The 1996 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 1996 by the Governor General of Australia, Bill Hayden.
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.
Order of Australia Companion (AC) General Division Recipient Citation Notes Michael Stockton Keating For service to social, economic and public sector reform, particularly as a leader in organisational and management reform Malcolm Ian Logan For service to education, business and the arts, particularly through raising international awareness of Australian higher education services, and for promoting cooperation between countries
Officer (AO) General Division Recipient Citation Notes Richard Wigram Locke Austin, For service to art and to international relations Julie Laraine Cliff For service to medicine and international relations as a leader in the development of community health services in Mozambique Neil Raymond Conn For service as Under Secretary of the Northern Territory Treasury and to the community Joan Croll For service to medicine, particularly in the fields of mammography and ultrasound John Stewart Deeble For service to community health in the fields of health economics and health insurance policy development Albert Coulston Evans, For service to industrial relations John Peter Farnham For service to the Australian music industry and to charitable and community organisations, particularly those relating to youth Robert Henry Frater For service to radio astronomy Joseph Gentilli For service to the study and teaching of geography, particularly in the areas of climatology and immigration studies Colin Ivor Johnston For service to medical research particularly in the areas of heart and kidney disease and to postgraduate medical education. Graeme George Kelleher, For service to environmental conservation and sustainability and the development of policy for marine parks.Reginald Dawson Livermore For service to Australian theatre and drama as a performer, writer and director, and to the community Stanley William McCarthy For service to medicine, particularly in the field of cancer pathology Paul John Nestel For service to medicine, particularly in the field of research into heart disease and its prevention Douglas John Scott For service to aeronautical engineering safety and performance and to international relations Thomas Anthony Sherman For public service, particularly in the area of Australia law enforcement Richard Limon Stanton For service to economic geology and geological research Michael Carter Tate For service to the Australian Parliament and the community Evan Herbert Walker For service to architecture, town planning and the Victorian Parliament
Military Division Branch Recipient Citation NotesArmy Stephen Newman Gower, For distinguished service to the Australian Defence Force, in Logistics and Personnel appointments and to the Army as General Officer Commanding, Training Command Francis John Hickling For distinguished service to the Army and Australian Defence Force in the field of military trainingAir Force Brendan Donald O'Loghlin For distinguished service to the Royal Australian Air Force as Air Officer Commanding, Training Command
Member (AM) General Division Recipient Citation Notes James William Baker For service to medicine, particularly in the field of obstetrics and gynaecology Keith William Barnes For service to Rugby League as a player and administrator Donald Reginald Blew For service to the community, Australian Rules Football and swimming Ailsa Gray Bond For service to women, particularly through the Country Women's Association William Napier Bonthrone, For service to the rural community, particularly through the United Grazier's Association of Queensland Anne Elizabeth Boyd For service as a composer and educator Peter Brine For service to medicine, particularly in the fields of paediatric anaesthesia and paediatric intensive careTimothy Burstall For service to the Australian Film Industry as a producer, director and writer Stanislaus Anthony Carroll For service to the community, particularly through the Mercy Life Centre and Compassionate Friends Richard McKenzie Charlton For service to the petroleum industry and the community Janet Mary Conrad For service to landscape architecture, education and international relations Richard John William d'Apice For service to conservation and the environment and to the community Bruce Charles Eastick For service to the South Australian Parliament, local government and the community Frederick Royce Edwards For service to community health, particularly through the Australian Health Insurance Association Christie Jayaratnam Eliezer For service to the Tamil community in Australia George Durward Fielding For service to medicine, particularly as a surgeon Anne Marie Gardiner For service to Aboriginal education and cultural development Eileen Mary Glass For service to people with intellectual disabilities and their families, particularly through L'Arche in Australia Cuthbert Oswald Harry, For service to the community, particularly the welfare of veterans Mussolini Bangkiringu Harvey For service to the Aboriginal community, particularly in the Northern Territory Stephen Phillip Haynes For service to sport, particularly through the detection and prevention of abuse of illegal substancesMoya Patricia Henderson For service to music, particularly as a composer Jennifer Ann James For service to nurse education Eileen Jerga For service to social welfare, particularly in relation to defence force families Henrietta Kaye For service to the marine conservation movement particularly through project Jonah Clement Bernard Kilby For service to the community, particularly through Centacare family services Kenneth Wilson Knight For service to education, public administration and the Archives Authority of New South Wales Henry Krongold, For service to the community, particularly through the promotion of education, the arts, medical research and social welfare Jennifer Catherine Learmont For service to community health in the fields of transfusion-transmitted infections and advocacy for the treatment of obsessive compulsive disorders Richard Albert Letts For service to music as an administrator and consultant Valerie Anne Lhuede For service to conservation, particularly through the restoration and preservation of Yerranderie Historical Mining Village Margaret Lusink For service to the law through the Family Court of Australia, and to the community Michael Patrick Thomas Lynagh For service to rugby union football Charles Reginald Lyne For service to surf-lifesaving Ian Maclean For service to the inauguration of the system of Australian Archives and to the development of the archival profession David Field Mahoney For service to veterinary science, particularly research into and the development of vaccines against serious cattle disease Alan John Matheson For service to ethnic affairs, particularly in the field of industrial relations Erich Anton Mayer For service to the business community and to youth, particularly through reforms in education and training programmes James Harold McCalman For service to local government and to the New South Wales electricity distribution industry Kenneth Comninos Michael For public service and engineering, particularly through the maintenance and expansion of the main road network Irene Mills For service to the advancement of health care services in the rural sector of Western AustraliaJohn Neville Morphett For service to architecture, business and commerce, and the community John Edwin Neary, For service to the entertainment industry and the Talent Development Project Ronald Kim Oates For service to medicine, particularly in the field of paediatrics, and the welfare of children Michael Avison Parker, For service to education, particularly through the Plain English Speaking Award Scheme, and to the community Clive Brownley Pascoe For service to contemporary music educationJoan Burton Paton For service to ornithology, education and the environment Anne Piaszczyk For service to nursing, particularly in the field of oncology James William Riggs For service to mental health, particularly through the Richmond Fellowship Mary Seah For humanitarian and courageous service to Australian POWs incarcerated in Changi Robert James Searls For service to medical research and administration, particularly through Prince Henry's Medical Research Centre, and to the mining industry Elsa Kay Sharp For service to education, particularly in the field of vocational training Peter Roger Shergold For public service Keith Courtney Singh For service to business and the community Dale Spender For service to the community as a writer and researcher in the field of equality of opportunity and equal status for women Deane Frederick Stahmann For service to the development of the pecan nut industry and research into biological pest control Harold James Sternbeck For service to conservation through the Hunter Valley Conservation Trust, and to local governmentJoyce Stevens For service to social justice for women as an activist and writer John Colin Sweetman For service to the tourism and hospitality industries, particularly in relation to education and training Edward Franklin Thomas For service to the performing arts, particularly the development of Australian-made television programmes, and to the community Marelle Ann Thornton For service to people with disabilities, particularly through the Spastic Centre of New South Wales Wyndham Treasure For service to yachting, particularly the promotion and marketing of Australian yachtingPercy James Trezise For service to the preservation and interpretation of Aboriginal rock art and the study of prehistory and archaeology Lance Thomas Twomey For service to education, particularly in the field of physiotherapy Frank Burdon (Don) Webb For service to medicine, particularly in the field of orthopaedic surgery, and to St John Ambulance in Western Australia Peter William Weissam For service to the arts Charles Frank Westrip For service to arts administration and the building industry Marjorie Georgina Joan Williams For service to the community as a writer, particularly in the areas of peace, social equality and protection of the environment Beryl Muriel Wiltshire For service in the field of social welfare Peter Hon Jung Wong For service to the Chinese community Gwenda Merle Zietsch For service to youth
Military Division