Australian knights and dames

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

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 constitution of the Order of Australia 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

Knights Companion of the Order of the Garter:

Knights Companion (KG)

Name	Born	Awarded	Died	Citation	Reference and comments
Richard Casey	1890	1969	1976	Governor-General of Australia 1965–1969	; also GCMG 1965 and a life peer
Paul Hasluck	1905	1979	1993	Governor-General of Australia 1969–1974	; also GCMG 1969 and GCVO 1970
Ninian Stephen	1923	1994	2017	Governor-General of Australia 1982–1989	; also AK 1982 , GCMG 1982 , GCVO 1982 and KBE 1972

Order of the Thistle

Knights of the Order of the Thistle:

Knights (KT)

Name	Born	Awarded	Died	Citation	Reference and comments
Robert Menzies	1894	1963	1978	Prime Minister of Australia 1939-41, 1949–66

• 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

Knights of the Order of the Bath:

Knights Grand Cross (GCB)

Name	Born	Awarded	Died	Citation	Reference and comments
John Hackett	1910	1967	1997	Australian-born British General	also KCB 1962
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	; also KCMG, GCMG
Wallace Kyle	1910	1966	1988	Governor of Western Australia	also KCB, KCVO
George Reid	1845	1916	1918	Prime Minister 1904–1905	; also KCMG, GCMG

Knights Commander (KCB)

Name	Born	Awarded	Died	Citation	Reference and comments
Thomas Blamey	1884	1942	1951	Commander-in-Chief of the AMF	; also Knight Bachelor, GBE
William Bridges	1861	1915	1915	Australian Imperial Force	; 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	; also KCMG, GCMG
Douglas Evill	1892	1943	1971	Vice-Chief of the Air Staff (RAF)	Also GBE (1946). Australian-born British airman.
John Gellibrand	1872	1919	1945	AIF – France & Flanders
William Glasgow	1876	1919	1955	AIF – France & Flanders
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	; also KCMG
Neville Howse	1863	1917	1930	AIF – (Surgeon-General AAMC during WW2)	; also KCMG
George Hyde	1877	1934	1937	RAN – Chief of the Naval Staff from 1931 to 1935
Wallace Kyle	1910	1960	1988		Governor of Western Australia; also GCB, KCVO
John Monash	1865	1918	1931	Australian Imperial Force	; also GCMG
Leslie Morshead	1889	1942	1959	AMF – Commanded at siege of Tobruk	; also KBE
Charles Rosenthal	1875	1919	1954	AIF – France & Flanders
Brudenell White	1876	1927	1940	Commonwealth Director of 1927 Royal Visit	; also KCMG, KCVO

Order of Australia

Knights and Dames of the Order of Australia:

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

Knights (AK)

Name	Born	Awarded	Died	Citation	Reference and comments
Garfield Barwick		1981	1987	In recognition of service to the Australian Parliament, government and the law	; 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	; 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	; also Knight Bachelor, KCMG
Zelman Cowen		1977	2011	–	; 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	; also KCMG, KCVO
Angus Houston		2015	living	For extraordinary and pre-eminent achievement and merit in service to Australia
Gordon Jackson		1983	1991	For service to industry and to the community
John Kerr		1976	1991	n/a	; 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	; also KT
Ninian Stephen		1982	2017	Governor-General 1982–89	; 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	; 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.

Dames (AD)

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

Order of St Michael and St George

Knights of the Order of St Michael and St George:

Knights Grand Cross (GCMG)

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

Knights Commander (KCMG)

Name	Date	Citation	Reference and comments
James Agnew	1895		[4]
Robert Anderson	1917	AIF – London Administrative Headquarters
Robert Askin	1972	Premier of New South Wales	; also GCMG
William Aston	1970	Speaker of the House of Representatives
Henry Ayers[4]	1872		[4] also GCMG
Henry Baker	1961	President of the Tasmanian Legislative Council
Richard Baker[4]	1895		[4]
Redmond Barry[4]	1877		[4] also Knight Bachelor
Henry Barwell	1922	Premier and Attorney-General of South Australia
Thomas Bavin	1933	Premier of New South Wales
Lewis Anthony Beaumont	1901	n/a
George Bell	1941	Speaker of the House of Representatives
Thomas Bent	1908	Premier and Treasurer of Victoria
Graham Berry[4]	1886		[4]
Robert Best	1908	Vice-President of the Executive Committee [sic]
John George Bice	1923	South Australian Liberal Politician, born in Cornwall in 1853. Positions included Chief Secretary and acting Premier.
Joh Bjelke-Petersen	1984	Premier of Queensland
Charles Blackburn	1960	Chancellor of the University of Sydney	; also Knight Bachelor
James Blair	1935	Chief Justice of Queensland	; also Knight Bachelor
Arthur Blyth[4]	1877		[4]
Henry Bolte	1966	Premier of Victoria	; also GCMG
Langdon Bonython	1919	In recognition of service to the Commonwealth
James Boucaut[4]	1895		[4]
David Brand	1969	Premier of Western Australia
John Bray[4]	1890		[4]
Stanley Burbury	1981	Governor of Tasmania	; also KBE, KCVO
James Burns	1917	Member of the NSW Legislative Council
Francis Burt	1977	Chief Justice of Western Australia
Richard Layton Butler	1939	Premier of South Australia
Donald Cameron	1932	In recognition of service to public and charitable services in Queensland
John Carrick	1982	In recognition of service to the Parliament of Australia
Joseph Carruthers	1908	Premier & Treasurer of New South Wales
Austin Chapman	1924	Minister of Trade and Customs
Harry Chauvel	1917	Australian Imperial Force	; also KCB, GCMG
John Cockburn[4]	1900
Timothy Coghlan	1918	Agent-General for New South Wales in London	; also Knight Bachelor
John Colton[4]	1892
Pope Cooper	1908	Chief Justice of Queensland	; also Knight Bachelor
Robert Cosgrove	1959	Premier of Tasmania
Bob Cotton	1978	In recognition of service to public and parliamentary services
Charles Court	1979	Premier of Western Australia	; also Knight Bachelor, AK
Charles Cowper[4]	1871
William Rooke Creswell	1911	Director of Commonwealth Naval Forces	(appears as Cresswell); also KBE
Robert Crichton-Brown	1980	Commerce and the Commonwealth	(also Knight Bachelor) (appears as Chrichton-Brown)
William Portus Cullen	1912	Chief Justice of the NSW Supreme Court	; also Knight Bachelor
Roden Cutler	1965	Governor-designate of New South Wales	; also AK, KCVO
Frederick Darley[4]	1897		[4] also Knight Bachelor, GCMG
John George Davies	1909	Speaker of the Tasmanian House of Assembly
John Mark Davies	1918	President of the Victorian Legislative Council
James Dickson	1901	Chief secretary of Queensland	; died ten days after being knighted
Owen Dixon	1941	Judge of the High Court	; also GCMG
John Dodds	1901	n/a	; also Knight Bachelor
John Downer[4]	1887		[4]
Frank Gavan Duffy	1929	Judge of the High Court
James Duhig	1959	In recognition of service as the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Queensland
Thomas Peel Dunhill	1933	n/a
Albert Dunstan	1948	Former Premier of Victoria and Minister of Health
John Dwyer	1949	Chief Justice of Western Australia	; also Knight Bachelor
Hughie Edwards	1974	Governor of Western Australia
Thomas Ewing	1908	In recognition of service as Minister of Defence
Arthur Fadden	1951	Deputy Prime Minister and Treasurer	; also GCMG
George Fuller	1919	Colonial Secretary of New South Wales
Robert Garran	1920	Solicitor-General of the Commonwealth	; also Knight Bachelor, GCMG
Guy Gaunt	1918	n/a	; lived in the UK
Alexander Charles Gregory	1903	Surveyor-General of Queensland
Littleton Groom	1924	Attorney-General of the Commonwealth
Henry Gullett	1933	Minister of Trade & Customs
John Winthrop Hackett, senior	1913	Member of the WA House of Assembly	; 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
Colin Hannah	1972	Governor of Queensland	; also KBE, KCVO
Eric Harrison	1962	Australian High Commissioner in London	; also KCVO
James Harrison	1968	Governor of South Australia
Edmund Herring	1949	In recognition for service as Lieutenant-Governor of Victoria	(appears as Edward Herring); also KBE
John Higgins	1918	Services to the Commonwealth	; also GCMG
John Hoad	1911	Chief of the General Staff – AMF
Talbot Hobbs	1919	For military services in France & Flanders	; also KCB
Frederick Holder	1902	Speaker of the House of Representatives
Neville Howse	1919	Australian Imperial Force	; also KCB
William Irvine	1914	Attorney-General of the Commonwealth	; also GCMG
Isaac Isaacs	1928	Senior Puisne Judge of the High Court	; also GCMG, GCB
Lawrence Jackson	1970	Chief Justice of Western Australia	; also Knight Bachelor
Walter James	1931	Chancellor of the University of Western Australia	; also Knight Bachelor
Elliot Johnson	1920	Speaker of the House of Representatives
Frederick Jordan	1936	Chief Justice of New South Wales
John Kerr	1974	Chief Justice of New South Wales	; also AK, GCMG, GCVO
James Killen	1982	Services to the Parliament of Australia
John Kirwan	1947	President of the WA Legislative Council	; also Knight Bachelor
Adrian Knox	1921	Chief Justice of the High Court
Condor Laucke	1979	Services to the Parliament of Australia
John Lavarack	1955	Governor of Queensland	; also KBE, KCVO
Harry Lawson	1933	Former Premier of Victoria
Walter Lee	1922	Premier & Chief Secretary of Tasmania	; also Knight Bachelor
James George Lee Steere	1900
Henry Lefroy	1919	Premier of Western Australia
Elliott Lewis	1902	Premier of Tasmania
James John Lowe	1956	Senior Judge of the Victorian Supreme Court
Phillip Lynch	1981	Services to the Parliament of Australia
Mungo MacCallum	1926	Vice-Chancellor of the University of Sydney
Alexander MacCormick	1926	A leading surgeon	; also Knight Bachelor
Charles Mackellar	1916	President – NSW State Children's Relief Board	; also Knight Bachelor
George Macleay	1875	Explorer and politician
John Madden[4]	1899		also Knight Bachelor, GCMG
Frederick Mann	1937	Chief Justice of Victoria	; also Knight Bachelor
Alan Mansfield	1958	Chief Justice of Queensland	; also KCVO
David Martin	1993	Governor of New South Wales (Late gazettal)
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	(appears as Green, Walter Massy)
Henry Carr Maudsley	1919	Australian Imperial Force
Philip McBride	1953	Minister of Defence
John McCall	1919	Agent-General for Tasmania in London	; also Knight Bachelor
James McCay	1918	Australian Imperial Force	; also KBE
John McLeay	1962	Speaker of the House of Representatives
Ian McLennan	1979	Services to youth, the community and industry	; also KBE
Robert McMillan	1925	Chief Justice of the WA Supreme Court	; also Knight Bachelor
William McMillan	1901	Colonial Treasurer of New South Wales
Alister McMullin	1957	President of the Commonwealth Senate
John McPhee	1934	Premier & Treasurer of Tasmania
Denison Miller	1920	Governor of the Commonwealth Bank
Edward Fancourt Mitchell	1918	Services to the Commonwealth
James Mitchell	1921	Premier & Treasurer of Western Australia	; also GCMG
William Mitchell	1927	Vice-Chancellor of the University of Adelaide
Newton Moore	1910	Premier & Treasurer of Western Australia
John Morris	1952	Chief Justice of Tasmania	; also Knight Bachelor
Baron Ferdinand von Mueller	1879	Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne
Walter Murdoch	1964	Services to education & literature
Brian Murray	1982	Governor of South Australia [sic]	(Note: Murray was in fact Governor of Victoria)
George Murray	1917	Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of SA
Hubert Murray	1925	Lieutenant-Governor of the Territory of Papua
Mellis Napier	1945	Chief Justice of South Australia	; also Knight Bachelor
John Newlands	1927	President of the Commonwealth Senate
Herbert Nicholls	1927	Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Tasmania	; also Knight Bachelor
Francis Nicklin	1968	Premier of Queensland
John Northcott	1954	Governor of New South Wales – formerly CGS	; also KCVO
John Northmore	1932	Chief Justice of Western Australia
Stephen Parker	1914	Chief Justice of Western Australia	; also Knight Bachelor
Archdale Parkhill	1936	Minister of Defence
Alexander Peacock	1902	Lately Prime Minister [sic] of Victoria
John Beverley Peden	1930	President of the NSW Legislative Council
Samuel Pethebridge	1917	Australian Imperial Force
Robert Philp	1915	Premier of Queensland
Charles Powers	1929	Judge of the High Court of Australia
James Ramsay	1978	Governor of Queensland	; also Knight Bachelor, KCVO
Claude Hill Reading	1934	Chairman – Board of the Commonwealth Bank
George Reid	1909	Member of the House of Representatives	(appears as Reif [sic], George Houstoun); also GCMG, GCB
George Rich	1932	Senior Puisne Judge of the High Court
George Ritchie	1935	Minister of Mines of South Australia
David Rivett	1935	Deputy Chairman & Chief Executive of the CSIRO
Arthur Robinson	1923	Chief secretary & Minister of Marine of SA
Thomas Robinson	1913	Agent-General for Queensland in London	; also Knight Bachelor, KBE, GBE
Granville Ryrie	1919	For military services in Egypt
Frederick Sargood[4]	1890		[4]
John See	1902	Lately Prime Minister [sic] of New South Wales
Frederick Shedden	1943	Secretary of the Department of Defence
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
Walter Baldwin Spencer	1916	Professor of Biology at Melbourne University
Bill Spooner	1963	Leader of the Government in the Senate
Hayden Starke	1939	Puisne Judge of the High Court
Bertram Stevens	1941	Premier of New South Wales
Lancelot Stirling	1909	President of the SA Legislative Council	; also Knight Bachelor
Edward Albert Stone	1912	Lieutenant Governor of Western Australia	; also Knight Bachelor
Kenneth Street	1956	Chief Justice of New South Wales
Laurence Street	1976	n/a
Philip Street	1928	Chief Justice of New South Wales
Josiah Symon	1901	Former Attorney-General of South Australia
Charles Wade	1920	Attorney-General of New South Wales	; also Knight Bachelor
Edward Emerton Warren	1969	Services to international relations & coal mining	; also KBE
Brudenell White	1919	For military services in France & Flanders	; also KCB, KCVO
Edward Williams	1983	For services to the XII Commonwealth Games	; also KBE
William Williams	1916	Operations in the field with the AMF
Henry Winneke	1966	Chief Justice of the Victorian Supreme Court	; also Knight Bachelor, KCVO
Edward Wittenoom	1900	Agent-General for Western Australia in London
Albert Wolff	1959	Chief Justice of Western Australia
Harry Wollaston	1912	Comptroller-General of the Customs Department
Eric Woodward	1958	For services to the Commonwealth	; also KCVO
Harold Young	1983	For services to the Parliament of Australia
John Young	1975	Lieutenant-Governor of Victoria
William Zeal[4]	1895		[4]

Royal Victorian Order

Knights of the Royal Victorian Order:

Knights Grand Cross (GCVO)

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	; also Knight Bachelor, GCMG, AK
Paul Hasluck		1970	Governor-General 1969–1974	' also KG, GCMG
William Heseltine	living	1990	Private Secretary to HM The Queen 1986–1990	; also GCB (last Australian alive member of any Knight Grand Cross grade).
John Kerr		1977	Governor-General 1974–1977	; also AK, KCMG, GCMG
Ninian Stephen		1982	Governor-General 1982–1989	; also AK, KG, GCMG, KBE

Knights Commander (KCVO)

Name	Living	Date	Citation	Reference and comments
Frank Berryman		1954	Director-General of the 1954 Royal Tour
Leighton Bracegirdle		1947	Official Secretary – Duke Of Gloucester, Military and Official Secretary, Government House Canberra 1931–45
Denis Browne		1961	Surgeon
Stanley Burbury		1977	Governor of Tasmania during the 1977 Royal Visit	; also KCMG, KBE
Roden Cutler		1970	Governor of New South Wales 1966–81	; also AK, KCMG
Roy Dowling		1963	Australian Secretary to the Queen – 1963 Royal Visit	; also KBE
Colin Hannah		1977	Governor of Queensland 1972–77	; also KBE, KCMG
Eric Harrison		1954	Minister in Attendance during the 1954 Royal Visit	; also KCMG
William Heseltine	living	1982		; 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
John Lavarack		1954	Governor of Queensland 1946–57	; also KBE, KCMG
Bertram Mackennal		1921
Alan Mansfield		1970	Governor of Queensland 1966–72	; also KCMG
Douglas Nicholls		1977	Governor of South Australia 1976–77	; also Knight Bachelor
John Northcott		1954	Governor of New South Wales 1946–57	; also KCMG
George Pearce		1927	Acting Prime Minister 1916	Archived 2011-05-26 at the Wayback Machine
Reginald Pollard		1970	Australian Secretary to Queen −1970 Royal Visit	; also KBE
James Ramsay		1982	Governor of Queensland 1974–77	; also Knight Bachelor, KCMG
James Scholtens		1977	Commonwealth Director in charge of 1977 Royal Visit
Keith Seaman		1981	Governor of South Australia 1977–82
David Smith		1990	Official Secretary to the Governor-General 1973–1990
Percy Spender		1957	Commonwealth Minister	; also KBE
Murray Tyrrell		1968	Official Secretary to the Governor-General 1947–74
Brudenell White		1920	Chief of General Staff during the 1920 Prince of Wales Tour – Died in Fairbairn Air Disaster 1940	; also KCB, KCMG
Henry Winneke		1977	Governor of Victoria 1974–82	; also Knight Bachelor, KCMG
Eric Woodward		1963	Governor of New South Wales 1957–65	; also KCMG
John Yocklunn		1977	Director of the 1977 Royal Visit to PNG	; also Knight Bachelor

Order of the British Empire

Knights and Dames of the Order of the British Empire:

Knights Grand Cross (GBE)

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

Dames Grand Cross (GBE)

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

Knights Commander (KBE)

Name	Living	Date	Citation	Reference and comments
Charles Adermann		1971	Political & public service
Keith Aickin		1976	In recognition of service to the law
John Allison		1959	Chairman of the Export Development Council
William John Allison		1954	n/a	; also Knight Bachelor
Ken Anderson		1972	In recognition of service to the public service and politics	; also Knight Bachelor
Reg Ansett		1969	In recognition of service to the transport industry
Stanley Argyle		1930	Minister of Health in Victoria
Albert Edwin Axon		1959	Chancellor of the University of Queensland
Clive Baillieu		1938	In recognition of service to the Public service	; later 1st Baron Baillieu
James William Barrett		1918	Service in Egypt with the Red Cross
Walter Bassett		1959	Public service & engineering
Philip Baxter		1965	Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission
Howard Beale		1961	Australian Ambassador to the USA
George Beeby		1939	Chief Justice of the Arbitration Court
Brian Ernest Bell		1994	Services to business and the community	Awarded on the recommendation of the Papua New Guinea government[5]
Phillip Bennett		1983	Chief of the General Staff
Nigel Bowen		1976	In recognition of service to political services
Richard Boyer		1956	Chairman of the ABC
Henry Braddon		1920	Commonwealth Commissioner in the USA
Gerard Brennan		1981	Judge of the High Court of Australia	,
William Bridgeford		1956	Chief executive of the Olympic Games
Charles Hart Bright		1980	In recognition of service to public service
George Brookman		1920	Services during the war
Michael Bruxner		1962	In recognition of service to public and political services
John Bunting		1977	Australian High Commissioner in London	; also Knight Bachelor
Stanley Burbury		1958	Chief Justice of Tasmania	; also KCMG, KCVO
Joseph Terence Anthony Burke		1980	In recognition of service to the arts
Macfarlane Burnet		1969	President of the Australian Academy of Science	; also Knight Bachelor, AK
Henry Mackay Burrell		1960	Honours List
Samuel (Roy) Burston		1952	Honours List
Gordon Chalk		1971	Queensland Government Minister
Gilbert Chandler		1972	Leader of the Legislative Council of Victoria
Frederick Chaney (senior)		1982	In recognition of service to the community
John Clancy		1967	Chancellor of the University of Sydney
Harold Clapp		1941	In recognition of service to public service
Lindesay Clark		1968	In recognition of services to the mining industry
Reginald Marcus Clark		1939	In recognition of service to public services
Francis Grenville Clarke		1926	President of the Legislative Council of Victoria
William Clarkson		1918	Reorganisation of coastal shipping during the war	Appears twice: ,. Also CMG, Bio
Charles Percy Barlee Clubbe		1927	Service to the Commonwealth
Arthur Cocks		1923	Colonial Treasurer of New South Wales
John Collins		1951	n/a
Charles Wellington Connibere		1936	In recognition of service to charities
Virgil Copas		1982	Archbishop Emeritus of Papua New Guinea
Douglas Copland		1950	Prices Commissioner & Vice-Chancellor of the ANU
Magnus Cormack		1970	In recognition of service to political and public service
Owen Cox		1918	Chairman of the Overseas Shipping Committee	; also GBE
John Gregory Crace		1947
William Rooke Creswell		1919	1st Naval Member of the Naval Board	(shown as Cresswell); also KCMG
Walter Crocker		1978	In recognition of service to the public
Charles Cutler		1973	Deputy Premier of New South Wales
Edgeworth David		1920	Services during the war
Alfred Charles Davidson		1938	General manager of the Bank of New South Wales
Charles Davidson		1964	Public services
Daryl Dawson	living	1982	Judge of the High Court of Australia
William Deane	living	1982	Judge of the High Court of Australia
Hugh Denison		1923	Service to the Commonwealth
David Derham		1977	Vice-Chancellor of the University of Melbourne
Roy Dowling		1957	Honours List	; also KCVO
Alexander (Alick) Downer		1965	High Commissioner to the United Kingdom	, (appears as 2 separate entries in It's an Honour)
Russell Dumas		1964	In recognition of service to the Public Service in Western Australia	; also Knight Bachelor
John Wallace Dunlop		1971	In recognition of service to industry
Donald Dunstan		1980	Chief of the General Staff
Clifden Henry Andrews Eager		1952	President of the Legislative Council of Victoria	; also Knight Bachelor
James Alexander Mackenzie Elder		1925	Commonwealth Commissioner in the USA
Kevin Ellis		1969	In recognition of service as Speaker of the NSW Legislative Assembly
David Fairbairn		1978	In recognition of service to Parliament
Allen Fairhall		1970	Minister of Defence
Andrew Walker Fairley		1951	In recognition of service to the Public Service in Victoria
Neil Fairley		1950	In recognition of service to tropical medicine
James Oswald Fairfax		1926	In recognition of service as Chairman of the Empire Press Union
James Freeman		1977	Roman Catholic Archbishop of Sydney
Gordon Freeth		1978	High Commissioner in London
John Russell French		1918	General manager of the Bank of New South Wales
Wilfred Fullagar		1955	Judge of the High Court
Hudson Fysh		1953	Chairman of QANTAS
Victor Garland		1982	In recognition of service to parliament
Ragnar Garrett		1959	Chief of the General Staff
Harry Gibbs		1970	In recognition of service to the law	; also GCMG
Robert Gibson		1920	Services to the Repatriation Office	; also GBE
Norman Gilroy		1969	In recognition for service as Roman Catholic Archbishop of Sydney
Philip Goldfinch		1934	Chairman of the British Settlers Committee
Launcelot Goody		1977	In recognition of service to the Roman Catholic Church, particularly as the Archbishop of Perth
Eugene Gorman		1966	Services to the dried fruits industry
Guy Green		1982	Chief Justice of Tasmania
Richard Kenneth Green		1957	Senior Puisne Judge – Supreme Court of Tasmania
John Grindrod		1983	Services to religion
William Archer Gunn		1961	Chairman of the Australian Wool Bureau
William Henry Hall		1979	Service to veterans	; also Knight Bachelor
Reginald Halse		1962	Archbishop of Brisbane
Keith Hancock		1965	Professor of History at the ANU
Val Hancock		1962	Honours List
Mostyn Hanger		1973	Chief Justice of Queensland
Colin Hannah		1971	Chief of the Air Staff	; also KCMG, KCVO
Wilfred Hastings Harrington		1963	Honours List
John Richards Harris		1937	Minister of Health in Victoria
John Harrison		1923	Chairman of the Disabled Soldiers Village
Frank Hassett		1976	Chief of the Defence Force Staff
Thomas Henley		1920	Member of the NSW Legislative Council
Denham Henty		1968	In recognition of service to political services in Tasmania
Edmund Herring		1943	For outstanding qualities of leadership in the S.W. Pacific area	; also KCMG
Leslie Herron		1966	For service as Chief Justice of New South Wales
Thomas Hiley		1966	Lately Deputy Premier of Queensland
William Frederick Holland		1961	President of the RSSAIL
Ivan Holyman		1956	Service to the transport industry
Samuel Hordern		1938	President of the NSW Royal Agricultural Society	; also Knight Bachelor
Henry Rudolph Howard		1963	Chairman of the Commonwealth Games Committee	; also Knight Bachelor
Herbert Sydney Hudd		1937	Minister of Railways & Marine in South Australia
William Hudson		1955	Chairman of the Snowy Mountains Authority
Alan Hulme		1971	Postmaster-General	Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
Thomas Ernest Victor Hurley		1950	Public services
Leonard Huxley		1964	Vice-Chancellor of the ANU
Kenneth Jacobs		1976	Service to law
George Jenkins		1946	Minister of Agriculture in South Australia
Asher Joel		1974	Services to the Community	; also Knight Bachelor
George Jones		1953	Honours List
William Raymond Kelly		1952	Chief Justice of the Arbitration Court
Alfred Newcombe Kemsley		1980	Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne
Wilfrid Kent Hughes		1957	Chairman of the Olympic Games Committee
William John Kilpatrick		1965	Public service
Frank Kitto		1955	Judge of the High Court
Harold Knight		1980	Services to banking
John Lavarack		1942	Operations in the Middle East	; also KCMG, KCVO
Arthur James Lee		1966	President of the RSSAIL
Ernest Henry Lee-Steere		1988	Lord Mayor of Perth
Frank Little		1977	Roman Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne
Marcus Loane		1976	Archbishop of Sydney
Arthur MacDonald		1978	Chief of the Defence Force Staff
William George Albert Mack		1967	Chief Justice of Queensland
Iven Mackay		1941	Operations in the Middle East
Thomas Chester Manifold		1965	Services to horse racing and Victoria community	; also Knight Bachelor
Henry Edward Manning		1939	Attorney-General of New South Wales
Anthony Mason	living	1972	Services to law
David Masson		1923	Professor of Chemistry at Melbourne University
Louis Matheson		1976	Services to education and to Victoria
William George McBeath		1920	Service during the War
John McCauley		1955	Honours List
James McCay		1919	Service during the war	; also KCMG
Emmet McDermott		1972	Lord Mayor of Sydney
Charles George McDonald		1970	Chancellor of the University of Sydney	; also Knight Bachelor
William D'Arcy McDonald		1964	Chairman of the Commonwealth Bank
Lyell McEwin		1954	Minister of Health & Mines in South Australia
James Robert McGregor		1956	Services to the wool industry
Malcolm McIntosh		1956	Minister of Works in South Australia
Alick Benson McKay		1977	Services to Victoria & to newspapers
Ross McLarty		1953	Premier of Western Australia
Ian McLennan		1963	Services to industry	; also KCMG
Neville McNamara		1981	Honours List
Alan McNicoll		1966	Honours List
Walter McNicoll		1937	Administrator of New Guinea
William McPherson		1923	Treasurer of Victoria
Edward McTiernan		1951	Judge of the High Court
Alfred William Meeks		1920	Member of the NSW Legislative Council
Leslie Melville		1957	Vice-Chancellor of the ANU
Douglas Menzies		1958	Judge of the High Court
Harrison Moore		1925	Professor of Law at Melbourne University
Kenneth Morris		1968	Services to parliament & the community
Leslie Morshead		1942	Distinguished service in the Middle East	; also KCB
Alan Whiteside Munro		1965	Minister of Industrial Development in Queensland
Alister Murdoch		1966	Honours List
James Anderson Murdoch		1928	Public & charitable services
Rupert Myers		1981	Services to education & science
Maurice Arnold Nathan		1963	Lord Mayor of Melbourne
Frank Kingsley Norris		1957	Services to medicine
James O'Collins		1980	Services to religion & the community
Mark Oliphant		1959	Director of the School of Science at the ANU
Neil O'Sullivan		1959	Attorney-General of the Commonwealth
Frank Packer		1971	Services to Australian & International Yachting	; also Knight Bachelor
Shane Paltridge		1966	Leader of the Government in the Senate	; appointed KBE 1 January 1966, and died 21 January
Herbert Angas Parsons		1945	Senior Puisne Judge in Queensland	(shown as Herbert Angis Parsons); also Knight Bachelor
Baden Pattinson		1962	Minister of Education in South Australia
Richard Peek		1972	Chief of the Naval Staff
Frederick Beaumont Phillips		1956	Chief Justice of Papua New Guinea
John Phillips		1972	Services to banking
Roslyn Philp		1958	Senior Puisne Judge in Queensland
Reginald Pollard		1961	Honours List	; also KCVO
Charles Read		1976	Chief of the Air Staff
Arthur Rickard		1920	Services during the War
Horace Robertson		1950	Honours List
Macpherson Robertson		1935	Philanthropic services in Victoria	; also Knight Bachelor
Thomas Robinson		1917	Agent-General for Queensland in London	; also Knight Bachelor, KCMG, GBE
Percival Halse Rogers		1939	Judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales
Robert Bell Roscoe		1981	Public services
John Rossiter		1978	Agent-General for Victoria in London
Sydney Rowell		1953	Chief of the General Staff
James Rowland		1977	Chief of the Air Staff
Charles Ryan		1919	Service during the war
Arthur Rylah		1968	Deputy Premier of Victoria
John Sanderson		1937	Services to the Commonwealth
Bruce Saunders	living	2012	For service to business and public and community development	Awarded on the recommendation of the Solomon Islands government
Stanley Savige		1950	Honours List
Frederick Scherger		1958	Honours List
Francis Palmer Selleck		1957	Lord Mayor of Melbourne	; also Knight Bachelor
Joseph Aloysius Sheehy		1970	Senior Puisne Judge in Queensland
Mark Sheldon		1924	Services to the Commonwealth	; also Knight Bachelor
Colin Sinclair		1953	Service to the public & the pastoral industry
Joynton Smith		1920	Services during the war
Keith Smith		1919	England-Australia flight
Ross Smith		1919	England-Australia flight
Victor Smith		1969	Chief of the Naval Staff
Sydney Snow		1936	Public services
Percy Spender		1952	Australian Ambassador to the USA	; also KCVO
Richard Hawdon Stawell		1929	President of the Melbourne Hospital
Clive Selwyn Steele		1953	Services to engineering
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
Hugh David Stevenson		1977	Chief of the Naval Staff
George Steward		1918	Service to the Commonwealth Government
Hector Hamilton Stewart		1976	Service to medicine & the community
Phillip Nigel Warrington Strong		1970	Primate of Australia
Vernon Sturdee		1951	Honours List
Reginald Swartz		1972	Minister for National Development
Geoffrey Syme		1941	Service to journalism
George Syme		1924	Service to Victoria
Anthony Synnot		1979	Chief of the Naval Staff
Alan Taylor		1955	Judge of the High Court
Vernon Haddon Treatt		1970	Chief Commissioner for Sydney
Donald Trescowthick		1979	Services to the community
John Evenden Virtue		1975	Senior Puisne Judge in Western Australia
Charles Graham Waddell		1927	Service to the Commonwealth
Geoffrey Archer Walch		1954	Public service in Tasmania
Cyril Walsh		1969	Judge of the High Court
Arthur George Warner		1962	Minister of Transport in Victoria	; also Knight Bachelor
Edward Emerton Warren		1959	Services to the coal industry	; also KCMG
William Webb		1954	Judge of the High Court
Henry Wells		1956	Chief of the General Staff
Frederick William George White		1962	Chairman of the CSIRO
Thomas White		1952	ppAustralian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom]]
Bruce Williams		1980	Services to education and to government
Dudley Williams		1954	Judge of the High Court
Edward Williams		1981	Services to law & the community	; also KCMG
Richard Williams		1954	Director-General of Civil Aviation since 1946
Eric Willis		1975	Deputy Premier of New South Wales
James Willis		1981	Chief of the Naval Staff
Kenneth Agnew Wills		1960	Member of the Universities Commission
Ronald Wilson		1979	Judge of the High Court
Victor Wilson		1926	Services to the Empire Exhibition
John Wilton		1964	Chief of the General Staff
Victor Windeyer		1958	Judge of the High Court
Frank Woods		1972	Primate of Australia
George Wootten		1958	Chairman of the Repatriation Commission
Guilford Young		1978	Services to the church
Walter Young		1932	Chairman of the SA Committee on Finance

Dames Commander (DBE)

Name	Living	Date	Citation	Reference and comments
Edith Teschemaker Anderson		1937	Public service in New South Wales
Judith Anderson		1960	In recognition of service to the performing arts
Jacobena Angliss		1975	Community and welfare services
Mary V. Austin		1979	In recognition of service to community and welfare services
Zara Bate		1968	Devotion to the public interest	; 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
Alice Berry		1960	In recognition of service to country women
Margaret Blackwood		1981	In recognition of service to the [sic] education
Helen Blaxland		1975	In recognition of service to the community
Jill Bolte		1973	Public service to Victoria
Sister Philippa Brazill		1979	In recognition of service to the community
Marie Breen		1979	In recognition of service to the community
Mabel Brookes		1955	In recognition of service to charitable and social welfare services
Edith Burnside		1976	In recognition of service to hospitals and the community
Nancy Buttfield		1972	In recognition of service to political and public services
Rita Mary Buxton		1969	In recognition of service to charities
Carmen Callil		2017	Publishing
Kate Isabel Campbell		1971	In recognition of service to the welfare of Australian children
Florence Cardell-Oliver		1951	WA Minister of Health (Mrs Cardell-Oliver)	(as Annie Florence Gillies)
Alice Chisholm		1920	Organisation of canteens for the troops
Rachel Cleland		1980	n/a
Mabel Irene Coles		1971	In recognition of service to charities
Mary Cook[4]		1925
Gertrude Cosgrove		1947	In recognition of service to the Public service in Tasmania
Elizabeth Couchman		1961	In recognition of service to public and patriotic services
Mary Cramer		1971	In recognition of service to the public
Mary Daly		1951	In recognition of service to social welfare
Constance Elizabeth D'Arcy		1935	In recognition of service to the welfare of children
Florence Bligh, Countess of Darnley		1919	n/a
Joyce Daws		1975	In recognition of service to medicine
Mary Durack		1978	In recognition of service to literature
Doris Fitton		1982	In recognition of service to the theatre
Phyllis Frost		1974	In recognition of service to the community
Monica Gallagher		1976	In recognition of service to the community
Mary Gilmore		1937	In recognition for leading women in 'New Australian Movement' and as a writer of verse, stories and essays
Margaret Guilfoyle		1980	Public & Parliamentary service
Joan Hammond		1974	Distinguished services to music
Mary Herring		1960	In recognition of service to nursing in Victoria
Patricia Hewitt	living	2025	For services to Healthcare Transformation	Awarded as part of the 2025 New Year Honours[6]
Carol Kidu[4]	living	2005		[7] Papua New Guinean 2005 New Year's Honours
Leonie Kramer		1983	Services to literature and the public
Ruby Litchfield		1981	Service to the performing arts & the community
Annie McEwen		1966	Public services
Patricia Mackinnon		1977	Distinguished service to Royal Children's Hospital
Ella Macknight		1969	Services to medicine
Jean Macnamara		1935	In recognition of service to the welfare of children
Ida Mann		1980	Services to the welfare of Aboriginals
Nellie Melba		1918	Patriotic work during the war	; also GBE
Roma Mitchell		1982	Community services
Elisabeth Murdoch		1963	Social welfare services
Merlyn Myer		1960	Charitable services
Olivia Newton-John		2020
Ada Norris		1976	Distinguished community service
Marjorie Parker		1977	Distinguished community service
Annabelle Rankin		1957	Political and public services
Audrey Reader		1978	Service to women's affairs and politics
Joan Howard Roberts		1978	Services to the handicapped
Raigh Roe		1980	Services to women
Margaret Scott		1981	Services to ballet (Mrs Denton)
Hilda Stevenson		1968	Social welfare services
Joan Sutherland		1979	In recognition of service to the performing arts
Dorothy Tangney		1968	Service to the Western Australia [sic] Parliament	; 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
Eadith Walker		1928	Philanthropic & charitable services
Ivy Wedgwood		1967	Services to Parliament

Knights Bachelor

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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
Tei Abal		1976
Albert Francis Abbott		1981	Services to local government
Charles Abbott		1960	Judge of the Supreme Court of South Australia
Thomas à Beckett		1909	Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria
Peter Abeles		1972	Services to transport & Melbourne University
Alastair Duncan Grant Adam		1970	Judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria
Kenneth Thomas Adamson		1968	Services to the dental profession
Garrick Agnew		1982	Service to industry & commerce
Alexis Albert		1972	In recognition of service to industry & the community
Henry Graham Alderman		1962	In recognition of services to the legal profession
George Mason Allard		1926	In recognition of services to banking
Gordon Laidlaw Allard		1981	In recognition of services to the Royal Victoria Eye & Ear Hospital
Carleton Allen		1952
Harry Brookes Allen		1914	Dean of Medicine at the University of Melbourne
William Guildford Allen (senior)		1973	Services to the pastoral industry in Queensland
William Guildford Allen (junior)		1981	In recognition of service to broadcasting & the pastoral industry
William John Allison		1954	In recognition of service to Australian commerce	; also KBE
Arthur Barton Pilgrim Amies		1957	In recognition of service to the dentistry as Dean at the University of Melbourne
Donald Anderson		1967	Director-General of the Civil Aviation Department
Francis Anderson		1936	Services to the University of Sydney
John Muir Anderson		1969	In recognition of service to the community
Ken Anderson		1970	Minister for Supply	; also KBE
William Hewson Anderson		1965	In recognition of service to the Public service
Dormer Andrews		1987	In recognition of service as Chief Justice of Queensland
Keith Angas		1952	Service to the pastoral industry
William Angliss		1939	In recognition of service to the public service in Victoria
Tristan Antico		1973	In recognition of service to industry
Archibald Archer		1981	In recognition of service to the primary industry, government and to the community
Alfred Norman Armstrong		1966	In recognition of service to banking & export
Alfred Henry Ashbolt		1925	Agent-General for Tasmania in London
Will Ashton		1960	Service as Chairman of the Commonwealth Art Advisory Board
Harold George Aston		1983	Services to industry
John Atwill		1979	In recognition of service to commerce
John Worroker Austin		1971	In recognition of service to industry
James Frederick John Auswild		1974	In recognition of service to commerce
Kenneth Bailey		1958	Commonwealth Solicitor-General
James Balderstone		1983	In recognition of service to primary industry and commerce
John Vincent Barry		1961
Redmond Barry[4]		1877		also KCMG
Peter Barter[4]
Garfield Barwick		1953	In recognition of service to the Public service	; also AK, GCMG
Noel Bayliss		1979	In recognition of service to education at Murdoch University	; also CBE
Frank Beaurepaire		1942	Lord Mayor of Melbourne
George Bedbrook		1978	In recognition of paraplegic rehabilitation	; also OBE
Marcus Beeck		1979	Service to agriculture
Harold Garfield Behan		1977	For distinguished service to local government and primary industry
Arnold Lucas Bennett		1975	In recognition of service to legal advocacy
Angus Bethune		1979	In recognition of service to the Federal Parliament [sic]	; 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
Cyril Pangbourne Bird		1968
Hermann Black		1974	Chancellor of the University of Sydney
Charles Blackburn		1936	Member of the NSW Council of the BMA	; also KCMG
Richard Blackburn		1983	In recognition of service to law
Robert Blackwood		1961	In recognition of service to Monash University
James Blair		1930	Chief Justice of Queensland	; also KCMG
Thomas Blamey		1935	Commissioner of Police in Victoria	; also KCB, GBE
Henry Bland		1965	Secretary of the Department of Labour
Lavington Bonython		1935	In recognition of service to philanthropy
Stewart Bovell		1976	For long and outstanding service to Western Australia
Geoffrey Fraser Bowen		1977	In recognition of distinguished service to commerce in the field of banking.
John Bowser		1927	Speaker of the Victorian Legislative Assembly
Jack Brabham		1979	In recognition of service to motor sport
Donald Bradman		1949	In recognition of service to the sport of cricket
William Lawrence Bragg[4]		1941
Laurence Brodie-Hall		1982	In recognition of service to the mining industry in WA
Norman Brookes		1939	In recognition of service to public service
Wilfred Deakin Brookes		1979
Allen Brown		1956	Secretary of the Prime Minister's Department
Thomas Buckland		1935	Chairman of the Bank of New South Wales
Harry Budd		1970
John Bunting		1964	Secretary to the Prime Minister's Department	; also KBE
Macfarlane Burnet		1951	Services to biological research	; also KBE, AK
Walter Burnett		1988	Services to the community
Sam Burston		1977	In recognition of service to primary industry
Richard Butler I		1913	Former Premier of South Australia
John Butters		1927	Commissioner of the Federal Capital Commission
Maurice Byers		1982	In recognition of service to public service
Bede Callaghan		1976	In recognition of service to banking
Frank Callaway		1981	In recognition of service to music education
Bernard Callinan		1977	Victoria [sic]
Ewen Paul Cameron		1961	Minister of Health in Victoria
Roy Cameron		1957	Pathologist
Walter Campbell		1979	In recognition of service to government, law and education
Edward Carlile		1913	Parliamentary Draftsman Victoria
Alan Carmody		1978	In recognition of service to the Public service
Roderick Carnegie		1978	In recognition of service to industry	Archived 2017-12-30 at the Wayback Machine
Stanley Carver		1962	Commonwealth Statistician
Walter Cawthorn		1958	High Commissioner to Pakistan
Michael Chamberlin		1964
Frederick Oliver Chilton		1969
Giles Chippindall		1955
Raphael Cilento		1935	Director-General of the Queensland Health Dept
Christopher Clark	living	2015	For services to British German relations
Hector Clayton		1968	In recognition of service to commerce
Donald Cleland		1961	Administrator of Papua New Guinea
Ian Clunies Ross		1954	Chairman of the CSIRO
Timothy Coghlan		1914	Agent-General for New South Wales in London	; also KCMG
Edward Cohen		1970	Businessman and philanthropist
William Cole		1981	In recognition of service to the public service
Hal Colebatch		1927	Agent-General for Western Australian in London
Arthur Coles		1960	In recognition of service to public service
Edgar Coles		1959	In recognition of service to philanthropy
George Coles		1957	Director of the National Bank of Australia
Kenneth Coles		1957	In recognition of service to charities
Norman Coles		1977	In recognition of service to commerce
Francis Raymond Connelly		1948	Lord Mayor of Melbourne
James Connolly		1920	Agent-General for the State of Western Australia
Alan Cooley		1976	In recognition of service to the Public service
Pope Cooper		1904	Chief Justice of Queensland	; also KCMG
Walter Cooper		1959	Minister for Repatriation
John Cornforth[4]		1977
Charles Court		1972	In recognition of service to the government of WA	; also AK, KCMG
Darcy Cowan		1955	In recognition of service to medicine
John Cowan		1944	Member of the South Australia Legislative Council
Zelman Cowen		1976	Vice-Chancellor of the University of Queensland	; also AK, GCMG, GCVO
Norman Cowper		1967	n/a
John Cramer		1964	Minister for the Army
John Crawford		1959	Secretary of the Department of Trade
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
Arthur Cudmore		1945	President of the South Australia Medical Board	; also CMG
Collier Cudmore		1958	Member - South Australia Legislative Council	Archived 2022-11-14 at the Wayback Machine
William Portus Cullen		1912	Lt Governor & Chief Justice of NSW	; also KCMG
Adrian Curlewis		1967	In recognition of service to the community
Neil Currie		1982	In recognition of service to the public
Leo Cussen		1922	Judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria
William Dargie		1970	Chairman – Commonwealth Art Advisory Board	Archived 2014-10-31 at the Wayback Machine
Frederick Darley[4]		1887		also KCMG, GCMG
James Darling		1968	Chairman of the ABC
Peter Delamothe		1973	Agent-General for Queensland in London
Harold "Jack" Dickinson		1975	Chairman of the NSW Public Service Board
Leslie Diver		1975	Services to local government in WA
William Dobell		1966	In recognition of service to the arts
John Dodds[4]				also KCMG
Lorimer Dods		1962	In recognition of service to medicine, particularly in the field of paedeatrics [sic]
Lloyd Dumas		1946	In recognition of service to the Public service in South Australia
Russell Dumas		1959	In recognition of service to the Public service	; also KBE
Frederick Dutton		1921
John Dwyer		1946	Chief Justice of Western Australia	; also KCMG
Walter Dwyer		1949	President of the Arbitration Court of WA
Gilbert Dyett		1934	National President of the RSL 1919–1946
Clifden Henry Andrews Eager		1945	Member – Victoria War Advisory Committee	; also KBE
Donald Eckersley		1981	In recognition of service to primary industry
Rod Eddington[4]	living			This award was made on the recommendation of the UK Government
Llew Edwards			Services to the Parliament of Queensland
Vincent Fairfax		1971	In recognition of service to youth, finance and the press
Warwick Oswald Fairfax		1967	In recognition of service to the community
Marc Feldmann	living	2010	For services to Medicine	;[8] also AC
Raymond Ferrall		1981	In recognition of service to industry, commerce and to the community	; also CBE
James Hurtle Fisher		1860	President of the Legislative Council, South Australia	[9] First resident of South Australia to be knighted[10]
Norman Seymour Fletcher		1977	services to the agricultural and pastoral industries.
Howard Florey[4]		1944		; also a life peer
Geoffrey Foot		1984	In recognition of service to the community
James Foots		1975	In recognition of service to the mining industry in Queensland
Frank Fox		1926	Fellowship of British Empire Exhibition
Nathaniel Bernard Freeman		1967	In recognition of service to public welfare	; also CBE (Civil)
Leslie Froggatt		1981	In recognition of service to commerce and industry
John Fuller		1974	Minister for Development in New South Wales
Robert Garran		1917	Commonwealth Solicitor-General	; also KCMG, GCMG
Arthur George		1972	In recognition of service to the Australian/Greek community	Archived 2020-07-25 at the Wayback Machine
Archibald Glenn		1966	For distinguished service, particularly as Chairman of the Interim Council of Latrobe University
James Gobbo		1982	Services to migrants
John Goodsell		1968	Chairman of the NSW Public Service Board
James Hay Gosse		1947	In recognition of public service in South Australia
Albert Gould		1908	In recognition of service as President of the Senate
Andrew Grimwade		1980	Services to industry & commerce
Roy Grounds		1969	Architecture
John Winthrop Hackett		1911	Member of the Legislative Council of WA	; also KCMG
William Henry Hall		1968	Services to ex-servicemen	; also KBE
Clarence Harders		1977	Public service
James Hardy		1981	Services to yachting
David Hay		1979	Public service
Bernard Heinze		1949	Professor of Music at Melbourne University
Lenox Hewitt		1971	For service as Secretary of the Prime Minister's Department
Peter Heydon		1970	Secretary of the Department of Immigration
Tasman Heyes		1960	Secretary of the Department of Immigration
Leo Hielscher	living	1987	Public service
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	; also AM
James Holden		1963	Director of General Motors-Holden
John Holland		1973	Services to engineering	(as Holland, Clifton Vaughan)
Samuel Hordern		1919	President of the NSW Royal Agricultural Society	; also KBE
Henry Rudolph Howard		1961	Lord Mayor of Perth	; also KBE
Edward Stuart Reginald Hughes		1977	For distinguished service to medicine
Herbert Hyland		1952	Leader of the Victorian Country Party
Brian Inglis		1977	Services to industry
Lawrence Jackson		1964	Senior Puisne Judge in Western Australia	; also KCMG
Robert Jackson		1956		also KCVO
Walter James		1907	Agent-General for Western Australia in London	also KCMG
Asher Joel		1971	Services to the community	; 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.	;[11] 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
Charles Kingsford Smith		1932	For services to Aviation in the Commonwealth of Australia
Richard Kingsland		1978	Public Service
John Kirwan		1930	President of the WA Legislative Council	; also KCMG
George Knibbs		1923	Director of the Bureau of Science & Industry
Errol Knox		1949	Public Service	(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	; also KSJI
Alfred Langler		1927	Director of West Australian Newspapers
Peter Lawler		1981	Public service	; also OBE
Luke Leake[4]		1897
Walter Lee		1920	Premier of Tasmania	; also KCMG
Ernest Augustus Lee Steere		1948	Public service
John Lienhop		1952	Agent-General for Victoria in London
Albert Lind		1951	Member of the Legislative Assembly of Victoria
Nicholas Lockyer		1926	Chairman of the Forces Canteen Trust Fund
Raymond Douglas Logan		1983	Services to cattle industry in Queensland
David Walter Longland		1977	Services to the Crown & cerebral palsied in Qld
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
Alexander MacCormick		1913	Services to medicine in New South Wales	; also KCMG
Charles Mackellar		1912	President of the NSW State Children's Relief Board	; also KCMG
Charles Mackerras		1979
John Madden[4]		1893		also KCMG, GCMG
Thomas Maltby		1949	Speaker of the Victorian Legislative Assembly
Thomas Chester Manifold		1953	Services to politics & the public	; also KBE
Frederick Mann		1933	Judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria	(as Fred Mann); also KCMG
Norman Martin		1949	Agent-General for Victoria in London
Robert Mathers		1981	Queensland businessman; Chairman of Mathers Shoes
Robert May		1995		also a life peer
John McCall		1911	Agent-General for Tasmania in London	; also KCMG
Graham McCamley	living	1986
Eric McClintock		1981
Leslie McConnan		1951	Chief manager of the National Bank of Australia
James McCusker		1983	Services to building societies in WA
Osborn McCutcheon		1966	Services to architecture
Charles George McDonald		1962	Services to the medical profession	; also KBE
Robert Ross McDonald		1950	Minister of Housing & Forests in WA
Ian McFarlane		1984	Mining businessman
Malcolm Kenneth McIntosh		1995	Chief of Defence Procurement, (UK) Ministry of Defence
William McKie		1953	Organist and Master of the Choristers, Westminster Abbey
John McLaren		1935	Secretary, London High Commission
Robert McMillan		1916	Chief Justice of Western Australia	; also KCMG
Archie Michaelis		1952	Speaker of the Victoria Legislative Assembly
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
Frank Moore
John Morris		1943	Chief Justice of Tasmania	; also KCMG
Peter Morris
Laurence Muir
Angus Murray (doctor)		1966	President of the Australian Medical Association
Norman Myer		1956	For public and philanthropic services in the State of Victoria
Crawford Nalder		1974	Deputy Premier of Western Australia
Mellis Napier		1943	Lt Governor & Chief Justice of South Australia	; also KCMG
Charles Nathan		1928	Development & Migration Commission
Eric Neal	living
Douglas Nicholls		1972	Advancement of the Aboriginal people	; also KCVO
Herbert Nicholls		1916	Chief Justice of Tasmania	; also KCMG
Arthur William Nicholson		1968
Robert Norman		1989	Services to the people of North Queensland
Thomas North		1982	Services to the retail industry
Gustav Nossal	living
Desmond O'Neil		1979	Deputy Premier of Western Australia
Hubert Opperman		1968	High Commissioner to Malta
Frank Packer		1959	Services to journalism & newspaper industry	; also KBE
Herbert Kingsley Paine		1953	Judge
Arvi Parbo		1977	Services to industry
Stephen Parker		1908	Chief Justice of Western Australia	; also KCMG
Nick Parkinson		1979	Ambassador to the USA
Herbert Angas Parsons		1936	Puisne Judge in South Australia	(shown as Herbert Angus Parsons); also KBE
Dennis Paterson
George Whitecross Paton		1957	Vice Chancellor Melbourne University
Arthur Petfield		1968
William Pettingell		1972	Services to finance and government
John Pidgeon
Noel Power		1999	Lately Acting-Chief Justice, Hong Kong
William Prentice		1977	Services to the law (Papua New Guinea)
Louis Pyke		1978	Services to the Multiple Sclerosis Society
James Ramsay		1976	Lieutenant-Governor of Western Australia	; also KCMG, KCVO
John Ramsay		1939	Services to surgery
Thomas Meek Ramsay		1972	For public service and services to commerce
Richard Randall
Benjamin Rank		1972	Services to medicine
William Refshauge		1966	Director-General of Health
Clem Renouf		1988	Outstanding service to the community
Horace Richardson (retailer)		1953	Public service
Robert Risson		1970
Malcolm Ritchie (Thomas Malcolm Ritchie)		1951	Services to politics
Stephen Henry Roberts		1965	Vice-Chancellor of the University of Sydney	; also CMG
Macpherson Robertson		1932	Services to Antarctic expeditions	; 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	; also KCMG, KBE, GBE
Dudley Bruce Ross		1962	Judge of the Supreme Court of South Australia
Sydney Schubert		1985	Permanent Head, Qld Premier's Department
Harold Seddon		1951	President of the Legislative Council, State of Western Australia
Francis Selleck		1956	Lord Mayor of Melbourne	; also KBE
Allan Sewell (John Allan Sewell)		1977	Auditor-General of Queensland
Christopher Sheehy		1959	Chairman Australian Dairy Produce Board	; also OBE
Nicholas Shehadie		1976	Lord Mayor of Sydney	; also AC, OBE
Mark Sheldon		1922	Services to the Commonwealth	; also KBE
Hercules Sinnamon		1985	Services to the community	; also OBE
Pascal Soriot	living	2022	Services to the community, principally the AstraZeneca vaccine
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
Charles Spry		1964	Public service	; also CBE
George Stening		1968	CEO of the Order of St John of Jerusalem
Lancelot Stirling		1902	President of the SA Legislative Council	; also KCMG
Edward Stone		1902	Chief Justice of Western Australia	; also KCMG
Colin Syme		1963	President of the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Research	; also AK
George Tallis		1922	Services to the Commonwealth; services to the theatre and for wartime fund-raising
Gordon Taylor		1954	Aviator
Leslie Thiess		1971	Mining and construction
Robert Thomas		1909	Newspaper proprietor
Evan Rees Whitaker Thomson		1977	Services to the medical profession and related fields of endeavour
Joseph Totterdell		1953	Lord Mayor of Perth
(Sydney) Lance Townsend		1971	Professor of Obstetrics at Melbourne University
Thomas Travers		1972	Services to medicine
Leon Trout		1959	Public service in Queensland
Ian Turbott		1967		(knighthood awarded before emigrating to Australia)
William Tyree		1975	Services to the community	; also OBE
William Vines		1976	Services to primary industry	; also AC, CMG
Eric von Schramek		1981	Services to architecture
Charles Wade		1918	Agent-General for New South Wales in London	; also KCMG
Samuel Walder		1933	Lord Mayor of Sydney
Gordon Wallace		1968
Arthur Warner		1956	Minister of Transport in Victoria	; also KBE
Bruce Watson		1985	Services to Queensland industry
Alan Westerman		1963	Secretary of the Department of Trade	; 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	; also CBE
Roland Wilson		1955	Secretary to the Treasury	; also CBE
Henry Winneke		1957	Solicitor-General of Victoria	; also KCMG, KCVO
Edward Woodward		1982	Public Service
Reg Wright		1978	Services to the Parliament of Tasmania
Geoffrey Yeend		1979	Public service	Archived 2018-11-04 at the Wayback Machine; also AC, CBE
Harold Wyndham		1969	Services to education
John Yocklunn		1975	In recognition of politics and government in Papua New Guinea	; also KCVO

New Zealand Order of Merit

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

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

Non-Australian knights and dames with significant Australian associations

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.[12]
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.[13]
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.[14]
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.[15]
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.[13]
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.[16][17] He resides in Barbados.

See also

• Living Australian knights and dames
• List of knights and dames of the Order of Australia
• Australian peers and baronets