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The Order of the British Empire was formed in 1917 to reward service to the British Empire in the United Kingdom and abroad. Originally having only a civil division, a military division was added in 1918 to acknowledge distinguished military service of a non-combative nature.

The Order has five classes of appointment in each division and a medal of the Order. In descending order, the classes are: Grand Cross (GB); Knights and Dames Commander (KCB and DCB); Commanders (CBE); Officers (OBE); Members (MBE), and Medal (BEM).

Source:
Australian Honours List

1918
Madame Nellie MELBA
 
1920
Mrs Alice CHISHOLM
 
1928
Miss Eadith Campbell WALKER
 
1935
Mrs Annie Jean CONNOR
Miss Constance Elizabeth D'ARCY
 
1937
Lady Edith Muriel ANDERSON
Mrs Mary GILMORE
 
1947
Mrs Gertrude Ann COSGROVE
 
1951
Mrs Mary Dora DALY
Mrs Annie Florence GILLIES
 
1955
Lady Mabel Balcombe BROOKES
 
1957
Mrs Annabelle Jane Mary RANKIN
 
1960
Mrs Francis Margaret ANDERSON
Mrs Alice Miriam BERRY
Mrs Elizabeth May Ramsay COUCHMAN
Lady Mary HERRING
Mrs Margery Merlyn Baillieu MYER
 
1963
Lady Elizabeth Joy MURDOCH
 
1966
Mrs Annie Mills McEWEN
 
1967
Mrs Mabel Flora MILLER
Senator Ivy Evelyn WEDGWOOD
 
1968
Mrs Zara Kate HOLT
Mrs Hilda Mabel STEVENSON
Senator Dorothy Margaret TANGNEY
 
1969
Mrs Rita Mary BUXTON
Miss Ella Annie Noble MACKNIGHT
 
1970
Miss Margaret VAN PRAAGH
 
1971
Mrs Kate Isabel CAMPBELL
Lady Mabel Irene COLES
Lady Mary Therese CRAMER
 
1972
Mrs Nancy Eileen BUTTFIELD
 
1973
Lady Edith Lilian BOLTE
 
1974
Mrs Phyllis Irene FROST
Miss Joan Hood HAMMOND
 
1975
Lady Jacobena Victoria Alice ANGLISS
Mrs Helen Frances BLAXLAND
Miss Joyce Margaretta DAWS
 
1976
Mrs Edith BURNSIDE
Mrs Monica Josephine GALLAGHER
Mrs Ada May NORRIS
Mrs Marjorie Alice Collett PARKER
 
1977
Miss Mary DURACK
Mrs Una Patricia MACKINNON
Mrs Joan Howard ROBERTS
 
1978
Miss Joan SUTHERLAND
 
1979
Mrs Mary Valentine Hall AUSTIN
Miss Josephine BRAZILL
Mrs Marie Freda BREEN
Senator Margaret Georgina C GUILFOYLE
Mrs Raigh Edith ROE
 
1980
Mrs Beryl Edith BEAUREPAIRE
Dr Margaret BLACKWOOD
Prof Ida Caroline MANN
 
1981
Miss Doris Alice FITTON
Mrs Ruby Beatrice LITCHFIELD
Miss Catherine Margaret Mary SCOTT
 
1982
Prof Leonie Judith KRAMER
Judge Roma Flinders MITCHELL
 
1987
Mrs Audrey Tattie Hinchcliffe READER