Philanthropists Maria Myers and Susan Alberti,scientists Chennupati Jagadish and Mary O’Kane, and paediatrician Robert Ouvrier receive highest honourEminent women in engineering, or philanthropy and sport were among those to be recognised with the highest accolade in the 2016 Australia Day honours. However,women comprised just 183 of the 604 Australians to get honours.
Among those to get admission as companions of the Order of Australia (AC), were the philanthropist Maria Myers, and the vice president of the Western Bulldogs AFL club,Susan Alberti, and the engineer and scientist Mary O’Kane.
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Source: theguardian.com