The 1983 Australia Day Honours were announced on 26 January 1983 by the Governor General of Australia, Sir Ninian Stephen.
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
Knight of the Order of Australia (AK) Recipient Citation Notes Roy Douglas WrightFor service to education, to learning and to medicine.
Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) Recipient Citation NotesTristan AnticoFor service to industry and to the community.Frank Walters KittoFor service to learning.Kerry PackerFor service to the media.
Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) General Division Recipient Citation NotesNorman James AttwoodFor public serviceNoel Edwin CaseyFor public service and for service to the community. Graeme Milbourne ClarkFor service to medicine.Alan Wilson CoatesFor service to commerce and to industry. John Houghton ColebatchFor service to medicine. Henry Jacob CowanFor service to architectural science.John Twiston DanksFor service to the community.Noel Joseph FlanaganFor public service.David Aylward GameFor service to medicine.Percy James GoldstonFor service to engineering and to educationEric John Richard HeywardFor service with the United Nations Children's FundMyer Kangan For public service and for service to education.Jan Eric KolmFor service to industry and to science.William Albany McKenzieFor service to local government and to the community.Reginald Leo McKernFor service to the performing arts Thomas Bruce MillarFor service to international relationsLeslie Wedgewood ParkinFor service to mining and to geology. James Patrick QuirkFor service to agriculture science.Wilton Maxwell ScrivenFor public service.Frank Northey SleemanFor service to local government and to the community.William Frank WalkerFor service to horticulture. John Manning WardFor service to education.Margaret Elaine WhitlamFor service to the community.David Keith WilliamsonFor service to the arts as a playwright and screen writer.
Military Division Branch Recipient Citation NotesNavy William John RourkeFor service to the Royal Australian Navy, particularly as General Manager, Garden Island Dockyard and as Chief of Naval Material.ArmyFor service to the Australian Army, particularly as Chief of Operations Army and Officer Commanding Field Force Command. Roy Ernest FrostFor service to the Royal Australian Air for and the Defence Force, particularly as Head, Australian Defence Staff, London and as Chief of Air Force Personnel.
Member of the Order of Australia (AM) General Division Recipient Citation NotesRichard Frank AnnoisFor service to visual artsVasille Papadimitrou ApostolFor service to ethnic welfare.Kenneth James AtkinsonFor service to primary industry.William Henry John BarrFor service to industry and to international commerce. John BaytonFor service to religion and to the community.Kingston BondFor service to industry. Allan George BrandFor service to medical administration.Jack Thornton ChristiansenFor service to education.Eric John CoffeyFor service to science in the field of environmental protection and control.Desmond Fox ColquhounFor service to the media.Hubert Kestell CornishFor service in the television industry and to the community.Ivor Morris Bridson CribbFor service to education, particularly in the field of international relations.Frank Edwin CrowleFor service to the construction industry.Edwin Phillip DevereauxFor service to medicine, particularly in the field of chiropractic health care.James Espie DoddsFor service to the disabled. Cornelius James DuffyFor service to education, particularly in the field of remedial teaching.Arthur David Pearson DyerFor service to education.Arthur Henry FornoFor service to local government.John Norman GermainFor service to the performing arts as an opera singer.John William Anderson GildeaFor service to international relations, particularly in the field of overseas aid.Erica Fielding GrimwadeFor public service.Alban Frederick Gurnett-SmithFor public service.Geoffrey Victor HallidayFor public service. Elinor Catherine HamlinFor service to medicine and to medical research.William Leslie HardingFor public service and for service to the community.Alma Elizabeth HartshornFor service in the field of social welfare.Alan Bruce HendersonFor service to primary industry. David McIndoe HodgesFor service to religion and to the community.Kevin Myles Stephen HollandFor service to local government.William Gordon JonesFor service to local government and to the community. Kenneth Batten LeaverFor service to religion and to the welfare of the disabled.Graham Robert LumbFor service to commerce and to the community.Peter Kenneth MacDougallFor service to the printing industry.Vincent Brian McMullanFor service to trade unionism.Douglas Gordon Murtagh MurphyFor service to the community.Joyce NicholsonFor service to literature and to the book publishing industry. Lindsay Annan NorthFor service to trade unionism.Owen Hedley PamplinFor service to industrial relations.Jeffrey Langdon ParsonsFor service to the community.James Finlay Patrick For service to the community.John Wallace PenderFor service to local government and to the community.Michael Graham Rhodes PerryFor service to industry and to the community.Betty Mildred PounderFor service to the theatre and to the performing arts.Howard Frank Purnell For public service.Norman Charles RaffFor public service.Lucy Francis Harvey Rees For service to children's literature and to the community.Barrett ReidFor public service, particularly in the field of librarianship.Richard Malkin Bradley ReynoldsFor service to commerce.Norman Wilfred SavageFor service to the community.Elsie Hope SollyFor service to education, particularly in the field of secretarial studies. Ian McColl StewartFor service to engineering.Robert Landells Mills SummerbellFor service to industry and to the community. Alan Oliver WatsonFor service to dentistry.Grahame Frederick WheelerFor service to youth welfare.James Duncan WillsFor service to industry through the building society movement, and to the community.John Walter WrigleyFor public service, particularly in the civilisation and study of Australian flora.
Military Division Branch Recipient Citation NotesNavy John HughesFor service to the Royal Australian Navy, particularly as director of Naval Aircraft Engineering and the Aircraft Carrier Project Director. Michael Brymer RaymentFor service to the Royal Australian Navy, particularly in the field of Navy training.Army David John GilroyFor service to the Australian Army, particularly as Deputy Commandant of the Command and Staff College, Queenscliff. Maxwell Gordon Treadgold Kenny For service to the Army Reserve. Geoffrey Beadnall SimsFor service to the Australian Army, particularly in the field of conditions of service.Air Force Donald FoleyFor service as the Commanding Officer of Movement Coordination Centre, Royal Australian Air Force. Colin James PriorFor service as Staff Officer Plans and Intelligence at Headquarters Operational Command, Royal Australian Air Force
Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) General Division