Thomas Keneally award received Officer of the Order of Australia
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In 1983, he was made an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO). He is an Australian Living Treasure. Keneally has stated that he was once offered the title of Commander of the Order of the British Empire, and that he refused it. "I said I pitied any empire of which I was a commander".Keneally has been awarded honorary doctorates including one from the National University of Ireland.
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