| National Australia Day Council - Australia of the Year Award 2007 (754 words) |
 | Finalists and recipients at the state/territory level are selected by an expert selection panel comprising representatives of the state/territory Australia Day organisation, National Australia Day Council, Award sponsors and past recipients. |
| The Australian of the Year Awards commenced in 1960, with the inaugural Award recipient being Sir MacFarlane Burnet OM AK KBE, a winner of the Nobel Prize for Medicine. |
| The Young Australian of the Year Award was added in 1979, Senior Australian Award in 1999, and the Local Hero Award in 2003. |
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