Chancellor of the Order of Australia "Chancellor and Principal Dame" if the incumbent is a 'Dame of the Order of Australia' (AD), or as "Chancellor and Principal Companion" if the incumbent is a 'Companion of the Order of Australia' (AC). The Order of Australia is the only Australian order of chivalry (although certain dynastic British orders of chivalry, such as the Order of the Garter, the Order of the Thistle and the Royal Victorian Order, may still be awarded to Australians by the Monarch). It was established on 14 February 1975 by the Monarch to recognise Australian citizens and other persons for achievement, meritorious service, or
Order of Saint Joachim Order of Saint Joachim The Order of Saint Joachim was an order of chivalry founded in 1755 to promote religious tolerance in Europe. It is unclear whether an existing modern order of the same name "reorganized" in 1948 is a continuation of the original order or is a 20th-century revival. At present the order is said to primarily carry out charity work and it is considered to be a "self-styled order" by the International Commission on Orders of Chivalry. Admiral Horatio Nelson, accepted the Grand Cross of the order in 1802. The "Equestrian, Secular and Chapterial Order of Saint Joachim"