Queen’s Birthday 2016 Honours
A large group of Australians, 565 have been recognised for their contribution to the community in this year’s Queen’s Birthday honours General Division. Six members of the Ivanhoe community are amongst these esteemed individuals. The following members of the Ivanhoe community have been publicly acknowledged for their contributions in a wide range of activities:
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- Dr Anthony Radford has been recognised as an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for his distinguished service to science and global public health. Tony is from the Class of 1972 and was instrumental in the development of technology to diagnose tuberculosis.
,, - Mr Graham (Smokey) Dawson has been made a Member of the Order (AM) for significant service to the community. Smokey is a good friend to the School.
,, - Mr Loris Molent has been made a Member of the Order (AM) for significant service to aeronautical engineering. Lorrie is a parent of Alexander from the Class of 2013 and Natasha from the Class of 2015.
,, - Professor Joseph Proietto has been made a Member of the Order (AM) for significant service to medicine in the field of endocrinology. Joe is the father of the Board of Governor’s member Daniel Proietto from the Class of 1996.
,, - Mr David Ashton-Smith has been recognised with an Order of Australia Medal (OAM) for service to the performing arts, and to secondary education. David was Head of Music at Plenty Campus from 2000-2006.
,, - Mrs Irene Harrington has been recognised with an Order of Australia Medal (OAM) for service to the community through a range of roles and is a past parent of Glenn from the Class of 1997.
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Australia’s distinctive honours system began in 1975 with the creation of the Order of Australia, to recognise service to the nation or humanity, as well as the Australian Bravery Decorations and the National Medal. Since then, Australia has created additional awards to completely replace those areas of service previously recognised in the British system and to recognise additional areas of service valued by Australians. Australian honours are unique in that they were designed for the community to make nominations. The Australian honours system is free of patronage or political influence. Anyone can nominate an Australian citizen for an honour.
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