The 1999 Queen's Birthday Honours for Australia were announced on Monday 14 June 1999 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 RecipientCitationNotes William John Ellis Cox, For service to the law and the administration of justice, to legal education, to the Defence Force through the Commonwealth Defence Force Discipline Appeal Tribunal, and to the community, particularly through the Winston Churchill Trust in Tasmania. Edward Alfred Evans For service to Australian economic policy development, particularly in the area of Commonwealth and State financial relations, to the establishment of a fiscal and monetary policy supportive of economic growth in climate of moderate inflation, and through the International Monetary Fund and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development. Gary Milton Pemberton For service to business and finance, to public sector reform, and to the community, particularly medical research organisations concerned with children's health.

Officer (AO)

General Division RecipientCitationNotes Albert Evan Adermann For service to the Australian Parliament, to the community, particularly through the Church of Christ in Queensland, and to local government. Michael Ehrenfried Baume For service to the arts and the development of cultural life in Australia and internationally, to the Australian Parliament and to the financial services industry.Digby Graham Blight For service to public sector management in Western Australia, particularly with the Ministry of the Premier and Cabinet and the Public Sector Standards Commission, and to the community through the Diabetes Association of Western Australia. Valerie Anne Brown For service to science, education and the community as a leader in the field of public and environmental health education and research, and as an advocate for the promotion of sustainable development at national and international levels. Ian William Chubb For service to the development of higher education policy and its implementation at state, national and international levels, as an administrator in the tertiary education sector, and to research, particularly in the field of neuroscience. Reginald John Clairs For service to business, particularly in the field of supermarket retailing, to the development of food product export markets, and to the community. Thomas Blair Connor For service to the engineering profession as an industry leader in water management and the development of flood mitigation techniques. Ian Colin Davidge For service to the Australian rice industry, particularly in the area of research and development, and the establishment of export markets. Kevin William Duffy For service to the international community through the child focussed aid and development agency, Plan International. Leonard Paul Evans, For service to the Australian wine industry, including raising the profile of Australian wines internationally, and to the community as a philanthropist, particularly through the AAP Len Evans Financial Markets Charity Event. Ronald Stanley Finemore For service to the road transport industry, particularly in the areas of road safety and industry reform, to regional development and to the Wagga Wagga community. Frederick Rennie From For service to the tropical and sub-tropical grains industry at local, state and national levels, in the areas of research and development, and land and water conservation.Robert Geoffrey Gerard For service to the South Australian domestic and export industries, to youth, particularly through the Duke of Edinburgh's Award in Australia, and to the community as a sponsor of cultural and sporting activities. Eric Ferguson Glasgow For service to medicine, particularly in the field of anatomy education in Australia and internationally, to medical research into renal disease, and to the community. Kerry John Goulston For service to medicine in the field of gastroenterology, particularly the early detection of colo-rectal cancer, the teaching of clinical medicine and to veterans. John Michael Haddad, For service to the tourism and hospitality through national and international organisations, the promotion of Australia as a major tourist destination, particularly from Asia and new and emerging markets, and to the community through fundraising for medical research. Edward James Hegerl For service to marine conservation, particularly the protection of Queensland's coastal environment and the Great Barrier Reef, and for contributing to an increase in public awareness of the need to conserve these areas.Geoffrey John Henke, For service to sports administration, particularly skiing, at national and international levels through the International Skiing Federation (FIS). Robert Campbell Hutchinson For service to Australia's bulk commodity export/import industry and to the improvement and maintenance of appropriate environmental and safety standards for maritime, port and waterfront services. George Kossoff For service to science nationally and internationally, particularly as a leader in the development of ultrasonic imaging as a non-invasive diagnostic tool in medicine.Marlene Judith Mathews, For service to athletics and sports administration, particularly through the Australian Track and Field Coaches Association, and to the community. John Kenneth Allister McLeod For service to the mining industry, particularly through the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, to education in the fields of earth sciences and the minerals industry, and to the community. John George Morris For service to the development of nuclear medicine through the establishment of the National Medical Cyclotron and the Nuclear Medicine Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Centre. Marcia Ann Neave For service to the law, particularly in relation to law reform in the area of social justice as it relates to issues affecting women, and to legal education. Colin Edward Owen For service to medicine in rural and remote areas through the establishment of the Rural Doctors Association in Queensland and nationally, and to the Inglewood community, particularly through the provision of community health and aged care facilities. Oliver Jack Richter For service to business and industry through the development and expansion of the Commonwealth Handling and Equipment Pool (CHEP) materials handling system throughout Australia and overseas, and to the community. Kevin Patrick Sheridan For service to the agricultural industry as a leader in the development of policy at state, national and international levels, to overseeing the restructure of service in the agricultural sector and promoting research and education in primary production. John Wilcox Stocker For service to the advancement of Australian scientific and technological research and its applications for economic, social and environmental benefit.Harry Oscar Triguboff, For service to the community as a philanthropist, and to the residential construction industry. Robert Ian Viner, For service to the field of Aboriginal affairs and to the Australian Parliament. John Spence Winneke For service to the judiciary in Victoria, to the Defence Force and to the community, particularly sport as an advocate and arbitrator.

Member (AM)

General Division