Australian Honours Order of Wearing


The Governor-General of Australia has, at irregular intervals, notified for general information the positioning of the wearing of Australian Orders, Decorations and Medals in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette. The Order of Wearing Australian Honours and Awards was last published in 2007, and replaced the previous list published in 2002.
Prior to 2002, the lists were named the Australian Order of Precedence of Honours and Awards. With the cessation in 2013 of the gazettal of lists of recipients of Australia Day and Queen’s Birthday Honours, it is not yet known if future issues of the Order of Wearing Australian Honours and Awards will be gazetted.

Order of Wearing

Order of wearing decorations and awards within the Australian honours system.
Honours and Awards listed are:
Note that awards of the British Empire/United Kingdom are now considered foreign, and should be worn accordingly.
  1. Victoria Cross/Victoria Cross for Australia VC
  2. Cross of Valour CV
  3. Knight/Lady Companion of the Order of the Garter KG/LG
  4. Knight/Lady Companion of the Order of the Thistle KT/LT
  5. Member of the Order of Merit OM
  6. Knight/Dame of the Order of Australia AK/AD
  7. Knight/Dame Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order GCVO
  8. Companion of the Order of Australia AC
  9. Knight/Dame Commander of the Royal Victorian Order KCVO/DCVO
  10. Officer of the Order of Australia AO
  11. Commander of the Royal Victorian Order CVO
  12. Star of Gallantry SG
  13. Star of Courage SC
  14. Distinguished Service Cross DSC
  15. Member of the Order of Australia AM
  16. Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order LVO
  17. Member of the Royal Victorian Order MVO
  18. Conspicuous Service Cross CSC
  19. Nursing Service Cross NSC
  20. Medal for Gallantry MG
  21. Bravery Medal BM
  22. Distinguished Service Medal DSM
  23. Public Service Medal PSM
  24. Australian Police Medal APM
  25. Australian Fire Service Medal AFSM
  26. Ambulance Service Medal ASM
  27. Emergency Services Medal ESM
  28. Australian Corrections Medal ACM
  29. Medal of the Order of Australia OAM
  30. Order of St John
  31. Conspicuous Service Medal CSM
  32. Australian Antarctic Medal AAM
  33. Royal Victorian Medal RVM
  34. Commendation for Gallantry
  35. Commendation for Brave Conduct
  36. Commendation for Distinguished Service
  37. Australia Service Medal 1939-45
  38. Australian Active Service Medal 1945–1975
  39. Vietnam Medal
  40. Vietnam Logistic and Support Medal
  41. Australian Active Service Medal
  42. International Force East Timor Medal
  43. Afghanistan Medal
  44. Iraq Medal
  45. Australian Service Medal 1945–1975
  46. Australian General Service Medal for Korea
  47. Australian Service Medal
  48. Australian Operational Service Medal - Border Protection
  49. Australian Operational Service Medal - Greater Middle East Operation
  50. Australian Operational Service Medal - Special Operations
  51. Australian Operational Service Medal - Civilian
  52. Rhodesia Medal
  53. Police Overseas Service Medal
  54. Humanitarian Overseas Service Medal
  55. National Emergency Medal
  56. Civilian Service Medal 1939–1945
  57. National Police Service Medal
  58. King Edward VII Coronation Medal
  59. King George V Coronation Medal
  60. King George V Silver Jubilee Medal
  61. King George VI Coronation Medal
  62. Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal
  63. Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal
  64. Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal
  65. Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal
  66. 80th Anniversary Armistice Remembrance Medal
  67. Australian Sports Medal
  68. Centenary Medal
  69. Defence Force Service Medal
  70. Reserve Force Decoration RFD
  71. Reserve Force Medal
  72. Defence Long Service Medal
  73. National Medal
  74. Australian Defence Medal
  75. Australian Cadet Forces Service Medal
  76. Champion Shots Medal
  77. Long Service Medals
  78. Service Medal of the Order of St John
  79. Anniversary of National Service 1951–1972 Medal
  80. Foreign Awards.

    Citations

The following citations are not positioned according to the list above. For members of the uniformed services, they are worn according to respective Service dress rules. For civilians, they are worn centrally above any other honours or awards:
Approved foreign awards are published by the Governor-General and may be found on the .
The following are international and foreign honours commonly awarded to Australians for various reasons.
For foreign awards commonly awarded to Australians for campaign and peacekeeping service please refer to the list on Australian Campaign Medals.