Australian Father of the Year award
The Australian Father Of The Year award is an Australian award to honor 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.
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.
Past recipients
| Awarded | Name | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | David Hurley | Governor of New South Wales |
| 2015 | Jamal Rifi | Doctor (founder Australia Muslim Doctors against Violence) |
| 2014 | Andrew Gaze | Basketballer |
| 2013 | Ben Roberts-Smith | Soldier |
| 2012 | John Symond | Executive Chairman of Aussie Home Loans. Chairman of Sydney Opera House Trust |
| 2011 | Angus Houston | 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 | Cricketer |
| 2004 | Graeme Clark | 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 | Parenting activist |
| 1999 | Slim Dusty | Musician |
| 1998 | Kamahl | Musician |
| 1997 | John Howard | Prime Minister |
| 1996 | Peter Ross Sinclair | Governor of New South Wales |
| 1995 | Mark Taylor | Cricketer |
| 1994 | Sir James Hardy | Americas Cup Sailor |
| 1993 | Michael Chugg | Music promoter |
| 1992 | Bill Crews | Minister |
| 1991 | Dr Bruce Shepherd | Deaf Education[1] |
| 1990 | Peter Doyle | |
| 1989 | Ken Done | Artist |
| 1988 | R.A David Martin | |
| 1987 | A.H Pollard | Actuary and Statistician |
| 1986 | Gordon Moyes | Politician |
| 1985 | Sir Ian Turbott | |
| 1984 | Prof Peter Rowe | |
| 1983 | Bobby Limb | Entertainer |
| 1982 | Alan Davidson | Cricketer |
| 1981 | Dr Bradney W Norington | |
| 1980 | Jim Lees | Police Commissioner |
| 1979 | Neil McLeod | |
| 1978 | Sir Zelman Cowen | Governor General |
| 1977 | Gary O'Callaghan | Radio Presenter |
| 1976 | Malcolm Fraser | Prime Minister |
| 1975 joint winners | Major General Alan Stretton | Head of National Disasters Organisation (Cyclone Tracy relief efforts) |
| Sir John Cornforth | Nobel prize winner in Chemistry | |
| 1974 | Sir John Kerr | Governor General |
| 1973 | John Lloyd Waddy | Politician |
| 1972 | Dr William McBride | Gynecologist and obstetrician, (discovered the teratogenicity of thalidomide) |
| 1971 | Sir William McMahon | Prime Minister |
| 1970 | V.C. Fairfax | Boy Scouts [2] |
| 1969 | W.M. Leonard | Legacy Australia [3] |
| 1968 | Lord R. Casey | Governor General |
| 1967 | Sir Lorimer Dods | Children's health care |
| 1966 | Sir Roden Cutler | Governor of New South Wales |
| 1965 | Bill Northam | Olympic sailor[4] |
| 1964 | Sir Robert Menzies | Prime Minister |
| 1963 | Leslie James Herron | Chief justice of the Supreme Court of New South Wales [5] |
| 1962 | Sir Norman Gregg | Ophthalmologist |
| 1961 | Adrian Curlewis | Judge |
| 1960 | Colin Delaney | NSW Police Commissioner [6][7] |
| 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
- ↑ "The Shepherd Centre". The Shepherd Centre. 2009. Retrieved 10 May 2012.
- ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 2014-04-05. page 6
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "History of the Award". Australian Father of the Year. Archived from the original on 22 March 2007. Retrieved 2007-05-21.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Wotherspoon, Garry C. (1993). "Delaney, Colin John (1897–1969)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Retrieved 2014-04-05.