Australian Father of the Year award






The Australian Father of the Year award is an Australian award to honour and showcase a fine example of Australian fatherhood. Inaugurated in 1957, the Australian Father of the Year has been awarded annually to high-profile, famous fathers, from prime ministers & politicians to sportsmen, business leaders, entertainers and musicians acknowledging the support, guidance and love they show to Australian children.




Contents






  • 1 Awards


  • 2 Past recipients


  • 3 See also


  • 4 References


  • 5 External links





Awards


The Shepherd Centre together with the Australian Fathers Day Council launch a campaign each year to find Australia's best father and the winners are announced at a luncheon, with all proceeds going to The Shepherd Centre. The Shepherd Centre is a charity which teaches deaf and hearing-impaired children to listen and speak using an early intervention program. The Shepherd Centre have been involved in the Australian Father of the Year Awards since 1998. Barnados Australia have also run an Australian Mother of the Year Award since 1994.


The award is not associated with the Australian government run Australian of the Year awards.



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Awarded
Name
Post-nominals
Notes
2018

Dick Smith

AC
Entrepreneur and philanthropist[1]
2017

Mike Baird

former Premier of New South Wales
2016
Lieutenant General David Hurley

AC, DSC

Governor of New South Wales
2015

Jamal Rifi

Doctor (founder Australia Muslim Doctors against Violence)
2014

Andrew Gaze

AM
Basketballer
2013
Corporal Ben Roberts-Smith

VC, MG
Soldier
2012

John Symond

AM
Executive Chairman of Aussie Home Loans. Chairman of Sydney Opera House Trust
2011
Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston

AC, AFC
Former Chief of the Defence Force
2010

Guy Cooper

Former Chief Executive of the Taronga and Western Plains Zoos
2009

Li Cunxin

Dancer
2008

Paul Roos

Footballer
2007

David Koch

Television Presenter
2006

Ron Delezio

Founder of Day of Difference Foundation
2005

Steve Waugh

AO
Cricketer
2004

Graeme Clark

AC

Cochlear Implant Developer
2003

Karl Kruszelnicki

Scientist
2002

Steve Vizard

Media personality
2001
Jim Rafter

Father of nine including tennis player Pat Rafter
2000

Stephen Biddulph

AM
Parenting activist
1999

Slim Dusty

AO, MBE
Musician
1998

Kamahl

AM
Musician
1997

John Howard


Prime Minister
1996
Rear Admiral Peter Ross Sinclair

AC, RAN

Governor of New South Wales
1995

Mark Taylor

Cricketer
1994

Sir James Hardy

OBE

Americas Cup Sailor
1993

Michael Chugg


Music promoter
1992

Bill Crews

Minister
1991
Dr Bruce Shepherd

Deaf Education[2]
1990
Peter Doyle


1989

Ken Done

Artist
1988
Rear Admiral Sir David Martin

KCMG, AO, RAN

Governor of New South Wales
1987
A.H Pollard


Actuary and Statistician
1986

Gordon Moyes

AM
Politician
1985

Sir Ian Turbott

AO, CMG, CVO
Business Man, Chancellor of Western Sydney University
1984
Prof Peter Rowe


1983

Bobby Limb

OBE
Entertainer
1982

Alan Davidson

MBE
Cricketer
1981
Dr Bradney W Norington


1980

Jim Lees

QPM

Police Commissioner
1979
Neil McLeod


1978

Sir Zelman Cowen

AK, GCMG

Governor General
1977

Gary O'Callaghan

MBE

Radio Presenter
1976

Malcolm Fraser


Prime Minister
1975 joint winners
Major General Alan Stretton

AO, CBE
Head of National Disasters Organisation (Cyclone Tracy relief efforts)

John Cornforth

CBE
Nobel prize winner in Chemistry
1974

Sir John Kerr

AC, KCMG

Governor General
1973
Group Captain John Waddy

OBE, DFC
Politician
1972
Dr William McBride

AO, CBE

Gynecologist and obstetrician, (discovered the teratogenicity of thalidomide)
1971

William McMahon


Prime Minister
1970
Vincent Charles Fairfax


Boy Scouts [3]
1969
W.M. Leonard


Legacy Australia [4]
1968

Lord Casey

GCMG, CH, DSO, MC, PC

Governor General
1967

Sir Lorimer Dods

LVO
Children's health care
1966
Lieutenant Roden Cutler

VC, CBE

Governor of New South Wales
1965

Bill Northam

Olympic sailor[5]
1964

Robert Menzies

CH

Prime Minister
1963

Leslie James Herron

Chief justice of the Supreme Court of New South Wales [6]
1962
Captain Sir Norman Gregg

MC

Ophthalmologist
1961
Captain Adrian Curlewis

Judge
1960
Colin Delaney

CVO, CBE, QPM

NSW Police Commissioner [7][8]
1959

Joseph Cahill


Premier of New South Wales
1958

Harry Jensen

Politician
1957

Sir Edward Hallstrom

Businessman & philanthropist


See also


Australian Mother of the Year Award



References





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  2. ^ "The Shepherd Centre". The Shepherd Centre. 2009. Retrieved 10 May 2012.


  3. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 2014-04-05.CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link) page 6


  4. ^ Barrie Dyster, 'Leonard, Sir Walter McEllister (Mac) (1915–1985)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/leonard-sir-walter-mcellister-mac-14152/text25163, published in hardcopy 2012, accessed online 5 April 2014.


  5. ^ R. I. Cashman, 'Northam, Sir William Herbert (1905–1988)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/northam-sir-william-herbert-14999/text26188, published in hardcopy 2012, accessed online 5 April 2014.


  6. ^ "History of the Award". Australian Father of the Year. Archived from the original on 22 March 2007. Retrieved 2007-05-21.


  7. ^ Menzies, Robert (14 August 1964). "FATHER OF THE YEAR - 1964 - PRESENTATION AT HOTEL AUSTRALIA, SYDNEY - 14TH AUGUST, 1964 - SPEECH BY THE PRIME MINISTER, THE RT. HON. SIR ROBERT MENZIES". PM Transcripts. Commonwealth of Australia. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 2014-04-05.


  8. ^ Wotherspoon, Garry C. (1993). "Delaney, Colin John (1897–1969)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Retrieved 2014-04-05.




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