The 1992 Australia Day Honours are appointments to various orders and honours to recognise and reward good works by Australian citizens. The list was announced on 25 January 1992 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.
† indicates an award given posthumously.
Order of Australia Companion (AC) General Division Recipient Citation NotesSir James Schofield Balderstone For service to primary industry and business and commerce Noel George Butlin For service to education, particularly in the study of economic growthCardinal Edward Bede Clancy For service to religion, learning and to the disadvantaged in the community David Roderick Curtis For service to medicine and science, particularly in the fields of research and administration Maxwell Spencer Dupain For service to the visual arts, particularly through photography Dame Phyllis Irene Frost For service to the community, particularly as Chairperson, Victorian Relief Committee and Chairperson, The Victorian Women's Prison CouncilJustice Anthony Murray Gleeson For service to the law and to the CrownSir Rupert (James) Hamer For service to the Arts, particularly as Chairman of the Victoria State Opera, and to the communityMr Justice David Kingsley Malcolm For service to law and to the Crown Barry Emmanuel Tuckwell For service to music, particularly as a performer on the French horn
Military Division Branch Recipient Citation NotesNavy Alan Lee Beaumont For service to the Australian Defence Force, particularly as Vice Chief of the Defence ForceArmy Henry John Coates For service to the Australian Army, particularly as Chief of the General Staff
Officers (AO) General Division Recipient Citation NotesPhillip Andrew Adams For service to the Australian film and television industries Thea Beatrice May Astley, For service to Australian literature Peter Erne Baume For service to the Australian ParliamentMaureen Brunt For service to the Trade Practices Tribunal and to educationDonald Frederick Darben For service to development in the Northern TerritoryDonald Bruce Dawe For service to Australian literature, particularly in the field of poetry John Robert de Laeter For service to science educationIan Maxwell Dickenson For service to primary industry, particularly forestryJohn Robert Arthur Dowd For service to the NSW parliamentPeter Dunn, For services to international relationsLindsay Edward Fox For service to the transport industry and to the communityArthur Thomas Gietzelt For service to the Australian Parliament and to local governmentDonald James Grimes For service to the Australian Parliament and to international relationsEula Margaret Guthrie For service to education and to the communityCynthia Ann Johnston For service to the performing arts particularly through the Australian Opera and the young artist development programme Allen Kerr For service to science, particularly to plant pathology Henry Oliver Lancaster For service to mathematical sciences and to educationDiana Marguerite Large For service to the performing arts particularly in Tasmania, and to religionPeter Maxwell Laurance For service to the tourist industry and to children with physical disabilities Ian Calder Lewis For service to medicine and education, particularly in the field of child health Ts'un-yan Liu For service to education, particularly in the field of Chinese studiesIan Malcolm Macphee For service to the Australian ParliamentAileen Mary Monck For service to nursing, particularly in the field of education and administrationAdrian Herbert Monsbourgh For service to music, particularly jazz as a performer and composerJames Fulton Muir For service to commerce and to the communityHugo Brian O'Keefe For service to civil aviation, particularly international civil aviation Ralph Whaddon Parsons For service to education and to scientific researchLeslie Marsh Perrott, For service to town planning and to the communityJames Stewart Ramsay For service to the arts, particularly the Art Gallery of South Australia and the Australian Ballet and to the communityDiana May Ramsay For service to the arts, particularly the Art Gallery of South Australia and the Australian Ballet and to the communityGodfrey Alfred Rattigan, For public serviceJohn Saunders, For service to the community and to children with disabilities Ainslie Glenister Ross Sheil For service to the field of surgery, particularly in clinical and research organ transplantationJean Enid Skuse, For service to religion, particularly through the World Council of Churches, and to women's affairsGeorge Ivan Smith For service to international relationsLeonard George Teale For service to the performing arts and to the community John Ross Turtle For service to endocrinology and to education David Ogilvie White For service to education, particularly in the field of microbiology Murray Gowan Williams For service to adolescent health
Military Division Branch Recipient Citation Notes Navy Donald Bruce Chalmers For distinguished service as Commander of the First Royal Australian Navy Gulf Task Group Christopher John Oxenbould For distinguished service as Commander of the Royal Australian Navy Task Group both during and after the Gulf War Rodney Graham Taylor, For service to the Australian Defence Force (Operations), Headquarters Australian Defence Force during the Middle East Gulf conflict Robert Andrew Kevin Walls For service to the Royal Australian Navy, particularly as Director General Naval Policy and Maritime DoctrineArmy Peter Maurice Arnison For service to the Australian Army as the Commander of the 1st Division Iain Gordon Angus Macinnis For service to the Australian Army as Director General of Co-ordination and OrganisationAir Force Alastair Bothwick Nicholson For service to the Royal Australian Air Force as Judge Advocate General of the Australian Defence Force Kenneth Roger Blakers For service to the Royal Australian Air Force as the inaugural Air Officer Commanding Training Command
Member (AM) General Division