of Australia for service to politics and government in the 1984 Australia Day Honours list. In 2001 he was presented with a Centenary Medal for service to the Australian community. 1917 births 2003 deaths Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Australia Australian boilermakers Members of the Australian House of Representatives for Newcastle Members of the Cabinet of Australia Officers of the Order of Australia 1975 Australian constitutional crisis 20th-century Australian politicians Mayors and Lord Mayors of Newcastle