Editing Order of Australia (section)

===Sociology of recipients of highest levels===
In December 2010, ''[[The Age]]'' reported a study of the educational backgrounds of all people who had received Knight/Dame and Companion level awards at that time. It reported: "An analysis of the 435 people who have received the nation's top Order of Australia honours since they were first awarded in 1975, shows they disproportionately attended a handful of elite Victorian secondary schools. [[Scotch College, Melbourne|Scotch College]] alumni received the highest number of awards, with 19 former students receiving Australia's [then] highest honour".<ref name="Age2010">{{cite news |first = Jewel |last = Topsfield |title = Ties that bind prove a private education has its awards |url = http://www.theage.com.au/national/education/ties-that-bind-prove-a-private-education-has-its-awards-20101203-18jx0.html?from=age_sb |work = The Age |page = 11 |date = 4 December 2010 |access-date = 25 January 2012 |archive-date = 1 October 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171001014932/http://www.theage.com.au/national/education/ties-that-bind-prove-a-private-education-has-its-awards-20101203-18jx0.html?from=age_sb |url-status = live }}</ref><ref group="note" name="AgeAnalysis">The hard-copy article also published a table of the schools which were ranked in the top ten places:
{| role="presentation" class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
!Rank || School ||Number of<br />ex-students|| ||Private||Public|| ||Vic||NSW||Qld||Tas||SA||WA||
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| 1 || [[Scotch College, Melbourne]] || 19 || || 19    ||      || || 19||   ||   ||   ||  ||
|- align=center
| 2 || [[Geelong Grammar School]]    || 17 || || 17    ||      || || 17||   ||   ||   ||  ||
|- align=center
| 3 || [[Sydney Boys High School]]   || 13 || ||       || 13   || ||   || 13||   ||   ||  ||
|- align=center
|rowspan=3| =4
|      [[Fort Street High School]]
|rowspan=3|                             10 || ||       || 10   || ||   || 10||   ||   ||  ||
|- align=center
|      [[Perth Modern School]]             || ||       || 10   || ||   ||   ||   ||   ||  ||10
|- align=center
|    [[St Peter's College, Adelaide]]      || || 10    ||      || ||   ||   ||   ||   ||10||
|- align=center
|rowspan=3| =7
|      [[Melbourne Grammar School]]
|rowspan=3|                              9 || || 9     ||      || ||  9||   ||   ||   ||  ||
|- align=center
| [[North Sydney Boys High School]]        || ||       || 9    || ||   ||  9||   ||   ||  ||
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| [[The King's School, Parramatta]]        || ||       || 9    || ||   ||  9||   ||   ||  ||
|- align=center
|rowspan=4| =10
| [[Launceston Church Grammar School|Launceston Grammar School]]
|rowspan=4|                              6 || || 6     ||      || ||   ||   ||   || 6 ||  ||
|- align=center
| [[Melbourne High School]]                || ||       || 6    || ||  6||   ||   ||   ||  ||
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| [[Wesley College, Melbourne]]            || || 6     ||      || ||  6||   ||   ||   ||  ||
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| [[Xavier College]]                       || || 6     ||      || ||  6||   ||   ||   ||  ||
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|  ||                               ||     || ||       ||      || ||   ||   ||   ||   ||  ||
|- align=center
|colspan=2|                   Total || 130 || || 73    || 57   || || 63|| 41||   || 6 ||10||10
|- align=center
|colspan=2|                         ||100% || || 56%   || 44%  || ||48%||32%||   || 5%||8%||8%
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