Worldwide Guide
to Women in Leadership
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
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 Co-Deputy Head of State
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 Co-Deputy Head of State
Governor H.E. The Hon. M.M. Leneen Forde, Queensland
2001- Co-Deputy Head of State Governor H.E. The Hon. Dr Marie Bashir, Lady
Shehadie, New South Wales
2001- Co-Deputy Head of State
Governor H.E. The Hon. Marjorie Jackson-Nelson, South Australia
2008- Governor-General
2008-
Co-Deputy Head of
State Governor H.E. The Hon.
Penny Wensley,
Queensland
Last update 05.09.08