Australian knights and dames

This is an incomplete list of all Australians who have ever 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 deceased persons.

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

• an Australian citizen (note that 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.

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. Foreign knights or dames do not use the titles "Sir" or "Dame" or the use post nominals. For example the late Dr Malcolm Mackintosh who was appointed Companion of the Order of Australia in the Australia Day Honours List in 1999 and was created Knight Bachelor in the British New Year’s Honours List in 1995 is correctly known as Dr Malcolm Mackintosh AC without the title 'Sir'.

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 persons 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 Australia

Knights and Dames of the Order of Australia:

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

Dames (AD)

Name	Living	Date	Citation	Reference and comments
Quentin Bryce	living	2014	Governor-General 2008-2014
Alexandra Hasluck		1978	For pre-eminent achievement in the fields of literature and history and for extraordinary and meritorious public service to Australia	[1]
Enid Lyons		1980	For public and parliamentary service to Australia over many years	[2]; also GBE

Knights (AK)

Name	Living	Date	Citation	Reference and comments
Garfield Barwick		1981	In recognition of service to the Australian Parliament, government and the law	[3]; also Knight Bachelor, GCMG
Macfarlane Burnet		1978	For extraordinary and meritorious service to medicine and to science particularly in the fields of microbiology and immunology	[4]; also Knight Bachelor, KBE
Peter Cosgrove	living	2014	Governor-General 2014-
Charles Court		1982	In recognition of service to politics and local government	[5]; also Knight Bachelor, KCMG
Zelman Cowen		1977	–	[6]; Cowen was appointed AK upon his appointment as Governor-General; also Knight Bachelor, GCMG, GCVO
Roden Cutler		1981	In recognition of service to the Crown	[7]; also KCMG, KCVO
Gordon Jackson		1983	For service to industry and to the community	[8]
John Kerr		1976	n/a	[9]; 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	For extraordinary and pre-eminent achievement and merit in the field of government	[10]; also KT
Ninian Stephen	living	1982	Governor-General 1982–89	[11]; Stephen was appointed AK upon his appointment as Governor-General; also KG, GCMG, GCVO, KBE
Colin Syme		1977	For extra-ordinary and meritorious service to industry, particularly in the fields of research and technology	[12]; also Knight Bachelor
Roy Wright		1983	For service to education, learning and medicine	[13]

Note: This is a complete list of the Australians who were 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.

Order of the Bath

Knights of the Order of the Bath:

Knights Grand Cross (GCB)

Name	Living	Date	Citation	Reference and comments
William Heseltine	living	1990		also KCB, KCVO, GCVO
Isaac Isaacs		1937	Governor-General from 1931 to 1936	[14]; also KCMG, GCMG
George Reid		1916	Prime Minister from 1904 to 1905	[15]; also KCMG, GCMG

Knights Commander (KCB)

Name	Living	Date	Citation	Reference and comments
Thomas Blamey		1942	Commander-in-Chief of the AMF	[16]; also Knight Bachelor, GBE
William Bridges		1915	Australian Imperial Force	[17]; 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		1918	AIF – for the capture of Jerusalem	[18]; also KCMG, GCMG
John Gellibrand		1919	AIF – France & Flanders	[19]
William Glasgow		1919	AIF – France & Flanders	[20]
William Heseltine	living	1986		also GCB, KCVO, GCVO
Talbot Hobbs		1918	Australian Imperial Force	[21]; also KCMG
Neville Howse		1917	AIF – (Surgeon-General AAMC during WW2)	[22]; also KCMG
George Hyde		1934	RAN – Chief of the Naval Staff from 1931 to 1935	[23]
John Monash		1918	Australian Imperial Force	[24]; also GCMG
Leslie Morshead		1942	AMF – Commanded at siege of Tobruk	[25]; also KBE
Charles Rosenthal		1919	AIF – France & Flanders	[26]
Brudenell White		1927	Commonwealth Director of 1927 Royal Visit	[27]; also KCMG, KCVO

Order of the British Empire

Knights and Dames of the Order of the British Empire:

Dames Grand Cross (GBE)

Name	Date	Citation	Reference and comments
Mary Hughes	1922	Services to Australia during the war	[28]
Enid Lyons	1957	Public services to Australia	[29]; also AD
Nellie Melba	1927	Services to Australia	[30]; also DBE
Pattie Menzies	1954	Public services to Australia	[31]
Flora Reid	1917	Services to Australia during the war	[32]

Knights Grand Cross (GBE)

Name	Date	Citation	Reference and comments
Thomas Blamey	1943	C-in-C AMF & Cdr Allied Land Forces in SW Pacific	[33]; also Knight Bachelor, KCB
Owen Cox	1920	Service in connection with the war	[34]; also KBE
Robert Gibson	1932	Chairman of the Commonwealth Bank	[35]; also KBE
Thomas Robinson	1920	Agent-General for Queensland & services to AIF	[36]; also Knight Bachelor, KCMG, KBE

Dames Commander (DBE)

Name	Living	Date	Citation	Reference and comments
Edith Anderson		1937	Public service in New South Wales	[37]
Judith Anderson		1960	In recognition of service to the performing arts	[38]
Jacobena Angliss		1975	Community and welfare services	[39]
Mary V. Austin		1979	In recognition of service to community and welfare services	[40]
Zara Bate		1968	Devotion to the public interest	[41]; she was initially known as Dame Zara Holt (being the widow of Harold Holt), but later married Jeff Bate
Beryl Beaurepaire	living	1981	In recognition of service to women's affairs	[42]
Alice Berry		1960	In recognition of service to country women	[43]
Margaret Blackwood		1981	In recognition of service to the [sic] education	[44]
Helen Blaxland		1975	In recognition of service to the community	[45]
Edith Lillian Bolte		1973	Public service to Victoria	[46]
Sister Philippa Brazill		1979	In recognition of service to the community	[47]
Marie Breen		1979	In recognition of service to the community	[48]
Mabel Brookes		1955	In recognition of service to charitable and social welfare services	[49]
Edith Burnside		1976	In recognition of service to hospitals and the community	[50]
Nancy Buttfield		1972	In recognition of service to political and public services	[51]
Rita Mary Buxton		1969	In recognition of service to charities	[52]
Kate Isabel Campbell		1971	In recognition of service to the welfare of Australian children	[53]
Florence Cardell-Oliver		1951	WA Minister of Health (Mrs Cardell-Oliver)	[54] (as Annie Florence Gillies)
Alice Chisholm		1920	Organisation of canteens for the troops	[55]
Rachel Cleland		1980	n/a	[56]
Mabel Irene Coles		1971	In recognition of service to charities	[57]
Mary Cook		1925		[58]
Gertrude Cosgrove		1947	In recognition of service to the Public service in Tasmania	[59]
Elizabeth Couchman		1961	In recognition of service to public and patriotic services	[60]
Mary Cramer		1971	In recognition of service to the public	[61]
Mary Daly		1951	In recognition of service to social welfare	[62]
Constance Elizabeth D'Arcy		1935	In recognition of service to the welfare of children	[63]
Joyce Daws		1975	In recognition of service to medicine	[64]
Mary Durack		1978	In recognition of service to literature	[65]
Doris Fitton		1982	In recognition of service to the theatre	[66]
Phyllis Frost		1974	In recognition of service to the community	[67]
Monica Gallagher		1976	In recognition of service to the community	[68]
Mary Gilmore		1937	In recognition for leading women in 'New Australian Movement' and as a writer of verse, stories and essays	[69]
Margaret Guilfoyle	living	1980	Public & Parliamentary service	[70]
Joan Hammond		1974	Distinguished services to music	[71]
Mary Herring		1960	In recognition of service to nursing in Victoria	[72]
Carol Kidu	living	2005		Papua New Guinea New Year's Honours 2005
Leonie Kramer	living	1983	Services to literature and the public	[73]
Ruby Litchfield		1981	Service to the performing arts & the community	[74]
Annie McEwen		1966	Public services	[75]
Patricia Mackinnon		1977	Distinguished service to Royal Children's Hospital	[76]
Ella Macknight		1969	Services to medicine	[77]
Jean Macnamara		1935	In recognition of service to the welfare of children	[78]
Ida Mann		1980	Services to the welfare of Aboriginals	[79]
Nellie Melba		1918	Patriotic work during the war	[80]; also GBE
Roma Mitchell		1982	Community services	[81]
Elisabeth Murdoch		1963	Social welfare services	[82]
Merlyn Myer		1960	Charitable services	[83]
Ada Norris		1976	Distinguished community service	[84]
Marjorie Parker		1977	Distinguished community service	[85]
Annabelle Rankin		1957	Political and public services	[86]
Audrey Reader		1988	Service to women’s affairs and politics	[87]
Joan Howard Roberts		1978	Services to the handicapped	[88]
Raigh Roe	living	1980	Services to women	[89]
Florence Rose		1919	n/a	[90]
Margaret Scott	living	1981	Services to ballet (Mrs Denton)	[91]
Hilda Stevenson		1968	Social welfare services	[92]
Joan Sutherland		1979	In recognition of service to the performing arts	[93]
Dorothy Tangney		1968	Service to the Western Australia [sic] Parliament	[94]; the reference to the "Western Australia Parliament" is an error, as Tangney was never a member of that parliament
Peggy van Praagh		1970	Services to ballet	[95]
Eadith Walker		1928	Philanthropic & charitable services	[96]
Ivy Wedgwood		1967	Services to Parliament	[97]

Knights Commander (KBE)

Name	Living	Date	Citation	Reference and comments
Charles Adermann		1971	Political & public service	[98]
Keith Aickin		1976	In recognition of service to the law	[99]
John Allison		1959	Chairman of the Export Development Council	[100]
William John Allison		1954	n/a	[101]; also Knight Bachelor
Ken Anderson		1972	In recognition of service to the public service and politics	[102]; also Knight Bachelor
Reg Ansett		1969	In recognition of service to the transport industry	[103]
Stanley Argyle		1930	Minister of Health in Victoria	[104]
Albert Edwin Axon		1959	Chancellor of the University of Queensland	[105]
Clive Baillieu		1938	In recognition of service to the Public service	[106]; later 1st Baron Baillieu
James William Barrett		1918	Service in Egypt with the Red Cross	[107]
Walter Eric Bassett		1959	Public service & engineering	[108]
Philip Baxter		1965	Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission	[109]
Howard Beale		1961	Australian Ambassador to the USA	[110]
George Beeby		1939	Chief Justice of the Arbitration Court	[111]
Brian Ernest Bell		1994	Services to business and the community	Awarded on the recommendation of the Papua New Guinea government
Phillip Bennett	living	1983	Chief of the General Staff	[112]
Nigel Bowen		1976	In recognition of service to political services	[113]
Richard Boyer		1956	Chairman of the ABC	[114]
Henry Braddon		1920	Commonwealth Commissioner in the USA	[115]
Gerard Brennan	living	1981	Judge of the High Court of Australia	[116]
William Bridgeford		1956	Chief Executive of the Olympic Games	[117]
Charles Hart Bright		1980	In recognition of service to public service	[118]
George Brookman		1920	Services during the war	[119]
Michael Bruxner		1962	In recognition of service to public and political services	[120]
John Bunting		1977	Australian High Commissioner in London	[121]; also Knight Bachelor
Stanley Burbury		1958	Chief Justice of Tasmania	[122]; also KCMG, KCVO
Joseph Terence Anthony Burke		1980	In recognition of service to the arts	[123]
Macfarlane Burnet		1969	President of the Australian Academy of Science	[124]; also Knight Bachelor, AK
Henry Mackay Burrell		1960	Honours List	[125]
Samuel (Roy) Burston		1952	Honours List	[126]
Gordon Chalk		1971	Queensland Government Minister	[127]
Gilbert Chandler		1972	Leader of the Legislative Council of Victoria	[128]
Frederick Chaney (senior)		1982	In recognition of service to the community	[129]
John Clancy		1967	Chancellor of the University of Sydney	[130]
Harold Clapp		1941	In recognition of service to public service	[131]
Lindesay Clark		1968	In recognition of services to the mining industry	[132]
Reginald Marcus Clark		1939	In recognition of service to public services	[133]
Francis Grenville Clarke		1926	President of the Legislative Council of Victoria	[134]
William Clarkson		1918	Reorganisation of coastal shipping during the war	Appears twice: [135],[136]. Also CMG, Bio
Charles Percy Barlee Clubbe		1927	Service to the Commonwealth	[137]
Arthur Cocks		1923	Colonial Treasurer of New South Wales	[138]
John Collins		1951	n/a	[139]
Charles Wellington Connibere		1936	In recognition of service to charities	[140]
Virgil Copas		1982	Archbishop Emeritus of Papua New Guinea	[141]
Douglas Copland		1950	Prices Commissioner & Vice-Chancellor of the ANU	[142]
Magnus Cormack		1970	In recognition of service to political and public service	[143]
Owen Cox		1918	Chairman of the Overseas Shipping Committee	[144]; also GBE
John Gregory Crace		1947		[145]
William Rooke Creswell		1919	1st Naval Member of the Naval Board	[146] (shown as Cresswell); also KCMG
Walter Crocker		1978	In recognition of service to the public	[147]
Charles Cutler		1973	Deputy Premier of New South Wales	[148]
Edgeworth David		1920	Services during the war	[149]
Alfred Charles Davidson		1938	General Manager of the Bank of New South Wales	[150]
Charles Davidson		1964	Public services	[151]
Daryl Dawson	living	1982	Judge of the High Court of Australia	[152]
William Deane	living	1982	Judge of the High Court of Australia	[153]
Hugh Denison		1923	Service to the Commonwealth	[154]
David Derham		1977	Vice-Chancellor of the University of Melbourne	[155]
Roy Dowling		1957	Honours List	[156]; also KCVO
Alexander Downer, Sr.		1965	High Commissioner to the United Kingdom	[157], [158] (appears as 2 separate entries in It's an Honour)
Russell Dumas		1964	In recognition of service to the Public Service in Western Australia	[159]; also Knight Bachelor
John Wallace Dunlop		1971	In recognition of service to industry	[160]
Donald Dunstan		1980	Chief of the General Staff	[161]
Clifden Henry Andrew Eager		1952	President of the Legislative Council of Victoria	[162]; also Knight Bachelor
James Alexander Mackenzie Elder		1925	Commonwealth Commissioner in the USA	[163]
Kevin Ellis		1969	In recognition of service as Speaker of the NSW Legislative Assembly	[164]
David Fairbairn		1978	In recognition of service to Parliament	[165]
Allen Fairhall		1970	Minister of Defence	[166]
Andrew Walker Fairley		1951	In recognition of service to the Public Service in Victoria	[167]
Neil Fairley		1950	In recognition of service to tropical medicine	[168]
James Oswald Fairfax		1926	In recognition of service as Chairman of the Empire Press Union	[169]
James Freeman		1977	Roman Catholic Archbishop of Sydney	[170]
Gordon Freeth		1978	High Commissioner in London	[171]
John Russell French		1918	General Manager of the Bank of New South Wales	[172]
Wilfred Fullagar		1955	Judge of the High Court	[173]
Hudson Fysh		1953	Chairman of QANTAS	[174]
Victor Garland	living	1982	In recognition of service to parliament	[175]
Alwyn Ragnar Garrett		1959	Chief of the General Staff	[176]
Harry Gibbs		1970	In recognition of service to the law	[177]; also GCMG
Robert Gibson		1920	Services to the Repatriation Office	[178]; also GBE
Norman Gilroy		1969	In recognition for service as Roman Catholic Archbishop of Sydney	[179]
Philip Henry Macarthur Goldfinch		1934	Chairman of the British Settlers Committee	[180]
Lancelot Goody		1977	In recognition of service to the Roman Catholic Church, particularly as the Archbishop of Perth	[181]
Eugene Gorman		1966	Services to the dried fruits industry	[182]
Guy Green	living	1982	Chief Justice of Tasmania	[183]
Richard Kenneth Green		1957	Senior Puisne Judge – Supreme Court of Tasmania	[184]
John Grindrod		1983	Services to religion	[185]
William Archer Gunn		1961	Chairman of the Australian Wool Bureau	[186]
William Henry Hall		1979	Service to veterans	[187]; also Knight Bachelor
Reginald Halse		1962	Archbishop of Brisbane	[188]
Keith Hancock		1965	Professor of History at the ANU	[189]
Val Hancock		1962	Honours List	[190]
Mostyn Hanger		1973	Chief Justice of Queensland	[191]
Colin Hannah		1971	Chief of the Air Staff	[192]; also KCMG, KCVO
Wilfred Hastings Harrington		1963	Honours List	[193]
John Richards Harris		1937	Minister of Health in Victoria	[194]
John Harrison		1923	Chairman of the Disabled Soldiers Village	[195]
Frank Hassett		1976	Chief of the Defence Force Staff	[196]
Thomas Henley		1920	Member of the NSW Legislative Council	[197]
Denham Henty		1968	In recognition of service to political services in Tasmania	[198]
Edmund Herring		1943	For outstanding qualities of leadership in the S.W. Pacific area	[199]; also KCMG
Leslie Herron		1966	For service as Chief Justice of New South Wales	[200]
Thomas Hiley		1966	Lately Deputy Premier of Queensland	[201]
William Frederick Holland		1961	President of the RSSAIL	[202]
Ivan Holyman		1956	Service to the transport industry	[203]
Samuel Hordern		1938	President of the NSW Royal Agricultural Society	[204]; also Knight Bachelor
Henry Rudolph Howard		1963	Chairman of the Commonwealth Games Committee	[205]; also Knight Bachelor
Herbert Sydney Hudd		1937	Minister of Railways & Marine in South Australia	[206]
William Hudson		1955	Chairman of the Snowy Mountains Authority	[207]
Alan Hulme		1971	Postmaster-General	[208]
Thomas Ernest Victor Hurley		1950	Public services	[209]
Leonard Huxley		1964	Vice-Chancellor of the ANU	[210]
Kenneth Jacobs	living	1976	Service to law	[211]
George Frederick Jenkins		1946	Minister of Agriculture in South Australia	[212]
Asher Joel		1974	Services to the Community	[213]; also Knight Bachelor
George Jones		1953	Honours List	[214]
William Raymond Kelly		1952	Chief Justice of the Arbitration Court	[215]
Alfred Newcombe Kemsley		1980	Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne	[216]
Wilfrid Kent Hughes		1957	Chairman of the Olympic Games Committee	[217]
William John Kilpatrick		1965	Public service	[218]
Frank Kitto		1955	Judge of the High Court	[219]
Harold Knight	living	1980	Services to banking	[220]
John Lavarack		1942	Operations in the Middle East	[221]; also KCMG, KCVO
Arthur James Lee		1966	President of the RSSAIL	[222]
Ernest Henry Lee-Steere		1988	Lord Mayor of Perth	[223]
Frank Little		1977	Roman Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne	[224]
Marcus Loane		1976	Archbishop of Sydney	[225]
Arthur MacDonald		1978	Chief of the Defence Force Staff	[226]
William George Albert Mack		1967	Chief Justice of Queensland	[227]
Iven Mackay		1941	Operations in the Middle East	[228]
Thomas Chester Manifold		1965	Services to horse racing and Victoria community	[229]; also Knight Bachelor
Henry Edward Manning		1939	Attorney-General of New South Wales	[230]
Anthony Mason	living	1972	Services to law	[231]
David Masson		1923	Professor of Chemistry at Melbourne University	[232]
Louis Matheson		1976	Services to education and to Victoria	[233]
William George McBeath		1920	Service during the War	[234]
John Patrick Joseph McCauley		1955	Honours List	[235]
James McCay		1919	Service during the war	[236]; also KCMG
Emmet McDermott		1972	Lord Mayor of Sydney	[237]
Charles George McDonald		1970	Chancellor of the University of Sydney	[238]; also Knight Bachelor
William D'Arcy McDonald		1964	Chairman of the Commonwealth Bank	[239]
Alexander Lyell McEwin		1954	Minister of Health & Mines in South Australia	[240]
James Robert McGregor		1956	Services to the wool industry	[241]
Malcolm McIntosh		1956	Minister of Works in South Australia	[242]
Alick Benson McKay		1977	Services to Victoria & to newspapers	[243]
Ross McLarty		1953	Premier of Western Australia	[244]
Ian Munro McLennan		1963	Services to industry	[245]; also KCMG
Neville McNamara		1981	Honours List	[246]
Alan Wedel Ramsay McNicoll		1966	Honours List	[247]
Walter McNicoll		1937	Administrator of New Guinea	[248]
William McPherson		1923	Treasurer of Victoria	[249]
Edward McTiernan		1951	Judge of the High Court	[250]
Alfred William Meeks		1920	Member of the NSW Legislative Council	[251]
Leslie Melville		1957	Vice-Chancellor of the ANU	[252]
Douglas Menzies		1958	Judge of the High Court	[253]
Harrison Moore		1925	Professor of Law at Melbourne University	[254]
Kenneth Morris		1968	Services to parliament & the community	[255]
Leslie Morshead		1942	Distinguished service in the Middle East	[256]; also KCB
Alan Whiteside Munro		1965	Minister of Industrial Development in Queensland	[257]
Alister Murdoch		1966	Honours List	[258]
James Anderson Murdoch		1928	Public & charitable services	[259]
Rupert Myers	living	1981	Services to education & science	[260]
Maurice Arnold Nathan		1963	Lord Mayor of Melbourne	[261]
Frank Kingsley Norris		1957	Services to medicine	[262]
James Patrick O'Collins		1980	Services to religion & the community	[263]
Mark Oliphant		1959	Director of the School of Science at the ANU	[264]
Neil O'Sullivan		1959	Attorney-General of the Commonwealth	[265]
Frank Packer		1971	Services to Australian & International Yachting	[266]; also Knight Bachelor
Shane Paltridge		1966	Leader of the Government in the Senate	[267]; appointed KBE 1 January 1966, and died 21 January
Herbert Angus Parsons		1945	Senior Puisne Judge in Queensland	[268] (shown as Herbert Angis Parsons); also Knight Bachelor
Baden Pattinson		1962	Minister of Education in South Australia	[269]
Richard Peek		1972	Chief of the Naval Staff	[270]
Frederick Beaumont Phillips		1956	Chief Justice of Papua New Guinea	[271]
John Phillips		1972	Services to banking	[272]
Roslyn Philp		1958	Senior Puisne Judge in Queensland	[273]
Reginald Pollard		1961	Honours List	[274]; also KCVO
Charles Read	living	1976	Chief of the Air Staff	[275]
Arthur Rickard		1920	Services during the War	[276]
Horace Robertson		1950	Honours List	[277]
Macpherson Robertson		1935	Philanthropic services in Victoria	[278]; also Knight Bachelor
Thomas Robinson		1917	Agent-General for Queensland in London	[279]; also Knight Bachelor, KCMG, GBE
Percival Halse Rogers		1939	Judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales	[280]
Robert Bell Roscoe		1981	Public services	[281]
John Frederick Rossiter		1978	Agent-General for Victoria in London	[282]
Sydney Fairbairn Rowell		1953	Chief of the General Staff	[283]
James Rowland		1977	Chief of the Air Staff	[284]
Charles Snodgrass Ryan		1919	Service during the war	[285]
Arthur Rylah		1968	Deputy Premier of Victoria	[286]
John Sanderson		1937	Services to the Commonwealth	[287]
Stanley Savige		1950	Honours List	[288]
Frederick Scherger		1958	Honours List	[289]
Francis Palmer Selleck		1957	Lord Mayor of Melbourne	[290]; also Knight Bachelor
Joseph Aloysius Sheehy		1970	Senior Puisne Judge in Western Australia	[291]
Mark Sheldon		1924	Services to the Commonwealth	[292]; also Knight Bachelor
Colin Sinclair		1953	Service to the public & the pastoral industry	[293]
Joynton Smith		1920	Services during the war	[294]
Keith Smith		1919	England-Australia flight	[295]
Ross Smith		1919	England-Australia flight	[296]
Victor Smith		1969	Chief of the Naval Staff	[297]
Sydney Snow		1936	Public services	[298]
Percy Spender		1952	Australian Ambassador to the USA	[299]; also KCVO
Richard Hawdon Stawell		1929	President of the Melbourne Hospital	[300]
Clive Selwyn Steele		1953	Services to engineering	[301]
Ninian Stephen	living	1972	Justice to the High Court of Australia	also AK, KG, GCMG, GCVO
Jack Edwin Stawell Stevens		1955	Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission	[302]
Hugh David Stevenson		1977	Chief of the Naval Staff	[303]
George Steward		1918	Service to the Commonwealth Government	[304]
Hector Hamilton Stewart		1976	Service to medicine & the community	[305]
Phillip Nigel Warrington Strong		1970	Primate of Australia	[306]
Vernon Sturdee		1951	Honours List	[307]
Reginald Swartz		1972	Minister for National Development	[308]
Geoffrey Syme		1941	Service to journalism	[309]
George Syme		1924	Service to Victoria	[310]
Anthony Synnot		1979	Chief of the Naval Staff	[311]
Alan Taylor		1955	Judge of the High Court	[312]
Vernon Haddon Treatt		1970	Chief Commissioner for Sydney	[313]
Donald Trescowthick	living	1979	Services to the community	[314]
John Evenden Virtue		1975	Senior Puisne Judge in Western Australia	[315]
Charles Graham Waddell		1927	Service to the Commonwealth	[316]
Geoffrey Archer Walch		1954	Public service in Tasmania	[317]
Cyril Walsh		1969	Judge of the High Court	[318]
Arthur George Warner		1962	Minister of Transport in Victoria	[319]; also Knight Bachelor
Edward Emerton Warren		1959	Services to the coal industry	[320]; also KCMG
William Webb		1954	Judge of the High Court	[321]
Henry Wells		1956	Chief of the General Staff	[322]
Frederick William George White		1962	Chairman of the CSIRO	[323]
Thomas White		1952	High Commissioner to the United Kingdom	[324]
Bruce Williams		1980	Services to education and to government	[325]
Dudley Williams		1954	Judge of the High Court	[326]
Edward Williams		1981	Services to law & the community	[327]; also KCMG
Richard Williams		1954	Director-General of Civil Aviation since 1946	[328]
Eric Willis		1975	Deputy Premier of New South Wales	[329]
James Willis		1981	Chief of the Naval Staff	[330]
Kenneth Agnew Wills		1960	Member of the Universities Commission	[331]
Ronald Wilson		1979	Judge of the High Court	[332]
Victor Wilson		1926	Services to the Empire Exhibition	[333]
John Wilton		1964	Chief of the General Staff	[334]
Victor Windeyer		1958	Judge of the High Court	[335]
Frank Woods		1972	Primate of Australia	[336]
George Wootten		1958	Chairman of the Repatriation Commission	[337]
Guilford Young		1978	Services to the church	[338]
Walter Young		1932	Chairman of the SA Committee on Finance	[339]

Order of the Garter

Knights of the Order of the Garter:

Knights

Name	Living	Date	Citation	Reference and comments
Richard Casey		1969	Governor-General of Australia 1965–1969	[340]; also GCMG and a life peer
Paul Hasluck		1979	Governor-General of Australia 1969–1974	[341]; also GCMG, GCVO
Ninian Stephen	living	1994	Governor-General of Australia 1982–1989	[342]; also AK, GCMG, GCVO, KBE

Order of St Michael and St George

Knights of the Order of St Michael and St George:

Knights Grand Cross (GCMG)

Name	Living	Date	Citation	Reference and comments
Robert Askin		1975	Premier of New South Wales	[343]; also KCMG
Henry Ayers		1894	Premier of South Australia	also KCMG
Edmund Barton		1902	Prime Minister of Australia	[344]
Garfield Barwick		1965	Chief Justice of the High Court	[345]; also Knight Bachelor, AK
Henry Bolte		1972	Premier of Victoria	[346]; also KCMG
Richard Casey		1965	Governor-General-designate	[347]; also KG and a life peer
Harry Chauvel		1919	AIF – for military services in Egypt	[348]; also KCB, KCMG
Joseph Cook		1918	Prime Minister of Australia	[349]
Zelman Cowen		1977	Governor-General of Australia	[350]; also Knight Bachelor, GCVO, AK
Frederick Darley		1901	Chief Justice of New South Wales	[351]; also Knight Bachelor, KCMG
Owen Dixon		1954	Chief Justice of the High Court	[352]; also KCMG
Arthur Fadden		1958	Treasurer and Deputy Prime Minister	[353]; also KCMG
John Forrest		1901	Premier of Western Australia	[354]
Robert Garran		1937	In recognition of service to the Commonwealth	[355]; also Knight Bachelor, KCMG
Harry Gibbs		1981	Chief Justice of the High Court	[356]; also KBE
John Gorton		1977	In recognition of service as Prime Minister of Australia	[357]
Paul Hasluck		1969	Governor-General-designate	[358]; also KG, GCVO
John Higgins		1934	Services to the Commonwealth	[359]; also KCMG
William Irvine		1936	Chief Justice of Victoria	[360]; also KCMG
Isaac Isaacs		1932	Governor-General of Australia	[361]; also KCMG, GCB
John Kerr		1976	(Governor-General of Australia)	[362]; also AK, GCVO, KCMG
John Latham		1935	Attorney-General and Minister for External Affairs	[363]
John Madden		1906	Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria	[364]; also Knight Bachelor, KCMG
John McEwen		1971	Services to the Commonwealth	[365]
William McKell		1951	Governor-General of Australia	[366]
William McMahon		1977	Prime Minister of Australia	[367]
James Mitchell		1947	Lieutenant-Governor of Western Australia	[368]; also KCMG
John Monash		1919	AIF – For military services in France & Flanders	[369]; also KCB
Earle Page		1938	Deputy Prime Minister of Australia	[370]
Thomas Playford		1957	Premier of South Australia since 1938	[371]
George Reid		1911	Australian High Commissioner in London	[372]; also KCMG, GCB
Ninian Stephen	living	1982	Governor-General of Australia	[373]; also AK, KG, GCVO, KBE

Knights Commander (KCMG)

Name	Living	Date	Citation	Reference and comments
James Agnew
Robert Anderson		1917	AIF – London Administrative Headquarters	[374]
Robert Askin		1972	Premier of New South Wales	[375]; also GCMG
William Aston		1970	Speaker of the House of Representatives	[376]
Henry Ayers		1872		also GCMG
Henry Seymour Baker		1961	President of the Tasmanian Legislative Council	[377]
Richard Baker		1895
Redmond Barry		1877		also Knight Bachelor
Henry Barwell		1922	Premier and Attorney-General of South Australia	[378]
Thomas Bavin		1933	Premier of New South Wales	[379]
Lewis Anthony Beaumont		1901	n/a	[380]
George Bell		1941	Speaker of the House of Representatives	[381]
Thomas Bent		1908	Premier and Treasurer of Victoria	[382]
Graham Berry
Robert Best		1908	Vice-President of the Executive Committee [sic]	[383]
John George Bice		1923	South Australian Liberal Politician, born in Cornwall in 1853. Positions included Chief Secretary and acting Premier.	[384]
Joh Bjelke-Petersen		1984	Premier of Queensland	[385]
Charles Blackburn		1960	Chancellor of the University of Sydney	[386]; also Knight Bachelor
James Blair		1935	Chief Justice of Queensland	[387]; also Knight Bachelor
Arthur Blyth		1877
Henry Bolte		1966	Premier of Victoria	[388]; also GCMG
Langdon Bonython		1919	In recognition of service to the Commonwealth	[389]
James Boucaut
David Brand		1969	Premier of Western Australia	[390]
John Bray		1890
Stanley Burbury		1981	Governor of Tasmania	[391]; also KBE, KCVO
James Burns		1917	Member of the NSW Legislative Council	[392]
Francis Burt		1977	Chief Justice of Western Australia	[393]
Richard Layton Butler		1939	Premier of South Australia	[394]
Donald Charles Cameron		1932	In recognition of service to public and charitable services in Queensland	[395]
John Carrick	living	1982	In recognition of service to the Parliament of Australia	[396]
Joseph Carruthers		1908	Premier & Treasurer of New South Wales	[397]
Austin Chapman		1924	Minister of Trade and Customs	[398]
Harry Chauvel		1917	Australian Imperial Force	[399]; also KCB, GCMG
John Cockburn		1900
Timothy Coghlan		1918	Agent-General for New South Wales in London	[400]; also Knight Bachelor
John Colton		1892
Pope Cooper		1908	Chief Justice of Queensland	[401]; also Knight Bachelor
Robert Cosgrove		1959	Premier of Tasmania	[402]
Bob Cotton		1978	In recognition of service to public and parliamentary services	[403]
Charles Court		1979	Premier of Western Australia	[404]; also Knight Bachelor, AK
Charles Cowper
William Rooke Creswell		1911	Director of Commonwealth Naval Forces	[405] (appears as Cresswell); also KBE
Robert Crichton-Browne		1980	Commerce and the Commonwealth	[406] (appears as Chrichton-Browne)
William Portus Cullen		1912	Chief Justice of the NSW Supreme Court	[407]; also Knight Bachelor
Roden Cutler		1965	Governor-designate of New South Wales	[408]; also AK, KCVO
Frederick Darley		1897		also Knight Bachelor, GCMG
John George Davies		1909	Speaker of the Tasmanian House of Assembly	[409]
John Mark Davies		1918	President of the Victorian Legislative Council	[410]
James Dickson		1901	Chief Secretary of Queensland	[411]; died ten days after being knighted
Owen Dixon		1941	Judge of the High Court	[412]; also GCMG
John Dodds		1901	n/a	[413]; also Knight Bachelor
John Downer		1887
Frank Gavan Duffy		1929	Judge of the High Court	[414]
James Duhig		1959	In recognition of service as the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Queensland	[415]
Thomas Peel Dunhill		1933	n/a	[416]
Albert Dunstan		1948	Former Premier of Victoria and Minister of Health	[417]
John Dwyer		1949	Chief Justice of Western Australia	[418]; also Knight Bachelor
Hughie Edwards		1974	Governor of Western Australia	[419]
Thomas Ewing		1908	In recognition of service as Minister of Defence	[420]
Arthur Fadden		1951	Deputy Prime Minister and Treasurer	[421]; also GCMG
George Fuller		1919	Colonial Secretary of New South Wales	[422]
Robert Garran		1920	Solicitor-General of the Commonwealth	[423]; also Knight Bachelor, GCMG
Guy Gaunt		1918	n/a	[424]; lived in the UK
Alexander Charles Gregory		1903	Surveyor-General of Queensland	[425]
Littleton Groom		1924	Attorney-General of the Commonwealth	[426]
Henry Gullett		1933	Minister of Trade & Customs	[427]
John Winthrop Hackett, senior		1913	Member of the WA House of Assembly	[428]; 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	[429]
Colin Hannah		1972	Governor of Queensland	[430]; also KBE, KCVO
Eric Harrison		1962	Australian High Commissioner in London	[431]; also KCVO
James Harrison		1968	Governor of South Australia	[432]
Edmund Herring		1949	In recognition for service as Lieutenant-Governor of Victoria	[433] (appears as Edward Herring); also KBE
John Higgins		1918	Services to the Commonwealth	[434]; also GCMG
John Hoad		1911	Chief of the General Staff – AMF	[435]
Talbot Hobbs		1919	For military services in France & Flanders	[436]; also KCB
Frederick Holder		1902	Speaker of the House of Representatives	[437]
Neville Howse		1919	Australian Imperial Force	[438]; also KCB
William Irvine		1914	Attorney-General of the Commonwealth	[439]; also GCMG
Isaac Isaacs		1928	Senior Puisne Judge of the High Court	[440]; also GCMG, GCB
Lawrence Jackson		1970	Chief Justice of Western Australia	[441]; also Knight Bachelor
Walter James		1931	Chancellor of the University of Western Australia	[442]; also Knight Bachelor
Elliot Johnson		1920	Speaker of the House of Representatives	[443]
Frederick Jordan		1936	Chief Justice of New South Wales	[444]
John Kerr		1974	Chief Justice of New South Wales	[445]; also AK, GCMG, GCVO
James Killen		1982	Services to the Parliament of Australia	[446]
John Kirwan		1947	President of the WA Legislative Council	[447]; also Knight Bachelor
Adrian Knox		1921	Chief Justice of the High Court	[448]
Condor Laucke		1979	Services to the Parliament of Australia	[449]
John Lavarack		1955	Governor of Queensland	[450]; also KBE, KCVO
Harry Lawson		1933	Former Premier of Victoria	[451]
Walter Lee		1922	Premier & Chief Secretary of Tasmania	[452]; also Knight Bachelor
James George Lee Steere		1900
Henry Lefroy		1919	Premier of Western Australia	[453]
Elliott Lewis		1902	Premier of Tasmania	[454]
James John Lowe		1956	Senior Judge of the Victorian Supreme Court	[455]
Phillip Lynch		1981	Services to the Parliament of Australia	[456]
Mungo MacCallum		1926	Vice-Chancellor of the University of Sydney	[457]
Alexander MacCormick		1926	A leading surgeon	[458]; also Knight Bachelor
Charles Mackellar		1916	President – NSW State Children’s Relief Board	[459]; also Knight Bachelor
George Macleay		1875	Explorer and politician	[460]
John Madden		1899		also Knight Bachelor, GCMG
Frederick Mann		1937	Chief Justice of Victoria	[461]; also Knight Bachelor
Alan Mansfield		1958	Chief Justice of Queensland	[462]; also KCVO
David Martin		1993	Governor of New South Wales (Late gazettal)	[463]
Walter Massy-Greene		1933	Assistant Commonwealth Treasurer	[464] (appears as Green, Walter Massy)
Henry Carr Maudsley		1919	Australian Imperial Force	[465]
Philip McBride		1953	Minister of Defence	[466]
John McCall		1919	Agent-General for Tasmania in London	[467]; also Knight Bachelor
James McCay		1918	Australian Imperial Force	[468]; also KBE
John McLeay		1962	Speaker of the House of Representatives	[469]
Ian Munro McLennan		1979	Services to youth, the community and industry	[470]; also KBE
Robert McMillan		1925	Chief Justice of the WA Supreme Court	[471]; also Knight Bachelor
William McMillan		1901	Colonial Treasurer of New South Wales	[472]
Alister McMullin		1957	President of the Commonwealth Senate	[473]
John McPhee		1934	Premier & Treasurer of Tasmania	[474]
Denison Miller		1920	Governor of the Commonwealth Bank	[475]
Edward Fancourt Mitchell		1918	Services to the Commonwealth	[476]
James Mitchell		1921	Premier & Treasurer of Western Australia	[477]; also GCMG
William Mitchell (vice-chancellor)		1927	Vice-Chancellor of the University of Adelaide	[478]
Newton Moore		1910	Premier & Treasurer of Western Australia	[479]
John Morris		1952	Chief Justice of Tasmania	[480]; also Knight Bachelor
Walter Murdoch		1964	Services to education & literature	[481]
Brian Murray		1982	Governor of South Australia [sic]	[482] (Note: Murray was in fact Governor of Victoria)
George Murray		1917	Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of SA	[483]
Hubert Murray		1925	Lieutenant-Governor of the Territory of Papua	[484]
Mellis Napier		1945	Chief Justice of South Australia	[485]; also Knight Bachelor
John Newlands		1927	President of the Commonwealth Senate	[486]
Herbert Nicholls		1927	Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Tasmania	[487]; also Knight Bachelor
Francis Nicklin		1968	Premier of Queensland	[488]
John Northcott		1954	Governor of New South Wales – formerly CGS	[489]; also KCVO
John Northmore		1932	Chief Justice of Western Australia	[490]
Stephen Parker		1914	Chief Justice of Western Australia	[491]; also Knight Bachelor
Archdale Parkhill		1936	Minister of Defence	[492]
Alexander Peacock		1902	Lately Prime Minister [sic] of Victoria	[493]
John Beverley Peden		1930	President of the NSW Legislative Council	[494]
Samuel Pethebridge		1917	Australian Imperial Force	[495]
Robert Philp		1915	Premier of Queensland	[496]
Charles Powers		1929	Judge of the High Court of Australia	[497]
James Ramsay		1978	Governor of Queensland	[498]; also Knight Bachelor, KCVO
Claude Hill Reading		1934	Chairman – Board of the Commonwealth Bank	[499]
George Reid		1909	Member of the House of Representatives	[500] (appears as Reif [sic], George Houstoun); also GCMG, GCB
George Rich		1932	Senior Puisne Judge of the High Court	[501]
George Ritchie		1935	Minister of Mines of South Australia	[502]
David Rivett		1935	Deputy Chairman & Chief Executive of the CSIRO	[503]
Arthur Robinson		1923	Chief Secretary & Minister of Marine of SA	[504]
Thomas Robinson		1913	Agent-General for Queensland in London	[505]; also Knight Bachelor, KBE, GBE
Granville Ryrie		1919	For military services in Egypt	[506]
Frederick Sargood		1890
John See		1902	Lately Prime Minister [sic] of New South Wales	[507]
Frederick Shedden		1943	Secretary of the Department of Defence	[508]
Billy Snedden		1978	For public & parliamentary service	[509]
Walter Baldwin Spencer		1916	Professor of Biology at Melbourne University	[510]
Bill Spooner		1963	Leader of the Government in the Senate	[511]
Hayden Starke		1939	Puisne Judge of the High Court	[512]
Bertram Stevens		1941	Premier of New South Wales	[513]
John Stirling		1909	President of the SA Legislative Council	[514]; also Knight Bachelor
Edward Albert Stone		1912	Lieutenant Governor of Western Australia	[515]; also Knight Bachelor
Kenneth Street		1956	Chief Justice of New South Wales	[516]
Laurence Street	living	1976	n/a	[517]
Philip Street		1928	Chief Justice of New South Wales	[518]
Josiah Symon		1901	Former Attorney-General of South Australia	[519]
Charles Wade		1920	Attorney-General of New South Wales	[520]; also Knight Bachelor
Edward Emerton Warren		1969	Services to international relations & coal mining	[521]; also KBE
Brudenell White		1919	For military services in France & Flanders	[522]; also KCB, KCVO
Edward Williams		1983	For services to the XII Commonwealth Games	[523]; also KBE
William Don Campbell Williams		1916	Operations in the field with the AMF	[524]
Henry Winneke		1966	Chief Justice of the Victorian Supreme Court	[525]; also Knight Bachelor, KCVO
Edward Wittenoom		1900	Agent-General for Western Australia in London	[526]
Albert Asher Wolff		1959	Chief Justice of Western Australia	[527]
Harry Wollaston		1912	Comptroller-General of the Customs Department	[528]
Eric Woodward		1958	For services to the Commonwealth	[529]; also KCVO
Harold Young		1983	For services to the Parliament of Australia	[530]
John Young		1975	Lieutenant-Governor of Victoria	[531]
William Zeal		1895

Royal Victorian Order

Knights of the Royal Victorian Order:

Knights Grand Cross (GCVO)

Name	Living	Date	Citation	Reference and comments
Zelman Cowen		1980	Governor-General 1977–1982	[532]; also Knight Bachelor, GCMG, AK
Paul Hasluck		1970	Governor-General 1969–1974	[533]' also KG, GCMG
William Heseltine	living	1990	Private Secretary to HM The Queen 1986–1990	[534]; also KCVO, KCB, GCB
John Kerr		1977	Governor-General 1974–1977	[535]; also AK, KCMG, GCMG
Ninian Stephen	living	1982	Governor-General 1982–1989	[536]; 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	[537]
Leighton Bracegirdle		1947	Official Secretary – Duke Of Gloucester, Military and Official Secretary, Government House Canberra 1931–45	[538]
Stanley Burbury		1977	Governor of Tasmania during the 1977 Royal Visit	[539]; also KCMG, KBE
Roden Cutler		1970	Governor of New South Wales 1966–81	[540]; also AK, KCMG
Roy Dowling		1963	Australian Secretary to the Queen – 1963 Royal Visit	[541]; also KBE
Colin Hannah		1977	Governor of Queensland 1972–77	[542]; also KBE, KCMG
Eric Harrison		1954	Minister in Attendance during the 1954 Royal Visit	[543]; also KCMG
William Heseltine	living	1982		also GCVO, KCB, GCB
Robert Jackson		1962		also Knight Bachelor
John Lavarack		1954	Governor of Queensland 1946–57	[544]; also KBE, KCMG
Bertram Mackennal		1921
Alan Mansfield		1970	Governor of Queensland 1966–72	[545]; also KCMG
Douglas Nicholls		1977	Governor of South Australia – 1976–77	[546]; also Knight Bachelor
John Northcott		1954	Governor of New South Wales 1946–57	[547]; also KCMG
George Pearce		1927	Acting Prime Minister 1916	[548]
Reginald George Pollard		1970	Australian Secretary to Queen −1970 Royal Visit	[549]; also KBE
James Ramsay		1982	Governor of Queensland 1974–77	[550]; also Knight Bachelor, KCMG
James Scholtens		1977	Commonwealth Director in charge of 1977 Royal Visit	[551]
Keith Seaman		1981	Governor of South Australia 1977–82	[552]
David Smith	living	1990	Official Secretary to the Governor-General 1973–1990	[553]
Percy Spender		1957	Commonwealth Minister	[554]; also KBE
Murray Tyrrell		1968	Official Secretary to the Governor-General 1947–74	[555]
Brudenell White		1920	Chief of General Staff during the 1920 Prince of Wales Tour – Died in Fairbairn Air Disaster 1940	[556]; also KCB, KCMG
Henry Winneke		1977	Governor of Victoria 1974–82	[557]; also Knight Bachelor, KCMG
Eric Woodward		1963	Governor of New South Wales 1957–65	[558]; also KCMG
John Yocklunn	living	1977	Director of the 1977 Royal Visit to PNG	[559]; also Knight Bachelor

Order of the Thistle

Knights (KT)

• Sir Robert Menzies is the only Australian ever appointed a Knight of the Order of the Thistle. His knighthood was awarded in 1963, during his tenure as Prime Minister of Australia.[560] He was also a Knight of the Order of Australia (AK).

Knights Bachelor

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
Peter Abeles		1972	Services to transport & Melbourne University	[561]
Alexis Francois Albert		1972	In recognition of service to industry & the community	[562]
William John Allison		1954	In recognition of service to Australian commerce	[563]; also KBE
Donald George Anderson		1967	Director-General of the Civil Aviation Department	[564]
Ken Anderson		1970	Minister for Supply	[565]; also KBE
Dormer George Andrews		1987	In recognition of service as Chief Justice of Queensland	[566]
William Charles Angliss		1939	In recognition of service to the public service in Victoria	[567]
Tristan Antico		1973	In recognition of service to industry	[568]
Milton John Napier Atwill		1979	In recognition of service to commerce	[569]
Kenneth Hamilton Bailey		1958	Commonwealth Solicitor-General	[570]
James Balderstone	living	1983	In recognition of service to primary industry and commerce	[571]
Redmond Barry		1877		also KCMG
Peter Barter	living
Garfield Barwick		1953	In recognition of service to the Public service	[572]; also AK, GCMG
Noel Bayliss		1979	In recognition of service to education at Murdoch University	[573]; also CBE
Frank Beaurepaire		1942	Lord Mayor of Melbourne	[574]
George Bedbrook		1978	In recognition of paraplegic rehabilition	[575]; also OBE
Harold Garfield Behan		1977	For distinguished service to local government and primary industry	[576]
Arnold Lucas Bennett		1975	In recognition of service to legal advocacy	[577]
Angus Bethune		1979	In recognition of service to the Federal Parliament [sic]	[578]; the reference to the “Federal Parliament” appears to be an error, as Bethune was never a member of that parliament
Max Bingham	living	1988	In recognition of service to the law, crime prevention, parliament and the community	[579]
Herman David Black		1974	Chancellor of the University of Sydney	[580]
Charles Blackburn		1936	Member of the NSW Council of the BMA	[581]; also KCMG
Richard Blackburn		1983	In recognition of service to law	[582]
Robert Blackwood		1961	In recognition of service to Monash University	[583]
James Blair		1930	Chief Justice of Queensland	[584]; also KCMG
Thomas Blamey		1935	Commissioner of Police in Victoria	[585]; also KCB, GBE
Henry Armand Bland		1965	Secretary of the Victoria Department of Labour	[586]
Lavington Bonython		1935	In recognition of service to philanthropy	[587]
Geoffrey Fraser Bowen		1977	In recognition of distinguished service to commerce in the field of banking.	[588]
John Bowser		1927	Speaker of the Victorian Legislative Assembly	[589]
Jack Brabham		1979	In recognition of service to motor sport	[590]
Donald Bradman		1949	In recognition of service to the sport of cricket	[591]
William Lawrence Bragg		1941
Laurence Brodie-Hall		1982	In recognition of service to the mining industry in WA	[592]
Norman Brookes		1939	In recognition of service to public service	[593]
Allen Brown		1956	Secretary of the Prime Minister’s Department	[594]
Thomas Buckland		1935	Chairman of the Bank of New South Wales	[595]
John Bunting		1964	Secretary to the Prime Minister’s Department	[596]; also KBE
Macfarlane Burnet		1951	Services to biological research	[597]; also KBE, AK
Samuel Gerald Wood Burston	living	1977	In recognition of service to primary industry	[598]
Richard Butler I		1913	Former Premier of South Australia	[599]
John Butters		1927	Commissioner of the Federal Capital Commission	[600]
Maurice Byers		1982	In recognition of service to public service	[601]
Bede Callaghan		1976	In recognition of service to banking	[602]
Frank Callaway		1981	In recognition of service to music education	[603]
Bernard Callinan		1977	Victoria [sic]	[604]
Ewen Paul Cameron		1961	Minister of Health in Victoria	[605]
Roy Cameron		1957	Pathologist	[606]
Walter Campbell		1979	In recognition of service to government, law and education	[607]
Edward Carlile		1913	Parliamentary Draftsman Victoria	[608]
Alan Carmody		1978	In recognition of service to the Public service	[609]
Roderick Carnegie	living	1978	In recognition of service to industry	[610]
Walter Joseph Cawthorn		1958	High Commissioner to Pakistan	[611]
Raphael Cilento		1935	Director-General of the Queensland Health Dept	[612]
Donald Cleland		1961	Administrator of Papua New Guinea	[613]
Ian Clunies Ross		1954	Chairman of the CSIRO	[614]
Timothy Coghlan		1914	Agent-General for New South Wales in London	[615]; also KCMG
Edward Cohen		1970	Businessman and philanthropist	[616]
William Cole	living	1981	In recognition of service to the public service	[617]
Hal Colebatch		1927	Agent-General for Western Australian in London	[618]
Arthur Coles		1960	In recognition of service to public service	[619]
Edgar Coles		1959	In recognition of service to philanthropy	[620]
George Coles		1957	Director of the National Bank of Australia	[621]
Kenneth Coles		1957	In recognition of service to charities	[622]
Norman Coles		1977	In recognition of service to commerce	[623]
Alan Cooley		1976	In recognition of service to the Public service	[624]
Pope Cooper		1904	Chief Justice of Queensland	[625]; also KCMG
Walter Cooper		1959	Minister for Repatriation	[626]
John Cornforth		1977
Charles Court		1972	In recognition of service to the government of WA	[627]; also AK, KCMG
Zelman Cowen		1976	Vice-Chancellor of the University of Queensland	[628]; also AK, GCMG, GCVO
Norman Lethbridge Cowper		1967	n/a	[629]
John Cramer		1964	Minister for the Army	[630]
John Crawford		1959	Secretary of the Department of Trade	[631]
James Cruthers	living	1980	In recognition of service to the arts and television in WA	[632]
William Portus Cullen		1912	Lt Governor & Chief Justice of NSW	[633]; also KCMG
Adrian Curlewis		1967	In recognition of service to the community	[634]
Neil Currie		1982	In recognition of service to the public	[635]
Leo Cussen		1922	Judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria	[636]
William Dargie		1970	Chairman – Commonwealth Art Advisory Board	[637]
Frederick Darley		1887		also KCMG, GCMG
James Darling		1968	Chairman of the ABC	[638]
Peter Delamothe		1973	Agent-General for Queensland in London	[639]
William Dobell		1966	In recognition of service to the arts	[640]
John Dodds				also KCMG
Lorimer Dods		1962	In recognition of service to medicine, particularly in the field of paedeatrics [sic]	[641]
Russell Dumas		1959	In recognition of service to the Public service	[642]; also KBE
John Dwyer		1946	Chief Justice of Western Australia	[643]; also KCMG
Gilbert Dyett		1934	National President of the RSL 1919–1946	[644]
Clifden Henry Andrew Eager		1945	Member – Victoria War Advisory Committee	[645]; also KBE
Donald Eckersley		1981	In recognition of service to primary industry	[646]
Rod Eddington	living			This award was made on the recommendation of the UK Government
Llew Edwards	living	1984	Services to the Parliament of Queensland	[647]
Vincent Fairfax		1971	In recognition of service to youth, finance and the press	[648]
Warwick Oswald Fairfax		1967	In recognition of service to the community	[649]
Raymond Ferrall		1981	In recognition of service to industry, commerce and to the community	[650]; also CBE
James Hurtle Fisher		1860	President of the Legislative Council, South Australia	First resident of South Australia to be knighted
Howard Florey		1944		[651]; also a life peer
Geoffrey Foot		1984	In recognition of service to the community	[652]
James Foots		1975	In recognition of service to the mining industry in Queensland	[653]
Leslie Froggatt		1981	In recognition of service to commerce and industry	[654]
John Fuller		1974	Minister for Development in New South Wales	[655]
Robert Garran		1917	Commonwealth Solicitor-General	[656]; also KCMG, GCMG
Arthur George		1972	In recognition of service to the Australian/Greek community	[657]
Archibald Glenn		1966	For distinguished service, particularly as Chairman of the Interim Council of Latrobe University	[658]
James Gobbo	living	1982	Services to migrants	[659]
Albert Gould		1908	In recognition of service as President of the Senate	[660]
Andrew Grimwade	living	1980	Services to industry & commerce	[661]
Roy Grounds		1969	Architecture	[662]
John Winthrop Hackett		1911	Member of the Legislative Council of WA	[663]; also KCMG
William Henry Hall		1968	Services to ex-servicemen	[664]; also KBE
Clarence Harders		1977	Public service	[665]
James Hardy	living	1981	Services to yachting	[666]
David Hay		1979	Public service	[667]
Lenox Hewitt	living	1971	For service as Secretary of the Prime Minister’s Department	[668]
Peter Heydon		1970	Secretary of the Department of Immigration	[669]
Tasman Heyes		1960	Secretary of the Department of Immigration	[670]
Leo Hielscher	living	1987	Public service	[671]
Michael Hintze	living	2013	Philanthropist. For services to the Arts	[672]; also AM
John Holland		1973	Services to engineering	[673] (as Holland, Clifton Vaughan)
Samuel Hordern		1919	President of the NSW Royal Agricultural Society	[674]; also KBE
Henry Rudolph Howard		1961	Lord Mayor of Perth	[675]; also KBE
Herbert Hyland		1952	Leader of the Victorian Country Party	[676]
Brian Inglis	living	1977	Services to industry	[677]
Lawrence Jackson		1964	Senior Puisne Judge in Western Australia	[678]; also KCMG
Robert Jackson		1956		also KCVO
Walter James		1907	Agent-General for Western Australia in London	[679] (appears as James, William Hartwell, but this appears to be an error); also KCMG
Asher Joel		1971	Services to the community	[680]; also KBE
Keith Jones		1980
William Kearney	living
Richard Kingsland
John Kirwan		1930	President of the WA Legislative Council	[681]; also KCMG
Peter Lawler	living	1981	Public service	[682]; also OBE
Luke Leake		1897		[683]
Walter Lee		1920	Premier of Tasmania	[684]; also KCMG
Ernest Augustus Lee Steere		1948	Public service	[685]
John Lienhop		1952	Agent-General for Victoria in London	[686]
Albert Lind		1951	Member of the Legislative Assembly of Victoria	[687]
John McCall		1911	Agent-General for Tasmania in London	[688]; also KCMG
Peter MacCallum		1953	Dean of Medicine at the University of Melbourne	[689]
Graham McCamley	living
Eric McClintock	living
Alexander MacCormick		1913	Services to medicine in New South Wales	[690]; also KCMG
Charles George McDonald		1962	Services to the medical profession	[691]; also KBE
Ian McFarlane		1984	Mining businessman	[692]
Charles Mackellar		1912	President of the NSW State Children's Relief Board	[693]; also KCMG
Charles Mackerras		1979		[694]
Malcolm Kenneth Mackintosh		1995	Chief of Defence Procurement, (UK) Ministry of Defence	[695]
John McLaren		1935	Secretary, London High Commission	[696]
Robert McMillan		1916	Chief Justice of Western Australia	[697]; also KCMG
John Madden		1893		also KCMG, GCMG
Thomas Maltby		1949	Speaker of the Victorian Legislative Assembly	[698]
Thomas Chester Manifold		1953	Services to politics & the public	[699]; also KBE
Frederick Mann		1933	Judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria	[700] (as Fred Mann); also KCMG
Robert Mathers	living
Robert May	living			also a life peer
Archie Michaelis		1952	Speaker of the Victoria Legislative Assembly	[701]
Jonathan Mills	living	2013	Composer and arts festival director	Awarded by UK government
William Henry Fancourt Mitchell		1875
Frank Moore	living
John Morris		1943	Chief Justice of Tasmania	[702]; also KCMG
Peter Morris	living
Laurence Muir
Mellis Napier		1943	Lt Governor & Chief Justice of South Australia	[703]; also KCMG
Charles Samuel Nathan		1928	Development & Migration Commission	[704]
Eric Neal	living
Douglas Nicholls		1972	Advancement of the Aboriginal people	[705]; also KCVO
Herbert Nicholls		1916	Chief Justice of Tasmania	[706]; also KCMG
Gustav Nossal	living
Hubert Opperman		1968	High Commissioner in Malta	[707]
Frank Packer		1959	Services to journalism & newspaper industry	[708]; also KBE
Arvi Parbo	living	1977	Services to industry	[709]
Stephen Parker		1908	Chief Justice of Western Australia	[710]; also KCMG
Herbert Angus Parsons		1936	Puisne Judge in South Australia	[711]; also KBE
George Whitecross Paton		1957	Vice Chancellor Melbourne University	[712]
Dennis Paterson	living
William Pettingell		1972	Services to finance and government	[713]
John Pidgeon	living
Noel Power	living
Louis Pyke		1978	Services to the Multiple Sclerosis Society	[714][715]
James Ramsay		1976	Lieutenant-Governor of Western Australia	[716]; also KCMG, KCVO
Richard Randall
Benjamin Rank		1972	Services to medicine	[717]
William Refshauge		1966	Director-General of Health	[718]
Clem Renouf	living
Horace Frank Richardson		1953	Services to government	[719]
Macpherson Robertson		1932	Services to Antarctic expeditions	[720]; also KBE
Thomas Robinson		1910	Agent-General for Queensland in London	[721]; also KCMG, KBE, GBE
Sydney Schubert	living
Francis Palmer Selleck		1956	Lord Mayor of Melbourne	[722]; also KBE
Nicholas Shehadie	living	1976	Lord Mayor of Sydney	[723]; also AC, OBE
Mark Sheldon		1922	Services to the Commonwealth	[724]; also KBE
Hercules Sinnamon		1985	Services to the community	[725]; also OBE
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	[726]
Charles Spry		1964	Public service	[727]; also CBE
John Stirling		1902	President of the SA Legislative Council	[728]; also KCMG
Edward Albert Stone		1902	Chief Justice of Western Australia	[729]; also KCMG
Colin Syme		1963	President of the Walter/Eliza Institute of Research	[730]; also AK
George Tallis		1922	Services to the Commonwealth; services to the theatre and for wartime fund-raising	[731] [732]
Patrick Gordon Taylor		1954	Aviator	[733]
(Sydney) Lance Townsend		1971	Professor of Obstetrics at Melbourne University	[734]
Thomas Travers		1972	Services to medicine	[735]
Ian Turbott	living
William Tyree		1975	Services to the community	[736]; also OBE
William Vines		1976	Services to primary industry	[737]; also AC, CMG
Eric von Schramek		1981	Services to architecture	[738]
Charles Wade		1918	Agent-General for New South Wales in London	[739]; also KCMG
Samuel Walder		1933	Lord Mayor of Sydney	[740]
Arthur George Warner		1956	Minister of Transport in Victoria	[741]; also KBE
Alan Westerman		1963	Secretary of the Department of Trade	[742]; also CBE
Frederick Wheeler		1967	Chairman of the Public Service Board	[743]; also CBE
Roland Wilson		1955	Secretary to the Treasury	[744]; also CBE
Henry Winneke		1957	Solicitor-General of Victoria	[745]; also KCMG, KCVO
Edward Woodward		1982	Public Service	[746]
Reg Wright		1978	Services to the Parliament of Tasmania	[747]
Harold Wyndham		1969	Services to education	[748]
Geoffrey Yeend		1979	Public service	[749]; also AC, CBE
John Yocklunn	living	1975	In recognition to [sic] politics and government in Papua New Guinea	[750]; also KCVO

Non-Australian knights and dames with significant Australian associations

Name	Nationality	Living	Honour	Reference and comments
George 'Gubby' Allen	British		Knight Bachelor	Allen was born in Australia but lived most of his life in the UK, captaining the England cricket team.
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. [751]
Charles, Prince of Wales	Resides in the UK	living	AK	The Prince of Wales, while Heir to the Australian throne, 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.
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. [752]
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. (Note: His entry in It's an Honour refers to a GCVO being awarded in 1954. This appears to be an error, as The Peerage [753] states his 1954 honour was a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) rather than a knighthood in the order. His KCVO was awarded in 1962 and his GCVO in 1981.)
John Winthrop Hackett, junior	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 on 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 PNG Parliament; 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.[754]
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 New Year's Honours List, rather than on the nomination of the Government of Barbados, which had 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.[755], [756] 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

Sources

• "It's an Honour", the Australian Government database of honours and awards.
• "Australian Dictionary of Biography"