Honorary doctorates awarded to be conferred
- Professor Christine Wildsoet
Honorary doctorate recipients by year conferred
2023
- Emeritus Professor Catherin Bull AM
- The Honourable Catherine E Holmes AC SC
- Dr Lindy Lee
- Mr Robert Leslie (Les) Malezer
- Ms Leigh Sales AM
- Mr Robert Sharpless
- Ms Janine Walker AM
- Adjunct Professor Noel Whittaker AM
2022
- The Honourable Chief Justice Helen Bowskill
- Professor Alan Cowman AC
- Emeritus Professor Sandra Harding AO
- Ms Jenny Parker
- Dr Lee-Anne Perry AM
- The Honourable Justice Anthe Philippides
- Professor Noel Robinson
- Dr Carol Schwartz AO
- Mrs Else Shepherd AM (Deceased)
- Mr Kerry Williams
2021
- Dr Joseph Kwan MH
2020
- Emeritus Professor Carol Dickenson AM
- Dr David Moffatt
- Ms Adele Rice AM
2019
- Dr Greg Creed
- The Honourable Chief Justice Susan Kiefel AC
- Auntie Mary Martin AM
- Dr Marisa Vecchio
2018
- Dr CK (Choong Kong) Chen
- Dr Wesley Enoch
- Dr Richard Malouf
2017
- Professor Rodney Brooks
- Emeritus Professor Owen Peter Coaldrake AO
- Madam Xu Lin
- Professor Michael Schuetz
- Dr Jeannette Young
2016
- Dr Rhonda White AO
- Dr Terence White AO
2015
- Auntie Mary Graham
- Dr Rosemary Anne Vilgan
- Auntie Lilla Watson
2014
- Dr Daryl Hanly OAM
- Dr Hugh Nalder
2013
- Dr Laurie Cowled
2012
- Emeritus Professor Kenneth John Bowman AM
- Dr Jiang Haishan
- Dr John Kotzas
- Dr Raymond Kenneth Weekes
2011
- Dr Amitabh Bachchan
- Dr Melvyn John Bridges
- Dr Timothy Vincent Fairfax AC
- Dr Glenn Gordon Poole
- The Honourable Penelope Wensley AC
2010
- Dr Rosemary Barrington Bryant AO
2009
- Professor David Gardiner AM (Deceased)
- The Honourable Justice Margaret McMurdo AC
- Dr Douglas Francis McTaggart
- Dr Kerry O'Brien
2008
- Dr Wang Bintai
- Dr Dale Leslie Gilbert PSM
- Dr Keith Graham Hilless AM
- Dr Mary Magee OAM (Deceased)
- Datin Asariah Bt Mior Shaharuddin
2007
- The Honourable Peter Douglas Beattie AC
- Professor John Anthony Hay AC (Deceased)
- Dr John Francis Puttick
- Dr Lyndon Terracini AM
2006
- Emeritus Professor Peter Ronald Andrews AO
- Dr Phillip Bacon AM
- The Honourable Justice Geoffrey Lance Davies AO
- Dr Herbert James Elliott AC MBE
- The Honourable Timothy Fischer AC (Deceased)
- Professor Vicki Sara AO
2005
- Dr Cherrell Hirst AO
- Dr Narayana Murthy
- Dr Florence Valmai Pidgeon AM
2004
- Dr Noel Geoffrey Barton AM
- The Honourable Dame Quentin Alice Louise Bryce AD CVO
- Dr Samuel Hewlings Chisholm AO (Deceased)
- Professor Hermann Barry Collin AM
- Dr David Michael Gray
- Dr James Oswald Little AO (Deceased)
- Tan Sri Datuk Dr Lay Swee Ng
- Dr Penny Estelle Tripcony AM
2003
- The Honourable Tom Burns AO (Deceased)
- Dr George Edward Chapman AO
- Dr Terrence Austin Cutler (Deceased)
- The Honourable Sir Llewellyn Roy Edwards AC (Deceased)
- Emeritus Professor Robert Dennis Gibson AO
- Dr Stephanie Paul
- Dr John Boyd Reid AO
- The Honourable Justice John M Robertson
- The Honourable Tom Farquhar Shepherdson QC (Deceased)
- Dr John Neil Simpson
- Professor Fiona Juliet Stanley AC
- Madam Wu Qidi
2002
- Emeritus Professor John Bloomfield AM
- Dr Joseph Elu AO
- Dr Judith Anne Hancock AM
- Dr Clem Jones AO (Deceased)
- Dr Walter Steven Jones
- Emeritus Professor Robert Lynton Stable AM
- Professor Leslie Roy Webb AO
- Dr Huai Yuan Liu
2001
- Dr Martin Carl Albrecht AC
- Dr Mariko Bando
- Professor George Robert Blakley, Jr (Deceased)
- Dr Brian Francis Johns AO (Deceased)
- The Honourable Wayne Keith Goss (Deceased)
- Dr Gerald Anthony Murphy AM
- Dr Vincent John O'Rourke AM
- Dr Ivy Bartz Shultz MBE OAM FNM (Deceased)
- Dr Dale Spender AM (Deceased)
- Dr Robin Ann Sullivan
- Dr Steven Monteith Wilson AM
2000
- Dr Robert Vincent Anderson OAM
- Dr Ronald Kevin Boyle (Deceased)
- Dr Colin William Maxwell Dillon AM APM
- Dr Alan Druery OAM (Deceased)
- Dr Clyde Gilmour AM (Deceased)
- Dr Graham Neville Hughes AM
- Dr James Patrick O'Sullivan AC APM
- Professor Harvey Alick Whiteford AM
- Professor Muhammad Yunus
1999
- Major General The Honourable Peter Maurice Arnison AC CVO
- Professor Barry Leighton Cole AO (Deceased)
- The Honourable Sir William Patrick Deane AC KBE
- Dr Graham John Drummond
- Dr Frank Charles Haly AO (Deceased)
- Dr Lionel Norman Ledlie AM (Deceased)
- Dr Margaret Reynolds
- Dr Anthony Gerald Gould AM (Deceased)
- Dr James Gerard Soorley AM
- Dr Mary Elizabeth White AM (Deceased)
- Dr Molly Alice Woodward (Deceased)
1998
- Emeritus Professor Maxwell Howard Brennan AO
- Dr Leslie John Dwyer
- Dr Elizabeth Anne Byrne Henderson AM
- Dr William Francis Robinson AO
- Dr Jui-yueh Tsai (Deceased)
- Dr Mandawuy Djarrtjuntjun Yunupingu AC (Deceased)
1997
- Dr Thomas E Cain AM (Deceased)
- Father Francis (Frank) Tenison Brennan SJ AO
- The Honourable Dr John Sydney Dawkins AO
- Sister Angela Mary Doyle AO RSM
- Professor Lowitja (Lois) O'Donoghue AC CBE
- Dr Ronald Desmond Paul AM (Deceased)
1996
- Dr Ian George Cameron AM (Deceased)
- Dr Jeffrey John William Siganto AM (Deceased)
- Dr Lloyd Spencer Zampatti (Deceased)
1995
- Dr Ruth Cracknell AM (Deceased)
- Emeritus Professor Ralph Leonard Doherty AO (Deceased)
- Sister Regis Mary Dunne AO RSM (Deceased)
- Dr Gerald Edward Fitzgerald AC QC
- Dr James Joseph Kennedy AO CBE FCA (Deceased)
- Dr Victor Pullar AO (Deceased)
- Professor Brian Wilson AO (Deceased)
1994
- The Honourable Michael John Ahern AO (Deceased)
- Dr Norman Coldham-Fussell AO (Deceased)
- Dr Kathleen Mercy Dickinson AM (Deceased)
- Dr Erik Finger AO
- Dr Joan Estelle Godfrey OBE (Deceased)
- The Right Reverend and Honourable Peter John Hollingworth AC OBE
- Dr Joan Penridge (Deceased)
- Dr Kevin William Ryan CBE REFD QC (Deceased)
1993
- Dr William H Blair OAM (Deceased)
- Dr Peter Botsman AM (Deceased)
- The Honourable Mary Leneen Forde AC
- Emeritus Professor Betty Watts OBE (Deceased)
1992
- Professor Frederick Cossom Hollows AC (Deceased)
- Dr Carl Russell McConnell OAM (Deceased)
- Dr Oodgeroo Noonuccal (Kath Walker) (Deceased)
1991
- The Honourable Sir Walter Campbell AC QC (Deceased)
1989
- Dr Jack Parkinson OBE (Deceased)