List of Senior Australian of the Year Award recipients
The Senior Australian of the Year Award commenced in 1999, in the International Year of Older Persons, and recognises those Australians aged 60 and over who continue to achieve and contribute. 2002 is the only year, since the founding of the awards, that a recipient hasn't been certified.
| Year of award | Name | Comments |
| 1999 | Country music singer | |
| 2000 | Professor | Educator, author, scholar and ambassador |
| 2001 | Professor | Pioneer of the Bionic Ear |
| 2003 | Rural community leader | |
| 2004 | Community volunteer and wildlife rescuer | |
| 2005 | Philanthropist | |
| 2006 | Indigenous nurse and mentor | |
| 2007 | Former speedway driver; disability mentor | |
| 2008 | Finance entrepreneur | |
| 2009 | Entrepreneur and philanthropist | |
| 2010 | Cook and restaurateur | |
| 2011 | Professor | Australian legal academic |
| 2012 | Indigenous community Leader | |
| 2013 | Ian Maddocks | Palliative care specialist |
| 2014 | Reconciliation advocate | |
| 2015 | Author | |
| 2016 | Professor | Emergency healthcare specialist |
| 2017 | Sister Anne Gardiner | Service to the people of the Tiwi Islands. |
| 2018 | Graham Farquhar | ACT biophysicist |
| 2019 | Advocate for children's rights and child abuse prevention | |
| 2020 | Professor John Newnham | Obstetrics specialist preventing pre-term birth |