| VISITING PROFESSORS OF AUSTRALIAN STUDIES | ||
| John LaNauze | 2/1/78-6/30/78 | |
| Charles Manning Clark | 9/1/78-1/31/79 | History |
| E. Gough Whitlam | 4/14/79-5/14/79 | Government |
| Noel Butlin | 5/1/79-2/29/80 | Economics |
| Alan F. Davies | 7/1/80-6/30/81 | Government |
| Leonie J. Kramer | 7/1/81-1/31/82 | Literature |
| Kenneth S. Inglis | 2/1/82-6/30/82 | History |
| Geoffrey N. Blainey | 7/1/82-1/31/83 | History |
| Robert G. Gregory | 7/1/83-6/30/84 | Economics |
| Derek J. Mulvaney | 7/1/84-6/30/85 | Anthropology |
| Warner M. Corden | 1/1/86-6/30/86 | Economics |
| Patrick McCaughey | 7/1/86-6/30/87 | Fine Arts |
| Chris Wallace-Crabbe | 7/1/87-6/30/88 | English |
| Graeme J. Davison | 7/1/88-6/30/89 | History |
| Jan Senbergs | 7/1/89-6/30/90 | Visual & Environmental Studies |
| Lester Hiatt | 7/1/90-6/30/91 | Anthropology |
| R.W. Connell | 7/1/91-6/30/92 | Sociology |
| [No incumbents 1992-93 and 1993-94] | ||
| Jillian Roe | 7/1/94-6/30/95 | Women’s Studies |
| Rhys Jones | 7/1/95-6/30/96 | Anthropology |
| [No incumbent 1996-97] | ||
| John Rickard | 7/1/97-6/30/98 | History |
| Tim Flannery | 7/1/98-6/30/99 | Biology |
| Peter Beilharz | 7/1/99-6/30/00 | Sociology |
| Barry Conyngham | 7/1/00-6/30/01 | Music |
| Marilyn Lake | 7/1/01-6/30/02 | History |
| Paul Kelly | 2/1/02-5/31/02 | Kennedy School |
| [No incumbent 2002-03] | ||
| Timothy Rowse | 7/1/03-6/30/04 | History |
| Dennis Altman | 1/1/05-6/30/05 | Sociology |
| Helen Irving | 7/1/05-6/30/06 | Law School |
| James Fox | 7/1/06-6/30/07 | Anthropology |
| Stuart Macintyre | 9/1/07-6/30/08 | History |
| Iain Davidson | 9/1/08-6/30/09 | Anthropology |
| Alison Bashford | 9/1/09-6/30/10 | History of Science |
| Nicholas Jose | 9/1/09-6/30/10 | English |
