaftFor service to medicine, particularly in the field of dermatology.Robert Hunter TaitFor community service, particularly with the Boys' Brigade Australia. Wilfred Victor TeniswoodFor service to education and the community.Margaret Kennings WardFor service to education. Louis Ronald WernerAlfred Desmond Joseph WoodFor service to handicapped children.
Military Division Branch Recipient Citation NotesNavy Keith Martin Adams For service to the Naval Reserve Cadets.For service as Supply Officer in HMAS Stalwart. Peter Clifford Mitchell For service as Assistant Director Naval Weapons Design.Army John Stuart BakerFor service on the directing staff of the Joint Services Staff College. Adrian Robert BlackFor service to the Australian Army, particularly as a member of the Regular Officers Development Committee. Edwin John CharltonFor service as Chief Transport and Movements Officer, 1st Transport and Movements Group. Brian Douglas Clendinnen For service to the Army Reserve, particularly as Colonel (Planning) Headquarters 3red Divisional Field Force Group. Peter Maxwell DouglasFor service as Commander Royal Australian Corps of Transport, Headquarters Field Force Command. Richard Seaton FlintFor service as Director of Army Training and Director of Training Requirements - Army. Alfred Barrett GarlandFor service to the Australian Army, particularly in the administration of Field Force Command. Edward James BushellFor service as an aeronautical engineer in the Royal Australian Air Force. Langton James ConnellyFor service as Director of Personnel Airmen, Royal Australian Air Force. Ian Russell GordonFor service as Defence Adviser and Head Australian Defence Co-operation Group, Papua New Guinea. William Eric SansumFor service as the Director of Maintenance Policy in the Royal Australian Air Force.
Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) General Division