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Order of Australia
HONOR
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
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| Martti Ahtisaari |
Head of State |
23-Jun-1937 |
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President of Finland, 1994-2000 |
| Charlie Bell |
Business |
7-Nov-1960 |
16-Jan-2005 |
CEO of McDonalds, 2004 |
| Peter Black |
Politician |
14-Jun-1943 |
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Boorish Australian legislator |
| Don Bradman |
Cricket |
27-Aug-1908 |
25-Feb-2001 |
Greatest batsman of all time |
| R. Hanbury Brown |
Astronomer |
31-Aug-1916 |
16-Jan-2002 |
Optical intensity interferometer |
| Frank Macfarlane Burnet |
Scientist |
3-Sep-1899 |
31-Aug-1985 |
Acquired immunological tolerance |
| Manning Clark |
Historian |
3-Mar-1915 |
23-May-1991 |
A History of Australia |
| Roger C. Corbett |
Business |
c. 1942 |
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CEO of Woolworths Limited, 1999-2006 |
| Margaret Smith Court |
Tennis |
16-Jul-1942 |
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Won 62 Grand Slam titles |
| Kenneth E. Cowley |
Business |
c. 1936 |
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News Corporation executive |
| Peter Cundall |
TV Personality |
1-Apr-1927 |
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Host of Gardening Australia, 1989-2008 |
| Douglas N. Daft |
Business |
1943 |
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CEO of Coca Cola, 2000-04 |
| Paul Davies |
Physicist |
22-Apr-1946 |
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The Mind of God |
| Herb Elliott |
Track and Field |
25-Feb-1938 |
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Middle distance runner |
| Malcolm Fraser |
Politician |
21-May-1930 |
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Prime Minister of Australia, 1975-83 |
| John Gorton |
Head of State |
9-Sep-1911 |
19-May-2002 |
Prime Minister of Australia, 1968-71 |
| Robert Hawke |
Head of State |
9-Dec-1929 |
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Prime Minister of Australia, 1983-91 |
| Peter Hollingworth |
Religion |
10-Apr-1935 |
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Anglican Archbishop of Brisbane |
| Barry Humphries |
Actor |
17-Feb-1934 |
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Dame Edna |
| Elizabeth Jolley |
Novelist |
4-Jun-1923 |
13-Feb-2007 |
Mr. Scobie's Riddle |
| Kiri Te Kanawa |
Singer |
6-Mar-1944 |
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Operatic soprano |
| Colleen McCullough |
Novelist |
1-Jun-1937 |
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The Thorn Birds |
| Leo McKern |
Actor |
16-Mar-1920 |
23-Jul-2002 |
Travelling North, Rumpole of the Bailey |
| John Newcombe |
Tennis |
23-May-1944 |
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Winner of 26 Grand Slam titles |
| Olivia Newton-John |
Singer |
26-Sep-1948 |
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Grease |
| Mark Oliphant |
Physicist |
8-Oct-1901 |
14-Jul-2000 |
Deuterium reactions |
| John B. Prescott |
Business |
c. 1941 |
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Broken Hill Proprietary Company |
| Joseph W. Prueher |
Diplomat |
25-Nov-1942 |
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US Ambassador to China, 1999-2001 |
| Mel Sembler |
Diplomat |
10-May-1930 |
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US Ambassador to Italy, 2001-05 |
| James Strong |
Business |
c. 1943 |
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CEO of Qantas, 1993-2001 |
| Joan Sutherland |
Singer |
7-Nov-1926 |
10-Oct-2010 |
"La Stupenda" opera soprano |
| Jack Thompson |
Actor |
31-Aug-1940 |
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Sunday Too Far Away |
| Charles Tingwell |
Actor |
3-Jan-1923 |
15-May-2009 |
Breaker Morant |
| Rachel Ward |
Actor |
12-Sep-1957 |
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The Thorn Birds |
| Steve Waugh |
Cricket |
2-Jun-1965 |
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Captain, Australian Test Cricket, 1999-2004 |
| Gough Whitlam |
Head of State |
11-Jul-1916 |
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Prime Minister of Australia, 1972-75 |
| Googie Withers |
Actor |
12-Mar-1917 |
15-Jul-2011 |
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