Honorary Awards
The Council of the University is empowered under section 26 of the Charles Darwin University Act to grant honorary degrees and titles. Honorary awards and titles are presented to distinguished people who have made a significant contribution to the community or to the University.
Honorary awards and titles are conferred by the University Council on the recommendation of the Nominations, Honorary Awards and Legislation Committee. Honorary awards are normally presented at a Graduation Ceremony.
The Honorary Awards Procedure was instituted to guide the decision-making process.
Recipients
2025
| Dr Dean Yibarbuk (PDF, 122.78 KB) | Honorary Doctor of Letters |
2024
| Recipient | Award |
| Emeritus Professor Sandra Dunn (PDF, 124.06 KB) | Emeritus Professor |
| Emeritus Professor John Wakerman (PDF, 128 KB) | Emeritus Professor |
| Dr John 'Foxy' Robertson AO (PDF, 126.71 KB) | Honorary Doctor of Letters |
| Dr Peter Forrest (PDF, 123.34 KB) | Honorary Doctor of Letters |
| Dr Derek Pugh OAM (PDF, 166.44 KB) | Honorary Doctor of Letters |
| Dr Patricia Ansell-Dodds (PDF, 127.11 KB) | Honorary Doctor of Letters |
| Dr Angelica Poulos OAM (PDF, 124.68 KB) | Honorary Doctor of Letters |
| Dr Peter Christopherson (PDF, 123.55 KB) | Honorary Doctor of Letters |
| Professor Anne Martin AM (PDF, 82.74 KB) | Honorary Doctor of Letters |
| Dr Lorraine Williams (PDF, 81.59 KB) | Honorary Doctor of Letters |
| Dr Uncle Yidumduma Bill Harney (PDF, 122.3 KB) | Honorary Doctor of Letters |
2023
| Recipient | Award |
| Emeritus Professor David Price (PDF, 84.96 KB) | Emeritus Professor |
| Emeritus Professor Greg Shaw (PDF, 86.25 KB) | Emeritus Professor |
| Dr Samuel Bush-Blanasi (Deceased) (PDF, 85.69 KB) | Honorary Doctor of Letters |
| Dr Eileen Cummings (PDF, 84.91 KB) | Honorary Doctor of Letters |
| Dr Bilawara Lee (PDF, 81.25 KB) | Honorary Doctor of Letters |
| Dr Warren Snowdon (PDF, 83.46 KB) | Honorary Doctor of Letters |
| Dr Harold Thomas (PDF, 81.84 KB) | Honorary Doctor of Letters |
| Dr Hitoshi Okawa (PDF, 84.48 KB) | Honorary Doctor of Economics |
2022
| Recipient | Award |
| Dr John Horswell (PDF, 81.64 KB) | Doctor of Science |
| Dr Donna Ah Chee (PDF, 82.64 KB) | Doctor of Arts |
| Dr Michael Long (PDF, 81.14 KB) | Doctor of Arts |
| Dr John Paterson (PDF, 84.66 KB) | Doctor of Arts |
| Dr Robyne Burridge OAM (PDF, 86.8 KB) | Doctor of Arts |
| Mr Ken Suter (Deceased) (PDF, 59.38 KB) | Companion of the University |
2021
| Recipient | Award |
| Dr Otto Bulmaniya Campion (PDF, 61.46 KB) | Honorary Doctor of Letters |
| Dr Grace Miguyie Daniels (PDF, 60.81 KB) | Honorary Doctor of Letters |
| Dr Janie Mason (PDF, 173.56 KB) | Honorary Doctor of Letters |
| Dr Alan Morris (PDF, 171.25 KB) | Honorary Doctor of Letters |
| Dr Sabaratnam Prathapan (PDF, 172.62 KB) | Honorary Doctor of Letters |
| Mr Peter Strachan (Deceased) (PDF, 169.84 KB) | Honorary Master of Arts |
| Dr Richard Ryan (PDF, 175.14 KB) | Emeritus Chancellor Honorary Doctor of Letters |
| Emeritus Professor Jai Singh (PDF, 172.99 KB) | Emeritus Professor |
| Emeritus Professor Stephen Shanahan (PDF, 171.57 KB) | Emeritus Professor |
| Emeritus Professor Sue Carthew (PDF, 171.9 KB) | Emeritus Professor |
| Emeritus Professor Simon Maddocks (PDF, 174.96 KB) | Emeritus Professor Honorary Doctor of Science |
| Emeritus Professor Les McCrimmon (PDF, 175.19 KB) | Emeritus Professor |
2019
| Recipient | Award |
|---|---|
| Ms Deborah Fracaro (PDF, 432.52 KB) | Companion of the University |
2018
| Recipient | Award |
|---|---|
| The Hon Sally Thomas AC (PDF, 86.96 KB) | Emeritus Chancellor |
| Dr Dean Patterson (PDF, 93.4 KB) | Doctor of Science |
| Dr Kathy Guthadjaka (PDF, 72.43 KB) | Doctor of Education |
2017
| Recipient | Award |
|---|---|
| Dr Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (PDF, 109.18 KB) | Doctor of Economics |
| Professor Ross Baillie (PDF, 147.46 KB) | Doctor of Science |
| Mr Franck Gohier (PDF, 136.7 KB) | Companion of the University |
2016
| Recipient | Award |
|---|---|
| Dr Chris Burns (PDF, 104.32 KB) | Doctor of Letters |
| Professor Helen Garnett PSM (PDF, 105.19 KB) | Doctor of the University |
| Mrs Annette Burke (PDF, 102.04 KB) | Companion of the University |
| Mr Rex Wild KC (PDF, 100.18 KB) | Companion of the University |
2015
| Recipient | Award |
|---|---|
| Mr Kevin Davis AM (PDF, 119.66 KB) | Doctor of Education |
| The Honourable Tom Harris (PDF, 119.56 KB) | Doctor of Letters |
| Emeritus Professor Barney Glover (PDF, 101.68 KB) | Emeritus Professor |
2014
| Recipient | Award |
|---|---|
| Dr Waymamba Yinamara Gaykamangu (PDF, 120.87 KB) | Doctor of Education |
| Dr Jiro Okada (PDF, 102.11 KB) | Doctor of Science |
2013
| Recipient | Award |
|---|---|
| The Honourable Dean Mildren RFD KC (PDF, 102.01 KB) | Doctor of Laws |
| Professor Jonathan Carapetis (PDF, 101.46 KB) | Doctor of Science |
| Professor Grahame Webb (PDF, 102.74 KB) | Doctor of Science |
| Ms Diana Jarvis (PDF, 99.69 KB) | Companion of the University |
| Ms Terry Underwood AM (PDF, 100.09 KB) | Companion of the University |
| Ms Veronica Dobson (PDF, 99.88 KB) | Companion of the University |
| Mr Allan Garraway (PDF, 99.78 KB) | Companion of the University |
2012
| Recipient | Award |
|---|---|
| Dr Elaine Läwurrpa Maypilama (PDF, 102.9 KB) | Doctor of Letters |
| Dr Jack Thompson (PDF, 102.65 KB) | Doctor of Letters |
| Dr Kay Rala Xanana Gusmao (PDF, 107.03 KB) | Doctor of Letters |
| Dr John Wakerman (PDF, 101.27 KB) | Doctor of Science |
| Mr Earl James AM (PDF, 70.74 KB) | Companion of the University |
| Mrs Wendy James OAM (PDF, 70.74 KB) | Companion of the University |
| Professor David Parry (PDF, 106.08 KB) | Companion of the University |
| Ms Elizabeth Martin OAM (PDF, 101.43 KB) | Companion of the University |
| Emeritus Professor Charles Webb (PDF, 62.49 KB) | Emeritus Professor |
2011
| Recipient | Award |
|---|---|
| Professor Ian Chubb AC (PDF, 100.98 KB) | Doctor of Letters |
| Professor Judith Whitworth AC (PDF, 100.31 KB) | Doctor of Letters |
| Mr Michael Martin OAM (PDF, 76.43 KB) | Companion of the University |
| Ms Angelica Poulos (PDF, 99.64 KB) | Companion of the University |
| Mr Ian Kew (PDF, 76.19 KB) | Companion of the University |
2010
| Recipient | Award |
| Dr Thomas Calma (PDF, 106.55 KB) | Doctor of Letters |
| The Honourable Daryl Manzie (PDF, 328.47 KB) | Doctor of Letters |
| Dr Sadhana Mahajani (PDF, 100.42 KB) | Doctor of Science |
| Mrs Nancy Giese AO OBE (Deceased) | Emeritus Chancellor |
| The Honourable Austin Asche AC KC (Deceased) | Emeritus Chancellor |
2009
| Recipient | Award |
|---|---|
| Dr John Ah Kit (Deceased) (PDF, 100.65 KB) | Doctor of Letters |
| Dr Peter Plummer (PDF, 99.9 KB) | Doctor of Education |
| Emeritus Professor Helen Garnett PSM (PDF, 105.19 KB) | Emeritus Professor |
2008
| Recipient | Award |
|---|---|
| Dr Len Notaras AM (PDF, 99.81 KB) | Doctor of Science |
| Dr Alan Walker (PDF, 100.35 KB) (posthumously awarded) | Doctor of Science |
| Emeritus Professor David Carment AM (PDF, 48.74 KB) | Emeritus Professor |
| Emeritus Professor Mary Ann Bin-Sallik (PDF, 54.56 KB) | Emeritus Professor |
2007
| Recipient | Award |
|---|---|
| Dr Gumana (Deceased) (PDF, 297.17 KB) | Doctor of Arts |
| Dr Judith Ann Weepers (Deceased) (PDF, 104.96 KB) | Doctor of Arts |
| Dr Raymattja Marika (Deceased) (PDF, 111.25 KB) | Doctor of Education |
| The Honourable Brian Martin AO MBE (Deceased) (PDF, 106.67 KB) | Doctor of Laws |
| Dr Valerie Asche (Deceased) (PDF, 105.76 KB) | Doctor of the University |
2006
| Recipient | Award |
|---|---|
| Emeritus Professor Ron McKay (Deceased) | Doctor of Education Emeritus Professor |
| Dr Patricia Miller AO (PDF, 109.82 KB) | Doctor of Letters |
| Mr RG (Dick) Kimber AM (Deceased) (PDF, 100.74 KB) | Doctor of Letters |
2004
| Recipient | Award |
|---|---|
| Dr Nancy Giese AO OBE (Deceased) | Doctor of Education |
2003
| Recipient | Award |
|---|---|
| The Honourable Paul Everingham AO | Doctor of the University |
| Mr Paul Sitzler OAM (PDF, 99.36 KB) (Deceased) | Companion of the University |
| Mrs Minna Sitzler AM (PDF, 99.36 KB) | Companion of the University |
2002
| Recipient | Award |
|---|---|
| Dr Miriam Rose Ungunmerr-Baumann (PDF, 102.15 KB) | Doctor of Letters |
| The Honourable Ted Egan AO (PDF, 105.48 KB) | Doctor of Letters |
2001
| Recipient | Award |
|---|---|
| Dr Neil Conn AO (PDF, 104.96 KB) | Doctor of Economics |
| General Peter Cosgrove AC MC (PDF, 99.75 KB) | Doctor of the University |
| Dr Keith Pennell OAM (PDF, 101.12 KB) | Companion of the University |
2000
| Recipient | Award |
|---|---|
| Professor John Mathews (PDF, 105.36 KB) | Doctor of Science |
1999
| Recipient | Award |
|---|---|
| Emeritus Professor Malcolm Nairn AM (PDF, 106.72 KB) | Doctor of Science Emeritus Professor |
| Dr Jose Sun-Say Yu | Doctor of Economics |
1998
| Recipient | Award |
|---|---|
| Dr Data' Seri Samy Vellu (Deceased) | Doctor of Education |
| Dr George Chaloupka (Deceased) (PDF, 71.96 KB) | Doctor of Letters |
1997
| Recipient | Award |
|---|---|
| Dr Harold Garner (Deceased) | Doctor of Letters |
1995
| Recipient | Award |
|---|---|
| Dr John Hargrave AO MBE (Deceased) | Doctor of Science |
1994
| Recipient | Award |
|---|---|
| The Honourable Austin Asche AC KC (Deceased) | Doctor of Laws |
1993
| Recipient | Award |
|---|---|
| Fr Frank Flynn AC (Deceased) | Doctor of Science |
1992
| Recipient | Award |
|---|---|
| Emeritus Professor James Thomson AM (Deceased) | Doctor of Science Emeritus Professor |
| Emeritus Professor Alan Powell (Deceased) | Emeritus Professor |