Companions of the Order of Australia

Companions of the Order of Australia

=A=
* Sir Peter Abeles - transportation magnate
* Martin Albrecht
* Tofilau Eti Alesana - "Honorary Award"; Foreign Minister of Samoa 1984-85 and 1988-98
* Dame Judith Anderson - stage and film actress
* Doug Anthony - politician, National Party of Australia Leader 1971-84, Deputy Prime Minister of Australia 1971-72 and 1975-83
* Sir Tristan Antico
* John Armstrong - Senator 1937-62
* Major-General Peter Arnison - Governor of Queensland 1997-2003 and Land Commander of the Australian Army 1994-96
* Aung San Suu Kyi - "Honorary Award" Myanmar pro-democracy activist
* Austin Asche - Administrator of the Northern Territory 1993-97 and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory 1987-93
* Anthony Ayers

=B=
* Jim Bacon
* General John Baker - Chief of Defence Force 1995-98
* Sir James Balderstone
* William Macmahon Ball
* Admiral Chris Barrie - Chief of Defence Force 1998-2002
* Professor Marie Bashir - Governor of New South Wales 2001-present
* Admiral Alan Beaumont - Chief of Defence Force 1993-95
* Dame Beryl Beaurepaire
* Franco Belgiorno-Nettis
* Sir Phillip Bennett
* Morrish Besley
* Arthur Birch
* Sir Hermann Black
* Michael Black
* Sir Charles Blackburn
* Professor Geoffrey Blainey
* Francis Blanchard "Honorary Award"
* Dr. Neal Blewett
* David Block
* Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu "Honorary Award" (better known as Mother Teresa of Calcutta)
* Hugh Bonython
* Lionel Bowen
* Arthur Boyd
* Sir Donald Bradman
* Dr. John Jefferson Bray
* Sir Gerard Brennan
* Robert Hanbury Brown
* Quentin Bryce - Governor of Queensland 2003-present
* Edward Bunting
* Anthony Burgess
* Eva Burrows
* Sir Francis Burt
* Richard Butler (diplomat) - Governor of Tasmania 2003-04
* Noel Butlin
* Stella Bywaters

=C=
* Ian Callinan - Justice of the High Court of Australia 1998-2007
* Sir Walter Campbell - Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Queensland 1982-85 and Governor of Queensland 1985-92.
* Robert Champion de Crespigny - Australian businessman
* Dr. Victor Chang - Cardiothoracic surgeon and pioneer of modern organ transplantation
* Ian Chubb - Vice Chancellor of the Australian National University 2001-Incumbent.
* Edward Cardinal Clancy - Archbishop of Sydney, Australia, 1983-2001
* Professor Graeme Clark - developed the Cochlear implant.
* Professor Manning Clark historian.
* General Peter Cosgrove - Chief of the Army 2000-02 and Chief of the Australian Defence Force 2002-05
* William Cox - Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Tasmania 1995-2004 and Governor of Tasmania 2004-present
* Major-General Paul Cullen - decorated Australian field commander in World War II, founding President of Austcare, founder of Mainguard merchant bank

=D=
* Douglas Daft - former CEO of Coca-Cola from 2000 to 2004
* Sir Daryl Dawson - Justice of the High Court of Australia 1982-97.
* Professor David de Kretser - medical researcher, and Governor of Victoria 2006-present
* Sir William Deane - Justice of the High Court of Australia 1982-95 and 22nd Governor-General of Australia 1996-2001
* Professor Peter Doherty - received the 1996 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Rolf Zinkernagel
* Sir Edward Dunlop - Surgeon and former Army Officer
* Lieutenant-General Sir Donald Dunstan Australian Army, Chief of the General Staff 1977–1982 and Governor of South Australia 1982–1991

=E=
* Sir Llewellyn Edwards - Deputy Premier of Queensland 1978-83 and Chancellor of the University of Queensland 1993-present
* Elizabeth Evatt - Chief Judge of the Family Court of Australia and the first female judge of an Australian federal court.

=F=
* Tim Fischer - politician and National Party of Australia leader 1990-99, Deputy Prime Minister of Australia 1996-99
* Kaarene Fitzgerald - Founder and Executive Director of SIDS and Kids
* Leneen Forde - Chancellor of Griffith University 2000-present and Governor of Queensland 1992-97
* Malcolm Fraser - 22nd Prime Minister of Australia 1975-83 and former chair of Care International

=G=
* The Honourable Dr Geoffrey Ian Gallop - Former Premier of Western Australia 2001-2006
* Sir Harry Gibbs - Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia 1981-87
* Murray Gleeson - Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New South Wales 1988-98 and Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia 1998-present
* Sir James Gobbo - Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria 1978-94 and Governor of Victoria 1997-2000
* Sir John Gorton - 19th Prime Minister of Australia 1968-71
* Sir Guy Green - Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Tasmania 1973-95, Governor of Tasmania 1995-2003 and Administrator of the Government of Australia "acting Governor-General" in 2003.
* Dame Margaret Guilfoyle - former Senator, first woman to be a member of Cabinet, Minister for Social Security 1975-80 and Minister for Finance 1980-83
* Sir William Gummow - Justice of the High Court of Australia 1995-present

=H=

* Catherine Hamlin obstetrician and gynaecologist
* Bob Hawke - 23rd Prime Minister of Australia 1983-91
* Bill Hayden - former politician, Foreign Minister 1983-88 and 21st Governor-General of Australia 1989-96
* Kenneth Hayne - Justice of the High Court of Australia 1997-present
* Sir William Heseltine - Private Secretary to the Sovereign 1986-90
* Dr. Basil Hetzel
* Professor Dorothy Hill - first female professor at an Australian university
* Peter Hollingworth, 23rd Governor-General of Australia
* Professor Fred Hollows - ophthalmologist
* John Howard - 25th Prime Minister of Australia 1996-2007

=I=
* Takashi Imai "Honorary Award"
* Sir Brian Inglis

=J=
* Margaret Jackson - Chairwoman of Qantas
* Robert Gillman Allen Jackson - former United Nations administrator
* Marjorie Jackson-Nelson
* Michael Jeffery
* Deirdre Jordan Australian academic and educator

=K=
* Peter Karmel
* Jeff Kennett - Premier of Victoria 1992-99
* Nicole Kidman - Academy Award-winning actress (2003) and humanitarian
* Michael Kirby - Justice of the High Court of Australia 1996-present
* Sir Frank Kitto - Justice of the High Court of Australia 1950-70
* Dame Leonie Kramer

=L=
* John Landy - Governor of Victoria 2001-06
* Frank Lowy

=M=
* Ian Macfarlane - Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) 1996-2006
* Sir Charles Mackerras
* David Malcolm - Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Western Australia 1988-2005
* Professor Barry Marshall - received the 2005 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work with Helicobacter pylori
* Professor Villis Marshall - Director of Urology at Royal Adelaide Hospital and former Chancellor of St John Ambulance Australia
* Sir Anthony Mason - Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia 1987-95
* Professor Robert May, Baron May of Oxford - President of the Royal Society, London 2000-05
* Rev. Dr. Davis McCaughey - Governor of Victoria 1986-92
* Richard McGarvie - Governor of Victoria 1992-97
* Michael McHugh - Justice of the High Court of Australia 1989-2005
* Leycester Meares
* Dr. Ken Michael - Governor of Western Australia 2006-present
* Dame Roma Mitchell - first female appoint Queen's Counsel and first female appoint a Judge. Justice of the Supreme Court of South Australia 1968-91 and Governor of South Australia 1991-96
* Rev. Dr. Gordon Moyes
* Dame Elisabeth Murdoch

=N=
* Sir Eric Neal - Governor of South Australia 1996-2001
* Professor Sir Gustav Nossal

=O=
* Lowitja O'Donoghue
* Saburo Okita
* Sir Mark Oliphant - Governor of South Australia 1972-77
* Margaret Olley

=P=
* Kerry Packer
* Sir Geoffrey Palmer - "Honorary Award"; Prime Minister of New Zealand 1989-90
* Andrew Peacock - Australian politician, Foreign Minister 1975-80 and Leader of the Opposition 1983-85 & 1989-90
* Cardinal George Pell
* HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
* Richard Pratt, businessman (resigned from the Order on 22 February 2008)

=R=
* Sir Shridath Ramphal - Secretary-General of the Commonwealth 1975-90
* Professor Gordon Reid - Governor of Western Australia 1983-89
* Air Marshal Sir James Rowland - Governor of New South Wales 1981-89

=S=
* Gordon Samuels - Governor of New South Wales 1981-89
* John Sanderson - Governor of Western Australia 2000-05
* Dame Margaret Scott
* Harry Seidler
* Ian Sinclair - Australian politician, National Party of Australia Leader 1984-89, and Speaker of the House of Representatives 1998-98
* Peter Ross Sinclair - Governor of New South Wales 1990-96
* Vice Admiral Sir David Stevenson, AC KBE RAN - Chief of Naval Staff 1973-1976
* Shane Stone - Chief Minister of the Northern Territory 1995-99
* Professor Hugh Stretton
* Dame Joan Sutherland Australian opera singer

=T=
* Sir Brian Talboys - "Honorary Award"; Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand 1975-81
* Dame Kiri Te Kanawa - "Honorary Award"
* Colin Thiele
* John Toohey - Justice of the High Court of Australia 1987-98
* Barry Tuckwell

=U=
* John Uhrig
* John Utz
* Jørn Utzon - "Honorary Award" Architect of the Sydney Opera House

=V=
* James Vernon

=W=
* Nancy Wake
* Ron Walker
* Dr. J. Robin Warren discovered Helicobacter pylori in 1979 and was subsequently awarded the 2005 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
* Gough Whitlam - 21st Prime Minister of Australia 1972-75
* Sir Ronald Wilson - Justice of the High Court of Australia 1979-89
* Neville Wran - Premier of New South Wales 1976-86

=Y=
* Sir Geoffrey Yeend
* Sir John (McIntosh) Young - Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria 1974-91
* Dr. John Yu

=Z=
* Sir David Zeidler
* Professor Rolf Zinkernagel - "Honorary Award"; received the 1996 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine