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Female Heads of State of the Commonwealth of Australia (Female Suffrage 1902 - for aborigines in 1962)Independent 1901. Australia have got a number of self-governing external territories. Norfolk Island, Cocos Islands and the uninhabited external territories

Also see Australia Ministers

All State Governors hold a dormant commission to act as Administrator of the Commonwealth, and by convention it is the longest serving Governor takes over when the Governor General is absent from the country.

1952- Elizabeth the Second, By the Grace of God, Queen of Australia, and of Her other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth (5.2-)
Until 1973 her title was: By the Grace of god, of the United Kingdom, Australia and her Realms and Territories etc. (b. 1926-)

1991-96 Holding the dormant commission to act as the Administrator of the Commonwealth, Governor H.E. The Hon. Dame Roma Flinders Mitchell, South Australia
The Governors of the Australian states take turns in deputytizing the Governor General. Roma Mithchell had been President of the Supreme Court of South Australia. She lived (1918-2000)

1992-97 Holding the dormant commission to act as the Administrator of the Commonwealth, Governor H.E. The Hon. M.M. Leneen Forde, Queensland

2001-14 Holding the dormant commission to act as the Administrator of the Commonwealth, Governor H.E. The Hon. Dame Dr. Marie Bashir, Lady Shehadie, New South Wales
As the most senior Governor, she held the position of Administrator many times: from 10 to 17 July 2007, 30 September to 12 October 2007, and 20 April to 4 May 2008 in the absence of Michael Jeffery, and from 30 July to 6 August 2008, 5 to 19 November 2008, 17 March to 2 April 2009, and 7 to 12 June 2010, in the absence of Quentin Bryce.

2001-07 Holding the dormant commission to act as the Administrator of the Commonwealth, Governor H.E. The Hon. Marjorie Jackson-Nelson, South Australia

2003-08 Holding the dormant commission to act as the Administrator of the Commonwealth, Governor H.E. The Hon. Dame Dr Quentin Bryce, Queensland
2008-14 Governor-General

2008-14 Holding the dormant commission to act as the Administrator of the Commonwealth, Governor H.E. The Hon. Penny Wensley, Queensland

2014- Holding the dormant commission to act as the Administrator of the Commonwealth, Governor H.E. The Hon. Kerry Sanderson, Western Australia

2014- Holding the dormant commission to act as the Administrator of the Commonwealth, Governor H.E. The Hon. Kate Warner, Tasmania

Last update 22.12.14