QUEEN’S BIRTHDAY HONOURS 2010

Fourteen people in TWT territory have been recognised in the Queen’s Birthday 2010 Honours List: two recieved an AO, six an AM and six an OAM.

OFFICER (AO) IN THE GENERAL DIVISION



JOHN EDWARD HARVEY AM, Hunters Hill, for distinguished service to the information technology industry, particularly through developing partnerships with Government and educational institutions, and to the community.


Mr Harvey was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in The Queen’s Birthday 2000 Honours List for his service to the arts, particularly as Chairman of the Australian Chamber Orchestra, to youth training in the area of business education, and to the community. The following summarises his service and involvement since then.


Current Executive Director, IBM Australia Ltd; joined 1968.


Currently involved in partnership with the University of Ballarat, including:
- Facilitator and Leader of government-industry-education partnership, resulting in Ballarat
- Technology Park at the University; the Park has generated an estimated $260 million in flow-on
- benefits for NSW.
- Involved in the development of the School of Information Technology and Mathematical
- Sciences through the establishment of the IBM Regional Software Solutions Centre at the
- University, 2003. Established IBM Scholarship Program, The Australian Computer Society
- Foundation Trust Fund. Author, Transition - the IBM Story, 2008; net proceeds of sales donated
- to the Australian Computer Society Foundation Trust Fund which provides scholarships to
- students at Ballarat University.


Current Director, Australian Information Industries Association. Involved in the formation of the MultiPLIERS (Multinationals Promoting Local Investment, Export Opportunities and Research Strengths).


Key role in the formation of the National IT Advisory Body, Commonwealth Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts; leading role in the Building on IT Strengths Program.


Current Life Patron, Australian Chamber Orchestra (ACO); continued involvement through the Sponsorship Agreement between IBM and ACO; former Chairman of the Board.

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Prof GORDON BARRACLOUGH PARKER, Northwood, for distinguished service to psychiatry as a clinician and researcher, particularly as a major contributor to the understanding and innovative treatment of mood disorders and as founder and executive director of the Black Dog Institute.


Founder, executive director and Director of Research, Black Dog Institute, since 2002.
Professor of Psychiatry, University of NSW, since 1983, Scientia Professor, since 2001; Head of School of Psychiatry, 1983-2002.


Director, Psychiatry, Prince of Wales and Prince Henry hospitals, 1983-1996.
Founder and Research Director, Mood Disorders Unit (MDU), 1985; which was originally sited at the Prince Henry Hospital and moved to the Prince of Wales Hospital in 1999.
In 2001 the MDU became the Black Dog Institute in a new building at the Prince of Wales Hospital.


Clinical Director, Mental Health, Eastern Area Health Service, Sydney, 1992-1995.
Part-time Research Director, Institute of Mental Health, Singapore, 1998-2000. Fellow, The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychia-trists, since the mid 1970s.
Author, editor, presenter, lecturer; has authored 10 books, edited three others, written 31 book chapters for inclusion in peers’ works, and written more than 500 scientific articles.


One of the most highly cited Australians in the domain of psychiatry/psychology, and one of the most productive Australians in peer-reviewed publications over the past 10 years.


Currently on the editorial board of 16 international scientific journals.
Author of one book of fiction, 1966; and one play, 2004. TV writer and radio broadcaster for the ABC.

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MEMBER (AM) IN THE GENERAL DIVISION



Prof LOUISE ALISON BAUR, Beecroft, for service to medicine, particularly in the field of paediatric obesity as a researcher and academic, and to the community through support for a range of children’s charities.


Chair, International Obesity Task Force Childhood Obesity Program, since 2002.
Council Member and Australian Represent-ative, International Association for the Study of Obesity, since 2005.


Member, Steering Committee, International Obesity Task Force, since 2006.
Invited Member, Expert Committee on the Prevention of Childhood Obesity, World Health Organisation, 2005; Member, Paediatric Task Force on Obesity, 1997-1998.
Member, International Obesity Task Force Working Group on Child and Adolescent Obesity in Asia, 2002-2004.


Australian Representative, Harvard-Macy Program for Leaders in Medical Education Awards, 1997.


Current Director, Australasian Child and Adolescent Obesity Research Network, University of Sydney; current Director, Physical Activity, Nutrition and Obesity Research Group, School of Public Health; current Professor, Discipline of Paediatrics and Child Health; current Deputy Associate Dean, Children’s Hospital Clinical School; Chair, Foundation Block, Sydney Graduate Medical Program, 1994-1997.


Chair, Bariatric Surgery Policy Working Group, Royal Australasian College of Physicians, since 2008; Member, Nutrition Reference Group, 2005; Member, Cottrell Working Group, 2004; Chair, Paediatric Scientific Program Committee, 2001. Over 150 peer-reviewed publications.


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ROBERT GEORGE BROOKMAN, Greenwich, for service to arts administration, particularly through executive and artistic roles with the Sydney Theatre Company, WOMADelaide, the Adelaide Festival Centre and the Adelaide Festival.


General Manager, Sydney Theatre Company, 1999-2010.
Artistic adviser, WOMA-Delaide, 1999-2007; Artistic Director, 1992-1999. Trustee, WOMADelaide Foundation.


Artistic Director, Adelaide Festival of the Arts, 1990-1992; Associate Director, 1986-1988 and 1988-1990; Administrator, 1984-1988.


Executive Producer/Artistic Director/Producer, Adelaide Festival Centre Trust, 1993-1996; Program Director, 1988-1992; Administration/Project Management, 1980-1983; Administrative Assistant, 1976-1978; Trainee Administrator, 1975.


Board Member, Adelaide Symphony Orchestra. Chair, Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards. Founding Director, Arts Projects Australia, 1996-1999. Artistic Director, National Festival for Australian Theatre, Canberra, 1995-1996. Artistic Director, New Zealand International Festival of the Arts, 1993-1994.


Member, Performing Arts Advisory Committee, Australian Bicentennial Authority.


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Rev Dr ROSS RICHARD CLIFFORD, Macquarie Park, for service to the Baptist Union of Australia, to religious education, and to the promotion of interfaith dialogue and Christian media.
Principal, Morling College (Baptist Theological College of NSW and ACT), Sydney, since 1997.
Vice-President, Baptist World Alliance, since 2010; responsible for South East Asia. Chair-man, Commission on Christian Ethics.


President, Baptist Union of Australia, 2005-2008; Executive Member, Evangelism Committee, Baptist Union of NSW; Chair, Baptist Olympic Task Force, 2000.
President, New South Wales Council of Churches, 1995-1998; Member, since 1993.
Foundation Member, Centre for Values, Ethics and Law in Medicine, University of Sydney. Co-Founder, Community of Hope, since 1991. Chair, Sports and Leisure Ministry, 1985-1992.
Current Chair, Australian Lausanne Committee (foster evangelism and social justice); Member, International Advisory Board.


Former Member, Amnesty International. Former Chair, Mission eurAsia. Presenter and commentator, Sydney radio station 2CH, since 1993. Weekly commentator, Perth radio station Sonshine, since 2003.


Awards/recognition include: Centenary Medal, 2001. Good Citizen Award for Leadership, Australian Festival of Light Community Standards Organisation, 2003.
Ten years’ service award for sports’ chaplaincy, Sports and Leisure Ministry.


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MOHINI INDIRA GUNASE-KERA, Oatlands, for service to the Sri Lankan community, to Buddhism through leadership and support of a range of organisations, and to interfaith dialogue.
Current Trustee and Treasurer, University Buddhist Education Foundation (UBEF); Chairperson of Trustees, for four years; UBEF funded a lecturer in Buddhist Studies, University of Sydney, for four years; and the first visiting Professor of Buddhist Studies, University of Sydney, 2009; and provides the Pali Prize for the best student of the Buddhist language.


Established a trust to establish library centres in villages throughout Sri Lanka, ongoing; the centres provide books, computers and crafts.


Provides ongoing support to a Sri Lankan village to promote the learning of English through the offering of prizes to the best English student in each class from kindergarten to Year 12, such as computers, encyclopaedias, dictionaries and various other books, since 2005.
Inaugural President, Federation of Australian Buddhists Councils, for the past four years; Vice-President; Representative at overseas conferences, including the Buddhist Summit held in Japan.
Current Member, Women’s Interfaith Network. Inaugural Trustee, Sri Lankan Buddhist Vihare Temple.


Former Trustee, Wat Buddha Dhamma Foundation, for many years; Lawyer, mainly on a ‘pro bono’ basis, for a range of organisations.


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DIANNE MARIAN HILES, Rozelle for service to the community as an advocate for human rights and social justice, particularly for asylum seekers and children in detention.
Chair, ‘A Just Australia’, since 2007; Member, since 2006; Secretary, 2007; a national policy lobby group campaigning for just policies and programs for refugees and asylum seekers.
Coordinator/Chairperson, ChilOut (Children Out of Detention), since 2002-2006; Co-Founder, 2001; a group opposed to mandatory detention of children in Australian immigration detention centres.


Member, Amnesty International Australia, since early 1990s; lobbied changes to the Migrations Amendment Bill 2006.


Member, Citizens for Integrity in Government, 2007; a coalition of groups that focused on the social justice and human rights stances of candidates in the Bennelong electorate.
Financial Counsellor, Wesley Mission Creditline, 1998-2002. Supporter, GetUp.
Contributor to the Acting from the Heart book.


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Prof YIU-WING MAI, Chatswood, for service to engineering, particularly in the fields of advanced composite materials and fracture research.


University Chair, School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technologies, University of Sydney, since 2004; Pro Dean, 1998-2004; Personal Chair in Mechanical Engineering, since 1987; Director, graduate School of Engineering, 1995-1997; Associate Dean, Research and Development, Faculty of Engineering, 1995-1997; Associate Dean, Engineering, 1990-1993; Director, Centre for Advanced Materials Technology, since 1988; Academic, since 1976.


Author of three books on fracture mechanics, and over 650 refereed journal papers.
Honorary Professorial positions include: Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China, since 2008; Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China, since 2005; South China University of Technology, China, since 2005; Hong Kong University, since 2005; Harbin Institute of Technology, China, since 2005.


President, Australian Fracture Group, 1997. Member, European Academy of Science, 2008.


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MEDAL (OAM) IN THE GENERAL DIVISION




ANTHONY THOMAS LANTRY, Ryde, for service to education, and to the NSW Schools Cricket Association.


Dean of Co-Curri-culum; St Joseph’s College; Assistant to Head-master, 1993; member, School Council and Executive, 1978-2007; sports master, 1989-2009; coach of cricket since 1961; teacher at school, since 1961.


Secretary, St Joseph’s College Old Boys Union, 1974-1984; member of committee, since 1958.
Founding Member, NSW Schools Cricket Association, 1966; President, since 1980; member, management committee, since 1966.


Co-Founder, Marist Cricket Carnival, 1974. Chairman, Athletic Association of the Great Public Schools, 2001-2009; Committee Member and Convenor, 1962-2001.
Awards/recognition include: ICC Medal, 2010.


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ROBYN LYNETTE MILLER, Epping, for service to youth through the Guiding movement.
State Executive Officer, Girl Guides Association of NSW & ACT, 2000-2008. Trainer of adult leaders, Girl Guides NSW, since 1976. Member, NSW Training Committee, ca1986-1991. NSW State Training Adviser/Chair, NSW State Training Committee, 1991-1996. Member, National Training Team, 1983-1997.Training adviser, North West Metropolitan Region, 1998-2000.

Leader of various NSW Girl Guides groups, since 1969. Current Leader of the Beecroft Junior Guides (ages 7-10), since 1995.


Pennant Division Leader, 2008-2009. Member, NSW State Council, 1973-2001.Member, NSW State Executive, 1981-1986 and 1988-1996.


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MAHBOBA RAWI, North Ryde for service to international humanitarian aid in Afghanistan.
Founder, Mahboba’s Promise, since 1998.


Mahboba’s Promise is an Australian non-government organisation established by Mrs Rawi to provide aid for disadvantaged Afghani women, widows, children and orphans in a secure environment in Afghanistan. Continual fundraising in Australia allows the organisation to establish and sustain locally-staffed schools, orphanages, health clinics and community facilities, and to provide vocational training programs to encourage self-sufficiency in individuals and sustainable outcomes.


Volunteer Social Worker, Afghani Community, 1995-1998.


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JOHN WILLIAM SMALL, Breakfast Point, for service to business and commerce, particularly through professional defence sector organisations.


Executive Officer, Australian Industry of Defence Network, NSW, since 2001. Director, Defence Materiel Organisation Regional Office, NSW, 1998-2001.


Senior Manager, NSW Department of State and Regional Development, 1997.
Director, Industry Capability, Defence Acquisition Office, NSW, 1997.


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RUPERT WILLIAM WALLACE, Bateau Bay, for service to aged persons, and to the community. President, Residents Committee, Elderslee Retirement Village, 2003-2006; Vice-President, 2006-2007; Resident, since 2002.


Welfare Officer, Bateau Bay Bowling Club, 1988. Member, Villa Maria Parish Pastoral Council, 1980-1987; Parish visitor to the sick.


Member, Community Services Advisory Committee, Municipality of Hunters Hill, 1981.
Volunteer Guide, Hyde Parks Barracks, 1981-1987. Volunteer, Meals on Wheels, Gladesville, 1981-1987. Chairperson, Social Committee, Ryde Ex-Services Lawn Bowling Club.

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