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 Australia 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
General Peter Gration - Chief of Army 1984-87 and Chief of the Defence Force 1987-93
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
General Sir Francis Hassett - Chief of General Staff 1973-75 and Chief of the Defence Force Staff 1975-77
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
Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston - Chief of the Defence Force 2005-present
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
Lieutenant General Peter Leahy - Chief of Army 2002-08
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
Admiral Sir Victor Smith - Chief of Naval Staff 1968-70 and Chairman, Chiefs of Staff Committee 1965-70
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