Officer of the Order of Australia

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civil honour grade of order

Officer of the Order of Australia is a high-ranking Australian honour awarded for distinguished service of a national or international significance across various fields.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Officer of the Order of Australia canonical	41
Honorary Officer of the Order of Australia	1
Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) – Military Division	1
Order of Australia – Officer (AO)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T989312 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Officer of the Order of Australia
Context triple: [Julian Burnside, awardReceived, Officer of the Order of Australia]

A. Companion of the Order of Australia
The Companion of the Order of Australia is the highest grade of the Order of Australia, awarded for eminent achievement and merit of the highest degree in service to Australia or humanity at large.
B. Knight Commander of the Order of Australia
The Knight Commander of the Order of Australia is one of the highest ranks within Australia's national honours system, awarded for extraordinary and pre-eminent achievement and service.
C. Officer of the Order of Canada
Officer of the Order of Canada is a high-ranking grade within one of Canada’s highest civilian honours, recognizing outstanding achievement and service to the nation.
D. Companion of the Order of Canada
The Companion of the Order of Canada is the highest grade of one of Canada’s premier civilian honours, recognizing outstanding achievement and merit of the highest degree in service to the nation or humanity at large.
E. Member of the Order of Canada
Member of the Order of Canada is the entry-level rank within Canada’s highest civilian honour, awarded to individuals who have made significant contributions to the nation.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Officer of the Order of Australia
Target entity description: Officer of the Order of Australia is a high-ranking Australian honour awarded for distinguished service of a national or international significance across various fields.

A. Companion of the Order of Australia
The Companion of the Order of Australia is the highest grade of the Order of Australia, awarded for eminent achievement and merit of the highest degree in service to Australia or humanity at large.
B. Knight Commander of the Order of Australia
The Knight Commander of the Order of Australia is one of the highest ranks within Australia's national honours system, awarded for extraordinary and pre-eminent achievement and service.
C. Officer of the Order of Canada
Officer of the Order of Canada is a high-ranking grade within one of Canada’s highest civilian honours, recognizing outstanding achievement and service to the nation.
D. Companion of the Order of Canada
The Companion of the Order of Canada is the highest grade of one of Canada’s premier civilian honours, recognizing outstanding achievement and merit of the highest degree in service to the nation or humanity at large.
E. Member of the Order of Canada
Member of the Order of Canada is the entry-level rank within Canada’s highest civilian honour, awarded to individuals who have made significant contributions to the nation.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	civil honour ⓘ grade of order ⓘ
awardedBy	Commonwealth of Australia ⓘ
awardFor	distinguished service of a high degree ⓘ service of international significance ⓘ service of national significance ⓘ
belongsToHonoursSystem	Australian honours system ⓘ
ceremonialOccasion	Australian honours investiture ceremony ⓘ
country	Australia ⓘ
dateOfFirstAppointments	1975 ⓘ
division	General Division ⓘ Military Division ⓘ
eligibility	Australian citizens ⓘ other persons for honorary awards ⓘ
establishedBy	Australian government ⓘ Queen Elizabeth II ⓘ linked to: Elizabeth II
fieldOfRecognition	arts ⓘ business ⓘ community service ⓘ education ⓘ government ⓘ law ⓘ medicine ⓘ public service ⓘ science ⓘ sport ⓘ
gradeLevelWithinOrder	second-highest general division grade of the Order of Australia ⓘ
hasAbbreviation	AO ⓘ
hasMottoLanguage	Latin ⓘ
higherRank	Companion of the Order of Australia ⓘ
honoraryAwardsAvailable	yes ⓘ
inception	1975 ⓘ
insigniaFeature	gold insignia with enamel badge of the Order of Australia ⓘ
isNonHereditary	true ⓘ
lowerRank	Member of the Order of Australia ⓘ
orderMotto	For the Honour of Australia ⓘ
orderPrecedence	above Member of the Order of Australia ⓘ below Companion of the Order of Australia ⓘ
partOf	Order of Australia ⓘ
postNominalLetters	AO ⓘ
presenter	Governor-General of Australia ⓘ
scopeOfService	Australian community ⓘ international community ⓘ
status	currently constituted ⓘ
symbolizes	recognition of distinguished achievement and service ⓘ
typeOfRecognition	national honour ⓘ
usedAsTitleStyle	post-nominal only ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (44)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Julian Burnside → awardReceived → Officer of the Order of Australia ⓘ

Companion of the Order of Australia → gradeBelow → Officer of the Order of Australia ⓘ

Companion of the Order of Australia → relatedHonour → Officer of the Order of Australia ⓘ

David Hurley → awardReceived → Officer of the Order of Australia ⓘ

Barry Humphries → awardReceived → Officer of the Order of Australia ⓘ

Olivia Newton-John → awardReceived → Officer of the Order of Australia ⓘ

Margaret Beazley → awardReceived → Officer of the Order of Australia ⓘ

Order of Australia → hasGrade → Officer of the Order of Australia ⓘ

Kylie Minogue → awardReceived → Officer of the Order of Australia ⓘ

Jimmy Little → awardReceived → Officer of the Order of Australia ⓘ

Angus Campbell → awardReceived → Officer of the Order of Australia ⓘ

Rolf Harris → awardReceived → Officer of the Order of Australia ⓘ

Rolf Harris → honourRevoked → Officer of the Order of Australia ⓘ

Andrew Liveris → awardReceived → Officer of the Order of Australia ⓘ

Clifton Pugh → honor → Officer of the Order of Australia ⓘ

Evonne Goolagong-Cawley → receivedAward → Officer of the Order of Australia ⓘ

Sharan Burrow → awardReceived → Officer of the Order of Australia ⓘ

Robyn Nevin → awardReceived → Officer of the Order of Australia ⓘ

Member of the Order of Australia → higherGrade → Officer of the Order of Australia ⓘ

Member of the Order of Australia → rankedBelow → Officer of the Order of Australia ⓘ

Member of the Order of Australia → relatedHonour → Officer of the Order of Australia ⓘ

Brendan Nelson → honour → Officer of the Order of Australia ⓘ

Mark Binskin → hasHonor → Officer of the Order of Australia ⓘ

John Barry Humphries → awardReceived → Officer of the Order of Australia ⓘ

Irina Baronova → honor → Officer of the Order of Australia ⓘ

Sir William Heseltine → awardReceived → Officer of the Order of Australia ⓘ

Kerry Sanderson → awardReceived → Officer of the Order of Australia ⓘ

Allan Border → awardReceived → Officer of the Order of Australia ⓘ

Sir Fred Hollows → awardReceived → Honorary Officer of the Order of Australia ⓘ

linked to: Officer of the Order of Australia

Military Division of the Order of Australia → hasGrade → Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) – Military Division ⓘ

subject linked to: Military Division

linked to: Officer of the Order of Australia

AO → denotesGrade → Officer of the Order of Australia ⓘ

AO → postNominalFor → Officer of the Order of Australia ⓘ

AC → hasLowerRank → Officer of the Order of Australia ⓘ

General Division of the Order of Australia → hasGrade → Officer of the Order of Australia ⓘ

subject linked to: General Division

Graeme Murphy → awardReceived → Officer of the Order of Australia ⓘ

Andrew N. Liveris → hasAward → Officer of the Order of Australia ⓘ

subject linked to: Liveris

Elizabeth Jolley → notableAward → Officer of the Order of Australia ⓘ

Larissa Behrendt → awardReceived → Officer of the Order of Australia ⓘ

Marcia Langton → awardReceived → Officer of the Order of Australia ⓘ

John Fahey → awardReceived → Officer of the Order of Australia ⓘ

Magda Szubanski → awardReceived → Officer of the Order of Australia ⓘ

Margaret Olley → awardReceived → Order of Australia – Officer (AO) ⓘ

linked to: Officer of the Order of Australia

Philip Cox → awardReceived → Officer of the Order of Australia ⓘ

Les Murray → honorificTitle → Officer of the Order of Australia ⓘ

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