This is a list of
post-nominal letters
Post-nominal letters, also called post-nominal initials, post-nominal titles, designatory letters or simply post-nominals, are letters placed after a person's name to indicate that the individual holds a position, academic degree, accreditation, ...
(letters after people's names) that have been nominated by orders from government, and letters from professional associations in
Australia
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.
General conventions
In general, postnominals are arranged in the following sequence:
# National honours, in their designated
order of wearing,
# King's / Queen's Counsel (KC/QC), Senior Counsel (SC), and Justice of the Peace (JP),
# Degrees and diplomas, first grouped according to the corresponding
Australian Qualifications Framework
The Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) specifies the standards for educational qualifications in Australia. It is administered nationally by the Australian Government's Department of Industry, with oversight from the States and Territor ...
levels and ordered from lowest-to-highest, then in chronological order within those groups,
# Fellowships then memberships of professional and academic bodies,
# Parliamentary and military designations.
Full-stops are not usually used in postnominals.
[http://www.gsu.uts.edu.au/publications/styleguide/names.html. http://www.kaplanprofessional.edu.au/faqs/using-post-nominals/]
Orders and decorations
Legal Offices
Academic awards
Degree and diploma abbreviations are defined by the conferring university and vary from one to another. Consult the awarding university for the approved abbreviation.
Some loose general rules and examples include:
Professional
Fellowship, Membership and Associate Membership of Professional Institutions.
Other Offices
Australian Army
The Australian Army is the principal Army, land warfare force of Australia, a part of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) along with the Royal Australian Navy and the Royal Australian Air Force. The Army is commanded by the Chief of Army (Austral ...
Corps abbreviations (RAAC, RAE, RAInf etc) are
not recognised as postnominals
although they are occasionally seen.
Notes
See also
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Australian Honours Order of Wearing
The Governor-General of Australia has, at irregular intervals, notified for general information the positioning of the wearing of Australian Orders, Decorations and Medals in the ''Commonwealth of Australia Gazette''. The ''Order of Wearing Aust ...
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List of post-nominal letters
Post-nominal letters are letters placed after the name of a person to indicate that the individual holds a position, office, or honour.
An individual may use several different sets of post-nominal letters. Honours are listed first in descending ...
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Orders, decorations, and medals of Australia
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...
Australian society-related lists