List of Young Australian of the Year Award recipients

Template:Use dmy dates The Young Australian of the Year Awards commenced in 1979, and recognises those aged 16 to 30 who are considered exceptional young Australians. 1993 was the only year in which an award was not given.

Recipients

Year of award	Name	Notes
1979	Julie Sochacki	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1980	Peter Hill
1981	Paul Radley
1982	Mark Ella Template:Post-nominals
1983	Michael Waldock
1984	Jon Sieben Template:Post-nominals
1985	Deahnne McIntyre Template:Post-nominals
1986	Simone Young Template:Post-nominals
1987	Bernadette Harvey
1988	Duncan Armstrong Template:Post-nominals
1989	Brenden Borellini
1990	Cathy Freeman Template:Post-nominals
1991	Simon Fairweather Template:Post-nominals
1992	Kieren Perkins Template:Post-nominals
1993	No award made: period of award changed from the previous year to the year ahead in 1994; i.e. Kieren Perkins was named Young Australian of the Year for 1992 in 1993 and Anna Bown was named Young Australian of the Year for 1994 in 1994
1994	Anna Bown
1995	Poppy King
1996	Rebecca Chambers
1997	Nova Peris-Kneebone Template:Post-nominals
1998	Tan Le
1999	Bryan Gaensler
2000	Ian Thorpe Template:Post-nominals
2001	James Fitzpatrick
2002	Scott Hocknull
2003	Lleyton Hewitt Template:Post-nominals
2004	Hugh Evans
2005	Khoa Do
2006	Trisha Broadbridge
2007	Tania Major
2008	Casey Stoner Template:Post-nominals
2009	Jonty Bush
2010	Mark Donaldson Template:Post-nominals
2011	Jessica Watson Template:Post-nominals
2012	Marita Cheng Template:Post-nominals
2013	Akram Azimi	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2014	Jacqueline Freney Template:Post-nominals
2015	Drisana Levitzke-Gray	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2016	Nic Marchesi Template:Post-nominals Lucas Patchett Template:Post-nominals	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2017	Paul Vasileff	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2018	Samantha Kerr Template:Post-nominals	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2019	Danzal Baker	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2020	Ashleigh Barty	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2021	Isobel Marshall	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2022	Dr Daniel Nour MD	<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	Awer Mabil	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2024	Emma McKeon	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2025	Dr Katrina Wruck	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>

See also

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