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Australian knights and dames

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This is an incomplete list of Australians who have been appointed a knight or a dame, being entitled to be known as "sir" or "dame" respectively. It includes living Australian knights and dames as well as dead appointees. The list excludes Australian baronets; they have the title sir, but are not knights per se.

Criteria

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For the purposes of this list, an Australian is either:

  • an Australian citizen (Australian citizenship did not exist prior to 26 January 1949), or
  • a British subject who was born in or whose primary domicile was in Australia (1 January 1901 – 25 January 1949), or in the Australian colonies (26 January 1788 – 31 December 1900).

Hence, the list does not include most knighted British governors-general or colonial or state governors. Their primary domicile was, generally, in the United Kingdom, and they were only temporarily based in Australia. Those who chose to remain in Australia in retirement are listed below.

These appointments were made under:

  • the British Imperial honours system. These were recommended by the Australian Government until 1982 and state governments until 1989 (in some cases, recommendations were made by other governments of the Commonwealth of Nations, principally the United Kingdom); and
  • the Australian Honours System established in 1975. The categories of Knight and Dame of the Order of Australia were created by the Queen on advice from the Fraser Liberal-National coalition government in 1976, and discontinued by her on advice from the Hawke Labor government in 1986. During that period, twelve Knights and two Dames of the Order of Australia were appointed. On 25 March 2014 Tony Abbott announced the reintroduction of Knights and Dames to the Australian Honours System.[1] Two more Knights and two more Dames were created. On 2 November 2015, they were once again removed from the honours list on the advice of Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull.[2]

Appointments as knight or dame under the orders of foreign countries are not included, with the exception of British Imperial honours awarded to Australians by the UK and PNG Governments after 5 October 1992. Unlike other foreign citizens, citizens of Commonwealth realms appointed knight or dame of a British order are entitled to use the titles "Sir" or "Dame", and use the relevant post nominal. The UK government does not recognize Australian knighthoods as giving entitlement to use these titles in the UK, however.[3]

Many of the people shown had other honours, such as AC, OBE, CMG, VC, etc. These details are not relevant to this list, and are not shown.

Most of the details were sourced from It's an Honour, the Australian Government database of honours and awards. All names of those who were appointed to orders of chivalry (Order of Australia, Order of the British Empire, etc) that appear in It's an Honour are listed. Not all awards appear in It's an Honour, as awardees may elect not to have their awards included in the database. The list of knights bachelor is also incomplete.

Order of the Garter

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Knights companion of the Order of the Garter:

Knights companion (KG)

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Name Born Awarded Died Citation Reference and comments
Richard Casey 1890 1969 1976 Governor-General of Australia 1965–1969 [1]; also GCMG 1965 [2] and a life peer
Paul Hasluck 1905 1979 1993 Governor-General of Australia 1969–1974 [3]; also GCMG 1969 [4] and GCVO 1970 [5]
Ninian Stephen 1923 1994 2017 Governor-General of Australia 1982–1989 [6]; also AK 1982 [7], GCMG 1982 [8], GCVO 1982 [9] and KBE 1972 [10]

Order of the Thistle

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Knights of the Order of the Thistle:

Knights (KT)

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Name Born Awarded Died Citation Reference and comments
Robert Menzies 1894 1963 1978 Prime Minister of Australia 1939-41, 1949–66 [11]
  • Note: Sir Robert Menzies is the only Australian ever appointed a Knight of the Order of the Thistle (Appointment made for his Scottish ancestry). The award was made in 1963, during his tenure as Prime Minister of Australia. He was also appointed a Knight of the Order of Australia (AK) in 1976.

Order of the Bath

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Knights of the Order of the Bath:

Knights Grand Cross (GCB)

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Name Born Awarded Died Citation Reference and comments
John Hackett 1910 1967 1997 Australian-born British General; also KCB 1962 [12]
William Heseltine 1930 1990 living First Australian-born Private Secretary to the Sovereign (1986-1990), last Australian alive and honoured of any Knight Grand Cross grade. [4] also KCB, KCVO, GCVO
Isaac Isaacs 1855 1937 1948 Governor-General 1931–1936 [13]; also KCMG, GCMG
Wallace Kyle 1910 1966 1988 Governor of Western Australia; also KCB, KCVO
George Reid 1845 1916 1918 Prime Minister 1904–1905 [14]; also KCMG, GCMG

Knights commander (KCB)

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Name Born Awarded Died Citation Reference and comments
Thomas Blamey 1884 1942 1951 Commander-in-Chief of the AMF [15]; also Knight Bachelor, GBE
William Bridges 1861 1915 1915 Australian Imperial Force [16]; King George V granted the award on 17 May 1915, and Bridges died on 18 May; however, the award was not formally gazetted until 22 May
Harry Chauvel 1865 1918 1945 AIF – for the capture of Jerusalem [17]; also KCMG, GCMG
Douglas Evill 1892 1943 1971 Vice-Chief of the Air Staff (RAF) [18] Also GBE (1946). Australian-born British airman.
John Gellibrand 1872 1919 1945 AIF – France & Flanders [19]
William Glasgow 1876 1919 1955 AIF – France & Flanders [20]
John Hackett 1910 1962 1997 Australian-born British soldier; also GCB
William Heseltine 1930 1986 living Upgraded Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB) in 1990. [4] also GCB, KCVO, GCVO
Talbot Hobbs 1864 1918 1938 Australian Imperial Force [21]; also KCMG
Neville Howse 1863 1917 1930 AIF – (Surgeon-General AAMC during WW2) [22]; also KCMG
George Hyde 1877 1934 1937 RAN – Chief of the Naval Staff from 1931 to 1935 [23]
Wallace Kyle 1910 1960 1988 Governor of Western Australia; also GCB, KCVO
John Monash 1865 1918 1931 Australian Imperial Force [24]; also GCMG
Leslie Morshead 1889 1942 1959 AMF – Commanded at siege of Tobruk [25]; also KBE
Charles Rosenthal 1875 1919 1954 AIF – France & Flanders [26]
Brudenell White 1876 1927 1940 Commonwealth Director of 1927 Royal Visit [27]; also KCMG, KCVO

Order of Australia

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Knights and Dames of the Order of Australia:

Main article: List of Knights and Dames of the Order of Australia

Dames (AD)

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Name Born Awarded Died Citation Reference and comments
Marie Bashir 2014 living Governor of New South Wales 2001–2014 [28]
Quentin Bryce 2014 living Governor-General 2008–2014 [29]
Alexandra Hasluck 1978 1993 For pre-eminent achievement in the fields of literature and history and for extraordinary and meritorious public service to Australia [30]
Enid Lyons 1980 1981 For public and parliamentary service to Australia over many years [31]; also GBE

Knights (AK)

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Name Born Awarded Died Citation Reference and comments
Garfield Barwick 1981 1987 In recognition of service to the Australian Parliament, government and the law [32]; also Knight Bachelor, GCMG
Macfarlane Burnet 1978 1985 For extraordinary and meritorious service to medicine and to science particularly in the fields of microbiology and immunology [33]; also Knight Bachelor, KBE
Peter Cosgrove 2014 living Governor-General 2014–2019 Cosgrove was appointed AK upon his appointment as Governor-General
Charles Court 1982 2007 In recognition of service to politics and local government [34]; also Knight Bachelor, KCMG
Zelman Cowen 1977 2011 – [35]; Cowen was appointed AK upon his appointment as Governor-General; also Knight Bachelor, GCMG, GCVO
Roden Cutler 1981 2002 In recognition of service to the Crown [36]; also KCMG, KCVO
Angus Houston 2015 living For extraordinary and pre-eminent achievement and merit in service to Australia [37]
Gordon Jackson 1983 1991 For service to industry and to the community [38]
John Kerr 1976 1991 n/a [39]; Kerr was the Governor-General and, as Principal Knight of the Order of Australia, his AK took effect immediately the category of Knight was established on 24 May 1976; also KCMG, GCMG, GCVO
Robert Menzies 1976 1978 For extraordinary and pre-eminent achievement and merit in the field of government [40]; also KT
Ninian Stephen 1982 2017 Governor-General 1982–89 [41]; Stephen was appointed AK upon his appointment as Governor-General; also KG, GCMG, GCVO, KBE
Colin Syme 1977 1986 For extra-ordinary and meritorious service to industry, particularly in the fields of research and technology [42]; also Knight Bachelor

Note: This is a complete list of the Australians who were or are Knights of the Order of Australia. Charles, Prince of Wales, heir to the Australian throne but not himself an Australian, was also appointed AK, by amendment to the Constitution of the Order of Australia in 1981. His father, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, was also made a Knight of the Order of Australia in 2015.

Order of St Michael and St George

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Knights of the Order of St Michael and St George:

Knights Grand Cross (GCMG)

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Name Date Citation Reference and comments
Robert Askin 1975 Premier of New South Wales [43]; also KCMG
Henry Ayers 1894 Premier of South Australia [4] also KCMG
Edmund Barton 1902 Prime Minister of Australia [44]
Garfield Barwick 1965 Chief Justice of the High Court [45]; also Knight Bachelor, AK
David Beattie 1980 Governor-General also GCVO
Henry Bolte 1972 Premier of Victoria [46]; also KCMG
Richard Casey 1965 Governor-General-designate [47]; also KG and a life peer
Harry Chauvel 1919 AIF – for military services in Egypt [48]; also KCB, KCMG
Bede Clifford 1945 Governor of Trinidad and Tobago also KCMG, CB and MVO
Joseph Cook 1918 Prime Minister of Australia [49]
Zelman Cowen 1977 Governor-General of Australia [50]; also Knight Bachelor, GCVO, AK
Frederick Darley 1901 Chief Justice of New South Wales [51]; also Knight Bachelor, KCMG
Owen Dixon 1954 Chief Justice of the High Court [52]; also KCMG
Arthur Fadden 1958 Treasurer and Deputy Prime Minister [53]; also KCMG
John Forrest 1901 Premier of Western Australia [54]
Robert Garran 1937 In recognition of service to the Commonwealth [55]; also Knight Bachelor, KCMG
Harry Gibbs 1981 Chief Justice of the High Court [56]; also KBE
John Gorton 1977 In recognition of service as Prime Minister of Australia [57]
Paul Hasluck 1969 Governor-General-designate [58]; also KG, GCVO
John Higgins 1934 Services to the Commonwealth [59]; also KCMG
William Irvine 1936 Chief Justice of Victoria [60]; also KCMG
Isaac Isaacs 1932 Governor-General of Australia [61]; also KCMG, GCB
John Kerr 1976 (Governor-General of Australia) [4] [62]; also AK, GCVO, KCMG
John Latham 1935 Attorney-General and Minister for External Affairs [63]
John Madden 1906 Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria [64]; also Knight Bachelor, KCMG
John McEwen 1971 Services to the Commonwealth [65]
William McKell 1951 Governor-General of Australia [66]
William McMahon 1977 Prime Minister of Australia [67]
James Mitchell 1947 Lieutenant-Governor of Western Australia [68]; also KCMG
John Monash 1919 AIF – For military services in France & Flanders [69]; also KCB
Earle Page 1938 Deputy Prime Minister of Australia [70]
Thomas Playford 1957 Premier of South Australia since 1938 [71]
George Reid 1911 Australian High Commissioner in London [72]; also KCMG, GCB
Ninian Stephen 1982 Governor-General of Australia [73]; also AK, KG, GCVO, KBE
Robert Torrens 1884 Premier of South Australia also KCMG

Knights commander (KCMG)

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Name Date Citation Reference and comments
James Agnew 1895 [4]
Robert Anderson 1917 AIF – London Administrative Headquarters [74]
Robert Askin 1972 Premier of New South Wales [75]; also GCMG
William Aston 1970 Speaker of the House of Representatives [76]
Henry Ayers[4] 1872 [4] also GCMG
Henry Baker 1961 President of the Tasmanian Legislative Council [77]
Richard Baker[4] 1895 [4]
Redmond Barry[4] 1877 [4] also Knight Bachelor
Henry Barwell 1922 Premier and Attorney-General of South Australia [78]
Thomas Bavin 1933 Premier of New South Wales [79]
Lewis Anthony Beaumont 1901 n/a [80]
George Bell 1941 Speaker of the House of Representatives [81]
Thomas Bent 1908 Premier and Treasurer of Victoria [82]
Graham Berry[4] 1886 [4]
Robert Best 1908 Vice-President of the Executive Committee [sic] [83]
John George Bice 1923 South Australian Liberal Politician, born in Cornwall in 1853. Positions included Chief Secretary and acting Premier. [84]
Joh Bjelke-Petersen 1984 Premier of Queensland [85]
Charles Blackburn 1960 Chancellor of the University of Sydney [86]; also Knight Bachelor
James Blair 1935 Chief Justice of Queensland [87]; also Knight Bachelor
Arthur Blyth[4] 1877 [4]
Henry Bolte 1966 Premier of Victoria [88]; also GCMG
Langdon Bonython 1919 In recognition of service to the Commonwealth [89]
James Boucaut[4] 1895 [4]
David Brand 1969 Premier of Western Australia [90]
John Bray[4] 1890 [4]
Stanley Burbury 1981 Governor of Tasmania [91]; also KBE, KCVO
James Burns 1917 Member of the NSW Legislative Council [92]
Francis Burt 1977 Chief Justice of Western Australia [93]
Richard Layton Butler 1939 Premier of South Australia [94]
Donald Cameron 1932 In recognition of service to public and charitable services in Queensland [95]
John Carrick 1982 In recognition of service to the Parliament of Australia [96]
Joseph Carruthers 1908 Premier & Treasurer of New South Wales [97]
Austin Chapman 1924 Minister of Trade and Customs [98]
Harry Chauvel 1917 Australian Imperial Force [99]; also KCB, GCMG
John Cockburn[4] 1900
Timothy Coghlan 1918 Agent-General for New South Wales in London [100]; also Knight Bachelor
John Colton[4] 1892
Pope Cooper 1908 Chief Justice of Queensland [101]; also Knight Bachelor
Robert Cosgrove 1959 Premier of Tasmania [102]
Bob Cotton 1978 In recognition of service to public and parliamentary services [103]
Charles Court 1979 Premier of Western Australia [104]; also Knight Bachelor, AK
Charles Cowper[4] 1871
William Rooke Creswell 1911 Director of Commonwealth Naval Forces [105] (appears as Cresswell); also KBE
Robert Crichton-Brown 1980 Commerce and the Commonwealth (also Knight Bachelor) [106] (appears as Chrichton-Brown)
William Portus Cullen 1912 Chief Justice of the NSW Supreme Court [107]; also Knight Bachelor
Roden Cutler 1965 Governor-designate of New South Wales [108]; also AK, KCVO
Frederick Darley[4] 1897 [4] also Knight Bachelor, GCMG
John George Davies 1909 Speaker of the Tasmanian House of Assembly [109]
John Mark Davies 1918 President of the Victorian Legislative Council [110]
James Dickson 1901 Chief secretary of Queensland [111]; died ten days after being knighted
Owen Dixon 1941 Judge of the High Court [112]; also GCMG
John Dodds 1901 n/a [113]; also Knight Bachelor
John Downer[4] 1887 [4]
Frank Gavan Duffy 1929 Judge of the High Court [114]
James Duhig 1959 In recognition of service as the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Queensland [115]
Thomas Peel Dunhill 1933 n/a [116]
Albert Dunstan 1948 Former Premier of Victoria and Minister of Health [117]
John Dwyer 1949 Chief Justice of Western Australia [118]; also Knight Bachelor
Hughie Edwards 1974 Governor of Western Australia [119]
Thomas Ewing 1908 In recognition of service as Minister of Defence [120]
Arthur Fadden 1951 Deputy Prime Minister and Treasurer [121]; also GCMG
George Fuller 1919 Colonial Secretary of New South Wales [122]
Robert Garran 1920 Solicitor-General of the Commonwealth [123]; also Knight Bachelor, GCMG
Guy Gaunt 1918 n/a [124]; lived in the UK
Alexander Charles Gregory 1903 Surveyor-General of Queensland [125]
Littleton Groom 1924 Attorney-General of the Commonwealth [126]
Henry Gullett 1933 Minister of Trade & Customs [127]
John Winthrop Hackett, senior 1913 Member of the WA House of Assembly [128]; also Knight Bachelor. His son John Winthrop Hackett, junior was also knighted, but by the British government – see "Non-Australian knights and dames with significant Australian associations" below
Rupert Hamer 1982 Public & political services in Victoria [129]
Colin Hannah 1972 Governor of Queensland [130]; also KBE, KCVO
Eric Harrison 1962 Australian High Commissioner in London [131]; also KCVO
James Harrison 1968 Governor of South Australia [132]
Edmund Herring 1949 In recognition for service as Lieutenant-Governor of Victoria [133] (appears as Edward Herring); also KBE
John Higgins 1918 Services to the Commonwealth [134]; also GCMG
John Hoad 1911 Chief of the General Staff – AMF [135]
Talbot Hobbs 1919 For military services in France & Flanders [136]; also KCB
Frederick Holder 1902 Speaker of the House of Representatives [137]
Neville Howse 1919 Australian Imperial Force [138]; also KCB
William Irvine 1914 Attorney-General of the Commonwealth [139]; also GCMG
Isaac Isaacs 1928 Senior Puisne Judge of the High Court [140]; also GCMG, GCB
Lawrence Jackson 1970 Chief Justice of Western Australia [141]; also Knight Bachelor
Walter James 1931 Chancellor of the University of Western Australia [142]; also Knight Bachelor
Elliot Johnson 1920 Speaker of the House of Representatives [143]
Frederick Jordan 1936 Chief Justice of New South Wales [144]
John Kerr 1974 Chief Justice of New South Wales [145]; also AK, GCMG, GCVO
James Killen 1982 Services to the Parliament of Australia [146]
John Kirwan 1947 President of the WA Legislative Council [147]; also Knight Bachelor
Adrian Knox 1921 Chief Justice of the High Court [148]
Condor Laucke 1979 Services to the Parliament of Australia [149]
John Lavarack 1955 Governor of Queensland [150]; also KBE, KCVO
Harry Lawson 1933 Former Premier of Victoria [151]
Walter Lee 1922 Premier & Chief Secretary of Tasmania [152]; also Knight Bachelor
James George Lee Steere 1900
Henry Lefroy 1919 Premier of Western Australia [153]
Elliott Lewis 1902 Premier of Tasmania [154]
James John Lowe 1956 Senior Judge of the Victorian Supreme Court [155]
Phillip Lynch 1981 Services to the Parliament of Australia [156]
Mungo MacCallum 1926 Vice-Chancellor of the University of Sydney [157]
Alexander MacCormick 1926 A leading surgeon [158]; also Knight Bachelor
Charles Mackellar 1916 President – NSW State Children's Relief Board [159]; also Knight Bachelor
George Macleay 1875 Explorer and politician [160]
John Madden[4] 1899 also Knight Bachelor, GCMG
Frederick Mann 1937 Chief Justice of Victoria [161]; also Knight Bachelor
Alan Mansfield 1958 Chief Justice of Queensland [162]; also KCVO
David Martin 1993 Governor of New South Wales (Late gazettal) [163]
John Mason 1980 Mason was a British diplomat who was made a KCMG prior to his final posting as High Commissioner to Australia. On retirement, he and his wife chose to remain in Australia, and became Australian citizens.
Walter Massy-Greene 1933 Assistant Commonwealth Treasurer [164] (appears as Green, Walter Massy)
Henry Carr Maudsley 1919 Australian Imperial Force [165]
Philip McBride 1953 Minister of Defence [166]
John McCall 1919 Agent-General for Tasmania in London [167]; also Knight Bachelor
James McCay 1918 Australian Imperial Force [168]; also KBE
John McLeay 1962 Speaker of the House of Representatives [169]
Ian McLennan 1979 Services to youth, the community and industry [170]; also KBE
Robert McMillan 1925 Chief Justice of the WA Supreme Court [171]; also Knight Bachelor
William McMillan 1901 Colonial Treasurer of New South Wales [172]
Alister McMullin 1957 President of the Commonwealth Senate [173]
John McPhee 1934 Premier & Treasurer of Tasmania [174]
Denison Miller 1920 Governor of the Commonwealth Bank [175]
Edward Fancourt Mitchell 1918 Services to the Commonwealth [176]
James Mitchell 1921 Premier & Treasurer of Western Australia [177]; also GCMG
William Mitchell 1927 Vice-Chancellor of the University of Adelaide [178]
Newton Moore 1910 Premier & Treasurer of Western Australia [179]
John Morris 1952 Chief Justice of Tasmania [180]; also Knight Bachelor
Baron Ferdinand von Mueller 1879 Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne
Walter Murdoch 1964 Services to education & literature [181]
Brian Murray 1982 Governor of South Australia [sic] [182] (Note: Murray was in fact Governor of Victoria)
George Murray 1917 Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of SA [183]
Hubert Murray 1925 Lieutenant-Governor of the Territory of Papua [184]
Mellis Napier 1945 Chief Justice of South Australia [185]; also Knight Bachelor
John Newlands 1927 President of the Commonwealth Senate [186]
Herbert Nicholls 1927 Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Tasmania [187]; also Knight Bachelor
Francis Nicklin 1968 Premier of Queensland [188]
John Northcott 1954 Governor of New South Wales – formerly CGS [189]; also KCVO
John Northmore 1932 Chief Justice of Western Australia [190]
Stephen Parker 1914 Chief Justice of Western Australia [191]; also Knight Bachelor
Archdale Parkhill 1936 Minister of Defence [192]
Alexander Peacock 1902 Lately Prime Minister [sic] of Victoria [193]
John Beverley Peden 1930 President of the NSW Legislative Council [194]
Samuel Pethebridge 1917 Australian Imperial Force [195]
Robert Philp 1915 Premier of Queensland [196]
Charles Powers 1929 Judge of the High Court of Australia [197]
James Ramsay 1978 Governor of Queensland [198]; also Knight Bachelor, KCVO
Claude Hill Reading 1934 Chairman – Board of the Commonwealth Bank [199]
George Reid 1909 Member of the House of Representatives [200] (appears as Reif [sic], George Houstoun); also GCMG, GCB
George Rich 1932 Senior Puisne Judge of the High Court [201]
George Ritchie 1935 Minister of Mines of South Australia [202]
David Rivett 1935 Deputy Chairman & Chief Executive of the CSIRO [203]
Arthur Robinson 1923 Chief secretary & Minister of Marine of SA [204]
Thomas Robinson 1913 Agent-General for Queensland in London [205]; also Knight Bachelor, KBE, GBE
Granville Ryrie 1919 For military services in Egypt [206]
Frederick Sargood[4] 1890 [4]
John See 1902 Lately Prime Minister [sic] of New South Wales [207]
Frederick Shedden 1943 Secretary of the Department of Defence [208]
Edwin Thomas Smith 1888 Vice-President of the Organising Committee for the Jubilee International Exhibition of 1887-88
Billy Snedden 1978 For public & parliamentary service [209]
Walter Baldwin Spencer 1916 Professor of Biology at Melbourne University [210]
Bill Spooner 1963 Leader of the Government in the Senate [211]
Hayden Starke 1939 Puisne Judge of the High Court [212]
Bertram Stevens 1941 Premier of New South Wales [213]
Lancelot Stirling 1909 President of the SA Legislative Council [214]; also Knight Bachelor
Edward Albert Stone 1912 Lieutenant Governor of Western Australia [215]; also Knight Bachelor
Kenneth Street 1956 Chief Justice of New South Wales [216]
Laurence Street 1976 n/a [217]
Philip Street 1928 Chief Justice of New South Wales [218]
Josiah Symon 1901 Former Attorney-General of South Australia [219]
Charles Wade 1920 Attorney-General of New South Wales [220]; also Knight Bachelor
Edward Emerton Warren 1969 Services to international relations & coal mining [221]; also KBE
Brudenell White 1919 For military services in France & Flanders [222]; also KCB, KCVO
Edward Williams 1983 For services to the XII Commonwealth Games [223]; also KBE
William Williams 1916 Operations in the field with the AMF [224]
Henry Winneke 1966 Chief Justice of the Victorian Supreme Court [225]; also Knight Bachelor, KCVO
Edward Wittenoom 1900 Agent-General for Western Australia in London [226]
Albert Wolff 1959 Chief Justice of Western Australia [227]
Harry Wollaston 1912 Comptroller-General of the Customs Department [228]
Eric Woodward 1958 For services to the Commonwealth [229]; also KCVO
Harold Young 1983 For services to the Parliament of Australia [230]
John Young 1975 Lieutenant-Governor of Victoria [231]
William Zeal[4] 1895 [4]

Royal Victorian Order

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Knights of the Royal Victorian Order:

Knights Grand Cross (GCVO)

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Name Living Date Citation Reference and comments
David Beattie 1980 Governor-General of New Zealand 1980–1985 ; also GCMG
Zelman Cowen 1980 Governor-General 1977–1982 [232]; also Knight Bachelor, GCMG, AK
Paul Hasluck 1970 Governor-General 1969–1974 [233]' also KG, GCMG
William Heseltine living 1990 Private Secretary to HM The Queen 1986–1990 [234]; also GCB (last Australian alive member of any Knight Grand Cross grade).
John Kerr 1977 Governor-General 1974–1977 [235]; also AK, KCMG, GCMG
Ninian Stephen 1982 Governor-General 1982–1989 [236]; also AK, KG, GCMG, KBE

Knights commander (KCVO)

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Name Living Date Citation Reference and comments
Frank Berryman 1954 Director-General of the 1954 Royal Tour [237]
Leighton Bracegirdle 1947 Official Secretary – Duke Of Gloucester, Military and Official Secretary, Government House Canberra 1931–45 [238]
Denis Browne 1961 Surgeon [239]
Stanley Burbury 1977 Governor of Tasmania during the 1977 Royal Visit [240]; also KCMG, KBE
Roden Cutler 1970 Governor of New South Wales 1966–81 [241]; also AK, KCMG
Roy Dowling 1963 Australian Secretary to the Queen – 1963 Royal Visit [242]; also KBE
Colin Hannah 1977 Governor of Queensland 1972–77 [243]; also KBE, KCMG
Eric Harrison 1954 Minister in Attendance during the 1954 Royal Visit [244]; also KCMG
William Heseltine living 1982 [245]; also GCVO, KCB, GCB
Robert Jackson 1962 also Knight Bachelor
Wallace Kyle 1977 Governor of Western Australia also GCB, KCB
Walter Lamb 1943 Secretary of the Royal Academy [246]
John Lavarack 1954 Governor of Queensland 1946–57 [247]; also KBE, KCMG
Bertram Mackennal 1921
Alan Mansfield 1970 Governor of Queensland 1966–72 [248]; also KCMG
Douglas Nicholls 1977 Governor of South Australia 1976–77 [249]; also Knight Bachelor
John Northcott 1954 Governor of New South Wales 1946–57 [250]; also KCMG
George Pearce 1927 Acting Prime Minister 1916 [251] Archived 2011-05-26 at the Wayback Machine
Reginald Pollard 1970 Australian Secretary to Queen −1970 Royal Visit [252]; also KBE
James Ramsay 1982 Governor of Queensland 1974–77 [253]; also Knight Bachelor, KCMG
James Scholtens 1977 Commonwealth Director in charge of 1977 Royal Visit [254]
Keith Seaman 1981 Governor of South Australia 1977–82 [255]
David Smith 1990 Official Secretary to the Governor-General 1973–1990 [256]
Percy Spender 1957 Commonwealth Minister [257]; also KBE
Murray Tyrrell 1968 Official Secretary to the Governor-General 1947–74 [258]
Brudenell White 1920 Chief of General Staff during the 1920 Prince of Wales Tour – Died in Fairbairn Air Disaster 1940 [259]; also KCB, KCMG
Henry Winneke 1977 Governor of Victoria 1974–82 [260]; also Knight Bachelor, KCMG
Eric Woodward 1963 Governor of New South Wales 1957–65 [261]; also KCMG
John Yocklunn 1977 Director of the 1977 Royal Visit to PNG [262]; also Knight Bachelor

Order of the British Empire

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Knights and Dames of the Order of the British Empire:

Dames grand cross (GBE)

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Name Date Citation Reference and comments
Mary Hughes 1922 Services to Australia during the war [263]
Enid Lyons 1957 Public services to Australia [264]; also AD
Nellie Melba 1927 Services to Australia [265]; also DBE
Pattie Menzies 1954 Public services to Australia [266]
Flora Reid[4] 1917 Services to Australia during the war [267]

Knights grand cross (GBE)

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Name Date Citation Reference and comments
Thomas Blamey 1943 C-in-C AMF & Cdr Allied Land Forces in SW Pacific [268]; also Knight Bachelor, KCB
Owen Cox 1920 Service in connection with the war [269]; also KBE
Douglas Evill 1946 Air Chief Marshal, Royal Air Force [270] Also KCB
Robert Gibson 1932 Chairman of the Commonwealth Bank [271]; also KBE
Thomas Robinson 1920 Agent-General for Queensland & services to AIF [272]; also Knight Bachelor, KCMG, KBE

Dames commander (DBE)

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Name Living Date Citation Reference and comments
Edith Teschemaker Anderson 1937 Public service in New South Wales [273]
Judith Anderson 1960 In recognition of service to the performing arts [274]
Jacobena Angliss 1975 Community and welfare services [275]
Mary V. Austin 1979 In recognition of service to community and welfare services [276]
Zara Bate 1968 Devotion to the public interest [277]; she was initially known as Dame Zara Holt (being the widow of Harold Holt), but later married Jeff Bate
Beryl Beaurepaire 1981 In recognition of service to women's affairs [278]
Alice Berry 1960 In recognition of service to country women [279]
Margaret Blackwood 1981 In recognition of service to the [sic] education [280]
Helen Blaxland 1975 In recognition of service to the community [281]
Jill Bolte 1973 Public service to Victoria [282]
Sister Philippa Brazill 1979 In recognition of service to the community [283]
Marie Breen 1979 In recognition of service to the community [284]
Mabel Brookes 1955 In recognition of service to charitable and social welfare services [285]
Edith Burnside 1976 In recognition of service to hospitals and the community [286]
Nancy Buttfield 1972 In recognition of service to political and public services [287]
Rita Mary Buxton 1969 In recognition of service to charities [288]
Carmen Callil 2017 Publishing [289]
Kate Isabel Campbell 1971 In recognition of service to the welfare of Australian children [290]
Florence Cardell-Oliver 1951 WA Minister of Health (Mrs Cardell-Oliver) [291] (as Annie Florence Gillies)
Alice Chisholm 1920 Organisation of canteens for the troops [292]
Rachel Cleland 1980 n/a [293]
Mabel Irene Coles 1971 In recognition of service to charities [294]
Mary Cook[4] 1925 [295]
Gertrude Cosgrove 1947 In recognition of service to the Public service in Tasmania [296]
Elizabeth Couchman 1961 In recognition of service to public and patriotic services [297]
Mary Cramer 1971 In recognition of service to the public [298]
Mary Daly 1951 In recognition of service to social welfare [299]
Constance Elizabeth D'Arcy 1935 In recognition of service to the welfare of children [300]
Florence Bligh, Countess of Darnley 1919 n/a [301][302]
Joyce Daws 1975 In recognition of service to medicine [303]
Mary Durack 1978 In recognition of service to literature [304]
Doris Fitton 1982 In recognition of service to the theatre [305]
Phyllis Frost 1974 In recognition of service to the community [306]
Monica Gallagher 1976 In recognition of service to the community [307]
Mary Gilmore 1937 In recognition for leading women in 'New Australian Movement' and as a writer of verse, stories and essays [308]
Margaret Guilfoyle 1980 Public & Parliamentary service [309]
Joan Hammond 1974 Distinguished services to music [310]
Mary Herring 1960 In recognition of service to nursing in Victoria [311]
Carol Kidu[4] living 2005 [5] Papua New Guinean 2005 New Year's Honours
Leonie Kramer 1983 Services to literature and the public [312]
Ruby Litchfield 1981 Service to the performing arts & the community [313]
Annie McEwen 1966 Public services [314]
Patricia Mackinnon 1977 Distinguished service to Royal Children's Hospital [315]
Ella Macknight 1969 Services to medicine [316]
Jean Macnamara 1935 In recognition of service to the welfare of children [317]
Ida Mann 1980 Services to the welfare of Aboriginals [318]
Nellie Melba 1918 Patriotic work during the war [319]; also GBE
Roma Mitchell 1982 Community services [320]
Elisabeth Murdoch 1963 Social welfare services [321]
Merlyn Myer 1960 Charitable services [322]
Olivia Newton-John 2020
Ada Norris 1976 Distinguished community service [323]
Marjorie Parker 1977 Distinguished community service [324]
Annabelle Rankin 1957 Political and public services [325]
Audrey Reader 1978 Service to women's affairs and politics [326]
Joan Howard Roberts 1978 Services to the handicapped [327]
Raigh Roe 1980 Services to women [328]
Margaret Scott 1981 Services to ballet (Mrs Denton) [329]
Hilda Stevenson 1968 Social welfare services [330]
Joan Sutherland 1979 In recognition of service to the performing arts [331]
Dorothy Tangney 1968 Service to the Western Australia [sic] Parliament [332]; the reference to the "Western Australia [sic] Parliament" is an error, as Tangney was never a member of that parliament
Peggy van Praagh 1970 Services to ballet [333]
Eadith Walker 1928 Philanthropic & charitable services [334]
Ivy Wedgwood 1967 Services to Parliament [335]

Knights Commander (KBE)

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Name Living Date Citation Reference and comments
Charles Adermann 1971 Political & public service [336]
Keith Aickin 1976 In recognition of service to the law [337]
John Allison 1959 Chairman of the Export Development Council [338]
William John Allison 1954 n/a [339]; also Knight Bachelor
Ken Anderson 1972 In recognition of service to the public service and politics [340]; also Knight Bachelor
Reg Ansett 1969 In recognition of service to the transport industry [341]
Stanley Argyle 1930 Minister of Health in Victoria [342]
Albert Edwin Axon 1959 Chancellor of the University of Queensland [343]
Clive Baillieu 1938 In recognition of service to the Public service [344]; later 1st Baron Baillieu
James William Barrett 1918 Service in Egypt with the Red Cross [345]
Walter Bassett 1959 Public service & engineering [346]
Philip Baxter 1965 Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission [347]
Howard Beale 1961 Australian Ambassador to the USA [348]
George Beeby 1939 Chief Justice of the Arbitration Court [349]
Brian Ernest Bell 1994 Services to business and the community Awarded on the recommendation of the Papua New Guinea government[6]
Phillip Bennett 1983 Chief of the General Staff [350]
Nigel Bowen 1976 In recognition of service to political services [351]
Richard Boyer 1956 Chairman of the ABC [352]
Henry Braddon 1920 Commonwealth Commissioner in the USA [353]
Gerard Brennan 1981 Judge of the High Court of Australia [354], [355]
William Bridgeford 1956 Chief executive of the Olympic Games [356]
Charles Hart Bright 1980 In recognition of service to public service [357]
George Brookman 1920 Services during the war [358]
Michael Bruxner 1962 In recognition of service to public and political services [359]
John Bunting 1977 Australian High Commissioner in London [360]; also Knight Bachelor
Stanley Burbury 1958 Chief Justice of Tasmania [361]; also KCMG, KCVO
Joseph Terence Anthony Burke 1980 In recognition of service to the arts [362]
Macfarlane Burnet 1969 President of the Australian Academy of Science [363]; also Knight Bachelor, AK
Henry Mackay Burrell 1960 Honours List [364]
Samuel (Roy) Burston 1952 Honours List [365]
Gordon Chalk 1971 Queensland Government Minister [366]
Gilbert Chandler 1972 Leader of the Legislative Council of Victoria [367]
Frederick Chaney (senior) 1982 In recognition of service to the community [368]
John Clancy 1967 Chancellor of the University of Sydney [369]
Harold Clapp 1941 In recognition of service to public service [370]
Lindesay Clark 1968 In recognition of services to the mining industry [371]
Reginald Marcus Clark 1939 In recognition of service to public services [372]
Francis Grenville Clarke 1926 President of the Legislative Council of Victoria [373]
William Clarkson 1918 Reorganisation of coastal shipping during the war Appears twice: [374],[375]. Also CMG, Bio
Charles Percy Barlee Clubbe 1927 Service to the Commonwealth [376]
Arthur Cocks 1923 Colonial Treasurer of New South Wales [377]
John Collins 1951 n/a [378]
Charles Wellington Connibere 1936 In recognition of service to charities [379]
Virgil Copas 1982 Archbishop Emeritus of Papua New Guinea [380]
Douglas Copland 1950 Prices Commissioner & Vice-Chancellor of the ANU [381]
Magnus Cormack 1970 In recognition of service to political and public service [382]
Owen Cox 1918 Chairman of the Overseas Shipping Committee [383]; also GBE
John Gregory Crace 1947 [384]
William Rooke Creswell 1919 1st Naval Member of the Naval Board [385] (shown as Cresswell); also KCMG
Walter Crocker 1978 In recognition of service to the public [386]
Charles Cutler 1973 Deputy Premier of New South Wales [387]
Edgeworth David 1920 Services during the war [388]
Alfred Charles Davidson 1938 General manager of the Bank of New South Wales [389]
Charles Davidson 1964 Public services [390]
Daryl Dawson living 1982 Judge of the High Court of Australia [391]
William Deane living 1982 Judge of the High Court of Australia [392]
Hugh Denison 1923 Service to the Commonwealth [393]
David Derham 1977 Vice-Chancellor of the University of Melbourne [394]
Roy Dowling 1957 Honours List [395]; also KCVO
Alexander (Alick) Downer 1965 High Commissioner to the United Kingdom [396], [397] (appears as 2 separate entries in It's an Honour)
Russell Dumas 1964 In recognition of service to the Public Service in Western Australia [398]; also Knight Bachelor
John Wallace Dunlop 1971 In recognition of service to industry [399]
Donald Dunstan 1980 Chief of the General Staff [400]
Clifden Henry Andrews Eager 1952 President of the Legislative Council of Victoria [401]; also Knight Bachelor
James Alexander Mackenzie Elder 1925 Commonwealth Commissioner in the USA [402]
Kevin Ellis 1969 In recognition of service as Speaker of the NSW Legislative Assembly [403]
David Fairbairn 1978 In recognition of service to Parliament [404]
Allen Fairhall 1970 Minister of Defence [405]
Andrew Walker Fairley 1951 In recognition of service to the Public Service in Victoria [406]
Neil Fairley 1950 In recognition of service to tropical medicine [407]
James Oswald Fairfax 1926 In recognition of service as Chairman of the Empire Press Union [408]
James Freeman 1977 Roman Catholic Archbishop of Sydney [409]
Gordon Freeth 1978 High Commissioner in London [410]
John Russell French 1918 General manager of the Bank of New South Wales [411]
Wilfred Fullagar 1955 Judge of the High Court [412]
Hudson Fysh 1953 Chairman of QANTAS [413]
Victor Garland 1982 In recognition of service to parliament [414]
Ragnar Garrett 1959 Chief of the General Staff [415]
Harry Gibbs 1970 In recognition of service to the law [416]; also GCMG
Robert Gibson 1920 Services to the Repatriation Office [417]; also GBE
Norman Gilroy 1969 In recognition for service as Roman Catholic Archbishop of Sydney [418]
Philip Goldfinch 1934 Chairman of the British Settlers Committee [419]
Launcelot Goody 1977 In recognition of service to the Roman Catholic Church, particularly as the Archbishop of Perth [420]
Eugene Gorman 1966 Services to the dried fruits industry [421]
Guy Green living 1982 Chief Justice of Tasmania [422]
Richard Kenneth Green 1957 Senior Puisne Judge – Supreme Court of Tasmania [423]
John Grindrod 1983 Services to religion [424]
William Archer Gunn 1961 Chairman of the Australian Wool Bureau [425]
William Henry Hall 1979 Service to veterans [426]; also Knight Bachelor
Reginald Halse 1962 Archbishop of Brisbane [427]
Keith Hancock 1965 Professor of History at the ANU [428]
Val Hancock 1962 Honours List [429]
Mostyn Hanger 1973 Chief Justice of Queensland [430]
Colin Hannah 1971 Chief of the Air Staff [431]; also KCMG, KCVO
Wilfred Hastings Harrington 1963 Honours List [432]
John Richards Harris 1937 Minister of Health in Victoria [433]
John Harrison 1923 Chairman of the Disabled Soldiers Village [434]
Frank Hassett 1976 Chief of the Defence Force Staff [435]
Thomas Henley 1920 Member of the NSW Legislative Council [436]
Denham Henty 1968 In recognition of service to political services in Tasmania [437]
Edmund Herring 1943 For outstanding qualities of leadership in the S.W. Pacific area [438]; also KCMG
Leslie Herron 1966 For service as Chief Justice of New South Wales [439]
Thomas Hiley 1966 Lately Deputy Premier of Queensland [440]
William Frederick Holland 1961 President of the RSSAIL [441]
Ivan Holyman 1956 Service to the transport industry [442]
Samuel Hordern 1938 President of the NSW Royal Agricultural Society [443]; also Knight Bachelor
Henry Rudolph Howard 1963 Chairman of the Commonwealth Games Committee [444]; also Knight Bachelor
Herbert Sydney Hudd 1937 Minister of Railways & Marine in South Australia [445]
William Hudson 1955 Chairman of the Snowy Mountains Authority [446]
Alan Hulme 1971 Postmaster-General [447] Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
Thomas Ernest Victor Hurley 1950 Public services [448]
Leonard Huxley 1964 Vice-Chancellor of the ANU [449]
Kenneth Jacobs 1976 Service to law [450]
George Jenkins 1946 Minister of Agriculture in South Australia [451]
Asher Joel 1974 Services to the Community [452]; also Knight Bachelor
George Jones 1953 Honours List [453]
William Raymond Kelly 1952 Chief Justice of the Arbitration Court [454]
Alfred Newcombe Kemsley 1980 Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne [455]
Wilfrid Kent Hughes 1957 Chairman of the Olympic Games Committee [456]
William John Kilpatrick 1965 Public service [457]
Frank Kitto 1955 Judge of the High Court [458]
Harold Knight 1980 Services to banking [459]
John Lavarack 1942 Operations in the Middle East [460]; also KCMG, KCVO
Arthur James Lee 1966 President of the RSSAIL [461]
Ernest Henry Lee-Steere 1988 Lord Mayor of Perth [462]
Frank Little 1977 Roman Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne [463]
Marcus Loane 1976 Archbishop of Sydney [464]
Arthur MacDonald 1978 Chief of the Defence Force Staff [465]
William George Albert Mack 1967 Chief Justice of Queensland [466]
Iven Mackay 1941 Operations in the Middle East [467]
Thomas Chester Manifold 1965 Services to horse racing and Victoria community [468]; also Knight Bachelor
Henry Edward Manning 1939 Attorney-General of New South Wales [469]
Anthony Mason living 1972 Services to law [470]
David Masson 1923 Professor of Chemistry at Melbourne University [471]
Louis Matheson 1976 Services to education and to Victoria [472]
William George McBeath 1920 Service during the War [473]
John McCauley 1955 Honours List [474]
James McCay 1919 Service during the war [475]; also KCMG
Emmet McDermott 1972 Lord Mayor of Sydney [476]
Charles George McDonald 1970 Chancellor of the University of Sydney [477]; also Knight Bachelor
William D'Arcy McDonald 1964 Chairman of the Commonwealth Bank [478]
Lyell McEwin 1954 Minister of Health & Mines in South Australia [479]
James Robert McGregor 1956 Services to the wool industry [480]
Malcolm McIntosh 1956 Minister of Works in South Australia [481]
Alick Benson McKay 1977 Services to Victoria & to newspapers [482]
Ross McLarty 1953 Premier of Western Australia [483]
Ian McLennan 1963 Services to industry [484]; also KCMG
Neville McNamara 1981 Honours List [485]
Alan McNicoll 1966 Honours List [486]
Walter McNicoll 1937 Administrator of New Guinea [487]
William McPherson 1923 Treasurer of Victoria [488]
Edward McTiernan 1951 Judge of the High Court [489]
Alfred William Meeks 1920 Member of the NSW Legislative Council [490]
Leslie Melville 1957 Vice-Chancellor of the ANU [491]
Douglas Menzies 1958 Judge of the High Court [492]
Harrison Moore 1925 Professor of Law at Melbourne University [493]
Kenneth Morris 1968 Services to parliament & the community [494]
Leslie Morshead 1942 Distinguished service in the Middle East [495]; also KCB
Alan Whiteside Munro 1965 Minister of Industrial Development in Queensland [496]
Alister Murdoch 1966 Honours List [497]
James Anderson Murdoch 1928 Public & charitable services [498]
Rupert Myers 1981 Services to education & science [499]
Maurice Arnold Nathan 1963 Lord Mayor of Melbourne [500]
Frank Kingsley Norris 1957 Services to medicine [501]
James O'Collins 1980 Services to religion & the community [502]
Mark Oliphant 1959 Director of the School of Science at the ANU [503]
Neil O'Sullivan 1959 Attorney-General of the Commonwealth [504]
Frank Packer 1971 Services to Australian & International Yachting [505]; also Knight Bachelor
Shane Paltridge 1966 Leader of the Government in the Senate [506]; appointed KBE 1 January 1966, and died 21 January
Herbert Angas Parsons 1945 Senior Puisne Judge in Queensland [507] (shown as Herbert Angis Parsons); also Knight Bachelor
Baden Pattinson 1962 Minister of Education in South Australia [508]
Richard Peek 1972 Chief of the Naval Staff [509]
Frederick Beaumont Phillips 1956 Chief Justice of Papua New Guinea [510]
John Phillips 1972 Services to banking [511]
Roslyn Philp 1958 Senior Puisne Judge in Queensland [512]
Reginald Pollard 1961 Honours List [513]; also KCVO
Charles Read 1976 Chief of the Air Staff [514]
Arthur Rickard 1920 Services during the War [515]
Horace Robertson 1950 Honours List [516]
Macpherson Robertson 1935 Philanthropic services in Victoria [517]; also Knight Bachelor
Thomas Robinson 1917 Agent-General for Queensland in London [518]; also Knight Bachelor, KCMG, GBE
Percival Halse Rogers 1939 Judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales [519]
Robert Bell Roscoe 1981 Public services [520]
John Rossiter 1978 Agent-General for Victoria in London [521]
Sydney Rowell 1953 Chief of the General Staff [522]
James Rowland 1977 Chief of the Air Staff [523]
Charles Ryan 1919 Service during the war [524]
Arthur Rylah 1968 Deputy Premier of Victoria [525]
John Sanderson 1937 Services to the Commonwealth [526]
Bruce Saunders living 2012 For service to business and public and community development [527] Awarded on the recommendation of the Solomon Islands government
Stanley Savige 1950 Honours List [528]
Frederick Scherger 1958 Honours List [529]
Francis Palmer Selleck 1957 Lord Mayor of Melbourne [530]; also Knight Bachelor
Joseph Aloysius Sheehy 1970 Senior Puisne Judge in Queensland [531]
Mark Sheldon 1924 Services to the Commonwealth [532]; also Knight Bachelor
Colin Sinclair 1953 Service to the public & the pastoral industry [533]
Joynton Smith 1920 Services during the war [534]
Keith Smith 1919 England-Australia flight [535]
Ross Smith 1919 England-Australia flight [536]
Victor Smith 1969 Chief of the Naval Staff [537]
Sydney Snow 1936 Public services [538]
Percy Spender 1952 Australian Ambassador to the USA [539]; also KCVO
Richard Hawdon Stawell 1929 President of the Melbourne Hospital [540]
Clive Selwyn Steele 1953 Services to engineering [541]
Ninian Stephen[4] 1972 Justice of the High Court of Australia also AK, KG, GCMG, GCVO
Jack Stevens 1955 Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission [542]
Hugh David Stevenson 1977 Chief of the Naval Staff [543]
George Steward 1918 Service to the Commonwealth Government [544]
Hector Hamilton Stewart 1976 Service to medicine & the community [545]
Phillip Nigel Warrington Strong 1970 Primate of Australia [546]
Vernon Sturdee 1951 Honours List [547]
Reginald Swartz 1972 Minister for National Development [548]
Geoffrey Syme 1941 Service to journalism [549]
George Syme 1924 Service to Victoria [550]
Anthony Synnot 1979 Chief of the Naval Staff [551]
Alan Taylor 1955 Judge of the High Court [552]
Vernon Haddon Treatt 1970 Chief Commissioner for Sydney [553]
Donald Trescowthick 1979 Services to the community [554]
John Evenden Virtue 1975 Senior Puisne Judge in Western Australia [555]
Charles Graham Waddell 1927 Service to the Commonwealth [556]
Geoffrey Archer Walch 1954 Public service in Tasmania [557]
Cyril Walsh 1969 Judge of the High Court [558]
Arthur George Warner 1962 Minister of Transport in Victoria [559]; also Knight Bachelor
Edward Emerton Warren 1959 Services to the coal industry [560]; also KCMG
William Webb 1954 Judge of the High Court [561]
Henry Wells 1956 Chief of the General Staff [562]
Frederick William George White 1962 Chairman of the CSIRO [563]
Thomas White 1952 ppAustralian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom]] [564]
Bruce Williams 1980 Services to education and to government [565]
Dudley Williams 1954 Judge of the High Court [566]
Edward Williams 1981 Services to law & the community [567]; also KCMG
Richard Williams 1954 Director-General of Civil Aviation since 1946 [568]
Eric Willis 1975 Deputy Premier of New South Wales [569]
James Willis 1981 Chief of the Naval Staff [570]
Kenneth Agnew Wills 1960 Member of the Universities Commission [571]
Ronald Wilson 1979 Judge of the High Court [572]
Victor Wilson 1926 Services to the Empire Exhibition [573]
John Wilton 1964 Chief of the General Staff [574]
Victor Windeyer 1958 Judge of the High Court [575]
Frank Woods 1972 Primate of Australia [576]
George Wootten 1958 Chairman of the Repatriation Commission [577]
Guilford Young 1978 Services to the church [578]
Walter Young 1932 Chairman of the SA Committee on Finance [579]

Knights bachelor

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Main page: Category:Australian Knights Bachelor

This list of Australian knights bachelor is incomplete. You can assist by adding to it.

Note: There are no postnominal letters associated with the award of Knight Bachelor.

Name Living Date Citation Reference and comments
Daniel Aarons 1970 In recognition for services as Treasurer of the Liberal Party of NSW [580]
Tei Abal 1976 [581]
Albert Francis Abbott 1981 Services to local government [582]
Charles Abbott 1960 Judge of the Supreme Court of South Australia [583]
Thomas à Beckett 1909 Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria [584]
Peter Abeles 1972 Services to transport & Melbourne University [585]
Alastair Duncan Grant Adam 1970 Judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria [586]
Kenneth Thomas Adamson 1968 Services to the dental profession [587]
Garrick Agnew 1982 Service to industry & commerce
Alexis Albert 1972 In recognition of service to industry & the community [588]
Henry Graham Alderman 1962 In recognition of services to the legal profession [589]
George Mason Allard 1926 In recognition of services to banking [590]
Gordon Laidlaw Allard 1981 In recognition of services to the Royal Victoria Eye & Ear Hospital [591]
Carleton Allen 1952
Harry Brookes Allen 1914 Dean of Medicine at the University of Melbourne [592]
William Guildford Allen (senior) 1973 Services to the pastoral industry in Queensland [593]
William Guildford Allen (junior) 1981 In recognition of service to broadcasting & the pastoral industry [594]
William John Allison 1954 In recognition of service to Australian commerce [595]; also KBE
Arthur Barton Pilgrim Amies 1957 In recognition of service to the dentistry as Dean at the University of Melbourne [596]
Donald Anderson 1967 Director-General of the Civil Aviation Department [597]
Francis Anderson 1936 Services to the University of Sydney [598]
John Muir Anderson 1969 In recognition of service to the community [599]
Ken Anderson 1970 Minister for Supply [600]; also KBE
William Hewson Anderson 1965 In recognition of service to the Public service [601]
Dormer Andrews 1987 In recognition of service as Chief Justice of Queensland [602]
Keith Angas 1952 Service to the pastoral industry
William Angliss 1939 In recognition of service to the public service in Victoria [603]
Tristan Antico 1973 In recognition of service to industry [604]
Archibald Archer 1981 In recognition of service to the primary industry, government and to the community [605]
Alfred Norman Armstrong 1966 In recognition of service to banking & export [606]
Alfred Henry Ashbolt 1925 Agent-General for Tasmania in London [607]
Will Ashton 1960 Service as Chairman of the Commonwealth Art Advisory Board
Harold George Aston 1983 Services to industry [608]
John Atwill 1979 In recognition of service to commerce [609]
John Worroker Austin 1971 In recognition of service to industry [610]
James Frederick John Auswild 1974 In recognition of service to commerce [611]
Kenneth Bailey 1958 Commonwealth Solicitor-General [612]
James Balderstone 1983 In recognition of service to primary industry and commerce [613]
John Vincent Barry 1961
Redmond Barry[4] 1877 [614] also KCMG [615]
Peter Barter[4]
Garfield Barwick 1953 In recognition of service to the Public service [616]; also AK, GCMG
Noel Bayliss 1979 In recognition of service to education at Murdoch University [617]; also CBE
Frank Beaurepaire 1942 Lord Mayor of Melbourne [618]
George Bedbrook 1978 In recognition of paraplegic rehabilitation [619]; also OBE
Marcus Beeck 1979 Service to agriculture [620]
Harold Garfield Behan 1977 For distinguished service to local government and primary industry [621]
Arnold Lucas Bennett 1975 In recognition of service to legal advocacy [622]
Angus Bethune 1979 In recognition of service to the Federal Parliament [sic] [623]; the reference to the “Federal Parliament” appears to be an error, as Bethune was never a member of that parliament
Max Bingham 1988 In recognition of service to the law, crime prevention, parliament and the community [624]
Hermann Black 1974 Chancellor of the University of Sydney [625]
Charles Blackburn 1936 Member of the NSW Council of the BMA [626]; also KCMG
Richard Blackburn 1983 In recognition of service to law [627]
Robert Blackwood 1961 In recognition of service to Monash University [628]
James Blair 1930 Chief Justice of Queensland [629]; also KCMG
Thomas Blamey 1935 Commissioner of Police in Victoria [630]; also KCB, GBE
Henry Bland 1965 Secretary of the Department of Labour [631]
Lavington Bonython 1935 In recognition of service to philanthropy [632]
Stewart Bovell 1976 For long and outstanding service to Western Australia [633]
Geoffrey Fraser Bowen 1977 In recognition of distinguished service to commerce in the field of banking. [634]
John Bowser 1927 Speaker of the Victorian Legislative Assembly [635]
Jack Brabham 1979 In recognition of service to motor sport [636]
Donald Bradman 1949 In recognition of service to the sport of cricket [637]
William Lawrence Bragg[4] 1941 [638]
Laurence Brodie-Hall 1982 In recognition of service to the mining industry in WA [639]
Norman Brookes 1939 In recognition of service to public service [640]
Wilfred Deakin Brookes 1979
Allen Brown 1956 Secretary of the Prime Minister's Department [641]
Thomas Buckland 1935 Chairman of the Bank of New South Wales [642]
Harry Budd 1970
John Bunting 1964 Secretary to the Prime Minister's Department [643]; also KBE
Macfarlane Burnet 1951 Services to biological research [644]; also KBE, AK
Walter Burnett 1988 Services to the community [645]
Sam Burston 1977 In recognition of service to primary industry [646]
Richard Butler I 1913 Former Premier of South Australia [647]
John Butters 1927 Commissioner of the Federal Capital Commission [648]
Maurice Byers 1982 In recognition of service to public service [649]
Bede Callaghan 1976 In recognition of service to banking [650]
Frank Callaway 1981 In recognition of service to music education [651]
Bernard Callinan 1977 Victoria [sic] [652]
Ewen Paul Cameron 1961 Minister of Health in Victoria [653]
Roy Cameron 1957 Pathologist [654]
Walter Campbell 1979 In recognition of service to government, law and education [655]
Edward Carlile 1913 Parliamentary Draftsman Victoria [656]
Alan Carmody 1978 In recognition of service to the Public service [657]
Roderick Carnegie 1978 In recognition of service to industry [658] Archived 2017-12-30 at the Wayback Machine
Stanley Carver 1962 Commonwealth Statistician [659]
Walter Cawthorn 1958 High Commissioner to Pakistan [660]
Michael Chamberlin 1964 [661]
Frederick Oliver Chilton 1969
Giles Chippindall 1955
Raphael Cilento 1935 Director-General of the Queensland Health Dept [662]
Christopher Clark living 2015 For services to British German relations [663]
Hector Clayton 1968 In recognition of service to commerce
Donald Cleland 1961 Administrator of Papua New Guinea [664]
Ian Clunies Ross 1954 Chairman of the CSIRO [665]
Timothy Coghlan 1914 Agent-General for New South Wales in London [666]; also KCMG
Edward Cohen 1970 Businessman and philanthropist [667]
William Cole 1981 In recognition of service to the public service [668]
Hal Colebatch 1927 Agent-General for Western Australian in London [669]
Arthur Coles 1960 In recognition of service to public service [670]
Edgar Coles 1959 In recognition of service to philanthropy [671]
George Coles 1957 Director of the National Bank of Australia [672]
Kenneth Coles 1957 In recognition of service to charities [673]
Norman Coles 1977 In recognition of service to commerce [674]
Francis Raymond Connelly 1948 Lord Mayor of Melbourne [675]
James Connolly 1920 Agent-General for the State of Western Australia [676]
Alan Cooley 1976 In recognition of service to the Public service [677]
Pope Cooper 1904 Chief Justice of Queensland [678]; also KCMG
Walter Cooper 1959 Minister for Repatriation [679]
John Cornforth[4] 1977
Charles Court 1972 In recognition of service to the government of WA [680]; also AK, KCMG
Darcy Cowan 1955 In recognition of service to medicine [681]
John Cowan 1944 Member of the South Australia Legislative Council [682]
Zelman Cowen 1976 Vice-Chancellor of the University of Queensland [683]; also AK, GCMG, GCVO
Norman Cowper 1967 n/a [684]
John Cramer 1964 Minister for the Army [685]
John Crawford 1959 Secretary of the Department of Trade [686]
Robert Crichton-Brown 1972 also KCMG 1980
Lynton Crosby living 2015 For political service This award was made on the recommendation of the UK Government; Also AO
James Cruthers 1980 In recognition of service to the arts and television in WA [687]
Arthur Cudmore 1945 President of the South Australia Medical Board [688]; also CMG
Collier Cudmore 1958 Member - South Australia Legislative Council [689] Archived 2022-11-14 at the Wayback Machine
William Portus Cullen 1912 Lt Governor & Chief Justice of NSW [690]; also KCMG
Adrian Curlewis 1967 In recognition of service to the community [691]
Neil Currie 1982 In recognition of service to the public [692]
Leo Cussen 1922 Judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria [693]
William Dargie 1970 Chairman – Commonwealth Art Advisory Board [694] Archived 2014-10-31 at the Wayback Machine
Frederick Darley[4] 1887 also KCMG, GCMG
James Darling 1968 Chairman of the ABC [695]
Peter Delamothe 1973 Agent-General for Queensland in London [696]
Harold "Jack" Dickinson 1975 Chairman of the NSW Public Service Board [697]
Leslie Diver 1975 Services to local government in WA [698]
William Dobell 1966 In recognition of service to the arts [699]
John Dodds[4] also KCMG
Lorimer Dods 1962 In recognition of service to medicine, particularly in the field of paedeatrics [sic] [700]
Lloyd Dumas 1946 In recognition of service to the Public service in South Australia [701]
Russell Dumas 1959 In recognition of service to the Public service [702]; also KBE
Frederick Dutton 1921 [703]
John Dwyer 1946 Chief Justice of Western Australia [704]; also KCMG
Walter Dwyer 1949 President of the Arbitration Court of WA [705]
Gilbert Dyett 1934 National President of the RSL 1919–1946 [706]
Clifden Henry Andrews Eager 1945 Member – Victoria War Advisory Committee [707]; also KBE
Donald Eckersley 1981 In recognition of service to primary industry [708]
Rod Eddington[4] living This award was made on the recommendation of the UK Government
Llew Edwards Services to the Parliament of Queensland [709]
Vincent Fairfax 1971 In recognition of service to youth, finance and the press [710]
Warwick Oswald Fairfax 1967 In recognition of service to the community [711]
Marc Feldmann living 2010 For services to Medicine ;[7] also AC
Raymond Ferrall 1981 In recognition of service to industry, commerce and to the community [712]; also CBE
James Hurtle Fisher 1860 President of the Legislative Council, South Australia [8] First resident of South Australia to be knighted[9]
Norman Seymour Fletcher 1977 services to the agricultural and pastoral industries.
Howard Florey[4] 1944 [713]; also a life peer
Geoffrey Foot 1984 In recognition of service to the community [714]
James Foots 1975 In recognition of service to the mining industry in Queensland [715]
Frank Fox 1926 Fellowship of British Empire Exhibition [716]
Nathaniel Bernard Freeman 1967 In recognition of service to public welfare [717]; also CBE (Civil)
Leslie Froggatt 1981 In recognition of service to commerce and industry [718]
John Fuller 1974 Minister for Development in New South Wales [719]
Robert Garran 1917 Commonwealth Solicitor-General [720]; also KCMG, GCMG
Arthur George 1972 In recognition of service to the Australian/Greek community [721] Archived 2020-07-25 at the Wayback Machine
Archibald Glenn 1966 For distinguished service, particularly as Chairman of the Interim Council of Latrobe University [722]
James Gobbo 1982 Services to migrants [723]
John Goodsell 1968 Chairman of the NSW Public Service Board [724]
James Hay Gosse 1947 In recognition of public service in South Australia [725]
Albert Gould 1908 In recognition of service as President of the Senate [726]
Andrew Grimwade 1980 Services to industry & commerce [727]
Roy Grounds 1969 Architecture [728]
John Winthrop Hackett 1911 Member of the Legislative Council of WA [729]; also KCMG
William Henry Hall 1968 Services to ex-servicemen [730]; also KBE
Clarence Harders 1977 Public service [731]
James Hardy 1981 Services to yachting [732]
David Hay 1979 Public service [733]
Lenox Hewitt 1971 For service as Secretary of the Prime Minister's Department [734]
Peter Heydon 1970 Secretary of the Department of Immigration [735]
Tasman Heyes 1960 Secretary of the Department of Immigration [736]
Leo Hielscher living 1987 Public service [737]
David Higgins living 2011 For services to regeneration as the Chief Executive of the Olympics Delivery Authority This award was made on the recommendation of the UK Government
Michael Hintze living 2013 Philanthropist. For services to the Arts [738]; also AM
James Holden 1963 Director of General Motors-Holden [739]
John Holland 1973 Services to engineering [740] (as Holland, Clifton Vaughan)
Samuel Hordern 1919 President of the NSW Royal Agricultural Society [741]; also KBE
Henry Rudolph Howard 1961 Lord Mayor of Perth [742]; also KBE
Edward Stuart Reginald Hughes 1977 For distinguished service to medicine
Herbert Hyland 1952 Leader of the Victorian Country Party [743]
Brian Inglis 1977 Services to industry [744]
Lawrence Jackson 1964 Senior Puisne Judge in Western Australia [745]; also KCMG
Robert Jackson 1956 also KCVO
Walter James 1907 Agent-General for Western Australia in London [746] also KCMG
Asher Joel 1971 Services to the community [747]; also KBE
Henry Jones 1919 Tasmanian businessman, head of H. Jones & Co. IXL
Keith Jones 1980
Arthur Llewellyn Jones Living 2024 Services to Business and to the Community. ;[10] also OBE. This award was made on the recommendation of the PNG Government
Bernard Katz 1969
William Kearney living 1982 Services to the law in Papua New Guinea [748]
Charles Kingsford Smith 1932 For services to Aviation in the Commonwealth of Australia [749]
Richard Kingsland 1978 Public Service [750]
John Kirwan 1930 President of the WA Legislative Council [751]; also KCMG
George Knibbs 1923 Director of the Bureau of Science & Industry [752]
Errol Knox 1949 Public Service [753] (Note; His middle name is seen in this citation as "Gabrial" [sic] but it was in fact "Galbraith")
William Knox 1979 Deputy Premier and Treasurer of Queensland, 1976 to 1978 [754]; also KSJI
Alfred Langler 1927 Director of West Australian Newspapers [755]
Peter Lawler 1981 Public service [756]; also OBE
Luke Leake[4] 1897 [757]
Walter Lee 1920 Premier of Tasmania [758]; also KCMG
Ernest Augustus Lee Steere 1948 Public service [759]
John Lienhop 1952 Agent-General for Victoria in London [760]
Albert Lind 1951 Member of the Legislative Assembly of Victoria [761]
Nicholas Lockyer 1926 Chairman of the Forces Canteen Trust Fund [762]
Raymond Douglas Logan 1983 Services to cattle industry in Queensland [763]
David Walter Longland 1977 Services to the Crown & cerebral palsied in Qld [764]
Frank Lowy living 2017 Businessman, philanthropist This award was made on the recommendation of the UK Government; Also AC
Kenneth Luke 1962 Businessman
Peter MacCallum 1953 Dean of Medicine at the University of Melbourne [765]
Alexander MacCormick 1913 Services to medicine in New South Wales [766]; also KCMG
Charles Mackellar 1912 President of the NSW State Children's Relief Board [767]; also KCMG
Charles Mackerras 1979 [768]
John Madden[4] 1893 also KCMG, GCMG
Thomas Maltby 1949 Speaker of the Victorian Legislative Assembly [769]
Thomas Chester Manifold 1953 Services to politics & the public [770]; also KBE
Frederick Mann 1933 Judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria [771] (as Fred Mann); also KCMG
Norman Martin 1949 Agent-General for Victoria in London [772]
Robert Mathers 1981 Queensland businessman; Chairman of Mathers Shoes [773]
Robert May 1995 [774] also a life peer
John McCall 1911 Agent-General for Tasmania in London [775]; also KCMG
Graham McCamley living 1986
Eric McClintock 1981 [776]
Leslie McConnan 1951 Chief manager of the National Bank of Australia [777] [778]
James McCusker 1983 Services to building societies in WA [779]
Osborn McCutcheon 1966 Services to architecture [780]
Charles George McDonald 1962 Services to the medical profession [781]; also KBE
Robert Ross McDonald 1950 Minister of Housing & Forests in WA [782]
Ian McFarlane 1984 Mining businessman [783]
Malcolm Kenneth McIntosh 1995 Chief of Defence Procurement, (UK) Ministry of Defence [784]
John McLaren 1935 Secretary, London High Commission [785]
Robert McMillan 1916 Chief Justice of Western Australia [786]; also KCMG
Archie Michaelis 1952 Speaker of the Victoria Legislative Assembly [787]
Jonathan Mills living 2013 Composer and arts festival director Awarded by UK government; Also AO
William Henry Fancourt Mitchell 1875 Police officer, politician
William Mitchell (philosopher) 1927 Vice-Chancellor, Chancellor, University of Adelaide [788]
Frank Moore living
John Morris 1943 Chief Justice of Tasmania [789]; also KCMG
Peter Morris
Laurence Muir
Angus Murray (doctor) 1966 President of the Australian Medical Association [790]
Norman Myer 1956 For public and philanthropic services in the State of Victoria [791]
Crawford Nalder 1974 Deputy Premier of Western Australia [792]
Mellis Napier 1943 Lt Governor & Chief Justice of South Australia [793]; also KCMG
Charles Nathan 1928 Development & Migration Commission [794]
Eric Neal living
Douglas Nicholls 1972 Advancement of the Aboriginal people [795]; also KCVO
Herbert Nicholls 1916 Chief Justice of Tasmania [796]; also KCMG
Robert Norman 1989 Services to the people of North Queensland [797]
Thomas North 1982 Services to the retail industry [798]
Gustav Nossal living
Desmond O'Neil 1979 Deputy Premier of Western Australia [799]
Hubert Opperman 1968 High Commissioner to Malta [800]
Frank Packer 1959 Services to journalism & newspaper industry [801]; also KBE
Herbert Kingsley Paine 1953 Judge [802]
Arvi Parbo 1977 Services to industry [803]
Stephen Parker 1908 Chief Justice of Western Australia [804]; also KCMG
Nick Parkinson 1979 Ambassador to the USA [805]
Herbert Angas Parsons 1936 Puisne Judge in South Australia [806](shown as Herbert Angus Parsons); also KBE
Dennis Paterson
George Whitecross Paton 1957 Vice Chancellor Melbourne University [807]
William Pettingell 1972 Services to finance and government [808]
John Pidgeon
Noel Power 1999 Lately Acting-Chief Justice, Hong Kong
William Prentice 1977 Services to the law (Papua New Guinea) [809]
Louis Pyke 1978 Services to the Multiple Sclerosis Society [810][811]
James Ramsay 1976 Lieutenant-Governor of Western Australia [812]; also KCMG, KCVO
John Ramsay 1939 Services to surgery [813]
Thomas Meek Ramsay 1972 For public service and services to commerce [814]
Richard Randall
Benjamin Rank 1972 Services to medicine [815]
William Refshauge 1966 Director-General of Health [816]
Clem Renouf 1988 Outstanding service to the community [817]
Horace Richardson (retailer) 1953 Public service [818] [819]
Robert Risson 1970 [820]
Malcolm Ritchie (Thomas Malcolm Ritchie) 1951 Services to politics [821]
Macpherson Robertson 1932 Services to Antarctic expeditions [822]; also KBE
Roy Robinson 1931 Services to forestry He was an expatriate in the United Kingdom; in 1947 he was raised to the hereditary peerage, but his barony became extinct upon his death in 1952
Thomas Robinson 1910 Agent-General for Queensland in London [823]; also KCMG, KBE, GBE
Dudley Bruce Ross 1962 Judge of the Supreme Court of South Australia [824]
Sydney Schubert 1985 Permanent Head, Qld Premier's Department [825]
Harold Seddon 1951 President of the Legislative Council, State of Western Australia [826]
Francis Selleck 1956 Lord Mayor of Melbourne [827]; also KBE
Allan Sewell (John Allan Sewell) 1977 Auditor-General of Queensland [828] [829]
Christopher Sheehy 1959 Chairman Australian Dairy Produce Board [830]; also OBE
Nicholas Shehadie 1976 Lord Mayor of Sydney [831]; also AC, OBE
Mark Sheldon 1922 Services to the Commonwealth [832]; also KBE
Hercules Sinnamon 1985 Services to the community [833]; also OBE
Pascal Soriot living 2022 Services to the community, principally the AstraZeneca vaccine [834]
John Soundy 1954 For service to the community of Hobart as Lord Mayor and Member of the Legislative Council
John Spicer 1963 Chief Judge – Commonwealth Industrial Court [835]
Charles Spry 1964 Public service [836]; also CBE
George Stening 1968 CEO of the Order of St John of Jerusalem [837]
Lancelot Stirling 1902 President of the SA Legislative Council [838]; also KCMG
Edward Stone 1902 Chief Justice of Western Australia [839]; also KCMG
Colin Syme 1963 President of the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Research [840]; also AK
George Tallis 1922 Services to the Commonwealth; services to the theatre and for wartime fund-raising [841] [842]
Gordon Taylor 1954 Aviator [843]
Leslie Thiess 1971 Mining and construction [844]
Robert Thomas 1909 Newspaper proprietor
Evan Rees Whitaker Thomson 1977 Services to the medical profession and related fields of endeavour [845]
Joseph Totterdell 1953 Lord Mayor of Perth [846]
(Sydney) Lance Townsend 1971 Professor of Obstetrics at Melbourne University [847]
Thomas Travers 1972 Services to medicine [848]
Leon Trout 1959 Public service in Queensland [849]
Ian Turbott 1967 [850] (knighthood awarded before emigrating to Australia)
William Tyree 1975 Services to the community [851]; also OBE
William Vines 1976 Services to primary industry [852]; also AC, CMG
Eric von Schramek 1981 Services to architecture [853]
Charles Wade 1918 Agent-General for New South Wales in London [854]; also KCMG
Samuel Walder 1933 Lord Mayor of Sydney [855]
Arthur Warner 1956 Minister of Transport in Victoria [856]; also KBE
Bruce Watson 1985 Services to Queensland industry [857]
Alan Westerman 1963 Secretary of the Department of Trade [858]; also CBE
Guy Weston 2020 Philanthropist. This award was made on the recommendation of the UK Government
Frederick Wheeler 1967 Chairman of the Public Service Board [859]; also CBE
Roland Wilson 1955 Secretary to the Treasury [860]; also CBE
Henry Winneke 1957 Solicitor-General of Victoria [861]; also KCMG, KCVO
Edward Woodward 1982 Public Service [862]
Reg Wright 1978 Services to the Parliament of Tasmania [863]
Geoffrey Yeend 1979 Public service [864] Archived 2018-11-04 at the Wayback Machine; also AC, CBE
Harold Wyndham 1969 Services to education [865]
John Yocklunn 1975 In recognition of politics and government in Papua New Guinea [866]; also KCVO

New Zealand Order of Merit

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Some Australians have dual citizenship with New Zealand. New Zealand awards knighthoods and damehoods through the New Zealand Order of Merit. All citizens of Commonwealth realms are eligible to be appointed to the order in any grade.

Dames companion

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Name Living Date Citation Reference and comments
Adrienne Stewart living 2014 Arts patron

Non-Australian knights and dames with significant Australian associations

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Name Nationality Living Honour Reference and comments
George 'Gubby' Allen Australian-born British Knight Bachelor Allen was born in Australia but lived most of his life in the UK, captaining the England cricket team.

James Atkin, Baron Atkin

British Knight Bachelor Atkin was born in Queensland to British migrant parents, moving with his mother to Wales at age 4. His father subsequently died in Queensland. He was a prominent British appellate judge of the second quarter of the twentieth century.

Edric Bastyan

British KCMG, KCVO, KBE After his term as Governor of Tasmania ended in 1973, Bastyan remained in Australia, where he died in 1980.
Dallas Brooks British GCMG, KCB, KCVO After his term as Governor of Victoria ended in 1963, Brooks remained in Australia, where he died in 1966.
George Cartland British Knight Bachelor Cartland spent a significant period in Australia, becoming Vice-Chancellor of the University of Tasmania 1968–78, and Chairman of the Tasmanian Council of the Trade Union Training Authority 1979–91, among other things.[11]
Charles III Resides in the UK living AK Although King of Australia, King Charles III is not personally an Australian citizen. To overcome this barrier to his being appointed a substantive Knight of the Order of Australia, the Constitution of the Order of Australia was amended by Letters Patent to specifically include him, when he was Prince of Wales. He became the Sovereign of the Order on 8 September 2022 upon the death of Queen Elizabeth II.[12]
Cicely Courtneidge British DBE Courtneidge was born in Australia but her career was conducted mainly in the UK and she was generally considered a British actress.[13]
Charles Gairdner British GBE, KCMG, KCVO After his term as Governor of Tasmania ended (he had also previously been Governor of Western Australia), he retired to Perth, where he died in 1983
Martin Gilliat British KCVO, GCVO Gilliat was Military Secretary to the Governor-General (presumably Sir William Slim) for some time. There is no evidence he had any other Australian association.
John Winthrop Hackett Australian-born British GCB Hackett was born in Australia; his father Sir John Winthrop Hackett, senior was a newspaper proprietor, WA politician, and founding Chancellor of the University of Western Australia. Hackett junior was based in the UK from his early 20s, becoming a general in the British Army and a writer. He died in 1997.
Archbishop David Hand Australian-born Papua New Guinean KBE Geoffrey David Hand was an Australian Anglican priest who was the first person to adopt Papua New Guinea citizenship upon independence in 1975. He had already been appointed a CBE by Australia, and was knighted on a recommendation of the PNG government
Barry Holloway Australian-born Papua New Guinean KBE Holloway was born in Tasmania and is buried there. He was a co-founder of Papua New Guinea's Pangu Party, became a PNG citizen upon independence, and was the inaugural Speaker of the Parliament of Papua New Guinea; he was knighted on a recommendation of the PNG government
Rex Nan Kivell New Zealand-born British Knight Bachelor His extraordinary collection of Australiana was sold to the National Library of Australia at a fraction of its true value. He was knighted by the Australian Government in 1976, even though he never visited Australia.[14]
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh Resided in the UK AK Prince Philip, while spouse of the Queen of Australia, was not personally an Australian citizen. To overcome this barrier to his being appointed a substantive Knight of the Order of Australia, the Constitution of the Order of Australia was amended by Letters Patent to specifically include him.[12]
Garfield Sobers Barbadian (later Barbadian-Australian) living Knight Bachelor Sobers was knighted in 1975 for services to cricket. The award was made in the British Diplomatic and Overseas section of the 1975 New Year Honours List, rather than on the nomination of the Government of Barbados, which had then temporarily stopped putting forward recommendations for British honours. Sobers played cricket for South Australia 1961–64, he was married to an Australian 1969–90, and he acquired Australian citizenship through marriage in 1980, becoming a dual Barbadian-Australian citizen.[15][16] He resides in Barbados.

See also

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References

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Citations

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  1. ^ Murphy, Katharine (25 March 2014). "Tony Abbott brings back knights and dames to honours system – politics live". The Guardian – AU online edition. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
  2. ^ "Malcolm Turnbull scraps Tony Abbott's Knights and Dames".
  3. ^ "Written questions and answers - Written questions, answers and statements - UK Parliament".
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as This award does not appear in It's an Honour.
  5. ^ London Gazette, 31 December 2004, p. N33
  6. ^ "No. 53531". The London Gazette (5th supplement). 1993-12-30. p. 45.
  7. ^ "No. 59446". The London Gazette (Supplement). 12 June 2010. p. 1.
  8. ^ "No. 22389". The London Gazette. 25 May 1860. p. 1996.
  9. ^ "Fisher, Sir James Hurtle (1790–1875)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 1. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. 1966. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
  10. ^ "2024 Kings Birthday Honours". Express.co.uk. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
  11. ^ "Times online". Archived from the original on May 24, 2010.
  12. ^ a b "ComLaw: Gazette C2015G00155 (Amendments to the Constitution of the Order of Australia)".. Retrieved 13 March 2015
  13. ^ "Britmovie".
  14. ^ "It's an Honour".
  15. ^ "Telegraph".
  16. ^ "Rediff".

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