The Australian of the Year awards won by women are getting closer to parity.
If all awards since 1960 are considered, women have taken 30 percent of the Australia Day awards. However for the last five years, a far greater proportion - 45 percent - of the recipients have been women.
That includes the all-female list of winners in 2015, when Rosie Batty won the major award for her work on domestic violence. In 2016, one out of four winners were women.
The Australian of the Year (AOTY) awards have named more than one winner since 1979, when the Young AOTY category was introduced.
Since then, men have won every category 12 times, while women have taken out every available award in one year twice.
In the 55 years of awards so far, women have won the major award 10 times - not including the time the band The Seekers won with its three male and one female band members.
The awards include the AOTY, the Young AOTY, Senior AOTY and the Australia's Local Hero awards.
This article has been updated to reflect the 2016 results, and with a correction - The Seekers had one female band member, not two.
