Australia Day 2021 Honours List

The Australia Day 2021 Honours List, recognises 844 Australians.

Included in the list are:

  • 570 recipients of awards in the General Division of the Order of Australia (4 AC, 36 AO, 159 AM and 371 OAM) - gazette
  • 28 recipients of awards in the Military Division of the Order of Australia (2 AO, 11 AM and 15 OAM) - gazette
  • 176 meritorious awards - gazette
  • 70 Distinguished and Conspicuous awards - gazette
  • Some of the first recipients recognised, at least in part, for their contribution in support of Australia’s response to the 2019-20 Bushfires and COVID-19 pandemic (more nominations are likely to be considered for future lists).  

Biographical notes for all recipients are available here.

Announcing the list, the Governor-General said:

“On behalf of all Australians, I congratulate everyone recognised in the Australia Day Honours list.

“The individuals we celebrate today come from all parts of our great nation and have served the community in almost every way conceivable. They’re diverse and unique but there are some common characteristics, including selflessness, commitment and dedication.

“Recipients have not put their hand up to be recognised. Most would consider the achievements that they are being recognised for to be ‘ordinary’ or just what they do. Therein is the great strength of our system – recipients in the Order of Australia have been nominated by their peers, considered by an independent process and, today, recognised by the nation.

“The sum of these contributions speaks to our nation’s greatest strength – its people."

 

 

Biographical notes

(The easiest way to search for the biographical notes by either name or keyword, is through this database. These biographical notes are sorted by level of award).