The 1996 Queen's Birthday Honours for Australia were announced on Monday 10 June 1996 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 Philip Michael Jeffery, For service to the Crown as Governor of Western Australia and to the community, particularly through providing leadership in his commitment to the initiation and promotion of youth programmes to address contemporary social problems. John Archibald Landels, For service to Australian industry through the development of a competitive national electricity market as Chairman of the National Grid Management Council. John Barry Prescott For service to the manufacturing and mining industries as Managing Director of Broken Hill Proprietary Company Limited and as an active contributor to various industry councils. Fiona Juliet Stanley For service to maternal and child health research, particularly in peri-natal and infant problems, and for her contributions to improving aboriginal and community health.

Officer (AO)

General Division RecipientCitationNotes Alan James Barblett, For service to the law, particularly as Deputy Chief Justice of the Family Court of Australia and former Chairman of the National Legal Aid Advisory Committee. Ruth Frances Bishop For service to medical research, particularly for her contributions to the understanding of gastroenteritis in children. Elizabeth Ann Churcher, For service to art and to the community as Director of the Australian National Gallery. Christopher Conybeare For service to immigration and the development of asylum seeker review processes. Michael John Costello For service to international relations, particularly in relation to the Cambodian peace settlement and the Chemical Warfare Convention. Laurence Grimes Cox For service to business and commerce, particularly as Chairman of the Australian Stock Exchange. Sidney Charles Bartholomew Gascoigne For service to observational astronomy, specialising in the life history of stars, particularly in the Magellanic Clouds and for his contribution to astronomical optics and to the Anglo-Australian Telescope. Robert George Gregory For service to economic research as Head of the Division of Politics and Economics at the Research School of Social Sciences and for his contributions to public economic policy. William Patrick Gurry For service to the finance and banking profession, to the arts, and to the community through the Baker Institute for Medical Research and the Financial Markets Foundation for Children. Frank Charles Beresford Haly, For service to business and finance through the Queensland Regional Liaison Group of the Australian Securities Commission. John Foxton Ross Kerr For service to medicine, particularly for his research into pathology, cell death and apoptosis and as Professor of Pathology at the University of Queensland for 20 years. Louis Isaac Landau For service to research into paediatric respiratory medicine and as Professor of Paediatrics at the University of Western Australia and Chairman of the Western Australian Research Institute for Child Health. Professor Douglas Ian McCloskey For service to neuroscience particularly as Director of the Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute specialising in the functions and disorders of the brain and nervous system. Thomas John Martin For service to medical research particularly in the field of endocrinology and as Director of St Vincents Institute of Medical Research and Professor of Medicine at the University of Melbourne. George Miller For service to the Australian film industry as a director, producer and writer, as Founding Board Director of the Museum of Contemporary Art and as a member of the international jury of the Cannes Film Festival.Glenn Marcus Murcutt For service to architecture as a designer of residential, commercial and public buildings inspired by the Australian landscape and Aboriginal culture. Donald James Nicklin For service to chemical engineering research and education, particularly as Pro Vice-Chancellor of Physical Sciences and Engineering at the University of Queensland. Albert Delfin Rovira For service to agriculture and soil science through research into soil organisms and as Foundation Director of the Co-operative Research Centre for Soil and Land Management. Robyn Lea Rowland For service to women's issues, particularly in the fields of higher education and health as Foundation Head of the School of Social Inquiry at Deakin University and Director of the Australian Women's Research Centre.Jocelynne Annette Scutt For service to feminist jurisprudence and issues affecting women, including the establishment of a publishing company encouraging female contributions. John Shine For service to medical research, particularly in the field of molecular biology and as Executive Director of the Garvan Institute of Medical Research. Mary Vallentine For service to arts administration particularly as the General Manager of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra for the past 10 years and through Musica Viva Australia. Peter Alexander Walsh For service to the Parliament of Australia, particularly as Minister for Finance, and to journalism. John William Zillman For service to meteorology and oceanography, particularly as Director of the Australian Bureau of Meteorology, and President of the World Meteorological Organisation.

Military Division BranchRecipientCitationNotes Army William James Crews For service to the Army as Assistant Chief of the General Staff – Materiel.

Member (AM)

General Division