Committee for Melbourne

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 include:

2010 – Theme: Melbourne After Dark

ROYAL CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL

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Royal Children’s Hospital receives the 2010’s Melbourne Achiever Award

Announced at the Committee for Melbourne’s 25th anniversary dinner, Committee Chairman Mr George Pappas said The Royal Children’s hospital is recognised as the best in Victoria and has a long-standing history of significant contributions to health with Melbourne’s children.

“Not only is there a focus providing outstanding clinical care for patients, The Royal Children’s Hospital also advances research and education with its partners the Murdoch Childrens Institute and the University of Melbourne,” Mr Pappas said.

“The Royal Children’s Hospital has provide leadership in paediatrics in its 140 year history, not only in Victoria but across Australia and internationally.”

Past recipients of the Melbourne Achiever Award have included: former Chief Commissioner of Victoria Police, Ms Christine Nixon; the award winning architect and urban designer, Professor Rob Adams AM; research biologist, Sir. Gustav Nossal; well-known philanthropist, Dame Elizabeth Murdoch AC; renowned Melbourne businessman, Mr. Ron Walker AC; and sporting greats, the Oarsome Foursome.

Mr Pappas said the Committee for Melbourne congratulated the Royal Children’s Hospital on being the sole recipient of the Committee for Melbourne 2010 Melbourne Achiever Award and wished the hospital well in future developments.

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Prime Minister of Australia, The Hon Kevin Rudd MP and 2009’s Melbourne Achiever Award winner, Ms Christine Nixon

2009 – Theme: Melbourne Style

  • Ms Christine Nixon, Former Chief Commissioner of the Victoria Police & Head of the Victorian Bushfire Reconstruction and Recovery Authority

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

2000 – Theme: 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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