Order of Australia [SEP] inception
Order of Australia
The Order of Australia is an order of chivalry established on 14 February 1975 by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, to recognise Australian citizens and other persons for achievement or meritorious service. Before the establishment of the order, Australian citizens received British honours.
The Queen of Australia is sovereign head of the order, while the Governor-General of Australia is the principal companion/dame/knight (as relevant at the time) and chancellor of the order. The governor-general's official secretary,
daily average of , and was the first person to do it solo. Soon after this achievement, he was awarded the Queensland Sportsman of the year Award in 1983, Queenslander of the Year in 1984, and the Order of Australia in 1984.
Completed journeys Sarah Covington Fulcher.
The first woman to run across Australia, at age 24, from North Carolina, USA, running east to west from Bondi Beach, NSW to the western suburbs of Perth, Western Australia, 22 Sep to 26 Dec 1986. Fulcher describes