The Special Honours Lists for Australia are announced by the Governor General at any time.
Key (see below)
Date | Announcement | Award | Recipient | Ref | Notes |
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21 March 2007 | Honorary Award | AO (Military) | General John Abizaid | 2007-S51 [1] | |
18 May 2007 | Honorary Awards | AO | Professor Anne Rosalie Edwards | 2007-S94 [2] | |
18 May 2007 | Honorary Awards | AO | Commissioner Khoo Boon Hui | 2007-S94 [2] | |
18 May 2007 | Honorary Awards | AO | Dr Sanduk Ruit | 2007-S94 [2] | |
18 May 2007 | Honorary Awards | AM | Associate Professor Paul Adam | 2007-S94 [2] | |
18 May 2007 | Honorary Awards | AM | Dr Kenneth Murray Alexander | 2007-S94 [2] | |
18 May 2007 | Honorary Awards | AM | Peter Dare | 2007-S94 [2] | |
18 May 2007 | Honorary Awards | AM | Adjunct Professor Nicola Sasanelli | 2007-S94 [2] | |
18 May 2007 | Honorary Awards | AM | Emeritus Professor Trevor Gordon Wilson | 2007-S94 [2] | |
18 May 2007 | Honorary Awards | AM | Dr Helmut Ziegelschmidt | 2007-S94 [2] | |
18 May 2007 | Honorary Awards | OAM | Peter Collingwood Cathles | 2007-S94 [2] | |
18 May 2007 | Honorary Awards | OAM | Reginald Fredrick Guest | 2007-S94 [2] | |
18 May 2007 | Honorary Awards | OAM | David Dale Morgan , deceased | 2007-S94 [2] | wef 1 July 2005 |
21 June 2007 | Midwinter's Day 2007 | AAM | Sharon Labudda | 2007-S114 [3] | |
22 June 2007 | Champion Shots Medal with clasp | Leading Seaman Josh Kelly | 2007-S116 [4] | ||
21 June 2008 | Midwinter's Day 2008 | AAM | Matthew Filipowski | 2008-S123 [5] | |
10 July 2008 | Honorary Awards | AO | Tan Sri Dato' Azman Hashim | 2008-S137 [6] | |
10 July 2008 | Honorary Awards | AO | Tan Sri Dato' Seri Dr Jeffrey Cheah Fook Ling | 2008-S137 [6] | |
18 August 2008 | Gallantry awards for actions during the Vietnam War | SG | Lieutenant Colonel Harry Smith , MC | 2008-S167 [7] | |
18 August 2008 | Gallantry awards for actions during the Vietnam War | MG | Geoff Kendall | 2008-S167 [7] | |
18 August 2008 | Gallantry awards for actions during the Vietnam War | MG | David Sabben | 2008-S167 [7] | |
4 September 2008 | Honorary Awards | AC | Emeritus Professor Stuart Ross Taylor | 2008-S177 [8] | |
4 September 2008 | Honorary Awards | AO | Malcolm Binks | 2008-S177 [8] | |
4 September 2008 | Honorary Awards | AO | Dr J B Penn | 2008-S177 [8] | |
4 September 2008 | Honorary Awards | AM | Lu Jian | 2008-S177 [8] | |
16 January 2009 | VC | Trooper Mark Donaldson | 2009-S10 [9] | ||
21 June 2009 | Midwinter's Day 2009 | AAM | David Pullinger | 2009-S107 [10] | |
23 September 2009 | Honorary Awards | AM | Yoshimaro Katsumata , deceased | 2009-S146 [11] | wef 29 July 2009 |
23 September 2009 | Honorary Awards | AM | Professor Sangkot Marzuki | 2009-S146 [11] | |
23 September 2009 | Honorary Awards | AM | Peter Morley | 2009-S146 [11] | |
23 September 2009 | Honorary Awards | AM | Ronaldo Veirano | 2009-S146 [11] | |
23 September 2009 | Honorary Awards | OAM | Nicholas Bonello | 2009-S146 [11] | |
23 September 2009 | Honorary Awards | OAM | Joan Brownlie | 2009-S146 [11] | |
23 September 2009 | Honorary Awards | OAM | Tony Cutajar | 2009-S146 [11] | |
23 September 2009 | Honorary Awards | OAM | Khun Kanit Wanachote | 2009-S146 [11] | |
3 November 2009 | Honorary Appointment | AO (Military) | General David Petraeus | 2009-S172 [12] | |
27 November 2009 | Honorary Appointment | AO | The Honourable Hugh Templeton QSO | 2009-S196 [13] | |
27 November 2009 | Honorary Appointment | AM | Brian Lara | 2009-S196 [13] | |
4 December 2009 | Honorary Appointment | AM | Tetsuo Uehara | 2009-S201 [14] | |
9 March 2010 | Honorary Appointment | AC | Dr Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono GCB | 2010-S24 [15] | |
31 March 2010 | Awards for actions during the Vietnam War | DSM | Flight Lieutenant Clifford Dohle , deceased | 2010-S43 [16] | |
31 March 2010 | Awards for actions during the Vietnam War | Unit Citation for Gallantry | Delta Company, 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment | 2010-S43 [16] | |
1 July 2010 | Honorary Appointments | AC | The Honourable Richard Armitage , KCMG, CNZM | 2010-S102 [17] | |
1 July 2010 | Honorary Appointments | AO | Dr John David Diekman | 2010-S102 [17] | |
1 July 2010 | Honorary Appointments | AO | General Michael Hayden | 2010-S102 [17] | |
1 July 2010 | Honorary Appointments | AO | Dr George Nicks | 2010-S102 [17] | |
1 July 2010 | Honorary Appointments | AM | George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood , KBE | 2010-S102 [17] | |
1 July 2010 | Honorary Appointments | AM | Zannie Flanagan | 2010-S102 [17] | |
1 July 2010 | Honorary Appointments | AM | Hubert Huchette | 2010-S102 [17] | |
1 July 2010 | Honorary Appointments | AM | Akira Tatehata | 2010-S102 [17] | |
1 July 2010 | Honorary Appointments | AM | Datuk (Dr) Philip Ting Ding Ing | 2010-S102 [17] | |
1 July 2010 | Honorary Appointments | OAM | Thomas Corcoran | 2010-S102 [17] | |
1 July 2010 | Honorary Appointments | OAM | John Kelly | 2010-S102 [17] | |
1 July 2010 | Honorary Appointments | OAM | Peter Reynolds | 2010-S102 [17] | |
1 November 2010 | Honorary Appointments | AO | Moetaryanto Poerwoaminoto | 2010-S202 [18] | |
1 November 2010 | Honorary Appointments | OAM | Sister Lorraine Garasu, CSN | 2010-S202 [18] | |
1 November 2010 | Honorary Appointments | OAM | Brian Gavaghan | 2010-S202 [18] | |
1 November 2010 | Honorary Appointments | OAM | Isobel Hood | 2010-S202 [18] | |
1 November 2010 | Honorary Appointments | OAM | David Mearns | 2010-S202 [18] | |
5 November 2010 | Honorary Appointments | AO (Military) | Admiral Michael Mullen | 2010-S201 [19] | |
22 January 2011 | VC | Corporal Ben Roberts-Smith , MG | 2011-S12 [20] | ||
21 June 2011 | Midwinter's Day 2011 | AAM | Captain Murray Doyle | 2011-S99 [21] | |
21 June 2011 | Midwinter's Day 2011 | AAM | Dr Stephen Nicol | 2011-S99 [21] | |
14 September 2011 | Honorary Appointments | AO | The Honourable George Shultz | 2011-S134 [22] | |
2 December 2011 | Honorary Appointments | AO | Professor James McWha | 2011-S190 [23] | |
2 December 2011 | Honorary Appointments | AO | The Right Honourable Mike Moore , ONZ | 2011-S190 [23] | |
2 December 2011 | Honorary Appointments | AO | Ow Chio Kiat | 2011-S190 [23] | |
2 December 2011 | Honorary Appointments | AO | Kenneth E. Tyler | 2011-S190 [23] | |
2 December 2011 | Honorary Appointments | AM | Sevee Charuruks | 2011-S190 [23] | |
2 December 2011 | Honorary Appointments | AM | Catherin Chua | 2011-S190 [23] | |
2 December 2011 | Honorary Appointments | AM | Michael Godfrey-Roberts | 2011-S190 [23] | |
2 December 2011 | Honorary Appointments | AM | Dr Denzil Miller | 2011-S190 [23] | |
2 December 2011 | Honorary Appointments | AM | Mustafa Ruhi Őzbilgic | 2011-S190 [23] | |
2 December 2011 | Honorary Appointments | AM | Anne Raymond, deceased | 2011-S190 [23] | wef 7 April 2010 |
2 December 2011 | Honorary Appointments | AM | Dr Carole Webb | 2011-S190 [23] | |
2 December 2011 | Honorary Appointments | OAM | Barry Ashbolt | 2011-S190 [23] | |
2 December 2011 | Honorary Appointments | OAM | Francis Herman | 2011-S190 [23] | |
14 June 2012 | Honorary Appointment | AO (Military) | General Peter van Uhm | 2012-?[ citation needed ] | [24] [25] |
21 June 2012 | Midwinter's Day 2012 | AAM clasp | Dr Graham Robertson, AAM [26] | 2012-?[ citation needed ] | [24] [27] |
21 June 2012 | Midwinter's Day 2012 | AAM | Dr Neil Adams, deceased | 2012-?[ citation needed ] | [24] [27] |
21 June 2012 | Midwinter's Day 2012 | AAM | Dr Stephen Rintoul | 2012-?[ citation needed ] | [24] [27] |
21 June 2012 | Midwinter's Day 2012 | AAM | Dr James Doube | 2012-?[ citation needed ] | [24] [27] |
28 September 2012 | Honorary Appointment | AC | Akio Mimura | 2012-S152 [28] | |
28 September 2012 | Honorary Appointment | OAM | Masayasu Yoshimoto | 2012-S152 [28] | |
5 October 2012 | Honorary Appointments | AC | Michelle Bachelet | 2012-S160 [29] | |
5 October 2012 | Honorary Appointments | AO (Military) | Lt Gen James R. Clapper | 2012-S160 [29] | |
5 October 2012 | Honorary Appointments | AM | Sachin Tendulkar | 2012-S160 [29] | |
2 November 2012 | VC | Corporal Daniel Keighran | 2012-S167 [30] | ||
30 November 2012 | Honorary Appointments | AO | Pat Oliphant | 2012-S179 [31] | |
30 November 2012 | Honorary Appointments | AO | Don Voelte | 2012-S179 [31] | |
30 November 2012 | Honorary Appointments | AO | Max Yasuda | 2012-S179 [31] | |
30 November 2012 | Honorary Appointments | AO | George Yong-Boon Yeo | 2012-S179 [31] | |
30 November 2012 | Honorary Appointments | AM | Ar. Hijjas bin Kasturi | 2012-S179 [31] | |
30 November 2012 | Honorary Appointments | AM | Fram Kitagawa | 2012-S179 [31] | |
30 November 2012 | Honorary Appointments | AM | Zoran Kostovski | 2012-S179 [31] | |
30 November 2012 | Honorary Appointments | AM | Yasuki Nakamura | 2012-S179 [31] | |
30 November 2012 | Honorary Appointments | AM | Sir Ronald Sanders | 2012-S179 [31] | |
30 November 2012 | Honorary Appointments | AM | William Spooncer | 2012-S179 [31] | |
30 November 2012 | Honorary Appointments | OAM | Datuk Irene Betty Benggon-Charuruks | 2012-S179 [31] | |
30 November 2012 | Honorary Appointments | OAM | Desmond Cross | 2012-S179 [31] | |
30 November 2012 | Honorary Appointments | OAM | Johan Durnez | 2012-S179 [31] | |
30 November 2012 | Honorary Appointments | OAM | Dr Hans-Ullrich Henschel | 2012-S179 [31] | |
30 November 2012 | Honorary Appointments | OAM | Prof Jeanne M Liedtka | 2012-S179 [31] | |
30 November 2012 | Honorary Appointments | OAM | Nellie Morgan | 2012-S179 [31] | |
30 November 2012 | Honorary Appointments | OAM | Mario Sammut | 2012-S179 [31] | |
30 November 2012 | Honorary Appointments | OAM | Martin Smith | 2012-S179 [31] | |
15 February 2013 | Honorary Appointments | AO | Neil MacGregor OM | 2013-S25 [32] | |
15 February 2013 | Honorary Appointments | AM | Bernard Wright | 2013-S25 [32] | |
12 June 2013 | Honorary Appointment | AC | Prof Jill Ker Conway | 2013QB [33] | |
20 June 2013 | Gallantry awards for Far East Prisoners of War, World War II | Commendation for Gallantry |
| 2013-S72 [34] | |
21 June 2013 | Midwinter's Day 2013 | AAM | Captain Scott Laughlin | 2013-S68 [35] | |
21 June 2013 | Midwinter's Day 2013 | AAM | Dr Barbara Wienecke | 2013-S68 [35] | |
13 November 2013 | Cancellation | Commendation for Distinguished Service | Major Robin Paul Turner - Cancelled 13 November 2013 | 2013-1692 [36] | [24] [37] |
25 November 2013 | Honorary Appointments | AC | José Ramos-Horta | 2013-1742 [38] | |
25 November 2013 | Honorary Appointments | AO | Dr Kurt M. Campbell CNZM | 2013-1742 [38] | |
25 November 2013 | Honorary Appointments | AO | Sam Chisholm | 2013-1742 [38] | |
25 November 2013 | Honorary Appointments | AO | Audette Exel | 2013-1742 [38] | |
25 November 2013 | Honorary Appointments | AM | Dr Grace Cochrane | 2013-1742 [38] | |
25 November 2013 | Honorary Appointments | AM | Assoc. Prof. John Heggie | 2013-1742 [38] | |
25 November 2013 | Honorary Appointments | AM | Jules Laude | 2013-1742 [38] | |
25 November 2013 | Honorary Appointments | AM | Richard Robinson | 2013-1742 [38] | |
25 November 2013 | Honorary Appointments | AM | Toshio Shiba (aka Toshio Shibamoto) | 2013-1742 [38] | |
25 November 2013 | Honorary Appointments | AM | Datuk Andrew Sim men kin | 2013-1742 [38] | |
25 November 2013 | Honorary Appointments | AM | Yoshio Wada | 2013-1742 [38] | |
25 November 2013 | Honorary Appointments | OAM | Robert Bedwell | 2013-1742 [38] | |
25 November 2013 | Honorary Appointments | OAM | Kenneth Dryland | 2013-1742 [38] | |
13 December 2013 | Honorary Appointment | AM | Jerry Lewis | 2013-1862 [39] | |
13 February 2014 | VC | Corporal Cameron Baird , MG (deceased) | 2014-294 [40] | ||
25 March 2014 | AD | Quentin Bryce , AC, CVO | |||
28 March 2014 | AK | General Peter Cosgrove , AC, MC | |||
15 April 2014 | Honorary Appointment | AO (Military) | General John Allen | 2014 [41] | |
9 April 2015 | Honorary Appointment | AC | Yorihiko Kojima | 2015 [42] | |
9 April 2015 | Honorary Appointment | AO | Dr Patrick Simon | 2015 [42] | |
9 April 2015 | Honorary Appointment | AM | Chitaru Asahina | 2015 [42] | |
9 April 2015 | Honorary Appointment | OAM | Professor Haluk Oral | 2015 [42] | |
9 April 2015 | Honorary Appointment | OAM | Yvonne Shapiro | 2015 [42] | |
27 May 2015 | Honorary Appointment | AO | Professor Horst Lucke | 2015 [43] | |
27 May 2015 | Honorary Appointment | AO (Military) | Admiral Samuel J. Locklear , USN | 2015 [43] | |
27 May 2015 | Honorary Appointment | AM | Eric KarlFedering | 2015 [43] | |
27 May 2015 | Honorary Appointment | AM | Doctor Margo Smith | 2015 [43] | |
27 May 2015 | Honorary Appointment | AM | Inger Rice | 2015 [43] | |
27 May 2015 | Honorary Appointment | OAM | George Edmund Morgan | 2015 [43] | |
21 June 2016 | Midwinter's Day 2016 | AAM | Dr John Frederick Cadden | 2016 [44] | |
21 June 2016 | Midwinter's Day 2016 | AAM | Kym Blair Newbery | 2016 [44] | |
21 June 2016 | Midwinter's Day 2016 | AAM | Robert William Rowland | 2016 [44] | |
18 July 2017 | Honorary Appointment | AC | Sir John Key , GNZM | 2017 [45] | |
18 September 2017 | Honorary Appointment | OAM | Lieutenant Colonel Freddy Edy Declerck | 2017 [46] | |
18 September 2017 | Honorary Appointment | OAM | Gilbert Deleu | 2017 [46] | |
18 September 2017 | Honorary Appointment | OAM | Francois Maekelberg | 2017 [46] | |
24 July 2018 | Honorary Appointment | OAM | Dr Craig Challen | 2018 [46] | |
24 July 2018 | Tham Luang cave rescue operation Honours | OAM | Dr Craig Challen | 2018 [47] | |
24 July 2018 | Tham Luang cave rescue operation Honours | OAM | Dr Richard Harris | 2018 [47] | |
24 July 2018 | Tham Luang cave rescue operation Honours | OAM | Senior Constable Justin Bateman | 2018 [47] | |
24 July 2018 | Tham Luang cave rescue operation Honours | OAM | Leading Senior Constable Kelly Boers | 2018 [47] | |
24 July 2018 | Tham Luang cave rescue operation Honours | OAM | Detective Leading Senior Constable Benjamin Cox | 2018 [47] | |
24 July 2018 | Tham Luang cave rescue operation Honours | OAM | Chief Petty Officer Troy Eather | 2018 [47] | |
24 July 2018 | Tham Luang cave rescue operation Honours | OAM | First Constable Matthew Fitzgerald | 2018 [47] | |
24 July 2018 | Tham Luang cave rescue operation Honours | OAM | Acting Station Sergeant Robert James | 2018 [47] | |
24 July 2018 | Tham Luang cave rescue operation Honours | OAM | Detective Leading Senior Constable Christopher Markcrow | 2018 [47] | |
24 July 2018 | Tham Luang cave rescue operation Honours | SC | Dr Craig Challen, OAM | 2018 [47] | |
24 July 2018 | Tham Luang cave rescue operation Honours | SC | Dr Richard Harris, OAM | 2018 [47] | |
24 July 2018 | Tham Luang cave rescue operation Honours | BM | Senior Constable Justin Bateman, OAM | 2018 [47] | |
24 July 2018 | Tham Luang cave rescue operation Honours | BM | Leading Senior Constable Kelly Boers, OAM | 2018 [47] | |
24 July 2018 | Tham Luang cave rescue operation Honours | BM | Detective Leading Senior Constable Benjamin Cox, OAM | 2018 [47] | |
24 July 2018 | Tham Luang cave rescue operation Honours | BM | Chief Petty Officer Troy Eather, OAM | 2018 [47] | |
24 July 2018 | Tham Luang cave rescue operation Honours | BM | First Constable Matthew Fitzgerald, OAM | 2018 [47] | |
24 July 2018 | Tham Luang cave rescue operation Honours | BM | Acting Station Sergeant Robert James, OAM | 2018 [47] | |
24 July 2018 | Tham Luang cave rescue operation Honours | BM | Detective Leading Senior Constable Christopher Markcrow, OAM | 2018 [47] |
Date | Date of Announcement |
Announcement | Reason for announcement |
Award | see table below |
Recipient | |
Ref | Australian Government Gazette number |
Notes |
(This table is in sort by the Award column)
Award | Name of award | See also |
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AAM | Australian Antarctic Medal | List of Australian Antarctic Medal recipients |
AC | Honorary Companion of the Order of Australia (in the General Division) | List of honorary companions of the Order of Australia |
AD | Dame of the Order of Australia [48] | List of dames of the Order of Australia |
AK | Knight of the Order of Australia [48] | List of knights of the Order of Australia |
AO | Honorary Officer of the Order of Australia (in the General Division) | |
AO (Military) | Honorary Officer of the Order of Australia (in the Military Division) | |
AM | Honorary Member of the Order of Australia (in the General Division) | |
DSM | Distinguished Service Medal | |
MG | Medal for Gallantry | List of Medal for Gallantry recipients |
OAM | Honorary Medal of the Order of Australia (in the General Division) | |
SG | Star of Gallantry | List of Star of Gallantry recipients |
VC | Victoria Cross for Australia | List of Australian Victoria Cross recipients |
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