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Sir Robert Menzies - Sir Robert Menzies, was Prime Minister from 1939 to 1941 and was reelected again in 1949 and ended up serving until 1966.

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Knighted - Sir Robert Menzies is Australia's longest serving Prime Minister, in office a total of 18 years. He was knighted in 1977, one year before his death.

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Sir Zelman Cowen - Sir Zelman Cowen was the 19th Governor General of Australia.

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Sir MacFarlane Burnet - Sir MacFarlane Burnet won this Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1960 for predicting acquired immune tolerance. 

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Prince Charles, Prince of Wales - Prince Charles is the Heir Apparent to the Australian throne, apparently.

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Prince Charles, Prince of Wales - Charles is also notable for being one of the few living Australian Knights of the Order of Australia.

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Sir Garfield Barwick - Sir Garfield Barwick was the longest serving Chief Justice of Australia, the Attorney-General of Australia and was the Minister for External Affairs. 

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Sir Charles Court - Sir Charles Court was Premier of Western Australia from 1974 to 1982.

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Pro-rights and anti-rights - He was an advocate of state's rights and a major opponent of Aboriginal land rights.

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Sir Ninian Stephen - Sir Ninian Stephen, who opened this Hall Volunteer Bushfire Brigade, was a Justice of the High Court of Australia from 1972 to 1982. 

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Sir Roden Cutler - Sir Roden Cutler was the longest serving Governor of New South Wales, he received a Victoria Cross for fighting in Syria and Lebanon and amassed this crowd for a speech. 

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General Sir Peter Cosgrove - General Sir Peter Cosgrove was the Chief of the Defence Force from 2002 to 2005.

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Commander - He joined the military in the 1968 and became the commanded the 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment in 1980.

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International recognition - Cosgrove led the UN peacekeeping mission in East Timor and earned international recognition for his leadership.

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Governor General - Cosgrove has served as Governor General since 2014.

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Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh - As a consort to the Queen, Prince Philip is automatically Australian Royalty.

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2015 - But Prince Philip was only knighted in 2015, during the brief period when then-Prime Minister Abbott brought back knighthoods.

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Military Division - Prince Phillip is also a Companion to the Order of Australia in the military division.

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Battles - Before he married the Queen, he fought in Greece during WWII.

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Air Chief Marshal Sir Angus Houston - The Air Chief Marshal is the last person to have been knighted in Australia and possibly the last ever.

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Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 - The marshal headed the search for the Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.

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Helicopter pilot - Houston was a helicopter pilot for the RAAF in 1970 and was awarded the Air Force Cross in 1980.

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Dame Enid Lyons - Dame Enid Lyons  was the first woman elected to the House of Representatives.

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Dame Quentin Bryce - Dame Quentin Bryce was the Governor of QLD from 2003 to 2008.

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Governor General - Bryce was the previous Governor General, serving from 2008 to 2014.

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Officer - She is also an Officer of the Order of Australia, awarded in 1988 for her service to women and children.

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Dame Marie Bashir - Dame Marie Bashir was the second-longest serving Governor of New South Wales.

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Dame Marie Bashir - She was the Clinical Director of Mental Health Services for the Central Sydney Area Health Service from 1993 to 2001.

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Dame Edna - No Knights and Dames of Australia list would be complete without Dame Edna, Barry Humphries' classic character that obviously isn't a part of the Order of Australia. She is, however, as much a royal as any Australian.

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