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Since the development of the university sector in Australia and the foundation of the first university (University of Sydney, 1850), a small number of Vice-Chancellors have served for 15 years or more with some portion of this time in office as Vice-Chancellor in Australia. They include:

29 years: Sir Anthony Brownless KCMG KSG (Melbourne 1858-87);

26 years: Sir William Mitchell (philosopher) KCMG (Adelaide 1916-42);

21 years: John Douglas Story (Queensland 1938-59);

20 years: Sir Stephen Henry Roberts CMG (Sydney 1947-67), James McWhaAO (Lincoln 2018, Rwanda 2013-15, Adelaide 2002-12, Massey 1996-2001);

19 years: William Barlow (vice-chancellor) CMG (Adelaide 1896-1915); Sir Robert Strachan Wallace KCMG (Sydney 1928-47); Dianne Yerbury AO (Macquarie 1987-2006); Alan Gilbert (Australian academic) AO (Manchester 2004-10, Melbourne 1996-2004, Tasmania 1991-96); Paul Wellings CBE (Wollongong 2012-21, Lancaster 2002-2012);

18 years: Sir Raymond Priestley (Birmingham 1938-52, Melbourne 1934-38); Sir Stanley Prescott OBE (Western Australia (1953-70), Margaret Gardner AC (Monash2014-ff, RMIT 2005-14);

17 years: Sir George Currie (academic) (UNZ 1952-62, Western Australia 1945-52); Michael Birt (biochemist) AO CBE (UNSW 1981-92, Wollongong 1975-80); Brian Wilson AO (Queensland 1979-96); Roy Webb AO (Griffith 1985-2002); Glyn Davis AC (Melbourne 2005-18, Griffith 2002-05);

16 years: Sir Philip Baxter KBE CMG (UNSW 1953-69); Sir Louis Matheson KBE CMG (Monash 1960-76); Alec Lazenby AO (Tasmania 1982-91, UNE 1970-77); Ian ChubbIan AC (ANU 2001-11, Flinders 1995-2000); Gerard Sutton AO (Wollongong 1995-2011);

15 years: Ken McKinnon AO (Charles Darwin 2002-03, Wollongong 1981-94); Dennis Gibson (academic) AO (QUT 1988-2003); Michael Osborne (La Trobe 1990-2005); John Hay (academic) AC (Queensland 1997-2007, Deakin 1992-95); Steven Schwartz (psychologist) AM (Macquarie 2006-11, Brunel 2002-2006, Murdoch 1996-2002); Janice Reid AC (Western Sydney 1998-2013); Peter Coaldrake AO (QUT 2003-17); Ian O'Connor AC (Griffith 2005-19), Sandra Harding (sociologist) AO (JCU 2007-2021), Peter Hoj AC (Adelaide 2021-ff, Queensland 2012-20, Uni SA 2007-12).

italics: Gardner and Hoj still in office (as at September 2022).


The current Chancellors and Vice-Chancellors/Presidents are given (as at May 2020).

University Chancellor Vice-Chancellor/President
Australian Catholic University Martin Daubney, AM[1] Zlatko Skrbis[2]
Australian National University Julie Bishop[3] Brian Schmidt, AC
Bond University Annabelle Bennett AO, SC[4] Tim Brailsford[5]
Central Queensland University John Abbott[6] Nick Klomp[7]
Charles Darwin University Paul Henderson, AO[8] Scott Bowman, AO[9]
Charles Sturt University Michele Allan[10] Renée Leon, PSM[11]
Curtin University Andrew Crane[12] Harlene Hayne[13]
Deakin University John Stanhope AM[14] Iain Martin[15]
Edith Cowan University Denise Goldsworthy AO FTSE[16] Steve Chapman
Federation University Terry Moran AC[17] Duncan Bentley[18]
Flinders University Stephen Gerlach, AM Colin J Stirling
Griffith University Henry Smerdon AM[19] Carolyn Evans[20]
James Cook University Bill Tweddell[21] Simon Biggs[22]
La Trobe University John Brumby, AO[23] John Dewar
Macquarie University Martin Parkinson AC PSM[24] S Bruce Dowton
Monash University Simon McKeon, AO[25] Margaret Gardner, AC[26]
Murdoch University Gary Smith[27] Romy Lawson (interim)[28]Andrew Deeks (from April 2022)[29]
Queensland University of Technology Xiaoling Liu[30] Margaret Sheil, AO
RMIT University Peggy O'Neal[31] Alec Cameron[32][33]
Southern Cross University Sandra McPhee, AM[34] Tyrone Carlin[35]
Swinburne University of Technology John Pollaers, OAM[36] Pascale Quester[37]
Torrens University Australia Michael Mann AM Alwyn Louw[38] (Vice Chancellor) & Linda Brown (President)
University of Adelaide Catherine Branson[39] Peter Høj[40]
University of Canberra Tom Calma, AO[41] Paddy Nixon[42]
University of Divinity Graeme Blackman, AO Peter Sherlock
University of Melbourne Allan James Myers, AC, KC[43] Duncan Maskell[44]
University of New England James Harris Brigid Heywood[45]
University of New South Wales David Gonski, AC Attila Brungs[46]
University of Newcastle Paul Jeans[47] Alex Zelinsky AO, FTSE[48]
University of Notre Dame Australia The Hon. Chris Ellison[49] Francis Campbell[50]
University of Queensland Peter N Varghese, AO[51] Deborah Terry AO[52]
University of South Australia Pauline Carr[53] David Lloyd
University of Southern Queensland John Dornbusch[54] Geraldine Mackenzie[55]
University of Sydney Belinda Hutchinson, AC Mark Scott, AO[56]
University of the Sunshine Coast Angus Houston, AK, AC (Mil), AFC[57] Helen Bartlett[58]
University of Tasmania Alison Watkins AM[59] Rufus Black[60]
University of Technology, Sydney Catherine Livingstone AO FAA Andrew Parfitt[61]
University of Western Australia Robert French, AC[62] Amit Chakma[63]
University of Wollongong Christine McLoughlin[64] Patricia Davidson[65]
Victoria University Steve Bracks AC[66] Adam Shoemaker[67]
Western Sydney University Peter Shergold, AC[68] Barney Glover[69]

See also

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