Australian knights and dames - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The following is a list of living Australians who have been appointed Knights or Dames.

The list includes:

Knights of the Order of Australia. (There are no living Dames.)
Knights Bachelor. (There is no female counterpart.)
Knights and Dames of one of the organised Orders of Chivalry under the British Imperial Honours system, including
- Order of the British Empire
  Order of the British Empire
  The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions...
- Order of St Michael and St George
  Order of St Michael and St George
  The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is an order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George, Prince Regent, later George IV of the United Kingdom, while he was acting as Prince Regent for his father, George III....
- Royal Victorian Order
  Royal Victorian Order
  The Royal Victorian Order is a dynastic order of knighthood and a house order of chivalry recognising distinguished personal service to the order's Sovereign, the reigning monarch of the Commonwealth realms, any members of her family, or any of her viceroys...
- Order of the Bath
  Order of the Bath
  The Most Honourable Order of the Bath is a British order of chivalry founded by George I on 18 May 1725. The name derives from the elaborate mediæval ceremony for creating a knight, which involved bathing as one of its elements. The knights so created were known as Knights of the Bath...
- Order of the Garter
  Order of the Garter
  The Most Noble Order of the Garter, founded in 1348, is the highest order of chivalry, or knighthood, existing in England. The order is dedicated to the image and arms of St...

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Living Dames

Name	Year of birth	Year of damehood
AC DBE	1923	1981
AC DBE	1946	2010
DBE	1922	1976
AC DBE	1926	1980
DBE	1948	2005
AC DBE	1924	1983
AC DBE	1909	1963
AC DBE FRS	1938	1997
DBE	1922	1980
AC DBE	1922	1981

Living Knights

Name	KtB	Year of birth	Year of knighthood	Age	Notes
AC		1921	1983
GCL OBE		1940	2001
AC KBE DSO Distinguished Service Order The Distinguished Service Order is a military decoration of the United Kingdom, and formerly of other parts of the British Commonwealth and Empire, awarded for meritorious or distinguished service by officers of the armed forces during wartime, typically in actual combat.Instituted on 6 September...		1928	1982
QC Queen's Counsel Queen's Counsel , known as King's Counsel during the reign of a male sovereign, are lawyers appointed by letters patent to be one of Her [or His] Majesty's Counsel learned in the law...		1927	1988
AO OBE		1926	1978
AC KBE QC		1928	1981
OBE		1915	1977
AC		1932	1978
AC KCMG		1918	1982
		1926	1981
AC CBE		1917	1977
AK GCMG GCVO QC		1919	1976
AO		1924	1980
AC KBE CB QC		1933	1982
AC KBE QC		1931	1982
		1950	2005
AC		1935	1984
KBE		1934	1982
AO		1915	1972
OBE		1911	1966
AC CVO QC		1931	1981
AC KBE CVO		1937	1982
CBE		1930	1980
OBE		1932	1981
GCB GCVO AC QSO Queen's Service Order The Queen's Service Order was established by Queen Elizabeth II on 13 March 1975, awarded by the government of New Zealand "for valuable voluntary service to the community or meritorious and faithful services to the Crown or similar services within the public sector, whether in elected or...		1930	1982
OBE		1917	1971
AC		1926	1987
		1954	2011
AC		1924	1977
KBE QC		1917	1976
		1911	1980
CBE		1935	1982
AO CBE DFC Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom) The Distinguished Flying Cross is a military decoration awarded to personnel of the United Kingdom's Royal Air Force and other services, and formerly to officers of other Commonwealth countries, for "an act or acts of valour, courage or devotion to duty whilst flying in active operations against...		1916	1978
KBE DSC Distinguished Service Cross (Australia) The Distinguished Service Cross is a 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...		1917	1980
OBE		1921	1981
MBE		1932	1986
		1918	1981
KBE AO AFC Air Force Cross (United Kingdom) The Air Force Cross is a military decoration awarded to personnel of the United Kingdom Armed Forces, and formerly also to officers of the other Commonwealth countries, for "an act or acts of valour, courage or devotion to duty whilst flying, though not in active operations against the enemy"... AE Air Efficiency Award The Air Efficiency award, abbreviated to AE when placed after a holder's name, was a United Kingdom honour given for ten years' efficient service in the Reserve Air Forces of the United Kingdom, Commonwealth and Empire. Unlike other long service and meritorious conduct awards, both officers and...		1923	1980
AC KBE		1925	1972
OM Order of Merit The Order of Merit is a British dynastic order recognising distinguished service in the armed forces, science, art, literature, or for the promotion of culture... AC		1936	1996
AO		1930	1983
AC		1934	1996
KBE AO		1921	1981
AC CVO		1924	1982
AC CBE		1931	1977
AC		1926	1978
		1930	1976
		1923	1989
KBE CB DFC AFC		1918	1976
AM		1921	1988
		1928	1985
KCVO OBE		1920	1981
AC OBE		1926	1976
KCVO AO		1933	1990
KG AK GCMG GCVO KBE		1923	1970
AC KCMG QC		1926	1976
AC KBE		1930	1979
AO CMG CVO		1922	1968
OBE		1921	1975
KBE AO		1933	1995
KCVO		1933	1975

Living Dames

Living Knights

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