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unusual facts about Member of the Order of Australia



Clement Semmler

Clement Semmler OBE, AM (1914-2000), was an author, reviewer and manager of the Australian Broadcasting Commission.

Eddie McGuire

Edward Joseph "Eddie" McGuire AM (born 29 October 1964) is an Australian television presenter and businessman known for his long association with Australian rules football and the Channel 9 television network.

McGuire's service to Australia has been recognised by the award of Member of the Order of Australia (2005) "for service to the community, particularly through support for health care and welfare organisations, and to broadcasting".

Eric Bogle

On 25 January 1987, Eric Bogle was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia, "In recognition of service to the performing arts as a song writer and singer".

George Ogilvie

In 1983 he was made an AM (Member of the Order of Australia) in the 1983 Queen's Birthday Honours List for his services to the theatre and the performing arts.

Graham Freudenberg

Norman Graham Freudenberg AM (born 1934) is an Australian author and political speechwriter who worked in the Australian Labor Party for over forty years, beginning when he was appointed Arthur Calwell's press secretary in June 1961.

Harry C. Giese

Harry Giese AM MBE (1913–2000) administered Australian federal government policy for the people of the Northern Territory under Prime Ministers including Robert Menzies and Harold Holt and Ministers including Paul Hasluck.

John Halfpenny

John Francis Halfpenny AM (7 April 1935 – 20 January 2003) was an Australian unionist.

John MacBean

John William MacBean AM (born 11 July 1935) was an Australian trade union leader and Secretary of the Labor Council of New South Wales from 1984 to 1988.

Liz Grant

From 1986 to 1989 she was President of the ACT Division of Business and Professional Women and in 1987 was Chairman of the ACT Health Authority; in that year she was also appointed a Member of the Order of Australia.

Margaret Stones

Elsie Margaret Stones AM, MBE (born 28 August 1920 at Colac, Victoria) is an Australian botanical illustrator.

Mike Hindmarsh

He was appointed as a Member of the Order of Australia for his distinguished leadership in this position.

Nigel Abbott

Nigel Drury Gresley Abbott AM (29 March 1920 – 13 November 2011) was an Australian politician.

Pat Comben

Patrick "Pat" Comben AM (born 3 May 1950) is a former Australian politician.

Rodney Jory

Rodney Leonard (Rod) Jory AM, (born 26 November 1938), is an Australian physicist noted for establishing and running the National Youth Science Forum (NYSF/NSSS) and for his contributions to Australian teams which have competed at the International Physics Olympiad.

Roger Covell

Roger Covell was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia on 26 January 1986 in recognition of service to music.

Susan Alberti

In 1997 she received an AM (Member of the Order of Australia) for her contribution towards the cause of diabetes research.


see also

Anne Deveson

Anne Deveson was made a Member of the Order of Australia in 1983 for services to the media and an Officer of the Order of Australia in 1993 for her work in community health and for increasing the public awareness of schizophrenia.