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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 Order of Australia is the only Australian order of chivalry. It was established on 14 February 1975 by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, to recognise Australian citizens and other persons for achievement, meritorious service, or for both. At that time, Companion of the Order of Australia was the highest of three grades of the order ...
Pages in category "Members of the Order of Australia" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 2,116 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
This category lists all the members of the Order of Australia: Knight / Dame of the Order of Australia (AK / AD) — general division only. Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) — for eminent achievement and merit of the highest degree in service to Australia or to humanity at large. Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) — for ...
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. Decorations are awards, normally in the form of a cross or a star, made for ...
Degrees and diplomas, first grouped according to the corresponding Australian Qualifications Framework levels and ordered from lowest-to-highest, then in chronological order within those groups, [2] Fellowships then memberships of professional and academic bodies,
King Charles III (then Prince of Wales) wearing the insignia of a Knight of the Order of Australia, 1983. On 14 March 1981, the Queen co-signed letters patent amending the Constitution of the Order of Australia to create her son, the heir to the Australian throne, Charles, Prince of Wales, a knight of the Order of Australia. [3]
Honours are listed first in descending order of precedence, followed by degrees and memberships of learned societies in ascending order. Some obsolete positions are not listed unless recipients who continue to use the post-nominals even after the order becomes obsolete are still living.