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Order of Australia en · NOUN

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  1. (Australia, informal) An appointment made within the Order of Australia.
    • Children′s lawyers do not earn six figure salaries, get appointed to company boards, or Orders of Australia. 2002, Law Institute of Victoria, Queensland Law Society, Law Institute Journal: The Official Organ of the Law Institute of Victoria, volume 76, page xiv:
    • This is manifestly the case with the issuing of Orders of Australia and similar honours. 2010, Ian Ward, Randal G. Stewart, Politics One, 4th edition, page 6:
    • It is a fantastically simple but effective piece of policy; the Treasury officials who thought of it deserve Orders of Australia. 2011, Paul Cleary, Too Much Luck, page 146:

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Order of Australia en · PROPN

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  1. (Australia, UK) An order of chivalry established for the purpose of according recognition to Australian citizens and other persons for outstanding achievement.
    • On 26 January 1975, Australia Day, the Queen signed the Letters Patent founding the Order of Australia. The Governor General of Australia formally announced the new order in late February. 2005, Christopher McCreery, The Order of Canada: Its Origins, History, And Development, page 176:
    • The first step towards the new order came with the Whitlam Government of 1972-75. Proudly Australian, it abandoned imperial honours and introduced the Order of Australia. 2002, Owen Parnaby, Australia's First Rotary Club: A History of the Rotary Club of Melbourne, page 146:
    • I had a similar experience when from 1981 to 1992 I served as a member of the Order of Australia council, which made recommendations for awards in the Order of Australia. 2010, James Gobbo, Something to Declare: A Memoir, page 288:

Deriveds

AM · AK (no longer awarded) · AO · OAM · AD (no longer awarded) · AC

Translations (4)

fi Australian ritarikunta (order of chivalry) · ru о́рден Австра́лии (order of chivalry) · cmn 澳大利亞勛章 /澳大利亚勋章 (order of chivalry) · fr ordre d'Australie (order of chivalry)