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Australian Honours Lists

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The best way to search for someone who has received an award is through the itsanhonour.gov.au database.

You can search by:

  • name
  • announcement (which year the award was announced)
  • medal/award type; and
  • advanced searches with combinations of the above.

Recent lists

March 2023 Australian Bravery Decorations List

The Bravery List announced on 22 March included: 

  • Eleven recipients of the Bravery Medal
  • Twenty-two Commendations for Brave Conduct
  • Six Group Bravery Citation (to a total of 34 people)

Australia Day 2023 Honours List

  • 736 recipients of awards in the General Division of the Order of Australia (6 AC, 47 AO, 177 AM and 506 OAM)
  • 30 recipients of awards in the Military Division of the Order of Australia (2 AO, 17 AM and 11 OAM)
  • 217 Meritorious awards
  • 64 Distinguished and Conspicuous awards

August 2022 Australian Bravery Decorations list

The Bravery list announced on 16 August included:

  • One recipient of the Bar to the Bravery Medal           
  • Six recipients of the Bravery Medal
  • Thirteen Commendations for Brave Conduct
  • Two Group Bravery Citations (to a total of 6 people).

Queen's Birthday 2022 Honours List 

  • 669 recipients of awards in the General Division of the Order of Australia (8 AC, 33 AO, 200 AM and 428 OAM)
  • 37 recipients of awards in the Military Division of the Order of Australia (1 AC, 2 AO, 16 AM and 18 OAM)
  • 201 Meritorious awards
  • 85 Distinguished and Conspicuous awards

Australia Bravery Decorations (March 2022)

The Bravery List announced on 16 March included:

  • 15 Bravery Medals (one person was also awarded the Group Bravery Citation)
  • 20 Commendations for Brave conduct (two people were also awarded the Group Bravery Citation)
  • 3 Group Bravery Citations to a total of 14 people.

Australia Day 2022 Honours List

The Australia Day 2022 Honours List included:

  • 732 recipients of awards in the General Division of the Order of Australia (7 AC, 25 AO, 155 AM and 545 OAM)
  • 30 recipients of awards in the Military Division of the Order of Australia (3 AO, 16 AM and 11 OAM)
  • 197 Meritorious awards
  • 81 Distinguished and Conspicuous awards