Editing Order of Australia (section)

===Honorary awards===
Awards of the Order of Australia are sometimes made to people who are not citizens of Australia to honour extraordinary achievements.  These achievements, or the people themselves, are not necessarily associated with Australia, although they often are.  On 1 July 2024, the Australian Honours website listed appointments for 46 Honorary Companions, 118 Honorary Officers, 174 Honorary Members of the Order of Australia and the award of 199 Honorary Medals of the Order of Australia.<ref>{{cite web|title=Search Australian Honours – Advanced Search|url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/search|work=It's an Honour|publisher=Awards and Culture Branch, Australian Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet|access-date=1 July 2024|date=1 July 2024|archive-date=7 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240607061216/https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/search|url-status=live}} Separate searches conducted for Knights, Companions, Officers, Members and Medals of the Order.</ref> Notable honorary awards include:

* '''Honorary Companion'''
** All Honorary Companions of the Order of Australia are notable – see [[List of Honorary Companions of the Order of Australia]]
***See also: [[:Category:Honorary companions of the Order of Australia]]
* '''Honorary Officer'''
** [[Ali Alatas]], U.S. Congressman [[Joe Courtney (politician)|Joe Courtney]], [[Mel Gibson]], [[Maina Gielgud]], [[Hiroyuki Iwaki]], [[Clive Lloyd]], [[Lord Morris of Manchester]], U.S. General [[David Petraeus]],<ref>Lisa Millar, [http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/11/04/2732984.htm?section=justin Order of Australia for General Petraeus] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210504124223/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2009-11-04/order-of-australia-for-general-petraeus/1128596 |date=4 May 2021 }}, 4 November 2009, Australian Broadcasting Corporation</ref><ref name=Petraeus>[https://www.gg.gov.au/sites/default/files/files/honours/2009S172_Oct%2009.pdf Honorary Officer (AO) in the Military Division] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160402034112/https://www.gg.gov.au/sites/default/files/files/honours/2009S172_Oct%2009.pdf |date=2 April 2016 }}, 3 November 2009, Commonwealth of Australia Gazette, Special Issue No. S172</ref> Admiral [[Harry B. Harris Jr.|Harry Harris]], [[Jerzy Toeplitz]], [[Julius Tahija]],<ref>{{Cite It's an Honour |ausawardid=1042964 |recipient=Mr Julius Tahija |award=Officer of the Order of Australia |postnominal=H |citation=For service to Australian-Indonesian business relations. |date=6 February 2002 |access-date=10 September 2019 }}</ref> [[Edo de Waart]], [[Malcolm Williamson]], [[Googie Withers]] and [[James Wolfensohn]]
*** [[Fred Hollows]], then a New Zealand citizen, was offered an honorary Officership in 1985, but declined the award; he became an Australian citizen in 1989, and in 1991 was appointed a substantive Companion of the Order
*** [[Romaldo Giurgola]] was appointed an honorary Officer in 1989; this became a substantive award in 2000 when he adopted Australian citizenship
***See also: [[:Category:Honorary officers of the Order of Australia]]
* '''Honorary Member'''
**[[Harriet Mayor Fulbright]], [[George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood|Lord Harewood]], [[John Williams]], [[Brian Lara]], [[Sachin Tendulkar]] and [[Robyn Williams]].
*** [[Terri Irwin]] was appointed an Honorary Member in 2006; this became a substantive award when she became an Australian citizen in 2009
***See also [[:Category:Honorary members of the Order of Australia]]