Honours
Hawke was made a Companion of the Order of Australia in 1979.
In late 2008, he was made Grand Companion of the Order of Logohu, the highest Papua New Guinean honour available to non-Papua New Guinean citizens, entitling him to be referred to as "Chief". In a letter to Bob Hawke, Papua New Guinean Prime Minister Sir Michael Somare informed him that he was being honoured for his "support for Papua New Guinea from the time you assisted in the development of our trade union movement, and basic workplace conditions, to the strong support you gave us during your term as Prime Minister of Australia".
In August 2009 Bob Hawke became just the third person to be awarded life membership of the Australian Labor Party.
Bob Hawke has received the following honours from academic institutions:
- Honorary Fellow – University College, Oxford
- Honorary Doctor of Letters – University of Western Australia
- Honorary Doctor of Civil Law – Oxford University
- Honorary Doctor of Humanities – Rikkyo University
- other honorary doctoral degrees from Nanjing University, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, University of New South Wales, and the University of South Australia
- The University of South Australia named the Bob Hawke Prime Ministerial Library in his honour.
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