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Incumbents
- Monarch – King George VI
- Governor General – William
McKell
- Prime Minister – Ben
Chifley
State
Premiers
- Premier of New South Wales – James
McGirr
- Premier of Queensland – Ned
Hanlon
- Premier of South Australia – Thomas
Playford IV
- Premier of Tasmania – Edward Brooker (until
25 February), then Robert
Cosgrove
- Premier of Victoria – Thomas
Hollway
- Premier
of Western Australia – Ross
McLarty
State
Governor
- Governor of New South Wales – Sir
John Northcott
- Governor of Queensland – Sir
John Lavarack
- Governor of South Australia – Sir Charles Norrie
- Governor of Tasmania – Sir
Hugh Binney
- Governor of Victoria – Sir
Winston Dugan
- Governor of Western Australia – Sir
James Mitchell (from
5 October)
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