A protesting nun, a volunteering dentist and the CEO of a domestic violence service among Canberra recipients of King's Birthday Honours. By Lottie Twyford, ABC News

It might be unusual for a nun who has just been appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM), but one of Jane Irene Keogh's fondest memories is of being arrested. 

Sister Keogh said she had always had strong values, something she thinks she inherited from her father, who was awarded an MBE for services to the Commonwealth. 

But her advocacy work really began when the Tampa affair hit the headlines in 2001

"I got involved because I was angry," she said. 

A protesting nun, a volunteering dentist and the CEO of a domestic violence service among Canberra recipients of King's Birthday Honours. By Lottie Twyford, ABC News