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List of chief justices of Australia by time in office

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294 days
Sir Isaac Isaacs
Shortest serving
Chief Justice: 1930 - 1931

This is a list of Australian chief justices by time in office.

Chief justices of Australia

Rank 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
1	Barwick, GarfieldGarfield Barwick	Menzies, RobertMenzies	27 April 1964 (1964-04-27)	11 February 1981 (1981-02-11)	6,1346,134 days	5,9975,997 days	1997-07-14(1997-07-14)14 July 1997	7
2	Latham, JohnJohn Latham	Lyons, JosephLyons	11 October 1935 (1935-10-11)	7 April 1952 (1952-04-07)	6,0236,023 days	4,4924,492 days	1964-07-25(1964-07-25)25 July 1964	5
3	Griffith, SamuelSamuel Griffith	Deakin, AlfredDeakin	5 October 1903 (1903-10-05)	17 October 1919 (1919-10-17)	5,8565,856 days	0,297297 days	1920-08-09(1920-08-09)9 August 1920	1
4	Dixon, OwenOwen Dixon	Menzies, RobertMenzies	18 April 1952 (1952-04-18)	13 April 1964 (1964-04-13)	4,3784,378 days	3,0073,007 days	1972-07-07(1972-07-07)7 July 1972	6
5	Knox, AdrianAdrian Knox	Hughes, BillyHughes	18 October 1919 (1919-10-18)	31 March 1930 (1930-03-31)	3,8173,817 days	0,758758 days	1932-04-27(1932-04-27)27 April 1932	2
6	Gleeson, MurrayMurray Gleeson	Howard, JohnHoward	22 May 1998 (1998-05-22)	29 August 2008 (2008-08-29)	3,7523,752 days	0,5,9755,975 days	2025-01-7	11
7	French, RobertRobert French	Rudd, KevinRudd	1 September 2008 (2008-09-01)	29 January 2017	0,3,0723,072 days	2,9002,900 days	2025-01-7	12
8	Mason, AnthonyAnthony Mason	Hawke, BobHawke	6 February 1987 (1987-02-06)	20 April 1995 (1995-04-20)	2,9952,995 days	10,85510,855 days	2025-01-7	9
9	Kiefel, SusanSusan Kiefel	Turnbull, MalcolmTurnbull	30 January 2017 (2017-01-30)	5 November 2023 (2023-11-05)	0,2,4702,899 days	429429 days		13
10	Gibbs, HarryHarry Gibbs	Fraser, MalcolmFraser	12 February 1981 (1981-02-12)	5 February 1987 (1987-02-05)	2,1842,184 days	6,7156,715 days	2005-06-25(2005-06-25)25 June 2005	8
11	Duffy, FrankFrank Gavan Duffy	Scullin, JamesScullin	22 January 1931 (1931-01-22)	1 October 1935 (1935-10-01)	1,7131,713 days	0,302302 days	1936-07-29(1936-07-29)29 July 1936	4
12	Brennan, GerardGerard Brennan	Keating, PaulKeating	21 April 1995 (1995-04-21)	21 May 1998 (1998-05-21)	1,1261,126 days	8,7778,777 days	2022-06-01(2022-06-01)1 June 2022	10
13	Isaacs, IsaacIsaac Isaacs	Scullin, JamesScullin	2 April 1930 (1930-04-02)	21 January 1931 (1931-01-21)	0,294294 days	6,2306,230 days	1948-02-11(1948-02-11)11 February 1948	3
14	Gageler, StephenStephen Gageler	Albanese, AnthonyAlbanese	6 November 2023 (2023-11-06)	Incumbent	0,428428 days			14

See also

List of justices of the High Court of Australia

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Justices of the High Court of Australia

Former	Griffith Knox Isaacs Duffy Latham Dixon Barwick Gibbs Mason Brennan M. Gleeson French Kiefel
Current	Gageler

Justices

Former	Barton O'Connor Higgins Powers Piddington Rich Starke Evatt McTiernan Williams Webb Fullagar Kitto Taylor Menzies Windeyer Owen Walsh Stephen Jacobs Murphy Aickin Wilson Deane Dawson Toohey Gaudron McHugh Gummow Kirby Hayne Callinan Heydon Crennan Bell Keane Nettle
Current	Gordon Edelman Steward J. Gleeson Jagot Beech-Jones

Justices shown in order of appointment