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Order of Australia

Order of Australia proper noun: an order of chivalry established for the purpose of according recognition to Australian citizens and other persons for outstanding achievement.

Proper noun

Order of Australia

  1. (Australia, UK) An order of chivalry established for the purpose of according recognition to Australian citizens and other persons for outstanding achievement.
    • 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
    • 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

Noun

Order of Australia (plural Orders of Australia)

  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

Forms of Order of Australia

pluralOrders of Australia

Words formed from Order of Australia

Questions about Order of Australia

What does Order of Australia mean?
Order of Australia means an order of chivalry established for the purpose of according recognition to Australian citizens and other persons for outstanding achievement.
What part of speech is Order of Australia?
Order of Australia can be a proper noun or a noun.

Words near Order of Australia in the dictionary

  1. order form
  2. order in
  3. order in council
  4. order mark
  5. order marks
  6. Order of Australia
  7. order of battle
  8. order of business
  9. order of council
  10. Order of Friars Minor
  11. order of knighthood

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