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 -
*Resigned as president upon appointment to the Supreme Court