List of Senior Australian of the Year Award recipients

Template:Use dmy dates The Senior Australian of the Year Award is one of the Australian of the Year awards.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> It commenced in 1999, in the International Year of Older Persons, and recognises those Australians aged 60 and over who continue to achieve and contribute.Template:Cn 2002 is the only year, since the founding of the awards, that a recipient hasn't been certified.Template:Cn

Recipients

Year of award	Name	Comments
1999	Template:Sortname Template:Post-nominals	Country music singer
2000	Template:Sortname Template:Post-nominals	Educator, author, scholar and ambassador
2001	Template:Sortname Template:Post-nominals	Pioneer of the Bionic Ear
2003	Template:Sortname Template:Post-nominals	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2004	Template:Sortname	Community volunteer and wildlife rescuer
2005	Template:Sortname	Philanthropist
2006	Template:Sortname Template:Post-nominals	Indigenous nurse and mentor
2007	Brian Egan	Former [Helped farmers in need and in drought]; Founder of Aussie Helpers
2008	Template:Sortname Template:Post-nominals	Finance entrepreneur
2009	Template:Sortname Template:Post-nominals	Entrepreneur and philanthropist
2010	Template:Sortname Template:Post-nominals	Cook and restaurateur
2011	Template:Sortname Template:Post-nominals	Australian legal academic
2012	Template:Sortname	Indigenous community Leader
2013	Template:Sortname	Palliative care specialist
2014	Template:Sortname Template:Post-nominals	Reconciliation advocate
2015	Template:Sortname Template:Post-nominals	Author
2016	Template:Sortname Template:Post-nominals	Emergency healthcare specialist<ref name="ABC2016">Template:Cite news</ref>
2017	Template:Sortname Template:Post-nominals	Service to the people of the Tiwi Islands.<ref name="aged-min-2017">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="abc-2017-sr-anne-gardiner">Template:Cite news</ref>
2018	Template:Sortname Template:Post-nominals	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2019	Template:Sortname	Advocate for children's rights and child abuse prevention<ref>Template:Citation</ref>
2020	Template:Sortname	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2021	Template:Sortname	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2022	Template:Sortname	St John Ambulance volunteer (50+ years)<ref name="2022-01-25_ABC">Paralympian and disability advocate Dylan Alcott named 2022 Australian of the Year, Charlotte Gore, ABC News Online, 2022-01-25</ref>
2022	Template:Sortname	Vinnies volunteer (50+ years)<ref name="2022-01-25_ABC">Paralympian and disability advocate Dylan Alcott named 2022 Australian of the Year, Charlotte Gore, ABC News Online, 2022-01-25</ref>
2023	Tom Calma	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2024	Yalmay Yunupiŋu	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2025	Brother Thomas Oliver Pickett Template:Post-nominals	Co-Founder of Wheelchairs for Kids<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>

See also

• List of Australian of the Year Award recipients
• List of Young Australian of the Year Award recipients
• List of Australian Local Hero Award recipients

References

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