Editors
| Owner(s) / Management | Editor(s) / Editor-in-chief |
Year appointed | Year ended | Years as editor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Cooke, Henry Cooke, and Walter Powell |
T. L. Bright and David Blair |
1854 | 1856 | 2 years |
| Ebenezer Syme and James McEwan |
Ebenezer Syme | 1856 | 1860 | 4 years |
| David Syme | George Smith | 1860 | 1867 | 7 years |
| James Harrison | 1867 | 1872 | 5 years | |
| Arthur Windsor | 1872 | 1900 | 8 years | |
| Gottlieb Schuler | 1900 | 1908 | 8 years | |
| Geoffrey Syme | Gottlieb Schuler | 1908 | 1926 | 16 years |
| Len Briggs | 1926 | 1939 | 13 years | |
| Harold Campbell | 1939 | 1942 | 20 years | |
| Oswald Syme / David Syme and Co. |
1942 | 1959 | ||
| Keith Sinclair | 1959 | 1966 | 7 years | |
| David Syme and Co. | Graham Perkin | 1966 | 1972 | 9 years |
| John Fairfax and Sons | 1972 | 1975 | ||
| Les Carlyon | 1975 | 1976 | 1 year | |
| Greg Taylor | 1976 | 1979 | 3 years | |
| Michael Davie | 1979 | 1981 | 2 years | |
| Creighton Burns | 1981 | 1987 | 8 years | |
| Warwick Fairfax / John Fairfax Holdings |
1987 | 1989 | ||
| Mike Smith | 1989 | 1990 | 3 years | |
| John Fairfax Holdings / Conrad Black |
1990 | 1992 | ||
| Alan Kohler | 1992 | 1995 | 3 years | |
| Bruce Guthrie | 1995 | 1996 | 2 years | |
| John Fairfax Holdings | 1996 | 1997 | ||
| Michael Gawenda | 1997 | 2004 | 7 years | |
| Andrew Jaspan | 2004 | 2007 | 4 years | |
| Fairfax Media | 2007 | 2008 | ||
| Paul Ramadge | 2008 | 2012 | 4 years | |
| Andrew Holden | June 2012 | present | incumbent |
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