Nomination is based on recognition by and recommendation of AAG's Divisions, which is reviewed and approved by the Board. Current financial members wishing to nominate another member or self-nominate may do so by completing this form which will be forwarded to the chair of their local AAG State/Territory Division.
Previous year's recipients of Distinguished Member awards can by viewed here.
Minimum five years’ active and substantive contributions to AAG, demonstrated through service on Divisional Committees and/or the AAG Board of Directors or previous equivalents or other AAG bodies including special interest groups, the student and early career group or ATSIAG, and/ or contribution to a range of activities over that time. Members do not need to have served on a committee to be eligible, but must have actively and substantively contributed to AAG over at least five years.
Below are the 2021 Distinguished Members recipients: Dr Kim Kiely (NSW), Judy Ratajec (NT), Mary Ingrammes (NT), Dr Rachel Ambagtsheer (SA), Jo Tropea (VIC), Robin Harvey (VIC), Dr Maria Shialis (SA), Dr Victoria Cornell (SA) & Peter Bastian (SA - not pictured) Pictured: Announced during the 2021 AAG and AAG Research Trust online AGM and Research Trust Update
Adelaide Bornmann
Alan Steward
Andrea Petriwskyj
Andrew Robinson
Anita Westera
Ann Atkinson
Anna Howe
Anna Shepherd
Anne Henderson
Anne Sammut
Anne-Marie Russo
Anthony Brown
Arthur Baxter
Barbara Squires
Bess McRae
Beth Neyland
Belinda Cash
Bev Fethers
Bridget Sutherland
Briony Dow
C Hill
Carina Green
Carrie Hayter
Catherine Lock
Catherine Yelland
Christina Hagger
Christine Burbak
Christopher Shanley
Claudia Meyer
Colin Pudney
Colleen Cartwright
David Palmer
David Simmons
Don Rowland
Elaine Barclay - Abbott
Elaine White
Elissa Burton
Eric Cunningham Dax
Evonne Miller
Felicity Barr
Fred Ehrlich
GA (Tony) Broe
Gerry De Gabrielle
Gill Lewin
Graeme Parry
Heather Prentice
Helen Creasey
Helen Feist
Helen Flux
Helen Pook
Hilary O'Connell
Jane Fyfield
Jane Sims
Jeni Warburton
Jennie Cox
Jennifer Page
Jenny Achurch
Jessica Clark
Jill Petty
Jo Tropea
Joanne Cranitch
John Crisp
John Hurley OAM
John McCormack
John Shepherd
Joy Chapman
Joyce Hossack
Judy Lindsay
Judy Ratajec
Kaarin Anstey
Kasia Bail
Keith Hill
Ken Evans
Kerry McDougall
Keryn Curtis
Kevin Grant
Kevin Vassarotti
Kim Kiely
Kristen De San Miguel
Laurie Buys
Leon Flicker
Linda Isherwood
Lloyd Jago
Lorna Hoey
Lui DiVenuto
Lynne Parkinson
Lynsey Brown
Maggie Crow
Margaret Davey
Margaret Hodge
Margaret Hubbery
Margaret Robb
Maria Shialis
Marianne Cummins
Marie Curlis
Marion Shaw
Marjory Kobold
Mary Baker
Mary Ingrammes
Merv Cheong
Michael Davis
Michael Fine
Michael Murray
Michael Woodward
Mila Cichello
Pam Bongers
Pamela Johnson
Pat Charlton
Patricia Reeve
Patricia Shepherd
Paul Eckert
Paul Sadler
Pauline Brooks OAM
Penny McCartney
Peter Bastian
Phillus Montgomery
Rachel Ambagtsheer
Reg Goddard
Renuka Visvanathan
Rev Prof Elizabeth Mackinlay
Rhonda Nay
Richard Cumpston
Robert Penhall
Robin Harvey
Rod Brown
Ron Okely
Ruth Walker
Sadhana Mahajani
Sally Garratt
Sam Edmonds
Sandra Forster
Sandra Woodbridge
Sarah Fogg
Sharon Wall
Sophia Lindeyer
Sue Quine
Victoria Cornell
Virginia Simpson-Young
Viv Allanson
Winsome Ward
Wivienne Pusey
Yvonne Wells