Paying homage to those who strove to do well Honoured: Icehouse frontman Iva Davies was made a member of the Order of Australia. Photo: Martin Boulton A Somalian community leader, an international jurist, a prominent unionist, several pop stars and two bike riders are among Australians named in the Queen's Birthday honours. Cambridge University law professor James Crawford, a former Challis Professor of International Law at the University of Sydney, was appointed a Companion of the Order of Australia (AC). Convenience store owner: Abdirahman Mohamed. So too was Professor Jill Ker Conway, the Boston-based academic and author of the best-selling memoir The Road From Coorain. A former ACTU president and former federal MP Jennie George, the Fred Hollows Foundation's Gabi Hollows and former world record distance runner and former Gold Coast mayor Ron Clarke were named as Officers of the Order of Australia (AO). Icehouse frontman Iva Davies, pop singer Ronnie Burns and Up There Cazaly composer Mike Brady were made members of the Order of Australia (AM). Fred Hollows Foundation: Gabi Hollows. Photo: Danielle Smith The winner of the 2011 Tour de France, Cadel Evans, and two-time world motorbike champion Casey Stoner also received AMs. A Brisbane convenience store owner, Abdirahman Mohamud, was awarded a Medal in the Order of Australia (OAM) for service to his local Somali community. Before arriving in Australia, he was held captive by the Somali warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid who was to gain world notoriety as the antagonist in the film Black Hawk Down. "I had started university when the civil war began and worked with the international community, including the Australian Defence Force, because I spoke English," Mr Mohamud, 47, said. After the United Nations left the warlord kidnapped me but I was able to flee to Kenya. I came to Australia in 1998 with my wife and six children. Now we have another three ... and this award. I am so proud. A total of 929 nominations were received and Governor-General Quentin Bryce approved 582 recipients - 373 men and 209 women. Another 199 also received awards for meritorious or military service. Awards in the Australian honours system represent the highest level of recognition accorded by our nation for outstanding achievement and service. The honours announced today recognise community values and celebrate what is important and unifying in Australian life," Ms Bryce said. Six soldiers received the Medal for Gallantry for Operation SLIPPER in Afghanistan. Only one was identified: Sergeant Blaine Diddams who was killed by insurgents last July on a mission in Oruzgan's Chora Valley. The Distinguished Service Cross was awarded to Lieutenant Colonel Kahlil Fegan, for his leadership in enhancing the Afghan National Army's 4th Brigade's ability to conduct operations, and to Major-General Stuart Smith for distinguished command and leadership in warlike operations as Commander Joint Task Force 633 on Operation SLIPPER. Major-General Peter Warwick Gilmore and Air Vice-Marshal Kevin Paule were made AOs in the military division. Other AO recipients included logo designer Ken Cato (the Commonwealth Bank logo), Alzheimer's disease campaigner Barbara Cail, public health advocate Simon Chapman, ethicist Simon Longstaff and businesswoman Heather Ridout. Ron Haddrick, the actor who carved a long career on Sydney radio and television as a voiceover, was awarded an AM for services to the performing arts. Bob Sessions, the longtime boss of Penguin Books Australia, received an AM for services to the publishing industry. Former backstroke and butterfly champion Matt Welsh received an OAM for services to swimming.