Meet the six GPs honoured on Australia Day

'Nothing is more important than a good education for all doctors,' says OAM recipient and rural GP Dr Margaret Garde.
Staff writers

Rugby doctors, rural doctors and a former deputy state premier all feature in this year’s list of GPs honoured on Australia Day.

AusDoc wants to highlight and congratulate these six GPs today for their contributions to the community, through medicine and more.

Here are their stories.

Dr Margaret Garde was not planning to become a rural GP. Then, she fell in love with a man from Portland on Victoria’s south coast.