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Australian Governors-General
establishment of the Commonwealth of Australia as
a Federation in 1901
John Hope (1860-1908) 1
Jan 1901 - 9 Jan 1903
Hallam Tennyson (1852-1928)
9 Jan
1903 - 21 Jan 1904
Henry Northcote (1846-1911)
21 Jan
1904 - 9 Sep 1908
William Humble Ward (1867-1932)
9 Sep 1908 - 31 Jul 1911
Thomas Denman (1874-1954)
31 Jul 1911 - 18 May 1914
Ronald Munro-Ferguson
(1860-1934) 18 May 1914 - 6 Oct 1920
Henry Forster (1866-1936)
6 Oct 1920 - 8 Oct 1925
John Baird (1874 – 1941)
8 Oct 1925 - 22 Jan 1931
Isaac Isaacs 1855 – 1948 22 Jan 1931 - 23 Jan 1936
Alexander Hore-Ruthven
(1872-1955)-Lord Gowrie 23 Jan 1936 - 30 Jan 1945
Henry, Duke of Gloucester
(1900-1974) 30 Jan 1945 - 11 Mar 1947
William John McKell (1891-1985 11 March 1947 - 8 May 1953
William Slim (1891-1970) 8 May 1953 - 2 Feb 1960
William Morrison (1893-1961) 2 Feb 1960 - 3 Feb 1961
William Sidney (1909-1991)
3 Aug 1961 - 22 Sep 1965
Richard Casey (1890-1976) 22 Sep 1965 - 30 Apr 1969
Paul Hasluck (1905-1993) 30 Apr 1969 - 11 Jul 1974
John Robert Kerr (1914-1991) 11 Jul 1974 - 8 Dec 1977
Zelman Cowen (1919-2011) 8 Dec 1977 - 29 Jul 1982
Ninian Stephen (1923) 29 Jul 1982 - 16 Feb 1989
William Hayden (1933) 16 Feb 1989 - 16 Feb 1996
William Deane (1931) 16 Feb 1996 - 29 Jun 2001
Peter Hollingworth (1935) 29 Jun 2001 - 15 May 2003
Michael Jeffery (1937) 11 Aug 2003 - 5 Sep 2008
Quentin Bryce (1942) 5 Sep 2008 - present
Prime Ministers
Edmund Barton 1 Jan 1901 - 24 Sep 1903 Protectionist
Alfred Deakin 24 Sep 1903 - 27 Ap 1904 Protectionist
Chris Watson 27 Ap 1904 - 18 Aug 1904 Labor
George Reid 18 Aug 1904 - 5 Jul 1905 Free Trade
Alfred Deakin 5 Jul 1905 - 13 Nov 1908 Protectionist
Andrew Fisher 13 Nov 1908 - 2 Jun 1909 Labor
Alfred Deakin 2 Jun 1909 - 29 Apr 1910 Commonwealth Liberal
Andrew Fisher 29 Apr 1910 - 24 Jun 1913 Labor
Joseph Cook 24 Jun 1913 - 17 Sep 1914 Commonwealth Liberal
Andrew Fisher 17 Sep 1914 - 27 Oct 1915 Labor
Billy Hughes 27 Oct 1915 - 9 Feb 1923
Labor/Nationalist
Stanley Bruce 9 Feb 1923 - 22 Oct 1929 Nationalist
James Scullin 22 Oct 1929 - 6 Jan 1932 Labor
Joseph Lyons 6 Jan 1932 - 7 Apr 1939 United Australia
Earle Page 7 Apr 1939 - 26 Apr 1939 Country
Robert Menzies 26 Apr 1939 - 28 Aug 1941 United Australia
Arthur Fadden 28 Aug 1941 - 7 Oct 1941 Country
John Curtin 7 Oct 1941 - 5 Jul 1945 Labor
Frank Forde 6 Jul 1945 - 13 Jul 1945 Labor
Ben Chifley 13 Jul 1945 - 19 Dec 1949 Labor
Robert Menzies 19 Decr 1949 - 26 Jan 1966 Liberal
Harold Holt 26 Jan 1966 - 19 Dec 1967 Liberal
John McEwen 19 Dec 1967 - 10 Jan 1968 Country
John Gorton 10 Jan 1968 - 10 Mar 1971 Liberal
William McMahon 10 Mar 1971 - 5 Dec 1972 Liberal
Gough Whitlam 5 Dec 1972 - 11 Nov 1975 Labor
Malcolm Fraser 11 Nov 1975 - 11 Mar 1983 Liberal
Bob Hawke 11 Mar 1983 - 20 Dec 1991 Labor
Paul Keating 20 Dec 1991 - 11 Mar 1996 Labor
John Howard 11 Mar 1996 - 3 Dec 2007 Liberal
Kevin Rudd 3 Dec 2007 - 24 Jun 2010 Labor
Julia Gillard 24 Jun 2010 - Incumbent Labor
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