Governor-General of Australia

Name 	Entered office 	Left office 	Notes
The Earl of Hopetounfrom 1902, the Marquess of Linlithgow	1 January 1901 	9 January 1903 	
The Lord Tennyson 	9 January 1903 	21 January 1904 	
The Lord Northcote 	21 January 1904 	9 September 1908 	
The Earl of Dudley 	9 September 1908	31 July 1911 	
The Lord Denman 	31 July 1911 	18 May 1914 	
Sir Ronald Munro-Ferguson 	18 May 1914 	6 October 1920 	
The Lord Forster 	6 October 1920 	8 October 1925 	
The Lord Stonehaven 	8 October 1925 	21 January 1931 	
Sir Isaac Isaacs 	21 January 1931 	23 January 1936 	first Australian Governor-General
The Lord Gowrie 	23 January 1936 	30 January 1945 	British
HRH The Duke of Gloucester 	30 January 1945 	11 March 1947 	British
Sir William McKell 	11 March 1947 	8 May 1953 	Australian
Sir William Slim 	8 May 1953 	2 February 1960 	British
The Viscount Dunrossil 	2 February 1960 	3 February 1961 	British
The Viscount De L'Isle 	3 August 1961 	7 May 1965 	Last British Governor-General
The Lord Casey 	7 May 1965 	30 April 1969 	
Sir Paul Hasluck 	30 April 1969 	11 July 1974 	
Sir John Kerr 	11 July 1974 	8 December 1977 	
Sir Zelman Cowen 	8 December 1977 	29 July 1982 	
Sir Ninian Stephen 	29 July 1982 	16 February 1989 	
William Hayden 	16 February 1989	16 February 1996 	
Sir William Deane 	16 February 1996	29 June 2001 	
Peter Hollingworth 	29 June 2001 	28 May 2003 	
Michael Jeffery 	11 August 2003 	current incumbent