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Advance Australia Foundation

The Advance Australia Foundation (AAF) was established in 1980. The AAF recognised "individuals or groups who have made outstanding contributions to the growth and enhancement of Australia, the Australian people and the Australian way of life". It was wound up in the mid-1990s.

Award recipients
Awards given by the AAF included the Advance Australia Award and the Special Merit Advance Australia Award. Recipients of the Advance Australia Award included: 1991: • Dr David Lee, for services to multiculturalism • Athol Thomas for his services in promoting Western Australia 1981: • Professor Fred Hollows, for Aboriginal eye care • Joe Dolce, export excellence for the international success of his song Shaddap You Face. • Norman Harwood, transportation history at the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences • Mary Lidbetter, local history • Little River Band, for its contribution to the Australian music industry. 1980: • Prue Acton, for contribution to fashion • Charles Malpas, inventor of wine cask tap ==Government funding==
Government funding
The AAF was for several years partly funded by the Federal Government. This ended in 1986 when the AAF become involved in the Australian Made campaign, which the Government decided it would prefer to fund directly. Since 2012, the Federal Government has funded annual Advance Awards, for innovation and achievement, to Australian citizens who live overseas or who have done so in the past. ==See also==
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