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Print this page Melbourne Achiever Awards
The Committee for Melbourne™ annually recognises the outstanding achievements of a small number of individuals by awarding them with a Melbourne Achiever Award. The Melbourne Achiever Awards acknowledge and celebrate noteworthy contributions to the Melbourne community.
Past Recipients:
2007 - Theme: Melbourne Soul
Professor Rob Adams AM, City of Melbourne
2006 - Theme: Wrapped in Melbourne
The Right Hon. Lord Mayor John So, City of Melbourne
Mr John Cleese, British Actor and Comedian
2005 - Theme: Sparkling Melbourne - the Committee for Melbourne's 20th Anniversary
Dame Elisabeth Murdoch AC DBE, Philanthropist, Patron of the Murdoch Children's Research Institute and Founding member of the Deafness Foundation of Victoria
Mr Jack Smorgon AM, Former Chairman of the Committee for Melbourne; Chairman of the Future Focus Group and Patron of the Future Focus Group Alumni Association; Director of Escor
Mr Barry Humphries AO, International Entertainer (Dame Edna Everage, 'Megastar Housewife')
2004 - Theme: Creative Melbourne
Professor Andrea Hull AO, Director of the Victorian College of the Arts
Professor Mark Burry, Spatial Information Architecture Laboratory, RMIT
Mr Adam Elliot, Animator
2003 - Theme: Melbourne Runs on Sport
Ms Sue Lloyd-Williams, Deputy Chief-Executive, Victoria Racing Club
Mr Paul McNamee, Chief Executive, Tennis Australia
Mr Geoff Pollard AM, President, Tennis Australia
Mr Ron Walker AC CBE, Chairman, Grand Prix Corporation, and Chairman, Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games
2002 - Theme: FROGS - Friendly Reminders of Global Sustainability
Mr Richard Weatherly, Victorian grazier and conservationist
Yarra Valley Water
Ms Sheree Marris, Director, Visions of Blue
2001 - Theme: Windows to the Future
Dr Brendan Crabb, Laboratory Head, Infection and Immunolgy Division, Walter & Eliza Hall Institute
Dr Patricia Edgar AM, CEO, Australian Children's Television Foundation
Splash
Mr Vinny Lauwers, Sailing, 2001 World Sportsman of the Year with a Disability and first person with a disability to sail around the world unassisted
Mr Jesse Martin, Sailing, The youngest person to sail non-stop around the world, alone and unassisted
Royal Life Saving Society
Surf Life Saving Victoria
1999 - Theme: Melbourne On the Move
Mr Kirby Clark, Chief Financial Officer, Melbourne Airport
Dr James (Jim) Fox, Founder and Managing Director, Vision Systems
Mr David Fewchuk, GM Automotive Strategic Research Industry Foundation
1998 - Theme: Advancing Melbourne's Global Connections
Professor David de Kretser, Director, Monash Institute of Reproduction & Development (Science)
Ms Rhonda Galbally AO, Managing Director, Australian Health Institute, University of Melbourne
Professor Alan Trounson, Global Strategic Science Adviser, National Stem Cell Centre (Science)
Mr Shane Warne, Cricketer
1997 - Theme: A Glimpse of the Future
Mr John Barber, Chairman, Managing Director & Founder of Sigtec
Dr Ruth Bishop, Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Warren Hynes Memorial Award for Medical Research
1996 - Theme: Marvellous Melbourne - Now and Again
Sir Zelman Cowen, Life Member, Governor General of Australia (1977 -1982)
Professor David Penington, Vice-Chancellor and Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at Melbourne University (Education & Health)
Mr John Lindsay, Paralympic Gold Medallist
Oarsome Foursome:
James Tomkins
Mike McKay
Nick Green
Andrew Cooper
Andrew James
1995 - Theme: Melbourne Revitalised
The Rt Hon Sir Ninian Stephen, K.G., A.K., G.C.M.G., G.C.V.O, K.B.E, P.C., Commandeur de la Legion d'Honneur. Hon Doctorates (Melbourne, Sydney, Griffith Universities and University of Western Australia), Hon. Master, Gray's Inn, London.
Mrs Margaret Carnegie AO OAM, Life Member
Professor Graeme Clark, Professor of Otolaryngology, University of Melbourne
Commissioner Duc-Dong Tran, City of Maribyrnong
Ms Susan Holmes, Melbourne City Marketing
Mr David Parkin, Coach, Carlton Football Club
Mr Leo Schofield, Artistic Director, Melbourne International Fesitval of the Arts
Mr Les Twentyman OAM, Youth Worker
1994 - Theme: Vision for 2001
Ms Kate Doughty, Junior Achiever
Ms Cathy Freeman, Sportswoman
Mr Troy Innocent, Multimedia Artist, Arts - Multimedia
Professor Don Metcalf, AC, AO, Medical Researcher
Mr Bruce Redpath, Mrs Ruth Redpath, Oncologist and President of the Anti-Cancer Council of Victoria (Health & Community)
Mrs Seelan Singham, Partner, McKinsey & Co. (Business)
Ms Gailene Stock, Director, Royal Ballet School (Arts - Dance)
1993 (no theme)
Mr Peter Armytage, Victoria Racing Club - Tourism & Racing
Mr Martin Bowen, Science & Technology
Ms Lindell Bromham, Rhodes Scholar
Ms Julie Clutterbuck, Mathematical Scientist (Science & Technology)
Sir Russell Madigan, Chairman, Hamersley Holdings Ltd, IOL Petroleum Ltd; director, CRA Ltd, RTZ Ltd, Commercial Union Assurance Ltd (Business)
Mr David Marriner, Theatre Entrepreneur & Developer
Mr Paul McKessy, Community
Mr Kevin Sheedy, Coach, Essendon Football Club
Mr Lloyd Williams, Developer & Community Activist
HE Fernando Zegers, Chilean Ambassador to Australia
1992 - Theme: Melbourne Adventurers
(no Awards given) 
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