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  Australian of the Year - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Australian of the Year Awards recognise and reward those Australians who have a consistent record of excellence, who have made outstanding achievements in their field, and contributed in a significant way to the nation.
The Australian of the Year Walk is on the shore of Lake Burley Griffin, Canberra.
The Australian of the Year Walk is comprised of 100 concrete pillars with, by year, an image and the name of the various categories of Australian of the Year awardees.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Australian_of_the_Year   (338 words)

  
 Australian of the Year Award
The Australian of the Year Award is one of the country's most prestigious, open to all Australians regardless of age.
The 2006 Young Australian of the Year is Trisha Broadbridge, one of the Reach Foundation's young leaders.
Bruce Campbell, MBE; Tehree Gordon, founder of the Jirrahlinga Koala and Wildlife Sanctuary;, Antonio Milhinhos, businessman and philanthropist, (2005), and in 2006 Sally Goold OAM.
www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au /articles/australianoftheyear   (820 words)

  
 First World War [Australian War Memorial]
An Australian "Digger" uses a periscope in one of the trenches captured during the attack on Lone Pine, Gallipoli, 8 August 1915.
Australian infantry were introduced to this type of combat at Fromelles, in July 1916, where they suffered 5,533 casualties in 24 hours.
This campaign began in 1916 with Australian troops participating in the defence of the Suez Canal and the allied reconquest of the Sinai peninsular.
www.awm.gov.au /atwar/ww1.htm   (1322 words)

  
 Southern Cross Group: Expatriate Australian of the Year Introduction   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
We are pleased to report that on Australia Day, 26 January 2003, the Australian Labor Party issued a detailed Citizenship Policy Statement, in which it specifically endorsed our proposal for a new Expatriate Australian of the Year Award.
It is the philosophy of the SCG that the some 860,000 Australians who live outside Australia are nevertheless an integral part of the Australian community in the globalised world of the twenty-first century, despite their geographical distance from Australia.
All Australians should be able to celebrate, participate in and be enriched by the special contribution that the Australian diaspora brings to Australian life.
www.southern-cross-group.org /expataustralian/intro.html   (1027 words)

  
 UQ scientist honoured for developing the world's first cancer vaccine - UQ News Online - The University of ...
Professor Frazer The Australian newspaper's Australian of the Year recipient is not just leading the world with his research, he is changing it and hopes others will be inspired to do the same.
Professor Frazer, who founded and leads UQ's Centre for Immunology and Cancer Research, is also the 2006 Queensland Australian of the Year and is consequently in the running for the Australian of the Year Award, which will be announced at Parliament House on January 25.
He said The Australian's award and the nomination for Australian of the Year were both a tremendous honour and responsibility.
www.uq.edu.au /news?article=8808   (1028 words)

  
 Australian of the Year   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
In fact, just two months after open-heart surgery this year, he released his 99th album and is planning to release his 100th album in 2000.
Slim was the first Australian to receive a gold record and the first singer to have his voice beamed from space when his recording of Waltzing Matilda was played from space shuttle Columbia.
Whether it be to make a special trip to visit the sick, play at a concert for those less fortunate or work with the Australian Heart Foundation, he has not just responded to requests for help, but has sought out opportunities to touch the lives of others throughout his career.
www.australianoftheyear.gov.au /recipient.asp?pID=81   (419 words)

  
 Australian of the Year
Nominations for the Australian of the Year Awards 2004 were open from 7 July to 29 August 2003.
For Young Australian of the Year, any Australian Citizen between the ages of 16-25 is eligible.
The Australian of the Year Awards commenced in 1960, with the inaugural Award recipient being Sir MacFarlane Burnet OM AK KBE, a winner of the Nobel Prize for Medicine.
pandora.nla.gov.au /pan/40198/20040401/www.australianoftheyear.gov.au/faqs.html   (633 words)

  
 Top Aussie on cervical cancer mission
Prof Frazer received the Australian of the Year accolade at a ceremony on the lawns of Parliament House in Canberra.
Years of clinical trials involving tens of thousands of women across the globe will see his vaccine on the market by the end of the year.
The Young Australian of the Year, meanwhile, lost her husband in the devastating east Asian tsunami.
news.ninemsn.com.au /article.aspx?id=83329   (735 words)

  
 Australian medicine again recognised in Australian of the Year
There could be few more deserving winners of Australian of the Year than Professor Ian Frazer, whose breakthrough development of a vaccine for cervical cancer will save the lives of up to 200,000 women every year.
One in two Australians polled said they would prefer surplus Government funds to be directed at health and medical research compared to 23% who would rather receive a tax cut and 18% who want funding for other areas.
Australians also want to see adequate investment in research so that Australian discoveries do not have to be commercialised overseas.
www.eurekalert.org /pub_releases/2006-01/ra-ama012906.php   (457 words)

  
 The World Today - Kidman's Australian of the Year nomination attracts criticism
JOHN HOWARD: The Australian of the Year for 2004 is Steve Waugh.
MARIE SCOUTAS: It's a sentiment that's re-emerged this year with the inclusion of actor Nicole Kidman in the shortlist.
And I think the issue of having celebrity Australians of the Year is probably part of the reason why they tend to be mainly males and the only females that get up are the ones that are celebrities, or mainly celebrities and I think that that's actually a pity.
www.abc.net.au /worldtoday/content/2005/s1288767.htm   (760 words)

  
 Australian Humanists Of The Year
She represented the Australian peace movement in 1988 as a witness to the first destruction of a nuclear missile in the USSR, and was an Australian delegate to the Vienna Peace Conference in 1987.
Has been described as a very Australian hero: egalitarian, not remote, a bit of a larrikin, but a professional who put his energies into social concerns rather than the accumulation of wealth, who spoke in the vernacular and spared no-one, least of all himself, when things had to be done.
The claim by the Australian Medical Association in the Northern Territory that no doctor in the Territory would support the legislation was proved wrong when Philip Nitschke organised 20 Territory doctors to agree to a statement in support of the Bill.
home.vicnet.net.au /~humanist/resources/aushumanists.html   (4158 words)

  
 DoctorConnect - Australian of the Year --- Dr Fiona Wood FRACS AM   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Australian of the Year --- Dr Fiona Wood FRACS AM 'My first impression of Australia was how sunny it was.
Fiona’s dedication to the Australian people and her love of working and living in Australia is reflected in her many medical achievements.
She is the co-founder of Clinical Cell Culture, which is a private company dedicated to ongoing research into the treatment of burns, a clinical professor with the School of Paediatrics and Child Health at the University of Western Australia, and Director of the McComb Research Foundation.
www.doctorconnect.gov.au /internet/otd/publishing.nsf/Content/work-australian-of-the-year   (282 words)

  
 Australian of the Year : Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International
New York, NY, February 2, 2006 — JDRF congratulates Professor Ian Frazer on being selected 2006 Australian of the Year, honoring his contributions to research and work in the development of the human papillomavirus vaccine for cervical cancer.
This most prestigious award is presented to inspirational role models who demonstrate excellence in their field and have made a significant contribution to the Australian community and nation.
He advises several not-for-profit foundations and is the Director of the Centre for Immunology and Cancer Research, a research institute of the University of Queensland at the Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane.
www.jdrf.org /index.cfm?page_id=104544   (177 words)

  
 Australia Day - Awards - Young Australian of the Year Awards
The Young Australian of the Year Awards are part of the family of Australia Day Awards coordinated by the National Australia Day Council.
Scott Hocknull is the 2002 Young Australian of the Year, at 24 years of age he has already contributed much to his profession and his country.
The Young Australian of the Year Awards are conducted annually in every State and Territory throughout Australia to recognise and encourage the achievements of our youth.
www.australiaday.vic.gov.au /awards_yaoy.asp   (232 words)

  
 Address at the National Launch of the Australian of the Year Awards, Melbourne   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
It was a demonstration of that particular quirky sense of humour that Australians have.
But it’s also been a year, and it’s dramatised by the fact that we’re meeting here in Melbourne, which is hosting one of the most prestigious medical science conferences that can be held anywhere in the world.
And I want to thank those former Australians of the Year who’ve come along today to share this occasion and to remind those who might one day be Australians of the Year of the great honour that they felt in receiving that award.
www.pm.gov.au /news/speeches/speech334.html   (502 words)

  
 Australian of the Year: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The Young Australian of the Year Award was introduced in 1979, EHandler: no quick summary.
The order of australia is an order of chivalry "for the purpose of according recognition to australian citizens and other persons for achievement or for meritorious...
The michael daley award is given annually to australian journalists or communicators for an entry considered to have most effectively communicated scientific and/or...
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/a/au/australian_of_the_year.htm   (423 words)

  
 ozeform.com - Makybe to be Crowned Australian Horse of the Year   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
ozeform.com - Makybe to be Crowned Australian Horse of the Year
Makybe to be Crowned Australian Horse of the Year
She ran away with the Australian Cup (2000 metres) at Flemington in a race that was run to suit a backmarker but a week later in Sydney she stamped her greatness in the BMW (2400 metres) at Rosehill.
www.ozeform.com /site/news/news.aspx?id=1716   (367 words)

  
 Australian Museum - New Sites (archived)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The main role of the Aboriginal Heritage Unit is to act as the intermediary between the Australian Museum and the indigenous communities of Australia....
The Encyclopedia of Australian Reptiles is an attempt to summarise all the biological information on the reptiles of Australia that may be of interest to a general reader....
Australian Museum Anthropology collections and research focus on the material culture, ethnography, history and archaeology of the Indigenous peoples of Australia, the Pacific and island south-east Asia.
www.amonline.net.au /archive.cfm?typename=Sites   (1861 words)

  
 Entrepreneur Of The Year 2004 - National Winners   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Robert Gerard AO from Gerard Corporation was announced as the 2004 Australian Entrepreneur Of The Year, the judges recognising his consistent entrepreneurial excellence spanning the past 30 years.
In 1999 he was awarded Ambassador of the Year as a representative of Domino’s and for his role in the community.
It is therefore no surprise that she was named 2003 Australian of the Year.
www.ey.com /global/content.nsf/Australia/Entrepreneur_Of_The_Year_2004_-_National_Winners   (1310 words)

  
 Burns doctor named Australian of the Year. 25/01/2005. ABC News Online
Perth plastic surgeon Fiona Wood has been named Australian of the Year, while an environmentalist, a film-maker and a philanthropist have taken out the other 2005 honours.
She has been chosen ahead of seven other nominated Australians, including Academy Award-winning actor and UNICEF ambassador Nicole Kidman, and United Nations humanitarian worker Rodney Cox.
The 2005 Senior Australian of the Year is Antonio Milhinhos in recognition of his community service efforts.
www.abc.net.au /news/newsitems/200501/s1289012.htm   (761 words)

  
 Peter Singer - 2004 Australian Humanist of the Year
Australian Humanists have chosen Professor Peter Singer, internationally renowned philosopher and bioethicist, as the 2004 Australian Humanist of the Year (AHOY).
The annual AHOY award, begun in 1983, is given to outstanding Australians who have made a valuable contribution to public life consistent with humanist [1] values.
In his acceptance speech, Peter Singer thanked Australian Humanists for bestowing on him the award of AHOY, and confirmed his long standing commitment to humanism [2].
www.iheu.org /node/1174/print   (678 words)

  
 Crikey Website - Steve Waugh - Australian of the Year   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
On Monday John Howard parried questions about the number of sportspeople as Australians of the year by saying "look at the statistics over the last 20 years instead of the last 10".
The spiel for Patrick White’s 1973 Australian of the Year is most entertaining and almost reflects the chaos of those early Whitlam years.
There was also the irony that the Fraser government made the GG’s longer serving official secretary Australian of the Year in 1977.
www.crikey.com.au /articles/2004/01/27-0003.html   (965 words)

  
 HINCH.net - The Official Derryn Hinch Website
The launch of the search for the 2003 Australian of the Year – to be announced on Australia Day, 2004.
There’s Australian of the Year, Young Australian of the Year, Senior Australian of the Year and a category called Local Hero.
There was much speculation about who would get the Australian of the Year award in our 1988 Bicentennial Year – the year we should have become a republic.
www.hinch.net /says_archive/July03/2-7-03.htm   (395 words)

  
 Australian of the Year wins top American honour
Australian of the Year and cervical cancer vaccine inventor Professor Ian Frazer has won an award from one of America's premier cancer research groups.
Professor Frazer, the Director of The University of Queensland's Centre for Immunology and Cancer Research (CICR), is joint winner of the Cancer Research Institute's (CRI) 2006 William B. Coley Award for Distinguished Research in Tumour Immunology.
Professor Frazer was named Australian of the Year in January and has also earned many honorary awards from Australian medical groups.
www.eurekalert.org /pub_releases/2006-05/ra-aot053006.php   (458 words)

  
 Home - Father of the Year   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Australian Father of the Year is a national event to increase awareness of the importance of fathers to the development and wellbeing of children.
Nominations open for the 2006 Australian Father of the Year on Tuesday 6 June.
Steve Waugh was named 2005 Australian Father of the Year at a Father's Day Luncheon at Parliament House in support of The Shepherd Centre.
fatheroftheyear.com.au   (82 words)

  
 Opportunity International Australia - 04.12.03: David Bussau - Australian Entrepreneur of the Year 2003   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
David was chosen as the Australian Entrepreneur of the Year 2003 from amongst dozens of successful entrepreneurs from all around Australia from all facets of Australian business and endeavour.
A panel of independent judges comprising leading figures from the Australian business community selected the winner for each of the categories with one of these winners then selected as the overall Australian Entrepreneur of the Year 2003.
The Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year program is now in its third year in Australia and is part of the global Entrepreneur of the Year program that has been running successfully for 17 years in the United States and now spans over 35 countries.
www.opportunity.org.au /article/articleview/230/1/48   (562 words)

  
 Professor honoured for work in cancer prevention - National - theage.com.au
Other awards last night included Young Australian of the Year, which went to 24-year-old Trisha Broadbridge, from Melbourne, for her work as a youth supporter with the Reach Foundation.
The Senior Australian of the Year award went to Sally Goold, an indigenous nurse from Bribie Island in Queensland.
The Australian of the Year was chosen from state and territory finalists including Justice Michael Kirby (NSW), Tim Costello (Victoria), Dr Bill Griggs (SA), Professor Geoffrey Bolton (WA), Richard Bovill (Tasmania), Dr Geoffrey Lancaster (ACT) and Peter Fannin (NT).
www.theage.com.au /news/national/australian-of-the-year/2006/01/25/1138066861241.html   (620 words)

  
 Oenone Wood - Australian of the Year 2005   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The Australian of the Year Awards recognise inspirational and outstanding Australians.
Nominations will be sought for Australians from all backgrounds and all fields of endeavour including community service, humanitarian, business, science and technology, arts and entertainment, sport, education and environment.
Regard will be given to the nominee's achievements in the year immediately prior to the receipt of the Award, as well as their past achievements and ongoing contribution to the Australian community and nation.
www.oenonewood.com /aoty05.aspx   (161 words)

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