The founder and president of the Hamazkaine Armenian Sydney Dance Company, Harmick Hacobian, has been awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia for his services to the Armenian community, Manly Daily reports.

Mr Hacobian, of Forestville, found the dance company in 2000. He was also president of the Armenian Chamber of Commerce in Australia from 1997-2009 and a co-founder of the Armenian Galstaun College at Ingleside in 1987. In 2010, he was awarded the Medal of Honor by the Armenian Hamazkaine International Committee.