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Australian Honours system: 50 years - 1975 to 2025
Australian Honours System

Fifty years of Australian honours and awards system

Search Australian honours and awards recipients
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Search Australian honours and awards recipients

Quad Leaders at the 2024 Quad Leaders' Summit (September 2024), from left: the Hon Anthony Albanese MP, Prime Minister of Australia, Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi of India, President Joseph R. Biden Jr. of the United States, and Prime Minister Kishida Fumio of Japan.
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2024 Quad Leaders’ Summit

Australian Bravery Decorations.
Australian Honours System

​​Australian Bravery Decorations​

The King's Birthday Honours List announced
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The King's Birthday 2024 Honours List announced

Quad Leaders at the 2023 Quad Leaders’ Summit (21 May 2023).
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2023 Quad Leaders' Summit

Places of Pride banner at the War Memorial
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Places of Pride, the National Register of War Memorials

Australian Bravery Decorations announced
Australian Honours System

Australian Bravery Decorations announced

Australian Bravery Decorations Announcement March 2022
Australian Honours System

Australian Bravery Decorations Announcement March 2022

Recognise and celebrate exceptional Australian achievement
Australian Honours System

Recognise and celebrate exceptional Australian achievement

The 2021 Prime Minister's prizes for science
Australian Honours System

Nominations open for the 2022 Prime Minister’s Prizes for Science

Australian Army Captain Dean Varian, Operations Officer of Australia's Federation Guard places a poppy for his great uncle Theo on the Roll of Honour at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra, ACT, 1 October 2019.
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100 years of the Flanders poppy