1986 Queen's Birthday Honours (Australia)

The 1986 Queen's Birthday Honours for Australia were announced on Monday 9 June 1986 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 RecipientCitationNotesSir Hermann BlackFor service to learning, education and to public affairsEmeritus Professor Robert Hanbury BrownFor service to science, particularly in the field of stellar astronomySir Robert Gillman Allen Jackson, For service to international relations, particularly as Under Secretary-General and Special Adviser to the United Nations OrganisationRobert Alan JohnstonFor service to banking particularly as Governor of the Reserve BankSir James (Charles) McNeill, For distinguished service to the State of Victoria through industryHis Excellency Professor Gordon Stanley ReidFor public service, for service to learning and to the Crown

Military Division BranchRecipientCitationNotesAir ForceAir Marshal John William Newham, For service to the Royal Australian Air Force, particularly as Chief of the Air Staff

Officer (AO)

General Division RecipientCitationNotesDr Jean Anges BattersbyFor service to the arts and to public serviceDr Norman Gregory Joseph Behan, For service to the arts, particularly to the Queensland Art GalleryEmeritus Professor Lindsay Michael Birt, For service to educationAlexander Carmichael, For service to public service and commerceHector William Crawford, For service to Australian television productionDavid Frederick DallwitzFor service to music, particularly in the field of jazzGeorge Francis Davies, For service to the media and to the communityEmeritus Professor Austin Eric DoyleFor service to medical teaching and researchAnthony Murray Gleeson, For service to the law and to the CrownWilliam Graham GosewinckelFor public service, particularly as general manager of AUSSATProfessor Fred Henry George GruenFor service to education, particularly in the field of economicsKenneth George Hall, For service to medicine, particularly as a cardiologistThe Reverend Vernon Henry HarrisonFor service to the community, particularly in the field of aged careRobert Merry HillmanFor public service, particularly in the field of engineeringEmeritus Professor Frederic Raphael JevonsFor service to learning, particularly in the field of distance educationKenneth Norman Jones, For public service, particularly in the fields of education and departmental administrationBrenton James LangbeinFor service to music particularly as violinist, orchestral conductor and teacherMax Leon LibermanFor service to the housing industryChesborough Ranald MacdonaldFor service to the community, particularly as chairman of Victoria's 150th anniversary celebrationsRonald Holland MartinFor service to the wheat industryProfessor James Graham McLeodFor service to medicine, particularly in the field of neurologyChief Commissioner Sinclair Imrie Miller, For public service, particularly with the Victoria Police ForceEmeritus Professor John Derrick OvingtonFor service to conservation, particularly as director, national parks and wildlife serviceKeith Francis ParryFor service to the mineral industry, particularly in the field of gold miningHis Excellency Alfred Roy ParsonsFor public service as a diplomatic representativeWallace Keith Pilz, For public service, particularly as director, New South Wales Public Works DepartmentLeonard Ian RoachFor service to commerce and to the communityDr Alan Geoffrey SerleFor service to scholarship and literature, particularly in the field of Australian historyJohn William Shaw, For service to operaDr Warwick Sydney Lees SteningFor service in the field of medical educationThe Honourable Justice John Leslie TooheyFor service to the community, particularly as Northern Territory Aboriginal Land CommissionerJohn Webber VennFor public service to residential neighbourhood design with the National Capital Development Commission.The Honourable Justice Howard Edgar Zelling, For service to the community and the law, particularly as Chairman of the South Australian Law Reform Committee

Military Division BranchRecipientCitationNotesNavyRear Admiral Ronald Rex Calder, For service to the Royal Australian Navy, particularly as Chief of Naval EngineeringArmyMajor General Adrian Clunies-Ross, For service to the Australian Army as Commander 1st DivisionMajor General Keith Henry Kirkland, For service to the Australian Army as General Officer Commanding Training CommandAir ForceAir Vice Marshal Douglas George Cameron, For service to the Royal Australian Air Force as Commander of the Integrated Air Defence SystemAir Vice Marshal William Henry SimmondsFor service to the Royal Australian Air Force as Chief of Air Force Development

Member (AM)

General Division