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Abbreviations
ARRC - The Royal Red Cross (2nd Class)

BEM(C) - The Order of the British Empire (Civil)

BEM(M) - The Order of the British Empire (Military)

CBE(C) - The Order of the British Empire - Commander (Civil)

DBE(C) - The Order of the British Empire - Dames Commander

ISM - Imperial Service Medal

ISO - Imperial Service Order

KCBC - King's Commendation for Brave Conduct

MBE(C) - The Order of the British Empire - Member (Civil)

MM - The Military Medal

MVO - The Royal Victorian Order - Member

MVO5 - The Royal Victorian Order - Members of the Fifth Class

OBE(C) - The Order of the British Empire - Officer (Civil)

OBE(M) - The Order of the British Empire - Officer (Military)

RRC - The Royal Red Cross

RADCLIFF, Helen Cicely - MBE(C), 1951
Senior Physiotherapist - Royal Hobart Hospital
RAFFERTY, Sheila Ellen - BEM(C), 1964
Typist-in-charge in the Immigration Department
RAIN, Margaret Penelope McKenzie - MBE(C), 1956
Red Cross Society
RAINES, Florence - OBE(C), 1974
Mentally ill
RAINOW, Hermine - MBE(C), 1978
Community
RAISBECK, Phylis Rosina - MBE(C), 1976
Music
RALSTON, Edith Marion - MBE(C), 1967
Headmistress of Wenona School
RAMACIOTTI, Vera - CBE(C), 1976
Charities
RAMSAY, Violet Beatrice - OBE(C), 1965
Matron of the Queen Victoria Maternity Hospital
RAMSDEN, Barbara - MBE(C), 1965
Literature
RANDALL, Kathleen Violet - BEM(C), 1979
Community
RANDALL, Margaret Fullarton - BEM(C), 1978
Community
RANDALL, Nora Barry - MBE(C), 1982
Community
RANDALL, Sylvia Faith - BEM(C), 1974
Community
RANKEN, Jeanie - MBE(C), 1939
Charities in New South Wales
RANKIN, Annabelle Jane Mary - DBE(C), 1957
Political and public services
RANKIN, Suzannah Jane - MBE(C), 1972
People of Papua New Guinea
RANKINE, Annie Isabel - MBE(C), 1970
Community
RANSLEY, E A - ISM, 1966
N/A
RANSOME, Edith Mary Jessie - MBE(C), 1967
Country Women's Association
RAPHAEL, Margaret Betty - OBE(C), 1982
Medicine & health care (Mrs Burlace)
RAPKE, Julia - OBE(C), 1957
Magistrate of the Victorian Children's Court
RAVEN, Roberta Maud - BEM(C), 1969
Asst Private Secretary - Minister of Social Service
RAWLINGS, Edna - KCBC, 1943
Darwin Hospital during Japanese air raids
RAWLINGS, May Julia - MBE(C), 1972
Nursing
RAWLINGS, Sylvia - ISM, 1962
NSW Public Health Department - Matron
RAWSON, Irene Ellen - MBE(C), 1953
Charge Nurse at the Kew Children's Cottages
RAWSON, Joan Gladys - BEM(C), 1982
Animal welfare
RAWSON, Marianne - RRC, 1902
Nurse from Victoria
RAWSON, Robin Isobel - MVO, 1989
Director of the Honours Secretariat in Canberra
RAY, Maud Ellen - BEM(C), 1970
Community
RAYE, MA - ARRC, 1916
QAIMNS (Australia)
RAYMOND, Adelaide Daphne - BEM(C), 1970
Community
RAYNOR, B R - ISM, 1942
N/A
READ, Alice Ethelwyn - BEM(C), 1976
Community
READ, Irene - OBE(C), 1938
Charities
READ, Raymonde Edith - OBE(C), 1979
Girl Guide movement
READER, Audrey Tattia Hinchcliffe - OBE(C), 1966
Community & social welfare
READER, Audrey Tattie Hinchcliffe - DBE(C), 1987
Service to women's affairs & politics
READING, Fanny - MBE(C), 1961
Social welfare services in New South Wales
REAY, Anne Victoria - ARRC, 1918
QAIMNS (Australia)
REDMAN, Gladys Vera - OBE(C), 1972
Youth
REDPATH, Norma - OBE(C), 1970
Sculpture
REECE, Midlred Daphne - MBE(C), 1972
Nursing
REED, Eileen Daphne - ISM, 1970
NSW Public Health - Sister
REES, Gretta May McArthur - ISM, 1971
Taxation Office - Accounting Machinist
REES, Lucy Frances Harvey - MBE(C), 1964
Literature
REEVES, Letitia - ARRC, 1918
AANS - Australian Auxiliary Hospital
REFSHAUGE, Joan Janet - OBE(C), 1964
Assistant Director for Child Health at Port Moresby
REGAN, Elizabeth - ARRC, 1919
AANS - No 1 Australian Auxiliary Hospital
REGAN, Lena - BEM(C), 1980
Music
REGAN, Nellie Margaret - BEM(C), 1979
Community
REGAN, Winifred Mary - ISM, 1970
PMG - Exempt Postal Clerk
REID, Doris Lily - MBE(C), 1976
Sport
REID, Frances Jocelyn - MBE(C), 1988
Community
REID, Kerry - MBE(C), 1979
Tennis
REID, Pauline - OBE(C), 1920
Red Cross Society
REID, Roberta Sinclair - MBE(C), 1951
Training of blind children
REID, Sheila Sanderson - MBE(C), 1972
Receptionist at Australia House in London
REIDY, Margaret - ISM, 1971
PMG - Supervisor Telephones
REILLY, Isabel May - MBE(C), 1963
Handicapped & retarded children in NSW
REILLY, Isobel May - BEM(C), 1971
Social welfare
REILLY, Lorna Kathleen - ISM, 1963
NSW Public Health - Sub-Matron
RELTON, Edena Doreen - MBE(C), 1973
Girl Guides Association
RENKIN, Lucy May - BEM(C), 1969
Officer-in-charge of the Warrawee Rest Centre
RENNIE, Estelle Agnes - BEM(C), 1972
Secretary - Vice-Chancellor Melbourne Univ
RENNIE, Jeanie Clement - MBE(C), 1969
YWCA
RENSHAW-JONES, Charlotte - OBE(C), 1974
Girl Guide movement
RENTOUL, Ivy Victoria - OBE(C), 1967
President of YWCA of Australia
REUDAVEY, Grace - BEM(C), 1972
Community
REYNOLDS, Lena May - BEM(C), 1974
War widows
RHODES, Doris Gwenda - BEM(C), 1982
Health
RIACH, Kathleen Lorraine - BEM(C), 1969
Secretary of the Junior Red Cross in NSW
RICE, Catherine Lilian - BEM(C), 1982
Community
RICE, Winifred Gertrude - BEM(C), 1971
Community
RICHARDS, Frances Irene - ISM, 1970
NSW Public Health - Nurse
RICHARDS, Nancy - ISO, 1978
Superintendent - WA Secondary Schools
RICHARDSON, C R - ISM, 1965
N/A
RICHARDSON, Clair Hilda - MBE(C), 1963
Charities
RICHARDSON, Constance May - BEM(C), 1967
Aged
RICHARDSON, Elizabeth Alice - ISM, 1960
Brisbane Mental Hospital - Matron
RICHARDSON, Ethel Tracy - RRC, 1917
Australian Army Nursing Service
RICHARDSON, Evelyn Irene - OBE(C), 1946
Matron of Austin Hospital, Victoria
RICHARDSON, Georgina - ISM, 1963
NSW Public Health - Trained Nurse
RICHARDSON, Helen Morewood - OBE(C), 1920
Comforts & entertainment for the troops
RICHARDSON, Lucy Lawrence D'Arcy - MBE(C), 1960
Public service
RICHARDSON, Mary Clare - MBE(C), 1962
St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney
RICHARDSON, Pamela - BEM(C), 1978
Community
RICHARDSON, Zoe May - MBE(C), 1948
Social welfare in Hobart
RICHMOND, Daisy - ARRC, 1916
Australian Army Nursing Service
RICHMOND, Daisy Donaldson - MBE(C), 1964
Sick & the elderly in New South Wales
RICHMOND, Florence Muriel Irene - ISM, 1955
N/A
RICKETTS, Joan Marion - MBE(C), 1977
Arts & community
RICKWOOD, Ivy Eleanor May - ISM, 1963
Queensland Public Works - Clerk/Typist
RIDDLE, Dorothy - MBE(C), 1969
Education
RIDGE, Regina - MBE(C), 1974
Music
RIDGWAY, Ethel May - BEM(C), 1978
Community
RIEN, Maud Wyndham - BEM(C), 1980
Community
RIGBY, Norma Victoria - MBE(C), 1976
Community
RILEY, Catherine Pauline - BEM(C), 1966
Royal Perth Hospital
RILEY, Ena May - ISM, 1971
PMG - Clerical Assistant
RILEY, Joyce Mary - MBE(C), 1971
Handicapped children
RINDER, Lily Jane - ARRC, 1919
Australian Army Nursing Service
RING, Margaret Alice - BEM(C), 1971
Community
RINGLAND, Gwendoline - MBE(C), 1960
Blind persons
RINGROSE, Sylvia Daphne - OBE(C), 1961
Girl Guide movement
RIPPIN, Ellen Eliza - BEM(C), 1977
Child welfare
RIPPON, Clarice Sinclair - MBE(C), 1953
Social welfare services in Victoria
RIPPON, H J - ISM, 1942
N/A
RISCHBIETH, Bessie Mabel - OBE(C), 1935
Women's movements
RISCHBIETH, Eileen May - MBE(C), 1942
Organiser of the Sailor's Wives & Mother's Union
RITCHER, Effie - BEM(C), 1969
Secretary of the Civilian Limbless Association
RITCHIE, Catherine - BEM(C), 1969
Community
RITCHIE, Margaret June - MBE(C), 1977
Legacy
RITCHIE, Millicent Frances Dora - MBE(C), 1937
Secretary of the Braille Association of Australia
RIVERANS, Dzidera - BEM(C), 1971
Designer of the Commonwealth Clothing Factory
ROACH, Bridget Jane - MBE(C), 1973
Community
ROACH, Margaret - MBE(C), 1950
President of the Fitzroy Ladies Work Association
ROBB, Sheila Isobel - ARRC, 1965
Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps
ROBERTS, Annie - ISM, 1937
PMG - Monitor
ROBERTS, Annie Florence - ARRC, 1919
AANS - Service in India
ROBERTS, Daphne Anne - OBE(C), 1955
Charities
ROBERTS, Eleanor Clara May - BEM(C), 1978
Community
ROBERTS, Ida Gwen - BEM(C), 1972
Music
ROBERTS, Joan Howard - OBE(C), 1973
Handicappped
ROBERTS, Joan Howard - DBE(C), 1977
Services to the handicapped
ROBERTS, M D - ISM, 1965
N/A
ROBERTS, Margaret Vera - BEM(C), 1978
Community
ROBERTS, Marion Dorothy - ISM, 1965
Works Department - Typist-in-Charge
ROBERTS, Patricia Alice - MBE(C), 1985
Early childhood development & education
ROBERTS, Rita Ellen - BEM(C), 1977
Community
ROBERTSON, Amelia Eveline - MBE(C), 1941
Philanthropy
ROBERTSON, Constance - OBE(C), 1955
Journalism
ROBERTSON, Phildaelphia Una - OBE(C), 1918
Secretary of the Australian Red Cross
ROBEY, Senja Raymond - BEM(C), 1976
Aviation
ROBINS, Irene - BEM(C), 1971
Boy Scouts Association in East Melbourne
ROBINSON, Alice Matilda - BEM(C), 1971
Community of Glen Innes, NSW
ROBINSON, Alice May - MBE(C), 1976
Preston & Northcote Hospital in Victoria
ROBINSON, Bridget Theresa - BEM(C), 1978
Aged & community
ROBINSON, Edith Mary - MBE(C), 1962
Nursing
ROBINSON, Lorna - MBE(C), 1953
Red Cross Society
ROBINSON, Mabel Eleanor - MBE(C), 1975
Sport
ROBINSON, May Alice Irene - ISM, 1975
NSW Government Printer - Assistant Binder
ROBINSON, Nellie Elizabeth - OBE(C), 1978
Mayor of Toowoomba, Queensland
ROBINSON, Olive Edna - ARRC, 1946
AANS - South West Pacific
ROBINSON, Ruby May - MBE(C), 1965
Advancement of women's sports
ROBINSON, Shelagh Noreen - BEM(C), 1978
Public service
ROBINSON, T R - ISM, 1942
N/A
ROBSON, Jean Hunter - MBE(C), 1974
Community
ROBSON, Judith - ARRC, 1981
RAAF Nursing Service
ROCHE, Anastasia - RRC, 1919
AANS - No 3 Australian Auxiliary Hospital
ROCHE, Mary Muriel - BEM(C), 1975
Community activities
RODEN, G F - ISM, 1968
N/A
RODMELL, Joyce Crosson - OBE(C), 1971
Nursing
RODWAY, Nea Josephine - OBE(C), 1955
Chairities
RODWELL, Rosemary - BEM(M), 1982
WRANS - Postwar Honours List
ROE, Raigh Edith - DBE(C), 1979
Services to women
ROFE, Pauline - BEM(C), 1969
Clerical Assistant in the Navy Department
ROGERS, Alma - MBE(C), 1965
Mount Royal Aged Hospital Auxiliary in Victoria
ROGERS, Ivy Winifred - BEM(C), 1982
Community
ROGERS, Mary Elizabeth - BEM(C), 1979
Community
ROGERS, Shirley Patricia - MBE(C), 1981
Disadvantaged children (Sister Agatha)
ROGERS, Veronica Eileen - MBE(C), 1978
Public service
ROGERSON, Ada Louise - MBE(C), 1964
Social welfare
ROGERSON, Jean Ethel - MBE(C), 1982
Education & the community
ROLEY, M - ISM, 1942
N/A
ROLFE, Gladys Winifred May - BEM(C), 1971
Ex-servicemen & women
ROMERIL, Hazel Marguerite - ISM, 1972
Air Department - Clerical Assistant
ROONEY, Marjorie Lorna - MBE(C), 1964
Headmistress of Broadlands School in Tasmania
ROPER, Edna Sirius - OBE(C), 1978
Parliament & trade union movement
ROSA, Ada - ISM, 1938
Tasmania Government Printer - Bookbinder
ROSE, Katherine Margaret - BEM(C), 1975
Aged blind
ROSE, Thelma Isobell - ISM, 1970
PMG - Telephonist
ROSEBY, Dorothy - MBE(C), 1964
Secretary of the Australian College of Physicians
ROSEBY, Gertrude Amy - OBE(C), 1958
Education
ROSENWAX, Freeda Dorothy - ISM, 1970
PMG - Clerical Assistant
ROSENWAY, Freeda Dorothy - ISM, 1970
N/A
ROSEWARNE, Linda Clarice - MBE(C), 1969
Community
ROSS, Claire - OBE(C), 1973
Arts
ROSS, Clara Louisa - OBE(M), 1919
ARMY- Australian Army Nursing Services
ROSS, Clara Louise - RRC, 1918
Australian Army Nursing Service
ROSS, Dorothy - MBE(C), 1959
Headmistress - Church of England Girls School
ROSS, Dorothy Dickson - OBE(C), 1975
Community
ROSS, Gladys Maud - MBE(C), 1970
Community
ROSS, Isabella Younger - OBE(C), 1938
Secretary - Baby Health Centre Assn of Victoria
ROSS, Joyce Mary - MBE(C), 1980
Aboriginal welfare
ROSS, Roma Adeline - MBE(C), 1965
Charities
ROSS, Ruth Winifred - MBE(C), 1978
Community
ROSSI, Mary - OBE(C), 1979
Community
ROSS-KING, Alice - MM, 1917
VMM 28/9/1917 LOND GAZ 30312, ARRC 3/6/1918 LOND GAZ 30716 AUST ANS
ROSS-WATT, Blanche Muriel - OBE(C), 1949
Councillor of the Gisborne Shire Council, Victoria
ROSS-WATT, Katherine Elizabeth Lillins - BEM(C), 1977
Community
ROTHACKER, Mollie Alice - BEM(C), 1976
Community
ROUGHLEY, Doreen Carnella - BEM(C), 1976
Community
ROUND, J S - ISM, 1939
N/A
ROURKE, Kathleen Mary - BEM(C), 1956
Supervisor - Telephone Branch, PMG ,Victoria
ROUSE, Constance - MBE(C), 1967
Secretary in the Governor's Office in Brisbane
ROWE, Evelyn Edna - MBE(C), 1975
Education
ROWE, Mabel Gladys Lavinia - MBE(C), 1976
War veterans & dependants
ROWE, Marilyn Patricia - OBE(C), 1980
Australian Ballet Compnay
ROWLEY, Beryl Juliet - MBE(C), 1974
Community
ROWLEY, Stella Kathleen - BEM(C), 1967
Nursing, as a Silver Chain nurse
ROWNTREE, Amy - OBE(C), 1949
Inspector of Infant Schools in Tasmania
ROWNTREE, Blanche - MBE(C), 1963
Blind persons in Tasmania
ROWSE, Lena - ISM, 1955
N/A
ROXBURGH, Rachel Mary - BEM(C), 1979
Community
ROYLE, Edith Mary - OBE(C), 1956
Public service
RUDEFORTH, Fannie Rose - MBE(C), 1952
Social welfare services in Western Australia
RULE, Lucy Eyrie - ARRC, 1952
RAAF Nursing Service
RUSH, Edith Dawson - ARRC, 1917
Australian Army Nursing Service
RUSKIN, Norma Ruth - BEM(C), 1982
Community
RUSSELL, Amuri - BEM(C), 1976
Community
RUSSELL, Beryl - BEM(C), 1978
Community
RUSSELL, Delia Constance - OBE(C), 1920
Red Cross Society
RUSSELL, Elsie Mary - BEM(C), 1969
Community of Newcastle, NSW
RUSSELL, Hilary Maude - OBE(C), 1979
Community
RUSSELL, M - ARRC, 1917
Australian Army Nursing Service
RUSSELL, Mary Olga Sheila - BEM(C), 1972
Community of Coff's Harbour, NSW
RUSTON, Gertrude Winifred - MBE(C), 1970
Community
RUTHERFORD, Joan Edith Lorraine - BEM(C), 1981
Community
RUTHERFORD, Lilian Jana - ARRC, 1919
AANS - With British forces in Salonika
RUTHERFORD, Mary Jane - BEM(C), 1979
Community
RUTTER, Delia - MBE(C), 1971
Aboriginal community
RYAN, Anne Evelyn - ISM, 1961
Army Department - Typist
RYAN, Anne Margaret - MVO5, 1977
Secretary to the Director of the 1977 Royal Visit
RYAN, Dorothy Mary - MBE(C), 1973
Community
RYAN, Helen - MBE(C), 1955
Founder - Women's National Emergency Legion
RYAN, Irene Helena Louisa - ISM, 1970
PMG - Clerical Assistant
RYAN, Rita Eileen - ISM, 1972
PMG - Machinist-in-Charge
RYMAN, Mary Philomena - OBE(C), 1976
Medicine
RYMES, Jane Elizabeth - BEM(C), 1970
Ex-servicemen & women
RYMILL, Mary Anna - OBE(C), 1941
Social welfare
RYMILL, Shylie - OBE(C), 1942
Social welfare
RYNNE, Cornelius Lillian - MBE(C), 1968
Matron - Aboriginal Hospital at Cherbourg in Qld