# Special Honours Lists (Australia)

The Special Honours Lists for Australia are announced by the Governor General at any time.

## Lists

Key (see below)
| Date | Announcement | Award | Recipient | Ref | Notes |
| 21 March 2007 | Honorary Award | AO (Military) | General John Abizaid | 2007-S51 | |
| 18 May 2007 | Honorary Awards | AO | Professor Anne Rosalie Edwards | 2007-S94 | |
| 18 May 2007 | Honorary Awards | AO | Commissioner Khoo Boon Hui | 2007-S94 | |
| 18 May 2007 | Honorary Awards | AO | Dr Sanduk Ruit | 2007-S94 | |
| 18 May 2007 | Honorary Awards | AM | Associate Professor Paul Adam | 2007-S94 | |
| 18 May 2007 | Honorary Awards | AM | Dr Kenneth Murray Alexander | 2007-S94 | |
| 18 May 2007 | Honorary Awards | AM | Peter Dare | 2007-S94 | |
| 18 May 2007 | Honorary Awards | AM | Adjunct Professor Nicola Sasanelli | 2007-S94 | |
| 18 May 2007 | Honorary Awards | AM | Emeritus Professor Trevor Gordon Wilson | 2007-S94 | |
| 18 May 2007 | Honorary Awards | AM | Dr Helmut Ziegelschmidt | 2007-S94 | |
| 18 May 2007 | Honorary Awards | OAM | Peter Collingwood Cathles | 2007-S94 | |
| 18 May 2007 | Honorary Awards | OAM | Reginald Fredrick Guest | 2007-S94 | |
| 18 May 2007 | Honorary Awards | OAM | David Dale Morgan, deceased | 2007-S94 | wef 1 July 2005 |
| 21 June 2007 | Midwinter's Day 2007 | AAM | Sharon Labudda | 2007-S114 | |
| 22 June 2007 | | Champion Shots Medal with clasp | Leading Seaman Josh Kelly | 2007-S116 | |
| 21 June 2008 | Midwinter's Day 2008 | AAM | Matthew Filipowski | 2008-S123 | |
| 10 July 2008 | Honorary Awards | AO | Tan Sri Dato' Azman Hashim | 2008-S137 | |
| 10 July 2008 | Honorary Awards | AO | Tan Sri Dato' Seri Dr Jeffrey Cheah Fook Ling | 2008-S137 | |
| 18 August 2008 | Gallantry awards for actions during the Vietnam War | SG | Lieutenant Colonel Harry Smith, MC | 2008-S167 | |
| 18 August 2008 | Gallantry awards for actions during the Vietnam War | MG | Geoff Kendall | 2008-S167 | |
| 18 August 2008 | Gallantry awards for actions during the Vietnam War | MG | David Sabben | 2008-S167 | |
| 4 September 2008 | Honorary Awards | AC | Emeritus Professor Stuart Ross Taylor | 2008-S177 | |
| 4 September 2008 | Honorary Awards | AO | Malcolm Binks | 2008-S177 | |
| 4 September 2008 | Honorary Awards | AO | Dr J B Penn | 2008-S177 | |
| 4 September 2008 | Honorary Awards | AM | Lu Jian | 2008-S177 | |
| 16 January 2009 | | VC | Trooper Mark Donaldson | 2009-S10 | |
| 21 June 2009 | Midwinter's Day 2009 | AAM | David Pullinger | 2009-S107 | |
| 23 September 2009 | Honorary Awards | AM | Yoshimaro Katsumata, deceased | 2009-S146 | wef 29 July 2009 |
| 23 September 2009 | Honorary Awards | AM | Professor Sangkot Marzuki | 2009-S146 | |
| 23 September 2009 | Honorary Awards | AM | Peter Morley | 2009-S146 | |
| 23 September 2009 | Honorary Awards | AM | Ronaldo Veirano | 2009-S146 | |
| 23 September 2009 | Honorary Awards | OAM | Nicholas Bonello | 2009-S146 | |
| 23 September 2009 | Honorary Awards | OAM | Joan Brownlie | 2009-S146 | |
| 23 September 2009 | Honorary Awards | OAM | Tony Cutajar | 2009-S146 | |
| 23 September 2009 | Honorary Awards | OAM | Khun Kanit Wanachote | 2009-S146 | |
| 3 November 2009 | Honorary Appointment | AO (Military) | General David Petraeus | 2009-S172 | |
| 27 November 2009 | Honorary Appointment | AO | The Honourable Hugh Templeton QSO | 2009-S196 | |
| 27 November 2009 | Honorary Appointment | AM | Brian Lara | 2009-S196 | |
| 4 December 2009 | Honorary Appointment | AM | Tetsuo Uehara | 2009-S201 | |
| 9 March 2010 | Honorary Appointment | AC | Dr Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono GCB | 2010-S24 | |
| 31 March 2010 | Awards for actions during the Vietnam War | DSM | Flight Lieutenant Clifford Dohle, deceased | 2010-S43 | |
| 31 March 2010 | Awards for actions during the Vietnam War | Unit Citation for Gallantry | Delta Company, 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment | 2010-S43 | |
| 1 July 2010 | Honorary Appointments | AC | The Honourable Richard Armitage, KCMG, CNZM | 2010-S102 | |
| 1 July 2010 | Honorary Appointments | AO | Dr John David Diekman | 2010-S102 | |
| 1 July 2010 | Honorary Appointments | AO | General Michael Hayden | 2010-S102 | |
| 1 July 2010 | Honorary Appointments | AO | Dr George Nicks | 2010-S102 | |
| 1 July 2010 | Honorary Appointments | AM | George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood, KBE | 2010-S102 | |
| 1 July 2010 | Honorary Appointments | AM | Zannie Flanagan | 2010-S102 | |
| 1 July 2010 | Honorary Appointments | AM | Hubert Huchette | 2010-S102 | |
| 1 July 2010 | Honorary Appointments | AM | Akira Tatehata | 2010-S102 | |
| 1 July 2010 | Honorary Appointments | AM | Datuk (Dr) Philip Ting Ding Ing | 2010-S102 | |
| 1 July 2010 | Honorary Appointments | OAM | Thomas Corcoran | 2010-S102 | |
| 1 July 2010 | Honorary Appointments | OAM | John Kelly | 2010-S102 | |
| 1 July 2010 | Honorary Appointments | OAM | Peter Reynolds | 2010-S102 | |
| 1 November 2010 | Honorary Appointments | AO | Moetaryanto Poerwoaminoto | 2010-S202 | |
| 1 November 2010 | Honorary Appointments | OAM | Sister Lorraine Garasu, CSN | 2010-S202 | |
| 1 November 2010 | Honorary Appointments | OAM | Brian Gavaghan | 2010-S202 | |
| 1 November 2010 | Honorary Appointments | OAM | Isobel Hood | 2010-S202 | |
| 1 November 2010 | Honorary Appointments | OAM | David Mearns | 2010-S202 | |
| 5 November 2010 | Honorary Appointments | AO (Military) | Admiral Michael Mullen | 2010-S201 | |
| 22 January 2011 | | VC | Corporal Ben Roberts-Smith, MG | 2011-S12 | |
| 21 June 2011 | Midwinter's Day 2011 | AAM | Captain Murray Doyle | 2011-S99 | |
| 21 June 2011 | Midwinter's Day 2011 | AAM | Dr Stephen Nicol | 2011-S99 | |
| 14 September 2011 | Honorary Appointments | AO | The Honourable George Shultz | 2011-S134 | |
| 2 December 2011 | Honorary Appointments | AO | Professor James McWha | 2011-S190 | |
| 2 December 2011 | Honorary Appointments | AO | The Right Honourable Mike Moore, ONZ | 2011-S190 | |
| 2 December 2011 | Honorary Appointments | AO | Ow Chio Kiat | 2011-S190 | |
| 2 December 2011 | Honorary Appointments | AO | Kenneth E. Tyler | 2011-S190 | |
| 2 December 2011 | Honorary Appointments | AM | Sevee Charuruks | 2011-S190 | |
| 2 December 2011 | Honorary Appointments | AM | Catherin Chua | 2011-S190 | |
| 2 December 2011 | Honorary Appointments | AM | Michael Godfrey-Roberts | 2011-S190 | |
| 2 December 2011 | Honorary Appointments | AM | Dr Denzil Miller | 2011-S190 | |
| 2 December 2011 | Honorary Appointments | AM | Mustafa Ruhi Őzbilgic | 2011-S190 | |
| 2 December 2011 | Honorary Appointments | AM | Anne Raymond, deceased | 2011-S190 | wef 7 April 2010 |
| 2 December 2011 | Honorary Appointments | AM | Dr Carole Webb | 2011-S190 | |
| 2 December 2011 | Honorary Appointments | OAM | Barry Ashbolt | 2011-S190 | |
| 2 December 2011 | Honorary Appointments | OAM | Francis Herman | 2011-S190 | |
| 14 June 2012 | Honorary Appointment | AO (Military) | General Peter van Uhm | 2012-? | |
| 21 June 2012 | Midwinter's Day 2012 | AAM clasp | Dr Graham Robertson, AAM | 2012-? | |
| 21 June 2012 | Midwinter's Day 2012 | AAM | Dr Neil Adams, deceased | 2012-? | |
| 21 June 2012 | Midwinter's Day 2012 | AAM | Dr Stephen Rintoul | 2012-? | |
| 21 June 2012 | Midwinter's Day 2012 | AAM | Dr James Doube | 2012-? | |
| 28 September 2012 | Honorary Appointment | AC | Akio Mimura | 2012-S152 | |
| 28 September 2012 | Honorary Appointment | OAM | Masayasu Yoshimoto | 2012-S152 | |
| 5 October 2012 | Honorary Appointments | AC | Michelle Bachelet | 2012-S160 | |
| 5 October 2012 | Honorary Appointments | AO (Military) | Lt Gen James R. Clapper | 2012-S160 | |
| 5 October 2012 | Honorary Appointments | AM | Sachin Tendulkar | 2012-S160 | |
| 2 November 2012 | | VC | Corporal Daniel Keighran | 2012-S167 | |
| 30 November 2012 | Honorary Appointments | AO | Pat Oliphant | 2012-S179 | |
| 30 November 2012 | Honorary Appointments | AO | Don Voelte | 2012-S179 | |
| 30 November 2012 | Honorary Appointments | AO | Max Yasuda | 2012-S179 | |
| 30 November 2012 | Honorary Appointments | AO | George Yong-Boon Yeo | 2012-S179 | |
| 30 November 2012 | Honorary Appointments | AM | Ar. Hijjas bin Kasturi | 2012-S179 | |
| 30 November 2012 | Honorary Appointments | AM | Fram Kitagawa | 2012-S179 | |
| 30 November 2012 | Honorary Appointments | AM | Zoran Kostovski | 2012-S179 | |
| 30 November 2012 | Honorary Appointments | AM | Yasuki Nakamura | 2012-S179 | |
| 30 November 2012 | Honorary Appointments | AM | Sir Ronald Sanders | 2012-S179 | |
| 30 November 2012 | Honorary Appointments | AM | William Spooncer | 2012-S179 | |
| 30 November 2012 | Honorary Appointments | OAM | Datuk Irene Betty Benggon-Charuruks | 2012-S179 | |
| 30 November 2012 | Honorary Appointments | OAM | Desmond Cross | 2012-S179 | |
| 30 November 2012 | Honorary Appointments | OAM | Johan Durnez | 2012-S179 | |
| 30 November 2012 | Honorary Appointments | OAM | Dr Hans-Ullrich Henschel | 2012-S179 | |
| 30 November 2012 | Honorary Appointments | OAM | Prof Jeanne M Liedtka | 2012-S179 | |
| 30 November 2012 | Honorary Appointments | OAM | Nellie Morgan | 2012-S179 | |
| 30 November 2012 | Honorary Appointments | OAM | Mario Sammut | 2012-S179 | |
| 30 November 2012 | Honorary Appointments | OAM | Martin Smith | 2012-S179 | |
| 15 February 2013 | Honorary Appointments | AO | Neil MacGregor OM | 2013-S25 | |
| 15 February 2013 | Honorary Appointments | AM | Bernard Wright | 2013-S25 | |
| 12 June 2013 | Honorary Appointment | AC | Prof Jill Ker Conway | 2013QB | |
| 20 June 2013 | Gallantry awards for Far East Prisoners of War, World War II | Commendation for Gallantry | Private Alexander John Bell Gunner Thomas Stephen Cumming Private Victor Lawrence Gale Gunner Arthur Reeve Gunner James Alexander Wilson | 2013-S72 | |
| 21 June 2013 | Midwinter's Day 2013 | AAM | Captain Scott Laughlin | 2013-S68 | |
| 21 June 2013 | Midwinter's Day 2013 | AAM | Dr Barbara Wienecke | 2013-S68 | |
| 13 November 2013 | Cancellation | Commendation for Distinguished Service | Major Robin Paul Turner - Cancelled 13 November 2013 | 2013-1692 | |
| 25 November 2013 | Honorary Appointments | AC | José Ramos-Horta | 2013-1742 | |
| 25 November 2013 | Honorary Appointments | AO | Dr Kurt M. Campbell CNZM | 2013-1742 | |
| 25 November 2013 | Honorary Appointments | AO | Sam Chisholm | 2013-1742 | |
| 25 November 2013 | Honorary Appointments | AO | Audette Exel | 2013-1742 | |
| 25 November 2013 | Honorary Appointments | AM | Dr Grace Cochrane | 2013-1742 | |
| 25 November 2013 | Honorary Appointments | AM | Assoc. Prof. John Heggie | 2013-1742 | |
| 25 November 2013 | Honorary Appointments | AM | Jules Laude | 2013-1742 | |
| 25 November 2013 | Honorary Appointments | AM | Richard Robinson | 2013-1742 | |
| 25 November 2013 | Honorary Appointments | AM | Toshio Shiba (aka Toshio Shibamoto) | 2013-1742 | |
| 25 November 2013 | Honorary Appointments | AM | Datuk Andrew Sim men kin | 2013-1742 | |
| 25 November 2013 | Honorary Appointments | AM | Yoshio Wada | 2013-1742 | |
| 25 November 2013 | Honorary Appointments | OAM | Robert Bedwell | 2013-1742 | |
| 25 November 2013 | Honorary Appointments | OAM | Kenneth Dryland | 2013-1742 | |
| 13 December 2013 | Honorary Appointment | AM | Jerry Lewis | 2013-1862 | |
| 13 February 2014 | | VC | Corporal Cameron Baird, MG (deceased) | 2014-294 |
| 25 March 2014 | | AD | Quentin Bryce, AC, CVO | | |
| 28 March 2014 | | AK | General Peter Cosgrove, AC, MC | | |
| 15 April 2014 | Honorary Appointment | AO (Military) | General John Allen | 2014 | |
| 9 April 2015 | Honorary Appointment | AC | Yorihiko Kojima | 2015 | |
| 9 April 2015 | Honorary Appointment | AO | Dr Patrick Simon | 2015 | |
| 9 April 2015 | Honorary Appointment | AM | Chitaru Asahina | 2015 | |
| 9 April 2015 | Honorary Appointment | OAM | Professor Haluk Oral | 2015 | |
| 9 April 2015 | Honorary Appointment | OAM | Yvonne Shapiro | 2015 | |
| 27 May 2015 | Honorary Appointment | AO | Professor Horst Lucke | 2015 | |
| 27 May 2015 | Honorary Appointment | AO (Military) | Admiral Samuel J. Locklear, USN | 2015 | |
| 27 May 2015 | Honorary Appointment | AM | Eric KarlFedering | 2015 | |
| 27 May 2015 | Honorary Appointment | AM | Doctor Margo Smith | 2015 | |
| 27 May 2015 | Honorary Appointment | AM | Inger Rice | 2015 | |
| 27 May 2015 | Honorary Appointment | OAM | George Edmund Morgan | 2015 | |
| 21 June 2016 | Midwinter's Day 2016 | AAM | Dr John Frederick Cadden | 2016 | |
| 21 June 2016 | Midwinter's Day 2016 | AAM | Kym Blair Newbery | 2016 | |
| 21 June 2016 | Midwinter's Day 2016 | AAM | Robert William Rowland | 2016 | |
| 18 July 2017 | Honorary Appointment | AC | Sir John Key, GNZM | 2017 | |
| 18 September 2017 | Honorary Appointment | OAM | Lieutenant Colonel Freddy Edy Declerck | 2017 | |
| 18 September 2017 | Honorary Appointment | OAM | Gilbert Deleu | 2017 | |
| 18 September 2017 | Honorary Appointment | OAM | Francois Maekelberg | 2017 | |
| 24 July 2018 | Honorary Appointment | OAM | Dr Craig Challen | 2018 | |
| 24 July 2018 | Tham Luang cave rescue operation Honours | OAM | Dr Craig Challen | 2018 | |
| 24 July 2018 | Tham Luang cave rescue operation Honours | OAM | Dr Richard Harris | 2018 | |
| 24 July 2018 | Tham Luang cave rescue operation Honours | OAM | Senior Constable Justin Bateman | 2018 | |
| 24 July 2018 | Tham Luang cave rescue operation Honours | OAM | Leading Senior Constable Kelly Boers | 2018 | |
| 24 July 2018 | Tham Luang cave rescue operation Honours | OAM | Detective Leading Senior Constable Benjamin Cox | 2018 | |
| 24 July 2018 | Tham Luang cave rescue operation Honours | OAM | Chief Petty Officer Troy Eather | 2018 | |
| 24 July 2018 | Tham Luang cave rescue operation Honours | OAM | First Constable Matthew Fitzgerald | 2018 | |
| 24 July 2018 | Tham Luang cave rescue operation Honours | OAM | Acting Station Sergeant Robert James | 2018 | |
| 24 July 2018 | Tham Luang cave rescue operation Honours | OAM | Detective Leading Senior Constable Christopher Markcrow | 2018 | |
| 24 July 2018 | Tham Luang cave rescue operation Honours | SC | Dr Craig Challen, OAM | 2018 | |
| 24 July 2018 | Tham Luang cave rescue operation Honours | SC | Dr Richard Harris, OAM | 2018 | |
| 24 July 2018 | Tham Luang cave rescue operation Honours | BM | Senior Constable Justin Bateman, OAM | 2018 | |
| 24 July 2018 | Tham Luang cave rescue operation Honours | BM | Leading Senior Constable Kelly Boers, OAM | 2018 | |
| 24 July 2018 | Tham Luang cave rescue operation Honours | BM | Detective Leading Senior Constable Benjamin Cox, OAM | 2018 | |
| 24 July 2018 | Tham Luang cave rescue operation Honours | BM | Chief Petty Officer Troy Eather, OAM | 2018 | |
| 24 July 2018 | Tham Luang cave rescue operation Honours | BM | First Constable Matthew Fitzgerald, OAM | 2018 | |
| 24 July 2018 | Tham Luang cave rescue operation Honours | BM | Acting Station Sergeant Robert James, OAM | 2018 | |
| 24 July 2018 | Tham Luang cave rescue operation Honours | BM | Detective Leading Senior Constable Christopher Markcrow, OAM | 2018 | |

### Key

| Date | Date of Announcement |
| Announcement | Reason for announcement |
| Award | see table below |
| Recipient | |
| Ref | Australian Government Gazette number |
| Notes | |
(This table is in sort by the Award column)
| Award | Name of award | See also |
| AAM | Australian Antarctic Medal | List of Australian Antarctic Medal recipients |
| AC | Honorary Companion of the Order of Australia (in the General Division) | List of honorary companions of the Order of Australia |
| AD | Dame of the Order of Australia | List of dames of the Order of Australia |
| AK | Knight of the Order of Australia | List of knights of the Order of Australia |
| AO | Honorary Officer of the Order of Australia (in the General Division) |
| AO (Military) | Honorary Officer of the Order of Australia (in the Military Division) |
| AM | Honorary Member of the Order of Australia (in the General Division) |
| DSM | Distinguished Service Medal |
| MG | Medal for Gallantry | List of Medal for Gallantry recipients |
| OAM | Honorary Medal of the Order of Australia (in the General Division) |
| SG | Star of Gallantry | List of Star of Gallantry recipients |
| VC | Victoria Cross for Australia | List of Australian Victoria Cross recipients |