The 1989 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 1989 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 Notes Walter Benjamin Campbell For service to the Crown and the people of Queensland Llewellyn Roy Edwards For service to the community, particularly as Chairman of World Expo ‘88 Frank John Fenner, For service to medical science, to public health and to the environment Gerald Gleeson For public service as Secretary of the Premier's Department, New South Wales Robert Marsden Hope, For service to the law, to government, to learning and conservation Deirdre Frances Jordan, For service to learning and to the community, particularly the Aboriginal communityBrian Thorley Loton For service to industry John Brian Massy-Greene For service to banking, to industry and to the communityJohn Walter Utz, For service to business and to industryAlan John Woods, For public service, particularly as Secretary to the Department of Defence John (McIntosh) Young, For service to the law and to the Crown
Officers (AO) General Division Recipient Citation Notes Adrien Albert For services to medical chemistry, particularly in the fields of teaching and research Anthony Stuart Blunn For service to the Public Service Malcolm John Bryce For service to the Western Australian Parliament Graham Dene Burrows For service to medicine, particularly in the field of psychiatry John Leonard Connell For service to medicine, particularly in the field of vascular surgery Kay Cottee For service to the sport of sailing, the community and to youth George Michael Crennan, For service to the community, particularly in the field of migrant welfare Sheila Drummond For service to people with disabilities, particularly as a speech pathologistKathleen Elizabeth Fitzpatrick For service to education, particularly in the field of history Gwendoline Fay Gale For service to social science, particularly in the fields of geography and Aboriginal studiesPeter Gregory Goldston For service to World Expo 88 in the fields of design planning and constructionDavid Samuel Greatorex For service to business and commerce, particularly in the field of insuranceJohn Neville Holland, For service to the Australian honours system and for public service Bruce William Holloway For service to science, particularly in the field of biotechnology Thomas Henry Hurley, For service to medicine Joseph Ezra Isaac For service to industrial relations and to educationDonald Hope Laidlaw For service to secondary industry, the South Australian Parliament and to the communityIan Murray McLachlan For service to primary industry Alex Leo Morokof For service to secondary industry and as Chairman of the Parliament House Construction Authority Milton Arthur Morris For service to the New South Wales Parliament, and to the community, particularly youthLeslie Allan Murray For service to Australian literatureGerald Mansfield Niall For service to business, to industry and to the communityGordon Robert Peatey For public service as Chief Executive of the Parliament House Construction Authority John Riddoch Poynter For service to education Jeanne Pratt For service to the community Bernard Francis Prindiville, For service to the community Jonathan William Sanders, For service to sailing and to marine scienceThomas William Shapcott For service to Australian literature and to arts administration Annette Lester (Anne) Silcock For service to education, particularly early childhood education Michael Sinclair For service to the arts, particularly to fine arts, music and literature Harry William Sorensen, For service to the finance industryJohn Richard Steinle For service to education Kevin James Stewart For service to the New South Wales Parliament and as a New South Wales Agent-General in London David Hugh Trollope For service to engineering, particularly in the field of geomechanics Peter Louis Waller For service to the legal profession, particularly as a teacher, and to the community Robert Bruce Winder For service to education Ann Janet Woolcock For service to medicine, particularly in the field of respiratory medicine David Wynn For service to primary industry, particularly oenology and to the arts
Military Division Branch Recipient Citation Notes Navy Adrian Ronald Cummins For service to the Royal Australian Navy, particularly as the Director-General of Naval Warfare Australian Army Murray Phillip Blake, For service to the Australian Army as Commandant Royal Military College For service to the Australian Army as Assistant Chief of the General Staff Personnel Air Force Michael Douglas Miller For service to the Royal Australian Air Force as Director General of Air Force Health Services
Member (AM) General Division