Three locals – Dr Margaret Niemann, of Bairnsdale, Ross Scott, of Banksia Peninsula, and David McCoy, of Bairnsdale – were awarded Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in the General Division in the King’s Birthday Honours List.
Dr Niemann received her OAM for service to medicine as a general practitioner, Mr Scott for service to conservation and the environment, and Mr McCoy for service to Australian rules football.
RESUMES
Dr Margaret Niemann
Rural Health: General Practitioner, Gippsland and East Gippsland Aboriginal Cooperative, 1999-2011; Multiple placements as General Practitioner, (28 Aboriginal communities), Remote Area Health Corps, NT, 2011-2020; General Practitioner, Karratha Aboriginal Health Services, Kununurra Hospital WA, 2011-2012; General Practitioner, Medical Centre Maningrida, 1997-1998; General Practitioner, Macleod Street Medical Centre, 1984-1996, and 1999-2010.
Monash University, School of Rural Health: Facilitator, Indigenous health workshops, 2010-2024; Sessional Tutor, 2005-2022.
Bairnsdale Regional Health Service: Founder, Antenatal and Childbirth Education Classes, 1986; Founder, Post-Natal Depression Support Group, 1986.
Health: Member, International Society of Traumatic Stress Studies, current; Member, International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation, current; Member, Gippsland Primary Mental Health and Early Intervention Initiative Advisory Board, 2003-2005; Member, Latrobe Area Mental Health Service Liaison Committee, 2003-2005; Founding Fellow, Australian College of Remote and Rural Medicine, 1997; Coordinator, PALs Program, 1993-1996; Fellow, Australian College of Psychological Medicine.
Bairnsdale West Primary School Parents’ Association: Member, 1992-1996.
Awards and Recognition include: Annette Walker Award, Remote Area Health
Corps, 2016.
Ross Scott
Lake Wellington Rivers Authority: Co-founder, 1995; Manager, Lake Wellington Catchment, West Gippsland Catchment Management Authority, 1997-2000; – General Manager, 1995-1997.
Environment: River and Water Management Consultant, since 1970s; Member, Gippsland Environment Group, current; Member, Friends of Gippsland Lakes, current; Former Waterway Manager, Gippsland; Foundation Member, Save the Gippsland Lakes Committee, mid 1980’s; Former Consulting Engineer, Gippsland River Improvement Trusts and Management Boards; Former Project Manager, Snowy River Rehabilitation Trial Project; Former Project Engineer, Department of Infrastructure, Victoria.
Awards and Recognition include: Perpetual Shield, for Environment Management, Council of Victorian Flyfishing Clubs, 1997.
David McCoy
Bairnsdale Football Netball Club: Former President, late 1990s-early 2000s; Former Vice-President; Former Committee Member; Manager, Bingo events, current; Umpire; Former Coach, Junior Team; Former Player; Life Member.
Bairnsdale City Oval Recreation Reserve Committee: Member, Committee of Management, since mid 1990s; Former Senior Groundman.
Sport: Umpire, East Gippsland Umpires Association, since mid 1990s.
Awards and Recognition include: Joe Hutchison Memorial Recognition of Service, Gippsland League, 2017; Gippstar Special Achievers Award, Gippsland Sports Academy, 2014; Local Footy Hero Award, Bairnsdale Football Club.
