The 1988 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 1988 by the Governor General of Australia, Sir Ninian Stephen.
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.
† indicates an award given posthumously.
Order of Australia Companion (AC) General Division Recipient Citation NotesThe Honourable Sir Nigel Hubert Bowen, For service to the law.The Honourable Sir Francis Gerard Brennan, For service to the law.Major-General Paul Alfred Cullen, For service to the community, particularly to the welfare of the blind and visually impaired.David John David For service to medicine, particularly in the field of craniofacial surgery, and to international relations.The Honourable Sir Daryl Michael Dawson, For service to the law.The Honourable Sir William Patrick Deane, For service to the law. For service to the Crown as a Private Secretary to The Queen of Australia.The Honourable Sir Anthony Frank Mason, For service to the law.Sir Eric James Neal For service to commerce and to the community.Professor David Geoffrey Penington For service to medicine and to the community, particularly in the fields of medical education and health care.The Honourable Justice John Leslie Toohey, For service to the law.The Honourable Sir Ronald Darling Wilson, For service to the law.The Honourable Neville Kenneth Wran, For service to government and politics and to the New South Wales Parliament.
Military Division Recipient Citation Notes For service to the Australian Defence Force, particularly as Chief of the General Staff and as Chief of the Defence Force.
Officers (AO) General Division Recipient Citation NotesCommissioner John Keith Avery For public service, particularly with the New South Wales Police Force.Professor Antony Basten For service to medicine, particularly in the field of immunology.Marcus Besen For service to commerce and the community.John Neil Bishop For service to accountancy profession.Robert Britten-Jones For service to medicine.Quentin Alice Louise Bryce For service to the community, particularly to women and to children.Judy Cassab For service to the visual arts.Stanley Edgar Costigan For service to secondary industry and to the community.Kenneth Edward Cowley For service to the media and to the community.Philip Sutton Cox For service to architecture.Stuart Leslie Devlin For service to craftsmanship as a goldsmith, silversmith and designer.Donald Herbert Eltringham For public service.Professor Peter Thomas Fink For service to science and to engineering.The Honourable Justice William Kenneth Fisher For service to industrial relations.Marjory Joyce Fitzpatrick For service to education.Neale Andrew Fraser For service to tennis.The Honourable Harold Hyam Glass For service to the law and to the Royal Australian Navy.Professor Richard Spencer Butler Gye For service to medicine.Harry Hauenschild For service to the trade union movement.The Honourable Patrick Darcy Hills For service to the New South Wales Parliament and to local government.The Right Reverend Peter John Hollingworth For service to religion and to the community.Stuart Gordon Hornery For service to secondary industry.The Honourable Thomas Eyre Forrest Hughes For service to the legal profession.The Honourable Colin John Jamieson For service to the Western Australian Parliament and to the communityBrian Francis Johns For service to publishing and to the media.Harold Gemmell Kippax For service to the theatre and to the media.Robert Edward Klippel For service to art, particularly sculpture.Professor Alex Lazenby For service to learning.Eve Mahlab For service to business, to government and to the community, particularly to women.Stanley William Otto Menzel For service to the construction industry and to the promotion of exports. For service to the Commonwealth Parliament and to international relations.Doctor David Mossenson For service to education.Noel Bede Nairn For service to education as an historian and biographer.Professor Robert John O'Neill For service to international relations and to education.Kevin John Parry For service to secondary industry, to sport and to the community.John Theodore Ralph For service to the manufacturing industry and to the community. For service to science, particularly in the field of geology.Doctor Mercy Sadka For service to medicine, particularly in the field of neurology.Ralph Tony Sarich For service to engineering.Emeritus Professor Peter Scott For service to learning and to the community.Doctor Mark Xavier Shanahan For service to medicine, particularly in the field of cardio-thoracic surgery.Harold James Souter For service to the trade union movement.Emeritus Professor Trevor Winchester Swan For service to education and to government, particularly in the field of economics.Stewart Laurence Wallis For service to the construction industry.
Military Division Branch Recipient Citation NotesNavyFor service to the Royal Australia Navy as Chief of Naval Materiel.Army For service to the Australian Army as Chief of Materiel. John Nelson Stein For service to the Australian Army as Chief of Logistics.Air Force Robert Alexander Kee For service to the Royal Australian Air Force as Director General, Material Projects — Air Force.
Member (AM) General Division