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Incumbents
- Monarch – George
VI (until 6
February), then Elizabeth
II
- Governor-General – Sir
William McKell
- Prime Minister – Robert
Menzies
- Chief Justice – Sir John Latham (until
7 April) then Sir Owen Dixon
State
Premiers
- Premier of New South Wales – James
McGirr (until 2
April), then Joseph
Cahill
- Premier of Queensland – Ned
Hanlon (until 17
January), then Vince
Gair
- Premier of South Australia – Thomas
Playford IV
- Premier of Tasmania – Robert
Cosgrove
- Premier of Victoria – John
McDonald (until 28
October), then Thomas
Hollway (until 31
October), then John
McDonald (until 17
December), then John
Cain I
- Premier of Western Australia – Ross
McLarty
State
Governors
- Governor of New South Wales – Sir
John Northcott
- Governor of Queensland – Sir
John Lavarack
- Governor
of South Australia – Sir Charles Norrie (until
19 June)
- Governor of Tasmania – Sir
Ronald Cross, 1st Baronet
- Governor of Victoria – Sir
Dallas Brooks
- Governor of Western Australia – Sir
Charles Gairdner
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