Australia Day 2014 Honours

[trog]

Trawling the lists at http://www.gg.gov.au/australia-day-2014-honours-lists I have extracted the following information, of which the final entry will be of interest to ballet goers.  I suspect some will know Street's works too.

 

OFFICER (AO) IN THE GENERAL DIVISION OF THE ORDER OF AUSTRALIA

Professor Susan Patricia STREET,
For distinguished service to the performing arts, particularly to dance education at a tertiary level, as a teacher and administrator, to professional organisations, and as a mentor.

MEMBER (AM) IN THE GENERAL DIVISION OF THE ORDER OF AUSTRALIA

Mr David Charles McMICKEN
For significant service to the performing arts, particularly through the development of Indigenous dance.

Mr Timothy Maxwell NEWTH
For significant service to the performing arts, particularly through the development of Indigenous dance.

MEDAL (OAM) OF THE ORDER OF AUSTRALIA IN THE GENERAL DIVISION

Ms Rhonda Suzanne BURCHMORE
For service to the performing arts, and to the community.

Mrs Leonie Ruth BURGESS
For service to highland dancing.

Ms Lucinda Joanne DUNN
For service to the performing arts through ballet.

[Jan McNulty]

Congratulations to all the awardees.

[Sophoife]

Luci Dunn is the first TAB dancer to be acknowledged since the current AD, David McAllister, who is AM. He was (just) preceded by Steven Heathcote, also AM. Graeme Murphy is another level up, at AO. We don't have "imperial" honours down here, so no knights or dames since about 1986. OAM is roughly equivalent to MBE, AM to OBE, AO to CBE.

 

If anyone's interested, Miss Dunn is married to Danilo Radojevic, and they have two daughters.