List of governors-general of Australia

The following is a list of the governors-general of Australia from the establishment of the Commonwealth of Australia as a Federation in 1901 to the present day.

The office of Governor-General was previously used during colonial times in Australia. Sir Charles FitzRoy (Governor of New South Wales from 1846–1855) and Sir William Denison (Governor of New South Wales from 1855–1861) also carried the additional title of Governor-General because their jurisdiction extended to other colonies in Australia.[1]

Governors-general of Australia

# Image Term of office Period Name Monarch Prime Minister
1 1 January 1901
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9 January 1903 		2 years, 8 days The Right Hon. John Adrian Louis Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun, KT GCMG GCVO PC
(from 27 October 1902, The Most Hon. 1st Marquess of Linlithgow)		 Victoria
Edward VII		 Barton
2 9 January 1903
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21 January 1904 		1 year, 12 days The Right Hon. Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson, GCMG PC Edward VII Barton
3 21 January 1904
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9 September 1908 		4 years, 232 days The Right Hon. Henry Stafford Northcote, 1st Baron Northcote, GCMG GCIE CB PC Edward VII Deakin
4 9 September 1908
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31 July 1911 		2 years, 325 days The Right Hon. William Humble Ward, 2nd Earl of Dudley, GCB GCMG GCVO TD PC Edward VII
George V 		Deakin
5 31 July 1911
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18 May 1914 		2 years, 291 days The Right Hon. Thomas Denman, 3rd Baron Denman, GCMG KCVO PC JP George V Fisher
6 18 May 1914
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6 October 1920 		6 years, 141 days The Right Hon. Sir Ronald Craufurd Munro Ferguson, GCMG PC DL
(later 1st Viscount Novar KT GCMG PC DL)		 George V Cook
7 6 October 1920
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8 October 1925 		5 years, 2 days The Right Hon. Henry William Forster, 1st Baron Forster, GCMG PC DL George V Hughes
8 8 October 1925
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21 January 1931 		5 years, 105 days The Right Hon. John Lawrence Baird, 1st Baron Stonehaven, GCMG DSO PC JP DL
(later 1st Viscount Stonehaven)		 George V Bruce
9 21 January 1931
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23 January 1936 		5 years, 2 days The Right Hon. Sir Isaac Alfred Isaacs, GCB GCMG George V
Edward VIII 		Scullin
10 23 January 1936
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30 January 1945 		9 years, 7 days Brigadier General the Right Hon. Alexander Gore Arkwright Hore-Ruthven, 1st Baron Gowrie, VC GCMG CB DSO PC
(later 1st Earl of Gowrie)		 Edward VIII[2]
George VI		 Lyons
11 30 January 1945
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11 March 1947 		2 years, 40 days HRH The Prince Henry William Frederick Albert, Duke of Gloucester, KG KT KP GCB GCMG GCVO George VI Curtin
12 11 March 1947
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8 May 1953 		6 years, 58 days The Right Hon. William John McKell; from 13 November 1951 Sir William McKell, GCMG George VI
Elizabeth II 		Chifley
13 8 May 1953
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2 February 1960 		6 years, 270 days Field Marshal the Right Hon. Sir William Joseph Slim, KG GCB GCMG GCVO GBE DSO MC
(later 1st Viscount Slim)		 Elizabeth II Menzies
14 2 February 1960
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3 August 1961 		1 year, 1 day The Right Hon. William Shepherd Morrison, 1st Viscount Dunrossil, GCMG MC QC PC Elizabeth II Menzies
15 3 August 1961
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7 May 1965		 3 years, 277 days The Right Hon. William Philip Sidney, 1st Viscount De L'Isle, VC GCMG PC; from 14 March 1963 VC GCMG GCVO PC
(later VC KG GCMG GCVO PC)		 Elizabeth II Menzies
16 7 May 1965
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30 April 1969 		3 years, 358 days The Right Hon. Richard Gardiner Casey, Baron Casey, KG GCMG CH DSO MC KStJ PC FAA Elizabeth II Menzies
17 30 April 1969
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11 July 1974 		5 years, 72 days The Right Hon. Sir Paul Meernaa Caedwalla Hasluck, GCMG; from 29 May 1970 GCMG GCVO
(later KG GCMG GCVO)		 Elizabeth II Gorton
18 11 July 1974
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8 December 1977 		3 years, 150 days The Right Hon. Sir John Robert Kerr, AC CMG QC; from 1976 AK GCMG QC; from 30 March 1977 AK GCMG GCVO QC Elizabeth II Whitlam
19 8 December 1977
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29 July 1982 		4 years, 213 days The Right Hon. Sir Zelman Cowen, AK GCMG GCVO QC Elizabeth II Fraser
20 29 July 1982
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16 February 1989 		6 years, 202 days The Right Hon. Sir Ninian Martin Stephen, AK GCMG GCVO KBE QC
(later KG AK GCMG GCVO KBE QC)		 Elizabeth II Fraser
21 16 February 1989
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16 February 1996 		7 years, 0 days The Hon. William George Hayden, AC Elizabeth II Hawke
22 16 February 1996
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29 June 2001 		5 years, 133 days The Hon. Sir William Patrick Deane, AC KBE QC Elizabeth II Keating
23 29 June 2001
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11 August 2003 		1 year, 333 days The Right Rev. and Hon. Peter John Hollingworth, AC OBE Elizabeth II Howard
24 11 August 2003
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5 September 2008 		5 years, 25 days Major General The Hon. (Philip) Michael Jeffery, AC CVO MC Elizabeth II Howard
25 5 September 2008
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28 March 2014 		5 years, 204 days The Hon. Quentin Alice Louise Bryce, AC; from 26 October 2011 AC CVO; from 25 March 2014 Dame Quentin Bryce, AD CVO Elizabeth II Rudd
26 28 March 2014
- 		Incumbent His Excellency General The Hon. Sir Peter John Cosgrove, AK MC Elizabeth II Abbott

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Notes

  1. ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20040619163640/members.ozemail.com.au/~natinfo/colony3-3.htm
  2. ↑ George V approved the appointment, but he died three days before Gowrie's swearing-in, and Edward VIII was then reigning.

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