1953 Coronation Honours (Australia)

The 1953 Coronation Honours were awarded in honour of the Coronation of Elizabeth II.^[1]

Privy Council

The Honourable Harold Edward Holt, Minister for Labour and National Service and Minister for Immigration. Commonwealth of Australia.
The Honourable John McEwen, Minister for Commerce and Agriculture, Commonwealth of Australia.

The Honourable Shirley Williams Jeffries, of the State of South Australia. For public services.
The Honourable Geoffrey Sandford Reed, Judge of the Supreme Court, State of South Australia.
Eric Ernest Von Bibra, Esq., , AgentGeneral in London for the State of Tasmania.
Corporal Raymond Douglas Huish, , of Queensland, Australia, president of the Queensland Branch of the Returned Services League.

Brigadier Thomas Charles Eastick, , President of the South Australian Branch of the Returned Sailors', Soldiers' and Airmen's League.

Maxwell Gordon Butcher, Esq., , For public services in the State of Tasmania.
Gilbert Brown, Esq., of the State of South Australia. For services in the development of Anaesthetics.
Richard Henry Maclure Lea, Esq., General Manager of the Electricity Trust, State of South Australia.
Charles Kingsley Murphy, Esq., Clerk of the House of Assembly, and Librarian to Parliament, State of Tasmania.

Ann Frances Ellen, Mrs. Adams, Matron, Lachlan Park Mental Hospital, State of Tasmania.
John Bishop, Esq., Elder Professor of Music 'at the University of Adelaide, State of South Australia.
William Charles Morris, Esq., formerly Headmaster of the Launceston High School, State of Tasmania
Miss Mary Stuart Douglas, President of the Ex-Servicewomen's Association, and State Commissioner for Girl Guides, State of South Australia.
Miss Gladys Ruth Gibson, Inspector, Education Department, and President of the National Council of Women, State of South Australia.
Rex Whaddon Parsons, Esq., Principal, School of Mines and Industries, State of South Australia.
William Wilson, Esq., J.P., Council Clerk of the Lilydale Municipality, and formerly Secretary of the Municipal Association, State of Tasmania.

George Patten Adams, Esq., of Westbury, State of Tasmania. For services to philanthropic and charitable movements.
Frank Robert Dowse, Esq., Superintendent of Reserves, Launceston City Council, State of Tasmania.
Miss Katherine Isabel Kewley, Matron of the Lady Victoria Buxton Girls' Club, State of South Australia.
Mary Evangelist, Mrs. Lamp, of Launceston, State of Tasmania. For social welfare services.
Miss Mary Julia Lawes. For services to the Red Cross in the State of South Australia.
Ida Josephine Isabell, Mrs. Norton. For social welfare services, especially to the Royal Hobart Hospital, State of Tasmania.
Albert Baden Thompson, Esq., a prominent Trade Unionist, and a member of the Board of Management of the State Bank, in the State of South Australia.
Benjamin Watkins, Esq. For public and philanthropic services in the State of Tasmania.
Cecil Hobart Webster, Esq. For services to patriotic and philanthropic organisations in the State of Tasmania.

Harold Bruce Bennett, Esq., , Director of Industrial Development, State of Tasmania.
William Richard Penhall, Esq., Secretary, Aborigines Protection Board, State of South Australia.

Walter Muggleton, Messenger, Department of the Premier, State of South Australia.

Wing Commander George Hubert Newbourne Shiells, , (033077), Royal Australian Air Force.