Governor-General

Sam Mostyn 2024–present

David Hurley 2019–2024 Peter Cosgrove 2014–2019 Quentin Bryce 2008–2014 Michael Jeffery 2003–2008 Peter Hollingworth 2001–2003 William Deane 1996–2001 Bill Hayden 1989–1996 Ninian Stephen 1982–1989 Zelman Cowen 1977–1982 John Kerr 1974–1977 Paul Hasluck 1969–1974 Richard Casey, Baron Casey 1965–1969 William Sidney, 1st Viscount De L'Isle 1961–1965 William Morrison, 1st Viscount Dunrossil 1960–1961 William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim 1953–1960 Bill McKell 1947–1953 Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester 1945–1947 Alexander Hore-Ruthven, 1st Earl of Gowrie 1936–1945 Isaac Isaacs 1931–1936 John Baird, 1st Viscount Stonehaven 1925–1931 Henry Forster, 1st Baron Forster 1920–1925 Ronald Munro Ferguson, 1st Viscount Novar 1914–1920 Thomas Denman, 3rd Baron Denman 1911–1914 William Ward, 2nd Earl of Dudley 1908–1911 Henry Northcote, 1st Baron Northcote 1904–1908 Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson 1903–1904 John Hope, 1st Marquess of Linlithgow 1901–1903