Advance Australia Foundation
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| purpose = Recognised "individuals or groups who have made outstanding contributions to the growth and enhancement of Australia, the Australian people and the Australian way of life".
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The Advance Australia Foundation (AAF) was established in 1980. The AAF recognised "individuals or groups who have made outstanding contributions to the growth and enhancement of Australia, the Australian people and the Australian way of life". It was wound up in the mid-1990s.
Award recipients
Awards given by the AAF included the Advance Australia Award and the Special Merit Advance Australia Award. Recipients of the Advance Australia Award included:
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1991:
1994:
- Patricia Barnard, for services to adult literacy
- Tracy Barrell, for services to sport
- Zanna Barron, for work with suffers of multiple sclerosis
- Phoebe Fraser, daughter of former prime minister Malcolm Fraser and representative of CARE Australia, for services to international care
- Wayne Gardner, for services to international goodwill
- Allen Henry with his dog Brutus, for services to youth
- Craig Heading, for services to science and technology
- Alan Jones, broadcaster and rugby league coach, for services to the community
- Petrea King, for services to crisis counselling
- Dulcie Magnus, for efforts with the visually impaired
- Yvonne Stewart, for work in special education
1990:
- Professor Fred Hollows, for medicine and overseas aid
1985:
- Melvyn Bowler for services to community alcohol and drug treatment
1983:
- Australia II, for winning the America's Cup
1982:
- Lowitja O'Donoghue{{cite web | title=Lowitja O'Donoghue | website=NAIDOC | url=https://www.naidoc.org.au/awards/winner-profiles/lowitja-odonoghue | access-date=5 February 2024}}
- Athol Thomas for his services in promoting Western Australia
1981:
- Professor Fred Hollows, for Aboriginal eye care
- Joe Dolce, export excellence for the international success of his song Shaddap You Face.
- Norman Harwood, transportation history at the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences
- Mary Lidbetter, local history
1980:
- Prue Acton, for contribution to fashion
- Charles Malpas, inventor of wine cask tap
Government funding
The AAF was for several years partly funded by the Federal Government. This ended in 1986 when the AAF become involved in the Australian Made campaign, which the Government decided it would prefer to fund directly.
Since 2012, the Federal Government has funded annual Advance Awards, for innovation and achievement, to Australian citizens who live overseas or who have done so in the past.
See also
References
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{{cite web | url=https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;adv=yes;db=CHAMBER;id=chamber%2Fhansardr%2F1998-05-12%2F0082;orderBy=_fragment_number,doc_date-rev;query=Dataset%3Ahansardr,hansardr80%20Decade%3A%221990s%22%20Year%3A%221998%22%20Month%3A%2205%22;rec=6;resCount=Default | title=House of Representatives, Questions on Notice, Advance Australia Foundation |last1=Thomson |first1=Kelvin |last2=Fahey |first2=John |date=12 May 1998 |website=Parliament of Australia |access-date=5 May 2019 |quote=Mr Kelvin Thomson asked the Minister for Finance and Administration, upon notice, on 2 March 1998: (1) Has the Advance Australia Foundation (AAF) been declared insolvent; if so, will he provide details and identify the source of his figures. (2) Did the AAF prepare an annual report for 1995–1996; if so, (a) was it distributed; if not, why not, and (b) will he provide me with a copy. (3) Is the AAF being disbanded because of insolvency; if so, (a) has it taken 18 months for this to be publicised; if so why, and (b) were licensees informed; if not, why not. (4) Did the AAF's annual report for 1994-95 list $3 million in licence fees and $800 000 in cash reserves; if so, (a) what has become of the sums, (b) who is accountable for the sums and (c) what safeguards and procedures apply. Mr Fahey (Finance and Administration) —The answer to the honourable member's question is as follows: (1) No. (2) No. (a) N/A. (b) N/A. (3) No. (a) N/A. (b) N/A. (4) Yes. (a) Remaining funds of the AAF are now in the process of being transferred into a trust fund held by the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry pending new arrangements for administering the Australian Made Logo. (b)and (c) KPMG Chartered Accountants wound up the financial affairs of the AAF}}
{{cite web|title= Two Advance Australia Awards were presented...|work=The Canberra Times| via=Trove |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/133933452/15104637 |accessdate=29 May 2024}}
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External links
- [https://www.noteworthy-collectibles.com/advance-australia-triangular-enameled-pin Photograph of an enameled pin from the 1980s]
Category:1980 establishments in Australia