Australian Father of the Year award

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Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use Australian English The Australian Father of the Year Award is presented annually to "a distinguished father who has demonstrated support, guidance and love to his children or other children through his working role or family life."[1]

Awards

The award was inaugurated in 1957 by The Australian Father's Day Council. The Shepherd Centre (TSC) has been involved from 1998-2021, in 2022 the award organisation was handed to The Fathering Project. Much like TSC, The Fathering Project together with the Australian Father's Day Council launch an annual campaign to find Australia's best high-profile father. The winner is announced at a luncheon, with all proceeds going to TSC; a charity that teaches deaf and hearing-impaired children to listen and speak using an early intervention program.

The award is not associated with the Australian government run Australian of the Year awards.

Past recipients

Awarded Name Post-nominals Notes
2024 David Campbell (singer) and his father, Jimmy Barnes [2] Template:Post-nominals The Today Extra talk show host, singer, actor and his father, Cold Chisel frontman and singer.
2023 Hamish Blake[3] Template:Post-nominals Australian comedian, television and radio presenter, actor and author
2022 Craig Foster[4] Template:Post-nominals Former Socceroo's captain and political activist
2021 Brendan Murphy[5] Former Chief Medical Officer of Australia
2020 Shane Fitzsimmons[5] Former Commissioner of the New South Wales Rural Fire Service and Head of Resilience NSW
2019 Mark Beretta[5] Television journalist
2018 Dick Smith[5] Template:Post-nominals Entrepreneur and philanthropist[6]
2017 Mike Baird[5] Former Premier of New South Wales
2016 Lieutenant General David Hurley[5] Template:Post-nominals Governor of New South Wales
2015 Jamal Rifi[5] Doctor, founder of Australia Muslim Doctors against Violence
2014 Andrew Gaze[5] Template:Post-nominals Basketballer
2013 Corporal Ben Roberts-Smith Template:Post-nominals Soldier, later found at a civil defamation trial to be a war criminal
2012 John Symond[5] Template:Post-nominals Executive Chairman of Aussie Home Loans, and Chairman of Sydney Opera House Trust
2011 Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston[5] Template:Post-nominals Former Chief of the Defence Force
2010 Guy Cooper[5] Former Chief Executive of the Taronga and Western Plains Zoos
2009 Li Cunxin[5] Dancer
2008 Paul Roos[5] Footballer
2007 David Koch Television presenter
2006 Ron Delezio Founder of Day of Difference Foundation
2005 Steve Waugh Template:Post-nominals Cricketer
2004 Graeme Clark Template:Post-nominals 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 Template:Post-nominals Parenting activist
1999 Slim Dusty Template:Post-nominals Musician
1998 Kamahl Template:Post-nominals Musician
1997 John Howard Prime Minister
1996 Rear Admiral Peter Ross Sinclair Template:Post-nominals Governor of New South Wales
1995 Mark Taylor Cricketer
1994 Sir James Hardy Template:Post-nominals Americas Cup Sailor
1993 Michael Chugg Music promoter
1992 Bill Crews Minister
1991 Dr Bruce Shepherd Known for his work in education for the deaf
1990 Peter Doyle
1989 Ken Done Artist
1988 Rear Admiral Sir David Martin Template:Post-nominals Governor of New South Wales
1987 A.H Pollard Actuary and statistician
1986 Gordon Moyes Template:Post-nominals Politician
1985 Sir Ian Turbott Template:Post-nominals Businessman, Chancellor of Western Sydney University
1984 Prof Peter Rowe Template:Post-nominals Sir Lorimer Dods Professor,University of Sydney, Director of the Children’s Medical Research Institute
1983 Bobby Limb Template:Post-nominals Entertainer
1982 Alan Davidson Template:Post-nominals Cricketer
1981 Dr Bradney W Norington
1980 Jim Lees Template:Post-nominals Police Commissioner
1979 Neil McLeod
1978 Sir Zelman Cowen Template:Post-nominals Governor General
1977 Gary O'Callaghan Template:Post-nominals Radio presenter
1976 Malcolm Fraser Prime Minister
1975 joint winners Major General Alan Stretton Template:Post-nominals Head of National Disasters Organisation (Cyclone Tracy relief efforts)
John Cornforth Template:Post-nominals Nobel prize winner in Chemistry
1974 Sir John Kerr Template:Post-nominals Governor General
1973 Group Captain John Waddy Template:Post-nominals Politician
1972 Dr William McBride Template:Post-nominals Gynecologist and obstetrician, (discovered the teratogenicity of thalidomide)
1971 William McMahon Prime Minister
1970 Vincent Charles Fairfax Boy Scouts[7]
1969 W.M. Leonard Legacy Australia[8]
1968 Lord Casey Template:Post-nominals Governor General
1967 Sir Lorimer Dods Template:Post-nominals Children's health care
1966 Lieutenant Roden Cutler Template:Post-nominals Governor of New South Wales
1965 Bill Northam Olympic sailor[9]
1964 Robert Menzies Template:Post-nominals Prime Minister
1963 Leslie James Herron Chief justice of the Supreme Court of New South Wales[10]
1962 Captain Sir Norman Gregg Template:Post-nominals Ophthalmologist
1961 Captain Adrian Curlewis Judge
1960 Colin Delaney Template:Post-nominals NSW Police Commissioner[11][12]
1959 Joseph Cahill Premier of New South Wales
1958 Harry Jensen Politician
1957 Sir Edward Hallstrom Businessman and philanthropist

See also

Australian Mother of the Year Award

References

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