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Heads of state of Australia
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Governors-General of Australia
Ronald Crauford Munro Ferguson
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 6 1860; d. March 30 1934
Also known as: Viscount Novar (1920 – 1934)
1914 – 1920
Field Marshal Sir William Joseph Slim
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 6 1891; d. December 14 1970
Titles of nobility: Viscount Slim in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1960 – 1970).
Military ranks: Promoted to major-general, 1941. Promoted to lieutenant-general, 1944. Promoted to general, 1945. Promoted to field marshal, 1949.
1953 – 1960
Sir John Robert Kerr
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 24 1914; March 24 1991.
1974 – 1977
Heads of Government of Australia
Prime Minister of Australia
Stanley Melbourne Bruce
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 3 1870; d. June 26 1947
Nationalist Party
1923 – 1929
Joseph Aloysius Lyons
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 15 1879; d. April 7 1939
United Australia Party
1932 – 1939
John Malcolm Fraser
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 21 1930; March 20 2015.
Liberal Party of Australia
1975 – 1983
Robert James Lee “Bob” Hawke
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 9 1929; d. May 16 2019.
Australian Labor Party
1983 – 1991
John Winston Howard
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 26 1939.
Liberal Party of Australia
1996 – 2007
Kevin Michael Rudd
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 21 1957.
Australian Labor Party
2007 – 2010
Kevin Michael Rudd
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 21 1957.
Australian Labor Party
2013
Anthony John “Tony” Abbott
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 4 1957.
Liberal Party of Australia
2013 – 2015
Scott John Morrison
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 13 1968.
Liberal Party of Australia
2018 – 2022
Anthony Norman Albanese
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 2 1963.
Australian Labor Party
2022 – present
Deputy Prime Minister of Australia
Anthony Norman Albanese
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 2 1963.
Australian Labor Party
2013
Leader of the Opposition
Joseph Aloysius Lyons
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 15 1879; d. April 7 1939
United Australia Party
1931 – 1932
John Malcolm Fraser
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 21 1930; March 20 2015.
Liberal Party of Australia
1975
Robert James Lee “Bob” Hawke
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 9 1929; d. May 16 2019.
Australian Labor Party
1983
John Winston Howard
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 26 1939.
Liberal Party of Australia
1985 – 1989
John Winston Howard
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 26 1939.
Liberal Party of Australia
1995 – 1996
Kevin Michael Rudd
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 21 1957.
Australian Labor Party
2006 – 2007
Anthony John “Tony” Abbott
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 4 1957.
Liberal Party of Australia
2009 – 2013
William Richard “Bill” Shorten
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 12 1967.
Australian Labor Party
2013 – 2019
Anthony Norman Albanese
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 2 1963.
Australian Labor Party
2019 – 2022
Deputy Leader of the Opposition
Gareth John Evans
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 5 1944.
Australian Labor Party
1996 – 1998