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 McWha AO (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); Margaret Gardner AC (Monash 2014-23, RMIT 2005-14);
18 years: Sir Raymond Priestley (Birmingham 1938-52, Melbourne 1934-38); Sir Stanley Prescott OBE (Western Australia (1953–70);
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 Chubb AC (ANU 2001-11, Flinders 1995-2000); Gerard Sutton AO (Wollongong 1995-2011), Peter Høj AC (Adelaide 2021-ff, Queensland 2012-20, Uni SA 2007-12);
15 years: Ken McKinnon AO (Charles Darwin 2002-03, JCU 1997, Wollongong 1981-94); Dennis Gibson (academic) AO (QUT 1988-2003); Michael Osborne (La Trobe 1990-2005); John Hay (academic) AC (Queensland 1996-2007, 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), Michael Spence AC (UCL 2021-ff, Sydney 2008-20).
italics: Høj and Spence still in office (as at January 2024).
The current Chancellors and Vice-Chancellors/Presidents are given (as at May 2020 with some subsequent updates).
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University |
Chancellor |
Vice-Chancellor/President |
Australian Catholic University |
Martin Daubney, AM[1] |
Zlatko Skrbis[2] |
Australian National University |
Julie Bishop[3] |
Genevieve Bell |
Bond University |
Annabelle Bennett AO, SC[4] |
Tim Brailsford[5] |
Central Queensland University |
Graeme Innes AM[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 |
John Hood [19] |
Colin J Stirling[20] |
Griffith University |
Henry Smerdon AM[21] |
Carolyn Evans[22] |
James Cook University |
Bill Tweddell[23] |
Simon Biggs[24] |
La Trobe University |
John Brumby, AO[25] |
John Dewar |
Macquarie University |
Martin Parkinson AC PSM[26] |
S Bruce Dowton |
Monash University |
Simon McKeon, AO[27] |
Margaret Gardner, AC[28] |
Murdoch University |
Gary Smith[29] |
Andrew Deeks (from April 2022)[30] |
Queensland University of Technology |
Ann Sherry, AO[31] |
Margaret Sheil, AO |
RMIT University |
Peggy O'Neal[32] |
Alec Cameron[33][34] |
Southern Cross University |
Sandra McPhee, AM[35] |
Tyrone Carlin[36] |
Swinburne University of Technology |
John Pollaers, OAM[37] |
Pascale Quester[38] |
Torrens University Australia |
Michael Mann AM |
Alwyn Louw[39] (Vice Chancellor) & Linda Brown (President) |
University of Adelaide |
Catherine Branson[40] |
Peter Høj[41] |
University of Canberra |
Tom Calma, AO[42] |
Paddy Nixon[43] |
University of Divinity |
Graeme Blackman, AO |
Peter Sherlock |
University of Melbourne |
Jane Hansen AO[44] |
Duncan Maskell[45] |
University of New England |
James Harris FRSN[46] |
Chris Moran[47] |
University of New South Wales |
David Gonski, AC |
Attila Brungs[48] |
University of Newcastle |
Paul Jeans FRSN FAICD[49] |
Alex Zelinsky AO, FTSE[50] |
University of Notre Dame Australia |
The Hon. Chris Ellison[51] |
Francis Campbell[52] |
University of Queensland |
Peter N Varghese, AO[53] |
Deborah Terry AO[54] |
University of South Australia |
Pauline Carr[55] |
David Lloyd |
University of Southern Queensland |
John Dornbusch[56] |
Geraldine Mackenzie[57] |
University of Sydney |
Belinda Hutchinson, AC |
Mark Scott, AO[58] |
University of the Sunshine Coast |
Angus Houston, AK, AC (Mil), AFC[59] |
Helen Bartlett[60] |
University of Tasmania |
Alison Watkins AM[61] |
Rufus Black[62] |
University of Technology, Sydney |
Catherine Livingstone AO FAA |
Andrew Parfitt[63] |
University of Western Australia |
Robert French, AC[64] |
Amit Chakma[65] |
University of Wollongong |
Christine McLoughlin[66] |
Patricia Davidson[67] |
Victoria University |
Steve Bracks AC[68] |
Adam Shoemaker[69] |
Western Sydney University |
Peter Shergold, AC[70] |
Barney Glover[71] |
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