A.C. (Companion of the Order of Australia)

by Sylviastel | created - 04 Oct 2014 | updated - 11 Jan 2023 | Public

Sir Peter Abeles 1991 Ross Adler 2007 Martin Albrecht 2002 Tofilau Eti Alesana Honorary 1994 Doug Anthony 2003 Sir Tristan Antico 1983 Don Argus 2010 John Armstrong 1977 Australian politician Major General Peter Arnison 2001 Austin Asche 1991 Tom Ayers 1993

Jim Bacon 2005 General John Baker 1995 Sir James Balderstone 1992 William MacMahon Ball 1978 Admiral Chris Barrie Tom Bathurst Professor Peter Baume 2008 Admiral Alan Beaumont 1992 Dame Beryl Beaurepaire 1991 Franco Belgiorno Nettis 1997 Virginia Bell 2012 Dr. David Bennett 2008 Barrister General Sir Phillip Bennett 1985 Professor Dame Valerie Beral 2010 Samuel Berkovic 2014 Morrish Besley 2002 Air Marshall Mark Binskin 2014 Sir Hermann Black 1986 Michael Black 1998 Judge Professor Charles Blackburn 2006 Elizabeth Blackburn 2010 Francis Blanchard 1990 honorary Dr. Neal Blewett 1995 David Block 1988 Kym Bonython 1987 Lionel Bowen 1991 Sir Nigel Bowen 1988 Professor Denise Bradley 2008 John Jefferson Bray 1979 Sir Gerard Brennan 1988 Jillian Broadbent Edwin Brown 2001 Robert Hanbury Brown 1986 Dame Quentin Bryce 2003 Sir John Bunting 1982 diplomat Antony Wilks Burgess 1998 Brian Burke (former AC) Eva Burrows 1994 Sir Francis Burt 1988 Richard Butler 2003 Noel Butlin Ed Byrne 2014 academic Stella Bywaters 2005

Dr. Jean Calder 2005 Sir Bernard Callinan 1986 Ian Callinan 2003 Ashton Calvert 2003 Professor Enid Campbell 2005 Sir Walter Campbell 1989 Judge Sir Roderick Carnegie 2003 Rev. Dr. Peter Carnley 2007 Sir John Carrick 2008 politician Lady Maie Casey 1982 Cardinal Edward Cassidy 1990 John Phillip Chalmers 1991 Robert Champion de Crespigny 2002 Dr. Victor Chang 1986 Alex Chernov 2012 Professor Ian Chubb 2006 Cardinal Edward Clancy 1992 Sir Lindesay Clark 1975 Professor Manning Clark 1975 Professor Adrienne Clarke 2004 Lieutenant General John Coates 2006 Mike Codd 1991 H.C. Coombs (former AC) Lieutenant General Sir Peter Cosgrove 2000; promoted to Australian Knighthood in 2014. Warner Max Corden 2001 Professor Sir John Cornforth 1991 Suzanne Cory 1999 Peter Costello 2011 Richard Court 2003 Governor William Cox 1999 James Crawford 2013 jurist Sir John Crawford 1978 economist Justice Susan Crennan 2008 Major General Paul Cullen 1988 Charles Curran 2006 David Curtis 1992 Helen Cutler 1980

Douglas Daft 2005 Leonard Gordon Darling 2004 Marilyn Ann Darling 2009 Jack Davenport 1991 David David 1988 Glyn Davis 2002 Sir Daryl Dawson 1988 Paul De Jersey 2000 Professor David De Kretser 2006 Sir William Deane 1988 Professor Derek Denton 2005 Sir Peter Derham 2001 Professor Peter Doherty 1997 Reg Downing 1979 John Doyle 2002 Judge Sir Edward Weary Dunlop 1987 Ross Dunning 2002

Sir John Eccles 1990 Sir Llew Edwards 1989 Koichiro Ejiri 1992 Honorary Sister Mary Bernice Elphick 2006 Air Marshall David Evans (RAAF Officer) 1984 Professor Gareth Evans 2012 politician Ted Evans 1999 Elizabeth Evatt 1995

John Fahey 2002 James Fairfax 2010 Timothy Fairfax 2014 Marc Feldmann Frank Fenner MBE 1989 Charles Fenton 1982 William Ferris 2008 Michael Field 2003 politician Tim Fischer 2005 Kaarene Fitzgerald 1999 Tony Fitzgerald 1991 Francis Stanislaus Flynn 1993 Leneen Forde 1993 Lindsay Fox 2008 Robert French 2010 Dame Phyllis Frost 1992 Air Marshall Ray Funnell 1989

Sir Harry Gibbs 1987 Lieutenant General Ken Gillespie 2011 Murray Gleeson 1992 Sir James Gobbo 1993 Charles Goode 2001 Jacqueline Goodnow 1992 Sir John Gorton 1988 General Peter Gration 1988 Professor Adele Chandler Green 2004 Sir Guy Green 1994 Judge Lieutenant General John Grey 1995 Dame Margaret Guilfoyle 2005 William Gummow 1997 Sir William Gunn 1990

James Haire 2013 Sir Rupert Hamer 1992 Catherine Hamlin 1995 Ted Harris 1989 company director Ralph Harry 1980 General Sir Frank Hassett 1975 Allan Hawke 2010 Alexandre Hay 1990 honorary John A. Hay 2004 Bill Hayden 1989 Kenneth Hayne 2002 Peter Henderson 1985 Dr. Ken Henry 2007 Sir William Heseltine 1988 Dr. Basil Hetzel 1990 Dyson Heydon 2004 Sir Leo Hielscher 2004 Professor Dorothy Hill 1993 Robert Hill 2012 politician David Hogarth 1983 Sir John Holland 1988 Janet Holmes A Court 2007 Robert Hope 1989 ACM Angus Houston 2008 Admiral Michael Hudson 1987 Lieutenant General David Hurley 2010

Sir Gordon Jackson awarded AC in 1976; awarded AK in 1983. Margaret Jackson 2003 Robert Jackson 1986 United Nations Administrator Marjorie Jackson Nelson 2001 Major General William James 1998 Major General Michael Jeffery 1996 Richard Johnson 2002 Bob Johnston 1986 Barry Jones (Australian politician) Deirdre Jordan 1989

Professor Peter Karmel 1976 Michael Keating 1996 Bill Kelty 2008 Sir John Kerr 1975 Susan Kiefel 2011 Sir James Killen 2004 William John Kilpatrick 1981 Priscilla Kincaid Smith 1989 Len King 1987 Malcolm Alexander Kinnaird 2009 Michael Kirby 1991 Sir Richard Kirby 1985 James Kirk 1988 Sir Frank Kitto 1983 Sir John Knott 1981 Vice Admiral Ian Knox 1989 Dame Leonie Kramer 1993

John Langels 1996 John Laurie 2003 Phillip Law 1995 Vice Admiral David Leach 1984 Lieutenant General Peter Leahy 2007 Mark Leibler 2005 James Leslie 1993 Brian Loton 1989 Geoffrey Lucas 1982

Vice Admiral Ian MacDougall 1993 Ian MacFarlane (economist) 2004 John Murtagh Macrossan (Judge) 1993 Barry Maddern 1992 David Malcolm 1992 Professor Villis Marshall 2006 Chief Justice Wayne Martin 2012 Sir Anthony Mason 1988 Keith Mason 2003 Sir Brian Massy Greene 1989 James May 2001 Reverend Dr. Davis McCaughey 1987 Doug McClelland 1987 Malcolm McCusker 2012 Donald McDonald 2006 Richard McGarvie 1994 Sir Charles McGrath 1981 Michael McHugh 1989 Sir Malcolm McIntosh 1999 Sir Laurence McIntyre 1979 James McKay 1998 Bruce McKellar 2014 Justice Margaret McMurdo 2007 Sir James McNeill 1986 Leycester Meares 1985 Professor Harry Messel 2006 Dr. Ken Michael 2006 Howard Michell 1990 Jacques Miller 2003 Nancy Millis Bernard Mills 1976 Akio Mimura 2012 honorary Dame Roma Mitchell 1991 Sir John Moore 1986 Max Moore Wilton 2001 Terry Moran 2012 Hugh Morgan 2002 Professor Sir Peter Morris 2004 Rev. Dr. Gordon Moyes 2002 Justice James Muirhead 1991 Ken Myer 1976 Sidney Baillieu Meyer 1990 Minoru Murofushi 2003 honorary

Sir Eric Neal 1988 Bill Neilson 1978 Bernhard Neumann 1994 Air Marshall John Newham 1986 Maurice Newman 2002 John Niland 2001

Bernard O'Brien 1991 General Lawrence O'Donnell Saburo Okita 1985 honorary Sir Mark Oiiphant 1977 Margaret Olley 2006 James O'Sullivan 2001 Turgut Ozal 1991 honorary

Sir Geoffrey Palmer 1991 honorary Sir Arvi Parbo 1993 Tae Joon Park 1991 honorary Justice Kevin Parker 2008 Percy Partridge 1978 Andrew Peacock 1997 Jim Peacock 1994 Gary Pemberton 1999 Professor David Harbor Penington 1988 John Phillips 1998 Sir James Plimsoll 1978 George Polites 1984 Robert Porter 2001 Lady Primrose Potter 2003 Lawrie Powell 1990 Jeanne Pratt 2002 Richard Pratt (former AC/Australian businessman) John B. Prescott 1996

John Ralph 2000 Sirr Shridath Ramphal 1982 honorary Eric Reece 1975 Lloyd Rees 1985 Thomas Reeve 1994 Major General Sir William Refshauge 1980 Professor Gordon Reid 1986 Jack Renshaw 1979 Sir Rutherford Robertson 1980 Air Marshall Sir James Rowland 1987 Eric Rudd 1984 Graeme Ryan 1994

Carlo Salteri 2002 Elshiro Saito 1988 Honorary Hiroshi Saito 1997 honorary Graeme Samuel 2010 Gordon Samuels 1987 Lieutenant General John Sanderson 1994 Rear Admiral Kevin Scarce 2008 Sir Walter Scott 1979 Sir Nicholas Shehadie 1990 Alfred Moxon Simpson 1978 Rear Admiral Peter Sinclair 1992 Ralph Slatyer 1993 Professor Emeritus J.J.C. Smart 1990 Neil Andrew Smith 1994 Thomas Wheetman Smith 1990 Admiral Sir Victor Smith 1975 Victor Smorgan 2007 Lady Marigold Southey 2006 Keith Steel 1981 Vice Admiral Sir David Stevenson 1976 Kerry Stokes 2008 Shane Stone 2006 Sir Laurence Street 1989 Professor Hugh Stretton 2004 Grant Sutherland 1998

Lee Ku-Taek 2005 honorary Sir Brian Talboys 1982 honorary Sir Arthur Tange 1977 Noel Tanzer 1994 Hugh Taylor 2001 Professor Stuart Ross Taylor 2008 honorary Sally Thomas 2014 Goh Chok Tong 2005 honorary John Tonkin 1977 John Toohey 1988 Shoichiro Toyoda 1999 honorary Arthur Dale Trendall 1976 Sir Donald Trescowthick 1991 Ken Tribe 1989

John Uhrig 2000 Peter Underwood 2009 John Utz 1989

Sir James Vernon 1980 Dr. Michael Vertigan 2004 Sir William Vines 1987 Nanette Waddy 1988 Nancy Wake 2004 Ron Walker (Australian Businessman) 2003 Stanley Wallis 2002 Robert Walsh 1982 Justice Marilyn Warren 2005 Dr. Robin Warren 2007 Sir Bruce Watson 2004 Penelope Wensley 2011 Frederick Wheeler 1979 Ray Whitrod 1993 Judith Whitworth 2001 John Paul Wild Dr. Paul Wild 1986 Peter Wilenski 1994 Peter Wills 2001 Sir Ronald Wilson 1988 Sir Henry Winneke 1982 Justice John Winneke 2004 Professor Carl Wood 1995 Alan Woods (Public Servant) 1989 Sir Edward Woodward (Judge) 2001 Hal Wootten 1990

Geoffrey Yeend 1986 John Young (jurist) 1989

Sir David Zeidler 1990 Professor Rolf Zinkernagel 1999 honorary

Stripped/Returned/or Resigned Brian Burke AC in 1988; stripped in 1995. H.C. Nugget Coombs AC in 1975; resigned in 1976. Richard Pratt AC in 1988; resigned in 2008.

101. Patrick White

Writer | Voss

Patrick White was born on May 28, 1912 in Knightsbridge, London, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Voss, The Night, the Prowler (1978) and Australian Theatre Festival (1980). He died on September 29, 1990 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Awarded an AC in 1975; resigned in 1976 in protest at the sacking of the Whitlam government.

102. Peter Cosgrove

Self | Dick Smith's Population Puzzle

Peter Cosgrove was born on July 28, 1947 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He has been married to Lynne Payne since 1976. They have three children.

awarded in 2000.

103. Patrick White

Writer | Voss

Patrick White was born on May 28, 1912 in Knightsbridge, London, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Voss, The Night, the Prowler (1978) and Australian Theatre Festival (1980). He died on September 29, 1990 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Former AC

104. John Finnis

Self | Brave New World

He was awarded the A.C. (Companion of the Order of Australia) and the King's Counsel and the FBA before being awarded the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2023 King's New Years Honours List for his services to Legal Scholarship. He is a professor and legal academic in ...



Recently Viewed