Past award winners

• Mr Philip Liggett MBE
• Mr Neil Gaiman

• Ms Anna Meares OAM
• Ms Gillian Hicks AM MBE FRSA
• Dr Kumi Naidoo
• Dr Rosemary Bryant AO
• Professor Fiona Stanley AC
• Ms Natasha Stott Despoja AO
• Mr Michael Hickinbotham
• The Hon Dr Brendan Nelson AO
• Mr Jim McDowell
• Mr Adam Goodes

• Mr Eric Idle
• The Honourable Greg Combet AM
• Mr Peter Gago AC
• Mr William (Bill) Muirhead AM
• Ms Deborah Cheetham AO
• Adjunct Associate Professor Monica Oliphant AO

• Dr Curtis Wong
• The Hon Julia Gillard AC
• Air Chief Marshal Sir Angus Houston AK, AFC (Ret'd)
• Mr Kevin O'Loughlin OAM
• The Hon John Mansfield AM QC
• Dr Ian Gould AM
• Mrs Janet Holmes à Court AC  
• Emeritus Professor MaryAnn Bin-Sallik AO
• Mr Thomas Keneally AO

• Mr Jack Manning Bancroft
• Professor Gary Banks AO
• Mrs Marie Coleman AO
• Ms Evonne Goolagong Cawley AO MBE
• Ms Maggie Beer AM
• Professor Lord Anthony Giddens
• Mr John Barry Humphries AO CBE

• Professor Robyn Williams AM
• Professor Gerald Goodhardt (deceased)

• Dr Wolf Blass AM
• Major General Charles Bolden Jr.
• Professor Peter Høj AC
• Dr Anne Summers AO
• Sir Terence Pratchett OBE (deceased)
• Dr Jane Goodall DBE
• The Honourable Quentin Bryce AD CVO
• Professor Brian Burdekin AO
• Professor Mary McAleese
• Mr Vinton G Cerf
• Mr Peter Gabriel

• Mr Sydney Ball (deceased)
• The Honourable Robyn Layton AO QC
• Mr Michael Heard
• The Honourable Alexander Downer AC

Ms Fiona Hall AO

• Ms Alice McCleary
• Professor Ashis Nandy
• Emeritus Professor Maxwell Brennan AO
• Mr Jeffrey Smart AO (deceased)

• Adjunct Professor Neil Bryans AM
• Professor Brian Vincent

• Mr David Klingberg AO
• Mr Martin Albrecht AC
• Professor Jarl Rosenholm

• Dr Pamela Ryan OAM
• Mr Milton Moon AM (deceased)

• Professor Leanna Read
• Emeritus Professor Denise Bradley AC (deceased)
• Professor Don Bursill AM
• Dr Ron Radford AM

• Mr Norton Jackson, AM  (deceased)
• Mr Mike Rann, AC
• Hon Susan Ryan, AO

• Professor Andrew Ehrenberg (deceased)
• Professor Frank Bass (deceased)
• Dr Julian Burnside, QC
• Mr Leon Davis, AO
• Professor R Natarajan
• Dr Gregor Ramsey AM (deceased)
• Dr Simon Wong

• Mr Phillip Adams, AO
• Mr Stephen Page, AM

• Professor Zhang Xiaowei
• Mr Maurice de Rohan, AO OBE (deceased)
• Dr Yuan Tseh Lee
• Dr Alfred Huang, AM

• Ms Dagmar Egen, AM
• Prof Eleanor Ramsay (deceased)

Hon Justice Michael Kirby, AC CMG

• Dr Patricia Crook, AO
• Adjunct Prof Lyndsay Connors AM
• Dr Malcolm Kinnaird AC (deceased)
• Mr Rick Allert, AO
• Mr Kym Bonython, AC  (deceased)

• Professor Lyndall Ryan
• Dr Colin Thiele, AC (deceased)
• The Hon Dr Basil Hetzel, AC (deceased)

• Mr Nelson Mandela (deceased)
• Hon RJL Hawke AC (deceased)
• Mr Bruce Webb (deceased)
• Dr Julian Clark
• Ms Ruth Tuck, AO (deceased)
• Dr Don Williams, AO (deceased)
• Dr Alice Rigney, AO (deceased)

• Mr Daniel Thomas, AM
• Ms Sue Vardon, AO
• Mr John Moriarty, AM
• Hon Justice Samuel Jacobs, AO (deceased)
• Dr S (Max) Richards

• Mr Archie Barton, AM (deceased) 
• Dr Betty Davis, AM (deceased)
• Hon Justice John Von Doussa AO QC
• Ms Wendy McCarthy, AO
• Hon  Dr John Dawkins, AO
• Sir Eric Neal, AC, CVO

• Ms Doreen Kartinyeri (deceased)
• Dr David Pank AM (deceased)
• Dr Christobel Mattingley, AM (deceased)
• Dr James CY Soong

• Ms Anne Deveson, AO (deceased)
• Mr Gavin Walkley, AM (deceased)
• Mr John Uhrig, AC
• Dame Roma Mitchell, AC, DBE (deceased)

• Mr John McDonald AM (deceased)
• Dr Jean Blackburn, AO (deceased)
• Professor Lowitja O’Donoghue, AC, CBE, DSJ
• Ms Alison Crook, AO
• Dr James May

Emeritus Laureate Professor John Ralston AO

• Emeritus Professor Jordan Louviere
• Emeritus Professor Tanya Monro
• Emeritus Professor Mads Gaardboe
• Emeritus Professor Christopher Saint
• Emeritus Professor Wasim Saman
• Emeritus Professor Rick Sarre

• Emeritus Professor Jason White
• Emeritus Professor Robert Vink AM
• Emeritus Professor Tony Winefield (deceased)
• Emeritus Professor Hans Greisser

Emeritus Professor Rhonda Sharp AM

• Emeritus Professor Claire Woods
• Emeritus Professor Roger Harris
• Emeritus Professor David Corkindale
• Emeritus Professor Kerin O'Dea AO
• Emeritus Professor Richard Head

• Emeritus Professor Suzanne Franzway
• Emeritus Professor Kay Lawrence AM
• Emeritus Professor Mervyn Lewis

• Emeritus Professor Barbara Pocock
• Emeritus Professor Bruce Johnson

Emeritus Professor Gerry Griffin

• Emeritus Professor Roger Smart
• Emeritus Professor Andrew Gilbert  AM
• Emeritus Professor Michael Taylor

• Emeritus Professor Mary Barton AO
• Emeritus Hilary Winchester

• Emeritus Professor Stephen Hamnett
• Emeritus Professor Philip Howlett
• Emeritus Professor Dorothy Scott OAM

• Emeritus Professor Alan Reid AM
• Emeritus Professor Marjory Ebbeck

• Emeritus Professor Michael Rowan
• Emeritus Professor Paul Hughes AM FACE

• Emeritus Professor Bruce King
• Emeritus Professor Denise Bradley AC (deceased)
• Emeritus Professor Robin King 

• Emeritus Professor Ian Davey
• Emeritus Professor Alison Mackinnon AM
• Emeritus Professor Robert Crotty

Emeritus Professor Kevin O’Brien

Emeritus Professor Kym Adey AM (deceased)

• Emeritus Professor Freda Briggs AO (deceased)
• Emeritus Professor Ruth Grant AM

• Emeritus Professor Michael Miller AO
• Emeritus Professor Lloyd Sansom  AO

• Emeritus Professor Henry d’Assumpcao AO FTSE

• Emeritus Professor Colin Bourke (deceased)
• Emeritus Professor David Lee
• Emeritus Professor David Robinson
• Emeritus Professor Robert Smyth
• Emeritus Professor Kenneth Atkins (deceased)

Emeritus Professor Robert Northcote (deceased)

Emeritus Professor Alan Mead OBE (deceased)

• Hon Trish White AM
• Mr Patrick Jonker
• Mr Terry Evans AM

Mr Guy Maron AM

Ms Ruth Blenkiron

Mr Barry Pearce

• Dr Anna Ciccarelli
• Mr Bruce Linn AM
• Mr Theo Maras AM

• Ms Elizabeth Ho OAM
• Adjunct Associate Professor Adrian Vicary
• Adjunct Professor Dennis Mulcahy

• Mr Terry Weston
• Mr Bill Cossey AM (deceased)

• Ms Jan Lowe
• Mr Peter Smith

Dr Kia Ngee Chew

Mr Kelvin Trimper AM

• Mr Stephen Hains
• Mrs Li Yian Lin

• Mr Andrew Chen
• Mr Yeong Chee Meng

• Mr Ian Hardy AM
• Mr Gordon Ingkatji (deceased)
• Professor Jong Taik Lee (deceased)

• Mrs Elizabeth (Liz) Watson (deceased)
• Mr Eric Granger
• Dr Lewis O’Brien AO
• Dr Geoff Wood

Mr Wallace Cameron

• Mr Norton Jackson, AM (deceased)
• Mr Frank Lampard OAM
• Mr John Heard AM
• Mr Earle Scott, OAM  (deceased)
• Mr Malcolm Colegate
• Mr Richard (Dick) Fidock. AO