Living Australian knights and dames

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

The list includes:

• Knights and Dames of the Order of Australia
• Knights and Dames of an Order of Chivalry under the British Imperial Honours system, including
  • Order of the British Empire
  • Royal Victorian Order
  • Order of St Michael and St George
  • Order of the Bath
  • Order of the Garter
• Knights Bachelor (there is no female counterpart).

The list excludes Australian baronets.

Living Dames

Name	Year of birth	Year of damehood	Age	Notes
Dame Marie Bashir AD CVO	1930	2014	89
Dame Val Beral AC DBE	1946	2010	74	Awarded on the recommendation of the UK Government
Dame Quentin Bryce AD CVO	1942	2014	77
Dame Carmen Callil DBE	1938	2017	82	Awarded on the recommendation of the UK Government
Dame Margaret Guilfoyle AC DBE	1926	1980	94
Dame Carol Kidu DBE	1948	2005	71	Awarded on the recommendation of the Papua New Guinea Government
Dame Olivia Newton-John AC DBE	1948	2019	71	Awarded on the recommendation of the UK Government[1]
Dame Bridget Ogilvie AC DBE FRS	1938	1997	82	Awarded on the recommendation of the UK Government
Dame Janet Ritterman DBE	1941	2002	78	Awarded on the recommendation of the UK Government
Dame Adrienne Stewart DNZM QSM	1936	2014	84	Awarded on the recommendation of the New Zealand Government

Living Knights

Name	Year of birth	Year of knighthood	Age	KtB	Notes
Sir William Allen	?	1981	?	[2]	[3]
Sir Peter Barter GCL OBE	1940	2001	80	[2]	Awarded on the recommendation of the Papua New Guinea government[4]
General Sir Phillip Bennett AC KBE DSO	1928	1982	91		[5]
Sir Max Bingham QC	1927	1988	93	[2]	[6]
Sir Gerard Brennan AC KBE QC	1928	1981	92
Sir Roderick Carnegie AC	1932	1978	87	[2]	[7]
Professor Sir Chris Clark	1960	2015	60	[2]	Awarded on the recommendation of the UK Government
General Sir Peter Cosgrove AK MC	1947	2014	73
Sir Lynton Crosby AO	1956	2016	63	[2]	Awarded on the recommendation of the UK Government
Sir Daryl Dawson AC KBE CB QC	1933	1982	86
Sir William Deane AC KBE QC	1931	1982	89
Professor Sir Peter Donnelly	1959	2019	61	[2]	Awarded on the recommendation of the UK Government
Sir Rod Eddington AO	1950	2005	70	[2]	Awarded on the recommendation of the UK Government
Sir Llewellyn Edwards AC	1935	1984	85	[2]
Sir Marc Feldmann AC	1944	2010	78	[2]	Awarded on the recommendation of the UK Government
Sir Trevor Garland KBE AM	19?	2010	89	[2]	Awarded on the recommendation of the Solomon Islands Government[8]
Sir Victor Garland KBE	1934	1982	86
Sir James Gobbo AC CVO QC	1931	1981	89	[2]
Sir Guy Green AC KBE CVO	1937	1982	83
Sir Andrew Grimwade CBE	1930	1980	89	[2]
Sir James Hardy OBE	1932	1981	87	[2]	[9]
Sir William Heseltine GCB GCVO AC QSO	1930	1982	90		Awarded personally by HM The Queen
Sir Leo Hielscher AC	1926	1987	93	[2]	[10]
Sir David Higgins	1954	2011	66	[2]	Awarded on the recommendation of the UK Government [11]
Sir Michael Hintze AM	1953	2013	67	[2]	Awarded on the recommendation of the UK Government [12][13]
Air Chief Marshal Sir Angus Houston AK AFC	1947	2015	73
Sir William Kearney CBE	1935	1982	85	[2]	Awarded on the recommendation of the Papua New Guinea government [14][15]
Sir Frank Lowy AC	1930	2017	89	[2]	Awarded on the recommendation of the UK Government[16]
Sir Anthony Mason AC KBE	1925	1972	95		[17]
Sir Graham McCamley MBE	1932	1986	88	[2]	[18]
Sir Jonathan Mills AO	1963	2013	57	[2]	Awarded on the recommendation of the UK Government
Sir Frank Moore AO	1930	1983	89	[2]	[19]
Professor Sir Peter Morris AC	1934	1996	86	[2]	Awarded on the recommendation of the UK Government [20]
Sir Eric Neal AC CVO	1924	1982	96	[2]
Professor Sir Gustav Nossal AC CBE	1931	1977	89	[2]
Sir Bruce Saunders KBE	?	2012	?		Awarded on the recommendation of the Solomon Islands government[21][22]
Sir David Smith KCVO AO	1933	1990	86		Awarded personally by HM The Queen
Sir Donald Trescowthick AC KBE	1930	1979	89		[23]

Note 1: James Wolfensohn was born an Australian citizen but relinquished it in 1980. In 1995 he was made an Honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE). In 2010 he regained his Australian citizenship, but there is no indication his honorary knighthood has been converted to a substantive knighthood.

Note 2: Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh and Charles, Prince of Wales are both substantive Knights of the Order of Australia (AK), but they are not Australians.

See also

• Australian knights and dames, which includes both living and deceased persons
• Australian peers and baronets
• List of Knights and Dames of the Order of Australia
• Order of Australia
• Australian honours system
• Living New Zealand dames and knights

Notes

1. Addison, Stephen (28 December 2019). "Olivia Newton-John becomes a dame in UK New Year's honors list". Reuters. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
2. This person is a Knight Bachelor, which carries no postnominal letters.
4. London Gazette. Retrieved 25 June 2017
5. Phillip Bennett: DSO, 28 March 1969, It's an Honour; KBE, 31 December 1982, It's an Honour; AC, 10 June 1985, It's an Honour
6. Max Bingham, The Parliament of Tasmania from 1856
7. Roderick Carnegie Archived 27 May 2010 at the Wayback Machine, Monash Institute of Medical Research
8. London Gazette. Retrieved 21 January 2019
9. Sir James Hardy Archived 29 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine, Motivational and Professional Speakers, ovations.com.au; Knight Bachelor, It's an Honour
10. Leo Hielscher: Burkes Peerage; Knight Bachelor, It's an Honour
11. David Higgins: Knight Bachelor, London Gazette
12. "No. 60534". The London Gazette (Supplement). 15 June 2013. p. 1.
13. "Birthday Honours List 2013" (PDF). HM Government. 14 June 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
14. London Gazette 49014. Retrieved 25 June 2017
15. William Kearney: NLA Catalogue; Bio, supremecourt.nt.gov.au
16. Australian Financial Review, 15 June 2017. Retrieved 17 June 2017
17. Anthony Mason: KBE, 22 September 1972, It's an Honour; AC, 26 January 1988, It's an Honour
18. Graham McCamley: Knight Bachelor, 21 June 1986, It's an Honour; www.tartrus.com
19. Frank Moore, www.uq.edu.au
20. Peter Morris: NLA Catalogue; Bio, www.transplantevidence.com
21. Bruce Saunders: "SA expat knighted in the Solomon Islands", ABC North and West SA, 23 July 2012. Retrieved 22 June 2015
22. London Gazette, 15 June 2012, Supplement 5. Retrieved 22 June 2015
23. Donald Trescowthick Archived 6 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine, www.theorderofaustralia.asn.au