The 1982 Australia Day Honours were announced on 26 January 1982 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)
General Division Recipient Citation NotesSir Edward John Bunting For public and community service.Ethel Marian Summer, Baroness Casey For service to literature, to art and to the community. Charles Balfour Marcus FentonFor service to the Parliament of the State of Tasmania and to the community. Sir Henry Arthur Winneke For public service and for service to the Crown.
General Division (Honorary) Recipient Citation NotesMother Teresa (Bojaxhiu)For service to the community of Australia and humanity at large.Shridath Surendranath RamphalFor service to Australia and the Commonwealth community.Brian Edward TalboysFor service to Australia–New Zealand relations.
Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) General Division Recipient Citation Notes James Albert AllenFor service to education. Clyde Robert CameronFor service to politics and to government.Gordon Thomas Colebatch For service engineering. James Desmond CorcoranFor service to politics and to government. Sydney David EinfeldFor service to politics, to government and to the community.Warwick Joseph HolcroftFor service to industry. Lawson James HolmanFor service to medicine.Steven Kenneth LangleyFor service to engineering.Robert Peter McIntyreFor service to architecture and to urban planning. Walter Douglas NealFor service to education.John Davey NorgardFor public service. Henry Ian Alexander Nowik For service to industry and to the community.Neal Francis Stevens For public service. Gordon Noel UptonFor public service as a diplomatic representative.Robert James WhiteFor service to banking, to commerce and to the community. John Douglas YeoFor service to medicine. Military Division Branch Recipient Citation NotesArmy James Curnow Hughes For service to the Australian Army Kevin Ross Melham For service to the Army Reserve. Raymond Edward Trebilco For service to the Royal Australian Air Force.
Member of the Order of Australia (AM) General Division Recipient Citation NotesJack Lewis AllenFor public service.Kathleen Harris AndersonFor service to politics, to government and to the community.Jeffrey Charles BergmannFor service to local government and to the community.Harry BluckFor service to music.Dietrich Hans BorchardtFor service to librarianship, particularly in the field of bibliography.Victor George BorgFor service to migrant welfare.Patricia Christine BraithwaiteFor service to the media, particularly in the field of film and television. Barrie John BrownFor public service as a member of the Australian Federal Police.William Piper BrownFor service to engineering.Reginald Clement BuckettFor service to industry and to the community.Noel Wilfred BuckleyFor service to the community. Kenneth John CableFor service to education. Frank Barry CocksFor public service as a member of the South Australian Police.Brian Frederick CooperFor public service as a radio scientist.Gregory Francis CooteFor service to the film industry and to the communityJohn Edward Daley For service to the community.Lauris Margaret Elms For service to music.John Murray EvansFor public service.Robert Davis FitzgeraldFor service to literature.William Mervyn FlassmanFor service as a hospital administrator.John Roslyn GarnetFor service to conservation. Frank Leveson George For service to the community. Anthony Joachim Glynn For service in the field of international relations.Arthur Herbert HamsFor service to the coal mining industry.Mervyn Emrys Rosser HortonFor service to the visual arts.Christopher Edward HoweFor service to the sport of trotting. John Hughes For service to religion and to the community.Geoffrey Brian HuntFor service to the sport of squash. Mark JollyFor service to dentistry.John Harold Kaye For service to scouting and to the community. Leslie Charles Dunstan KempFor service to education.Donald James LaverickFor service to the shipbuilding industry.Barry John McDonaldFor service to the legal profession. Ronald Ramsay McNicoll For service to literature, particularly as an historian of military engineering.Kenneth MallaboneFor service to local government and to the community.Ronald Nevill Damian Miller For service to the community.Harold Bryce MortlockFor service to architecture.Graeme Lloyd MurphyFor service to ballet.Raymond Jeffrey MyersFor service to the performing arts as an operatic singer.Raymond Lindsay O'NeillFor service to local government and to the community. Dudley Joseph O'SullivanFor service to the disabled.Merle Elecia ParkesFor service to nursing.Francis Albert PascoeFor service to industry.Lindsay John PhillipsFor service to primary industry and to the community.Henry Fox PowellFor service to the deaf.David Maxwell Purnell For service to the community. Thomas Rees-Thomas For service to the community and to education.June Marie SalterFor service to the performing arts. Leonard Ernest SamuelsFor public service.William Leonard SidwellFor service to industry and to the community.Edward Richard TaylorFor service to engineering.Brian Henry TregillisFor public service.Ian Austin Abbot VassieFor service to accountancy, to education and to the community.Edgar Morris WeatherstoneFor service to international commerce.Clement Herman AlfredFor service to the community.Alan Brian WhelptonFor service to surf life saving.Raymond Gordon WilliamsFor public service. George Charles WilsonFor service to medicine.Arthur Joseph WinterFor public service.Samuel William WoodsFor service to education and to the community.Robert William Ernest WrightsonFor service to ballroom dancing.
Military Division Branch Recipient Citation NotesNavy Alan Lee BeaumontFor service to the Royal Australian Navy, particularly as Director of Naval Plans. Anthony Rockley HortonFor service to the Royal Australian Navy, particularly as Commanding Officer of HMAS Hobart. Peter James BobroffFor service to the Royal Australian Navy particularly in the area of research into Naval Combat Data Systems. David Whiston NicolFor service to the Royal Australian Navy Fleet Air Arm in the field of training and technical support.Army Reuben Ernest BowdFor service to the Royal Australian Armoured Corps. Robert Edmund HagertyFor service to the Australian Army in the field of equipment management and procurement. Peter Thomas JohnsonFor service to the Australian Army in the field of Joint Service Planning. Bruce Michael KempFor service to the Australian Army in the field of capability development. Donald Lundie For service to the army reserve.For service to the Royal Australian Air Force, particularly as a staff officer in the Directorate of Operational Requirements. Geoffrey Ivan LumsdenFor service to the Royal Australian Air Force, particularly as Commanding Officer of Number 37 Squadron. John Irvine ThomsonFor service to the Royal Australian Air Force, particularly as Director Material Definition. Frederick James WinterFor service to the Royal Australian Air Force, particularly as the Senior Administrative Staff Officer at Headquarters Support Command.
Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) General Division