1982 Queen's Birthday Honours (Australia)

The 1982 Queen's Birthday Honours for Australia were appointments to recognise and reward good works by citizens of Australia and other nations that contribute to Australia. The Birthday Honours are awarded as part of the Queen's Official Birthday celebrations and were announced on 13 June 1982 in Australia.

The recipients of honours are displayed as they were styled before their new honour and arranged by honour with grades and then divisions i.e. Civil, Diplomatic and Military as appropriate.

Order of Australia

Knight of the Order of Australia (AK)

General Division RecipientCitationNotesThe Honourable Sir Charles Walter Michael Court, For service to politics and local government

Companion (AC)

General Division RecipientCitationNotesProfessor Robert John Walsh, For service to medicine

Officer (AO)

General Division RecipientCitationNotesJohn Gosman AllwrightFor service to primary industryRichard AustenFor service to the coal industryDr Robert Francis BrissendenFor service to literatureDr Joan Helen BryanFor service to medical researchEmeritus Professor Gilbert James ButlandFor service to educationEvonne Fay Cawley, For services to the sport of tennisJohn Edmund DugganFor service to parliamentary and local government servicesThe Honourable Justice Elizabeth Andreas EvattFor service to lawFrank Randall HarrisFor public serviceLloyd James HartiganFor service to industryFrank Colin HassellFor service to architectureAssociate Professor Donald Richmond HorneFor service to literatureJohn Barry HumphriesFor service to the theatreThe Honourable Justice Samuel Joshua JacobsFor service to the communityHenry Frederick JensenFor parliamentary and local government serviceRaymond John KirbyFor service to industryDr Kenneth David MuirdenFor service to medicineThe Reverend Arthur William Preston, For service to the communityPhillip Lovett RidingsFor service to the sport of cricketCaptain Robert James Ritchie, For public and community serviceHenry Edwin RossitorFor public serviceProfessor Alan George Lewers ShawFor service to educationRoy McCowan SimpsonFor service to architectureProfessor Ralph Owen SlatyerFor service to scienceKenneth Wilberforce Tribe, For service to the arts, particularly in the field of musicCarlo ValmorbidaFor service to ethnic welfareJohn Sampson White, For public serviceDavid George Druce YenckenFor service to conservation and history

Military Division BranchRecipientCitationNotesNavyRear Admiral Rothesay Cathcart Swan, For service as Director General of the Natural Disasters Organisation and as Controller of Establishments in the Department of DefenceAir ForceAir Vice Marshal James Hilary Flemming, For service to the Royal Australian Air Force

Member (AM)

General Division RecipientCitationNotesBrother Oswald Stanislaus AdamsFor service to educationReverend Ronald William AllardiceFor service to religionAlan Jack AntonioFor service to local governmentBert Frederick George AppsFor service to the communityProfessor John BloomfieldFor service to sports medicineWilliam Henri BowenFor service to the communityRaymond BurkittFor service to the community and industryEugene Allan Norbert ByrneFor service to the sport of Rugby UnionMervyn James CallaghanFor service to the community and trade unionismJohn William CallowFor service to medicineKenneth Livingstone CarrFor service to the community and the welfare of youthsThe Reverend Canon Ivor Frederick ChurchFor service to religionAudrey William ConnFor service to the publicProfessor John Douglas Correll CrispFor service to engineeringCharles Philip CullenFor service to educationJames Bartholomew CummingsFor service to the sport of horse racingAlderman Ronald Edward DavisFor service to the community and local governmentJohn Edward DelaneyFor service as a hospital administratorColin Boyd DunlopFor service to the communityKeith Stacey EdmundsFor service to the publicSamuel FisherFor service to the communityDr The Honourable Derek David FreemanFor service to dentistryMaurice Desmond FrostFor public serviceNeil William Hunt FurnessFor service to commerce and educationRonald Malcolm GibbsFor service to educationJames Wallace GoulterFor service to the communityCommander James Stewart Guest, For service to medicineProfessor Leslie Keith HumbleFor service to musicWilliam George Solomon HuxleyFor services to conservationDr Roger John InghamFor service to educationDr Owen Francis JamesFor service to medicineGeorge JosephFor service to local government and to the communityWilliam Herbert KenworthyFor service to local government and to the communityDarani LewersFor service to craft and the manual artsDr Kathleen Rachel MakinsonFor public serviceThe Honourable Peter McMahonFor service to trade unionism and communityJohn West McMasterFor service to surf life savingBrigadier Ernest George McNamara, RLFor public serviceDiana d'Este MedlinFor service to educationWilliam Waldron Goss MeechamFor service to commerce and industryBernard Grant MitchellFor service to educationErnest Edward MorrisFor service to the building industryThe Right Reverend Cecil Emerson Barron MuschampFor service to the community and to religionJohn William O'NeillFor service to agricultureThomas James PerrottFor service to the communityThomas Mansergh PickeringFor service to jazz music and to librarianshipHarold Edward PorterFor service to literatureDr Corrie ReyeFor service to medicineFrederick John RobertsFor public serviceLincoln Gordon RoweFor service to industry and commerceMajor Madge RushFor service to the communityHarry SticklandFor service to local governmentGladys Evelyn TannerFor service to nursingArthur Grahame TaylorFor service to the communityDr Marjorie Ruth WalkerFor service to medicinePeter Lindsay WeirFor service to the film industryFrank WickhamFor public service

Military Division BranchRecipientCitationNotesNavyCaptain Geoffrey James Alexander BaylissCaptain Daryl Robin Osmond Shaw FoxFor service to the Royal Australian NavyCommander Brian Lee SparkFor service to the Royal Australian NavyArmyLieutenant Colonel Rodney Gerard Curtis, For service to the SAS RegimentColonel John Talbot Dunn, For services to the Australian Army in the field of medicineColonel John Garth HughesFor service to the Australian ArmyLieutenant Colonel Richard Bentley KnightFor service to the Australian ArmyLieutenant Colonel Peter Donald KnightFor service to the Australian ArmyLieutenant Colonel James Baildon Potter, For service to the Army ReserveAir ForceWing Commander John Herbert DunnFor service to the Royal Australian Air Force, particularly as Commanding Officer of Number 5 SquadronWing Commander James Keith Gray MooreFor service to the Department of Defence (Air Force Officer)Wing Commander Brian O'ConnellFor service to the Royal Australian Air ForceWing Commander Harold Ernst Adam PfefferFor service to the Royal Australian Air Force

Medal (OAM)

General Division