The 1981 Australia Day Honours were announced on 26 January 1981 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 Notes Alec Derwent Hope For service to literature. William (John) Kilpatrick For community service. Charles (Gullan) McGrath For service to industry.
Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) General Division Recipient Citation Notes Neville Coleman DavisFor service to medicine, particularly in the field of melanoma research. Lance Aubrey EndersbeeFor service to engineering.Gordon Peter FitzgeraldFor service to the retailing industry and to the community.John McKenzie HillardFor service to the accounting profession. Jacques Francis Albert Pierre MillerFor service to medical research. John Russell RowlandFor public service as a diplomatic representative. John Bernard SweeneyFor service to the Law.Roy WoodallFor service to the mining industry. Hill Wesley WonderFor public service in the field of metallurgy and industrial technology. Military Division Branch Recipient Citation Notes Selwyn David Evans For service to the Royal Australian Air Force, particularly as Chief of Air Force Operations. Michael Manifold Helsham For service as Judge-Advocate of the Royal Australian Air Force.
Member of the Order of Australia (AM) General Division Recipient Citation Notes Joan Winifred AllsopFor service to adult education.Reverend Brother Angelus (Donald Xavier McKinley)For service to education.Harold John BailyFor service to art. Maxwell Robert BanksFor service to science and the community.Graham Gordon BlackwoodFor service to the sport of yachting.Joyce BlaiklockFor community service.Nancy Roslyn BundleFor service to nursing. Arthur William BurnellFor service to medicine, particularly in the field of domiciliary care. William Ramsay CairnsFor community service with the Salvation Army.Robert Elliot ChampionFor service to local government and the community.John Richard James ClarkFor service to the theatre. John LLewellyn ColvinFor service to medicine, particularly in the field of ophthalmology.Alexander Robert ConnelFor service to the community. Lloyd Woodrow CoxFor service to the community.Ellen Dymphna CusackFor service to literature.Beatrice Deloitte DavisJohn Noel Whitefoord EllistonFor service to the mining industry. Samuel Islwyn EvansFor service to education.Peter Leonard FaimanFor service to the media, particularly in the field of television production.Vincent James FordeFor service to the Royal Life Saving Society of Australia.Harold Wesley GillardFor community service.Dewar Wilson GoodeFor service to conservation.Isador GoodmanFor service to music. Roy Russell Gordon For community service.James Murray Gosper For service to the building industry and to the community.Guy Edward Grey-SmithFor service to art. Alfred Gordon HammerFor service to education in the field of psychology.Reginald HarrisFor community service. Marshall Davidson HatchFor public service in the field of plant metabolism.Crawford Irving HayesFor service in the field of industrial relations.Francis Daniel HayesFor service in the field of social welfare.John William HoustonFor parliamentary and community service. Herbert Leslie HughesFor service to medicine, particularly in the field of ophthalmology.Tom Morven JeffreyFor service to the film and television industry.Malcolm George KingFor service to industry.John Frederick LavisFor service to the dental industry.William Morris LawryFor service to the sport of cricket.Jack LindsayFor service to literature. Ian Reay MackayFor service to medical research.William Allan Marshall For service to literature.John Joseph McGuireFor service to the dairy industry. George Rex MeyerFor service to education.Clive Harlie MonkFor service to engineering. Max Clifford MooreFor service to medicine, particularly in the field of ophthalmology. Charles Edmund MoorehouseFor service to education.Nathaniel Albert Alfred MyersFor service to medicine, particularly in the field of paediatrics.Bruce Waddell Fieldew PrattFor service to the publishing industry. Albert Tonkin PugsleyFor service to agriculture, particularly in the field of wheat research.Eric Gordon PullenFor service to the fertilizer industry.Alexander Leslie Rigby For service to the building industry and to the community.Eric Richard RisstromFor service to commerce and to the community.John Justin RocheFor service to local government and town planning. Terese Royse-SmithFor service to the dental industry.John Louis RundleFor service to the community.George SmithFor community service, particularly in the field of social welfare.Ivan Francis Southall For service to literature.Selby Kingston SteeleFor service to hospital administration.Evonne Rita SullivanFor community service.Newton Stanley TiverFor service to agriculture, particularly in the field of pasture research. Reno VardanegaFor public service. Geoffrey Thomas VirgoFor parliamentary and community service.Jack Hayward Watson For public and community service. John Alexander WeirFor service to trade unionism.Garth de Burgh WelchFor service to ballet.John Oswald WickingFor service to the welfare of handicapped persons.Foster Neil WilliamsFor service to the sport of Australian football.Brooks Christian WilsonFor community service.Malcolm Leslie WrightFor service to the accounting profession and to the community.
Military Division Branch Recipient Citation NotesNavy Henry Alfred JosephsFor service to the Royal Australian Navy, particularly as Australian Naval Attache, Jakarta. Anthony Rockley HortonFor service to the Royal Australian Navy, particularly as Commanding Officer of HMAS Hobart. Gordon Lewis SheridanFor service as Supply Officer of HMAS Nirimba.Army Edmond Ross Brown For service in the Army Reserve. Edward Peter ConstantineFor service to the Royal Australian Survey Corps. Brian George Florence For service to the Australian Army, particularly as Commandant of Officer Cadet School, Portsea, Vic. David Walter HanlinFor service to the Australian Army in the field of Army construction. Paul Desmond LipscombeFor service to the Australian Army Aviation Corps. John Nelson SteinFor service to the Australian Army, particularly in the field of logistics and organisational development. John Maxwell ChesterfieldFor service as Commandant of the Royal Australian Air Force Staff College.For service as a Medical Officer and consultant physician to the Director-General of Air Force Health Services, Royal Australian Air Force. Robert George SharpFor service as a staff officer in the Directorate of Air Force Plans, Department of Defence (Air Force). Allan Jeffrey PappinFor service as Commanding Officer of Number 34 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force.
Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) General Division