Με την ευκαιρία της ημέρας της Αυστραλίας, η Αυστραλιανή κυβέρνηση απένειμε τιμητικές διακρίσεις (ΟΑΜ) σε πολίτες της για την προσφορά τους στο αυστραλιανό έθνος, το ευρύτερο κοινωνικό σύνολο αλλά και σε διάφορους τομείς της επιστήμης.
Ανάμεσα στους τιμωμένους υπάρχουν 8 ελληνικής καταγωγής, εκ των οποίων τρεις είναι Κυθήριοι.
1) Πήτερ Τζέιμς Πρινέας2) Ελένη Πούλου
3) Κρίστοφερ Ξενοφών Στάθη
Βιογραφικά:
Mrs Helen POULOS, 204/81 Grafton Street, Bondi Junction NSW 2022
For service to children in hospital and to their families.
Current Volunteer Team Leader, Sydney Children's Hospital; volunteer Granny, since 1996.
- offers support to patients and their families.
- participates in the Caring for Carers group.
- assists with fundraising activities.
- mentor to new volunteers.
Volunteer, St Vincent's Hospital Coffee Lounge (Darlinghurst), for 3 half-days weekly for 5 years (approximately 10 years ago).
Mr Peter James PRINEAS, Darlington NSW 2008
For service to conservation and the environment in New South Wales through executive and advocacy roles.
Chairperson, Nature Conservation Council of NSW, 1995-1997; Vice-Chairperson, 1990-1994; Executive Member, 1976-1977, 1985-1998 and 2000-2006; Public Officer, 2001-2006; Member, Management Committee, 2001-2004.
Chairperson,The Colong Foundation for Wilderness (formerly the Colong Committee), 2007; Deputy Chairperson, 2002-2007; Member, since 1970.
Actively involved with the Boyd Plateau Campaign (Blue Mountains), the Lake Pedder Campaign (Tasmania), the NSW Rainforests campaign, campaigns for NSW Wilderness areas and the Wilderness Act 1987.
Member, NSW Environment Protection Authority Board, 2000-2008.
Organiser and Chair, ‘National Parks: New Visions for a New Century’ Conference, 1997.
Director, National Parks Association of NSW, 1974-1982; Editor, NPA Journal, 1974-1982.
Actively involved with campaigning to save the state’s rainforest, now World Heritage Listed 'Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves of Australia', 1976-1982.
Convenor, Sydney Water Project, 1990s.
Member, Wilderness Working Group ,1986.
Author, The NSW Forestry Act – A Review with suggestions for Reform, 1985.
Author, Environmental Impact of Bushfires, 1983.
Author and Co-Publisher, Wild Places: Wilderness in Eastern New South Wales (with Henry Gold), 1983.
Author and Co-Publisher, Colo Wilderness (with Henry Gold), 1978.
Co-Author, Australia's Wilderness: report to the Australian Conservation Foundation (with R Lembit and N Fisher), 1986.
Co-Author, Historical and Prehistorical Study of New South Wales Rainforests: A Study for the Department of Environment and Planning (with H Proudfoot and D Byrne), 1984.
Author, Katsehamos and the Great Idea, 2006; an account of Greeks and Australians in the early 20th Century, 2006.
Author, Britain’s Greek Islands: Kythera and the Ionian Islands 1809 to 1864, 2009; a personal account of the 7 islands which were ‘British’ before coming ‘Greek’.
Mr Christopher Xenephon (Chris) STATHY, PO Box 33, Goodwood SA 5034
For service to the water industry in South Australia.
Founding Board Member, Water Industry Alliance, South Australia, since 1998; Chairman, 2000-2002.
Board Member, Plastics Industry Pipe Association.
President, Engineering Employers Association of South Australia, 2006-2008.
Member, SA Manufacturing Consultative Council, since 2003; Chairman, Manufacturing Strategy Working Group.
Executive Member, Australian Industry Group, since 2005.
Fellow, Australian Marketing Institute.
Fellow, Australian Institute of Company Directors.
