Australian Banana Industry Awards
ABGC Awards of Honour have been provided at every Banana Industry Congress since the initial one in 1995.
In 2021, the ABGC Board introduced the Future Farming Award, recognising outstanding achievement in Banana Best Management Practice.
Here, you’ll find all past recipients.
You will note that ABGC does not give the award to the same person twice.
2021
Awards of Honour
Grower Awards:
- Peter and Franziska Inderbitzin
- Dennis Howe
Non Grower Awards:
- Jeff Daniells
Future Farming Award
- Gavin Devaney
2019
Grower Awards:
- Peter Molenaar
- Stephen and Gavin Mackay
Non Grower awards:
- Ian Liddle
- Les Blennerhassett
2017
Grower Award:
- Doug Phillips
2015
Life Membership:
- Pat Leahy
Grower award:
- Cameron Mackay
Non growers:
- David Peasley and Stewart Lindsay
2013*
Grower award:
- Mark Nucifora
Non growers:
- Tony Heidrich (former ABGC CEO) and Senator Ron Boswell
*From Congress 2013 the ABGC Board changed the ABGC Award process, to limit the number of grower and non-grower recipients. Also, Life Membership was to be awarded only on rare occasions.
2011
- Des Rackley
- Bob Brighton
- Greg Vuleta
- Ken Larsson
- Jim Voisey
- Gerry Van den Broek
- Tom Day
2009
- David Pike
- Mark Spagnolo and Judy Spagnolo
- Patrick Leahy
- Lou Lardi
- Vicky Kippin-O’Connor, Chair of Freshcare
- Peter Allen, General Manager, Technical Capability Visy Packing
2007
Life Membership:
- Len Collins
Awards:
- John Mackay, Qld
- John Horsford, Qld
- Bruce Munro, WA
- Wayne McFie, NSW
2005
- Margaret Day
- Gary McCudden
- Ross Boyle
- Dr Warren Hoey
2003
- Ron Gray
- Georgette Everingham
- Ted Blanch
- Mort Johnston
2001
- Len Collins
- Mal Bakon
- Bill Nelson (posthumously)
- John Pascalis
- Ron Peterson
- John Robinson
- Brian Sandercock
1999
- Pat LaManna
- Don Anderson
- George Larsen
- Trevor Miller
- Howard Pilgrim
1997
- Ted Ovens
- Ken Pegg
- Robert Mackay (Mackay Estates)
1995
- Jack McNish
- Ray Kratz
- Ray Everingham
- Jim Dobson
- Ron May
- Les McGrath (accepted by Bill Stainlay)