George Garrett Burniston OBE CMG (23 November 1914 – 27 June 1992) was an Australian physician who specialised in rehabilitation medicine.
He was the son of Daisy Belle (née Boxwell) and George Benjamin Burniston; his father was a butcher.
[1] In 1950, Burniston joined the Department of Social Services (DSS) as senior medical officer in New South Wales.
[1] Burniston helped expand the availability of rehabilitation programs from a focus on ex-military personnel to the general population.
He also became a senior lecturer at the University of New South Wales, securing accreditation from the Royal College of Physicians for his training program, in the absence of an Australian qualification.
[1] After his death, the Australasian Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine established the George Burniston Oration in his honour.