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The following is a list of living Australians who have been appointed knights or dames.

The list includes:

The list excludes Australian baronets.

Living dames

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Name Year of
birth		 Year of
damehood		 Age Notes
Dame Marie Bashir AD CVO 1930 2014 93
Dame Quentin Bryce AD CVO 1942 2014 81
Dame Carol Kidu DBE AO 1948 2005 76 Awarded on the recommendation of the Papua New Guinean Government
Dame Bridget Ogilvie AC DBE FRS 1938 1997 86 Awarded on the recommendation of the UK Government
Dame Janet Ritterman DBE 1941 2002 82 Awarded on the recommendation of the UK Government
Dame Adrienne Stewart DNZM QSM 1936 2014 88 Awarded on the recommendation of the New Zealand Government

Living knights

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Name Year of
birth		 Year of
knighthood		 Age KtB Notes
Professor Sir Ed Byrne AC 1952 2020 72 [1] Awarded on the recommendation of the UK Government[citation needed]
Professor Sir Chris Clark 1960 2015 64 [1] Awarded on the recommendation of the UK Government[citation needed]
General Sir Peter Cosgrove AK CVO MC 1947 2014 77
Sir Lynton Crosby AO 1956 2016 68 [1] Awarded on the recommendation of the UK Government[citation needed]
Sir Daryl Dawson AC KBE CB KC 1933 1982 90
Sir William Deane AC KBE KC 1931 1982 93
Professor Sir Peter Donnelly 1959 2019 65 [1] Awarded on the recommendation of the UK Government[citation needed]
Sir Rod Eddington AO 1950 2005 74 [1] Awarded on the recommendation of the UK Government[citation needed]
Sir Marc Feldmann AC 1944 2010 82 [1] Awarded on the recommendation of the UK Government[citation needed]
Sir Trevor Garland KBE AM 1955 2010 69 [1] Awarded on the recommendation of the Solomon Islands Government[2]
Sir Guy Green AC KBE CVO 1937 1982 87
Sir William Heseltine GCB GCVO AC QSO 1930 1982 94 GCVO was awarded personally by HM The Queen[citation needed]
Sir Leo Hielscher AC 1926 1987 98 [1] [3]
Sir David Higgins 1954 2011 70 [1] Awarded on the recommendation of the UK Government [4]
Michael Hintze, Baron Hintze AM 1953 2013 71 [1] Knighthood awarded on the recommendation of the UK Government. [5][6]
Made life peer in 2022.[7]
Air Chief Marshal Sir Angus Houston AK AFC 1947 2015 77
Sir Arthur LLewellyn Jones OBE 2024 [1] Awarded on the recommendation of the Papua New Guinea government [8]
Sir William Kearney CBE 1935 1982 89 [1] Awarded on the recommendation of the Papua New Guinea government [9][10]
Sir Frank Lowy AC 1930 2017 94 [1] Awarded on the recommendation of the UK Government[11]
Sir Anthony Mason AC KBE KC 1925 1972 99 [12]
Sir Graham McCamley MBE 1932 1986 92 [1] [13]
Sir Jonathan Mills AC 1963 2013 61 [1] Awarded on the recommendation of the UK Government[citation needed]
Sir Eric Neal AC CVO 1924 1982 100 [1]
Professor Sir Gustav Nossal AC CBE 1931 1977 93 [1]
Sir Bruce Saunders KBE 1941/1942 2012 82/83 Awarded on the recommendation of the Solomon Islands government[14][15]
Sir Pascal Soriot 1959 2022 65 [1] Awarded on the recommendation of the UK Government[16][17]
Sir Guy Weston 1960 2021 64 [1] Awarded on the recommendation of the UK Government

Note 1: In 1981 as Prince of Wales, King Charles III was awarded a substantive knighthood of the Order of Australia (AK), despite not being an Australian (this required an amendment to the Constitution of the Order of Australia). He has been the Sovereign Head of the Order of Australia since his accession to the throne on 8 September 2022.

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s This person is a Knight Bachelor, which carries no postnominal letters.
  2. ^ London Gazette. Retrieved 21 January 2019
  3. ^ Leo Hielscher: Burkes Peerage; Knight Bachelor, It's an Honour
  4. ^ David Higgins: Knight Bachelor, London Gazette
  5. ^ "No. 60534". The London Gazette (Supplement). 15 June 2013. p. 1.
  6. ^ "Birthday Honours List 2013" (PDF). HM Government. 14 June 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
  7. ^ "Lord Hintze". MPs and Lords. UK Parliament. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  8. ^ London Gazette 64428, B 62
  9. ^ London Gazette 49014. Retrieved 25 June 2017
  10. ^ William Kearney: NLA Catalogue; Bio, supremecourt.nt.gov.au
  11. ^ Australian Financial Review, 15 June 2017. Retrieved 17 June 2017
  12. ^ Anthony Mason: KBE, 22 September 1972, It's an Honour; AC, 26 January 1988, It's an Honour
  13. ^ Graham McCamley: Knight Bachelor, 21 June 1986, It's an Honour; www.tartrus.com
  14. ^ Bruce Saunders: "SA expat knighted in the Solomon Islands", ABC North and West SA, 23 July 2012. Retrieved 22 June 2015
  15. ^ London Gazette, 15 June 2012, Supplement 5. Retrieved 22 June 2015
  16. ^ "The Queen's Birthday Honours 2022: High Awards". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 2 June 2022.[title missing]
  17. ^ "No. 63714". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 June 2022. p. B2.

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