Editing Joseph Lyons (section)

==Honours==
[[File:Joseph Lyons bust.jpg|thumb|right|upright|Bust of Joseph Lyons by sculptor Wallace Anderson located in the [[Prime Ministers Avenue]] in the [[Ballarat Botanical Gardens]]]]
Lyons was appointed to the [[Privy Council of the United Kingdom]] in June 1932, a traditional honour for Australian prime ministers.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=33834 |date=10 June 1932 |page=3766 }}</ref> He was formally sworn of the council when he visited London in March 1935.{{sfn|Henderson|2011|p=381}} In the [[1936 Birthday Honours]], he was appointed as a [[Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour]] (CH), one of only four such appointments made by [[Edward VIII]] before his abdication.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1065987|title= Mr Joseph Aloysius LYONS|work=It's An Honour|publisher=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet|access-date=2 April 2019}}</ref>

After Lyons's death, the Canberra suburb of [[Lyons, Australian Capital Territory|Lyons]] was named in his honour, located in the [[Woden Valley]] adjacent to [[Curtin, Australian Capital Territory|Curtin]] and [[Chifley, Australian Capital Territory|Chifley]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/137007984|title=Two areas of Woden Valley|newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]]|date=12 January 1980}}</ref> In 1975 he was honoured on a postage stamp bearing his portrait issued by [[Australia Post]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.australianstamp.com/images/large/0011130.jpg|title=Australian stamp}}</ref> His old seat of Wilmot was renamed the [[Division of Lyons]] in 1984, in joint honour of him and his wife Enid. The state seat of Wilmot was also renamed [[Division of Lyons (state)|Lyons]] for the same reason. Lyons's birthplace in Stanley ("Joe Lyons Cottage") and family home in Devonport ("Home Hill") are operated as heritage sites, the latter by the [[National Trust of Australia]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.discovertasmania.com.au/attraction/joelyonscottage|title=Joe Lyons Cottage|publisher=Discover Tasmania|access-date=2 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/places/home-hill/|title=Home Hill|publisher=National Trust of Australia|access-date=2 April 2019}}</ref>