167 Victorians acclaimed in 2024 King’s Birthday honours: Footy president, medical marvels honoured

A Melbourne cooking legend, an AFL club president and the founder of a Carlton coffee mecca are among the Victorians recognised in the 2024 King’s Birthday honours.

Melbourne culinary great Giorgio Angele received an (Honorary) OAM for service to the restaurant and hospitality industry. Picture: Jay Town

North Melbourne footy club president Sonja Hood, Melbourne cooking doyenne Beverley Sutherland Smith and Brunetti’s founder Giorgio Angele were among hundreds of Victorians acclaimed in the 2024 King’s Birthday honours.

Ms Hood, Roos boss since 2022, was honoured with an AM also for her work as head of the Community Hubs not-for-profit organisation.

“I’m thrilled and shocked and overjoyed and overwhelmed,’’ Dr Hood told the Herald Sun.

“I’m one of those people who reads the honours every six months because I genuinely love reading all the things that people do in all corners of Australia to make the country better, and to be on that list is extraordinary.’’

Sonja Hood at home with her dog Lily. Picture: Tony Gough

Dr Hood said her time at Arden St had demonstrated what a unifying force football was.

“People come together in footy who would never come together in anything else.’’

Her tenure as North president had been “insane”, she said, but it’s a job she loved.

“I’ve had some challenges since walking into this role but I’m surrounded by some amazing people. It’s a really fabulous environment.’’

Ms Sutherland-Smith started her much-celebrated cookery classes from her Mt Waverley home in the 1960s – long before the age of celebrity cooks and Instagram food photos.

Beverley Sutherland-Smith in her garden.

For her lifelong dedication to the culinary world, Ms Sutherland Smith was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM).

The home chef now well into her 80s still cooks every day and still tries new tricks and techniques in the kitchen.

“If you’re passionate, it keeps you younger,’’ she said.

The home-cooking specialist was a columnist for many newspapers including the Herald Sun, and authored 27 books including The Seasonal Kitchen and The Complete Beverley Sutherland Smith Cookbook. She still has ambitions to do one more book – a collection of her best recipes.

Ms Sutherland Smith said Peter Allen, Dame Elisabeth Murdoch and American cooking legend Julia Child were among the famous names who admired and used her recipes.

Former Herald Sun food writer Bob Hart described her as “the best recipe writer in Australia’’.

“But it’s not just about the food on your plate. It’s about the people you sit down and eat with. And if there’s good food, you can all relax and enjoy.’’

Another Melbourne culinary great, Mr Angele received an (Honorary) OAM for service to the restaurant and hospitality industry since opening the coffee and cakes mecca in Carlton in 1956.

Among dozens of medical leaders to be recognised were Melbourne allergy and asthma expert Professor Jo Douglass and Royal Melbourne Hospital gastroenterology specialist Professor David Russell who were both appointed Members of the Order of Australia (AM).

One of Melbourne’s leading experts in urban design, RMIT Emeritus Professor Michael Buxton was rewarded with an AM for his service to city planning and the community.

Six leading Victoria Police officers were saluted with the Australian Police Medal, including Mission Persons Squad Acting Detective Inspector Tony Combridge who worked on some of the biggest missing persons cases including the investigation into campers Russell Hill and Carol Clay.

Missing Persons Squad’s Acting Detective Inspector Tony Combridge. Picture: Sarah Matray

Detective Sen-Sgt Angela Hantsis was honoured for her trailblazing career for women, and served with the Purana Taskforce for almost six years.

Forty-two-year veteran Supt Murray Fraser has been a champion of ethical behaviour, leading Taskforce Ceja from 2002 to investigate claims of drug-related corruption in the now disbanded Drug Squad. Seven serving police were later prosecuted.

Jewish community leader, academic and Glen Eira councillor David Zyngier, who died last November at age 72, was appointed posthumously to the Member of the Order (AM).

Bob Gartland in the Joel Selwood stand. Picture: Alison Wynd

For decades of service to the Geelong community, Cats former vice-president and Kardinia Park historian Bob Gartland was awarded a Medal of the Order (OAM).

Local heroes also featured prominently among the OAM recipients, including Josie Cornish for her tireless work helping the Beechworth community and long-time wildlife volunteer Kay Taranto of the Wild Days Wildlife Shelter in Narre Warren.

VICTORIAN RECIPIENTS – ORDER OF AUSTRALIA

AC

The Hon. Daniel Michael Andrews: Service to the people and parliament of Victoria, to public health, to policy and regulatory reform, and to infrastructure development.

The late Hon. Simon Findlay Crean: Service to the people and parliament of Australia, to tertiary education, to business, and to industrial relations.

AO

The Hon. Kevin Harcourt Bell. Balnarring: Service to the judiciary, to the law, and to human rights through education and reform.

Prof. Ross Leon Coppel: Service to science as a microbiologist, to tertiary education, to board and advisory roles, and to innovation.

Prof. Jo Anne Douglass: Service to medical research, to clinical immunology and allergy, to respiratory medicine, and to tertiary education.

Prof. John Barton Furness, Fitzroy: Service to medical research in the field of autonomic neuroscience and neuro gastroenterology.

Dr Gillian Anne Hirth: Service to environmental science, particularly radiation and nuclear safety, and to the development of national and international regulatory standards.

Laureate Prof. Kate Amanda Smith-Miles: Service to tertiary education, to applied mathematical research, and as a role model and advocate for women in STEM.

AM

Mr Gareth Eliot Andrews, Port Melbourne: Service to the Australian Football League as a player and administrator, to men’s health, and to the community.

Dr Amanda Baric. Aberfeldie: Service to anaesthesiology, to pain medicine, and to tertiary education.

Mr Craig Anthony Bennett. Canterbury: Service to health administration in leadership and advisory roles.

Mr Daniel Benjamin Besen: Service to the arts, and to philanthropy.

Mr Peter John Blunden: Service to journalism, particularly through print media, and to the community.

His Hon. Judge Michael Patrick Bourke: Service to the judiciary, to the law, and to the community of Melbourne.

Emeritus Prof. Thea Charlotte Brown. Mt Eliza: Service to social welfare, particularly through family violence and child protection research.

Emeritus Prof. Michael Walter Buxton. Macclesfield: Service to urban and environmental planning, to tertiary education, and to the community.

Ms Robin Jean Campbell: Service to arts administration, and to the community.

Dr Sherene Devanesen: Service to community health through governance and administrative roles.

Mrs Christina Isabelle Gillies: Service to community health, and to business through governance and leadership roles.

Prof. Sharon Ruth Goldfeld: Service to paediatric medicine as a clinician and academic, and to public health research.

The late Mr Jacob Kopel Goldstein: Service to medicine as a cardiothoracic surgeon, and as a surgical mentor.

Mr Christopher Warren Hall: Service to psychology, particularly to grief and bereavement.

Mrs Sharene Marie Hambur: Service to the Jewish community, and to the law.

Prof. Elizabeth Hartland. Strathmore: Service to medical research, particularly microbiology, and to tertiary education.

Mr George Everard Hill: Service to the culinary industry as a chef and educator, and to the community.

Dr Sonja Hood: Service to community through social welfare organisations, and to sports administration.

Dr Ida Kaplan: Service to community health, particularly within trauma recovery.

Ms Alison Mary Kitchen: Service to business, to governance roles, and to the community.

Ms Robyn Leigh McLeod. Brighton: Service to the community through social welfare and governance roles.

Mrs Catherine Anne Money PSM. Hawthorn: Service to leather research, and to environmental conservation.

Dr James Alexander Mullins. Geelong: Service to science, and to the community through an emergency response organisation.

Mr David Charles Olsson. South Yarra: Service to Australia-China business relations, and to the law.

Mr Darren Walter Pennay. Ascot Vale: Service to social and behavioural research, and to population survey method development.

Clinical Assoc. Prof. Christine Philippa Rodda. North Carlton: Service to paediatric endocrinology, to medical research, and to tertiary education.

Prof. David McRae Russell. Parkville: Service to general medicine, to clinical education, and as a mentor.

Prof. John Howard Skerritt. Hampton: Service to public health administration and governance, and to scientific research.

Mr Raymond Anthony Steele. Toorak: Service to cricket as a player, coach, and administrator.

Prof. Jane Elizabeth Tomnay. Brunswick West: Service to sexual and reproductive health medicine, and as a mentor.

Mr Leonard Stanley Vary. South Yarra: Service to the philanthropic sector, to the LGBTIQA+ community, and to the arts.

Mr David Guthrie Willersdorf. Southbank: Service to the community of the Greater Dandenong region.

Clinical Prof. Daryl Lindsay Williams. Parkville: Service to anaesthesiology and pain medicine.

The late Dr David Zyngier: Service to tertiary education, and to the community of Glen Eira.

OAM

Mrs Anita Ilze Anderson (Apsitis): Service to the Latvian community of Australia.

Mr Giorgio Angele: Service to the restaurant and hospitality industry.

Mrs Wilhelmina Lara Armstrong. South Yarra: Service to the community of East Gippsland.

Mr Jason David Ball: Service to the community through social inclusion initiatives.

Brigadier Neale Edmund Bavington RFD ED (Retd). Mt Waverley: Service to veterans, and to the community.

Ms Judith Barbara Bissland. Hampton: Service to vocational education, and to the community.

Miss Veronica Mary Blair. Caulfield South: Service to the community, particularly through the church.

Mr Ernest Noel Blake. Bundoora: Service to veterans and their families, and to the community.

Ms Elizabeth Kathleen Bobeff (Saunders). Carlton: Service to community health, particularly asylum seekers.

Mr Kerry Michael Bolger. Mt Martha: Service to education.

Mrs Helen Claire Botham. Melbourne: Service to childhood literacy, and to historical preservation.

Mrs Mary-Ann Brown. Dunkeld: Service to local government, and to the communities of Dunkeld and Hamilton.

Mr Eric Walter Bumpstead. Guys Hill: Service to the community of the Cardinia region.

Ms Allison Burns. Taylors Hill: Service to community health standards.

Ms Michelle Challis. Manifold Heights: Service to the communities of Geelong and Ballarat.

Mr Noel Terence Clement: Service to the community through charitable organisations.

Mr Phillip Charles Collins. Lockington: Service to primary industry, and to the community of Lockington.

Mrs Josephine Patricia Cornish. Beechworth: Service to the community of Beechworth.

Ms Robyn Mary Davidson: Service to adventure and exploration literature.

Mr Robert James Dean. Red Cliffs: Service to the community of Red Cliffs.

Mr William Joseph Dobell. Sebastopol: Service to veterans and their families.

Mr Bachar El Houli: Service to the Islamic community, to multiculturalism, and to Australian rules football.

Dr James Edward Elder. Kew: Service to medicine as an ophthalmologist.

Mr Leigh William Evans. Hillside: Service to softball. through international and national umpiring.

Mrs Gwyneth Kaye Fitzgerald. Caulfield: Service to the community of Glen Eira.

Mr Jeffrey Ewen Franklin. Ivanhoe East: Service to athletics.

Mr Alan Thomas Fry. Cohuna: Service to the communities of Cohuna and Leitchville.

Mr Robert John Gartland. Highton: Service to the community of Geelong.

Dr John Edward Gault: Service to the community of Bendigo.

Mrs Marlene Gilson: Service to the visual arts.

Mrs Annette Linda Gladwin: Service to the Jewish community of Victoria.

Mrs Valerie Lorraine Hall. Caulfield South: Service to the community through a range of roles.

Dr Richard Brian Harrod. Brighton East: Service to emergency medicine.

Ms Denise Anne Heinjus: Service to nursing.

Mrs Susan Jane Henderson. East Melbourne: Service to the community of East Melbourne.

Ms Deborah Anne Henderson. Brighton East: Service to community health, particularly through cancer awareness.

Mrs Claire Marie Henshall. Warragul: Service to the community of Warragul.

Mrs Margaret Smith Heslin: Service to the communities of Casey and Berwick.

Ms Niharika Suhas Hiremath: Service to community health.

Ms Donna Jane Hope. Seaford: Service to the people and parliament of Victoria, and to bowel cancer awareness.

Ms Adele Hulse: Service to the community through a range of roles.

Ms Carolyn Elizabeth Ingvarson. Canterbury: Service to conservation, and to the community of Boroondara.

Ms Elisabeth Mary Jackson. Brunswick: Service to history preservation organisations, and to the community.

Mr Peter Charles Johnson. Shepparton: Service to the community of the Shepparton region.

Prof. Anne Marie Kavanagh: Service to medicine, particularly disability health research.

Dr Carl Le: Service to medicine in the motor sports industry.

The late Prof. Emeritus William John Louis: Service to medicine as a clinical pharmacologist.

Ms Susan Mary Love. Malmsbury: Service to the community of Malmsbury.

Mr Angus Mackay: Service to philanthropy, to education, and to local sport.

Mr James Andrew MacLeod. Forest Hill: Service to the community of Melbourne.

Mr Paul Bradley McCann. Attwood: Service to cricket.

Ms Maureen Anne McInerney. Carnegie: Service to the community through social welfare roles.

Ms Lisa Anne McKenzie. Greater Shepparton: Service to the community of Shepparton.

The late Mr Brian Letham McKittrick: Service to secondary education.

Mr Michael Joseph McLaughlin. Violet Town: Service to the community of Violet Town.

Mr Greg Munt. East Melbourne: Service to the community through social welfare organisations.

Mrs Bich-Cam Nguyen. Abbotsford: Service to the multicultural community of Victoria.

Ms Tuanh Nguyen. Kangaroo Ground: Service to the community through governance and advocacy roles.

Ms Karen Elizabeth Noonan. Monbulk: Service to community music, and through emergency response organisations.

Ms Kristine Olaris: Service to the community of Victoria.

Ms Margaret Mary O’Rourke. Junortoun: Service to the community of Bendigo.

Mrs Patrice Loretta O’Shea. Coomoora: Service to the environment, and to secondary education.

Mr Malcolm Bruce Padgett: Service to business, and to the community.

Mr Roger Page. Mt Eliza: Service to secondary education.

Mr Maxwell William Papley. Bunyip: Service to the community of the Cardinia Shire.

Mr Donald Allan Papst. Horsham: Service to the community of Horsham.

Mr Reginald Keith Parsons. Burwood East: Service to youth through Scouting.

Mr Sam Pennisi. Essendon: Service to the real estate industry, and to the community of Essendon.

Mr Dustin Ross Perry. Euroa: Service to community health through the not-for-profit sector.

The late Mr James Macklin Pfeiffer. Brighton: Service to education, and to the Uniting Church in Australia.

The late Mr Robert Graham Porter. Officer: Service to the community of Officer.

Mr Bassir Qadiri: Service to the multicultural community of Victoria.

Ms Ruth Elaine Rae. Somerville: Service to the community of Somerville.

Ms Janice Margaret Randles. Safety Beach: Service to Paralympic sports.

Mr James Rees: Service to the arts as an entertainer, and to the community.

Dr Luz Estela de Fatima Restrepo Restrepo. Maldon: Service to the multicultural community of Victoria.

Mr Sandy Roberts. Lysterfield: Service to media as a sports commentator.

Dr Kathryn Minette Rodden: Service to conservation.

Miss Ann Southcombe Rusden. Hawthorn: Service to education, and to the community.

Mrs Josephine Florence Rutley. Yallambie: Service to youth, and to the community.

Mrs Moira Therese Ryde. Pakenham: Service to people with disability.

Ms Noelle Eve Shader: Service to ballet.

Mrs Letitia Molesworth Shelton. Kooyong: Service to the Royal Humane Society of Australasia.

Mr Bernard James Sinnott. Camperdown: Service to the community of Camperdown.

Mrs Dianne Margaret Spark. French Island: Service to the community of French Island.

Ms Emma Elizabeth Stanford: Service to Indigenous eye health.

Mrs Beverley Sutherland Smith: Service to the culinary industry.

Mrs Anthea Swann. Blackburn: Service to the community through a range of organisations.

Ms Kay Anne Taranto. Narre Warren: Service to animal welfare.

Ms Bee Ho Teow: Service to tourism, and to the community.

Ms Sakshi Sanjaya Thakur. Chadstone: Service to the community through social welfare organisations.

Dr Rosalie Joy Triolo: Service to community and school history, and to tertiary education.

Mrs Samantha Jane Turner. Macedon: Service to nursing, and to the community.

Ms Jennifer Anne Wallace. Brunswick West: Service to special needs education.

Mr Richard Leigh Watts. Fitzroy: Service to the arts, and to the community of Victoria.

Mr Barrie John Williams. Roanna: Service to the law, and to the community.

Mrs Elizabeth Carmyl Winkler. Benalla: Service to the communities of Benalla and Tallangatta.

Mr Graeme Robert Worthington. Birdwoodton: Service to the community of the Sunraysia region.

Mrs Jeanette Ellen Worthington. Birdwoodton: Service to the community of the Sunraysia region.

Ms Yvette Landau Zegenhagen. Coburg: Service to international law.

MILITARY

AO

Real Admiral Justin Garred Jones CSC RAN: Service to the Royal Australian Navy in significant command positions.

Major General Matthew Richard Pearse AM: Service in responsible positions as Commander 1st Brigade and Commander Forces Command.

Major General Anthony John Rawlins DSC AM: Service in responsible positions as the Deputy Chief of Army and Head Force Design Division.

AM

Colonel B: Service to Special Operations Command across a range of senior staff appointments from January 2015 to August 2023.

Brigadier Brendan Shannon Casey: Service to the Australian Army Reserve as Commander of the 8th Brigade, Commander of Operation AGED CARE ASSIST and as the Australian Army’s Adjutant General.

Brigadier James Andrew Davis CSC: Service supporting the future design and employment of the Australian Defence Force, as Commanding Officer of the 2nd Cavalry Regiment, Director Chief of Army’s Initiatives Group, Director Joint Futures and Concepts, and Director General Future Land Warfare.

Brigadier Duncan Leslie Hayward CSC: Service in reforming recruiting practices to build an adaptable, scalable, modern recruiting system for the generation of Australian Defence Force capability.

Brigadier Natasha Lea Ludwig: Service towards the development of Army logistics capability as Director of Logistics – Army and as Commander of the 17th Sustainment Brigade.

Brigadier Paul Edward Smith: Service as Deputy Judge Advocate General – Army.

Air Commodore Veronica Marjory Tyler: Service in personnel capability management, supply assurance, enterprise resource planning, and joint logistics development.

OAM

Flight Sergeant M: Service in the fields of airborne Electronic Warfare and Signals Intelligence.

Warrant Officer J: Service in explosive ordnance safety and air transport in the Australian Defence Force.

Warrant Officer Class One Warrick Glen Butterworth: Service as a Regimental Sergeant Major and senior enlisted leader in the Australian Army.

Chief Petty Officer William James Carter: Performance of duty in the field of navy Aviation Engineering and operational deployment support.

Lieutenant Colonel Jane Megan Evans: Service in the field of Defence financial management, and a transition support system for Australian Defence Force members.

Warrant Officer Class One Cameron Michael Gee: Service and commitment across multiple appointments to the improvement of Army Geospatial Intelligence capability and cultural integration with the Australian Intelligence Corps.

Major Kevin John Heyne: Service in the fields of safety, logistics and modernisation within the Australian Army Cadets.

Chief Petty Officer Patricia Anne Kelly: Performance of duty in the field of navy Personnel Management.

Wing Commander Matthew Peter Kelly: Service in Joint Logistics, air force Career Management and Initial Military Training capability development.

Warrant Officer Class One John Matthew Lines MG: Service over the course of successive Regimental Sergeant Major appointments.

Captain Michael John Nipperess RAN: Performance of duty as the Executive Officer HMAS Kuttabul, Deputy Commander Shore Force and Commanding Officer HMAS Penguin.

Commander Paul Daniel Pelczar RAN: Performance of duty as an intelligence officer in the Australian Defence Force.

Warrant Officer Class Two Paul John Styles: Service to Indigenous recruitment and training in the Australian Defence Force.

Captain Robin David Swift RAN: Service to the Royal Australian Navy in the fields of Maritime Warfare and Task Group operations.

Warrant Officer Class One Craig Antony Webb: Service across multiple Regimental Sergeant Major positions in the Australian Army.