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

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

Jim Bacon 2005
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William MacMahon Ball 1978
Admiral Chris Barrie
Tom Bathurst
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Sir Hermann Black 1986
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Elizabeth Blackburn 2010
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Jillian Broadbent
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Brian Burke (former AC)
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Noel Butlin
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Dr. Jean Calder 2005
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Alex Chernov 2012
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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.

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1. Geoffrey Rush
Actor
Producer
Writer
The King's Speech (2010)
Geoffrey Roy Rush was born on July 6, 1951, in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, to Merle (Bischof), a department store sales assistant, and Roy Baden Rush, an accountant for the Royal Australian Air Force. His mother was of German descent and his father had English, Irish, and Scottish ancestry. He was raised in Brisbane, Queensland, after his parents split up.

Rush attended Everton Park State High School during his formative years. His early interest in the theatre led to his 1971 stage debut at age 20 in "Wrong Side of the Moon" with the Queensland Theatre Company.

Known for his classical repertory work over the years, he scored an unexpected hit with his Queensland role as Snoopy in the musical "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown". A few years later he moved to France to study but subsequently returned to his homeland within a short time and continued work as both actor and director with the Queensland company ("June and the Paycock," "Aladdin," "Godspell," "Present Laughter," "The Rivals"). In the 1980s Rush became a vital member of the State Theatre Company of South Australia and showed an equally strong range there in such productions as "Revenger's Tragedy," "A Midsummer Night's Dream," "Mother Courage...and Her Children," "Blood Wedding," "Pal Joey," "Twelfth Night" and as The Fool in "King Lear".

Rush made an inauspicious debut in films with the feature Hoodwink (1981), having little more than a bit part, and didn't carry off his first major role until playing Sir Andrew Aguecheek in a movie production of Twelfth Night (1986). Yet, he remained a durable presence on stage with acclaimed productions in "The Diary of a Madman" in 1989 and "The Government Inspector" in 1991.

Rush suffered a temporary nervous breakdown in 1992 due to overwork and anguish over his lack of career advancement. Resting for a time, he eventually returned to the stage. Within a few years film-goers finally began taking notice of Geoffrey after his performance in Children of the Revolution (1996). This led to THE role of a lifetime as the highly dysfunctional piano prodigy David Helfgott in Shine (1996). Rush's astonishing tour-de-force performance won him every conceivable award imaginable, including the Oscar, Golden Globe, British Film Award and Australian Film Institute Award.

"Shine" not only put Rush on the international film map, but atypically on the Hollywood "A" list as well. His rather homely mug was made fascinating by a completely charming, confident and captivating demeanor; better yet, it allowed him to more easily dissolve into a number of transfixing historical portrayals, notably his Walsingham in Elizabeth (1998) and Leon Trotsky in Frida (2002). He's also allowed himself to have a bit of hammy fun in such box office escapism as Mystery Men (1999), House on Haunted Hill (1999), The Banger Sisters (2002), Finding Nemo (2003) and Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003). More than validating his early film success, two more Oscar nominations came his way in the same year for Quills (2000) (best actor) and Shakespeare in Love (1998) (support actor) in 2000. Geoffrey's amazing versatility continued into the millennium with his portrayal of the manic, volatile comedy genius Peter Sellers in the biopic The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004). He also merited attention as Lionel Logue in The King's Speech (2010), Basil Hunter in The Eye of the Storm (2011), Hans Hubermann in The Book Thief (2013), artist/sculptor Alberto Giocometti in Final Portrait (2017) and Michael Kingley Storm Boy (2019).

Rush's intermittent returns to the stage have included productions of "Marat-Sade," "Uncle Vanya," "Oleanna," "Hamlet" and "The Small Poppies". In 2009 he made his Broadway debut in "Exit the King" co-starring Susan Sarandon. His marriage (since 1988) to Aussie classical actress Jane Menelaus produced daughter Angelica (1992) and son James (1995). Menelaus, who has also performed with the State Theatre of South Australia, has co-starred on stage with Rush in "The Winter's Tale" (1987), "Troilus and Cressida" (1989) and "The Importance of Being Earnest" (as Gwendolyn to his Jack Worthing). She also had featured roles in a few of his films, including Quills (2000) and The Eye of the Storm (2011).
awarded in June 2014.
2. Nicole Kidman
Actress
Producer
Music Department
Moulin Rouge! (2001)
Elegant blonde Nicole Kidman, known as one of Hollywood's top Australian imports, was actually born in Honolulu, Hawaii to Anthony (a biochemist and clinical psychologist) and Janelle (a nursing instructor) Kidman. The family moved almost immediately to Washington, D.C., where Nicole's father pursued his research on breast cancer, then, three years later, made the pilgrimage to her parents' native Sydney. Young Nicole's first love was ballet, but she eventually took up mime and drama as well (her first stage role was a bleating sheep in an elementary school Christmas pageant). In her adolescent years, acting edged out the other arts and became a kind of refuge - as her classmates sought out fun in the sun, the fair-skinned Kidman retreated to dark rehearsal halls to practice her craft. She worked regularly at the Philip Street Theater, where she once received a personal letter of praise and encouragement from audience member Jane Campion (then a film student). Kidman eventually dropped out of high school to pursue acting full-time. She broke into movies at age 16, landing a role in the Australian holiday favorite Bush Christmas (1983). That appearance touched off a flurry of film and television offers, including a lead in BMX Bandits (1983) and a turn as a schoolgirl-turned-protester in the miniseries Vietnam (1987) (for which she won her first Australian Film Institute Award). With the help of an American agent, she eventually made her US debut opposite Sam Neill in the at-sea thriller Dead Calm (1989).

Kidman's next casting coup scored her more than exposure. While starring as Tom Cruise's doctor/love interest in the racetrack romance Days of Thunder (1990), she won over the Hollywood hunk hook, line and sinker. After a whirlwind courtship (and decent box office returns), the couple wed on December 24, 1990. Determined not to let her new marital status overshadow her fledgling career, the actress pressed on. She appeared as a catty high school senior in the Australian film Flirting (1991), then as Dustin Hoffman's moll in the gangster flick Billy Bathgate (1991). She reunited with Cruise for Far and Away (1992), the story of young Irish lovers who flee to America in the late 1800s, and starred opposite Michael Keaton in the tear-tugger My Life (1993). Despite her steady employment, critics and moviegoers still had not quite warmed to Kidman as a leading lady. She tried to spice up her image by seducing Val Kilmer in Batman Forever (1995), but achieved her real breakthrough with Gus Van Sant's To Die For (1995). As a fame-crazed housewife determined to eliminate any obstacle in her path, Kidman proved that she had an impressive range and deadly comic timing. She took home a Golden Globe and several critics' awards for the performance. In 1996, Kidman stepped into a corset to work with her countrywoman and onetime admirer, Jane Campion, on the adaptation of Henry James's The Portrait of a Lady (1996). A few months later, she tore across the screen as a nuclear weapons expert in The Peacemaker (1997), adding "action star" to her professional repertoire.

She and Cruise then disappeared into a notoriously long, secretive shoot for Stanley Kubrick's sexual thriller Eyes Wide Shut (1999). The couple's on-screen shenanigans prompted an increase in public speculation about their sex life (rumors had long been circulating that their marriage was a cover-up for Cruise's rumored homosexuality); tired of denying tabloid attacks, they successfully sued The Star for a story alleging that they needed a sex therapist to coach them through love scenes. Family life has always been a priority for Kidman. Born to social activists (mother was a feminist; father, a labor advocate), Nicole and her little sister, Antonia Kidman, discussed current events around the dinner table and participated in their parents' campaigns by passing out pamphlets on street corners. When her mother was diagnosed with breast cancer, 17-year-old Nicole stopped working and took a massage course so that she could provide physical therapy (her mother eventually beat the cancer). She and Cruise adopted two children: Isabella Jane (born 1992) and Connor Antony (born 1995). Despite their rock-solid image, the couple announced in early 2001 that they were separating due to career conflicts. Her marriage to Cruise ended mid-summer of 2001.
awarded in 2006.
3. Joan Sutherland
Actress
Music Department
Soundtrack
Spectre (2015)
Joan Sutherland was born on 7 November 1926 in Point Piper, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. She was an actress, known for Spectre (2015), Carlito's Way (1993) and Great Performances at the Met (1977). She was married to Richard Bonynge. She died on 10 October 2010 in Montreux, Switzerland.
Dame was awarded the AC in 1975.
4. Judith Anderson
Actress
Soundtrack
Rebecca (1940)
Dame Judith Anderson was born Frances Margaret Anderson on February 10, 1897 in Adelaide, South Australia. She began her acting career in Australia before moving to New York in 1918. There she established herself as one of the greatest theatrical actresses and was a major star on Broadway throughout the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. Her notable stage works included the role of Lady Macbeth, which she played first in the 1920s, and gave an Emmy Award-winning television performance in Macbeth (1960). Anderson's long association with Euripides' "Medea" began with her acclaimed Tony Award-winning 1948 stage performance in the title role. She appeared in the television version of Medea (1983) in the supporting character of the Nurse.

Anderson made her Hollywood film debut under director Rowland Brown in a supporting role in Blood Money (1933). Her striking, not conventionally attractive features were complemented with her powerful presence, mastery of timing and an effortless style. Anderson made a film career as a supporting character actress in several significant films including Alfred Hitchcock's Rebecca (1940), for which she was Oscar nominated for Best Supporting Actress. She worked with director Otto Preminger in Laura (1944), then with René Clair in And Then There Were None (1945). Her remarkable performance in a supporting role in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958) fit in a stellar acting ensemble under director Richard Brooks.

Anderson was awarded Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1960 Queen's New Year's Honours List for her services to the performing arts. Living in Santa Barbara in her later years, she also had a successful stint on the soap opera Santa Barbara (1984) and was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award in 1984. In the same year, at age 87, she appeared in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984) as the High Priestess, and was nominated for a Saturn Award for that role. She was awarded Companion of the Order of Australia in the 1991 Queen's Birthday Honours List for her services to the performing arts. Anderson died at age 94 of pneumonia on January 3, 1992 in Santa Barbara, California.
awarded in 1991.
5. Mary Durack
Writer
Kings in Grass Castles (1998– )
Mary Durack was born on 20 February 1913 in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. She was a writer, known for Kings in Grass Castles (1998) and A Life (1992). She was married to H.C. Miller. She died on 16 December 1994 in Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
awarded in 1989.
6. Faith Bandler
Australian Biography (1993– )
Faith Bandler was born on 27 September 1918 in Tumbulgum, New South Wales, Australia. She died on 13 February 2015 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
awarded in 2009. Indigenous Australian and South Sea Islander Rights campaigner and activist.
7. Marie Bashir
Lachlan Macquarie: The Father of Australia (2011)
Prof. Marie Bashir. Governor of New South Wales 2001-present. Awarded in 2001.
8. Peter Beattie
How the Hell Did We Get Here? (2006– )
awarded in 2012; Premier of Queensland 1998-2007.
9. Kim Beazley
Additional Crew
Etched in Bone (2018)
Kim Beazley was born on 14 December 1948 in Perth, Western Australia, Australia. He is known for Etched in Bone (2018), Labor in Power (1993) and Dateline (1984).
awarded in 2009. leader of the opposition.
10. Arthur Birch
The Project (2009– )
Prof. Arthur Birch awarded in 1987; organic chemist.
11. Geoffrey Blainey
Writer
The Blainey View (1982– )
Geoffrey Blainey was born on 11 March 1930 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. He is a writer, known for The Blainey View (1982), Riot or Revolution: Eureka Stockade 1854 (2006) and Triumph of the Nomads (1984). He has been married to Ann Warriner Heriot since 15 February 1957. They have one child.
awarded in 2000.
12. Richard Bonynge
Music Department
Actor
Producer
Red Sparrow (2018)
Richard Bonynge was born on 29 September 1930 in Waverley, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He is an actor and producer, known for Red Sparrow (2018), Spectre (2015) and Carlito's Way (1993). He was previously married to Joan Sutherland.
awarded in 2012.
13. Arthur Boyd
Producer
Trouble in Molopolis (1969)
Arthur Boyd was born on 24 July 1920 in Murrumbeena, Victoria, Australia. He was a producer, known for Trouble in Molopolis (1969), Art from Australia (1963) and The South Bank Show (1978). He was married to Yvonne Lennie. He died on 24 April 1999 in Fitzroy, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
1992; artist
14. Steve Bracks
Landline (2002–2007)
awarded in 2010;premier of Victoria 1999 to 2007.
15. Don Bradman
The Flying Doctor (1936)
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 tour and are now legendary, they are known as The Invincibles.
Sir Donald Bradman awarded in 1979 for cricket.
16. Graeme Clark
Actor
Composer
Soundtrack
Sputnik (1992– )
Graeme Clark was born on 15 April 1965 in Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland, UK. He is an actor and composer, known for Sputnik (1989), Car Share (2015) and Rockopop (1988). He has been married to Beverley Dunn since April 1999. They have one child.
Professor; developed the cochlear implant. awarded in 1992.
17. Alexander Downer
Australian Epic (2023– )
Alexander Downer was born on 9 September 1951 in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. He has been married to Nicky Downer since 17 June 1978. They have four children.
awarded in 2013.
18. Russell Drysdale
Writer
Art Department
The Critics (1965– )
Russell Drysdale was born on 7 February 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 29 June 1981 in Westmead, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Sir Russell Drysdale awarded in 1980.
19. Don Dunstan
Additional Crew
Carson's Law (1983– )
Don Dunstan was born on 21 September 1926 in Suva, Fiji. He is known for Carson's Law (1983), Against the Innocent (1989) and Mr Neal Is Entitled to Be an Agitator (1991). He was married to Adele Koh and Gretel. He died on 6 February 1999 in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
Lieutenant General Sir Donald Dunstan awarded in 1979.
20. Max Dupain
Camera and Electrical Department
Harry Seidler: Modernist (2017)
Max Dupain is known for Harry Seidler: Modernist (2017).
awarded in 1992
21. Herb Elliott
Sporting Nation (2012– )
Herb Elliott was born on 25 February 1938 in Perth, Western Australia, Australia. He has been married to Anne Dudley since 2 May 1959. They have one child.
Olympic athlete 2002
22. Mary Fairfax
The Norman Gunston Show (1975– )
Mary Fairfax was born on 15 August 1922 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland. She was married to Warwick Oswald Fairfax and Cedric Rheuben Symonds. She died on 17 September 2017 in Point Piper, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
philanthropist awarded in 2005.
23. Malcolm Fraser
The Norman Gunston Show (1976– )
Malcolm Fraser was born on 21 May 1930 in Toorak, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. He was married to Tamie Fraser. He died on 20 March 2015 in Victoria, Australia.
Awarded in 1988. 22nd Prime Minister of Australia 1975-1983; Chair of Care International.
24. Ian Frazer
Premier League Poker (2007–2011)
Professor was awarded in 2012. Creator of the HPV vaccine against cervical cancer.
25. Geoff Gallop
The Hamster Wheel (2011– )
Dr. Gallop was awarded in 2008. He is an academic, politician, Premier of Western Australia, 2001-2006.

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

1. Geoffrey Rush

2. Nicole Kidman

3. Joan Sutherland

4. Judith Anderson

5. Mary Durack

6. Faith Bandler

7. Marie Bashir

8. Peter Beattie

9. Kim Beazley

10. Arthur Birch

11. Geoffrey Blainey

12. Richard Bonynge

13. Arthur Boyd

14. Steve Bracks

15. Don Bradman

16. Graeme Clark

17. Alexander Downer

18. Russell Drysdale

19. Don Dunstan

20. Max Dupain

21. Herb Elliott

22. Mary Fairfax

23. Malcolm Fraser

24. Ian Frazer

25. Geoff Gallop

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