Australian knights and dames
This is an incomplete list of Australians who have been appointed a knight or a dame, being entitled to be known as "Sir" or "Dame" respectively. It includes Living Australian knights and dames as well as dead appointees. The list excludes Australian baronets; they have the title Sir, but are not knights per se.
Criteria
For the purposes of this list, an Australian is either:- an Australian citizen, or
- a British subject who was born in or whose primary domicile was in Australia, or in the Australian colonies.
These appointments were made under:
- the British Imperial honours system. These were recommended by the Australian Government until 1982 and state governments until 1989 ; and
- the Australian Honours System established in 1975. The categories of Knight and Dame of the Order of Australia were created by the Queen on advice from the Fraser Liberal-National coalition government in 1976, and discontinued by her on advice from the Hawke Labor government in 1986. During that period, twelve Knights and two Dames of the Order of Australia were appointed. On 25 March 2014 Tony Abbott announced the reintroduction of Knights and Dames to the Australian Honours System. Two more Knights and two more Dames were created. On 2 November 2015, they were once again removed from the honours list by republican Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull.
Many of the people shown had other honours, such as AC, OBE, CMG, VC, etc. These details are not relevant to this list, and are not shown.
Most of the details were sourced from It's an Honour, the Australian Government database of honours and awards. All names of those who were appointed to orders of chivalry that appear in It's an Honour are listed. Not all awards appear in It's an Honour, as awardees may elect not to have their awards included in the database. The list of Knights Bachelor is also incomplete.
Order of the Garter
Knights of the Order of the Garter:Knights (KG)
Order of the Thistle
Knights (KT)
- Note: Sir Robert Menzies is the only Australian ever appointed a Knight of the Order of the Thistle. The award was made in 1963, during his tenure as Prime Minister of Australia. He was also appointed a Knight of the Order of Australia in 1976.
Order of the Bath
Knights Grand Cross (GCB)
Knights Commander (KCB)
Order of Australia
Knights and Dames of the Order of Australia:Dames (AD)
Knights (AK)
Note: This is a complete list of the Australians who were or are Knights of the Order of Australia. Charles, Prince of Wales, heir to the Australian throne but not himself an Australian, was also appointed AK, by amendment to the Constitution of the Order of Australia in 1981. His father, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, was also made a Knight of the Order of Australia in 2015.Order of St Michael and St George
Knights of the Order of St Michael and St George:Knights Grand Cross (GCMG)
Knights Commander (KCMG)
Royal Victorian Order
Knights of the Royal Victorian Order:Knights Grand Cross (GCVO)
Knights Commander (KCVO)
Order of the British Empire
Knights and Dames of the Order of the British Empire:Dames Grand Cross (GBE)
Knights Grand Cross (GBE)
Dames Commander (DBE)
Knights Commander (KBE)
Knights Bachelor
This list of Australian Knights Bachelor is incomplete. You can assist by adding to it.Note: There are no postnominal letters associated with the award of Knight Bachelor.
| Name | Living | Date | Citation | Reference and comments |
| Daniel Aarons | 1970 | In recognition for services as Treasurer of the Liberal Party of NSW | ||
| Tei Abal | 1976 | |||
| Albert Francis Abbott | 1981 | Services to local government | ||
| Charles Abbott | 1960 | Judge of the Supreme Court of South Australia | ||
| Thomas à Beckett | 1909 | Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria | ||
| Peter Abeles | 1972 | Services to transport & Melbourne University | ||
| Alastair Duncan Grant Adam | 1970 | Judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria | ||
| Kenneth Thomas Adamson | 1968 | Services to the dental profession | ||
| Garrick Agnew | 1982 | Service to industry & commerce | ||
| Alexis Albert | 1972 | In recognition of service to industry & the community | ||
| Henry Graham Alderman | 1962 | In recognition of services to the legal profession | ||
| George Mason Allard | 1926 | In recognition of services to banking | ||
| Gordon Laidlaw Allard | 1981 | In recognition of services to the Royal Victoria Eye & Ear Hospital | ||
| Carleton Allen | 1952 | |||
| Harry Brookes Allen | 1914 | Dean of Medicine at the University of Melbourne | ||
| William Guildford Allen | 1973 | Services to the pastoral industry in Queensland | ||
| William Guildford Allen | living | 1981 | In recognition of service to broadcasting & the pastoral industry | |
| William John Allison | 1954 | In recognition of service to Australian commerce | ; also KBE | |
| Arthur Barton Pilgrim Amies | 1957 | In recognition of service to the dentistry as Dean at the University of Melbourne | ||
| Donald Anderson | 1967 | Director-General of the Civil Aviation Department | ||
| Francis Anderson | 1936 | Services to the University of Sydney | ||
| John Muir Anderson | 1969 | In recognition of service to the community | ||
| Ken Anderson | 1970 | Minister for Supply | ; also KBE | |
| William Hewson Anderson | 1965 | In recognition of service to the Public service | ||
| Dormer Andrews | 1987 | In recognition of service as Chief Justice of Queensland | ||
| Keith Angas | 1952 | Service to the pastoral industry | ||
| William Angliss | 1939 | In recognition of service to the public service in Victoria | ||
| Tristan Antico | 1973 | In recognition of service to industry | ||
| Archibald Archer | 1981 | In recognition of service to the primary industry, government and to the community | ||
| Alfred Norman Armstrong | 1966 | In recognition of service to banking & export | ||
| Alfred Henry Ashbolt | 1925 | Agent-General for Tasmania in London | ||
| Will Ashton | 1960 | Service as Chairman of the Commonwealth Art Advisory Board | ||
| Harold George Aston | 1983 | Services to industry | ||
| John Atwill | 1979 | In recognition of service to commerce | ||
| John Worroker Austin | 1971 | In recognition of service to industry | ||
| James Frederick John Auswild | 1974 | In recognition of service to commerce | ||
| Kenneth Bailey | 1958 | Commonwealth Solicitor-General | ||
| James Balderstone | 1983 | In recognition of service to primary industry and commerce | ||
| John Vincent Barry | 1961 | |||
| Redmond Barry | 1877 | also KCMG | ||
| Peter Barter | living | |||
| Garfield Barwick | 1953 | In recognition of service to the Public service | ; also AK, GCMG | |
| Noel Bayliss | 1979 | In recognition of service to education at Murdoch University | ; also CBE | |
| Frank Beaurepaire | 1942 | Lord Mayor of Melbourne | ||
| George Bedbrook | 1978 | In recognition of paraplegic rehabilitation | ; also OBE | |
| Marcus Beeck | 1979 | Service to agriculture | ||
| Harold Garfield Behan | 1977 | For distinguished service to local government and primary industry | ||
| Arnold Lucas Bennett | 1975 | In recognition of service to legal advocacy | ||
| Angus Bethune | 1979 | In recognition of service to the Federal Parliament | ; the reference to the “Federal Parliament” appears to be an error, as Bethune was never a member of that parliament | |
| Max Bingham | living | 1988 | In recognition of service to the law, crime prevention, parliament and the community | |
| Herman David Black | 1974 | Chancellor of the University of Sydney | ||
| Charles Blackburn | 1936 | Member of the NSW Council of the BMA | ; also KCMG | |
| Richard Blackburn | 1983 | In recognition of service to law | ||
| Robert Blackwood | 1961 | In recognition of service to Monash University | ||
| James Blair | 1930 | Chief Justice of Queensland | ; also KCMG | |
| Thomas Blamey | 1935 | Commissioner of Police in Victoria | ; also KCB, GBE | |
| Henry Bland | 1965 | Secretary of the Department of Labour | ||
| Lavington Bonython | 1935 | In recognition of service to philanthropy | ||
| Stewart Bovell | 1976 | For long and outstanding service to Western Australia | ||
| Geoffrey Fraser Bowen | 1977 | In recognition of distinguished service to commerce in the field of banking. | ||
| John Bowser | 1927 | Speaker of the Victorian Legislative Assembly | ||
| Jack Brabham | 1979 | In recognition of service to motor sport | ||
| Donald Bradman | 1949 | In recognition of service to the sport of cricket | ||
| William Lawrence Bragg | 1941 | |||
| Laurence Brodie-Hall | 1982 | In recognition of service to the mining industry in WA | ||
| Norman Brookes | 1939 | In recognition of service to public service | ||
| Wilfred Deakin Brookes | 1979 | |||
| Allen Brown | 1956 | Secretary of the Prime Minister’s Department | ||
| Thomas Buckland | 1935 | Chairman of the Bank of New South Wales | ||
| Harry Budd | 1970 | |||
| John Bunting | 1964 | Secretary to the Prime Minister’s Department | ; also KBE | |
| Macfarlane Burnet | 1951 | Services to biological research | ; also KBE, AK | |
| Walter Burnett | 1988 | Services to the community | ||
| Sam Burston | 1977 | In recognition of service to primary industry | ||
| Richard Butler I | 1913 | Former Premier of South Australia | ||
| John Butters | 1927 | Commissioner of the Federal Capital Commission | ||
| Maurice Byers | 1982 | In recognition of service to public service | ||
| Bede Callaghan | 1976 | In recognition of service to banking | ||
| Frank Callaway | 1981 | In recognition of service to music education | ||
| Bernard Callinan | 1977 | Victoria | ||
| Ewen Paul Cameron | 1961 | Minister of Health in Victoria | ||
| Roy Cameron | 1957 | Pathologist | ||
| Walter Campbell | 1979 | In recognition of service to government, law and education | ||
| Edward Carlile | 1913 | Parliamentary Draftsman Victoria | ||
| Alan Carmody | 1978 | In recognition of service to the Public service | ||
| Roderick Carnegie | living | 1978 | In recognition of service to industry | |
| Stanley Carver | 1962 | Commonwealth Statistician | ||
| Walter Cawthorn | 1958 | High Commissioner to Pakistan | ||
| Michael Chamberlin | 1964 | |||
| Frederick Oliver Chilton | 1969 | |||
| Giles Chippindall | 1955 | |||
| Raphael Cilento | 1935 | Director-General of the Queensland Health Dept | ||
| Christopher Clark | living | 2015 | For services to British German relations | |
| Hector Clayton | 1968 | In recognition of service to commerce | ||
| Donald Cleland | 1961 | Administrator of Papua New Guinea | ||
| Ian Clunies Ross | 1954 | Chairman of the CSIRO | ||
| Timothy Coghlan | 1914 | Agent-General for New South Wales in London | ; also KCMG | |
| Edward Cohen | 1970 | Businessman and philanthropist | ||
| William Cole | 1981 | In recognition of service to the public service | ||
| Hal Colebatch | 1927 | Agent-General for Western Australian in London | ||
| Arthur Coles | 1960 | In recognition of service to public service | ||
| Edgar Coles | 1959 | In recognition of service to philanthropy | ||
| George Coles | 1957 | Director of the National Bank of Australia | ||
| Kenneth Coles | 1957 | In recognition of service to charities | ||
| Norman Coles | 1977 | In recognition of service to commerce | ||
| Francis Raymond Connelly | 1948 | Lord Mayor of Melbourne | ||
| James Connolly | 1920 | Agent-General for the State of Western Australia | ||
| Alan Cooley | 1976 | In recognition of service to the Public service | ||
| Pope Cooper | 1904 | Chief Justice of Queensland | ; also KCMG | |
| Walter Cooper | 1959 | Minister for Repatriation | ||
| John Cornforth | 1977 | |||
| Charles Court | 1972 | In recognition of service to the government of WA | ; also AK, KCMG | |
| Darcy Cowan | 1955 | In recognition of service to medicine | ||
| John Cowan | 1944 | Member of the South Australia Legislative Council | ||
| Zelman Cowen | 1976 | ; also AK, GCMG, GCVO | ||
| Norman Cowper | 1967 | n/a | ||
| John Cramer | 1964 | Minister for the Army | ||
| John Crawford | 1959 | Secretary of the Department of Trade | ||
| Robert Crichton-Brown | 1972 | also KCMG 1980 | ||
| Lynton Crosby | living | 2015 | For political service | This award was made on the recommendation of the UK Government; Also AO |
| James Cruthers | 1980 | In recognition of service to the arts and television in WA | ||
| Arthur Cudmore | 1945 | President of the South Australia Medical Board | ; also CMG | |
| Collier Cudmore | 1958 | Member - South Australia Legislative Council | ||
| William Portus Cullen | 1912 | Lt Governor & Chief Justice of NSW | ; also KCMG | |
| Adrian Curlewis | 1967 | In recognition of service to the community | ||
| Neil Currie | 1982 | In recognition of service to the public | ||
| Leo Cussen | 1922 | Judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria | ||
| William Dargie | 1970 | Chairman – Commonwealth Art Advisory Board | ||
| Frederick Darley | 1887 | also KCMG, GCMG | ||
| James Darling | 1968 | Chairman of the ABC | ||
| Peter Delamothe | 1973 | Agent-General for Queensland in London | ||
| Harold "Jack" Dickinson | 1975 | Chairman of the NSW Public Service Board | ||
| Leslie Diver | 1975 | Services to local government in WA | ||
| William Dobell | 1966 | In recognition of service to the arts | ||
| John Dodds | also KCMG | |||
| Lorimer Dods | 1962 | In recognition of service to medicine, particularly in the field of paedeatrics | ||
| Russell Dumas | 1959 | In recognition of service to the Public service | ; also KBE | |
| Frederick Dutton | 1921 | |||
| John Dwyer | 1946 | Chief Justice of Western Australia | ; also KCMG | |
| Walter Dwyer | 1949 | President of the Arbitration Court of WA | ||
| Gilbert Dyett | 1934 | National President of the RSL 1919–1946 | ||
| Clifden Henry Andrews Eager | 1945 | Member – Victoria War Advisory Committee | ; also KBE | |
| Donald Eckersley | 1981 | In recognition of service to primary industry | ||
| Rod Eddington | living | This award was made on the recommendation of the UK Government | ||
| Llew Edwards | living | 1984 | Services to the Parliament of Queensland | |
| Vincent Fairfax | 1971 | In recognition of service to youth, finance and the press | ||
| Warwick Oswald Fairfax | 1967 | In recognition of service to the community | ||
| Marc Feldmann | living | 2010 | For services to Medicine | ; also AC |
| Raymond Ferrall | 1981 | In recognition of service to industry, commerce and to the community | ; also CBE | |
| James Hurtle Fisher | 1860 | President of the Legislative Council, South Australia | First resident of South Australia to be knighted | |
| Norman Seymour Fletcher | 1977 | services to the agricultural and pastoral industries. | - | |
| Howard Florey | 1944 | ; also a life peer | ||
| Geoffrey Foot | 1984 | In recognition of service to the community | ||
| James Foots | 1975 | In recognition of service to the mining industry in Queensland | ||
| Frank Fox | 1926 | Fellowship of British Empire Exhibition | ||
| Nathaniel Bernard Freeman | 1967 | In recognition of service to public welfare | ; also CBE | |
| Leslie Froggatt | 1981 | In recognition of service to commerce and industry | ||
| John Fuller | 1974 | Minister for Development in New South Wales | ||
| Robert Garran | 1917 | Commonwealth Solicitor-General | ; also KCMG, GCMG | |
| Arthur George | 1972 | In recognition of service to the Australian/Greek community | ||
| Archibald Glenn | 1966 | For distinguished service, particularly as Chairman of the Interim Council of Latrobe University | ||
| James Gobbo | living | 1982 | Services to migrants | |
| John Goodsell | 1968 | Chairman of the NSW PUblic Service Board | ||
| James Hay Gosse | 1947 | In recognition of public service in South Australia | ||
| Albert Gould | 1908 | In recognition of service as President of the Senate | ||
| Andrew Grimwade | living | 1980 | Services to industry & commerce | |
| Roy Grounds | 1969 | Architecture | ||
| John Winthrop Hackett | 1911 | Member of the Legislative Council of WA | ; also KCMG | |
| William Henry Hall | 1968 | Services to ex-servicemen | ; also KBE | |
| Clarence Harders | 1977 | Public service | ||
| James Hardy | living | 1981 | Services to yachting | |
| David Hay | 1979 | Public service | ||
| Lenox Hewitt | 1971 | For service as Secretary of the Prime Minister’s Department | ||
| Peter Heydon | 1970 | Secretary of the Department of Immigration | ||
| Tasman Heyes | 1960 | Secretary of the Department of Immigration | ||
| Leo Hielscher | living | 1987 | Public service | |
| Michael Hintze | living | 2013 | Philanthropist. For services to the Arts | ; also AM |
| James Holden | 1963 | Director of General Motors-Holden | ||
| John Holland | 1973 | Services to engineering | ||
| Samuel Hordern | 1919 | President of the NSW Royal Agricultural Society | ; also KBE | |
| Henry Rudolph Howard | 1961 | Lord Mayor of Perth | ; also KBE | |
| Edward Stuart Reginald Hughes | 1977 | For distinguished service to medicine | - | |
| Herbert Hyland | 1952 | Leader of the Victorian Country Party | ||
| Brian Inglis | 1977 | Services to industry | ||
| Lawrence Jackson | 1964 | Senior Puisne Judge in Western Australia | ; also KCMG | |
| Robert Jackson | 1956 | also KCVO | ||
| Walter James | 1907 | Agent-General for Western Australia in London | also KCMG | |
| Asher Joel | 1971 | Services to the community | ; also KBE | |
| Henry Jones | 1919 | Tasmanian businessman, head of H. Jones & Co. IXL | ||
| Keith Jones | 1980 | |||
| Bernard Katz | 1969 | |||
| William Kearney | living | 1982 | Services to the law in Papua New Guinea | |
| Charles Kingsford Smith | 1932 | For services to Aviation in the Commonwealth of Australia | ||
| Richard Kingsland | 1978 | Public Service | ||
| John Kirwan | 1930 | President of the WA Legislative Council | ; also KCMG | |
| George Knibbs | 1923 | Director of the Bureau of Science & Industry | ||
| Errol Knox | 1949 | Public Service | ||
| William Knox | 1979 | Deputy Premier and Treasurer of Queensland, 1976 to 1978 | ; also KSJI | |
| Alfred Langler | 1927 | Director of West Australian Newspapers | ||
| Peter Lawler | 1981 | Public service | ; also OBE | |
| Luke Leake | 1897 | |||
| Walter Lee | 1920 | Premier of Tasmania | ; also KCMG | |
| Ernest Augustus Lee Steere | 1948 | Public service | ||
| John Lienhop | 1952 | Agent-General for Victoria in London | ||
| Albert Lind | 1951 | Member of the Legislative Assembly of Victoria | ||
| Nicholas Lockyer | 1926 | Chairman of the Forces Canteen Trust Fund | ||
| Raymond Douglas Logan | 1983 | Services to cattle industry in Queensland | ||
| David Walter Longland | 1977 | Services to the Crown & cerebral palsied in Qld | ||
| Frank Lowy | living | 2017 | Businessman, philanthropist | This award was made on the recommendation of the UK Government; Also AC |
| Kenneth Luke | 1962 | Businessman | ||
| Peter MacCallum | 1953 | Dean of Medicine at the University of Melbourne | ||
| Alexander MacCormick | 1913 | Services to medicine in New South Wales | ; also KCMG | |
| Charles Mackellar | 1912 | President of the NSW State Children's Relief Board | ; also KCMG | |
| Charles Mackerras | 1979 | |||
| John Madden | 1893 | also KCMG, GCMG | ||
| Thomas Maltby | 1949 | Speaker of the Victorian Legislative Assembly | ||
| Thomas Chester Manifold | 1953 | Services to politics & the public | ; also KBE | |
| Frederick Mann | 1933 | Judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria | ; also KCMG | |
| Norman Martin | 1949 | Agent-General for Victoria in London | ||
| Robert Mathers | 1981 | Queensland businessman; Chairman of Mathers Shoes | ||
| Robert May | 1995 | also a life peer | ||
| John McCall | 1911 | Agent-General for Tasmania in London | ; also KCMG | |
| Graham McCamley | living | 1986 | ||
| Eric McClintock | 1981 | |||
| Leslie McConnan | 1951 | Chief Manager of the National Bank of Australia | ||
| James McCusker | 1983 | Services to building societies in WA | ||
| Osborn McCutcheon | 1966 | Services to architecture | ||
| Charles George McDonald | 1962 | Services to the medical profession | ; also KBE | |
| Robert Ross McDonald | 1950 | Minister of Housing & Forests in WA | ||
| Ian McFarlane | 1984 | Mining businessman | ||
| Malcolm Kenneth McIntosh | 1995 | Chief of Defence Procurement, Ministry of Defence | ||
| John McLaren | 1935 | Secretary, London High Commission | ||
| Robert McMillan | 1916 | Chief Justice of Western Australia | ; also KCMG | |
| Archie Michaelis | 1952 | Speaker of the Victoria Legislative Assembly | ||
| Jonathan Mills | living | 2013 | Composer and arts festival director | Awarded by UK government; Also AO |
| 1875 | Police officer, politician | |||
| William Mitchell | 1927 | Vice-Chancellor, Chancellor, University of Adelaide | ||
| Frank Moore | living | |||
| John Morris | 1943 | Chief Justice of Tasmania | ; also KCMG | |
| Peter Morris | living | |||
| Laurence Muir | ||||
| Angus Murray | 1966 | President of the Australian Medical Association | ||
| Norman Myer | 1956 | |||
| Crawford Nalder | 1974 | Deputy Premier of Western Australia | ||
| Mellis Napier | 1943 | Lt Governor & Chief Justice of South Australia | ; also KCMG | |
| Charles Nathan | 1928 | Development & Migration Commission | ||
| Eric Neal | living | |||
| Douglas Nicholls | 1972 | Advancement of the Aboriginal people | ; also KCVO | |
| Herbert Nicholls | 1916 | Chief Justice of Tasmania | ; also KCMG | |
| Robert Norman | 1989 | Services to the people of North Queensland | ||
| Thomas North | 1982 | Services to the retail industry | ||
| Gustav Nossal | living | |||
| Desmond O'Neil | 1979 | Deputy Premier of Western Australia | ||
| Hubert Opperman | 1968 | High Commissioner in Malta | ||
| Frank Packer | 1959 | Services to journalism & newspaper industry | ; also KBE | |
| Arvi Parbo | 1977 | Services to industry | ||
| Stephen Parker | 1908 | Chief Justice of Western Australia | ; also KCMG | |
| Nick Parkinson | 1979 | Ambassador to the USA | ||
| Herbert Angas Parsons | 1936 | Puisne Judge in South Australia | ; also KBE | |
| Dennis Paterson | ||||
| George Whitecross Paton | 1957 | Vice Chancellor Melbourne University | ||
| William Pettingell | 1972 | Services to finance and government | ||
| John Pidgeon | ||||
| Noel Power | ||||
| William Prentice | 1977 | Services to the law | ||
| Louis Pyke | 1978 | Services to the Multiple Sclerosis Society | ||
| James Ramsay | 1976 | Lieutenant-Governor of Western Australia | ; also KCMG, KCVO | |
| John Ramsay | 1939 | Services to surgery | ||
| Thomas Meek Ramsay | 1972 | For public service and services to commerce | ||
| Richard Randall | ||||
| Benjamin Rank | 1972 | Services to medicine | ||
| William Refshauge | 1966 | Director-General of Health | ||
| Clem Renouf | 1988 | Outstanding service to the community | ||
| Horace Richardson | 1953 | Public service | ||
| Robert Risson | 1970 | |||
| Malcolm Ritchie | 1951 | Services to politics | ||
| Macpherson Robertson | 1932 | Services to Antarctic expeditions | ; also KBE | |
| Roy Robinson | 1931 | Services to forestry | He was an expatriate in the United Kingdom; in 1947 he was raised to the hereditary peerage, but his barony became extinct upon his death in 1952 | |
| Thomas Robinson | 1910 | Agent-General for Queensland in London | ; also KCMG, KBE, GBE | |
| Sydney Schubert | 1985 | Permanent Head, Qld Premier's Department | ||
| Harold Seddon | 1951 | President of the Legislative Council, State of Western Australia | ||
| Francis Selleck | 1956 | Lord Mayor of Melbourne | ; also KBE | |
| Allan Sewell | 1977 | Auditor-General of Queensland | ||
| Christopher Sheehy | 1959 | Chairman Australian Dairy Produce Board | ; also OBE | |
| Nicholas Shehadie | 1976 | Lord Mayor of Sydney | ; also AC, OBE | |
| Mark Sheldon | 1922 | Services to the Commonwealth | ; also KBE | |
| Hercules Sinnamon | 1985 | Services to the community | ; also OBE | |
| John Soundy | 1954 | For service to the community of Hobart as Lord Mayor and Member of the Legislative Council | ||
| John Spicer | 1963 | Chief Judge – Commonwealth Industrial Court | ||
| Charles Spry | 1964 | Public service | ; also CBE | |
| George Stening | 1968 | CEO of the Order of St John of Jerusalem | ||
| Lancelot Stirling | 1902 | President of the SA Legislative Council | ; also KCMG | |
| Edward Stone | 1902 | Chief Justice of Western Australia | ; also KCMG | |
| Colin Syme | 1963 | President of the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Research | ; also AK | |
| George Tallis | 1922 | Services to the Commonwealth; services to the theatre and for wartime fund-raising | ||
| Gordon Taylor | 1954 | Aviator | ||
| Leslie Thiess | 1971 | Mining and construction | ||
| Robert Thomas | 1909 | Newspaper proprietor | ||
| Evan Rees Whitaker Thomson | 1977 | Services to the medical profession and related fields of endeavour | ||
| Joseph Totterdell | 1953 | Lord Mayor of Perth | ||
| Lance Townsend | 1971 | Professor of Obstetrics at Melbourne University | ||
| Thomas Travers | 1972 | Services to medicine | ||
| Ian Turbott | 1967 | |||
| William Tyree | 1975 | Services to the community | ; also OBE | |
| William Vines | 1976 | Services to primary industry | ; also AC, CMG | |
| Eric von Schramek | 1981 | Services to architecture | ||
| Charles Wade | 1918 | Agent-General for New South Wales in London | ; also KCMG | |
| Samuel Walder | 1933 | Lord Mayor of Sydney | ||
| Arthur Warner | 1956 | Minister of Transport in Victoria | ; also KBE | |
| Bruce Watson | 1985 | Services to Queensland industry | ||
| Alan Westerman | 1963 | Secretary of the Department of Trade | ; also CBE | |
| Frederick Wheeler | 1967 | Chairman of the Public Service Board | ; also CBE | |
| Roland Wilson | 1955 | Secretary to the Treasury | ; also CBE | |
| Henry Winneke | 1957 | Solicitor-General of Victoria | ; also KCMG, KCVO | |
| Edward Woodward | 1982 | Public Service | ||
| Reg Wright | 1978 | Services to the Parliament of Tasmania | ||
| Geoffrey Yeend | 1979 | Public service | ; also AC, CBE | |
| Harold Wyndham | 1969 | Services to education | ||
| John Yocklunn | 1975 | In recognition of politics and government in Papua New Guinea | ; also KCVO | |
| Alec Burns | living | 2019 | In recognition of his services to Cricket |
New Zealand Order of Merit
Some Australians have dual citizenship with New Zealand. New Zealand awards knighthoods and damehoods through the New Zealand Order of Merit. All citizens of Commonwealth realms are eligible to be appointed to the order in any grade.Dame Companion
Non-Australian knights and dames with significant Australian associations
| Name | Nationality | Living | Honour | Reference and comments |
| British | Knight Bachelor | Allen was born in Australia but lived most of his life in the UK, captaining the England cricket team. | ||
James Atkin, Baron Atkin | British | Knight Bachelor | Atkin was born in Queensland to British migrant parents, moved with his mother to Wales at age 4. His father subsequently died in Queensland. Dominant British appellate judge of the second quarter of the twentieth century. | |
Edric Bastyan | British | KCMG, KCVO, KBE | After his term as Governor of Tasmania ended in 1973, Bastyan remained in Australia, where he died in 1980. | |
| Dallas Brooks | British | After his term as Governor of Victoria ended in 1963, Brooks remained in Australia, where he died in 1966. | ||
| George Cartland | British | Knight Bachelor | Cartland spent a significant period in Australia, becoming Vice-Chancellor of the University of Tasmania 1968–78, and Chairman of the Tasmanian Council of the Trade Union Training Authority 1979–91, among other things. | |
| Charles, Prince of Wales | Resides in the UK | living | AK | The Prince of Wales, while Heir to the Australian throne, is not personally an Australian citizen. To overcome this barrier to his being appointed a substantive Knight of the Order of Australia, the Constitution of the Order of Australia was amended by Letters Patent to specifically include him. |
| Cicely Courtneidge | British | DBE | Courtneidge was born in Australia but her career was conducted mainly in the UK and she was generally considered a British actress. | |
| Charles Gairdner | British | GBE, KCMG, KCVO | After his term as Governor of Tasmania ended, he retired to Perth, where he died in 1983 | |
| Martin Gilliat | British | KCVO, GCVO | Gilliat was Military Secretary to the Governor-General for some time. There is no evidence he had any other Australian association. | |
| John Winthrop Hackett | Australian-born British | GCB | Hackett was born in Australia; his father Sir John Winthrop Hackett, senior was a newspaper proprietor, WA politician, and founding Chancellor of the University of Western Australia. Hackett junior was based in the UK from his early 20s, becoming a general in the British Army and a writer. He died in 1997. | |
| Archbishop David Hand | Australian-born Papua New Guinean | KBE | Geoffrey David Hand was an Australian Anglican priest who was the first person to adopt Papua New Guinea citizenship on independence in 1975. He had already been appointed a CBE by Australia, and was knighted on a recommendation of the PNG government | |
| Barry Holloway | KBE | Holloway was born in Tasmania and is buried there. He was a co-founder of Papua New Guinea's Pangu Party, became a PNG citizen upon independence, and was the inaugural Speaker of the PNG Parliament; he was knighted on a recommendation of the PNG government | ||
| Rex Nan Kivell | New Zealand-born British | Knight Bachelor | His extraordinary collection of Australiana was sold to the National Library of Australia at a fraction of its true value. He was knighted by the Australian Government in 1976, even though he never visited Australia. | |
| Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh | Resides in the UK | living | AK | Prince Philip, while spouse of the Queen of Australia, is not personally an Australian citizen. To overcome this barrier to his being appointed a substantive Knight of the Order of Australia, the Constitution of the Order of Australia was amended by Letters Patent to specifically include him. |
| Garfield Sobers | Barbadian | living | Knight Bachelor | Sobers was knighted in 1975 for services to cricket. The award was made in the British Diplomatic and Overseas section of the New Year's Honours List, rather than on the nomination of the Government of Barbados, which had stopped putting forward recommendations for British honours. Sobers played cricket for South Australia 1961–64, he was married to an Australian 1969–90, and he acquired Australian citizenship through marriage in 1980, becoming a dual Barbadian-Australian citizen. He resides in Barbados. |