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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

# Term start Term end Period Title Monarch Prime Minister
1 1 January 1901 9 January 1903 &0000000000000002.0000002 years, &0000000000000008.0000008 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 Barton
2 9 January 1903 21 January 1904 &0000000000000001.0000001 year, &0000000000000012.00000012 days The Right Hon. Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson, GCMG, PC Edward VII Barton
3 21 January 1904 9 September 1908 &0000000000000004.0000004 years, &0000000000000232.000000232 days The Right Hon. Henry Northcote, 1st Baron Northcote, GCMG, GCIE, CB, PC Edward VII Deakin
4 9 September 1908 31 July 1911 &0000000000000002.0000002 years, &0000000000000325.000000325 days The Right Hon. William Ward, 2nd Earl of Dudley, GCB, GCMG, GCVO, TD, PC Edward VII Deakin
5 31 July 1911 18 May 1914 &0000000000000002.0000002 years, &0000000000000291.000000291 days The Right Hon. Thomas Denman, 3rd Baron Denman, GCMG, KCVO, PC, JP George V Fisher
6 18 May 1914 6 October 1920 &0000000000000006.0000006 years, &0000000000000141.000000141 days The Right Hon. Sir Ronald Munro Ferguson, GCMG, DL (later 1st Viscount Novar KT GCMG DL) George V Cook
7 6 October 1920 8 October 1925 &0000000000000005.0000005 years, &0000000000000002.0000002 days The Right Hon. Henry Forster, 1st Baron Forster, GCMG, PC, DL George V Hughes
8 8 October 1925 21 January 1931 &0000000000000005.0000005 years, &0000000000000105.000000105 days The Right Hon. John Baird, 1st Baron Stonehaven, GCMG, DSO, PC, JP, DL (later 1st Viscount Stonehaven) George V Bruce
9 21 January 1931 23 January 1936 &0000000000000005.0000005 years, &0000000000000002.0000002 days The Right Hon. Sir Isaac Alfred Isaacs, GCB, GCMG George V Scullin
10 23 January 1936 30 January 1945 &0000000000000009.0000009 years, &0000000000000007.0000007 days Brigadier-General the Right Hon. Alexander Hore-Ruthven, 1st Baron Gowrie, VC, GCMG, CB, DSO, PC (later 1st Earl of Gowrie) George V[2] Lyons
11 30 January 1945 11 March 1947 &0000000000000002.0000002 years, &0000000000000040.00000040 days HRH The Prince Henry William Frederick Albert, Duke of Gloucester, KG, KT, KP, GCB, GCMG, GCVO George VI Curtin
12 11 March 1947 8 May 1953 &0000000000000006.0000006 years, &0000000000000058.00000058 days The Right Hon. Sir William John McKell, GCMG George VI Chifley
13 8 May 1953 2 February 1960 &0000000000000006.0000006 years, &0000000000000270.000000270 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 3 February 1961 &0000000000000001.0000001 year, &0000000000000001.0000001 day The Right Hon. William Morrison, 1st Viscount Dunrossil, GCMG, MC, QC, PC Elizabeth II Menzies
15 3 August 1961 7 May 1965 &0000000000000003.0000003 years, &0000000000000277.000000277 days The Right Hon. William Sidney, 1st Viscount De L'Isle, VC, KG, GCMG, GCVO, PC Elizabeth II Menzies
16 7 May 1965 30 April 1969 &0000000000000003.0000003 years, &0000000000000358.000000358 days The Right Hon. Richard Gardiner Casey, Baron Casey, KG, GCMG, CH, DSO, MC, PC Elizabeth II Menzies
17 30 April 1969 11 July 1974 &0000000000000005.0000005 years, &0000000000000072.00000072 days The Right Hon. Sir Paul Meernaa Caedwalla Hasluck, KG, GCMG, GCVO Elizabeth II Gorton
18 11 July 1974 8 December 1977 &0000000000000003.0000003 years, &0000000000000150.000000150 days The Right Hon. Sir John Robert Kerr, AK, GCMG, GCVO, QC Elizabeth II Whitlam
19 8 December 1977 29 July 1982 &0000000000000004.0000004 years, &0000000000000213.000000213 days The Right Hon. Sir Zelman Cowen, AK, GCMG, GCVO, QC Elizabeth II Fraser
20 29 July 1982 16 February 1989 &0000000000000006.0000006 years, &0000000000000202.000000202 days The Right Hon. Sir Ninian Stephen, KG, AK, GCMG, GCVO, KBE, QC Elizabeth II Fraser
21 16 February 1989 16 February 1996 &0000000000000007.0000007 years, &-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000 days The Hon. William George Hayden, AC Elizabeth II Hawke
22 16 February 1996 29 June 2001 &0000000000000005.0000005 years, &0000000000000133.000000133 days The Hon. Sir William Patrick Deane, AC, KBE Elizabeth II Keating
23 29 June 2001 28 May 2003 &0000000000000001.0000001 year, &0000000000000333.000000333 days The Right Rev. Dr Peter Hollingworth, AC, OBE Elizabeth II Howard
24 11 August 2003 5 September 2008 &0000000000000005.0000005 years, &0000000000000024.00000024 days Major General Michael Jeffery, AC, CVO, MC Elizabeth II Howard
25 5 September 2008 Incumbent &0000000000000001.0000001 year, &0000000000000186.000000186 days Ms Quentin Bryce, AC 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 now reigning.

See also

Further reading

  • Christopher Cunneen (1983). Kings' Men: Australia's Governors-General from Hopetoun to Isaacs. Allen and Unwin. ISBN 0-86861-238-3. 
  • Bill Hayden (1996). Hayden: An Autobiography. Angus & Robertson. ISBN 0-207-18769-X.  (pp 515, 519, 548)

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