Ian Kiernan

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Ian Kiernan, AO, OAM (born 1940) is an environmentalist who organised the Clean Up Australia campaign, and in 1993 a similar Clean Up the World operation which attracted participation from 30 million volunteers in 80 countries. He received the Order of Australia Medal (OAM) in 1994.

Kiernan was born in Sydney and educated at The Armidale School in north New South Wales. He trained as a builder but became passionate about sailing. In 1986/87 Kiernan competed in the BOC Challenge, a solo around the world yacht race. Kiernan finished 6th out of 25 competitors and set an Australian record for solo circumnavigation.

Preceded by Mandawuy Yunupingu

Australian of the Year 1994

Succeeded by Arthur Boyd