Living Australian Knights And Dames
The following is a list of living Australians who have been appointed Knights or Dames.
The list includes:
- Knights of the Order of Australia (there are no living Dames)
- 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).
Please add to this list if you know of any omissions, and please remove names of knights and dames who die.
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