Knights Bachelor
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Note: There are no postnominal letters associated with the award of Knight Bachelor.
| Name | Living | Date | Citation | Reference and comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Abeles | 1972 | Services to transport & Melbourne University | ||
| Alexis Francois Albert | 1972 | In recognition of service to industry & the community | ||
| William John Allison | 1954 | In recognition of service to Australian commerce | ; also KBE | |
| Donald George Anderson | 1967 | Director-General of the Civil Aviation Department | ||
| Ken Anderson | 1970 | Minister for Supply | ; also KBE | |
| Dormer George Andrews | 1987 | In recognition of service as Chief Justice of Queensland | ||
| William Charles Angliss | 1939 | In recognition of service to the public service in Victoria | ||
| Tristan Antico | 1973 | In recognition of service to industry | ||
| Milton John Napier Atwill | 1979 | In recognition of service to commerce | ||
| Kenneth Hamilton Bailey | 1958 | Commonwealth Solicitor-General | ||
| James Balderstone | living | 1983 | In recognition of service to primary industry and commerce | |
| 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 | ||
| 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 Armand Bland | 1965 | Secretary of the Victoria Department of Labour | ||
| Lavington Bonython | 1935 | In recognition of service to philanthropy | ||
| 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 | living | 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 | ||
| Allen Brown | 1956 | Secretary of the Prime Minister’s Department | ||
| Thomas Buckland | 1935 | Chairman of the Bank of New South Wales | ||
| John Bunting | 1964 | Secretary to the Prime Minister’s Department | ; also KBE | |
| Macfarlane Burnet | 1951 | Services to biological research | ; also KBE, AK | |
| Samuel Gerald Wood Burston | living | 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 | ||
| 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 | |
| Walter Joseph Cawthorn | 1958 | High Commissioner to Pakistan | ||
| Raphael Cilento | 1935 | Director-General of the Queensland Health Dept | ||
| 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 | living | 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 | ||
| 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 | living | |||
| Charles Court | 1972 | In recognition of service to the government of WA | ; also AK, KCMG | |
| Zelman Cowen | 1976 | Vice-Chancellor of the University of Queensland | ; also AK, GCMG, GCVO | |
| Norman Lethbridge Cowper | 1967 | n/a | ||
| John Cramer | 1964 | Minister for the Army | ||
| John Crawford | 1959 | Secretary of the Department of Trade | ||
| James Cruthers | living | 1980 | In recognition of service to the arts and television in WA | |
| 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 | ||
| 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 | |
| John Dwyer | 1946 | Chief Justice of Western Australia | ; also KCMG | |
| Gilbert Dyett | 1934 | National President of the RSL 1919–1946 | ||
| Clifden Henry Andrew 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | living | 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 | |
| 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 | living | 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 |
| John Holland | 1973 | Services to engineering | (as Holland, Clifton Vaughan) | |
| Samuel Hordern | 1919 | President of the NSW Royal Agricultural Society | ; also KBE | |
| Henry Rudolph Howard | 1961 | Lord Mayor of Perth | ; also KBE | |
| Brian Inglis | living | 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 | (appears as James, William Hartwell, but this appears to be an error); also KCMG | |
| Asher Joel | 1971 | Services to the community | ; also KBE | |
| Keith Jones | 1980 | |||
| William Kearney | living | |||
| Richard Kingsland | ||||
| John Kirwan | 1930 | President of the WA Legislative Council | ; also KCMG | |
| Peter Lawler | living | |||
| 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 | ||
| John McCall | 1911 | Agent-General for Tasmania in London | ; also KCMG | |
| Peter MacCallum | 1953 | Dean of Medicine at the University of Melbourne | ||
| Graham McCamley | living | |||
| Eric McClintock | living | |||
| Alexander MacCormick | 1913 | Services to medicine in New South Wales | ; also KCMG | |
| Charles George McDonald | 1962 | Services to the medical profession | ; also KBE | |
| Ian McFarlane | 1984 | Mining businessman | ||
| Charles Mackellar | 1912 | President of the NSW State Children's Relief Board | ; also KCMG | |
| Charles Mackerras | 1979 | |||
| Malcolm Kenneth Mackintosh | 1995 | Chief of Defence Procurement, (UK) Ministry of Defence | ||
| John McLaren | 1935 | Secretary, London High Commission | ||
| Robert McMillan | 1916 | Chief Justice of Western Australia | ; also KCMG | |
| 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 | (as Fred Mann); also KCMG | |
| Robert Mathers | living | |||
| Robert May | living | also a life peer | ||
| Archie Michaelis | 1952 | Speaker of the Victoria Legislative Assembly | ||
| William Henry Fancourt Mitchell | 1875 | |||
| Frank Moore | living | |||
| John Morris | 1943 | Chief Justice of Tasmania | ; also KCMG | |
| Peter Morris | living | |||
| Laurence Muir | ||||
| Mellis Napier | 1943 | Lt Governor & Chief Justice of South Australia | ; also KCMG | |
| Charles Samuel 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 | |
| Gustav Nossal | living | |||
| Hubert Opperman | 1968 | High Commissioner in Malta | ||
| Frank Packer | 1959 | Services to journalism & newspaper industry | ; also KBE | |
| Arvi Parbo | living | 1977 | Services to industry | |
| Stephen Parker | 1908 | Chief Justice of Western Australia | ; also KCMG | |
| Herbert Angus Parsons | 1936 | Puisne Judge in South Australia | ; also KBE | |
| Dennis Paterson | living | |||
| William Pettingell | 1972 | Services to finance and government | ||
| John Pidgeon | living | |||
| Noel Power | living | |||
| James Ramsay | 1976 | Lieutenant-Governor of Western Australia | ; also KCMG, KCVO | |
| Richard Randall | ||||
| Benjamin Rank | 1972 | Services to medicine | ||
| William Refshauge | 1966 | Director-General of Health | ||
| Clem Renouf | living | |||
| Horace Frank Richardson | 1953 | Services to government | ||
| Macpherson Robertson | 1932 | Services to Antarctic expeditions | ; also KBE | |
| Thomas Robinson | 1910 | Agent-General for Queensland in London | ; also KCMG, KBE, GBE | |
| Sydney Schubert | living | |||
| Francis Palmer Selleck | 1956 | Lord Mayor of Melbourne | ; also KBE | |
| Nicholas Shehadie | living | 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 Spicer | 1963 | Chief Judge – Commonwealth Industrial Court | ||
| Charles Spry | 1964 | Public service | ; also CBE | |
| John Stirling | 1902 | President of the SA Legislative Council | ; also KCMG | |
| Edward Albert Stone | 1902 | Chief Justice of Western Australia | ; also KCMG | |
| Colin Syme | 1963 | President of the Walter/Eliza Institute of Research | ; also AK | |
| George Tallis | 1922 | Services to the Commonwealth; services to the theatre and for wartime fund-raising | ||
| Patrick Gordon Taylor | 1954 | Aviator | ||
| (Sydney) Lance Townsend | 1971 | Professor of Obstetrics at Melbourne University | ||
| Ian Turbott | living | |||
| William Tyree | living | 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 George Warner | 1956 | Minister of Transport in Victoria | ; also KBE | |
| Alan Westerman | 1963 | Secretary of the Department of Trade | ; also CBE | |
| Frederick Wheeler | 1967 | Chairman of the Public Service Board | ; also CBE | |
| Ronald Wilson (Treasury Secretary) | 1955 | Secretary of the Commonwealth Treasury | ; also KBE | |
| Henry Winneke | 1957 | Solicitor-General of Victoria | ; also KCMG, KCVO | |
| Edward Woodward | 1982 | Public Service | ||
| Reg Wright | 1978 | Services to the Parliament of Tasmania | ||
| Harold Wyndham | 1969 | Services to education | ||
| Geoffrey Yeend | 1979 | Public service | ; also AC, CBE | |
| John Yocklunn | living | 1975 | In recognition to politics and government in Papua New Guinea | ; also KCVO |
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What’s the matter? Why don’t you put a stop to it?
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