Australian of the Year

Question 1

2013

Australian of the Year

Answer 1

Ita Buttrose

Australian journalist and businesswoman, (founding editor of “Cleo”, editor of “Australian Women’s Weekly”)

Question 2

2012

Australian of the Year

Answer 2

Geoffrey Rush

Australian actor and film producer
Triple Crown of Acting: Academy Award, Tony Award, Emmy Award

Question 3

2011

Australian of the Year

Answer 3

Simon McKeon

Philantropist businessman
(As chairman, director or board member Involved in: Business for Millenium Development, World Vision's Vision Fund, Global Poverty Project of Australia, Red Dust Role Models, The Big Issue magazine, other organisations for Human Rights, Climate Change, Disability and Charity)

Question 4

2010

Australian of the Year

Answer 4

Patrick McGorry

Psychiatrist
Development of early psychosis intervention services for youths

Question 5

2009

Australian of the Year

Answer 5

Mick Dodson

Indigenous leader
Advocate of land rights, involved in United Nations Forum on Indigenous Issues

Question 6

2008

Australian of the Year

Answer 6

Lee Kernaghan

Singer
Country songwriter, composer, musician

Question 7

2007

Australian of the Year

Answer 7

Tim Flannery

Scientist, golbal warming activist
(Chief Commissioner of Australian Climate Commission, Chairman of Copenhagen Climate Council, Chair of Environmental Sustainabilty at Macquarie University)

Question 8

2006

Australian of the Year

Answer 8

Ian Frazer

Immunologist
HPV vaccine

Question 9

2005

Australian of the Year

Answer 9

Fiona Wood

Plastic surgeon
invention of spray-on skin for burn victims, worked with victims of 2002 Bali bombings

Question 10

2004

Australian of the Year

Answer 10

Steve Waugh

Sportsman, humanitarian
(Captain of Australian test cricket team 1999-2004, most capped test player in history (until 2010 Tendulkar), fundraiser for leper children’s colony, charity work for rare diseases via Steve Waugh Foundation)

Question 11

2003

Australian of the Year

Answer 11

Fiona Stanley

Epidemologist
(noted for her public health work, and her research into child and maternal health, and birth disorders such as cerebral palsy)

Question 12

2002

Australian of the Year

Answer 12

Patrick Rafter

Tennis player

Question 13

2001

Australian of the Year

Answer 13

General Peter Cosgrove

Commander of the International Force for East Timor (1999-2000); later Chief of Army and Chief of the Defence Force

Question 14

2000

Australian of the Year

Answer 14

Sir Gustav Nossal

Biologist
(famous for his contributions to the fields of antibody formation and immunological tolerance

Question 15

1999

Australian of the Year

Answer 15

Mark Taylor

Australian circket team captain
(widely regarded as an instrumental component in Australia’s rise to Test cricket dominance)

Question 16

1998

Australian of the Year

Answer 16

Cathy Freeman

Athlete
(also young Australian of the Year in 1990; became the Olympic champion for the women’s 400 metres at the 2000 Summer Olympics, at which she lit the Olympic Flame)

Question 17

1997

Australian of the Year

Answer 17

Peter Doherty

Veterinarian, immunologist
(1996 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine recipient; his work described how the body’s immune cells protect against viruses)

Question 18

1996

Australian of the Year

Answer 18

John Yu

Paediatrician
(Chief Executive Officer of the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children at the time of its relocation from inner-city Camperdown to Westmead in western Sydney in 1995)

Question 19

1995

Australian of the Year

Answer 19

Arthur Boyd

Painter
(Boyd’s work ranges from impressionist renderings of Australian landscape to starkly expressionist figuration, and many canvases feature both. Several famous works set Biblical stories against the Australian landscape)

Question 20

1994

Australian of the Year

Answer 20

Ian Kiernan

Environmentalist
founder of Clean Up Australia and Clean Up the World

Question 21

1992

Australian of the Year

Answer 21

Mandawuy Yunupingu

Singer
front man of the Aboriginal rock group Yothu Yindi

Question 22

1991

Australian of the Year

Answer 22

Peter Hollingworth

Bishop
(engaged in social work for several decades, he served as the Archbishop of Brisbane for 11 years from 1989; later Governor-General of Australia 2001-2003)

Question 23

1990

Australian of the Year

Answer 23

Fred Hollows

Ophthalmologist
(known for his work in restoring eyesight for countless thousands of people in Australia and many other countries; founder of the Fred Hollows Foundation focussing on treating and preventing blindness and other vision problems)

Question 24

1989

Australian of the Year

Answer 24

Allan Border

Australian cricket team captain
(still retains the world record for the number of consecutive Test appearances of 153 and the number of Tests as captain)

Question 25

1988 Australian of the Year

Answer 25

Kay Cottee First female sailor to perform a single-handed, non-stop circumnavigation of the world (1988)

Question 26

1987 Australian of the Year

Answer 26

John Farnham Singer, entertainer (his album "Whispering Jack" held the No. 1 position for a total of 25 weeks and is the highest-selling album in Australian history)

Question 27

1986 Australian of the Year

Answer 27

Dick Smith | Entrepeneur, political activist founder of Dick Smith Electronics, Dick Smith Foods and Australian Geographic

Question 28

1985 Australian of the Year

Answer 28

Paul Hogan Actor

Question 29

1984 Australian of the Year

Answer 29

Lowitja O'Donoghue | Aboriginal health worker later inaugural chairperson of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission 1990–1996

Question 30

1983 Australian of the Year

Answer 30

Robert de Castella Marathon runner (gold medals at 1983 World Championships in Helsinki, 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane and later 1986 CG in Edinburgh)

Question 31

1982 Australian of the Year

Answer 31

Sir Edward Williams | Judge of the Supreme Court of Queensland chairman of the 1982 Brisbane Commonwealth Games Foundation

Question 32

1981 Australian of the Year

Answer 32

Sir John Crawford | Economist key architect of Australia's Post-War growth

Question 33

1980 Australian of the Year

Answer 33

Manning Clark Historian (author of the best-known general history of Australia, his six-volume "A History of Australia", published between 1962 and 1987)

Question 34

1979 Australian of the Year

Answer 34

Neville Bonner, Politician (first Indigenous Australian to become a member of the Parliament of Australia) Harry Butler, Naturalist (populariser of science and natural history for both child and adult audiences)

Question 35

1978 Australian of the Year

Answer 35

Alan Bond, Businessman (initially successful in property development, later extended business interests in other fields like brewing (Tooheys), gold mining and others. Purchased Nine Network in 1987 and went bankrupt in 1992) Galarrquy Yunupingu, Indigenous leader (involved in fight for Land Rights)

Question 36

1977 Australian of the Year

Answer 36

``` Raigh Roe (President of the Country Women's Association) ``` Sir Murray Tyrrell (Official Secretary to 6 Governor-Generals of Australia for a record term of 26 years)

Question 37

1976 Australian of the Year

Answer 37

Colonel Sir Edward Dunlop | Military surgeon renowned for his leadership while being held prisoner by the Japanese during World War II

Question 38

1975 Australian of the Year

Answer 38

Sir John Cornforth, Scientist (work on stereochmistry of enzyme-catalysed reactions, Novel Prize in Chemistry same year) Major General Alan Stretton, Army officer (managed Cyclone Tracy cleanup)

Question 39

1974 Australian of the Year

Answer 39

Sir Bernard Heinze Conductor (Director of the New South Wales State Conservatorium of Music, conducted all the orchestras run by the ABC, most particularly the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra)

Question 40

1973 Australian of the Year

Answer 40

Patrick White Author (widely regarded as one of the most important English-language novelists of the 20th century; Nobel Prize for Literature same year)

Question 41

1972 Australian of the Year

Answer 41

Shane Gould | Swimmer winner of three gold medals, a silver and bronze in 1972 Summer Olympics

Question 42

1971 Australian of the Year

Answer 42

Evonne Goolagong Cawley | Tennis player won 14 Grand Slam titles in the 70s and 80s

Question 43

1970 Australian of the Year

Answer 43

Cardinal Sir Norman Gilroy | Glergyman first Australian-born Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church

Question 44

1969 Australian of the Year

Answer 44

Lord Richard Casey Politician, diplomat (Governor-General of Australia 1965-1969; served at Gallipolli as aide-de.-camp to Major General Sir William Bridges, colonial governor of Bengal between 1944 and 1946)

Question 45

1968 Australian of the Year

Answer 45

Lionel Rose | Boxer first Aboriginal Australian to win world boxing title (1968)

Question 46

1967 Australian of the Year

Answer 46

The Seekers | Music group Austrlian folk-influenced pop quartet

Question 47

1966 Australian of the Year

Answer 47

Jack Brabham | Racing driver Formula One champion in 1959, 1960 and 1966

Question 48

1965 Australian of the Year

Answer 48

Sir Rober Helpmann Actor, ballet dancer, theatre director

Question 49

1964 Australian of the Year

Answer 49

Dawn Fraser Swimmer (gold medal winner at 1956, 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympic Games, also known for her controversial behaviour and larrikin character)

Question 50

1963 Australian of the Year

Answer 50

Sir John Eccles | Neurophysiologist seminal work on the synapse; shared Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine same year

Question 51

1962 Australian of the Year

Answer 51

Jock Sturrock Yachtsman (won over four hundred national and state championship yachting races, bronze medal for Australia at 1956 Opympic games in Melbourne)

Question 52

1961 Australian of the Year

Answer 52

Joan Sutherland Opera singer (dramatic soprano noted for her contribution to the renaissance of the bel canto repertoire from the late 1950s through to the 1980s)

Question 53

1960 Australian of the Year

Answer 53

Sir Macfarlane Burnet Virologist (predicting acquired immune tolerance and was best known for developing the theory of clonal selection; Nobel Prize same year)

Question 54

2014 Australian of the Year

Answer 54

Adam Goodes Australian Rules Football Player (Dual Brownlow medalist, 4 times All Australian player; founder and active for The Goodes O'Loughlin Foundation focussing on education and healthy lifestyle of indigenous youths)