The order of wearing honours and awards is determined by the Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia.
The most recent order was published on 25 September 2007 and is available from the It's an Honour website.
A modified version of the order of wearing, designed to include medals issued since the official list was published, is available at Chapter 4 of the Honours and Awards Manual.
Honours and Awards listed in the Schedule and Annexes in BOLD and UPPER CASE print are:
- those within the Australian honours and awards system
- those conferred by The Sovereign in exercise of the Royal Prerogative
- those within the Order of St John
- foreign awards, the acceptance and wearing of which have been authorised by the Governor-General.
– all imperial British awards made to Australian citizens after 5 October 1992 are foreign awards and should be worn accordingly.
The following table only shows awards which have links to pages within the Honours and Awards website. Click here to view a complete list.
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- Refers to the Imperial Victoria Cross and the Victoria Cross for Australia.
- Provision for further awards at this level within the Order of Australia was removed by Her Majesty The Queen on 3 March 1986 on the advice of the Prime Minister.
- Listed to indicate where any awards within the Order of St John should be worn; however, the Service Medal of the Order of St John should be worn as a Long Service Medal after all other Imperial Long Service awards. Postnominals within the Order of St John are not recognised as notified in the Governor-General’s media release of 14 August 1982. (The Life Saving Medal is worn on the right side.)
- The Australian Antarctic Medal was known as the Antarctic Medal until 18 December 1997.
- Recipients of the 1914 Star are not eligible for the award of the 1914–1915 Star.
- The order of wearing of the Naval General Service Medal 1915–1962 and General Service Medal 1918–1962 (Army and Air Force) will vary from person to person depending on when the person earned the first clasp. If the first clasp relates to service between World War I and World War II, the medals should be worn immediately after World War I war medals. If the first clasp relates to service after 2 September 1945, the medals should be worn immediately after the United Nations Service Medal for Korea.
- Clasps to these medals should be worn on the ribbon in order of date of receipt.
- Only one of these three Stars could be awarded to an individual. Should a person have qualified for two of these awards, the Star first earned is worn with the clasp of the second Star. Only one Star and one clasp may be worn even if the person qualified for all three Stars.
- Only one of these two Stars could be awarded to an individual. Should a person have qualified for both the Pacific Star and the Burma Star, the Star first earned was awarded together with the appropriate clasp denoting the service that would have qualified for the other Star.
- Uniquely, although a foreign award, the United Nations Service Medal for Korea is worn immediately after the Korea Medal. All other foreign awards for which official permission has been given to accept and wear are worn as foreign awards.
- A person who has been awarded the Vietnam Medal, or who is eligible for the award of the Vietnam Medal, is not eligible for the award of the Vietnam Logistic and Support Medal.
- Worn in order of date of qualifying service.
- Refers to Imperial efficiency and long service awards.