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Recipients 2017

2017 Awards

Australian of the Year QLD Emeritus Professor Alan Mackay-Sim WA Andrew Forrest TAS Rosalie Martin VIC Paris Aristotle AM ACT Alan Tongue NT Andrea Mason NSW Deng Adut SA Kate Swaffer
Senior Australian of the Year NT Sister Anne Gardiner AM SA Patricia Buckskin PSM WA Peter Kenyon TAS Margaret Steadman VIC Lois Peeler AM QLD Professor Perry F Bartlett FAA ACT Dick Telford NSW Dr John Knight AM
Young Australian of the Year SA Paul Vasileff WA Abdullahi Alim TAS Mitch McPherson VIC Jason Ball QLD Taj Pabari ACT Heidi Prowse NT Bridie Duggan NSW Arthur Alla
Local Hero VIC Vicki Jellie SA Reginald George Heading WA June Oscar AO TAS Anthony Edler QLD Yasmin Khan ACT Stasia Dabrowski OAM NT Tejinder pal Singh NSW Josephine Peter