Australian Knights

by Sylviastel | created - 21 Oct 2014 | updated - 24 Oct 2014 | Public

Peter Abeles Charles Adermann James Agnew Keith Aickin Carleton Allen Ken Anderson (politician) Robert Anderson (Australian General) William Charles Angliss Stanley Argyle Will Ashton Robert Askin William Aston

Clive Baillieu (1st Baron of Baillieu) Henry Baker (politician) Richard Baker (Australian politician) James Balderstone Redmond Barry Peter Barter Edmund Barton Henry Barwell Garfield Barwick Walter Bassett Thomas Bavin Philip Baxter Noel Bayliss Howard Beale (politician) George Beeby Brian Bell (businessman) George John Bell Phillip Bennett Thomas Bent Frank Berryman Robert Best (politician) Angus Bethune (politician) Max Bingham Charles Blackburn Richard Blackburn Robert Blackwood (chancellor) James Blair (Australian Judge) Arthur Blyth Henry Bolte John Langdon Bonython John Lavington Bonython James Boucaut Nigel Bowen John Bowser Richard Boyer (broadcaster) Leighton Bracegirdle Edward Braddon Henry Braddon John Cox Bray Gerard Brennan William Bridges (General) Norman Brookes George Brookman Michael Bruxner John Bunting (diplomat) Stanley Burbury Frank Macfarlane Burnet James Burns (shipowner) Francis Burt Richard Butler Richard Layton Butler (Australian politician) John Butters Maurice Byers

Frank Callaway Bernard Callinan Donald Charles Cameron (politician) Ewen Paul Cameron Walter Campbell (judge) Roderick Carnegie John Carrick (Australian politician) Joseph Carruthers Richard Casey (Baron Casey) Walter Cawthorn Gordon Chalk Fred Chaney Sr. Austin Chapman Harry Chauvel Frederick Oliver Chilton Raphael Cilento John Clancy (Judge) Harold Winthrop Clapp Lindesay Clark Hector Clayton Ian Clunies Ross John Cockburn (Australian Politician) Arthur Cocks (politician) George Coles (entrepreneur) John Augustine Collins John Colton (politician) Joseph Cook Thomas Coombe Pope Alexander Cooper Walter Cooper (politician) Virgil Patrick Copas Douglas Copland Magnus Cormack John Cornforth Robert Cosgrove Bob Cotton John Cowan (South Australian politician) Alfred Cowley Charles Cowper Norman Lethbridge Cowper Owen Cox John Gregory Crace John Cramer (Australian politician) John Crawford (economist) William Rooke Creswell (neurophysiologist) Walter Crocker James Cruthers William Portus Cullen Leo Cussen Charles Cutler Roden Cutler

Thomas Daly (General) Frederick Matthew Darley

James Ralph Darling Edgeworth David Charles Davidson (politician) John Mark Davies Daryl Dawson Arthur Dean William Deane Hugh Denison David Derham Peter Derham James Robert Dickson Owen Dixon William Dixson John Stokell Dodds Alick Downer John Downer Tom Drake Brockman Talbot Duckmanton Frank Gavan Duffy James Duhig Russell Dumas Edward Dunlop Albert Dunstan Donald Dunstan (Governor) John Dwyer (Australian judge) Gilbert Dyett

Hughie Edwards Llewellyn Edwards Jack Egerton Frederic Eggleston Thomas Elder Kevin Ellis (politician) Thomas Ewing (Australian politician)

Arthur Fadden David Fairbairn (politician) George Fairbairn (politician) Allen Fairhall Neil Hamilton Fairley Howard Florey Geoffrey Foot Edward Ford (physician) John Forrest Josiah Francis Simon Fraser (Australian politician) James Darcy Freeman George Freeth Leslie Froggatt Wilfred Fullagar Ben Fuller (producer) George Fuller (Australian politician) John Fuller (Australian politician) Hudson Fysh Philip Fysh

Victor Garland Robert Garran Guy Gaunt John Gellibrand Arthur George Harry Gibbs Frank Gibson (politician) Robert Gibson (businessman) Thomas William Glasgow Archibald Glenn James Gobbo Philip Goldfinch David Gordon (Australian politician) John Gorton Albert Gould Guy Green (judge) Richard Green (politician) Augustus Charles Gregory Samuel Griffith Andrew Grimwade John Grindrod Littleton Groom Roy Grounds Henry Gullett

John Winthrop Hackett Reginald Halse Rupert Hamer Keith Hancock Mostyn Hanger Colin Hannah Hastings Harrington Eric Harrison James Harrison (Australian governor) Laurence Hartnett Paul Hasluck Frank Hassett David Hay (diplomat) Edward Hayward Ivor Hele Thomas Henley Denham Henty Edmund Herring Leslie Herron William Heseltime Lenox Hewitt Randal Heymanson Hans Heysen Leo Hielscher John Michael Higgins (metallurgist) Thomas Hiley Cecil Hincks John Hoad Talbot Hobbs Edward Holden Frederick Holder John Holland (engineer) Leslie Joseph Hooker Samuel Hordern Claude Hotchin Neville Howse William Hudson (engineer) Davis Hughes Thomas Hughes (Sydney Mayor) Alan Hulme Ross Hutchinson Leonard Huxley

William Irvine (Australian politician) Isaac Isaacs

Gordon Jackson (businessman) Lawrence Jackson (Australian judge) Robert Jackson (UN Administrator) Kenneth Jacobs Claude James Walter James Asher Joel Elliott Johnson (politician) Charles Lloyd Jones Fletcher Jones George Jones (RAAF Officer) Henry Jones (entrepreneur) Keith Jones (surgeon) Frederick Richard Jordan Percy Joske George Julius

James Kennedy (Australian politician) Wilfrid Kent Hughes John Kerr (Governor General) Sidney Kidman James Killen Charles Kingsland Walter Kingsmill Richard Kirby (Arbitrator) Frank Kitto H.M. Knight Adrian Knox William Knox (Queensland politician) Wallace Kyle

Charles Latham John Latham (Judge) Condor Laucke John Lavarack Peter Lawler (public servant) Harry Lawson Ernest Augustus Lee Steere Walter Lee (Australian politician) Ernest Henry Lee Steere James George Lee Steere Henry Lefroy William Leggatt Elliott Lewis John Lienhop Albert Lind Daryl Lindsay Lionel Lindsay (artist) Frank Little (Bishop) Marcus Loane Edward Lucas Philip Lynch William Lyne

Denzil MacArthur Onslow (Australian politician) James MacBain Peter MacCallum Arthur MacDonald Iven MacKay Charles MacKellar Bertram MacKennal George Macleay John Madden (judge) Robert Madgwick Herbert Maitland Thomas Maltby Walter Manifold Frederick Mann William Patrick Manning Alan Mansfield Charles Marr David Martin (Governor) Harold Brownlow Martin David Orme Masson Walter Massy-Greene Louis Matheson Baron Robert May of Oxford Philip McBride John McCall (politician) John McCauley Ken McCaw James Whiteside McCay James McCulloch Emmet McDermott John McDonald (Victorian politician) Warren McDonald Malcolm McEacharn William McKell Ross McLarty John McLeay Sr. William McMahon Robert McMillan (Australian judge) William McMillan Alister McMullin Neville McNamara Alan McNicoll Walter McNicoll John McPhee (politician) William Murray McPherson Edward McTiernan Leslie Melville Douglas Menzies Charles Merrett Archie Michaelis Denison Miller James Mitchell (Australian politician) William Henry Fancourt Mitchell John Moore (Australian Judge) Newton Moore William Harrison Moore Arthur Morgan (Queensland politician) Kenneth Morris (politician) Peter Morris (surgeon) William Morrow (physician) Leslie Morshead Laurence Muir Alister Murdoch Keith Murdoch Walter Murdoch Brian Murray (Governor) George John Robert Murray (Mayor) Hubert Murray Rupert Myers

Crawford Nalder Mellis Napier Eric Neal John Newlands (Australian politician) Douglas Nicholls Frank Nicklin John Nimmo (Judge) Sidney Nolan Bill Northam John Northcott

Mark Oliphant Hubert Opperman Neil O'Sullivan William Owen (Judge)

Earle Page Shane Paltridge George Pape Arvi Parbo Archibald Park Stephen Henry Parker Henry Parkes Archdale Parkhill James Patterson (Australian politician) Alexander Peacock George Pearce Richard Peek (admiral) William Pettingell J.G. Phillips Robert Philip Roslyn Philp John Pidgeon Thomas Playford IV Reg Pollard (General) Ian Potter Noel Power Charles Powers Grenfell Price

John Quick (politician)

Alan Ramsay James Ramsay (Australian governor) John Ramsay (surgeon) Cornthwaite Rason Charles Read (RAAF Officer) Geoffrey Reed William Refshauge George Reid (Australian politician) George Rich Richard Watkins Richards Ernest Riddle Horace Robertson Macpherson Robertson Arthur Robinson (Australian politician) Thomas B. Robinson Percival Halse Rogers Charles Rosenthal Sydney Rowell James Rowland (RAAF Officer) Norman Rydge Arthur Rylah Granville Ryrie

Frederick Thomas Sargood Stanley Savige Frederick Scherger Walter D. Scott Keith Seaman Francis Palmer Selleck Frederick Shedden Nicholas Shehadie Rupert Shoobridge George Bowen Simpson Bruce Small David Smith (public servant) James Joynton Smith Keith MacPherson Smith Ross MacPherson Smith Victor Smith Billy Snedden John Soundy Robert Sparkes Walter Baldwin Spencer John Spicer (Australian politician) Bill Spooner (politician) Charles Spry Hayden Starke Ninian Stephen Bertram Stevens (politician) David Stevenson (admiral) Frederick Stewart (Australian politician) John Lancelot Stirling Edward Albert Stone Kenneth Street (jurist) Laurence Street Philip Whistler Street Arthur Streeton Bernard Sugarman Reginald Swartz George Adlington Syme Josiah Symon

Arthur Tange Alan Taylor (Judge) Allen Taylor Patrick Gordon Taylor John Teasdale (wheat farmer) Frederick Tout Vernon Treatt Donald Trescowthick Arthur Trethowan Winton Turnbull George Turner (Australian politician) Murray Tyrrell

Joseph Verco

Lawrence Wackett Charles Wade Samuel Walder William Walkley Gordon Wallace (Judge) Cyril Walsh Thomas Wardle William Webb (Judge) Henry Wells (General) Alfred White (politician) Brudenell White Ernest White Dudley Williams (Judge) Edward Williams (Queensland Judge) Richard Williams (RAAF Officer) Eric Willis Keith Wilson (politician) Ronald Wilson Victor Wilson Victor Windeyer Henry Winneke Edward Wittenoom Frank Woods (Archbishop of Melbourne) Edward Woodward (Judge) Eric Woodward Reg Wright Roy Wright (physiologist) Harold Wyndham

Guildford Clyde Young Harold Young John Young (Jurist) Walter James Young

William Zeal David Zeidler

1. Reginald Ansett

Self | This Day Tonight

Reginald Ansett was born on February 13, 1909 in Inglewood, Victoria, Australia. He was married to Joan McAuliffe Adams and Grace Doreen Nicol. He died on December 23, 1981 in Mount Eliza, Victoria, Australia.

2. William Dobell

Self | Visnews

William Dobell was born on September 24, 1899 in Cooks Hill, Newcastle, Colony of New South Wales (now Australia).

3. Russell Drysdale

Writer | The Critics

Russell Drysdale was born on February 7, 1912 in Bognor, Sussex, England, UK. He was a writer, known for The Critics (1959), Art from Australia (1963) and New Release (1965). He was married to Maisie Smith and Elizabeth Stephen. He died on June 29, 1981 in Westmead, Sydney, New South Wales, ...

Joh Bjelke-Petersen was born on January 13, 1911 in Dannevirke, New Zealand. He was married to Flo Bjelke-Petersen. He died on April 23, 2005 in Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia.

7. Thomas Blamey

Thomas Blamey was born in 1884 in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia. He was married to Olga Ora Farnsworth and Minnie Caroline Millard. He died on May 27, 1951 in Heidelberg, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

8. Jack Brabham

Transportation_department | Grand Prix

Three-time Formula 1 World Champion Jack Brabham had a long and fruitful career in racing. The Australian native won numerous titles in his home country before taking on the world. After Brabham entered the prestigious Formula 1 series, he raced for the Cooper Car Co., who provided him with his ...

9. Charles Court

Self | Nickel Queen

Charles Court was born on September 29, 1911 in Crawley, Sussex, England, UK. He was married to Judith Mildred Butt and Rita Maud Steffanoni. He died on December 22, 2007 in Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia.

10. Zelman Cowen

Self | The 7.30 Report

11. Rod Eddington

Self | Bloomberg Game Changers

12. Don Bradman

Self | The Flying Doctor

Generally regarded as the greatest cricketer ever to play the game, Don Bradman averaged 99.94 runs per innings during his illustrious career. He continued to play test cricket until the age of 40, when in 1948 he led an Australian team touring England, UK. The team did not lose a match on that ...

13. William Lawrence Bragg

Self | X-ray Diffraction

He is the youngest person ever to win a Nobel Prize in the field of Physics.

14. David Brand

15. William Dargie

Self | Painting People

William Dargie was born on June 4, 1912 in Footscray, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

16. John Hackett

Self | Viewpoint

John Hackett was born on November 5, 1910 in Perth, Western Australia, Australia. He died on September 10, 1997.

British Army General

17. Edward Hallstrom

18. Charles Kingsford Smith

Self | Splendid Fellows

Charles Kingsford Smith was born on February 9, 1897 in Hamilton, Queensland, Australia. He died on November 8, 1935 in at sea en route to Australia.

19. John Kirwan

Self | The Dan Nicholl Show

Tokyo, Japan

politician

20. John McEwen

Self | Toki no hito

John McEwen was born on March 29, 1900 in Chiltern, Victoria, Australia. He was married to Mary Eileen Byrne and Anne Mills McLeod. He died on November 20, 1980 in Toorak, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

21. William McKie

musician

22. Bernard Heinze

Self | Sydney Symphony Orchestra

Bernard Heinze was born on July 1, 1894 in Shepparton, Victoria, Australia. He died on June 10, 1982 in Bellevue Hill, Australia.

23. Robert Helpmann

Actor | Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Robert Murray Helpmann was born in Mount Gambier, Australia, as the eldest of three children born to stock and station agent James Murray Helpman and Mary Gardiner.

After the family moved to Adelaide in 1914, Helpmann was educated at Prince Alfred's College, but he soon left school at the age of 14 ...

24. David Higgins

Self | Celebrity Masterchef

Belgravia, London, England

businessman

25. Robert Gordon Menzies

Self | The Queen in Australia

Robert Gordon Menzies was born on December 20, 1894 in Jeparit, Victoria, Australia. He was married to Pattie Maie Menzies. He died on May 15, 1978 in Malvern, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

26. John Monash

John Monash was born on June 27, 1865 in West Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. He was married to Hannah Victoria Moss. He died on October 8, 1931 in Toorak, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

27. Mungo MacCallum

Writer | The Gillies Republic

Mungo MacCallum was born on December 21, 1941 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He was a writer, known for The Gillies Republic (1986), Switch on Bigga (1953) and The Critics (1959). He died on December 9, 2020 in Ocean Shores, New South Wales, Australia.

Mungo William MacCallum

28. Charles Mackerras

Soundtrack | Now You See Me 2

Charles Mackerras was born on November 17, 1925 in Schenectady, New York, USA. He was a composer and actor, known for Now You See Me 2 (2016), You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (2010) and The Upside (2017). He died on July 14, 2010 in London, England, UK.

29. Gustav Nossal

Self | Nova

Was knighted in the 1977 New Year honors for services to medicine besides science.

30. Frank Packer

Self | This Day Tonight

Frank Packer was born on December 3, 1906 in Darlinghurst, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He was married to Florence Mathilde Adeline Violet Porges and Gretel Joyce Bullmore. He died on May 1, 1974 in Camperdown, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

31. Eric Pearce

Actor | Hunter

Eric Pearce was born on March 5, 1905 in England, UK. He was an actor, known for Hunter (1967), Yo Gabba Gabba! (2007) and ..Deadline.. (1982). He died on April 12, 1997 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

broadcaster

32. John Rossiter

Composer | Eulogy

John Rossiter is known for Eulogy (2015), The OA (2016) and Ultraviolet (2017).

33. John William See

Writer | Hill Street Blues

John William See is known for Hill Street Blues (1981).

34. Colin Sinclair

Self | Vote 2001

politician

35. George Thalben-Ball

Soundtrack | Seance on a Wet Afternoon

George Thalben-Ball was born on June 18, 1896 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He is known for Seance on a Wet Afternoon (1964), Clean Slate (1994) and Alison Balsom - Der Glanz der Trompete (2010). He was married to Jennifer Bate and Grace Evelyn Chapman. He died on January 18, 1987 in ...

36. Thomas White

Actor | Victory Calls to You, Canada

Thomas White is known for Victory Calls to You, Canada (1917), Points of View (1955) and Meet (1957).

Australian politician

37. Wallace Rae

Music_department | Howzat! Kerry Packer's War

Wallace Rae is known for Howzat! Kerry Packer's War (2012).

38. David Rivett

Composer | Roundabouts

David Rivett is known for Roundabouts (2011).

39. Percy Spender

Self | Longines Chronoscope

Percy Spender was born on October 5, 1897 in Darlinghurst, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He was married to Eileen Esdaile, Averil Watkins Trenerry and Jean Maud Henderson. He died on May 3, 1985 in Darling Point, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

40. Hubert Wilkins

Cinematographer | New Worlds for Old: Quaker Relief in Stricken Europe

Hubert Wilkins is known for New Worlds for Old: Quaker Relief in Stricken Europe (1923), Coppermine (1992) and Antarctica: On the Great White Trail South (1920).

41. James Wolfensohn

Self | Jonathan Dimbleby

James Wolfensohn was born on December 1, 1933 in Sydney, Australia. He was married to Elaine Botwinick. He died in 2020 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.