This is a list of Australian chief justices by time in office.
![]() Sir Isaac Isaacs Shortest serving Chief Justice: 1930 - 1931 |
Chief justices of Australia
editRank by length of term |
Chief Justice | Appointed by |
Date of appointment |
Date of retirement |
Length of term |
Length of retirement |
Date of death |
Order by date |
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1 | Garfield Barwick | Menzies | 27 April 1964 | 11 February 1981 | 6,134 days | 5,997 days | 14 July 1997 | 7 |
2 | John Latham | Lyons | 11 October 1935 | 7 April 1952 | 6,023 days | 4,492 days | 25 July 1964 | 5 |
3 | Samuel Griffith | Deakin | 5 October 1903 | 17 October 1919 | 5,856 days | 297 days | 9 August 1920 | 1 |
4 | Owen Dixon | Menzies | 18 April 1952 | 13 April 1964 | 4,378 days | 3,007 days | 7 July 1972 | 6 |
5 | Adrian Knox | Hughes | 18 October 1919 | 31 March 1930 | 3,817 days | 758 days | 27 April 1932 | 2 |
6 | Murray Gleeson | Howard | 22 May 1998 | 29 August 2008 | 3,752 days | 5,842 days | 11 | |
7 | Robert French | Rudd | 1 September 2008 | 29 January 2017 | 3,072 days | 2,767 days | 12 | |
8 | Anthony Mason | Hawke | 6 February 1987 | 20 April 1995 | 2,995 days | 10,722 days | 9 | |
9 | Susan Kiefel | Turnbull | 30 January 2017 | 5 November 2023 | 2,766 days | 296 days | 13 | |
10 | Harry Gibbs | Fraser | 12 February 1981 | 5 February 1987 | 2,184 days | 6,715 days | 25 June 2005 | 8 |
11 | Frank Gavan Duffy | Scullin | 22 January 1931 | 1 October 1935 | 1,713 days | 302 days | 29 July 1936 | 4 |
12 | Gerard Brennan | Keating | 21 April 1995 | 21 May 1998 | 1,126 days | 8,777 days | 1 June 2022 | 10 |
13 | Isaac Isaacs | Scullin | 2 April 1930 | 21 January 1931 | 294 days | 6,230 days | 11 February 1948 | 3 |
14 | Stephen Gageler | Albanese | 6 November 2023 | Incumbent | 295 days | 14 |