The Order of Australia is the only Australian order of chivalry. It was established on 14 February by Elizabeth II , Queen of Australia, to recognise Australian citizens and other persons for achievement, meritorious service, or for both. At that time, Companion of the Order of Australia was the highest of three grades of the order companion, officer, member. On 24 May , the grade of Knight or Dame of the Order was established, displacing companion as the highest grade.
The order has two divisions: general and military. In general, recipients who are not Australian citizens are appointed honorary companions, though there have been certain exceptions. For example, Prince Philip's appointment as AC mil. A list of links to announcements of all awards appears on the Governor-General's website. Contents move to sidebar hide. Article Talk. Read Edit View history. Tools Tools. Download as PDF Printable version. In other projects. Wikimedia Commons Wikidata item.
Divisions [ edit ]. Knights and dames [ edit ]. Australian companions [ edit ]. General Division [ edit ]. Military Division [ edit ]. Honorary companions [ edit ]. Former companions [ edit ]. Announcements of appointments of companions [ edit ]. Australian honours search facility previously called It's an Honour [ edit ]. See also [ edit ].
Notes and citations [ edit ]. S, pg. The intention is that the number of references to the "It's an Honour" data base will be equal to the number of references in the "It's an Honour" data base. In early January there were references in both this article and the "It's an Honour" database.
Secondary contents are explanatory references and comments - refer to the Notes section of this page for more information. Resigned Patrick White Appointed QB. Resigned 22 Feb Resigned 14 Oct Stripped of the honour in The Canberra Times. Retrieved Commonwealth of Australia Gazette. Retrieved 20 July Governor General of Australia. Archived from the original PDF on 2 April Retrieved 26 August Herald Sun.
