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AUSTRALIANS OF THE YEAR Australia Day and Australians Of the Year |  |
 he list is as follows:1960 - Sir Macfarlane Burnet - Nobel Laureate for medicine 1961 - Joan Sutherland - Opera soprano 1962 - Jock Sturrock - Yachtsman 1963 - Sir John Eccles - Nobel Prize winner for medicine 1964 - Dawn Fraser - Olympic Gold swimmer 1965 - Sir Robert Helpmann - Actor and dancer 1966 - Jack Brabham - Champion driver 1967 - The Seekers - Pop group 1968 - Lionel Rose - World champion boxer 1969 - Lord Casey - Diplomat 1970 - Cardinal, Sir Norman Gilroy - First Australian born cardinal 1971 - Evonne Goolagong - Wimbledon tennis champion 1972 - Shane Gould - Champion Olympic swimmer 1973 - Patrick White - Nobel Prize winner for literature 1974 - Sir Bernard Heinze - Conductor and musician 1975 - Professor John Cornforth - Nobel Laureate for chemistry 1976 - Sir Edward Dunlop - Surgeon and war hero 1977 - Raigh Roe - Country Women's Association leader 1978 - Galarrwuy Yunupingu - Aboriginal leader 1979 - Harry Butler - Naturalist and conservationist 1980 - Professor Manning Clark - Historian 1981 - Sir John Crawford - Architect of Australia's post-war growth 1982 - Sir Edward Williams - Royal Commissioner 1983 - Robert De Castella - Champion marathon runner 1984 - Lois O'Donohue - Aboriginal leader 1985 - Paul Hogan - Actor, funnyman and director 1986 - Dick Smith - Businessman, adventurer and philanthropist 1987 - John Farnham - Singer 1988 - Kay Cottee - Solo yachtswoman 1989 - Allan Border - Champion cricketer 1990 - Professor Fred Hollows - Eye surgeon 1991 - Archbishop Peter Hollingsworth - Advocate for social justice 1992 - Mandawuy Yunupingu - Musician and aboriginal ambassador 1993 - none selected, method of dating altered 1994 - Ian Kiernan - Clean Up Australia 1995 - Arthur Boyd - Artist 1996 - Dr. John Yu - Pediatrician 1997 - Professor Peter Doherty - Scientist, Nobel Prize winner 1998 - Cathy Freeman - Athlete 1999 - Mark Taylor - Cricketer and good bloke 2000 2001  |
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