1989 Queen's Birthday Honours (Australia)

The 1989 Queen's Birthday Honours for Australia were announced on Monday 12 June 1989 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 were, at the time, awarded as part of the Queen's Official Birthday celebrations during the month of June.

Order of Australia

Companion (AC)

General Division RecipientCitationNotesDame Mary Durack, For service to the community and literatureThe Honourable Mr Justice Russell Walter FoxFor service to the law and to governmentAlbert Edward Harris, For service to the communityProfessor Priscilla Sheath Kincaid-Smith, For service to medicine, particularly in the field of nephrologyThe Honourable Justice Michael Hudson McHugh, For service to the lawElisabeth Joy Murdoch, For service to the communitySir Gustav Joseph Victor Nossal, For service to medicine, to science and to the communityThe Honourable Sir Laurence Whistler Street, For service to the law and to the CrownKenneth Wilberforce Tribe, For service to the arts, particularly in the field of music

Military Division BranchRecipientCitationNotesNavyVice Admiral Ian Warren Knox, For service to the Australian Defence Force as Vice Chief of the Defence ForceArmyLieutenant General Lawrence George O'Donnell, For service to the Australian Army as Chief of the General StaffAir ForceAir Marshal Raymond George Funnell, For service to the Royal Australian Air Force as Chief of the Air Staff

Officer (AO)

General Division RecipientCitationNotesEdward William Francis Bacon, For service to the community, particularly in the field of migrant assistanceWilloughby James BaileyFor service to business and commerce, particularly in the field of bankingPatrick BrazilFor service to the Public Service as Secretary to the Attorney-General's DepartmentDr John Ewart CawteFor services to the Aboriginal community and psychiatryProfessor Malcolm Chaikin, For services to education, particularly in the field of technological scienceLeonard Gordon Darling, For service to art, particularly through the Australian National Gallery, and to the communityRodney Disney Davidson, For service to conservation, particularly through the National Trust of AustraliaNorman Seymour DavidsonFor service to primary industry and to the agricultural show movementDr Ralph Leonard DohertyFor service to medicine, particularly in the fields of research, education and administrationRobert EdwardsFor service to conservation and the environment, particularly through museum organisationsThe Honourable Paul Anthony Edward EveringhamFor service to government and politics and to the Northern Territory Legislative AssemblyMaxwell Henley HarrisFor service to literatureDr Stuart Francis HarrisFor public service, particularly as Secretary to the Department of Foreign AffairsGwendoline Nessie HarwoodFor service to literature, particularly as a poet and librettistWilliam Hubert Hayes, For service to the communityDr Katie D HelmsFor service to agricultural researchRosina JohnstonFor service to nursing and to international relationsIan Patrick KennedyFor service to the meat industrySir Richard Kingsland, For service to the communityIsi Joseph Leibler, For service to the Jewish communityAlastair MacLaurin MackerrasFor service to educationDonald Gordon MacleishFor service to medicine, particularly through the teaching and development of vascular surgeryProfessor Margaret Mary ManionFor service to education and to the artsThe Honourable Justice Brian Frank Martin, For service to the communityWendy Elizabeth McCarthyFor service to the community, particularly women's affairs and to the Australian Bicentennial celebrationsKenneth Gordon McCrackenFor service to space science and technologyEmeritus Professor James Russell McWilliamFor service to science and technology, particularly in the field of agricultural researchJune Yvonne MendozaFor service to the visual artsDr Stephen Charles MilazzoFor service to medicine, particularly in the field of rheumatic and arthritic diseasesJohn David Newcombe, For service to the community, particularly to youth and to those with physical disabilitiesDr Keith NorrishFor service to mining and agriculture, particularly through the use of x-ray fluorescence spectrometryHis Honour Judge Harold George OgdenFor service to legal educationKevin Horace Parker, For public service, particularly as Solicitor-General of Western AustraliaSister Mary Dulcie ReardonFor service to educationThe Honourable Dr Ian Gordon SharpFor public service, particularly in the field of industrial relationsDr Anne Fairhurst SummersFor service to journalism and to women's affairsPatrick Nicol TroyFor service to education and to urban and regional developmentEdwin Gerhard Tscharke, For service to medical administrationKenneth Douglas Williams, For service to business and commerce and to the communityCecil Wallace Edgar WilliamsFor service to industrial relations through the trade union movementAlan Keveral Cumming Newton WrigleyFor public service, particularly as Director General of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation

Military Division BranchRecipientCitationNotesNavyRear Admiral Alan Lee Beaumont, For service to the Royal Australian Navy, particularly as Director of Naval PlansRear Admiral Owen John Hughes, For service to the Royal Australian Navy, particularly as the Submarine Project DirectorArmyMajor General Ross Stuart BuchanFor service to the Australian Army as General Officer Commander Training CommandMajor General Barry Nigel NunnFor service to the Army ReserveAir ForceAir Commodore John William MitchellFor service to the Royal Australian Air Force as Commander Air Lift GroupAir Vice-Marshal Alan Raymond ReedFor service to the Royal Australian Air Force as Air Officer Commanding, Support Command

Member (AM)

General Division