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Kay Cottee - Kay Cottee was the first woman to sail around the world unassisted and was named Australian of the Year in 1988.

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Allan Border - Border was Australian Cricket Team captain and won the award in 1989.

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Fred Hollows - Hollows is known for restoring eyesight to people around the world through his scientific work and won Australian of the Year in 1990. 
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Peter Hollingworth - Hollingworth was the Archbishop of Brisbane, the Governor General and won the award in 1991.

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Mandawuy Yunupingu - Mandawuy Yunupingu, on the far left, was an Aboriginal singer and assistant principal.

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1993 - In 1993, the Australian of the Day award was changed to being given for the year ahead rather than the one passed. Because of that, there was no Australian of the Year in 1993.

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Ian Kiernan - Ian Kiernan is an environmentalist and the founder of the Clean Up Australia campaign, winning the Australian of the Year in 1994.

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Arthur Boyd - Boyd was an impressionist and expressionist painter and won the award in 1995.

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John Yu - Yu is a renowned pediatrician and the CEO of the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children. He won Australian of the Year in 1996. 

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Peter Doherty - Peter Doherty, left, is a veterinarian who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering how T-cells find their targets. He won Australian of the Year in 1997.

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Cathy Freeman - Cathy Freeman won gold in 400 metres at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where she lit the Olympic flame. She was awarded won Australian of the Year in 1998, after winning a silver in the 1996 Olympics.

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Mark Taylor - Mark Taylor was an Australian Cricket Team captain and won the award in 1999.

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Sir Gustav Nossal - Sir Gustav Nossal is a biologist known for his work in antibodies and won Australian of the Year in 2000. 

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General Sir Peter John Cosgrove - The current Governor General won Australian of the Year in 2001.

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Pat Rafter - Rafter won back-to-back U.S. Open titles before winning Australian of the Year in 2002.

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Fiona Stanley - Stanley is known for her work in cerebral palsy and won the award in 2003. 

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Steve Waugh - Waugh was the Australian Cricket Team captain and won Australian of the Year in 2004.

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Fiona Wood - Wood invented spray on skin in her treatment of burn victims and won Australian of the Year in 2005. 

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Ian Frazer - Ian Frazer co-created the vaccine for cervical cancer and won Australian of the Year in 2006.

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Tim Flannery - Flannery has discovered over 20 mammal species and won the award in 2007.

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Lee Kernaghan - The Australian country singer won the award in 2008. 

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Mick Dodson - Lawyer and indigienous leader, Mick Dodson, won Australian of the Year in 2009. 

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Patrick McGorry - The psychiatrist who learned how to detect youth psychosis won the award in 2010. 

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Simon McKeon - The lawyer and philanthropist won Australian of the Year in 2011. 

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Geoffrey Rush - The world famous actor won the award in 2012.

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Ita Buttrose - The journalist and founder of the magazine, Cleo, won the Australian of the Year award in 2013. 

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Adam Goodes - The AFL player and indigenous community leader won the award in 2014.

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Rosie Batty - The anti-domestic abuse campaigner won Australian of the Year in 2015.

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Lieutenant General David Morrison - Lieutenant General David Morrison was the Chief of the Army and won the award 2016. 

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Alan Mackay-Sim - The stem cell researcher won the Australian of the Year in 2017. 

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Michelle Simmons - Simmons is the Director of the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Quantum Computation & Communication Technology and won the most recent Australian of the Year in 2018.

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