Birthday Honours are bestowed by the monarch of the Commonwealth realms a part of the celebration of the reigning monarch's official birthday in each realm.
This event made Kane's career; he was made CB in the Queen's Birthday Honours for 1891, and given command of HMS Victory, a highly prestigious posting, the following year.
This was further acknowledged in 2008 when Juliet Rawlings, Chair of the TMO's Board since 1993, was awarded an MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours for her work with the organisation.
In 2006, James Goodfellow, the inventor of the personal identification number, was awarded an OBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours.
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A list of those to be honoured is published twice a year, in either the New Year Honours or the Birthday Honours.
He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 2000 for services to economics and economic policy and was knighted in the 2013 Birthday Honours, again for services to economics and economic policy.
He was awarded the Order of St Michael and St George in the 1979 Queen's Birthday Honours and, later, the medal of the Order of Australia (OAM).
In 1982 he was awarded a gold honor badge of the Australian Journalists Association for "meritorious service" and in the 1985 Queen's Birthday honours list was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia for services to journalism.
She has been awarded Honorary Doctorates by University of Derby (1998), Sheffield Hallam University (2001), Kent University (2010) and the Open University (2005) and was named a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1999 Queen’s Birthday Honours.
In 1992, Don Kendell was made a member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the Queen's Birthday Honours for his services to aviation.
Dancer was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1991 for services to business and training and Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO) in the 2013 Birthday Honours for his work as Lord-Lieutenant.
Already Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG), Hilly was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) in the 2012 Birthday Honours.
In the 1989 Queen's Birthday honours, he was made a Member of the Order of Australia for service to government and politics and to the Victorian parliament.
His contributions were acknowledged in 2005 when he was awarded a Member Order of Australia in the Queen's Birthday Honours.
In 1983 he was made an AM (Member of the Order of Australia) in the 1983 Queen's Birthday Honours List for his services to the theatre and the performing arts.
On 14 June 2010 he was promoted to Companion of the Order of Australia in the Queens's Birthday Honours list for services to the community, public administration, economic reform and corporate law.
She was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) for services to music in the 2002 Birthday Honours list, see 2002 Birthday Honours and List.
In the Queen's Birthday Honours 2007, Leishman was appointed as a member of the Order of the British Empire for 'services to sport'.
She was named in the Queen's Birthday Honours List 2003 and was made Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire for her services to medicine.
He was knighted in the Queen's Birthday Honours List, 2007 and was asked to participate in the second Irish referendum campaign on the Lisbon Treaty.
In 2001, Margaret was made a Member of the Order of Australia at the Queen's Birthday Honours, "for service to the community through organisations promoting peace, human rights and conflict resolution, particularly as a member of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom".
Already a Knight Bachelor, he was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) in the 2008 Birthday Honours.
She was appointed Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the 2005 New Year Honours and Dame Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (DCMG) in the 2012 Birthday Honours.
On 12 June 2006, in the Queen's Birthday Honours List, he was made a Member (AM) of the Order of Australia.
He was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2013 Birthday Honours for services to music and for charitable services.
In 2011, Kerrison was made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the Queen's Birthday Honours, for services to music.
In the 2007 Queen's Birthday Honours list, he was appointed a Companion of the Order of Australia.
The co-founder of Specsavers, Mary Perkins, was appointed a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the Queen's Birthday Honours List in 2007 in recognition of her services to business and the community in Guernsey.
Vera was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in the Queen's Birthday Honours list in June 1996.