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Office of the Official Secretary to the Governor‑General Annual Report 2019-20

APPENDIX B: ORDER OF AUSTRALIA AWARDS

TABLE B1: THE ORDER OF AUSTRALIA AWARDS (GENERAL DIVISION), AUSTRALIA DAY 2020 AND THE QUEEN’S BIRTHDAY 2020

Award levels
Category		Number of nominations	Total awarded	% Awarded	AC	AO	AM	OAM
Architecture	M	3	2	66.7%	0	1	1	0
	F	5	3	60.0%	0	0	3	0
Arts	M	64	52	81.3%	0	3	20	29
	F	66	55	83.3%	0	2	18	35
Building & Construction	M	8	5	62.5%	0	0	1	4
	F	1	1	100.0%	0	0	1	0
Business & Commerce	M	61	40	65.6%	0	9	21	10
	F	31	22	71.0%	1	4	14	3
Community	M	504	352	69.8%	0	9	45	298
	F	448	308	68.8%	1	7	53	247
Conservation & the Environment	M	30	25	83.3%	0	2	4	19
	F	21	13	61.9%	0	0	2	11
Dentistry	M	4	4	100.0%	0	0	1	3
	F	2	1	50.0%	0	0	1	0
Disabled	M	11	9	81.8%	0	0	5	4
	F	20	14	70.0%	0	0	4	10
Education	M	69	54	78.3%	0	7	27	20
	F	64	50	78.1%	1	2	23	24
Engineering	M	16	9	56.3%	0	1	5	3
	F	2	1	50.0%	0	0	0	1
Industrial Relations	M	1	1	100.0%	0	0	0	1
	F	1	1	100.0%	0	0	1	0
Information Technology	M	2	2	100.0%	0	0	1	1
	F	1	1	100.0%	0	0	1	0
International Relations	M	22	16	72.7%	0	2	4	10
	F	18	10	55.6%	0	1	3	6
Law	M	39	23	59.0%	0	2	17	4
	F	16	13	81.3%	1	3	7	2
Library & Related Occupations	M	0	0	-	0	0	0	0
	F	3	2	66.7%	0	0	1	1
Local Government	M	21	13	61.9%	0	0	2	11
	F	9	4	44.4%	0	0	0	4
Multicultural Affairs	M	38	23	60.5%	0	0	0	23
	F	16	10	62.5%	0	0	0	10
Media	M	19	15	78.9%	0	2	5	8
	F	8	4	50.0%	0	0	2	2
Medicine	M	128	95	74.2%	1	18	38	38
	F	60	44	73.3%	0	4	21	19
Mining	M	6	5	83.3%	0	1	3	1
	F	1	1	100.0%	0	1	0	0
Parliament & Politics	M	31	24	77.4%	1	9	9	5
	F	16	11	68.8%	0	2	3	6
Primary Industry	M	19	16	84.2%	0	2	7	7
	F	13	8	61.5%	0	0	3	5
Public Service	M	14	7	50.0%	0	2	3	2
	F	12	7	58.3%	1	0	4	2
Public Service (Federal)	M	7	5	71.4%	0	2	2	1
	F	1	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0
Religion	M	10	6	60.0%	0	0	1	5
	F	8	8	100.0%	0	0	2	6
Science, Technological Developments, R&D	M	17	14	82.4%	1	3	7	3
	F	24	10	41.7%	0	3	6	1
Sport	M	86	65	75.6%	0	3	4	58
	F	42	30	71.4%	0	0	5	25
Surveying & Mapping	M	2	2	100.0%	0	1	0	1
	F	0	0	-	0	0	0	0
Tourism & Hospitality	M	12	10	83.3%	0	1	3	6
	F	7	4	57.1%	0	0	3	1
Transport	M	8	8	100.0%	0	0	2	6
	F	0	0	-	0	0	0	0
Veterinary Science	M	8	7	87.5%	0	0	3	4
	F	4	3	75.0%	0	0	3	0
Total	M	1,260	909	72.1%	3	80	241	585
	F	920	639	69.5%	5	29	184	421
		2,180	1,548	71.0%	8	109	425	1,006

AC = Companion of the Order of Australia; AO = Officer of the Order of Australia; AM = Member of the Order of Australia; OAM = Medal of the Order of Australia

* Note: Total nominations includes gender unspecified.

TABLE B2: THE ORDER OF AUSTRALIA AWARDS (GENERAL DIVISION), THE QUEEN’S BIRTHDAY 1975 TO THE QUEEN’S BIRTHDAY 2020

Award levels
Category		Number of nominations considered*	Total awarded	% Awarded	AK/ AD	AC	AO	AM	OAM
Architecture	M	269	176	65.4	0	3	33	104	36
	F	24	15	62.5	0	0	1	10	4
Arts	M	2,014	1,278	63.5	0	26	154	499	599
	F	1,322	886	67.0	1	14	71	282	518
Building & Construction	M	244	144	59.0	0	2	8	75	59
	F	8	7	87.5	0	0	2	4	1
Business & Commerce	M	2,321	1,294	55.8	2	44	271	659	318
	F	284	182	64.1	0	5	40	94	43
Community	M	19,646	9,860	50.2	1	40	219	1,383	8,217
	F	11,046	6,485	58.7	0	20	163	832	5,470
Conservation & the Environment	M	788	560	71.1	0	1	36	185	338
	F	406	270	66.5	0	0	13	57	200
Dentistry	M	277	162	58.5	0	0	13	92	57
	F	19	13	68.4	0	0	2	6	5
Disabled	M	675	422	62.5	0	0	6	112	304
	F	703	465	66.1	0	0	9	81	375
Education	M	2,043	1,186	58.1	1	30	184	523	448
	F	1,091	700	64.2	0	7	62	283	348
Engineering	M	412	262	63.6	0	4	40	148	70
	F	13	11	84.6	0	1	1	5	4
Industrial Relations	M	350	224	64.0	0	5	21	109	89
	F	30	25	83.3	0	1	3	10	11
Information Technology	M	49	26	53.1	0	0	5	14	7
	F	12	10	83.3	0	0	1	6	3
International Relations	M	439	233	53.1	0	3	37	95	98
	F	269	165	61.3	0	2	20	58	85
Law	M	886	519	58.6	1	55	130	257	76
	F	152	110	72.4	0	12	30	44	24
Library & Related Occupations	M	39	25	64.1	0	0	3	12	10
	F	58	37	63.8	0	0	1	16	20
Local Government	M	1,759	902	51.3	0	1	7	168	726
	F	327	190	58.1	0	0	3	36	151
Multicultural Affairs	M	1,457	715	49.1	0	0	20	104	591
	F	471	282	59.9	0	0	0	28	254
Media	M	693	385	55.6	0	5	33	153	194
	F	139	87	62.6	0	1	12	38	36
Medicine	M	3,890	2,210	56.8	0	49	345	1,065	751
	F	1,339	880	65.7	0	14	99	354	413
Mining	M	164	100	61.0	0	4	25	47	24
	F	8	4	50	0	0	0	3	1
Parliament & Politics	M	667	386	57.9	2	40	113	151	80
	F	114	72	63.2	1	3	20	29	19
Primary Industry	M	1,243	804	64.7	0	2	50	331	421
	F	90	66	73.3	0	0	2	18	46
Public Service	M	2,053	964	47.0	7	63	258	380	256
	F	351	171	48.7	2	13	23	54	79
Religion	M	702	379	54.0	0	6	21	121	231
	F	114	69	60.5	0	0	2	16	51
Science, Technological Developments, R&D	M	850	550	64.7	1	37	151	277	84
	F	144	106	73.6	0	9	34	44	19
Sport	M	3,823	2,264	59.2	0	5	45	346	1,868
	F	1,131	783	69.2	0	3	13	90	677
Surveying & Mapping	M	44	29	65.9	0	0	2	9	18
	F	1	1	100.0	0	0	0	0	1
Tourism & Hospitality	M	250	150	60.0	0	0	12	55	83
	F	56	34	60.7	0	0	1	15	18
Transport	M	461	229	49.7	0	5	24	84	116
	F	26	18	69.2	0	0	2	5	11
Veterinary Science	M	119	82	68.9	0	0	9	37	36
	F	18	15	83.3	0	0	2	8	5
Total	M	48,627	26,520	54.5	15	430	2,275	7,595	16,205
	F	19,767	12,160	61.5	4	105	633	2,526	8,892
		68,394	38,680	56.6	19	535	2,908	10,121	25,097

* Not all of the AK/AD appointments were considered by the Council for the Order of Australia.

AK = Knight of the Order of Australia; AD = Dame of the Order of Australia; AC = Companion of the Order of Australia; AO = Officer of the Order of Australia; AM = Member of the Order of Australia; OAM = Medal of the Order of Australia