An Australian National Living Treasure is an Australian who has been recognised for their contribution to the community. The award was established by the National Trust of Australia in 1999 and recipients are honoured with a medal and citation.
THE TITLE OF National Living Treasure is given to a person when they accomplish an outstanding achievement, swelling the country’s consciousness with admiration, pride and acknowledgement.
Over the years the list has changed as people pass away and new ones
are added.
See also Australian National Living Treasures – Current list
| Name | A little bit about them . . . | |
| Deceased National Living Treasures (formerly listed) | ||
| Died | ||
| 2000 | Betty Archdale | Australian cricketer, educator |
| 2015 | Faith Bandler | Australian academic, activist and advocate for Indigenous Australians and South Sea Islander people |
| 2014 | Jack Brabham | Australian world champion Formula One driver |
| 2009 | Nancy Bird Walton | Australian aviator |
| 1999 | Arthur Boyd | Australian artist |
| 2001 | Don Bradman | Australian cricketer |
| 2015. | Harry Butler | Australian naturalist and conservationist |
| 2002 | Ruth Cracknell | Australian actress |
| 2015 | Bart Cummings | Australian racehorse trainer |
| 2002 | Roden Cutler | Australian World War II hero, Governor of New South Wales |
| 1999 | Don Dunstan | Australian Premier of South Australia, social commentator |
| 2003 | Slim Dusty | Australian singer, entertainer |
| 2015 | Malcolm Fraser | Prime Minister of Australia |
| 2013 | Hazel Hawke | Australian social activist, ex-wife of Bob Hawke, former Prime Minister of Australia |
| 2005 | Donald Horne | Australian academic, writer, author of The Lucky Country |
| 2012 | Robert Hughes | Australian art critic, author |
| 2007 | Elizabeth Jolley | Australian author |
| 2016 | Leonie Kramer | Australian academic, businesswoman |
| 2012 | Jimmy Little | Indigenous Australian singer |
| 2015 | Colleen McCullough | Australian author |
| 1997 | Edward (Ted) Matthews | Australian World War I soldier and last Gallipoli survivor |
| 2000 | Judith Wright McKinney | Australian poet |
| 2000 | Sir Mark Oliphant | Australian physicist, Governor of South Australia |
| 2011 | Margaret Olley | Australian artist |
| 2000 | Charles Perkins | Australian Indigenous Australian leader |
| 2014 | Peter Sculthorpe | Australian musician, composer |
| 1998 | Mum (Shirl) Smith | Aboriginal Australian activist |
| 2010 | Joan Sutherland | Australian opera singer |
| 2007 | Mavis Taylor | Australian humanitarian |
| 2015 | Tom Uren | Australian former politician |
| 2003 | Alan Walker | Australian social commentator/activist |
| 1999 | Morris West | Australian author |
| 2014 | Gough Whitlam | Prime Minister of Australia |
| 2012 | Margaret Whitlam | Australian social activist, wife of Gough Whitlam former Prime Minister of Australia |
| 2003 | R. M. Williams | Australian businessman |
| Formerly Listed, but now Removed from National Living Treasures | ||
| Date Removed | ||
| 2014 | Rolf Harris | Australian entertainer |
| 2008 | Marcus Einfeld | Disgraced former judge |
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