List of Chief Justices of Australia by age

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 parenthesis 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 .

Overview

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 . Mason will tie Barwick if he lives to May 14, 2019.

Chief Justices of Australia