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It's an Honour. Optometry in the Order of Australia CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL OPTOMETRY HISTORY It’s an honour. Optometry in the Order of Australiaa Clin Exp Optom 2016; 99: 188–193 DOI:10.1111/cxo.12355 Nathan Efron* AC DSc PhD BScOptom honours were mostly based on merit but were then Labor Prime Minister, Gough Whitlam, † Barry L Cole AO PhD MAppSc BSc LOSc tainted by patronage, politics and position in to recognise Australian citizens for meritorious *Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, and society. Lord mayors of the big cities, long- service. There are four levels of appointment School of Optometry and Vision Science, Queensland serving politicians, senior public servants, cap- to the Order, with the most senior being University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia † tains of industry, university vice-chancellors Companion (AC), followed by Officer (AO), The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia 1 E-mail: [email protected] and professors were made knights and Member (AM) and Medal (OAM) (Table 1). accorded the title of ‘Sir’,or‘Dame’ for the Every Australian citizen appointed to the Key words: Australia, honours, optometry few women who found the public spotlight. Order becomes a member of the Order. The Order of Australia The lesser members of society had their spe- number of awards that can be made each cial contributions recognised by the award of year is limited by quota. The Order of OfficerorMemberoftheMostExcellent Australia is divided into General and Every country has a system of honours to Order of the British Empire (OBE and MBE). Military Divisions. recognise the outstanding achievements or Few Australian optometrists were recog- Honorary awards at all levels may be made meritorious service of its citizens. In Australia, nised with an imperial honour. Sir Arthur to deserving non-citizens; these awards are the Order of Australia is the centrepiece of its Cocks KBE (1862–1943) was one.2 His made additional to the quotas. honours system. It was instigated in 1975 to qualification in optometry was obtained as a Any person may nominate any Australian replace the system of British imperial honours Member of the British Optical Association citizen for an award within the Order of that was used in Australia over the previous but he ran a large and successful optical Australia. Once a nomination has been sub- 187 years. The Order of Australia is one of wholesale company and probably never mitted, the Australian Honours Secretariat a rich and diverse range of 57 civilian and practised optometry. Nevertheless, he was at Government House in Canberra conducts military awards for meritorious service and the secretary of the first Australian Opto- further research and contacts nominated achievement, gallantry and bravery, as well 1 metrical Association on its foundation in and independent referees and relevant orga- as various commemorative medals. 1904.3 He was made a Knight Commander nisations. The nominations, referee reports Honours are awarded to individuals but in the Order of the British Empire (KBE) in and other information gathered are reviewed they also represent an honour for the profes- 1924 after serving as Lord Mayor of Sydney by the Council for the Order of Australia, sion, institution or association to which the (1913) and 15 years as a member of the which consists of 15 persons including a rep- individuals belong. The conferring of NSW Parliament (1910–1925). It was awarded resentative from each Australian state and national honours is therefore a recognisable toaccordhimproperdignity,whenhetook territory. The Council then submits recom- and prominent measure of the value of the up his appointment in London as Agent-Gen- mendations for awards to the Governor- group to which the individual belongs eral for the State of New South Wales in General for approval.1 The awards are still and the esteem accorded to that group by 1925.2 Overall, his honour cannot be made in the name of the Queen, who remains society. ascribed to his services as an optometrist. the Queen of Australia under Australia’s A growing number of optometrists has been Reginald Etherington3 was an optometrist constitution and system of government. appointed to the Order of Australia. In this practising in the country town of Mildura in About 56 per cent of nominations are suc- 40th anniversary year of the inception of the Victoria, where he was a prominent citizen. cessful.4 The Order of Australia is awarded Order, we examine how optometry has fared He was made an OBE in 1972 for service to on Australia Day (January 26) and the in these awards, considering factors such as his community as a Justice of the Peace, city Queen’s Birthday public holiday in June, gender balance, category of service, geograph- councillor and patron of the arts. He was also when public announcements are made by ical distribution and trends over time. involved in the war effort during the Second the Office of the Governor General. World War, advising the government on opti- While State Governors can present the IMPERIAL HONOURS cal instrumentation and making precision Officer, Member and Medal of the Order of optical components. Australia to residents of their respective states, Before 1975, honours were awarded by the There may have been others but they have only the Queen or Governor-General can Queen on the recommendation of the State eluded discovery in our searches. present the Companion level of the Order. and Federal governments of Australia. The Awardees receive a medal, with the higher THE ORDER OF AUSTRALIA level medals being progressively more ornate a This paper is an expanded version of an article (Figure1)andtheyareentitledtouseapost- ’ fi that appeared in the July 2015 issue of Australian Australia sownhonourssystemwasestablished nominal designation speci ctothelevelof Optometry. in 1975 by the Queen at the instigation of the award (Table 1). Clinical and Experimental Optometry 99.2 March 2016 © 2016 Optometry Australia 188 Optometry in the Order of Australia Efron and Cole Level Post-nominal Annual quota Number awarded per year Recipient’s level of achievement Companion AC 30 11† Eminent achievement and merit of the highest degree in service to Australia or to humanity at large Officer AO 125 54† Distinguished service of a high degree to Australia or to humanity at large Member AM 300 187† Service in a particular locality or field of activity or to a particular group Medal OAM unlimited 459† Service worthy of particular recognition Total 713† †Averaged over the period 1975–2010.1 Table 1. Levels of the Order of Australia listed in Table 2, with reference links to biographical sketches for the majority of awardees, which have been published in Clinical and Experimental Optometry.Onlyone award has been made at the level of Companion and one at the level of Officer. The remainder have been made at the level of Member (15 awards) and Medal (17 awards) (Table 2). Two optometrists have been recognised for contributions outside optometry. Dr Gad Trevaks AM qualified first as an optometrist and then completed a medical degree. He subsequently held senior positions in health administration and received his award in the Order of Australia for those contributions. – fi Figure 1. Badges of the Order of Australia for (L R) Companion (AC), Of cer (AO), Optometrist Geoffrey Lawson OAM23 was a Member (AM) and Medal (OAM). The AC badge is a 6 cm biconvex disc made from gold, champion international Australian cricketer in the form of a golden wattle flower, with a rich texture of beads and radiating lines. At the (fast bowler) and was honoured for services centre is a blue enamelled ring representing the surrounding sea, with the word ‘Australia’ to that sport. below two golden wattle branches. The disc is surmounted by an enamelled Crown of Dr Alan Isaacs AM originally trained as an St Edward signifying the position of the Sovereign as Head of the Order. The obverse side optometrist but later studied medicine and fi of the badge is decorated with citrines and the name of the recipient is engraved on a cen- quali ed and practised as an ophthal- tral circular disc on the reverse side. The AO, AM and OAM badges are similar in design but mologist. Although the citation for his award specifically refers to services to ophthal- are progressively smaller, made from gold-plated silver, and do not have citrines. Only the mology, Dr Isaacs served on the Council of crown is enamelled on the AM badge. The OAM badge is plain, without any enamelling. the Australian College of Optometry for The badges for the General and Military Divisions are identical. The ribbon of the Order 10 years (1947–1956) and was very active in fl for the General Division is blue with a central stripe of golden wattle ower designs. The optometric education, having been heavily ribbon of the Military Division has additional golden edge stripes. Reproduced with permis- involved in the mid-1940s developing the sion from the Office of the Official Secretary to the Governor-General. curriculum of a university-level optometry course of the College. 8 Our search revealed 34 optometry-related Joseph Chakman AM is the only person OPTOMETRIC RECOGNITION recipients of the Order of Australia,b all in who is not an optometrist to have been the General Division. These recipients are awarded an honour in the Order of Australia We searched for all recipients of the Order of for services to optometry. He was Chief ‘ ’ Australia using the Advanced Search function Executive Officer of Optometry Australia for ‘ ’ 1 b on the Its an Honour website. Search terms There have been two additional optometry- 30 years (1981–2011). entered included various forms of the following related awards within the broader Australian words: optometry, ophthalmic, optics, vision, honours system.
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