The 1993 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 1993 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 NotesAnthony Joseph Ayers, For service to leadership in the development and implementation of administrative structures, systems and procedures Francis Stanislaus Flynn, For service to medicine, particularly through research into Aboriginal eye health and to the community Mary Marguerite Leneen Forde For service to the law, to improving the status of women and to economic and business development James Augustine Gobbo For service to the law, to hospital administration and to the community, particularly through the promotion of multicultural affairs Dorothy Hill, For service to geology particularly as a palaeontologist and to research and learning Leonie Judith Kramer, For service to Australian literature, to education and to the communityJames Bolton Leslie, For service to the aviation industry and to community and cultural affairsRaymond Wells Whitrod, For service to Australian law enforcement, to victims of crime and to the community
Officers (AO) General Division Recipient Citation Notes Gordon Leslie Ada For service to medicine in the field of immunology and international healthBrian David Anderson For service to science and to engineering David Malet Armstrong For service in the discipline of philosophy Peter Francis Bladin For service to neurology, particularly through epilepsy treatment and research Norman Keith Boardman For service to science and to the CSIRO Laurence Charles Brodie-Hall, For service to mining Diana Lynne Browne For service to children's television production and programming Robert Carrington Cotton, For service to international relations, particularly through the Australian Political Exchange council Denis Michael Cullity, For service to forest industries and to the community James Osmond Furner, For service to international relations Russell James Fynmore For service to business, commerce and to the community Kelvin Glare, For service as Chief Commissioner of the Victorian PoliceGraham Gordon Glenn For service to the public sector reform and to industrial relations Robin Hughes For service to film making and broadcasting Christopher John Hurford For service to the Australian Parliament and to Australian/American cultural and commercial relations Noel Sydney Hush For service to science in the field of theoretical chemistry Warren Ross Jones For service to medicine, particularly in the fields of the immunology of human reproduction and fertility Barry Owen Jones, MP For service to the promotion of science, the arts and film, writing and Australian politics Reginald John Lamble For service to the insurance industry as chief executive officer of the National Roads and Motorists Association Ronald Alfred Leng For service to agriculture in the area of ruminant nutrition and to improving livestock productivity in developing countries Dennis Leslie Mahoney For public service and for service to the law and the communityWalter Geoffrey Thomas Miller For public service and for service to international relations Graham Frank Mitchell For service to science in the field of immunoparasitology Phillip Keith Newell For service to religion as Anglican bishop of Tasmania, to education and to the community Peter James Nixon For service to the Australian Parliament and to the community Ian James Polmear For service to materials science and to engineering Geoffrey Rose For service to mining and to minerals research Robert Salzer For service to the arts and to the community William Ivan Scales For service to industry, particularly through the Automotive Industry Authority Vivian Statham, For service to the veteran and ex-POW communities, to nursing, to the Red Cross Society and to the communityJean Marion Tom For service to the welfare of women in rural and remote Australia through the Country Women's Association David Oliver Tonkin For service to the South Australian Parliament, the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and to the community Milan Vyhnalek, For service to the dairy industry and to cheese making Melvyn Keith Ward For service to telecommunications Donald Gatherer Williams For service to engineering and to transport Barbara Ann Young For service to upholding the rights of the child through the Save the Children Fund and to voluntary overseas aid work Robert Fyfe Zacharin For service to obstetrics and gynaecology and to the health and welfare of women in developing countries
Military Division Branch Recipient Citation Notes Navy Nicholas David Hunten Hammond For distinguished service and exceptional performance of duty to the Royal Australian Navy within the Naval Materiel Division and particularly as ANZAC Ship Project Director Army Denis Raymond Luttrell, For distinguished service to the Australian Army Reserve Air Force Gary John James Beck For service to the Royal Australian Air Force as Assistant Chief of the Air Staff – Personnel
Member (AM) General Division