1991 Queen's Birthday Honours (Australia)

The 1991 Queen's Birthday Honours for Australia were announced on Monday 10 June 1991 by the office of the Governor-General.

The Birthday Honours were appointments by some of the 16 Commonwealth realms of Queen Elizabeth II to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries. The Birthday Honours are awarded as part of the Queen's Official Birthday celebrations during the month of June.

Order of Australia

Companion (AC)

General Division RecipientCitationNotesDame Judith Anderson, For service to the performing artsDame Beryl Edith Beaurepaire, For service to the community, particularly as Chairman of the Council of the Australian War MemorialProfessor John Philip ChalmersFor services to medical science, particularly in the field of cardiovascular physiologyJack Napier Davenport, For service to business and industry and to the communityAssociate Professor Frederick Cossom HollowsFor service in public health in Australia and abroadDr Bernard McCarthy O'Brien, For service to microsurgery

Officer (AO)

General Division RecipientCitationNotesThe Hon Neil Leonard Charles BattFor service to the Tasmanian Parliament, to politics and to the communityTrevor Percy Winston BoucherFor service to the Public Service as Commissioner of TaxationProfessor Maxwell John CharlesworthFor service to philosophy, bioethics and educationNeil Rex ClarkFor service to the community, banking and businessProfessor Adrienne Elizabeth ClarkeFor service to science and industry, particularly through the application of biotechnologyProfessor Douglas John CosterFor service to ophthalmology, particularly as Lions Professor of Ophthalmology, Flinders University, South AustraliaIvan Albert DevesonFor service to the automative industry and to businessTony Eggleton, For service to politics and government as federal director of the Liberal Party of AustraliaJohn David EnfieldFor service to public administrationDr Reginald Glover EppsFor service to medical education and to hospital administrationJames Richard FlemingFor service to retailing and to horseracingAshley William Goldsworthy, For service to information technology, particularly through the Australian Computer SocietyBruno Gordano GrolloFor service to building and construction and to the communityRobert Studley Forrest HughesFor service to art and to the promotion of Australian cultureMiriam Beatrice Hyde, For service to music as a pianist and composer and to music educationRoland David JacksonFor service to the profession of architectureProfessor James Waldo Lance, For service to neurologyKeith Vaux Mattingley, For service to child health research, to the arts and to the communityDonald Benjamin McDonaldFor service to arts administration, particularly as general manager of the Australian OperaEmeritus Professor Derek John Mulvaney, For service to prehistory and anthropology, particularly through the study of Aboriginal cultural heritageMargaret Hannah OlleyFor service as an artist and to the promotion of artJohn de Burgh PercevalFor service to the visual artsRayden Alfred PerryFor service to science and to the environment, particularly through land resources managementProfessor Renfrey Burnard PottsFor service to education and in particular to applied mathematicsDr Lyndel Vivien ProttFor service to environmental and cultural property lawThe Honourable Raymond George Reynolds, For service to the law and to community, particularly through child health and safety organisationsSister Margaret Mary RyanFor service to the care of the dying through the Mercy Hospice Care, MelbourneDr Edward Durham SmithFor service to paediatrics, particularly as a surgeonJames Graham Ambrose Tucker, For service to business and to the communityDr Elizabeth Kathleen TurnerFor service to paediatrics, particularly as a physicianJohn Harrison Valder, For service to business, to politics and to the communityDonald Sutherland VanrenenFor service to the wool industry, particularly through merino sheep breedingBruce VaughanFor service to primary industry and to the communityThe Honourable Robert Alexander WallaceFor service to the law and to the communityBrett WhiteleyFor service to art as a portrait and landscape painter

Military Division BranchRecipientCitationNotesNavyRear Admiral Anthony Lancaster Hunt, For service to the Royal Australian Navy, particularly as the Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Materiel)ArmyMajor General Warren Edward GlennyFor service to the Australian Army Reserve as Commander of the 3rd DivisionBrigadier Ian James Campbell HearnFor service to the Australian Army and Australia in representational and military appointmentsAir ForceAir Commodore Richard Norman GurevitchFor service to the Royal Australian Air Force as Director General Facilities – Air Force

Member (AM)

General Division