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Companions of the Order of Australia

Contents 1 A 2 B 3 C 4 D 5 E 6 F 7 G 8 H 9 I 10 J 11 K 12 L 13 M 14 N 15 O 16 P 17 R 18 S 19 T 20 U 21 V 22 W 23 Y 24 Z

[edit] A

• Sir Peter Abeles - transportation magnate
• Martin Albrecht
• Tofilau Eti Alesana - Honorary Award; Foreign Minister of Samoa 1984-85 and 1988-98
• Dame Judith Anderson - stage and film actress
• Doug Anthony - politician, National Party of Australia Leader 1971-84, Deputy Prime Minister of Australia 1971-72 and 1975-83
• Sir Tristan Antico
• John Armstrong - Senator 1937-62
• Major-General Peter Arnison - Governor of Queensland 1997-2003 and Land Commander of the Australian Army 1994-96
• Aung San Suu Kyi - Honorary Award Myanmar pro-democracy activist
• Austin Asche - Administrator of the Northern Territory 1993-97 and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory 1987-93
• Anthony Ayers

[edit] B

• Jim Bacon
• General John Baker - Chief of Defence Force 1995-98
• Sir James Balderstone
• William Macmahon Ball
• Admiral Chris Barrie - Chief of Defence Force 1998-2002
• Professor Marie Bashir - Governor of New South Wales 2001-present
• Admiral Alan Beaumont - Chief of Defence Force 1993-95
• Dame Beryl Beaurepaire
• Franco Belgiorno-Nettis
• Sir Phillip Bennett
• Morrish Besley
• Arthur Birch
• Sir Hermann Black
• Michael Black
• Sir Charles Blackburn
• Professor Geoffrey Blainey
• Francis Blanchard Honorary Award
• Dr. Neal Blewett
• David Block
• Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu Honorary Award (better known as Mother Teresa of Calcutta)
• Hugh Bonython
• Lionel Bowen
• Arthur Boyd
• Sir Donald Bradman
• Dr. John Jefferson Bray
• Sir Gerard Brennan
• Robert Hanbury Brown
• Quentin Bryce - Governor of Queensland 2003-present
• Edward Bunting
• Anthony Burgess
• Eva Burrows
• Sir Francis Burt
• Richard Butler (diplomat) - Governor of Tasmania 2003-04
• Noel Butlin
• Stella Bywaters

[edit] C

• Ian Callinan - Justice of the High Court of Australia 1998-2007
• Sir Walter Campbell - Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Queensland 1982-85 and Governor of Queensland 1985-92.
• Robert Champion de Crespigny - Australian businessman
• Dr. Victor Chang - Cardiothoracic surgeon and pioneer of modern organ transplantation
• Ian Chubb - Vice Chancellor of the Australian National University 2001-Incumbent.
• Edward Cardinal Clancy - Archbishop of Sydney, Australia, 1983-2001
• Professor Graeme Clark - developed the Cochlear implant.
• Professor Manning Clark historian.
• General Peter Cosgrove - Chief of the Army 2000-02 and Chief of the Australian Defence Force 2002-05
• William Cox - Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Tasmania 1995-2004 and Governor of Tasmania 2004-present
• Major-General Paul Cullen - decorated Australian field commander in World War II, founding President of Austcare, founder of Mainguard merchant bank

[edit] D

• Douglas Daft - former CEO of Coca-Cola from 2000 to 2004
• Sir Daryl Dawson - Justice of the High Court of Australia 1982-97.
• Professor David de Kretser - medical researcher, and Governor of Victoria 2006-present
• Sir William Deane - Justice of the High Court of Australia 1982-95 and 22nd Governor-General of Australia 1996-2001
• Professor Peter Doherty - received the 1996 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Rolf Zinkernagel
• Sir Edward Dunlop - Surgeon and former Army Officer
• Lieutenant-General Sir Donald Dunstan Australian Army, Chief of the General Staff 1977–1982 and Governor of South Australia 1982–1991

[edit] E

• Sir Llewellyn Edwards - Deputy Premier of Queensland 1978-83 and Chancellor of the University of Queensland 1993-present
• Elizabeth Evatt - Chief Judge of the Family Court of Australia and the first female judge of an Australian federal court.

[edit] F

• Tim Fischer - politician and National Party of Australia leader 1990-99, Deputy Prime Minister of Australia 1996-99
• Leneen Forde - Chancellor of Griffith University 2000-present and Governor of Queensland 1992-97
• Malcolm Fraser - 22nd Prime Minister of Australia 1975-83 and former chair of Care International

[edit] G

• The Honourable Dr Geoffrey Ian Gallop - Former Prmier of Western Australia 2001-2006
• Sir Harry Gibbs - Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia 1981-87
• Murray Gleeson - Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New South Wales 1988-98 and Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia 1998-present
• Sir James Gobbo - Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria 1978-94 and Governor of Victoria 1997-2000
• Sir John Gorton - 19th Prime Minister of Australia 1968-71
• Sir Guy Green - Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Tasmania 1973-95, Governor of Tasmania 1995-2003 and Administrator of the Government of Australia acting Governor-General in 2003.
• Dame Margaret Guilfoyle - former Senator, first woman to be a member of Cabinet, Minister for Social Security 1975-80 and Minister for Finance 1980-83
• Sir William Gummow - Justice of the High Court of Australia 1995-present

[edit] H

• Catherine Hamlin obstetrician and gynaecologist
• Bob Hawke - 23rd Prime Minister of Australia 1983-91
• Bill Hayden - former politician, Foreign Minister 1983-88 and 21st Governor-General of Australia 1989-96
• Kenneth Hayne - Justice of the High Court of Australia 1997-present
• Sir William Heseltine - Private Secretary to the Sovereign 1986-90
• Dr. Basil Hetzel
• Professor Dorothy Hill - first female professor at an Australian university
• Peter Hollingworth, 23rd Governor-General of Australia
• Professor Fred Hollows - ophthalmologist
• John Howard - 25th Prime Minister of Australia 1996-2007

[edit] I

• Takashi Imai Honorary Award
• Sir Brian Inglis

[edit] J

• Margaret Jackson - Chairwoman of Qantas
• Robert Gillman Allen Jackson - former United Nations administrator
• Marjorie Jackson-Nelson
• Michael Jeffery
• Deirdre Jordan Australian academic and educator

[edit] K

• Peter Karmel
• Jeff Kennett - Premier of Victoria 1992-99
• Nicole Kidman - Academy Award-winning actress (2003) and humanitarian
• Michael Kirby - Justice of the High Court of Australia 1996-present
• Sir Frank Kitto - Justice of the High Court of Australia 1950-70
• Dame Leonie Kramer

[edit] L

• John Landy - Governor of Victoria 2001-06
• Frank Lowy

[edit] M

• Ian Macfarlane - Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) 1996-2006
• Sir Charles Mackerras
• David Malcolm - Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Western Australia 1988-2005
• Professor Barry Marshall - received the 2005 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work with Helicobacter pylori
• Professor Villis Marshall - Director of Urology at Royal Adelaide Hospital and former Chancellor of St John Ambulance Australia
• Sir Anthony Mason - Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia 1987-95
• Professor Robert May, Baron May of Oxford - President of the Royal Society, London 2000-05
• Rev. Dr. Davis McCaughey - Governor of Victoria 1986-92
• Richard McGarvie - Governor of Victoria 1992-97
• Michael McHugh - Justice of the High Court of Australia 1989-2005
• Leycester Meares
• Dr. Ken Michael - Governor of Western Australia 2006-present
• Dame Roma Mitchell - first female appoint Queen's Counsel and first female appoint a Judge. Justice of the Supreme Court of South Australia 1968-91 and Governor of South Australia 1991-96
• Rev. Dr. Gordon Moyes
• Dame Elisabeth Murdoch

[edit] N

• Sir Eric Neal - Governor of South Australia 1996-2001
• Professor Sir Gustav Nossal

[edit] O

• Lowitja O'Donoghue
• Saburo Okita
• Sir Mark Oliphant - Governor of South Australia 1972-77
• Margaret Olley

[edit] P

• Kerry Packer
• Sir Geoffrey Palmer - Honorary Award; Prime Minister of New Zealand 1989-90
• Andrew Peacock - Australian politician, Foreign Minister 1975-80 and Leader of the Opposition 1983-85 & 1989-90
• Cardinal George Pell
• HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
• Richard Pratt, businessman (resigned from the Order on 22 February 2008)

[edit] R

• Sir Shridath Ramphal - Secretary-General of the Commonwealth 1975-90
• Professor Gordon Reid - Governor of Western Australia 1983-89
• Air Marshal Sir James Rowland - Governor of New South Wales 1981-89

[edit] S

• Gordon Samuels - Governor of New South Wales 1981-89
• John Sanderson - Governor of Western Australia 2000-05
• Dame Margaret Scott
• Harry Seidler
• Ian Sinclair - Australian politician, National Party of Australia Leader 1984-89, and Speaker of the House of Representatives 1998-98
• Peter Ross Sinclair - Governor of New South Wales 1990-96
• Vice Admiral Sir David Stevenson, AC KBE RAN - Chief of Naval Staff 1973-1976
• Shane Stone - Chief Minister of the Northern Territory 1995-99
• Professor Hugh Stretton
• Dame Joan Sutherland Australian opera singer

[edit] T

• Sir Brian Talboys - Honorary Award; Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand 1975-81
• Dame Kiri Te Kanawa - Honorary Award
• Colin Thiele
• John Toohey - Justice of the High Court of Australia 1987-98
• Barry Tuckwell

[edit] U

• John Uhrig
• John Utz
• Jørn Utzon - Honorary Award Architect of the Sydney Opera House

[edit] V

• James Vernon

[edit] W

• Nancy Wake
• Ron Walker
• Dr. J. Robin Warren discovered Helicobacter pylori in 1979 and was subsequently awarded the 2005 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
• Gough Whitlam - 21st Prime Minister of Australia 1972-75
• Sir Ronald Wilson - Justice of the High Court of Australia 1979-89
• Neville Wran - Premier of New South Wales 1976-86

[edit] Y

• Sir Geoffrey Yeend
• Sir John (McIntosh) Young - Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria 1974-91
• Dr. John Yu

[edit] Z

• Sir David Zeidler
• Professor Rolf Zinkernagel - Honorary Award; received the 1996 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine