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The Australian honours and awards system consists of the following: [4] Honours An honour is an appointment to an order of chivalry, and the Order of Australia is the only chivalric order currently able to be awarded in the Australian honours and awards system. Awards An award is a decoration or medal awarded to a person or organisation ...
The Order of Australia is an Australian honour that recognises Australian citizens and other persons for outstanding achievement and service. [1] It was established on 14 February 1975 by Elizabeth II , Queen of Australia , on the advice of then prime minister Gough Whitlam .
The Governor-General of Australia publishes the order of wearing of Australian orders, decorations and medals in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette. The Order of Wearing Australian Honours and Awards was last published in 2007. Order of wearing The order of wearing decorations and awards within the Australian honours system is prescribed as follows. Honours and awards listed are: those ...
Australian honours and awards system; Australian honours order of wearing; 0–9. 2000 Australian Royal Visit Honours; 2003 Special Honours (Australia)
Memorial to Australian recipients, George Cross Park, Canberra. The George Cross was awarded to 23 Australians, 11 to the Australian forces and 12 to civilians. It is the highest decoration of the Australian honours system after the British Victoria Cross and the Victoria Cross for Australia.
The Victoria Cross for Australia is the highest award in the Australian honours system, superseding the British Victoria Cross for issue to Australians. The Victoria Cross for Australia is the "decoration for according recognition to persons who in the presence of the enemy, perform acts of the most conspicuous gallantry, or daring or pre-eminent acts of valour or self-sacrifice or display ...
Orders, decorations, and medals of Australia; Australian Honours Order of Precedence; Orders, decorations, and medals of Barbados; Orders, decorations, and medals of Canada; Canadian order of precedence (decorations and medals) Fijian honours system; Jamaican honours system; Orders, decorations, and medals of New Zealand; New Zealand Honours ...
This is a list of recipients of the Distinguished Service Cross military decoration awarded to personnel of the Australian Defence Force. It is awarded for distinguished command and leadership in action. The DSC was introduced in 1991 and is the highest distinguished service decoration in the Australian Honours System.