| Name of president Date of appt - date of retirment or resignation |
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R.C. Teece KC Nov 1936 - Dec 1947 |
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A.R. Taylor KC Dec 1947 - Dec 1949 |
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G.E. Barwick KC Dec 1949 - Nov 1952 |
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K.A. Ferguson QC Nov 1952 - Nov 1954 |
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Sir Garfield Barwick QC Nov 1954 - Nov 1956 |
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G. Wallace QC Nov 1956 - Dec 1958 |
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B.P. Macfarlan QC Dec 1958 - July 1959* |
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N.H. Bowen QC July 1959 - Nov 1961 |
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C.L.D. Meares QC Nov 1961 - Dec 1963 |
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J.R. Kerr QC Dec 1963 - Dec 1964 |
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J.D. Holmes QC Dec 1964 - Nov 1965* |
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Nov 1965 - Nov 1967 |
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B.B. Riley QC Nov 1967 - Dec 1969 |
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P.M. Woodward QC Dec 1969 - Oct 1971* |
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G.J. Samuels QC Oct 1971 - Nov 1972* |
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G.D. Needham QC Nov 1972 - Dec 1972 |
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H.H. Glass QC Dec 1972 - Sept 1973* |
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T.E.F. Hughes QC Sept 1973 - Dec 1975 |
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D.G. McGregor QC Dec 1975 - Nov 1977 |
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T.R. Morling QC Nov 1977 - Dec 1979 |
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R.P. Meagher QC Dec 1979 - Nov 1981 |
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M.H. McHugh QC Nov 1981 - Dec 1983 |
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A.M. Gleeson QC Dec 1983 - Dec 1985 |
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R.V. Gyles QC Dec 1985 - Nov 1987 |
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K.R. Handley QC Nov 1987 - Nov 1989 |
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B.J. O'Keefe AM QC Nov 1989 - Dec 1991 |
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J.S. Coombs QC Dec 1991 - Nov 1993 |
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M.H. Tobias QC Nov 1993 - Nov 1995 |
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D.M.J. Bennett QC Nov 1995 - Dec 1997 |
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Dec 1997 - Nov 1999 |
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R.S. McColl SC Nov 1999 - Nov 2001 |
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Bret Walker SC November 2001 - November 2003 |
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Ian Harrison SC November 2003 - November 2005
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Michael Slattery QC November 2005 -
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| *Resigned as President upon appointment to the Supreme Court | |||