Past Vice-Chancellors

Name	Term of Office
The Rt. Hon. Hugh Culling Eardley Childers, MA Camb. FRS.	17 May 1853 to 12 March 1857
The Hon. William Clark Haines	15 May 1857 to 31 May 1858
Sir Anthony Colling Brownless, CMG, MD St. And. & Melb. LLD FRCS.	31 May 1858 to 4 April 1887
Martin Howy Irving, MA Oxf. & Melb.	2May 1887 to 27 May 1889
The Hon. Sir John Madden, GCMG, BA LLB LLD	3 June 1889 to 20 December 1897
The Hon. Sir Henry John Wrixon, KCMG QC, BA Dub	20 December 1897 to 7 March 1910
Sir John Henry MacFarland, Kt, MA Belf. & Camb. LLD.	7 March 1910 to 8 April 1918
Sir John Grice, BA LLB.	6 May 1918 to 18 June 1923
Sir John Monash, GCMG KCB VD, Hon. DCL Oxf. Hon. LLD Camb. & Melb. BA LLB MCE DEng.	2 July 1923 to 8 October 1931
Sir James William Barrett, KBE CB CMG, LCD Manit. MD MS Hon. LLD FRCS FRACS.	7 December 1931 to 17 December 1934

Name	Term of Office
Sir Raymond Edward Priestley, Kt MC, MA Camb. DLitt Malaya LLD St. And. Natal Dal. & Birm. DSc N.Z. W.I. & Melb.	1 January 1935 to 30 June 1938
Sir John Dudley Gibbs Medley, DCL Oxf. MA Oxf. & Melb. Hon. LLD.	1 July 1938 to 1 July 1951
Sir George Whitecross Paton, Kt, BA BCL Oxf. Hon. LLD Glas. Syd. Q'ld Tas. Lond. Monash & Melb. DCL W. Ont. MA Of Gray's Inn, Barrister-at-Law.	1 July 1951 to 29 February 1968
Sir David Plumley Derham, KBE CMG MBE, Hon. LLD Monash & Melb. BA LLM FASSA, Barrister-at-Law.	1 March 1968 to 31 May 1982
David Edmund Caro, AO OBE, PhD Birm. Hon. LLD Tas. & Melb. Hon. DSc MSc FInstP FAIP FACE.	1 June 1982 to 31 December 1987
David Geoffrey Penington, AC, MA DM BCh Oxf. Hon.LLD Melb. FRCP FRACP FRCPA.	1 January 1988 to 31 December 1995
Alan David Gilbert, MA ANU DPhil Oxf. HonDLitt Tas. HonLLD McG. HonLLD Melb. FASSA.	1 January 1996 to 31 January 2004
Kwong Chiu Lee Dow, AM AO BSc Melb. BEd Melb. HonLLD Melb. ARACI FACE.	1 February 2004 to 9 January 2005
Glyn Conrad Davis AC, BA Hons UNSW. PhD ANU. DUniv Griffith. FASSA FIPAA.	10 January 2005 to 30 September 2018
Duncan John Maskell, MA Cantab. PhD Cantab. FMedSci HonAssocRCVS.	1 October 2018 to 5 December 2024
Emma Letitia Johnston AO BSc Melb. PhD Melb. FAA FTSE FRSN.	10 February 2025 to 26 December 2025