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 ofbirth Year of damehood Age Notes 1942 2014 1948 2025 1948 2005 1941 2002 1936 2014
Living knights
Name Year of birth Year ofknighthood Age KtB Nominated by 1940 2026 1952 2020 This person is a Knight Bachelor, which carries no postnominal letters. 1960 2015 1947 2014 1948 2008 1956 2016 1933 1982 1931 1982 1980 2026 1959 2019 1950 2005 1944 2010 1955 2010 London Gazette. Retrieved 21 January 2019 1954 2011 David Higgins: Knight Bachelor, London Gazette 1953 2013 Made life peer in 2022. 1947 2015 2024 London Gazette 64428, B 62 1935 1982 London Gazette 49014. Retrieved 25 June 2017William Kearney: NLA Catalogue; Bio, supremecourt.nt.gov.au 1930 2017 Australian Financial Review, 15 June 2017. Retrieved 17 June 2017 1963 2013 1931 1977 1941/19422012 83/84 Bruce Saunders: "SA expat knighted in the Solomon Islands", ABC North and West SA, 23 July 2012. Retrieved 22 June 2015London Gazette, 15 June 2012, Supplement 5. Retrieved 22 June 2015 1959 2022 1960 2021
Note 1: In 1981 as Prince of Wales, King Charles III was awarded a substantive knighthood of the Order of Australia (AK), despite not being an Australian (this required an amendment to the Constitution of the Order of Australia). He has been the Sovereign Head of the Order of Australia since his accession to the throne on 8 September 2022.
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
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