Advance Australia Foundation


The Advance Australia Foundation 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:
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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 capaign, 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.