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.

Prior to Federation, one Governor of New South Wales, Sir Charles Augustus FitzRoy, was appointed "Governor-General of all Her Majesty's Australian Possessions"[1], giving him some jurisdiction over the governors of the other colonies, which he was never called upon to exercise.

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Governors-General of Australia

# Image Term start Period Name Monarch Prime Minister
1 1 January 1901 &100000000000000020000002 years, &100000000000000080000008 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 &100000000000000010000001 year, &1000000000000001200000012 days The Right Hon. Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson, GCMG, PC Edward VII Barton
3 21 January 1904 &100000000000000040000004 years, &10000000000000232000000232 days The Right Hon. Henry Stafford Northcote, 1st Baron Northcote, GCMG, GCIE, CB, PC Edward VII Deakin
4 9 September 1908 &100000000000000020000002 years, &10000000000000325000000325 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 &100000000000000020000002 years, &10000000000000291000000291 days The Right Hon. Thomas Denman, 3rd Baron Denman, GCMG, KCVO, PC, JP George V Fisher
6 18 May 1914 &100000000000000060000006 years, &10000000000000141000000141 days The Right Hon. Sir Ronald Craufurd Munro Ferguson, GCMG, DL
(later 1st Viscount Novar KT GCMG DL)		 George V Cook
7 6 October 1920 &100000000000000050000005 years, &100000000000000020000002 days The Right Hon. Henry William Forster, 1st Baron Forster, GCMG, PC, DL George V Hughes
8 8 October 1925 &100000000000000050000005 years, &10000000000000105000000105 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 &100000000000000050000005 years, &100000000000000020000002 days The Right Hon. Sir Isaac Alfred Isaacs, GCB, GCMG George V
Edward VIII		 Scullin
10 23 January 1936 &100000000000000090000009 years, &100000000000000070000007 days Brigadier General the Right Hon. Alexander Gore Arkwright Hore-Ruthven, 1st Earl of Gowrie, VC, GCMG, CB, DSO, PC
(later 1st Earl of Gowrie)		 Edward VIII[2]
George VI		 Lyons
11 30 January 1945 &100000000000000020000002 years, &1000000000000004000000040 days HRH The Prince Henry William Frederick Albert, Duke of Gloucester, KG, KT, KP, GCB, GCMG, GCVO George VI Curtin
12 11 March 1947 &100000000000000060000006 years, &1000000000000005800000058 days The Right Hon. Sir William John McKell, GCMG George VI
Elizabeth II		 Chifley
13 8 May 1953 &100000000000000060000006 years, &10000000000000270000000270 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 &100000000000000010000001 year, &100000000000000010000001 day The Right Hon. William Shepherd Morrison, 1st Viscount Dunrossil, GCMG, MC, QC, PC Elizabeth II Menzies
15 3 August 1961 &100000000000000030000003 years, &10000000000000277000000277 days The Right Hon. William Philip Sidney, 1st Viscount De L'Isle, VC, KG, GCMG, GCVO, PC Elizabeth II Menzies
16 7 May 1965 &100000000000000030000003 years, &10000000000000358000000358 days The Right Hon. Richard Gardiner Casey, Baron Casey, KG, GCMG, CH, DSO, MC, PC Elizabeth II Menzies
17 30 April 1969 &100000000000000050000005 years, &1000000000000007200000072 days The Right Hon. Sir Paul Meernaa Caedwalla Hasluck, KG, GCMG, GCVO Elizabeth II Gorton
18 11 July 1974 &100000000000000030000003 years, &10000000000000150000000150 days The Right Hon. Sir John Robert Kerr, AK, GCMG, GCVO, QC Elizabeth II Whitlam
19 8 December 1977 &100000000000000040000004 years, &10000000000000213000000213 days The Right Hon. Sir Zelman Cowen, AK, GCMG, GCVO, QC Elizabeth II Fraser
20 29 July 1982 &100000000000000060000006 years, &10000000000000202000000202 days The Right Hon. Sir Ninian Martin Stephen, KG, AK, GCMG, GCVO, KBE, QC Elizabeth II Fraser
21 16 February 1989 &100000000000000070000007 years, &100000000000000000000000 days The Hon. William George Hayden, AC Elizabeth II Hawke
22 16 February 1996 &100000000000000050000005 years, &10000000000000133000000133 days The Hon. Sir William Patrick Deane, AC, KBE Elizabeth II Keating
23 29 June 2001 &100000000000000010000001 year, &10000000000000333000000333 days The Right Rev. Peter John Hollingworth, AC, OBE Elizabeth II Howard
24 11 August 2003 &100000000000000050000005 years, &1000000000000002400000024 days Major General (Philip) Michael Jeffery, AC, CVO, MC Elizabeth II Howard
25 5 September 2008 &100000000000000030000003 years, &10000000000000186000000186 days Ms Quentin Alice Louise Bryce, AC, CVO Elizabeth II Rudd

Notes

  1. ^ Charles Augustus FitzRoy
  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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