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 1930201494
Dame Quentin Bryce AD CVO 1942201482
Dame Patricia Hewitt DBE 1948202576Awarded on the recommendation of the UK Government
Dame Carol Kidu DBE AO 1948200576Awarded on the recommendation of the Papua New Guinean Government
Dame Bridget Ogilvie AC DBE FRS 1938199787Awarded on the recommendation of the UK Government
Dame Janet Ritterman DBE 1941200283Awarded on the recommendation of the UK Government
Dame Adrienne Stewart DNZM QSM 1936201489Awarded on the recommendation of the New Zealand Government

Living knights

NameYear of
birth		Year of
knighthood		AgeKtBNotes
Professor Sir Ed Byrne AC 1952202073 [1] Awarded on the recommendation of the UK Government[ citation needed ]
Professor Sir Chris Clark 1960201565 [1] Awarded on the recommendation of the UK Government[ citation needed ]
General Sir Peter Cosgrove AK CVO MC 1947201478
Professor Sir Ross Cranston KC 1948200877 [1] Awarded on the recommendation of the UK Government[ citation needed ]
Sir Lynton Crosby AO 1956201669 [1] Awarded on the recommendation of the UK Government[ citation needed ]
Sir Daryl Dawson AC KBE CB KC 1933198291
Sir William Deane AC KBE KC 1931198294
Professor Sir Peter Donnelly 1959201966 [1] Awarded on the recommendation of the UK Government[ citation needed ]
Sir Rod Eddington AO 1950200575 [1] Awarded on the recommendation of the UK Government[ citation needed ]
Sir Marc Feldmann AC 1944201083 [1] Awarded on the recommendation of the UK Government[ citation needed ]
Sir Trevor Garland KBE AM 1955201070 [1] Awarded on the recommendation of the Solomon Islands Government [2]
Sir William Heseltine GCB GCVO AC QSO 1930198295GCVO was awarded personally by HM The Queen[ citation needed ]
Sir David Higgins 1954201171 [1] Awarded on the recommendation of the UK Government [3]
Michael Hintze, Baron Hintze AM 1953201372 [1] Knighthood awarded on the recommendation of the UK Government. [4] [5]
Made life peer in 2022. [6]
Air Chief Marshal Sir Angus Houston AK AFC 1947201578
Sir Arthur Llewellyn Jones OBE 2024 [1] Awarded on the recommendation of the Papua New Guinea government [7]
Sir William Kearney CBE 1935198290 [1] Awarded on the recommendation of the Papua New Guinea government [8] [9]
Sir Frank Lowy AC 1930201794 [1] Awarded on the recommendation of the UK Government [10]
Sir Anthony Mason AC KBE KC 19251972100 [11]
Sir Graham McCamley MBE 1932198693 [1] [12]
Sir Jonathan Mills AC 1963201362 [1] Awarded on the recommendation of the UK Government[ citation needed ]
Professor Sir Gustav Nossal AC CBE 1931197794 [1]
Sir Bruce Saunders KBE 1941/1942201283/84Awarded on the recommendation of the Solomon Islands government [13] [14]
Sir Pascal Soriot 1959202266 [1] Awarded on the recommendation of the UK Government [15] [16]
Sir Guy Weston 1960202165 [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 This person is a Knight Bachelor, which carries no postnominal letters.
  2. ↑ London Gazette. Retrieved 21 January 2019
  3. ↑ David Higgins: Knight Bachelor, London Gazette
  4. ↑ "No. 60534". The London Gazette (Supplement). 15 June 2013. p. 1.
  5. ↑ "Birthday Honours List 2013" (PDF). HM Government. 14 June 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
  6. ↑ "Lord Hintze". MPs and Lords. UK Parliament. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  7. ↑ London Gazette 64428, B 62
  8. ↑ London Gazette 49014. Retrieved 25 June 2017
  9. ↑ William Kearney: NLA Catalogue; Bio, supremecourt.nt.gov.au
  10. ↑ Australian Financial Review, 15 June 2017. Retrieved 17 June 2017
  11. ↑ Anthony Mason: KBE, 22 September 1972, It's an Honour; AC, 26 January 1988, It's an Honour
  12. ↑ Graham McCamley: Knight Bachelor, 21 June 1986, It's an Honour; www.tartrus.com
  13. ↑ Bruce Saunders: "SA expat knighted in the Solomon Islands", ABC North and West SA, 23 July 2012. Retrieved 22 June 2015
  14. ↑ London Gazette, 15 June 2012, Supplement 5. Retrieved 22 June 2015
  15. ↑ "The Queen's Birthday Honours 2022: High Awards". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 2 June 2022.[ title missing ]
  16. ↑ "No. 63714". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 June 2022. p. B2.

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