The 1979 Australia Day Honours were announced on 26 January 1979 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
Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) Recipient Citation NotesBob HawkeFor service to trade unionism and industrial relations. Laurence Rupert McIntyre For public service. John Brophy RenshawFor service to politics and management. Walter ScottFor service to industry and government. Frederick Wheeler For public service.
Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) General Division Recipient Citation Notes Lance Herbert BarnardFor service to politics and government. Kim Edward BeazleyFor service to politics and government.Lewis Harold Border For public service.Arthur Meric Bloomfield BoydFor service to the visual arts.Lester Joseph Brain For service to the aviation industry. Peter Braithwaite For community service, particularly with the Australian Red Cross Society.Cleaver Ernest Bunton For service to local government.James Allen CrawfordFor community service. John Patrick Ducker For service to trade unionism. Donald William GeorgeFor service in the fields of science and engineering. James William Gleeson For service to religion and social welfare. Phyllis Marion Elliott GoatcatcherFor community service.Leslie Kenneth GordonFor public service.Albert Edward HarrisFor service to industry.Cyril Nathaniel KleinigFor service to the aviation industry.David Surrey Gibson LittlemoreFor service to architecture.John Osman MillerFor community service.Roger Neil MorseFor public service.Norman Richard Seddon For services to the performing arts.Egon SternFor services to the development of air navigational facilities. Frank Joseph Scott WiseFor service to politics and government.
Military Division Branch Recipient Citation NotesNavy Ivan Raoul JonesFor service as Director-General of Fleet Maintenance.ArmyBrigadier Roy Wilfred MorrisFor service to the Australian Army and in particular as Director-General of Supply. John Irvine Williamson For service in positions of great responsibility including that of Deputy Chief of the General Staff. Jeffrey Hubert De La Tour BlackwellFor service to the Royal Australian Air Force and in particular as Director-General of Personnel Services. Robert David EgertonFor service to the Royal Australian Air Force and in particular as Director-General of Supply.
Member of the Order of Australia (AM) General Division Recipient Citation NotesBetty Joan AllenFor service to the Girl's Brigade Australia. Raymond AppleFor service to the Jewish community. George William BassettFor service to education.Edwin Charles BennessFor service to industry and the community. Edward Allan BoothFor service to medicine, particularly in the field of radiology. Henry Noel BoyleFor service to the welfare of service men and women, particularly as Chairman of the Regular Defence Force Welfare Association.Anthony BookmanFor service to the Adelaide Children's HospitalThomas Napier BrownFor service to the furniture industry.John Keith Buchanan For community service.Joy CollinsAllan George CoombsFor service to the building industry and to education.George Henry Dallimore For service to pharmacy William Gardner DaviesFor public service, particularly as a member of the Australian Delegation to UNESCOPaul Louis DuboisFor public service with the Australian Telecommunications Commission.John Isadore EinfeldFor service to the community and to the welfare of ex-servicemen and women. Archie Samuel EllisFor service in the field of mental health, particularly as Director of Mental Health Services in Western Australia. Kenneth Duncan FitchFor service in the field of sports medicine.Victor McDonald GibsonFor service to industry.Lindsay Gaye GogginFor service to the sport of golf. Douglas GordonFor service to medicine and medical research, particularly in the field of preventative medicine.Rhoda Joyce Evelyn GrayFor service to nursing and community welfare.James Merewyn GreenwoodFor service to industry.Allan Thomas GriffithFor public service.John Dennis HarrisFor community service. Morton Earle HermanFor service to architecture.Henry Francis Critchely HinderFor service to art.Margel Ina Harris Hinder Tulloch Graham Heuze HoggFor service to handicapped children. Colin James HorneFor service to literature.Stanley Ernest HuddlestonFor public service.Peter John HudsonFor service to the sport of Australian Rules Football.Beryl Elaine Jacka For service to the mining industry. Henry Buckhurst KayFor service to medicine and to the National Heart Foundation of Australia.David Anthony KearneyFor community service.Nancy Florence KeesingFor service to literature.Sidney Joseph Albert KempFor service to country radio and television.Breno Edwin LangeFor service to local government and the community. Noel Desmond MartinFor service to dentistry.Kelvin Paul McGrathFor service to forestry and conservation.Heather Pamela McKay For service to the sport of squash.Desmond Joseph MooneyFor service in the field of mental health. Frances Jean NorthropFor service to Aboriginal welfare. Desmond John PittarFor service to medicine, particularly in the field of pathology.Clement William Bailey RenoufFor community service.Milton William RobinsonFor public service.Kenneth Robert Rosewall For service to the sport of tennis.Kathleen Steele ScottFor public service with the Australian Postal Commission.Francis Arthur SedgmanFor service to the sport of tennis.Robert Michael Seymour For public service.Eric Abraham SilbertFor community service.Milton Graham StevensFor public service with the Australian Postal Commission.James Thomas Davy Stewart For service to the welfare of ex-service men and women. Douglas William SutherlandFor service to local government.John James Thornton For community service.Margaret TraskFor service to librarianship. Clarence Samuel Trudgian For service in the field of community welfare. William George WalkerFor service in the fields of university administration and learning. Annie Winifred WallFor service to the community, particularly in the field of women's affairs.Joseph Dudley Westwood For service to the welfare of ex-service men and womenEdgar Walwyn Wortley For community service.
Military Division Branch Recipient Citation NotesNavy Ronald Rex Calder For service to the Royal Australian Navy and in particular as Director of Naval Weapons Design. Malcolm Aidan McKinnon Clarke For service to the Royal Australian Navy and in particular as Inspector of Administration. Patrick John Clough For service as Officer-in-charge of the Marine Engineering School.Army Murray Phillip Blake For service as Commanding Officer of 5/9 Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment. Phillip Roy Carey For service to the Royal New South Wales Regiment and to the Army Reserve. Paul Netherton GreenhalghFor service to the Australian Army and as Assistant Army Attache to the United States. John Cameron HardingFor service to the Australian Army and to the Royal Military College, Duntroon. Brian William Howard For service as Commanding Officer of 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment. Barrington George William Ingram For service to the Australian Army Reserve. Herbert Malcolm LanderFor service to the Australian Army and in particular as Director of Personnel Employment. Kevin Thomas CaseyFor service as an Equipment Officer in the Royal Australian Air Force. Robert William FretwellFor service as a Radio Officer in the Royal Australian Air Force. Robert George SharpFor service to Dentistry in the Royal Australian Air Force.
Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) General Division