Australian knights and dames
This is an incomplete list of Australians who have been appointed a knight or a dame, being entitled to be known as "sir" or "dame" respectively. It includes living Australian knights and dames as well as dead appointees. The list excludes Australian baronets; they have the title sir, but are not knights per se.
Criteria
For the purposes of this list, an Australian is either:- an Australian citizen, or
- a British subject who was born in or whose primary domicile was in Australia, or in the Australian colonies.
These appointments were made under:
- the British Imperial honours system. These were recommended by the Australian Government until 1982 and state governments until 1989 ; and
- the Australian Honours System established in 1975. The categories of Knight and Dame of the Order of Australia were created by the Queen on advice from the Fraser Liberal-National coalition government in 1976, and discontinued by her on advice from the Hawke Labor government in 1986. During that period, twelve Knights and two Dames of the Order of Australia were appointed. On 25 March 2014 Tony Abbott announced the reintroduction of Knights and Dames to the Australian Honours System. Two more Knights and two more Dames were created. On 2 November 2015, they were once again removed from the constitution of the Order of Australia on the advice of Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull.
Many of the people shown had other honours, such as AC, OBE, CMG, VC, etc. These details are not relevant to this list, and are not shown.
Most of the details were sourced from It's an Honour, the Australian Government database of honours and awards. All names of those who were appointed to orders of chivalry that appear in It's an Honour are listed. Not all awards appear in It's an Honour, as awardees may elect not to have their awards included in the database. The list of knights bachelor is also incomplete.
Order of the Garter
Knights Companion of the Order of the Garter:Order of the Thistle
Knights of the Order of the Thistle:Knights (KT)
- Note: Sir Robert Menzies is the only Australian ever appointed a Knight of the Order of the Thistle. The award was made in 1963, during his tenure as Prime Minister of Australia. He was also appointed a Knight of the Order of Australia in 1976.
Order of the Bath
Knights of the Order of the Bath:Order of Australia
Knights and Dames of the Order of Australia:Knights (AK)
Note: This is a complete list of the Australians who were or are Knights of the Order of Australia. Charles, Prince of Wales, heir to the Australian throne but not himself an Australian, was also appointed AK, by amendment to the Constitution of the Order of Australia in 1981. His father, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, was also made a Knight of the Order of Australia in 2015.Order of St Michael and St George
Knights of the Order of St Michael and St George:Royal Victorian Order
Knights of the Royal Victorian Order:Order of the British Empire
Knights and Dames of the Order of the British Empire:Knights Commander (KBE)
| Name | Living | Date | Citation | Reference and comments |
| Charles Adermann | 1971 | Political & public service | ||
| Keith Aickin | 1976 | In recognition of service to the law | ||
| John Allison | 1959 | Chairman of the Export Development Council | ||
| William John Allison | 1954 | n/a | ; also Knight Bachelor | |
| Ken Anderson | 1972 | In recognition of service to the public service and politics | ; also Knight Bachelor | |
| Reg Ansett | 1969 | In recognition of service to the transport industry | ||
| Stanley Argyle | 1930 | Minister of Health in Victoria | ||
| Albert Edwin Axon | 1959 | Chancellor of the University of Queensland | ||
| Clive Baillieu | 1938 | In recognition of service to the Public service | ; later 1st Baron Baillieu | |
| James William Barrett | 1918 | Service in Egypt with the Red Cross | ||
| Walter Bassett | 1959 | Public service & engineering | ||
| Robert Bates | living | 2026 | For services to Business and to the Community | Awarded on the recommendation of the Papua New Guinea government |
| Philip Baxter | 1965 | Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission | ||
| Howard Beale | 1961 | Australian Ambassador to the USA | ||
| George Beeby | 1939 | Chief Justice of the Arbitration Court | ||
| Brian Ernest Bell | 1994 | Services to business and the community | Awarded on the recommendation of the Papua New Guinea government | |
| Phillip Bennett | 1983 | Chief of the General Staff | ||
| Nigel Bowen | 1976 | In recognition of service to political services | ||
| Richard Boyer | 1956 | Chairman of the ABC | ||
| Henry Braddon | 1920 | Commonwealth Commissioner in the USA | ||
| Gerard Brennan | 1981 | Judge of the High Court of Australia | , | |
| William Bridgeford | 1956 | Chief executive of the Olympic Games | ||
| Charles Hart Bright | 1980 | In recognition of service to public service | ||
| George Brookman | 1920 | Services during the war | ||
| Michael Bruxner | 1962 | In recognition of service to public and political services | ||
| John Bunting | 1977 | Australian High Commissioner in London | ; also Knight Bachelor | |
| Stanley Burbury | 1958 | Chief Justice of Tasmania | ; also | |
| Joseph Terence Anthony Burke | 1980 | In recognition of service to the arts | ||
| Macfarlane Burnet | 1969 | President of the Australian Academy of Science | ; also Knight Bachelor, | |
| Henry Mackay Burrell | 1960 | Honours List | ||
| Samuel (Roy) Burston | 1952 | Honours List | ||
| Gordon Chalk | 1971 | Queensland Government Minister | ||
| Gilbert Chandler | 1972 | Leader of the Legislative Council of Victoria | ||
| Frederick Chaney | 1982 | In recognition of service to the community | ||
| John Clancy | 1967 | Chancellor of the University of Sydney | ||
| Harold Clapp | 1941 | In recognition of service to public service | ||
| Lindesay Clark | 1968 | In recognition of services to the mining industry | ||
| Reginald Marcus Clark | 1939 | In recognition of service to public services | ||
| Francis Grenville Clarke | 1926 | President of the Legislative Council of Victoria | ||
| William Clarkson | 1918 | Reorganisation of coastal shipping during the war | Appears twice:,. Also, | |
| Charles Percy Barlee Clubbe | 1927 | Service to the Commonwealth | ||
| Arthur Cocks | 1923 | Colonial Treasurer of New South Wales | ||
| John Collins | 1951 | n/a | ||
| Charles Wellington Connibere | 1936 | In recognition of service to charities | ||
| Virgil Copas | 1982 | Archbishop Emeritus of Papua New Guinea | ||
| Douglas Copland | 1950 | Prices Commissioner & Vice-Chancellor of the ANU | ||
| Magnus Cormack | 1970 | In recognition of service to political and public service | ||
| Owen Cox | 1918 | Chairman of the Overseas Shipping Committee | ; also | |
| John Gregory Crace | 1947 | |||
| William Rooke Creswell | 1919 | 1st Naval Member of the Naval Board | ; also | |
| Walter Crocker | 1978 | In recognition of service to the public | ||
| Charles Cutler | 1973 | Deputy Premier of New South Wales | ||
| Edgeworth David | 1920 | Services during the war | ||
| Alfred Charles Davidson | 1938 | General manager of the Bank of New South Wales | ||
| Charles Davidson | 1964 | Public services | ||
| Daryl Dawson | living | 1982 | Judge of the High Court of Australia | |
| William Deane | living | 1982 | Judge of the High Court of Australia | |
| Hugh Denison | 1923 | Service to the Commonwealth | ||
| David Derham | 1977 | Vice-Chancellor of the University of Melbourne | ||
| Roy Dowling | 1957 | Honours List | ; also KCVO | |
| Alexander (Alick) Downer | 1965 | High Commissioner to the United Kingdom | , | |
| Russell Dumas | 1964 | In recognition of service to the Public Service in Western Australia | ; also Knight Bachelor | |
| John Wallace Dunlop | 1971 | In recognition of service to industry | ||
| Donald Dunstan | 1980 | Chief of the General Staff | ||
| Clifden Henry Andrews Eager | 1952 | President of the Legislative Council of Victoria | ; also Knight Bachelor | |
| James Alexander Mackenzie Elder | 1925 | Commonwealth Commissioner in the USA | ||
| Kevin Ellis | 1969 | In recognition of service as Speaker of the NSW Legislative Assembly | ||
| David Fairbairn | 1978 | In recognition of service to Parliament | ||
| Allen Fairhall | 1970 | Minister of Defence | ||
| Andrew Walker Fairley | 1951 | In recognition of service to the Public Service in Victoria | ||
| Neil Fairley | 1950 | In recognition of service to tropical medicine | ||
| James Oswald Fairfax | 1926 | In recognition of service as Chairman of the Empire Press Union | ||
| James Freeman | 1977 | Roman Catholic Archbishop of Sydney | ||
| Gordon Freeth | 1978 | High Commissioner in London | ||
| John Russell French | 1918 | General manager of the Bank of New South Wales | ||
| Wilfred Fullagar | 1955 | Judge of the High Court | ||
| Hudson Fysh | 1953 | Chairman of QANTAS | ||
| Victor Garland | 1982 | In recognition of service to parliament | ||
| Ragnar Garrett | 1959 | Chief of the General Staff | ||
| Harry Gibbs | 1970 | In recognition of service to the law | ; also GCMG | |
| Robert Gibson | 1920 | Services to the Repatriation Office | ; also GBE | |
| Norman Gilroy | 1969 | In recognition for service as Roman Catholic Archbishop of Sydney | ||
| Philip Goldfinch | 1934 | Chairman of the British Settlers Committee | ||
| Launcelot Goody | 1977 | In recognition of service to the Roman Catholic Church, particularly as the Archbishop of Perth | ||
| Eugene Gorman | 1966 | Services to the dried fruits industry | ||
| Guy Green | 1982 | Chief Justice of Tasmania | ||
| Richard Kenneth Green | 1957 | Senior Puisne Judge – Supreme Court of Tasmania | ||
| John Grindrod | 1983 | Services to religion | ||
| William Archer Gunn | 1961 | Chairman of the Australian Wool Bureau | ||
| William Henry Hall | 1979 | Service to veterans | ; also Knight Bachelor | |
| Reginald Halse | 1962 | Archbishop of Brisbane | ||
| Keith Hancock | 1965 | Professor of History at the ANU | ||
| Val Hancock | 1962 | Honours List | ||
| Mostyn Hanger | 1973 | Chief Justice of Queensland | ||
| Colin Hannah | 1971 | Chief of the Air Staff | ; also KCMG, KCVO | |
| Wilfred Hastings Harrington | 1963 | Honours List | ||
| John Richards Harris | 1937 | Minister of Health in Victoria | ||
| John Harrison | 1923 | Chairman of the Disabled Soldiers Village | ||
| Frank Hassett | 1976 | Chief of the Defence Force Staff | ||
| Thomas Henley | 1920 | Member of the NSW Legislative Council | ||
| Denham Henty | 1968 | In recognition of service to political services in Tasmania | ||
| Edmund Herring | 1943 | For outstanding qualities of leadership in the S.W. Pacific area | ; also KCMG | |
| Leslie Herron | 1966 | For service as Chief Justice of New South Wales | ||
| Thomas Hiley | 1966 | Lately Deputy Premier of Queensland | ||
| William Frederick Holland | 1961 | President of the RSSAIL | ||
| Ivan Holyman | 1956 | Service to the transport industry | ||
| Samuel Hordern | 1938 | President of the NSW Royal Agricultural Society | ; also Knight Bachelor | |
| Henry Rudolph Howard | 1963 | Chairman of the Commonwealth Games Committee | ; also Knight Bachelor | |
| Herbert Sydney Hudd | 1937 | Minister of Railways & Marine in South Australia | ||
| William Hudson | 1955 | Chairman of the Snowy Mountains Authority | ||
| Alan Hulme | 1971 | Postmaster-General | ||
| Thomas Ernest Victor Hurley | 1950 | Public services | ||
| Leonard Huxley | 1964 | Vice-Chancellor of the ANU | ||
| Kenneth Jacobs | 1976 | Service to law | ||
| George Jenkins | 1946 | Minister of Agriculture in South Australia | ||
| Asher Joel | 1974 | Services to the Community | ; also Knight Bachelor | |
| George Jones | 1953 | Honours List | ||
| William Raymond Kelly | 1952 | Chief Justice of the Arbitration Court | ||
| Alfred Newcombe Kemsley | 1980 | Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne | ||
| Wilfrid Kent Hughes | 1957 | Chairman of the Olympic Games Committee | ||
| William John Kilpatrick | 1965 | Public service | ||
| Frank Kitto | 1955 | Judge of the High Court | ||
| Harold Knight | 1980 | Services to banking | ||
| John Lavarack | 1942 | Operations in the Middle East | ; also KCMG, KCVO | |
| Arthur James Lee | 1966 | President of the RSSAIL | ||
| Ernest Henry Lee-Steere | 1988 | Lord Mayor of Perth | ||
| Frank Little | 1977 | Roman Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne | ||
| Marcus Loane | 1976 | Archbishop of Sydney | ||
| Arthur MacDonald | 1978 | Chief of the Defence Force Staff | ||
| William George Albert Mack | 1967 | Chief Justice of Queensland | ||
| Iven Mackay | 1941 | Operations in the Middle East | ||
| Thomas Chester Manifold | 1965 | Services to horse racing and Victoria community | ; also Knight Bachelor | |
| Henry Edward Manning | 1939 | Attorney-General of New South Wales | ||
| Anthony Mason | living | 1972 | Services to law | |
| David Masson | 1923 | Professor of Chemistry at Melbourne University | ||
| Louis Matheson | 1976 | Services to education and to Victoria | ||
| William George McBeath | 1920 | Service during the War | ||
| John McCauley | 1955 | Honours List | ||
| James McCay | 1919 | Service during the war | ; also KCMG | |
| Emmet McDermott | 1972 | Lord Mayor of Sydney | ||
| Charles George McDonald | 1970 | Chancellor of the University of Sydney | ; also Knight Bachelor | |
| William D'Arcy McDonald | 1964 | Chairman of the Commonwealth Bank | ||
| Lyell McEwin | 1954 | Minister of Health & Mines in South Australia | ||
| James Robert McGregor | 1956 | Services to the wool industry | ||
| Malcolm McIntosh | 1956 | Minister of Works in South Australia | ||
| Alick Benson McKay | 1977 | Services to Victoria & to newspapers | ||
| Ross McLarty | 1953 | Premier of Western Australia | ||
| Ian McLennan | 1963 | Services to industry | ; also KCMG | |
| Neville McNamara | 1981 | Honours List | ||
| Alan McNicoll | 1966 | Honours List | ||
| Walter McNicoll | 1937 | Administrator of New Guinea | ||
| William McPherson | 1923 | Treasurer of Victoria | ||
| Edward McTiernan | 1951 | Judge of the High Court | ||
| Alfred William Meeks | 1920 | Member of the NSW Legislative Council | ||
| Leslie Melville | 1957 | Vice-Chancellor of the ANU | ||
| Douglas Menzies | 1958 | Judge of the High Court | ||
| Harrison Moore | 1925 | Professor of Law at Melbourne University | ||
| Kenneth Morris | 1968 | Services to parliament & the community | ||
| Leslie Morshead | 1942 | Distinguished service in the Middle East | ; also KCB | |
| Alan Whiteside Munro | 1965 | Minister of Industrial Development in Queensland | ||
| Alister Murdoch | 1966 | Honours List | ||
| James Anderson Murdoch | 1928 | Public & charitable services | ||
| Rupert Myers | 1981 | Services to education & science | ||
| Maurice Arnold Nathan | 1963 | Lord Mayor of Melbourne | ||
| Frank Kingsley Norris | 1957 | Services to medicine | ||
| James O'Collins | 1980 | Services to religion & the community | ||
| Mark Oliphant | 1959 | Director of the School of Science at the ANU | ||
| Neil O'Sullivan | 1959 | Attorney-General of the Commonwealth | ||
| Frank Packer | 1971 | Services to Australian & International Yachting | ; also Knight Bachelor | |
| Shane Paltridge | 1966 | Leader of the Government in the Senate | ; appointed KBE 1 January 1966, and died 21 January | |
| Herbert Angas Parsons | 1945 | Senior Puisne Judge in Queensland | ; also Knight Bachelor | |
| Baden Pattinson | 1962 | Minister of Education in South Australia | ||
| Richard Peek | 1972 | Chief of the Naval Staff | ||
| Frederick Beaumont Phillips | 1956 | Chief Justice of Papua New Guinea | ||
| John Phillips | 1972 | Services to banking | ||
| Roslyn Philp | 1958 | Senior Puisne Judge in Queensland | ||
| Reginald Pollard | 1961 | Honours List | ; also KCVO | |
| Charles Read | 1976 | Chief of the Air Staff | ||
| Arthur Rickard | 1920 | Services during the War | ||
| Horace Robertson | 1950 | Honours List | ||
| Macpherson Robertson | 1935 | Philanthropic services in Victoria | ; also Knight Bachelor | |
| Thomas Robinson | 1917 | Agent-General for Queensland in London | ; also Knight Bachelor, KCMG, GBE | |
| Percival Halse Rogers | 1939 | Judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales | ||
| Robert Bell Roscoe | 1981 | Public services | ||
| John Rossiter | 1978 | Agent-General for Victoria in London | ||
| Sydney Rowell | 1953 | Chief of the General Staff | ||
| James Rowland | 1977 | Chief of the Air Staff | ||
| Charles Ryan | 1919 | Service during the war | ||
| Arthur Rylah | 1968 | Deputy Premier of Victoria | ||
| John Sanderson | 1937 | Services to the Commonwealth | ||
| Bruce Saunders | living | 2012 | For service to business and public and community development | Awarded on the recommendation of the Solomon Islands government |
| Stanley Savige | 1950 | Honours List | ||
| Frederick Scherger | 1958 | Honours List | ||
| Francis Palmer Selleck | 1957 | Lord Mayor of Melbourne | ; also Knight Bachelor | |
| Joseph Aloysius Sheehy | 1970 | Senior Puisne Judge in Queensland | ||
| Mark Sheldon | 1924 | Services to the Commonwealth | ; also Knight Bachelor | |
| Colin Sinclair | 1953 | Service to the public & the pastoral industry | ||
| Joynton Smith | 1920 | Services during the war | ||
| Keith Smith | 1919 | England-Australia flight | ||
| Ross Smith | 1919 | England-Australia flight | ||
| Victor Smith | 1969 | Chief of the Naval Staff | ||
| Sydney Snow | 1936 | Public services | ||
| Percy Spender | 1952 | Australian Ambassador to the USA | ; also KCVO | |
| Richard Hawdon Stawell | 1929 | President of the Melbourne Hospital | ||
| Clive Selwyn Steele | 1953 | Services to engineering | ||
| Ninian Stephen | 1972 | Justice of the High Court of Australia | also AK, KG, GCMG, GCVO | |
| Jack Stevens | 1955 | Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission | ||
| Hugh David Stevenson | 1977 | Chief of the Naval Staff | ||
| George Steward | 1918 | Service to the Commonwealth Government | ||
| Hector Hamilton Stewart | 1976 | Service to medicine & the community | ||
| Phillip Nigel Warrington Strong | 1970 | Primate of Australia | ||
| Vernon Sturdee | 1951 | Honours List | ||
| Reginald Swartz | 1972 | Minister for National Development | ||
| Geoffrey Syme | 1941 | Service to journalism | ||
| George Syme | 1924 | Service to Victoria | ||
| Anthony Synnot | 1979 | Chief of the Naval Staff | ||
| Alan Taylor | 1955 | Judge of the High Court | ||
| Vernon Haddon Treatt | 1970 | Chief Commissioner for Sydney | ||
| Donald Trescowthick | 1979 | Services to the community | ||
| John Evenden Virtue | 1975 | Senior Puisne Judge in Western Australia | ||
| Charles Graham Waddell | 1927 | Service to the Commonwealth | ||
| Geoffrey Archer Walch | 1954 | Public service in Tasmania | ||
| Cyril Walsh | 1969 | Judge of the High Court | ||
| Arthur George Warner | 1962 | Minister of Transport in Victoria | ; also Knight Bachelor | |
| Edward Emerton Warren | 1959 | Services to the coal industry | ; also KCMG | |
| William Webb | 1954 | Judge of the High Court | ||
| Henry Wells | 1956 | Chief of the General Staff | ||
| Frederick William George White | 1962 | Chairman of the CSIRO | ||
| Thomas White | 1952 | Australian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom | ||
| Bruce Williams | 1980 | Services to education and to government | ||
| Dudley Williams | 1954 | Judge of the High Court | ||
| Edward Williams | 1981 | Services to law & the community | ; also KCMG | |
| Richard Williams | 1954 | Director-General of Civil Aviation since 1946 | ||
| Eric Willis | 1975 | Deputy Premier of New South Wales | ||
| James Willis | 1981 | Chief of the Naval Staff | ||
| Kenneth Agnew Wills | 1960 | Member of the Universities Commission | ||
| Ronald Wilson | 1979 | Judge of the High Court | ||
| Victor Wilson | 1926 | Services to the Empire Exhibition | ||
| John Wilton | 1964 | Chief of the General Staff | ||
| Victor Windeyer | 1958 | Judge of the High Court | ||
| Frank Woods | 1972 | Primate of Australia | ||
| George Wootten | 1958 | Chairman of the Repatriation Commission | ||
| Guilford Young | 1978 | Services to the church | ||
| Walter Young | 1932 | Chairman of the SA Committee on Finance |
Dames Commander (DBE)
| Name | Living | Date | Citation | Reference and comments |
| 1937 | Public service in New South Wales | |||
| 1960 | In recognition of service to the performing arts | |||
| 1975 | Community and welfare services | |||
| 1979 | In recognition of service to community and welfare services | |||
| 1968 | Devotion to the public interest | ; she was initially known as Dame Zara Holt, but later married Jeff Bate | ||
| 1981 | In recognition of service to women's affairs | |||
| 1960 | In recognition of service to country women | |||
| 1981 | In recognition of service to the education | |||
| 1975 | In recognition of service to the community | |||
| 1973 | Public service to Victoria | |||
| 1979 | In recognition of service to the community | |||
| 1979 | In recognition of service to the community | |||
| 1955 | In recognition of service to charitable and social welfare services | |||
| 1976 | In recognition of service to hospitals and the community | |||
| 1972 | In recognition of service to political and public services | |||
| 1969 | In recognition of service to charities | |||
| 2017 | Publishing | |||
| 1971 | In recognition of service to the welfare of Australian children | |||
| 1951 | WA Minister of Health | |||
| 1920 | Organisation of canteens for the troops | |||
| 1980 | n/a | |||
| 1971 | In recognition of service to charities | |||
| 1925 | ||||
| 1947 | In recognition of service to the Public service in Tasmania | |||
| 1961 | In recognition of service to public and patriotic services | |||
| 1971 | In recognition of service to the public | |||
| 1951 | In recognition of service to social welfare | |||
| 1935 | In recognition of service to the welfare of children | |||
| 1919 | n/a | |||
| 1975 | In recognition of service to medicine | |||
| 1978 | In recognition of service to literature | |||
| 1982 | In recognition of service to the theatre | |||
| 1974 | In recognition of service to the community | |||
| 1976 | In recognition of service to the community | |||
| 1937 | In recognition for leading women in 'New Australian Movement' and as a writer of verse, stories and essays | |||
| 1980 | Public & Parliamentary service | |||
| 1974 | Distinguished services to music | |||
| 1960 | In recognition of service to nursing in Victoria | |||
| living | 2025 | For services to Healthcare Transformation | Awarded as part of the 2025 New Year Honours | |
| living | 2005 | Papua New Guinean 2005 New Year's Honours | ||
| 1983 | Services to literature and the public | |||
| 1981 | Service to the performing arts & the community | |||
| 1966 | Public services | |||
| 1977 | Distinguished service to Royal Children's Hospital | |||
| 1969 | Services to medicine | |||
| 1935 | In recognition of service to the welfare of children | |||
| 1980 | Services to the welfare of Aboriginals | |||
| 1918 | Patriotic work during the war | ; also | ||
| 1982 | Community services | |||
| 1963 | Social welfare services | |||
| 1960 | Charitable services | |||
| 2020 | ||||
| 1976 | Distinguished community service | |||
| 1977 | Distinguished community service | |||
| 1957 | Political and public services | |||
| 1978 | Service to women's affairs and politics | |||
| 1978 | Services to the handicapped | |||
| 1980 | Services to women | |||
| 1981 | Services to ballet | |||
| 1968 | Social welfare services | |||
| 1979 | In recognition of service to the performing arts | |||
| 1968 | Service to the Western Australia Parliament | ; the reference to the "Western Australia Parliament" is an error, as Tangney was never a member of that parliament | ||
| 1970 | Services to ballet | |||
| 1928 | Philanthropic & charitable services | |||
| 1967 | Services to Parliament |
Knights Bachelor
This list of Australian knights bachelor is incomplete. You can assist by adding to it.Note: There are no postnominal letters associated with the award of Knight Bachelor.
| Name | Living | Date | Citation | Reference and comments |
| Daniel Aarons | 1970 | In recognition for services as Treasurer of the Liberal Party of NSW | ||
| Tei Abal | 1976 | |||
| Albert Francis Abbott | 1981 | Services to local government | ||
| Charles Abbott | 1960 | Judge of the Supreme Court of South Australia | ||
| Thomas à Beckett | 1909 | Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria | ||
| Peter Abeles | 1972 | Services to transport & Melbourne University | ||
| Alastair Duncan Grant Adam | 1970 | Judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria | ||
| Kenneth Thomas Adamson | 1968 | Services to the dental profession | ||
| Garrick Agnew | 1982 | Service to industry & commerce | ||
| Alexis Albert | 1972 | In recognition of service to industry & the community | ||
| Henry Graham Alderman | 1962 | In recognition of services to the legal profession | ||
| George Mason Allard | 1926 | In recognition of services to banking | ||
| Gordon Laidlaw Allard | 1981 | In recognition of services to the Royal Victoria Eye & Ear Hospital | ||
| Carleton Allen | 1952 | |||
| Harry Brookes Allen | 1914 | Dean of Medicine at the University of Melbourne | ||
| William Guildford Allen (senior) | 1973 | Services to the pastoral industry in Queensland | ||
| William Guildford Allen (junior) | 1981 | In recognition of service to broadcasting & the pastoral industry | ||
| William John Allison | 1954 | In recognition of service to Australian commerce | ; also KBE | |
| Arthur Barton Pilgrim Amies | 1957 | In recognition of service to the dentistry as Dean at the University of Melbourne | ||
| Donald Anderson | 1967 | Director-General of the Civil Aviation Department | ||
| Francis Anderson | 1936 | Services to the University of Sydney | ||
| John Muir Anderson | 1969 | In recognition of service to the community | ||
| Ken Anderson | 1970 | Minister for Supply | ; also KBE | |
| William Hewson Anderson | 1965 | In recognition of service to the Public service | ||
| Dormer Andrews | 1987 | In recognition of service as Chief Justice of Queensland | ||
| Keith Angas | 1952 | Service to the pastoral industry | ||
| William Angliss | 1939 | In recognition of service to the public service in Victoria | ||
| Tristan Antico | 1973 | In recognition of service to industry | ||
| Archibald Archer | 1981 | In recognition of service to the primary industry, government and to the community | ||
| Alfred Norman Armstrong | 1966 | In recognition of service to banking & export | ||
| Alfred Henry Ashbolt | 1925 | Agent-General for Tasmania in London | ||
| Will Ashton | 1960 | Service as Chairman of the Commonwealth Art Advisory Board | ||
| Harold George Aston | 1983 | Services to industry | ||
| John Atwill | 1979 | In recognition of service to commerce | ||
| John Worroker Austin | 1971 | In recognition of service to industry | ||
| James Frederick John Auswild | 1974 | In recognition of service to commerce | ||
| Kenneth Bailey | 1958 | Commonwealth Solicitor-General | ||
| James Balderstone | 1983 | In recognition of service to primary industry and commerce | ||
| John Vincent Barry | 1961 | |||
| Redmond Barry | 1877 | also KCMG | ||
| Peter Barter | ||||
| Garfield Barwick | 1953 | In recognition of service to the Public service | ; also AK, GCMG | |
| Noel Bayliss | 1979 | In recognition of service to education at Murdoch University | ; also CBE | |
| Frank Beaurepaire | 1942 | Lord Mayor of Melbourne | ||
| George Bedbrook | 1978 | In recognition of paraplegic rehabilitation | ; also OBE | |
| Marcus Beeck | 1979 | Service to agriculture | ||
| Harold Garfield Behan | 1977 | For distinguished service to local government and primary industry | ||
| Arnold Lucas Bennett | 1975 | In recognition of service to legal advocacy | ||
| Angus Bethune | 1979 | In recognition of service to the Federal Parliament | ; the reference to the “Federal Parliament” appears to be an error, as Bethune was never a member of that parliament | |
| Max Bingham | 1988 | In recognition of service to the law, crime prevention, parliament and the community | ||
| Cyril Pangbourne Bird | 1968 | |||
| Hermann Black | 1974 | Chancellor of the University of Sydney | ||
| Charles Blackburn | 1936 | Member of the NSW Council of the BMA | ; also KCMG | |
| Richard Blackburn | 1983 | In recognition of service to law | ||
| Robert Blackwood | 1961 | In recognition of service to Monash University | ||
| James Blair | 1930 | Chief Justice of Queensland | ; also KCMG | |
| Thomas Blamey | 1935 | Commissioner of Police in Victoria | ; also KCB, GBE | |
| Henry Bland | 1965 | Secretary of the Department of Labour | ||
| Lavington Bonython | 1935 | In recognition of service to philanthropy | ||
| Stewart Bovell | 1976 | For long and outstanding service to Western Australia | ||
| Geoffrey Fraser Bowen | 1977 | In recognition of distinguished service to commerce in the field of banking. | ||
| John Bowser | 1927 | Speaker of the Victorian Legislative Assembly | ||
| Jack Brabham | 1979 | In recognition of service to motor sport | ||
| Donald Bradman | 1949 | In recognition of service to the sport of cricket | ||
| William Lawrence Bragg | 1941 | |||
| Laurence Brodie-Hall | 1982 | In recognition of service to the mining industry in WA | ||
| Norman Brookes | 1939 | In recognition of service to public service | ||
| Wilfred Deakin Brookes | 1979 | |||
| Allen Brown | 1956 | Secretary of the Prime Minister's Department | ||
| Thomas Buckland | 1935 | Chairman of the Bank of New South Wales | ||
| Harry Budd | 1970 | |||
| John Bunting | 1964 | Secretary to the Prime Minister's Department | ; also KBE | |
| Macfarlane Burnet | 1951 | Services to biological research | ; also KBE, AK | |
| Walter Burnett | 1988 | Services to the community | ||
| Sam Burston | 1977 | In recognition of service to primary industry | ||
| Richard Butler I | 1913 | Former Premier of South Australia | ||
| John Butters | 1927 | Commissioner of the Federal Capital Commission | ||
| Maurice Byers | 1982 | In recognition of service to public service | ||
| Bede Callaghan | 1976 | In recognition of service to banking | ||
| Frank Callaway | 1981 | In recognition of service to music education | ||
| Bernard Callinan | 1977 | Victoria | ||
| Ewen Paul Cameron | 1961 | Minister of Health in Victoria | ||
| Roy Cameron | 1957 | Pathologist | ||
| Walter Campbell | 1979 | In recognition of service to government, law and education | ||
| Edward Carlile | 1913 | Parliamentary Draftsman Victoria | ||
| Alan Carmody | 1978 | In recognition of service to the Public service | ||
| Roderick Carnegie | 1978 | In recognition of service to industry | ||
| Stanley Carver | 1962 | Commonwealth Statistician | ||
| Walter Cawthorn | 1958 | High Commissioner to Pakistan | ||
| Michael Chamberlin | 1964 | |||
| Frederick Oliver Chilton | 1969 | |||
| Giles Chippindall | 1955 | |||
| Raphael Cilento | 1935 | Director-General of the Queensland Health Dept | ||
| Christopher Clark | living | 2015 | For services to British German relations | |
| Hector Clayton | 1968 | In recognition of service to commerce | ||
| Donald Cleland | 1961 | Administrator of Papua New Guinea | ||
| Ian Clunies Ross | 1954 | Chairman of the CSIRO | ||
| Timothy Coghlan | 1914 | Agent-General for New South Wales in London | ; also KCMG | |
| Edward Cohen | 1970 | Businessman and philanthropist | ||
| William Cole | 1981 | In recognition of service to the public service | ||
| Hal Colebatch | 1927 | Agent-General for Western Australian in London | ||
| Arthur Coles | 1960 | In recognition of service to public service | ||
| Edgar Coles | 1959 | In recognition of service to philanthropy | ||
| George Coles | 1957 | Director of the National Bank of Australia | ||
| Kenneth Coles | 1957 | In recognition of service to charities | ||
| Norman Coles | 1977 | In recognition of service to commerce | ||
| Francis Raymond Connelly | 1948 | Lord Mayor of Melbourne | ||
| James Connolly | 1920 | Agent-General for the State of Western Australia | ||
| Alan Cooley | 1976 | In recognition of service to the Public service | ||
| Pope Cooper | 1904 | Chief Justice of Queensland | ; also KCMG | |
| Walter Cooper | 1959 | Minister for Repatriation | ||
| John Cornforth | 1977 | |||
| Charles Court | 1972 | In recognition of service to the government of WA | ; also AK, KCMG | |
| Darcy Cowan | 1955 | In recognition of service to medicine | ||
| John Cowan | 1944 | Member of the South Australia Legislative Council | ||
| Zelman Cowen | 1976 | ; also AK, GCMG, GCVO | ||
| Norman Cowper | 1967 | n/a | ||
| John Cramer | 1964 | Minister for the Army | ||
| John Crawford | 1959 | Secretary of the Department of Trade | ||
| Robert Crichton-Brown | 1972 | also KCMG 1980 | ||
| Lynton Crosby | living | 2015 | For political service | This award was made on the recommendation of the UK Government; Also AO |
| James Cruthers | 1980 | In recognition of service to the arts and television in WA | ||
| Arthur Cudmore | 1945 | President of the South Australia Medical Board | ; also CMG | |
| Collier Cudmore | 1958 | Member - South Australia Legislative Council | ||
| William Portus Cullen | 1912 | Lt Governor & Chief Justice of NSW | ; also KCMG | |
| Adrian Curlewis | 1967 | In recognition of service to the community | ||
| Neil Currie | 1982 | In recognition of service to the public | ||
| Leo Cussen | 1922 | Judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria | ||
| William Dargie | 1970 | Chairman – Commonwealth Art Advisory Board | ||
| Frederick Darley | 1887 | also KCMG, GCMG | ||
| James Darling | 1968 | Chairman of the ABC | ||
| Peter Delamothe | 1973 | Agent-General for Queensland in London | ||
| Harold "Jack" Dickinson | 1975 | Chairman of the NSW Public Service Board | ||
| Leslie Diver | 1975 | Services to local government in WA | ||
| William Dobell | 1966 | In recognition of service to the arts | ||
| John Dodds | also KCMG | |||
| Lorimer Dods | 1962 | In recognition of service to medicine, particularly in the field of paedeatrics | ||
| Lloyd Dumas | 1946 | In recognition of service to the Public service in South Australia | ||
| Russell Dumas | 1959 | In recognition of service to the Public service | ; also KBE | |
| Frederick Dutton | 1921 | |||
| John Dwyer | 1946 | Chief Justice of Western Australia | ; also KCMG | |
| Walter Dwyer | 1949 | President of the Arbitration Court of WA | ||
| Gilbert Dyett | 1934 | National President of the RSL 1919–1946 | ||
| Clifden Henry Andrews Eager | 1945 | Member – Victoria War Advisory Committee | ; also KBE | |
| Donald Eckersley | 1981 | In recognition of service to primary industry | ||
| Rod Eddington | living | This award was made on the recommendation of the UK Government | ||
| Llew Edwards | Services to the Parliament of Queensland | |||
| Vincent Fairfax | 1971 | In recognition of service to youth, finance and the press | ||
| Warwick Oswald Fairfax | 1967 | In recognition of service to the community | ||
| Marc Feldmann | living | 2010 | For services to Medicine | ; also AC |
| Raymond Ferrall | 1981 | In recognition of service to industry, commerce and to the community | ; also CBE | |
| James Hurtle Fisher | 1860 | President of the Legislative Council, South Australia | First resident of South Australia to be knighted | |
| Norman Seymour Fletcher | 1977 | services to the agricultural and pastoral industries. | - | |
| Howard Florey | 1944 | ; also a life peer | ||
| Geoffrey Foot | 1984 | In recognition of service to the community | ||
| James Foots | 1975 | In recognition of service to the mining industry in Queensland | ||
| Frank Fox | 1926 | Fellowship of British Empire Exhibition | ||
| Nathaniel Bernard Freeman | 1967 | In recognition of service to public welfare | ; also CBE | |
| Leslie Froggatt | 1981 | In recognition of service to commerce and industry | ||
| John Fuller | 1974 | Minister for Development in New South Wales | ||
| Robert Garran | 1917 | Commonwealth Solicitor-General | ; also KCMG, GCMG | |
| Arthur George | 1972 | In recognition of service to the Australian/Greek community | ||
| Archibald Glenn | 1966 | For distinguished service, particularly as Chairman of the Interim Council of Latrobe University | ||
| James Gobbo | 1982 | Services to migrants | ||
| John Goodsell | 1968 | Chairman of the NSW Public Service Board | ||
| James Hay Gosse | 1947 | In recognition of public service in South Australia | ||
| Albert Gould | 1908 | In recognition of service as President of the Senate | ||
| Andrew Grimwade | 1980 | Services to industry & commerce | ||
| Roy Grounds | 1969 | Architecture | ||
| John Winthrop Hackett | 1911 | Member of the Legislative Council of WA | ; also KCMG | |
| William Henry Hall | 1968 | Services to ex-servicemen | ; also KBE | |
| Clarence Harders | 1977 | Public service | ||
| James Hardy | 1981 | Services to yachting | ||
| David Hay | 1979 | Public service | ||
| Bernard Heinze | 1949 | Professor of Music at Melbourne University | ||
| Lenox Hewitt | 1971 | For service as Secretary of the Prime Minister's Department | ||
| Peter Heydon | 1970 | Secretary of the Department of Immigration | ||
| Tasman Heyes | 1960 | Secretary of the Department of Immigration | ||
| Leo Hielscher | 1987 | Public service | ||
| David Higgins | living | 2011 | For services to regeneration as the Chief Executive of the Olympics Delivery Authority | This award was made on the recommendation of the UK Government |
| Michael Hintze | living | 2013 | Philanthropist. For services to the Arts | ; also AM |
| James Holden | 1963 | Director of General Motors-Holden | ||
| John Holland | 1973 | Services to engineering | ||
| Samuel Hordern | 1919 | President of the NSW Royal Agricultural Society | ; also KBE | |
| Henry Rudolph Howard | 1961 | Lord Mayor of Perth | ; also KBE | |
| Edward Stuart Reginald Hughes | 1977 | For distinguished service to medicine | - | |
| Herbert Hyland | 1952 | Leader of the Victorian Country Party | ||
| Brian Inglis | 1977 | Services to industry | ||
| Lawrence Jackson | 1964 | Senior Puisne Judge in Western Australia | ; also KCMG | |
| Robert Jackson | 1956 | also KCVO | ||
| Walter James | 1907 | Agent-General for Western Australia in London | also KCMG | |
| Asher Joel | 1971 | Services to the community | ; also KBE | |
| Henry Jones | 1919 | Tasmanian businessman, head of H. Jones & Co. IXL | ||
| Keith Jones | 1980 | |||
| Arthur Llewellyn Jones | living | 2024 | Services to Business and to the Community. | ; also OBE. This award was made on the recommendation of the PNG Government |
| Bernard Katz | 1969 | |||
| William Kearney | living | 1982 | Services to the law in Papua New Guinea | |
| Charles Kingsford Smith | 1932 | For services to Aviation in the Commonwealth of Australia | ||
| Richard Kingsland | 1978 | Public Service | ||
| John Kirwan | 1930 | President of the WA Legislative Council | ; also KCMG | |
| George Knibbs | 1923 | Director of the Bureau of Science & Industry | ||
| Errol Knox | 1949 | Public Service | ||
| William Knox | 1979 | Deputy Premier and Treasurer of Queensland, 1976 to 1978 | ; also KSJI | |
| Alfred Langler | 1927 | Director of West Australian Newspapers | ||
| Peter Lawler | 1981 | Public service | ; also OBE | |
| Luke Leake | 1897 | |||
| Walter Lee | 1920 | Premier of Tasmania | ; also KCMG | |
| Ernest Augustus Lee Steere | 1948 | Public service | ||
| John Lienhop | 1952 | Agent-General for Victoria in London | ||
| Albert Lind | 1951 | Member of the Legislative Assembly of Victoria | ||
| Nicholas Lockyer | 1926 | Chairman of the Forces Canteen Trust Fund | ||
| Raymond Douglas Logan | 1983 | Services to cattle industry in Queensland | ||
| David Walter Longland | 1977 | Services to the Crown & cerebral palsied in Qld | ||
| Frank Lowy | living | 2017 | Businessman, philanthropist | This award was made on the recommendation of the UK Government; Also AC |
| Kenneth Luke | 1962 | Businessman | ||
| Peter MacCallum | 1953 | Dean of Medicine at the University of Melbourne | ||
| Alexander MacCormick | 1913 | Services to medicine in New South Wales | ; also KCMG | |
| Charles Mackellar | 1912 | President of the NSW State Children's Relief Board | ; also KCMG | |
| Charles Mackerras | 1979 | |||
| John Madden | 1893 | also KCMG, GCMG | ||
| Thomas Maltby | 1949 | Speaker of the Victorian Legislative Assembly | ||
| Thomas Chester Manifold | 1953 | Services to politics & the public | ; also KBE | |
| Frederick Mann | 1933 | Judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria | ; also KCMG | |
| Norman Martin | 1949 | Agent-General for Victoria in London | ||
| Robert Mathers | 1981 | Queensland businessman; Chairman of Mathers Shoes | ||
| Robert May | 1995 | also a life peer | ||
| John McCall | 1911 | Agent-General for Tasmania in London | ; also KCMG | |
| Graham McCamley | 1986 | |||
| Eric McClintock | 1981 | |||
| Leslie McConnan | 1951 | Chief manager of the National Bank of Australia | ||
| James McCusker | 1983 | Services to building societies in WA | ||
| Osborn McCutcheon | 1966 | Services to architecture | ||
| Charles George McDonald | 1962 | Services to the medical profession | ; also KBE | |
| Robert Ross McDonald | 1950 | Minister of Housing & Forests in WA | ||
| Ian McFarlane | 1984 | Mining businessman | ||
| Malcolm Kenneth McIntosh | 1995 | Chief of Defence Procurement, Ministry of Defence | ||
| William McKie | 1953 | Organist and Master of the Choristers, Westminster Abbey | ||
| John McLaren | 1935 | Secretary, London High Commission | ||
| Robert McMillan | 1916 | Chief Justice of Western Australia | ; also KCMG | |
| Archie Michaelis | 1952 | Speaker of the Victoria Legislative Assembly | ||
| Jonathan Mills | living | 2013 | Composer and arts festival director | Awarded by UK government; Also AO |
| 1875 | Police officer, politician | |||
| William Mitchell (philosopher) | 1927 | Vice-Chancellor, Chancellor, University of Adelaide | ||
| Frank Moore | ||||
| John Morris | 1943 | Chief Justice of Tasmania | ; also KCMG | |
| Peter Morris | ||||
| Laurence Muir | ||||
| Angus Murray (doctor) | 1966 | President of the Australian Medical Association | ||
| Norman Myer | 1956 | |||
| Crawford Nalder | 1974 | Deputy Premier of Western Australia | ||
| Mellis Napier | 1943 | Lt Governor & Chief Justice of South Australia | ; also KCMG | |
| Charles Nathan | 1928 | Development & Migration Commission | ||
| Eric Neal | ||||
| Douglas Nicholls | 1972 | Advancement of the Aboriginal people | ; also KCVO | |
| Herbert Nicholls | 1916 | Chief Justice of Tasmania | ; also KCMG | |
| Arthur William Nicholson | 1968 | |||
| Robert Norman | 1989 | Services to the people of North Queensland | ||
| Thomas North | 1982 | Services to the retail industry | ||
| Gustav Nossal | living | |||
| Desmond O'Neil | 1979 | Deputy Premier of Western Australia | ||
| Hubert Opperman | 1968 | High Commissioner to Malta | ||
| Frank Packer | 1959 | Services to journalism & newspaper industry | ; also KBE | |
| Herbert Kingsley Paine | 1953 | Judge | ||
| Arvi Parbo | 1977 | Services to industry | ||
| Stephen Parker | 1908 | Chief Justice of Western Australia | ; also KCMG | |
| Nick Parkinson | 1979 | Ambassador to the USA | ||
| Herbert Angas Parsons | 1936 | Puisne Judge in South Australia | ; also KBE | |
| Dennis Paterson | ||||
| George Whitecross Paton | 1957 | Vice Chancellor Melbourne University | ||
| Arthur Petfield | 1968 | |||
| William Pettingell | 1972 | Services to finance and government | ||
| John Pidgeon | ||||
| Noel Power | 1999 | Lately Acting-Chief Justice, Hong Kong | ||
| William Prentice | 1977 | Services to the law | ||
| Louis Pyke | 1978 | Services to the Multiple Sclerosis Society | ||
| James Ramsay | 1976 | Lieutenant-Governor of Western Australia | ; also KCMG, KCVO | |
| John Ramsay | 1939 | Services to surgery | ||
| Thomas Meek Ramsay | 1972 | For public service and services to commerce | ||
| Richard Randall | ||||
| Benjamin Rank | 1972 | Services to medicine | ||
| William Refshauge | 1966 | Director-General of Health | ||
| Clem Renouf | 1988 | Outstanding service to the community | ||
| Horace Richardson (retailer) | 1953 | Public service | ||
| Robert Risson | 1970 | |||
| Malcolm Ritchie | 1951 | Services to politics | ||
| Stephen Henry Roberts | 1965 | Vice-Chancellor of the University of Sydney | ; also CMG | |
| Macpherson Robertson | 1932 | Services to Antarctic expeditions | ; also KBE | |
| Roy Robinson | 1931 | Services to forestry | He was an expatriate in the United Kingdom; in 1947 he was raised to the hereditary peerage, but his barony became extinct upon his death in 1952 | |
| Thomas Robinson | 1910 | Agent-General for Queensland in London | ; also KCMG, KBE, GBE | |
| Dudley Bruce Ross | 1962 | Judge of the Supreme Court of South Australia | ||
| Sydney Schubert | 1985 | Permanent Head, Qld Premier's Department | ||
| Harold Seddon | 1951 | President of the Legislative Council, State of Western Australia | ||
| Francis Selleck | 1956 | Lord Mayor of Melbourne | ; also KBE | |
| Allan Sewell | 1977 | Auditor-General of Queensland | ||
| Christopher Sheehy | 1959 | Chairman Australian Dairy Produce Board | ; also OBE | |
| Nicholas Shehadie | 1976 | Lord Mayor of Sydney | ; also AC, OBE | |
| Mark Sheldon | 1922 | Services to the Commonwealth | ; also KBE | |
| Hercules Sinnamon | 1985 | Services to the community | ; also OBE | |
| Pascal Soriot | living | 2022 | Services to the community, principally the AstraZeneca vaccine | |
| John Soundy | 1954 | For service to the community of Hobart as Lord Mayor and Member of the Legislative Council | ||
| John Spicer | 1963 | Chief Judge – Commonwealth Industrial Court | ||
| Charles Spry | 1964 | Public service | ; also CBE | |
| George Stening | 1968 | CEO of the Order of St John of Jerusalem | ||
| Lancelot Stirling | 1902 | President of the SA Legislative Council | ; also KCMG | |
| Edward Stone | 1902 | Chief Justice of Western Australia | ; also KCMG | |
| Colin Syme | 1963 | President of the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Research | ; also AK | |
| George Tallis | 1922 | Services to the Commonwealth; services to the theatre and for wartime fund-raising | ||
| Gordon Taylor | 1954 | Aviator | ||
| Leslie Thiess | 1971 | Mining and construction | ||
| Robert Thomas | 1909 | Newspaper proprietor | ||
| Evan Rees Whitaker Thomson | 1977 | Services to the medical profession and related fields of endeavour | ||
| Joseph Totterdell | 1953 | Lord Mayor of Perth | ||
| (Sydney) Lance Townsend | 1971 | Professor of Obstetrics at Melbourne University | ||
| Thomas Travers | 1972 | Services to medicine | ||
| Leon Trout | 1959 | Public service in Queensland | ||
| Ian Turbott | 1967 | |||
| William Tyree | 1975 | Services to the community | ; also OBE | |
| William Vines | 1976 | Services to primary industry | ; also AC, CMG | |
| Eric von Schramek | 1981 | Services to architecture | ||
| Charles Wade | 1918 | Agent-General for New South Wales in London | ; also KCMG | |
| Samuel Walder | 1933 | Lord Mayor of Sydney | ||
| Gordon Wallace | 1968 | |||
| Arthur Warner | 1956 | Minister of Transport in Victoria | ; also KBE | |
| Bruce Watson | 1985 | Services to Queensland industry | ||
| Alan Westerman | 1963 | Secretary of the Department of Trade | ; also CBE | |
| Guy Weston | 2020 | Philanthropist. | This award was made on the recommendation of the UK Government | |
| Frederick Wheeler | 1967 | Chairman of the Public Service Board | ; also CBE | |
| Roland Wilson | 1955 | Secretary to the Treasury | ; also CBE | |
| Henry Winneke | 1957 | Solicitor-General of Victoria | ; also KCMG, KCVO | |
| Edward Woodward | 1982 | Public Service | ||
| Reg Wright | 1978 | Services to the Parliament of Tasmania | ||
| Geoffrey Yeend | 1979 | Public service | ; also AC, CBE | |
| Harold Wyndham | 1969 | Services to education | ||
| John Yocklunn | 1975 | In recognition of politics and government in Papua New Guinea | ; also KCVO |
New Zealand Order of Merit
Some Australians have dual citizenship with New Zealand. New Zealand awards knighthoods and damehoods through the New Zealand Order of Merit. All citizens of Commonwealth realms are eligible to be appointed to the order in any grade.Non-Australian knights and dames with significant Australian associations
| Name | Nationality | Living | Honour | Reference and comments |
| Australian-born British | Knight Bachelor | Allen was born in Australia but lived most of his life in the UK, captaining the England cricket team. | ||
James Atkin, Baron Atkin | British | Knight Bachelor | Atkin was born in Queensland to British migrant parents, moving with his mother to Wales at age 4. His father subsequently died in Queensland. He was a prominent British appellate judge of the second quarter of the twentieth century. | |
Edric Bastyan | British | KCMG, KCVO, KBE | After his term as Governor of Tasmania ended in 1973, Bastyan remained in Australia, where he died in 1980. | |
| Dallas Brooks | British | After his term as Governor of Victoria ended in 1963, Brooks remained in Australia, where he died in 1966. | ||
| George Cartland | British | Knight Bachelor | Cartland spent a significant period in Australia, becoming Vice-Chancellor of the University of Tasmania 1968–78, and Chairman of the Tasmanian Council of the Trade Union Training Authority 1979–91, among other things. | |
| Charles III | Resides in the UK | living | AK | Although King of Australia, King Charles III is not personally an Australian citizen. To overcome this barrier to his being appointed a substantive Knight of the Order of Australia, the Constitution of the Order of Australia was amended by Letters Patent to specifically include him, when he was Prince of Wales. He became the Sovereign of the Order on 8 September 2022 upon the death of Queen Elizabeth II. |
| Cicely Courtneidge | British | DBE | Courtneidge was born in Australia but her career was conducted mainly in the UK and she was generally considered a British actress. | |
| Charles Gairdner | British | GBE, KCMG, KCVO | After his term as Governor of Tasmania ended, he retired to Perth, where he died in 1983 | |
| Martin Gilliat | British | KCVO, GCVO | Gilliat was Military Secretary to the Governor-General for some time. There is no evidence he had any other Australian association. | |
| John Winthrop Hackett | Australian-born British | GCB | Hackett was born in Australia; his father Sir John Winthrop Hackett, senior was a newspaper proprietor, WA politician, and founding Chancellor of the University of Western Australia. Hackett junior was based in the UK from his early 20s, becoming a general in the British Army and a writer. He died in 1997. | |
| Archbishop David Hand | Australian-born Papua New Guinean | KBE | Geoffrey David Hand was an Australian Anglican priest who was the first person to adopt Papua New Guinea citizenship upon independence in 1975. He had already been appointed a CBE by Australia, and was knighted on a recommendation of the PNG government | |
| Barry Holloway | KBE | Holloway was born in Tasmania and is buried there. He was a co-founder of Papua New Guinea's Pangu Party, became a PNG citizen upon independence, and was the inaugural Speaker of the Parliament of Papua New Guinea; he was knighted on a recommendation of the PNG government | ||
| Rex Nan Kivell | New Zealand-born British | Knight Bachelor | His extraordinary collection of Australiana was sold to the National Library of Australia at a fraction of its true value. He was knighted by the Australian Government in 1976, even though he never visited Australia. | |
| Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh | Resided in the UK | AK | Prince Philip, while spouse of the Queen of Australia, was not personally an Australian citizen. To overcome this barrier to his being appointed a substantive Knight of the Order of Australia, the Constitution of the Order of Australia was amended by Letters Patent to specifically include him. | |
| Garfield Sobers | Barbadian | living | Knight Bachelor | Sobers was knighted in 1975 for services to cricket. The award was made in the British Diplomatic and Overseas section of the 1975 New Year Honours List, rather than on the nomination of the Government of Barbados, which had then temporarily stopped putting forward recommendations for British honours. Sobers played cricket for South Australia 1961–64, he was married to an Australian 1969–90, and he acquired Australian citizenship through marriage in 1980, becoming a dual Barbadian-Australian citizen. He resides in Barbados. |