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Term of office |
Governor-General |
Place of birth |
| 24. |
2003 - 2008 |
Jeffery, Major General Michael, AC, CVO, MC (Retd) |
Wiluna, WA |
| 23. |
2001 - 2003 |
Hollingworth, The Right Reverend Dr Peter, AC OBE |
Adelaide, SA |
| 22. |
1996 - 2001 |
Deane, The Honourable Sir William Patrick, AC, KBE |
Melbourne, VIC |
| 21. |
1989 - 1996 |
Hayden, The Honourable William George, AC |
Brisbane, QLD |
| 20. |
1982 - 1989 |
Stephen, Rt Hon. Sir Ninian, KG, AK, GCMG, GCVO, KBE, QC |
Oxford, England, UK |
| 19. |
1977 - 1982 |
Cowen, Rt Hon. Sir Zelman, AK, GCMG, GCVO, QC |
Melbourne, VIC |
| 18. |
1974 - 1977 |
Kerr, Rt Hon. Sir John Robert, AK, GCMG, GCVO, QC |
Sydney, NSW |
| 17. |
1969 - 1974 |
Hasluck, Rt Hon Sir Paul Meernaa Caedwalla, KG, GCMG, GCVO |
Fremantle, WA |
| 16. |
1965 - 1969 |
Casey, Rt Hon Richard Gardiner, Baron Casey, KG, GCMG, CH, DSO, MC, PC (ADB Online, W. J. Hudson) |
Brisbane, QLD |
| 15. |
1961 - 1965 |
De L'Isle, Rt Hon William Philip Sidney, lst Viscount De L'Isle, VC, KG, GCMG, GCVO, PC |
London, England, UK |
| 14. |
1960 - 1961 |
Morrison, Rt Hon William Shepherd, 1st Viscount Dunrossil, GCMG, MC, QC, PC (ADB Online, David I. Smith) |
Argyll, Scotland, UK |
| 13. |
1953 - 1960 |
Slim, Field Marshal Sir William Joseph, 1st Viscount Slim (Yarralumla and Bishopston), KG, GCB, GCMG, GCVO, GBE, DSO, MC (ADB Online, Michael D. de B. Collins Persse) |
Bristol, England, UK |
| 12. |
1947 - 1953 |
McKell, Rt Hon Sir William John, GCMG, PC |
Pambula, NSW |
| 11. |
1945 - 1947 |
Henry, Duke of Gloucester, HRH Prince Henry William Frederick Albert, Earl of Ulster and Baron Culloden, KG, KT, KP, GCB, GCMG, GCVO (ADB Online, Chris Cunneen) |
Sandringham, England, UK |
| 10. |
1936 - 1945 |
Hore-Ruthven, Brigadier General the Rt Hon Alexander Gore Arkwright, lst Baron Gowrie, VC, GCMG, CB, DSO, PC (ADB Online, Deirdre Morris, Chris Cunneen) |
Windsor, England, UK |
| 9. |
1931 - 1936 |
Isaacs, Rt Hon Sir Isaac Alfred, GCB, GCMG, PC (ADB Online, Zelman Cowen) |
Melbourne, VIC |
| 8. |
1925 - 1931 |
Baird, Rt Hon John Lawrence, 1st Baron Stonehaven, GCMG, DSO, PC, JP, DL (ADB Online, Chris Cunneen) |
London, England, UK |
| 7. |
1920 - 1925 |
Forster, Rt Hon Henry William, lst Baron Forster, GCMG, PC, DL (ADB Online, Chris Cunneen) |
Kent, England, UK |
| 6. |
1914 - 1920 |
Munro-Ferguson, Rt Hon Sir Ronald Craufurd, GCMG, PC (ADB Online, J. R. Poynter) |
Fife, Scotland, UK |
| 5. |
1911 - 1914 |
Denman, Rt Hon Thomas, 3rd Baron Denman, GCMG, KCVO, PC, JP (ADB Online, Chris Cunneen) |
London, England, UK |
| 4. |
1908 - 1911 |
Ward, Rt Hon William Humble, 2nd Earl of Dudley, GCB, GCMG, GCVO, TD, PC (ADB Online, Chris Cunneen) |
London, England, UK |
| 3. |
1904 - 1908 |
Northcote, Rt Hon Henry Stafford, 1st Baron Northcote, GCMG, GCIE, CB, PC (ADB Online, Chris Cunneen) |
London, England, UK |
| 2. |
1903 - 1904 |
Tennyson, Rt Hon Hallam, 2nd Baron Tennyson, GCMG, PC (ADB Online, Roma D. Hodgkinson) |
Twickenham, England, UK |
| 1. |
1901 - 1903 |
Hope, Rt Hon John Adrian Louis, 7th Earl of Hopetoun, KT, GCMG, GCVO, PC (ADB Online, Chris Cunneen) |
Hopetoun, Scotland, UK |
