Australia Day Honours

Members of the dental profession featured in the Australia Day honours’ lists. Recipients with a connection to dentistry were:
BARNARD, Peter Deane - NSW
Medal of the Order of Australia - For service to the community in the areas of preventive and public health dentistry in Australia and the Pacific Rim, through dental epidemiological studies, and to education.
DUCKMANTON, Norton Archie - NSW
Medal of the Order of Australia - For service to veterans and their families and to dentistry as a practitioner and educator in the area of prosthodontics.
DUNN, Martin Robertson - NSW
Medal of the Order of Australia - For service to the profession of dental prosthetics, particularly as a contributor in the area of skills development.
LAZAR, Peter Frederick - NSW
Member of the Order of Australia - For service to business, particularly in the field of public relations, to communication and dental health education, and to the community through aged care, health, cultural and social welfare organisations.
OLIVE, Richard John - Queensland
Member of the Order of Australia - For service to dentistry, particularly through a range of professional organisations and the Royal Australian Army Dental Corps, and to dental education.
WELLS, Marie WA
Medal of the Order of Australia - For service to the dental profession, particularly through the Dental Assistants' Association of Australia.
WALKER, Donald Murray

Medal of the Order of Australia - For service to oral pathology and oral medicine as an academic and clinician, and to public health through research and diagnostic services relating to oral and maxillofacial pathology.