This is a list of Australian chief justices by time in office.
Chief justices of Australia Rank bylengthof term Chief Justice Appointedby Date ofappointment Date ofretirement Length ofterm Length ofretirement Date of death Orderby date 1 Barwick, GarfieldGarfield Barwick Menzies, RobertMenzies 1997-07-14 7 2 Latham, JohnJohn Latham Lyons, JosephLyons 1964-07-25 5 3 Griffith, SamuelSamuel Griffith Deakin, AlfredDeakin 0, days 1920-08-09 1 4 Dixon, OwenOwen Dixon Menzies, RobertMenzies 1972-07-07 6 5 Knox, AdrianAdrian Knox Hughes, BillyHughes 0, 1932-04-27 2 6 Gleeson, MurrayMurray Gleeson Howard, JohnHoward 0, -- 11 7 French, RobertRobert French Rudd, KevinRudd 29 January 2017 0, -- 12 8 Mason, AnthonyAnthony Mason Hawke, BobHawke -- 9 9 Kiefel, SusanSusan Kiefel Turnbull, MalcolmTurnbull 0, 13 10 Gibbs, HarryHarry Gibbs Fraser, MalcolmFraser 2005-06-25 8 11 Duffy, FrankFrank Gavan Duffy Scullin, JamesScullin 0, days 1936-07-29 4 12 Brennan, GerardGerard Brennan Keating, PaulKeating 2022-06-01 10 13 Gageler, StephenStephen Gageler Albanese, AnthonyAlbanese Incumbent 0, 14 14 Isaacs, IsaacIsaac Isaacs Scullin, JamesScullin 0, days 1948-02-11 3
See also List of justices of the High Court of Australia