Living Australian knights and dames

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The following is a list of living Australians who have been appointed knights or dames.

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The list includes:

The list excludes Australian baronets.

Living dames

NameYear of
birth		Year of
damehood		AgeNotes
Dame Marie Bashir AD CVO 1930201493
Dame Quentin Bryce AD CVO 1942201481
Dame Carol Kidu DBE AO 1948200576Awarded on the recommendation of the Papua New Guinean Government
Dame Bridget Ogilvie AC DBE FRS 1938199786Awarded on the recommendation of the UK Government
Dame Janet Ritterman DBE 1941200282Awarded on the recommendation of the UK Government
Dame Adrienne Stewart DNZM QSM 1936201488Awarded on the recommendation of the New Zealand Government

Living knights

NameYear of
birth		Year of
knighthood		AgeKtBNotes
Professor Sir Ed Byrne AC 1952202072 [1] Awarded on the recommendation of the UK Government[ citation needed ]
Professor Sir Chris Clark 1960201564 [1] Awarded on the recommendation of the UK Government[ citation needed ]
General Sir Peter Cosgrove AK CVO MC 1947201477
Sir Lynton Crosby AO 1956201668 [1] Awarded on the recommendation of the UK Government[ citation needed ]
Sir Daryl Dawson AC KBE CB KC 1933198290
Sir William Deane AC KBE KC 1931198293
Professor Sir Peter Donnelly 1959201965 [1] Awarded on the recommendation of the UK Government[ citation needed ]
Sir Rod Eddington AO 1950200574 [1] Awarded on the recommendation of the UK Government[ citation needed ]
Sir Marc Feldmann AC 1944201082 [1] Awarded on the recommendation of the UK Government[ citation needed ]
Sir Trevor Garland KBE AM 1955201069 [1] Awarded on the recommendation of the Solomon Islands Government [2]
Sir Guy Green AC KBE CVO 1937198287
Sir William Heseltine GCB GCVO AC QSO 1930198294GCVO was awarded personally by HM The Queen[ citation needed ]
Sir Leo Hielscher AC 1926198798 [1] [3]
Sir David Higgins 1954201170 [1] Awarded on the recommendation of the UK Government [4]
Michael Hintze, Baron Hintze AM 1953201371 [1] Knighthood awarded on the recommendation of the UK Government. [5] [6]
Made life peer in 2022. [7]
Air Chief Marshal Sir Angus Houston AK AFC 1947201577
Sir Arthur LLewellyn Jones OBE 2024 [1] Awarded on the recommendation of the Papua New Guinea government [8]
Sir William Kearney CBE 1935198289 [1] Awarded on the recommendation of the Papua New Guinea government [9] [10]
Sir Frank Lowy AC 1930201793 [1] Awarded on the recommendation of the UK Government [11]
Sir Anthony Mason AC KBE KC 1925197299 [12]
Sir Graham McCamley MBE 1932198692 [1] [13]
Sir Jonathan Mills AC 1963201361 [1] Awarded on the recommendation of the UK Government[ citation needed ]
Sir Eric Neal AC CVO 19241982100 [1]
Professor Sir Gustav Nossal AC CBE 1931197793 [1]
Sir Bruce Saunders KBE 1941/1942201282/83Awarded on the recommendation of the Solomon Islands government [14] [15]
Sir Pascal Soriot 1959202265 [1] Awarded on the recommendation of the UK Government [16] [17]
Sir Guy Weston 1960202164 [1] Awarded on the recommendation of the UK Government

Note 1: In 1981 as Prince of Wales, King Charles III was awarded a substantive knighthood of the Order of Australia (AK), despite not being an Australian (this required an amendment to the Constitution of the Order of Australia). He has been the Sovereign Head of the Order of Australia since his accession to the throne on 8 September 2022.

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Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 This person is a Knight Bachelor, which carries no postnominal letters.
  2. ↑ London Gazette. Retrieved 21 January 2019
  3. ↑ Leo Hielscher: Burkes Peerage; Knight Bachelor, It's an Honour
  4. ↑ David Higgins: Knight Bachelor, London Gazette
  5. ↑ "No. 60534". The London Gazette (Supplement). 15 June 2013. p. 1.
  6. ↑ "Birthday Honours List 2013" (PDF). HM Government. 14 June 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
  7. ↑ "Lord Hintze". MPs and Lords. UK Parliament. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  8. ↑ London Gazette 64428, B 62
  9. ↑ London Gazette 49014. Retrieved 25 June 2017
  10. ↑ William Kearney: NLA Catalogue; Bio, supremecourt.nt.gov.au
  11. ↑ Australian Financial Review, 15 June 2017. Retrieved 17 June 2017
  12. ↑ Anthony Mason: KBE, 22 September 1972, It's an Honour; AC, 26 January 1988, It's an Honour
  13. ↑ Graham McCamley: Knight Bachelor, 21 June 1986, It's an Honour; www.tartrus.com
  14. ↑ Bruce Saunders: "SA expat knighted in the Solomon Islands", ABC North and West SA, 23 July 2012. Retrieved 22 June 2015
  15. ↑ London Gazette, 15 June 2012, Supplement 5. Retrieved 22 June 2015
  16. ↑ "The Queen's Birthday Honours 2022: High Awards". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 2 June 2022.[ title missing ]
  17. ↑ "No. 63714". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 June 2022. p. B2.

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