Prize/Award
Order of Australia
- Presented by: Australian Government
- Awarded: Biannually
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The Order of Australia is the pre-eminent way Australians recognise the achievements and service of their fellow citizens.
Nominations to the Order of Australia come directly from the community: either individuals or groups. Anyone can nominate a fellow Australian for an award.Once a nomination has been submitted, the Australian Honours Secretariat at Government House in Canberra conducts further research and contacts referees. The 19-member Council for the Order of Australia then considers the nominations. The Council makes its recommendations, independent of government, direct to the Governor-General.
Recipients of this award
Year | Placing | Awarded to | Awarded for |
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1960 | Companion of the Order | Alfred Hill | For service as a composer and conductor |
1982 | Member of the Order | Keith Humble — For service to music | |
1987 | Member of the Order | David Tunley | For service to music as a composer and educator |
1991 | Officer of the Order | Miriam Hyde | For service to music |
1991 | Member of the Order | Don Kay | For service to the arts, particularly in the field of music composition |
1992 | Member of the Order | George Dreyfus | In recognition of service to music, particularly as a composer |
1994 | Medal of the Order | Wilfred Lehmann | For service to the performing arts as a violinist, composer and conductor |
1996 | Medal of the Order | Helen Gifford | In recognition of service to music as a composer |
1996 | Member of the Order | Anne Boyd | In recognition of service as a composer and educator |
1996 | Member of the Order | Moya Henderson | For service to music particularly as a composer |
1997 | Member of the Order | Ross Edwards | For service to music as a composer |
1997 | Member of the Order | Barry Conyngham | For service to music as a composer and to music education and administration |
1997 | Medal of the Order | Robert Allworth | In recognition of service to music as a composer and as an advocate of other Australian composer's works |
1998 | Member of the Order | June Nixon | For service to church music in Australia |
1998 | Member of the Order | Eric Gross | For service to music as a composer and educator particularly through the University of Sydney and the Fellowship of Australian Composers |
1998 | Member of the Order | Martin Wesley-Smith | For service to music |
1999 | Member of the Order | Richard Mills | Service to music, particularly as a composer |
2000 | Member of the Order | Larry Sitsky | For service to music as a composer, musicologist, pianist and educator |
2001 | Centenary Medal | Peter Sculthorpe | For outstanding service to musical composition in Australia |
2001 | Member of the Order | Penelope Thwaites | For service to music through the performance and promotion of Australian compositions in the United Kingdom and internationally |
2001 | Centenary Medal | Jonathan Mills | For service as artistic director, the Melbourne International Festival of the Arts and as a composer |
2003 | Medal of the Order | Paul Paviour | For service to music, particularly within the community of Goulburn, as an educator, composer and musician |
2005 | Officer of the Order | Robert Hughes | For service to the arts through music, particularly as a composer, and for the promotion of Australian music through representative organisations for musicians |
2006 | Member of the Order | Matthew Hindson | For service to the arts as a leading Australian composer and teacher of music, and through the wide promotion of musical works to new audiences |
2007 | Medal of the Order | Peter Webb | For service to the arts as a musician, conductor, composer and teacher |
2007 | Member of the Order | Tony Gould | For service to the arts as a music educator, particularly through the Victorian College of the Arts, to the promotion of jazz and improvised music, and as a pianist and composer |
2009 | Order of Australia Medal | Christopher Bowen | For service to choral music as a composer, conductor and director, particularly through the Sydney University Graduate Choir, and to music education. |
2010 | Order of Australia Medal | Sandy Evans | |
2010 | Member of the Order of Australia | George Palmer | |
2011 | Medal of the Order of Australia | Lindsay Aked | |
2011 | Member of the Order of Australia | Roger Smalley | |
2014 | Officer of the Order of Australia | Deborah Cheetham Fraillon | For distinguished service to the performing arts as an opera singer, composer and artistic director, to the development of Indigenous artists, and to innovation in performance. |
2014 | Officer of the Order of Australia | Carl Vine | For distinguished service to the performing arts as a composer, conductor, academic and artistic director, and to the support and mentoring of emerging performers. |
2019 | Officer of the Order of Australia | Elena Kats-Chernin | For distinguished service to the performing arts, particularly to music, as an orchestral, operatic and chamber music composer. |