List of chief justices of Australia by time in office explained

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			days	days	1997-07-14	7
2	Latham, JohnJohn Latham	Lyons, JosephLyons			days	days	1964-07-25	5
3	Griffith, SamuelSamuel Griffith	Deakin, AlfredDeakin			days	0, days	1920-08-09	1
4	Dixon, OwenOwen Dixon	Menzies, RobertMenzies			days	days	1972-07-07	6
5	Knox, AdrianAdrian Knox	Hughes, BillyHughes			days	0, days	1932-04-27	2
6	Gleeson, MurrayMurray Gleeson	Howard, JohnHoward			days	0, days	--	11
7	French, RobertRobert French	Rudd, KevinRudd		29 January 2017	0, days	days	--	12
8	Mason, AnthonyAnthony Mason	Hawke, BobHawke			days	days	--	9
9	Kiefel, SusanSusan Kiefel	Turnbull, MalcolmTurnbull			0, days	days		13
10	Gibbs, HarryHarry Gibbs	Fraser, MalcolmFraser			days	days	2005-06-25	8
11	Duffy, FrankFrank Gavan Duffy	Scullin, JamesScullin			days	0, days	1936-07-29	4
12	Brennan, GerardGerard Brennan	Keating, PaulKeating			days	days	2022-06-01	10
13	Isaacs, IsaacIsaac Isaacs	Scullin, JamesScullin			0, days	days	1948-02-11	3
14	Gageler, StephenStephen Gageler	Albanese, AnthonyAlbanese		Incumbent	0, days			14

See also

• List of justices of the High Court of Australia