Presidents

R.C. Teece KC

Nov 1936 - Dec 1947

A.R. Taylor KC

Dec 1947 - Dec 1949

Garfield Barwick KC

Dec 1949 - Nov 1952

KA Ferguson QC

Nov 1952 - Nov 1954

Sir Garfield Barwick QC

Nov 1954 - Nov 1956

G Wallace QC

Nov 1956 - Dec 1958

BP Macfarlan QC*

Dec 1958 - July 1959

Nigel Bowen QC

July 1959 - Nov 1961

CLD Meares QC

Nov 1961 - Dec 1963

John Kerr QC

Dec 1963 - Dec 1964

JD Holmes QC*

Dec 1964 - Nov 1965

Maurice Byers QC

Nov 1965 - Nov 1967

BB Riley QC

Nov 1967 - Dec 1969

PM Woodward QC*

Dec 1969 - Oct 1971

Gordon Samuels QC*

Oct 1971 - Nov 1972

GD Needham QC

Nov 1972 - Dec 1972

HH Glass QC*

Dec 1972 - Sept 1973

Thomas Hughes QC

Sept 1973 - Dec 1975

DG McGregor QC

Dec 1975 - Nov 1977

Trevor Morling QC

Nov 1977 - Dec 1979

Roderick Meagher QC

Dec 1979 - Nov 1981

Michael H McHugh QC

Nov 1981 - Dec 1983

Murray Gleeson QC

Dec 1983 - Dec 1985

Roger V Gyles QC

Dec 1985 - Nov 1987

Kenneth Handley QC

Nov 1987 - Nov 1989

Barry O’Keefe AM QC

Nov 1989 - Dec 1991

John Coombs QC

Dec 1991 - Nov 1993

Murray Tobias QC

Nov 1993 - Nov 1995

David Bennett QC

Nov 1995 - Dec 1997

Ian Barker QC

Dec 1997 - Nov 1999

Ruth McColl SC

Nov 1999 - Nov 2001

Bret Walker SC

Nov 2001 - Nov 2003

Ian Harrison SC

Nov 2003 - Nov 2005

Michael Slattery QC

Nov 2005 - Nov 2007

Anna Katzmann SC

Nov 2007 - Nov 2009

Tom Bathurst QC*

Nov 2009 - May 2011

Bernard Coles QC

May 2011 - Nov 2012

Phillip Boulten SC

December 2012 - May 2014

Jane Needham SC

30 May 2014 - November 2015

Noel Hutley SC

November 2015 - May 2017

Arthur Moses SC

May 2017 - November 2018

Tim Game SC

Nov 2018 - Nov 2020

Michael McHugh SC

November 2020-May 2022

Gabrielle Bashir SC

May 2022-November 2023

Dr Ruth Higgins SC

November 2023 - May 2025