King’s Birthday Honours 2024: NSW residents recognised for tireless contributions statewide
From pioneering scientists to charity stalwarts and multicultural icons – check out inspirational people statewide recognised in this year’s King’s Birthday Honours.
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Residents across NSW have been revealed as King’s Birthday Honours recipients for a host of inspiring endeavours – leaving at least one deserving bloke “stunned like a bloody mullet”.
Governor-General David Hurley has recognised the recipients across New South Wales on behalf of King Charles ahead of his upcoming 76th birthday on November 14.
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– Hunter
Sydney’s Northern Beaches
Kevin Ernest Weldon AM
Officer of the order of Australia (AO)
The late Kevin Weldon was a publisher, philanthropist and businessman.
He has been recognised for his service to international and national surf life saving, to publishing, to animal welfare and to philanthropic endeavours.
Mr Weldon joined the surf life saving movement when he was 15-years-old and rapidly rose through the ranks.
He received his life membership in 2003/04. He was also appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for his service to lifesaving.
Right until the end of his life, Mr Weldon helped make the ocean a safer place for all.
He played a pivotal role in setting up The Ripper Group, which uses drones to help save people in the marine environment.
Mr Weldon’s daughter Leonie said her whole family was “very overwhelmed” when they found out about the honour.
“Dad was working on ideas and things he thought would be good for Australia until before he passed away,” she said.
She remembered her father as someone “full of energy” who “loved people, loved Australia and all our potential”.
“It was his belief that we could be the best of the best and compete on the international stage,” she said.
“His other thing was that you had to do good – every endeavour had to be good for the community.”
Mr Weldon sadly died on November 9, 2023. He is survived by his children Cecille, Harold and Leonie, as well as grandchildren and great grandchildren.
Anita Blanche Keelan
Member of the Order of Australia (AM)
For significant service to netball.
Lynn Smith Kraus
Member of the Order of Australia (AM)
For significant service to business and commerce, to gender equality and to the community.
Pamela Pritchard
Member of the Order of Australia (AM)
For significant service to the community, to social welfare and to primary education.
Michael Smith
Member of the Order of Australia (AM)
For significant service to geological and earth sciences.
Lindsay Davis
Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM)
For service to surf life saving.
William Gee
Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM)
For service to surf life saving.
Ian Matthewson
Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM)
For service to the community of Brisbane.
Maureen Rutlidge
Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM)
For service to the community of the Northern Beaches.
North Sydney
Professor Karen Canfell
Companion of the Order of Australia (AC)
Professor Karen Canfell is the inaugural director of the Daffodil Centre, a leading cancer research centre.
Her work has been instrumental in helping Australia eliminate cervical cancer.
Professor Canfell has been recognised for her service to medicine as an epidemiologist, particularly through cancer research, tertiary education, and as a mentor.
“I’ve just been so surprised and overwhelmed and so grateful for this honour,” she said.
“After finding out about it (the honour), I really reflected on how it is based on work done by a whole community of people.
“So, in a way, it’s an honour for our team and the wider group of people who work everyday to prevent cancer in people around the world and to improve outcomes for those who do develop cancer.”
Professor Thomas Maschmeyer
Officer of the order of Australia (AO)
For distinguished service to public health, tertiary education and to professional associations and boards.
Professor Donald Nutbeam
Officer of the order of Australia (AO)
For distinguished service to public health, to tertiary education, and to professional associations and boards.
Concetta Cirigliano Perna
Member of the Order of Australia (AM)
Concetta Perna has been recognised for her significant service to the Australian-Italian community.
Ms Perna migrated to Australia in 1984, after her husband obtained work in Sydney.
“It was only a four-year contract, but we decided to stay in Australia … (and now) we’re very proud to call Australia home,” she said.
She said the honour was “incredibly meaningful” because it would remind her to continue striving for the Australian-Italian community.
Ms Perna said her involvement with the community began in earnest when she became involved with Scalabrini Villages, an aged care community created by an Italian priest.
She is also involved in the Italian Australian Women’s Association and Sydney’s Dante Alighieri Society, which celebrates Italian culture.
“I don’t think I would ever have achieved all this without the help of so many people who have believed in me,” Ms Perna said.
Brianna Casey
Member of the Order of Australia (AM)
For significant service to social welfare, to environmental conservation and to the community.
The late Ruth Alicia Charlton
Member of the Order of Australia (AM)
For significant service to the law.
Dr Eileen Gallery
Member of the Order of Australia (AM)
For significant service to nephrology, to obstetric medicine and to tertiary education.
Dr Winston Ponder
Member of the Order of Australia (AM)
For significant service to scientific research.
Professor Helen Reddel
Member of the Order of Australia (AM)
For significant service to respiratory medicine.
Dr Diana Semmonds
Member of the Order of Australia (AM)
For significant service to ophthalmology, to regulatory bodies and to professional organisations.
Christine Sinclair
Member of the Order of Australia (AM)
For significant service to squash.
Jillian Skinner
Member of the Order of Australia (AM)
For significant service to the people and parliament of NSW, and to community health.
Inga Marianne (Eckerström)-Fancelli
Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM)
For service to education and to the Swedish community.
John Baynie
Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM)
For service to emergency response organisation and to the community.
Dr Penny Browne
Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM)
For service to medicine as a general practitioner.
Dr Francis Doughty
Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM)
For service to veterinary science and to the community.
Susan Ferguson
Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM)
For service to community health.
John Ford
Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM)
For service to community health.
Heath Garnsey
Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM)
For service to genealogy.
Penelope Gillies
Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM)
For service to athletics as a coach and competitor.
Graham Hill
Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM)
For service to theological education and to the Baptist Churches of Australia.
Raymond Kidd
Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM)
For service to the arts as a patron and to oenology.
Diana Kidd
Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM)
For service to the arts and to youth.
Jennifer Lea Morris
Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM)
For service to women through leadership and mentoring roles.
Michael Titley
Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM)
For service to agriculture.
Ian Westmoreland
Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM)
For service to men’s health and to youth.
Roger Wilkinson
Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM)
For service to the community and to acoustic engineering.
Western Sydney
Dr Paul Lyttleton Gaudry
Member of the Order of Australia (AM)
For significant service to emergency and forensic medicine.
Anne Stanfield
Member of the Order of Australia (AM)
For significant service to community social welfare organisations.
David Archbold
Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM)
For service to athletics in NSW.
Jonathan Gleeson
Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM)
For service to martial arts.
Henry Jones
Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM)
For service to veterans and to the community of Parramatta.
Kerrye Katz
Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM)
For service to judo, as a coach and athlete.
Harinder Kaur
Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM)
For service to the community through social welfare organisations.
Judith King
Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM)
For service to secondary education.
Carolyn Kitto
Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM)
For service to the community through social justice initiatives.
Stephen O’Doherty
Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM)
For service to the community through a range of organisations.
Nalika Priyadharshi Padmasena
Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM)
For service to the multicultural community of NSW.
Marie-Louise Marisa Previtera
Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM)
For service to the Maltese community of NSW.
Professor Andre Masumbuko
Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM)
For service to medical research, particularly refugee and migrant health.
Robert Gregory Simms
Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM)
For service to the Indigenous community of Western Sydney.
Anne Tunks
Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM)
For service to community health, particularly dementia support.
Inner West
Associate Professor John Stanley Cullen
Member of the Order of Australia (AM)
For significant service to geriatric medicine as a clinician, researched, health innovator and advocate.
Professor Heather Goodall
Member of the Order of Australia (AM)
For significant service to tertiary education.
Julie Millard
Member of the Order of Australia (AM)
For significant service to the mental health sector.
Dr George Foster
Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM)
For service to the Jewish community of New South Wales.
Farag Bassili Gobran
Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM)
For service to youth, to aged welfare and to the Egyptian community.
Robert Maul
Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM)
For service to the community through emergency response organisations.
Pamela Phillips
Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM)
For service to community health and to international relations.
Barbara Ramjan
Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM)
For service to rowing and to the law.
Dr William Ryall
Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM)
For service to conservation and the environment.
Cassandra Wilkinson
Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM)
For service to broadcast media and to the community.
Eastern Suburbs
Sir Jonathan Mills AO
Companion of the Order of Australia (AC)
Jonathan Mills is a composer and festival director.
He has composed several award-winning operas and works for chamber ensemble and orchestra, including the oration Sandakan Threnody, which was awarded the Prix Italia.
He was also the festival director and chief executive officer of the Edinburgh International Festival.
Sir Mills is being recognised for his service to international cultural leadership and diplomacy, as well as to the performing arts, philanthropic ventures and tertiary education.
Peter James Agnew ESM
Member of the Order of Australia (AM)
For significant service to surf lifesaving as an administrator, official and educator.
Ian Rodney Grace
Member of the Order of Australia (AM)
For significant service to radio and to the music industry.
Gerard John Hayes
Member of the Order of Australia (AM)
For significant service to industrial relations, particularly through the trade union sector.
Associate Professor Carolyn Quadrio
Member of the Order of Australia (AM)
For significant service to psychiatry as a clinician, academic and mentor.
Nicolette Rubinsztein
Member of the Order of Australia (AM)
For significant service to business, particularly the finance and commerce sectors.
Kalman Bloch
Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM)
For service to the community through Lions International.
Carol Bunton
Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM)
For service to sport, particularly netball.
Rabbi Jacqueline Ninio
Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM)
For service to the Jewish community and to interfaith organisations.
South Sydney
Annette Morgan
Member of the Order of Australia (AM)
For significant service to the community, particularly through for-purpose organisations and governance roles.
Neville Kelly
Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM)
For service to the community of NSW.
Dr Damien Stark
Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM)
For service to medicine in the field of microbiology.
Beryl Van Oploo
Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM)
For service to the Indigenous community and to the hospitality industry.
Canberra (ACT)
Assistant Commissioner Douglas Ian Boudry
ACT – APM
Over 25 years of policing, he has worked across a variety of capabilities including community policing, technical surveillance, digital forensics, enterprise ICT, covert and technical operations, and as the commissioner’s chief of staff.
James Edward Taylor-Dayus
ACM
He has over two years of service with ACT Corrective Services (ACTCS).
Previously, Mr Taylor-Dayus worked in corrections in the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Queensland. He came to ACTCS as a very experienced officer.
Susan Dorothy Bodell
Curtin – PSM (public service medal)
For outstanding public service, contribution and achievement to Australia’s interests in the Indo-Pacific region.
Tamara Michelle Curll
PSM
For outstanding public service to the Australian Government and public through her sustained contribution to Australia’s action on climate change.
Dr Stephanie Davis
Giralang
PSM
For outstanding public service through sustained leadership in supporting Australia’s primary health care system throughout and beyond the Covid pandemic.
Jennifer Leanne Hazelton
PSM
For outstanding public service in delivering evidence-based food labelling standards and information for consumers.
David Charles Lewis
Hackett – PSM
For outstanding public service in providing expert constitutional policy advice to all parts of the Australian Government.
Fiona Rose MacDonald
Gungahlin – PSM
For outstanding public service in customer service, policy and program design and service delivery.
Rachael Karen Moore
Ainslie – PSM
For outstanding public service in leading Australia’s humanitarian, reconstruction and consular response as High Commissioner to the Kingdom of Tonga.
Abigael Emma Ogada-Osir
PSM
For outstanding public service in cultural diversity, particularly the Cultural Diversity Sprint Project.
Dr Mark Andrew Schipp
PSM
For outstanding public service in improved outcomes for animal health and biosecurity in Australia and overseas.
Michael John Blaseotto
Monash – AFSM
Commenced volunteering with the ACT Rural Fire Service (ACTRFS) in 2001.
During his 22 years he has held the role of equipment officer, training officer, deputy captain, senior deputy captain, captain and vice president.
In addition, he has led the brigade through undoubtably the most challenging fire season (2019 – 2020).
Colin John O’Rourke
Yarralumla – AFSM
Has been involved in various frontline operations throughout an extensive career with ACT Fire and Rescue (ACTF & R) spanning over 35 years.
He was particularly instrumental in responding to major bushfires in 1994, 2001, 2003, 2011, and 2019/20 where he placed himself in harm’s way to protect the communities of the ACT and region with distinction.
Joanne Louise Miles
ASM (Ambulance service medal)
She has demonstrated exceptional clinical and management experience in the provision of clinical care to the community and training to colleagues during her 21 years with the ACT Ambulance Service.
Vidoshi Jana
ACT
For outstanding public service and dedication to public administration in leading the concept design, approval and establishment of the National Emergency Management Agency.
Michael Paul Burgess
AM
For significant service to public administration, particularly national security and intelligence. He has been the Director-General of Security at the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation since 2019 and is former Director for Australian Signals Directorate.
Mr Burgess has also worked as chief information security Officer for Telstra.
Robyn-Lyn Henderson
O’Connor – AM
For significant service to public administration and to social welfare.
She has been numerous policy consultants with the Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research and the Treasury Department, Australian Federal Police, Australian Crime Commission and Medicare – as well as a cabinet adviser for the Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands Government.
Ms Henderson was also a member of the Division of Canberra from 1979-1985 and an acting leader of the ACT House of Assembly in 1982.
Sister Jane Irene Keogh
Downer – AM
For significant service to the community through social welfare advocacy and to primary education.
A Brigidone sister since the 1960s, she has been a human rights advocate for refugees in Australia, Papua New Guinea and Nauru and is a founding member of Operation #NotForgotten (ONF) from Ads Up Canada Refugee Network.
Dr John Aspley Davis
Hawker – AM
For significant service to veterinary science, and to professional associations.
A member of the Australian Veterinary Association since 1980, Dr Davis has held various positions including president of the ACT Division and policy adviser councillor.
Principal of the Mobile Veterinary Surgeon since 2010, Dr Davis has also been an animal welfare officer at the University of Canberra since 2014 and a member of the Australasian Veterinary Boards Council.
He has also been part of the Community Fire Unit no. 38 since 2009 and a volunteer for RSL Life Care ACT. He was Canberra Citizen of the Year in 2020.
Emeritus Professor Elivio Bonollo
AM
For significant service to tertiary education, particularly industrial design research and development.
An emeritus professor with the University of Canberra in Industrial Design and a former pro vice-chancellor and dean in the Faculty of Environmental Design.
Dr Pauline Kerr
Reidsdale – AM
For significant service to tertiary education, and to international diplomatic relations.
A current Emeritus Fellow at the Australian National University and former academic adviser for the Australian Defence College.
She is also a former editorial board member for The Hague Journal of Diplomacy.
Gregory Lawrence Aldridge
OAM
For service to community health.
CEO of EveryMan Australia since 2004, he was also a former president of the Canberra Men’s Centre.
He has been a member of the Domestic Violence Prevention Council and a co-ordinator of the White Ribbon Capital Region. A psychologist since 2006, Mr Aldridge has also been a board member with the ACT Council of Cultural and Community Organisations.
Barbara Ann Bowen
OAM
For service to the community of Canberra.
A former registered nurse and midwife at Canberra Hospital and former community nurse at Kingston and The Causeway.
She was involved with working groups to set up Campus Childcare Collection at the Australian National University in the 80s and a former committee member at Canberra Chapter, AFS International Exchanges.
Evelyn Callaghan
OAM
For service to early childhood education.
Ms Callaghan has been director of Deakin School for Early Learning and director of The Park School for Early Learning – and is former president of the Australian Federation of Child Care Associations.
She is co-author of ABC Canberra: A Beautiful City, and a Walk in the Park: Creating. Ms Ms Callaghan also volunteers in residential aged care.
Esther Valerie Davies
OAM
For service to community history, and to education.
Vice president of The Canberra and District Historical Society since 2014, Ms Davis has held roles including president and historian.
A current archivist with Telopea Park School and former teacher of history and English, Ms Davis was a former teacher at Canberra High School, Melrose High School and the president of the ACT History Teachers’ Association.
She is also co-author of A History of Australia’s Capital, ACT Ministry of Health, Education and the Arts, 1990.
Margaret Josceline Findlater-Smith
Kambah – OAM
For service to women’s affairs in a range of organisations.
Ms Findlater-Smithhas has had various roles with the National Council of Women Australia including national president, national adviser and international delegate.
She has been a member of the National Council of Women in ACT since 2001 and a former vice-president. Ms Findlater-Smith has also worked as national representative for Soroptimist International and was a Perth president.
She has had roles with Equality Rights Alliance and the Women’s Royal Australian Navy Service, Naval Women’s Association, of which she was a founding member. Ms Findlater-Smith was also a former radio operator WRANS in the 1950s.
Yohanni Bey Johns
OAM
For service to tertiary education.
A former lecturer and teacher at the Australian National University and founding member of Faculty of Asian Studies, she was also a cultural adviser to Prime Minister John Gorton in 1968.
Ms Johns is also a former matriarch of the Canberra Indonesian Community. She has been an author and co-author on various publications including A Teachers guide to Bahasa Indonesia: Langkah Baru, 1977 and Dishes from Indonesia.
She was awarded The Tony and Yohanni Johns Indonesia Humanities Fund, Australian National University in 2022.
Dr Chi Wing Lai
O’Malley – OAM
For service to medicine as a general practitioner and to the community.
A GP between 1967 and 2022, working at Canberra Hospital, Calvary Hospital and as a member of the Australian Medical Association. Lecturer at Canberra campus with the University of Sydney Clinical School and the Australian National University Medical School, as well as a co-founder of Sophan Kith Education Fund (Cambodian-based) since 2010. Volunteer with the Indo-China Refugee Association.
Dr Buuloc Lam
OAM
For service to dentistry, and to humanitarian dental care.
A member of the management committee for Children’s Health Aid Team since 2014, Dr Lam been a pro-bono dentist with Beni Community Health Services Centre, Kushudebu Public Health Mission Nepal and Saniiwani since 2021, as well as for the Salvation Army Australia. Currently a dentist and proprietor at Braddon Dental Surgery.
Dr Mark Kevin O’Connor
OAM
For service to literature as a poet and educator.
He has been an environmental poet since 1972, is author of a dozen books of poetry, and endeavoured as an Olympic poet.
Dr O’Connor was poetry editor for The Canberra Times in 1995 and an inventor and patent holder of Pro-NOUNCE-it software.
The former English literature teacher at The University of Western Australia and the Australian National University is also a former council member of the Australian Conservation Foundation.
He was also a writer-in-residence at the James Cook University, Griffith University, Darwin University, Monash University, Charles Sturt University and Gippsland College and was awarded the Tom Collins Poetry Prize in 1983.
Wollongong/ South Coast
Colin James Tritton
Surf Beach – ESM
He has given meritorious service to the NSW community as a volunteer member of Marine Rescue Batemans Bay Unit for almost 25 years, having joined the Royal Volunteer Coastal Patrol (RVCP) in 1999.
Prior to joining, Mr Tritton had a distinguished career with NSW Police including as a Police Diver and then with the Water Police (Now Marine Area Command). With the RVCP, he was responsible for establishing a training regimen.
Professor Lisa Kervin
Coledale – AM
For significant service to tertiary education, and to research in early childhood digital literacy. She’s been a Professor of Education, Faculty of The Arts and Social Sciences and Humanities at the University of Wollongong since 2018 and an Associate Dean of Research.
The Professor is also with the Australian Research Council as a Chief Investigator and has published over 80 journal articles and 40 book chapters in her career.
She has also been a fundraiser with the Juvenile Diabetes Research Fund since 2017 and a joint winner of the Innovation achievement award at Wollongong Council in 2022.
Dr Kathleen Margaret Eagar
Wombarra – AM
For significant service to community through health services research and development, and as a mentor.
She has worked extensively at University of Wollongong and served as a Professor of Health Services Research and director of Australian Health Services Research Institute.
She is currently an adjunct professor with The University of NSW and Queensland University of Technology.
She also served in various health services roles including as board member of the Illawarra Shoalhaven Health District and is an honorary life member for Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association and honorary life fellow with the Australian Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine.
Professor Kathleen Frances Clapham
Wollongong – AM
For significant service to Indigenous community health, to anthropology, and to tertiary education.
She has been the founding director of Ngarruwan Ngadju First Peoples Health and Wellbeing Research Centre at the University of Wollongong since 2019 and a professor and discipline head since 2022.
Ms Clapham is also a member of the advisory committee of the National Injury Surveillance Unit, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, and she was awarded a lifetime member of the Australasian Injury Prevention Network this year.
Dr William James Pigott
Berry – AM
For significant service to conservation and the environment, to medical education and to international community health.
A member of Berry Landcare since 2003, he was chair between 2009-2013 and vice chair of South East Landcare between 2012-2014.
Gillian Beaudricourte Avery
Nowra – OAM
For service to the community through charitable organisations.
A current volunteer and supporter of Presbyterian Social Services, Ms Avery has donated handmade quilts and carry bags for needy and homeless people in Sydney through PSS Food Ministry.
She is a current supporter of Pacific Housing Link on the Central Coast and has backed various charities including Darcy House, The Blue House, The Homeless Hub, The White House and Southern Cross Housing.
Gwendoline May Chisholm
Berrigan – OAM
For service to the community of Berrigan.
Former president and life member of the Ladies Auxiliary Berrigan Football Netball Club and former catering co-ordinator at the Berrigan Cricket Club, as well as life member.
She is also a former belle of belles for Murray Valley Football League (1961) and has been awarded Club Person of the Year for the Berrigan Football Club in 2017 and Volunteer Recognition Award for AFL in 2018.
Ian Gordon Hughes
Nowra – OAM
For service to the community of the Shoalhaven region.
He has held numerous roles with the Bomaderry Nowra Lions Club (formerly Lions Club of Nowra) which he joined in 1977, including president, secretary and club bulletin editor.
He has also been heavily involved in Lions District 201N2 since the 1990s in roles including district governor, leadership chairman and special projects.
The former member of the Nowra Chamber of Commerce and NSW Retail Association has also given his services as president of the Illaroo Soccer Club and Nowra Jaycees.
Mx Kai Noonan
Long Beach – OAM
For service to the LGBTIO+ community, and to the domestic and family wellbeing sector. Held various women and family health roles including director for Sexual, Domestic and Family Violence Prevention LGBTIQ+ Health Australia since 2023, and director of Client Operations at the Women and Girls Emergency Centre since 2021.
Also a former member of 1800 RESPECT National Sector Advisory Group and a current member of the National Women’s Safety Alliance.
Colin Roy Rathbone
Kiama – OAM
For service to the community of Kiama.
A member of the Kiama branch of the Red Cross since 2010, Mr Rathbone has also been a member of Friends of Blue Haven Aged Care Facility since 2011.
Former president of the Kiama District Sports Association and secretary of Kiama Friends of Vision Australia, Mr Rathbone was also a foundation troop member of the Kiama light horse brigade in 2014.
He was awarded the Australia Day Citizen of the Year Kiama in 2017 and is life member of the Kiama Junior Football Club and Kiama District Sports Association.
Mrs June Louise Stevens
OAM
For service to the community through social welfare organisations.
A former board member of Southern Cross Community Housing, Nowra Family Support Services and Kemblawarra Childcare Centre, she is also a former chair of the National board of Lifeline Australia and has been director of Lifeline South Coast.
Mr Gregory Leigh Crofts
Shell Cove – OAM
For service to youth through Scouts. Heavily involved in Scouts NSW as a group adviser for Kiama Scouts Group since 2020 and a former assistant district commissioner of the Illawarra South District.
He has been awarded the silver Kangaroo, Emu, Koala and Wattle for Scouts NSW throughout the years and a Medal of Merit in 1991.
Mr Kenneth James Forbes
OAM
For service to lawn bowls.
He has been president of the Illawarra Zone 16 Bowls Association since 2008 and held various roles, including life member of the Windang Bowling Club – and president.
A former justice of the peace for 25 years, Mr Forbes has also held roles with the Wollongong Bowling Club and Illawarra Mercury Bowls Committee. He has also been president of the Illawarra Police Boys Club.
Shelley Elizabeth Hancock
OAM
For service to the people and parliament of NSW.
The former Parliamentary Secretary for the South Coast and Minister for Local Government, has also been a speaker of the Legislative Assembly between 2011-2019. She has also held roles in parliament as South Coast MP and member of the joint standing committee on road safety.
Distinguished Professor Stuart Bruce Kaye
Figtree – OAM
For service to international law, and to tertiary education.
The professor has held numerous roles with the University of Wollongong, Western Australia, Melbourne, Tasmania and James Cook University.
Has held roles such as director of the Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security since 2013 at University Of Wollongong, dean of School of Law at WA and professor of Law at Melbourne. He is the current chief investigator for Securing Antarctica’s Environment Future with Maritime and is involved in research in the law of the sea and international law.
Professor Kaye has been involved in numerous publications including Handbook of Maritime Regulation and Enforcement in 2015. A member of many organisations including the Australian and New Zealand Society of International Law and the NSW Bar Association. He is also involved with Red Cross, the ADF and has been awarded various defence service medals including defence long service medal with first clasp.
Helen Nance Pittman
Woonona – OAM
For service to the community through a range of organisations.
A member of Woonona Women’s Bowling Club since 2000 she has held various roles including president, secretary, Facebook Marketplace co-ordinator and assistant treasurer.
She is a life member of the Russell Vale Junior Soccer Club and is also on the committee for the Russell Vale Public School P & C Association, working as canteen volunteer.
She has also been a busy volunteer with aorganisations including Wesley Church on the Mall Charity Shop and tea rooms, Uniting Church Op Shop and biggest morning tea organiser. Also a fundraiser for Wollongong Hospital, Cancer Council and a volunteer with the Sydney Olympic Games in 2000.
Hunter
Louise Lane
ACM (Australian correctives medal)
She commenced duty with Corrective Services NSW in 1986 as a trainee custodial officer, before being promoted into the internal investigations unit and becoming a custodial officer. Currently responsible for the delivery of offender management programs at the Maitland Community Corrections office.
Detective Sergeant Kristi Lee Faber
APM
Commenced her career as a NSW police officer in 1992 stationed at Bankstown Police Station conducting general duties.
In 1993 she attained the rank of constable and in 1997 transferred to a criminal investigation position at the Bass Hill Unit. The same year Det Sgt Faber obtained the rank of senior constable and moved to the regional area of Maitland working in the Criminal Investigation Unit.
In 2000, Det Sgt Faber transferred to the Lake Macquarie detective’s office where she has remained for the last 24 years. In 2006, she was promoted to her current rank of detective sergeant within the Lake Macquarie Detectives Unit. She has relieved as the Lake Macquarie crime manager periodically since 2020.
Matthew David Faber
APM
He joined the NSW Police Force in 1991 and was stationed at Cabramatta Police Station then Wetherill Park Police Station in general duties. In October 1996 he started fulltime in criminal investigation duties at Wetherill Park Police Station, later to become the Green Valley Local Area Command and was designated as a detective in 1999. In April 2000 he transferred to the Newcastle Detectives Unit and was promoted to detective sergeant in 2004.
From 2001 he led many notable strike forces involving serious and violent crimes such as murder, sexual assault, abduction and armed robberies. The strike forces he led include SF Testa, SF Inspection, SF Finni, Harrick, SF Giffen and SF Backhouse investigating the execution style murder of woman in her Stockton home.
Superintendent Scott Richard Tanner
APM
He joined the NSW Police Force in 1993 and performed general duties at Newcastle, Wallsend, Grafton, Nymboida, Manilla, Gunnedah, Coonabarabran, Dubbo, Armidale and Lismore police stations. He has spent much of his career in regional NSW in general duties, including lock up keeper roles.
Ms Sharon Lea Pope
Lochinvar – PSM
For outstanding public service to urban and regional planning in Muswellbrook Shire and the surrounding region.
Conjoint Associate Professor James Patrick Scurry
AM
For significant service to anatomical pathology, to women’s health, and to professional societies.
A senior staff specialist in anatomical pathology at John Hunter Hospital in Newcastle since 2010, he has also been a professor at the School of Medicine and Public Health at the University of Newcastle since 2011 and worked at the Mercy Hospital for Women in Melbourne.
Prof Scurry is also an author and co-author of more than 190 published papers and a founding member of the Australian and New Zealand Vulvovaginal Society.
John Charles Brooks
Scone – OAM
For service to the community of Scone.
Chairman of Scone Legacy since 1998 and a current mentor for trades with Scone High School.
Mr Brooks has been fundraising for Westpac Rescue Helicopter for the past decade.
A lover of all things sport, he’s part of the Scone and District Cricket Club, Scone Junior Cricket and rugby, rodeo and camp drafting and the horse festival.
Charles Denham Cooke
Upper Hunter Shire – OAM
For service to the Scottish community of NSW.
Founder of the Aberdeen Highland Games in 2000. Former president and bands co-ordinator.
A member of the Clan MacLeod Society of Australia (NSW) since the 1980s and life member since 2019, Mr Cooke has been a former host of clan gatherings for more than 20 years.
He has been a secretary/treasurer of the Scone RSL pipes and drums for 25 years, and is a former drum major.
Mr Cooke has been a part of many Scottish heritage organisations, including the Hunter Valley Scots Club, and has been a member of the United Grand Lodge of NSW and ACT since 1967.
He is also a current member of the Scone Lodge 183, chairman of the Gundy Crown Reserve Trust for 15 years and a member of the Gundy Rural Fire brigade since 2003.
Mr Cooke has been awarded a Minister’s Award in volunteer excellence and a long service award from the NSW RFS. He was named Upper Hunter Citizen of the Year in 2012.
Audrey Koosmen
Blackalls Park – OAM
For service to animal welfare. She has been the chair of the NSW Wildlife Council since 2012 and is president of the Hunter Wildlife Rescue (formerly the Native Animal Trust Fund).
Clifton Barry Monaghan
Adamstown Heights – OAM
For service to hockey. A life member with the Newcastle Tigers Hockey Club. Held various roles including president, secretary and coach. He is also a life member of Newcastle Men’s Hockey Association and was a Newcastle delegate for Hockey NSW.
Mr Monaghan was the founder of Newcastle Indoor Hockey and was awarded the Australian Sports Medal in 2000.
Kevin O’Neill
Cessnock – OAM
For service to football. Played 62 games, including four as captain with the Australian Socceroos between 1949 and 1959.
Mr O’Neill played in various leagues across the Hunter and Sydney including the Lake Macquarie Football Club, Sydney Football Club Prague, Cessnock City Hornets Football Club, West Wallsend Football Club and Kurri Kurri Football Club.
He is an inductee of Football Australian Hall of Fame in 2000, an inductee of the Hunter Region Sporting Hall of Fame in 1996 and an inductee of City of Cessnock Hall of Fame in sports in 2007.
Catherine Mary Ringstad
OAM
For service to the community through social welfare roles.
Involved with the Calvary Mater Hospital at Newcastle, she has been the director of mission since 2017 and held roles including pastoral care manager and member of the cultural safety audit.
Ms Ringstad has also been chair of the National Pastoral Care Coordinators Committee, Calvary Little Company of Mary Health Care, and co-president of the Hunter branch of Spiritual Care Australia. She is involved with Hunter Alliance Care and has lead and contributed to local palliative, end of life, Aboriginal cancer and smoking projects. She has also been a judge of the Grieve Writing Project since 2013.
Ms Ringstad contributes to Catholic Health Australia and was awarded an excellence in pastoral care award in 2015.
Ruth Evelyn Wilson
Corlette – OAM
For service to hot air ballooning.
She has held various roles with the Australian Ballooning Federation, including examiner of airmen, president and secretary. She was the country’s first national hot air ballooning champion in 1979.
Ms Wilson is a Federation Aeronautique Internationale juror and Australian delegate and has been a representative in the Coupe Aeronautique Gordon Bennett – the long distance gas ballooning championships – in 1999 and 2018. It included a non-stop flight from Switzerland to Italy in 17 hours and a non-stop flight from New-Mexico to Oklahoma in 13 hours.
The vice president of the Air Sport Australian Confederation flew her balloon 4000ft at night for a world record night sky jump in 1989 and achieved third place at the inaugural ladies World Hot Air Balloon Championship in 1990.
She is managing director of Ruth Wilson media/PR and another accolade was a Paul Tissandier Diploma in 2021.
Central Coast
Claire Louise Braund
Terrigal -OAM
For service to women in business, and to the community of the Central Coast.
Co-founder of Women on Boards Australia 2006 and Women of Boards UK 2012.
President of the Central Coast Conservatorium of Music since 2021 and Churchill Fellow with the Churchill Trust since 2010, Ms Braund was awarded 2021 Woman of the Year for outstanding work in the community in the Terrigal electorate.
Suzanne May Brooks
Killcare Heights – OAM
For service to the LGBTQIA+ community, and to women in business.
Co-founder of the Pinnacle Foundation in 2006 and Australian Banking Industry Ombudsman in the 1990s.
Has held roles including director of the Office of the Status of Women with the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet in the 1980s. Board member of YWCA NSW and treasurer of the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras. Achieved the community hero title at the ACON LGBTI awards in 2012.
Kenneth Ronald Dixon
Woy Woy – OAM
For service to youth, and to the community of the Central Coast.
Director and director of finance at Stewart House since 2013. Current vice president and charity bowls co-ordinator at the Ettalong Memorial Bowling Club. Former president of the Woy Woy Cricket Club, Life Member of the Woy Woy Bowling Club and past member of the Ettalong Beach Financial Services Limited Community Bank.
Mr Dixon worked at the NSW Department of Education and held numerous roles in public service. He has been an invited lecturer at Sydney TAFE and the University of Technology Sydney. Awarded Central Coast Bowls’ Volunteer of the Year in 2017.
Kevin Raymond Sullivan
Bateau Bay – OAM
For service to veterans, and to the community.
He is the current 8th battalion of the Royal Australian Regiment Association NSW state representative. Editor of the Behind the 8 ball newsletter since 1999.
Awarded a Marine Rescue Central Coast 10 year long service medal in 2015. Mr Sullivan has been a quartermaster since 2016. ]
Member of the ADF citizen military force for 13 years and volunteer for the Kokoda Memorial Foundation, Papua New Guinea. Mr Sullivan has been a volunteer driver for the Peninsular Retirement Village for 18 years.
Mr Sullivan was awarded the Australian active service medal 1945-1975 with clasp for Vietnam and the infantry combat badge.
Central West
Aunty Elizabeth Joyce Wright
PSM
For outstanding public service to education in Aboriginal languages.
Jillian Kay Long
Raglan – OAM
For service to hockey as an administrator and umpire.
She is a life member and former women’s president of Bathurst Women’s and Junior girls hockey. She has been director/secretary of the Bathurst Hockey Association since 2019 and is an umpire and technical officer for games held at Bathurst.
Ms Long is a life member of Kelso Hockey Club and secretary and a former state selector with Hockey NSW, as well as former vice president of the Country Energy Premier League. She has also held various roles with Australian Hockey, including technical officer and tournament director of the Australian Country Championships.
Ms Long has held various coaching roles including in the Australian U-16 division 2 title and has received a slew of awards ncluding Sports NSW Community Distinguished Long Service award for Hockey NSW in 2023 and senior umpire of the year at Kelso Hockey Club in 2023.
Rhonda Joy Watt
Cumnock – OAM
For service to the community of Cumnock.
Committee member of the Cumnock Show Society since 1989 and a catering officer since 2004. Has been a grants officer, event organiser and on the grounds committee. She is also secretary of the Cumnock and District Progress Association and has been a member of the Cumnock RFS since 1986, as well as member of the Cumnock Country Women’s Association. Ms Watt is on the drought advisory for Carbonne Council and Central West drought resilience plan and she has been a president of the Cumnock Public School P & C. She was awarded local woman of the year for the Orange electorate in 2020 and Cumnock citizen of the year in 2008.
Mrs Ann Winterton
Dubbo – OAM
For service to the community through social welfare organisations.
Mrs Winterton has been the leader of Mission Australia regional and far west NSW since 2019 and operations manager of women’s and children’s shelters in western, regional and far western NSW since 2009.
The former counsellor from Grace Cottage is a former teacher and co-ordinator at TAFE NSW.
Mid and North Coast
Lorraine Bruce
Wards River – AFSM
She has served the Mid Coast Rural Fire District, formerly known as the Great Lakes Rural Fire District, for more than 40 years. For 20 of those years, she has been a group officer. First elected in 2003, she was the first female group officer in the Great Lakes Rural Fire District.
David William Ellis
Smiths Lake – ESM (Emergency services medal)
Became a member at Pacific Palms Surf Lifesaving Club (SLSC) in 1993 and has held multiple frontline leadership roles over 30 years including president, vice president, patrol captain and education officer. He is currently a life member Pacific Palms SLSC, and a trainer, assessor and facilitator.
Roman Jerzy Mazurek
Forster – ESM
He has given meritorious service to the NSW community as a volunteer member of Marine Rescue Forster-Tuncurry for more than 20 years. His professionalism, commitment and skill have directly contributed to the safety of the boating public on the waterways of the Mid North Coast of NSW.
Rodney John McDonagh
South West Rocks – ESM
He has been an advocate for marine and aquatic safety over decades of service, specialising in emergency management and response. He continues to be involved in all levels of surf lifesaving including patrols, emergency response, education and training and asset maintenance.
Madeline Edith Allen – Limeburners Creek
OAM
For service to community sport, particularly netball.
A current delegate for Netball NSW and has been a patron with the Westlakes District Netball Association since 2013 among other roles including secretary, registrar, publicity officer and life member. She has also been with the Morisset Netball Club as a life member and a delegate for the Lake Macquarie Sports Council and for the Wangi Wangi Ovals Board. She was awarded the Anne Clarke BEM Outstanding service to netball award in 1997 and President’s Award for Netball NSW in 2014.
Ronald Whitmore Irwin
Wingham – OAM
For service to veterans and their families, and to local sport.
A life member of the NSW Branch of the RSL of Australia, he has also held various roles in the Wingham RSL sub-branch including president, vice-president, secretary, aged veterans support officer and welfare officer. He has been a member since 2003.
Mr Irwin has also been involved in the NSW North Coast District RSL and Rooty Hill, Eumungerie and Ungarie subbranches.
He is a founding member of Art and Soul, an art therapy group, and a life member of the Manning and District Cricket Umpires Association. The former player coaches a number of football and cricket clubs in the region.
He received a Ministerial Commendation for Veterans’ Affairs in 2018 and is a former ADF member.
Robert George Nelson
Failford – OAM
For service to the communities of the Mid Coast and Central Coast.
He has held various roles with the Rotary Club of Taree North including current secretary, president, volunteer of the Sleepbus Project, and international director.
Mr Nelson was also involved with the Rotary Club of Gosford North, president in 1999, and is a life member of the Gosford APEX Club. He was district governor with the Central Coast APEX District.
Reginald Henry Pierce
Wauchope – OAM
For service to the communities of Wauchope and Mid-North Coast.
Reginald ‘Reg” Pierce, 82, found out he was “in the mix” when he was contacted by the Governor-General’s office and asked to accept his nomination.
“You’ve been accepted, you’re going to be awarded but you’re governed by this cone of silence, and the procedure now is you’ll be contacted by members of the media prior to announcement.”
Mr Pierce said he was “stunned like a bloody mullet” when he got the fateful call.
“I know several people who’ve received various gongs of various types from Victoria Cross down and they all say the same thing: ‘I’m really humbled, I’m stunned’ … when it happens to you it’s exactly that because the English language can only say so much,” he said.
Mr Pierce joked: “I joined Rotary 22 years ago … I said to myself, I’m going to join this thing because in 22 years time I’m going to get an OAM.”
“I joined because I am a migrant. I came from India in 1949 as a seven-year-old boy.
“I grew up in Petersham, which was a slum back then – now you can’t buy an outdoor dunny for under a million.
“Even then I was drawn towards helping people.”
Mr Pierce said what drew him to and kept him part of Rotary was being able to achieve so much more as team. He said it can feel like you manage “bugger all” toiling away solo.
“My club at the moment is involved in reconstruction work for a school in Bali,” he said.
“We’ve been there since Covid and we’ve built above ground gardens that provide 90 per cent of their food and we’ve rebuilt toilets, and sorted fresh drinking water, uniforms, that sort of thing.
“I couldn’t do this on my own, but we got a grant from Rotary International and Bingo – things got moving.”
Mr Pierce was honoured with the Award for Excellence in Services to Humanity from Rotary for his role in raising around $4 million for those suffering drought across Australia in 2016.
“That was very gratifying,” Mr Pierce said.
“I am super-excited, super-proud, and super-humbled.”
Walter John Tyson
Bellingen – OAM
Mr Tyson has been awarded for services to the community of Bellingen Shire.
The 89-year-old fifth generation resident was “surprised” to hear he had been nominated.
“It’s very humbling,” he said.
After losing both his parents at 17, Mr Tyson said he had to “grow up very quickly”.
He said his life essentially went from being told what to do each day as a young man to managing his parents dairy farm.
“In the early days of my life I realised you help everyone around you … because that’s the way we lived, and we just didn’t stop,” Mr Tyson said.
Mr Tyson holds life memberships with Lions Club of Bellingen and International, the Urunga Amateur Anglers Club, Bellingen River District Cricket Association, the Bellingen Shire Beach Vehicle Users Association (which he founded) and the Bellingen River Agricultural Society Ltd.
One of his proudest moments was being awarded the Melvin Jones Fellow from Lions Club International in 2018 – the organisation’s top accolade.
In 2024 he was named Bellingen Shire Council Citizen of the Year to boot.
A strong thread in the social fabric of the region, Mr Tyson ran fishing competitions for more than three decades, enlisted help at the local shows, coached and played cricket, fished – and earned a 35 year pin from the local Rural Fire Service.
“My maternal grandfather took me fishing when I was four … I’ve fished ever since,” he said.
“The biggest fish (I caught) in the Urunga Angler’s Club was a black cod or estuary cod, 42.9 kilograms or 94.5 pounds … because of that high points score, I won that competition.
“That fish is still the biggest fishing record in the club. It was the biggest black cod ever caught in the club because black cod is now a banned species.”
Mr Tyson said crossing the bar was always a “bit treacherous” in his 14’ tinny with a 40 horsepower motor pushing it along.
“If your prop’ hits the sand on the way out you know the next wave’s gonna get you … so we launched off the beach. It was good – I fished 50 years off Urunga.”
Mr Tyson repeated that the honour was “humbling”, despite his long list of achievements.
“It’s very nice to be able to receive that bit of appreciation,” he said.
Diana Jane Roberts
Nimbin – OAM
Has been awarded the medal of the Order of Australia for her services to the community of Nimbin.
A devout and active member of the Northern Rivers community, Ms Roberts has served on numerous local government and community boards, committees and is a current member of the Stoney Chute Bush Fire Brigade.
“I am deeply honoured to receive an OAM for my service to the community of Nimbin,” Ms Roberts said.
“I have enjoyed incredible support from so many over decades and it’s an honour that is rightly theirs to share.
Ms Roberts said her love for her work gives her immense satisfaction, purpose, and connects her to her community - which she holds in high esteem.
“My community activism started long before I moved to Nimbin but it is that very special community that has allowed me to explore my full potential, to grow as a person and to work proactively alongside others to try and shape the future we would like to see.
“To all those who have been part of this journey I thank you.”
Her passions have focused on building resilient communities, sustainable development and environmental protection which she continues to this day.
Superintendent Scott Richard Tanner
Richmond Police District – APM
Superintendent Scott Tanner joined the NSW Police Force on January 24, 1993 performing general duties at Newcastle, Wallsend, Grafton, Nymboida, Manilla, Gunnedah, Coonabarabran, Dubbo, Armidale and Lismore police stations.
He has spent much of his career in regional NSW in general duties, including lock up keeper roles.
In 2003 he was promoted to sergeant at Gunnedah Police Station before further promotion in 2010 to duty officer at Coonabarabran Police Station. In 2018 he became the commander at New England Police District before transferring to his current position in 2020 as the commander of Richmond Police District.
Superintendent Tanner also spent a number of years in tactical policing as an operational member of the then State Protection Support Unit as well as the Operational Support Group.
As a proud ‘country cop’, Superintendent Tanner has always devoted himself to being a strong part of the fabric of the country towns he has worked and lived in.
In 2022, one of the most significant flooding events in Australian history took place at Lismore where Superintendent Tanner was the commander. This unprecedented event resulted in over 2,500 people being rescued and six people tragically losing their lives in a 24-hour period. Superintendent Tanner was the local emergency operations controller and managed this large-scale event during the emergency and over the following weeks, which saw many people isolated and unaccounted for.
Superintendent Tanner went on to assist Deputy Commissioner Lanyon APM in the recovery efforts for this disaster situation where over many months they repatriated or moved thousands of residents to safe and secure accommodation, engaged government and led other agencies in the process of bringing towns back to business as usual. He became the go to person for mayors, ministers and the public alike.
Detective Sergeant Michael Barry Smith
Richmond Police District – APM
Detective Sergeant Michael Smith joined the NSW Police Force on June 25, 1987 starting at Penrith Police Station in general duties. In 1989, he transferred to the Penrith Highway Patrol where he undertook road policing duties with passion.
In March 1990, he transferred to the Lismore Highway Patrol, and in May 1993 to the Lismore Police station conducting general duties. October the same year he commenced investigative duties with the Lismore Detectives Unit and in 1996 moved to the Northern Region Major Crime Squad, followed by the Major Crime Squad Drug Unit at Lismore.
The following year he transferred to the Ballina Criminal Investigation Unit.
In February 2004 he joined Richmond Target Action Group, where he led a team of junior police targeting serious crime across Richmond Police District and in March he was promoted to detective sergeant.
Rising quickly through the ranks, Detective Sergeant Smith joined the Richmond Police Department Drug Unit in 2009 and three years later assumed the role of the Investigations Unit team leader at the Ballina Detectives Office.
For over 28 years Detective Sergeant Smith has been performing Regional Tactical Policing duties as a member of the Tactical Operations Regional Support Unit (formerly State Protection Support Unit).
Previously commended for his roles in responding to a shark attack on a 32-year-old bodyboarder at Lighthouse Beach, Ballina, he also personally conducted numerous rescues during the 2022 Lismore floods.
He took charge of police and emergency services, orchestrating the evacuation of elderly residents from retirement villages, including palliative care patients.
Described as dedicated and dutiful Detective Sergeant Smith’s roles in hazardous conditions during a high-risk operation in Mullumbimby, as well as his commitment during Strike Force Durkin have been recognised with the awarding of Commissioners Unit Citations.
Cameron Guy Arnold
Northern NSW – OAM
For services to tourism and conservation
Mr Arnold said he was “very honoured” and “very special” following his “out of the blue acknowledgment”.
“I had no idea I was even under consideration for the stuff I’ve done in my life – but it’s nice to be recognised for it,” he said.
Active in many visitation-focused organisations in the north of the state, Mr Arnold said he has focused on tourism his entire career.
He said conservation and tourism work with the Cape Byron Trust Board, which liaises with local Indigenous peoples on national park access and tourism, has been a “wonderful” experience.
“Also the Rail Trail project has been one that is really close to my heart,” he said.
“I’ve been involved with that for around 11 years since the outset … we’ve had two sections open in the last year-and-a-half and the impact that’s had on the communities (like Murwillumbah) has been pretty phenomenal.”
He said Rail Trail usage and interaction in Tweed and elsewhere has been “pretty special”.
Michael Munro Fraser
Bilambil Heights – OAM
For services to the communities of Tweed Heads and Coolangatta.
Mr Fraser is a life member and 40-year veteran of busy Queensland-NSW border club Twin Towns at Tweed Heads. He held positions such as chairman from 2007-2020, deputy chair from 1993-2007 and director from 1981-1993.
Mr Fraser has held numerous other community and business roles, including with Clubs NSW (deputy chairman from 2014-2017 and board director from 2009-2014) and Rotary Club Coolangatta/Tweed Heads (president, secretary and general member of 25 years, awarded the Paul Harris Fellowship).
He has also been a well-known member of the Tweed Chamber of Commerce, since 1978.
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