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This is a list of Chief Justices of Australia by age. This table can be sorted to display Australian Chief Justices by name, order, date of birth, age at appointment, age at retirement, or lifespan.

Two measures of longevity are given; this is to allow for the differing number of leap days occurring within the life of each Chief Justice. The first figure is the number of days between date of birth and date of death, allowing for leap days; in parentheses the same period given in years and days, with the years being the number of whole years the Chief Justice lived, and the days being the remaining number of days after his last birthday. Where the Chief Justice in question is still living, the longevity is calculated up to 23 November 2024.

Overview

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The median age of accession is roughly 61 years and 7.5 months, which falls between Anthony F. Mason and Robert French. The youngest person to become Chief Justice was Adrian Knox, at the age of 55 years, 323 days. The oldest person to become Chief Justice was Frank G. Duffy, at the age of 78 years, 327 days.

The longest-lived Chief Justice was Garfield Barwick, who died at the age of 94 years, 22 days. The oldest living Chief Justice is Anthony F. Mason (born 21 April 1925); Mason's age is 99 years, 216 days. Mason will tie Barwick if he lives to 14 May 2019.

Chief Justices of Australia

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#
Chief Justice
Date of birth
Appointed
by
Date of
appointment
Age at
appointment
Date of
retirement
Age at
retirement
Date of death
Lifespan
1 Griffith, SamuelSamuel Griffith 1845-06-21(1845-06-21)21 June 1845 Deakin, AlfredDeakin 5 October 1903 (1903-10-05) 58-10658 years, 106 days 17 October 1919 (1919-10-17) 74-11874 years, 118 days 1920-08-09(1920-08-09)9 August 1920 27,442 days (75 years, 49 days)
2 Knox, AdrianAdrian Knox 1863-11-29(1863-11-29)29 November 1863 Hughes, BillyHughes 18 October 1919 (1919-10-18) 55-32355 years, 323 days 31 March 1930 (1930-03-31) 66-12266 years, 122 days 1932-04-27(1932-04-27)27 April 1932 24,986 days (68 years, 150 days)
3 Isaacs, IsaacIsaac Isaacs 1855-08-06(1855-08-06)6 August 1855 Scullin, JamesScullin 2 April 1930 (1930-04-02) 74-23974 years, 239 days 21 January 1931 (1931-01-21) 75-16875 years, 168 days 1948-02-11(1948-02-11)11 February 1948 33,791 days (92 years, 189 days)
4 Duffy, FrankFrank G. Duffy 1852-02-29(1852-02-29)29 February 1852 Scullin, JamesScullin 22 January 1931 (1931-01-22) 78-32778 years, 328 days 1 October 1935 (1935-10-01) 83-21483 years, 215 days 1936-07-29(1936-07-29)29 July 1936 30,831 days (84 years, 151 days)
5 Latham, JohnJohn G. Latham 1877-08-26(1877-08-26)26 August 1877 Lyons, JosephLyons 11 October 1935 (1935-10-11) 58-04658 years, 46 days 7 April 1952 (1952-04-07) 74-22574 years, 225 days 1964-07-25(1964-07-25)25 July 1964 31,744 days (86 years, 334 days)
6 Dixon, OwenOwen Dixon 1886-04-28(1886-04-28)28 April 1886 Menzies, RobertMenzies 18 April 1952 (1952-04-18) 65-35665 years, 356 days 13 April 1964 (1964-04-13) 77-35177 years, 351 days 1972-07-07(1972-07-07)7 July 1972 31,481 days (86 years, 70 days)
7 Barwick, GarfieldGarfield Barwick 1903-06-22(1903-06-22)22 June 1903 Menzies, RobertMenzies 27 April 1964 (1964-04-27) 60-31060 years, 310 days 11 February 1981 (1981-02-11) 77-23477 years, 234 days 1997-07-14(1997-07-14)14 July 1997 34,356 days (94 years, 22 days)
8 Gibbs, HarryHarry Gibbs 1917-02-17(1917-02-17)17 February 1917 Fraser, MalcolmFraser 12 February 1981 (1981-02-12) 63-36163 years, 361 days 5 February 1987 (1987-02-05) 69-35369 years, 353 days 2005-06-25(2005-06-25)25 June 2005 32,270 days (88 years, 128 days)
9 Mason, AnthonyAnthony F. Mason 1925-04-21(1925-04-21)21 April 1925 Hawke, BobHawke 6 February 1987 (1987-02-06) 61-29161 years, 291 days 20 April 1995 (1995-04-20) 69-36469 years, 364 days 2024-11-23 36,376 days (99 years, 216 days)
10 Brennan, GerardGerard Brennan 1928-05-22(1928-05-22)22 May 1928 Keating, PaulKeating 21 April 1995 (1995-04-21) 66-33466 years, 334 days 21 May 1998 (1998-05-21) 69-36469 years, 364 days 2024-11-23 35,249 days (96 years, 185 days)
11 Gleeson, MurrayMurray Gleeson 1938-08-30(1938-08-30)30 August 1938 Howard, JohnHoward 22 May 1998 (1998-05-22) 59-26559 years, 265 days 29 August 2008 (2008-08-29) 69-36569 years, 365 days 2024-11-23 31,497 days (86 years, 85 days)
12 French, RobertRobert French 1947-03-19(1947-03-19)19 March 1947 Rudd, KevinRudd 1 September 2008 (2008-09-01) 61-16661 years, 166 days Incumbent 00-000Incumbent 2024-11-23 28,374 days (77 years, 249 days)
# Chief Justice Date of birth Appointed
by
Date of
appointment
Age at
appointment
Date of
retirement
Age at
retirement
Date of death Lifespan

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