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The announcement of the award has become a major public event in Australia, and is televised nationwide. The award "offers an insight into Australian identity, reflecting the nation's evolving relationship with world, the role of sport in Australian culture, the impact of multiculturalism, and the special status of Australia's Indigenous people ...
The first Australian of the Year Sir Macfarlane Burnet, Australian of the Year 1960 During the 1960s, a network of state-based organisations worked hard to increase the profile of Australia Day. The most active and best resourced of these was the Victorian Australia Day Council, which had grown out of the Australian Natives' Association .
Tiahni Adamson is an Australian wildlife conservation biologist, advocating for indigenous Australians and women in STEM. She was the young South Australian of the Year in 2024 and has been nominated for Young Australian of the Year. [1] [2] She was also one of the 40 under 40 award recipients, and South Australian Woman of the Year finalist. [3]
No award made: period of award changed from the previous year to the year ahead in 1994; i.e. Kieren Perkins was named Young Australian of the Year for 1992 in 1993 and Anna Bown was named Young Australian of the Year for 1994 in 1994: 1994 Anna Bown: 1995 Poppy King: 1996 Rebecca Chambers: 1997 Nova Peris-Kneebone OAM: 1998 Tan Le: 1999 Bryan ...
Ribbon bar of the Victoria Cross for Australia. The late Private Richard Leslie Norden, DCM – 1 October 2024 – For most conspicuous acts of gallantry in action in the presence of the enemy in the ‘AO Surfers’ Area of Operations in the Bien Hoa province, Vietnam, on 14 May 1968 during the Battle of Fire Support Base Coral. [1]
He is a senior staff specialist in tissue pathology and diagnostic oncology at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, [4] [5] co-medical director at the Melanoma Institute Australia, [6] and Conjoint professor at the University of Sydney. [7] He was joint 2024 Australian of the Year with Georgina Long.
Previously held towards the end of each year, the date was moved to early 2024 instead of December 2023, which was designed to bring the Australian ceremony in line with the global awards season and the international awards schedule. [1] [2] In 2024, the previously single award for Best Casting was split by film and television.
The Australia women's national cricket team defeat South Africa at North Sydney Oval in the third and final WODI by 110 runs (DLS), claiming a series win 2-1. [31] Australia's Domonic Bedggood and Maddison Keeney win gold in the mixed synchronised three metre springboard diving at the 2024 World Aquatic Championships in Doha. [32]