Tag: Medal of the Order of Australia
Groundbreaking explorer earns OAM
Being awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia for service to adventure and exploration literature was "gobsmackingly unexpected" for Mount Alexander...
OAM for healthcare champion
It takes courage, education and passion to transform a country's approach to maternal child health services.
They're key ingredients...
Breaking barriers
When Luz Restrepo received an email telling her she had been awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia for her service...
The Love of community
When Sue Love says she'll do something, she always turns up.
It is this tenacity and commitment to serving...
OAM for winemaking pioneer
John Ellis is a true pioneer of winemaking in the Macedon Ranges.
Arguably the first person in Australia to...
Art director honoured
From Anzacs to The Man from Snowy River, Leslie Binns has been a creative mind behind some of Australia's most iconic filmmaking.
Literacy trailblazer recognised with OAM
Castlemaine teacher, educational consultant and author Rosemary McKenry has received a Medal of the Order of Australia for service to education in...
A love of adventuring
The joy of seeing young people learning and adventuring is the reason Alex Forrest has dedicated decades to the scouting movement.
Honour ‘quite a shock’
Eve Lamb
Truth is we all get old, if we're lucky, so it's nice to know that someone like...
Royal honour for fest favourite
There's hardly a person in Kyneton who doesn't know Marg Dearricott.
In perhaps her best known role as the...
Fryerstown photographer gets OAM
Receiving a Medal of the Order of Australia, acclaimed local photographer Julie Millowick has taken this Queen's Birthday opportunity to urge for decisive support...
Queen’s Birthday gong for a ‘£10 Pom’
Arriving in Australia in 1957, aged 25 and a proud 'Ten Pound Pom', Ron Alexander never looked back.
The carpenter loved the larrikin fun of...
