This page contains lists regarding Australian supercentenarians, the oldest of whom was Christina Cock (1887–2002), who died at the age of 114 years, 148 days. The oldest Australian man ever was Jack Lockett (1891–2002), who died at the age of 111 years, 123 days.
Since the death of Wilhelmina Overall on 21 October 2018, the oldest known person in Australia is Agnes Kluckhenn (born 1 April 1909).
Living Australian supercentenarians
Unvalidated
Rank | Name | Sex | Birth | Age as of 19 Apr 2024 | State/country of | |
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birth | residence |
- Main article: List of oldest living people in Australia
Australian supercentenarians
Deceased (Validated) Living (Validated) Validated (Disputed) Pending Unvalidated
State/country of | |||||||
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Rank | Name | Sex | Birth | Death | Age | birth | death |
1 | Christina Cock | F | 25 Dec 1887 | 22 May 2002 | 114 years, 148 days | Victoria | Victoria |
2 | Beatrice Mears | F | 4 Mar 1888 | 3 Dec 2001 | 113 years, 274 days | South Australia | South Australia |
3 | Ethel Farrell | F | 27 Nov 1902 | 20 Dec 2015 | 113 years, 23 days | IND | Victoria |
4 | Molly Yeomans | F | 1 July 1888 | 30 May 2001 | 112 years, 333 days | New South Wales | New South Wales |
5 | Caroline Mockridge | F | 11 Dec 1874 | 6 Nov 1987 | 112 years, 330 days | Victoria | Victoria |
6 | Myra Nicholson | F | 14 Dec 1894 | 20 Sept 2007 | 112 years, 280 days | Victoria | Victoria |
7 | Vi Robbins | F | 28 Feb 1902 | 8 Oct 2014 | 112 years, 222 days | New South Wales | New South Wales |
8 | E. Beatrice Riley | F | 13 Oct 1896 | 15 May 2009 | 112 years, 214 days | Victoria | Victoria |
9 | Margaret Vivian | F | 25 Feb 1906 | 20 Sept 2018 | 112 years, 207 days | UK | Western Australia |
10 | Jane Gray | F | 1 Dec 1901 | 7 June 2014 | 112 years, 188 days | UK | New South Wales |
11 | Jessie Hurley | F | 15 June 1890 | 6 Aug 2002 | 112 years, 52 days | New South Wales | New South Wales |
12 | Miriam Schmierer | F | 20 Aug 1899 | 29 Sept 2011 | 112 years, 40 days | Queensland | Queensland |
13 | Myrtle Jones | F | 18 Apr 1897 | 12 Jan 2009 | 111 years, 269 days | Victoria | South Australia |
14 | Stella Correll | F | 23 Dec 1888 | 7 Sept 2000 | 111 years, 259 days | South Australia | South Australia |
15 | Jane Piercy | F | 2 Sept 1869 | 3 May 1981 | 111 years, 243 days | New South Wales | New South Wales |
Marjorie Cooke | F | 5 Jan 1906 | 1 Sept 2017 | 111 years, 239 days | Victoria | Victoria | |
Thelma McLeod | F | 13 Feb 1907 | 19 July 2018 | 111 years, 156 days | Western Australia | Western Australia | |
Beatrice Pollock | F | 2 Mar 1881 | 30 July 1992 | 111 years, 150 days | New South Wales | New South Wales | |
Ada Stockdale | F | 14 Feb 1885 | 24 June 1996 | 111 years, 131 days | UK | Queensland | |
16 | Jack Lockett | M | 22 Jan 1891 | 25 May 2002 | 111 years, 123 days | Victoria | Victoria |
17 | Eva McConnell | F | 5 May 1901 | 15 Aug 2012 | 111 years, 102 days | New South Wales | New South Wales |
18 | Alice Lindsay | F | 31 Mar 1893 | 1 July 2004 | 111 years, 92 days | Victoria | Victoria |
Mary Whitehurst [1] | F | 20 Oct 1905 | 2 Jan 2017 | 111 years, 74 days | UK | Victoria | |
Mary Nixon | F | 17 Mar 1871 | 10 May 1982 | 111 years, 54 days | South Australia | South Australia | |
Eileen Dinning | F | 10 May 1890 | 2 June 2001 | 111 years, 23 days | Queensland | Queensland | |
Ada Furby | F | 22 July 1903 | 27 July 2014 | 111 years, 5 days | UK | Western Australia | |
Kit St. Clair | F | 27 Dec 1882 | 19 Nov 1993 | 110 years, 327 days | ? | New South Wales | |
19 | Ada Cleggett | F | 27 Jan 1885 | 8 Dec 1995 | 110 years, 315 days | South Australia | South Australia |
Rosina Lazzarini | F | 11 Mar 1906 | 4 Dec 2016 | 110 years, 268 days | UK | New South Wales | |
20 | Doreen Washington | F | 24 May 1898 | 4 Feb 2009 | 110 years, 256 days | Queensland | New South Wales |
Helen Stamelos | F | 30 Nov 1906 | 7 Aug 2017 | 110 years, 251 days | GRE | Western Australia | |
21 | Marie Piacentino | F | 25 Nov 1888 | 21 June 1999 | 110 years, 208 days | ITA | New South Wales |
22 | Mary Hurley | F | 4 May 1880 | 16 Nov 1990 | 110 years, 196 days | South Australia | South Australia |
23 | Catherine Lawrence | F | 8 Dec 1902 | 16 June 2013 | 110 years, 190 days | Victoria | New South Wales |
Alfred Date [2] | M | 8 Nov 1905 | 2 May 2016 | 110 years, 176 days | UK | New South Wales | |
Mary Sadler | F | 12 Jan 1908 | 29 June 2018 | 110 years, 168 days | Victoria | Victoria | |
Mary Rothstein | F | 6 Mar 1901 | 2 Aug 2011 | 110 years, 149 days | RUS | Victoria | |
Catherine Wilson | F | 30 Mar 1904 | 22 Aug 2014 | 110 years, 145 days | New South Wales | New South Wales | |
Evelyn Vigor | F | 9 Jan 1906 | 26 Apr 2016 | 110 years, 108 days | Queensland | Queensland | |
Jean McCarthy | F | 4 May 1908 | 12 Aug 2018 | 110 years, 100 days | Victoria | Victoria | |
Flo Fuss | F | 5 Jan 1889 | 7 Apr 1999 | 110 years, 92 days | South Australia | South Australia | |
24 | John Campbell Ross | M | 11 Mar 1899 | 3 June 2009 | 110 years, 84 days | Victoria | Victoria |
25 | Blanche Coward | F | 17 Dec 1901 | 27 Feb 2012 | 110 years, 72 days | UK | New South Wales |
26 | Claude Choules | M | 3 Mar 1901 | 5 May 2011 | 110 years, 63 days | UK | Western Australia |
Phyllis Lee | F | 3 Nov 1907 | 20 Dec 2017 | 110 years, 47 days | UK | Queensland | |
27 | Ada Sharp | F | 6 Apr 1861 | 15 May 1971 | 110 years, 39 days | Victoria | Western Australia |
Avis Sheedy | F | 25 May 1908 | 25 June 2018 | 110 years, 31 days | New South Wales | New South Wales | |
Ellen Kay | F | 31 May 1896 | 29 June 2006 | 110 years, 29 days | South Australia | South Australia | |
Lavalette Lamb | F | 29 May 1883 | 25 June 1993 | 110 years, 27 days | New South Wales | New South Wales | |
Annie Violet Feil | F | 17 July 1904 | 3 Aug 2014 | 110 years, 17 days | NZL | Victoria | |
Wilhelmina Overall [3][4] | F | 6 Oct 1908 | 21 Oct 2018 | 110 years, 15 days | New South Wales | New South Wales |
List of Australian emigrant supercentenarians
Unvalidated
State/country of | |||||||
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Rank | Name | Sex | Birth | Death | Age | birth | death |
Emily Currey | F | 16 July 1880 | 24 Aug 1990 | 110 years, 39 days | Victoria | CAN |
Other Cases
Name | Sex | Birth | Death | Age | State/country of | |
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birth | death | |||||
Richie Richardson [5] | M | c.31 Jan 1907? | 14 Feb 2017 | 110 years, c.14 days? | Queensland | Queensland |
Chronological list of the oldest living person in Australia since 1981
Validated / Under 110 Living Unvalidated
From | To | Name | Sex | Age when oldest |
Lifespan | State of death |
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? | 3 May 1981 |
Jane Piercy | F | ? – 111 | 2 Sept 1869 – 3 May 1981 111 years, 243 days |
New South Wales |
3 May 1981 | 10 May 1982 (1 yr, 7 days) |
Mary Nixon | F | 110 – 111 | 17 Mar 1871 – 10 Mar 1982 111 years, 54 days |
South Australia |
10 May 1982 | 6 Nov 1987 (5 yrs, 180 days) |
Caroline Mockridge | F | 107 – 112 | 11 Dec 1874 – 6 Nov 1987 112 years, 330 days |
Victoria |
6 Nov 1987 | 16 Nov 1990 (3 yrs, 10 days) |
Mary Hurley | F | 107 – 110 | 4 May 1880 – 16 Nov 1990 110 years, 196 days |
South Australia |
16 Nov 1990 | 30 July 1992 (1 yr, 257 days) |
Beatrice Pollock | F | 109 – 111 | 2 Mar 1881 – 30 July 1992 111 years, 150 days |
New South Wales |
30 July 1992 | 19 Nov 1993 (1 yr, 112 days) |
Kit St. Clair | F | 109 – 110 | 27 Dec 1882 – 19 Nov 1993 110 years, 327 days |
New South Wales |
19 Nov 1993 | 8 Dec 1995 (2 yrs, 19 days) |
Ada Cleggett | F | 108 – 110 | 27 Jan 1885 – 8 Dec 1995 110 years, 315 days |
South Australia |
8 Dec 1995 | 24 June 1996 (199 days) |
Ada Stockdale | F | 110 – 111 | 14 Feb 1885 – 24 June 1996 111 years, 131 days |
Queensland |
24 June 1996 | 22 May 2002 (5 yrs, 332 days) |
Christina Cock | F | 108 – 114 | 25 Dec 1887 – 22 May 2002 114 years, 148 days |
Victoria |
22 May 2002 | 6 Aug 2002 (76 days) |
Jessie Hurley | F | 111 – 112 | 15 June 1890 – 6 Aug 2002 112 years, 52 days |
New South Wales |
6 Aug 2002 | 1 July 2004 (1 yr, 330 days) |
Alice Lindsay | F | 109 – 111 | 31 Mar 1893 – 1 July 2004 111 years, 92 days |
Victoria |
1 July 2004 | 20 Sept 2007 (3 yrs, 81 days) |
Myra Nicholson | F | 109 – 112 | 14 Dec 1894 – 20 Sept 2007 112 years, 280 days |
Victoria |
20 Sept 2007 | 15 May 2009 (1 yr, 237 days) |
E. Beatrice Riley | F | 110 – 112 | 13 Oct 1896 – 15 May 2009 112 years, 214 days |
Victoria |
15 May 2009 | 3 June 2009 (19 days) |
John Campbell Ross | M | 110 | 11 Mar 1899 – 3 June 2009 110 years, 84 days |
Victoria |
3 June 2009 | 29 Sept 2011 (2 yrs, 118 days) |
Miriam Schmierer | F | 109 – 112 | 20 Aug 1899 – 29 Sept 2011 112 years, 40 days |
Queensland |
29 Sept 2011 | 15 Aug 2012 (321 days) |
Eva McConnell | F | 110 – 111 | 5 May 1901 – 15 Aug 2012 111 years, 102 days |
New South Wales |
15 Aug 2012 | 7 June 2014 (1 yr, 296 days) |
Jane Gray | F | 110 – 112 | 1 Dec 1901 – 7 June 2014 112 years, 188 days |
New South Wales |
7 June 2014 | 8 Oct 2014 (123 days) |
Vi Robbins | F | 112 | 28 Feb 1902 – 8 Oct 2014 112 years, 222 days |
New South Wales |
8 Oct 2014 | 20 Dec 2015 (1 yr, 73 days) |
Ethel Farrell | F | 111 – 113 | 27 Nov 1902 – 20 Dec 2015 113 years, 23 days |
Victoria |
20 Dec 2015 | 2 Jan 2017 (1 yr, 13 days) |
Mary Whitehurst | F | 110 – 111 | 20 Oct 1905 – 2 Jan 2017 111 years, 74 days |
Victoria |
2 Jan 2017 | 1 Sept 2017 (242 days) |
Marjorie Cooke | F | 110 – 111 | 5 Jan 1906 – 1 Sept 2017 111 years, 239 days |
Victoria |
1 Sept 2017 | 20 Sept 2018 (1 yr, 19 days) |
Margaret Vivian | F | 111 – 112 | 25 Feb 1906 – 20 Sept 2018 112 years, 207 days |
Western Australia |
20 Sept 2018 | 21 Oct 2018 (31 days) |
Wilhelmina Overall | F | 109 – 110 | 6 Oct 1908 – 21 Oct 2018 110 years, 15 days |
New South Wales |
21 Oct 2018 | Present 5 years, 180 days |
Agnes Kluckhenn | F | 109* | Born 1 Apr 1909 115 years, 18 days |
Living in Victoria |
Chronological list of the oldest living man in Australia since 1996
Validated / Under 110 Living Unvalidated
From | To | Name | Age when oldest |
Lifespan | State of death |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
? | 23 July 1996 |
James Wright | ? – 107 | 27 Mar 1889 – 23 July 1996 107 years, 118 days |
Western Australia |
23 July 1996 | 25 May 2002 (5 yrs, 306 days) |
Jack Lockett | 105 – 111 | 22 Jan 1891 – 25 May 2002 111 years, 123 days |
Victoria |
25 May 2002 | 22 Feb 2005 (2 yrs, 273 days) |
Sydney Bond | 106 – 108 | 15 May 1896 – 22 Feb 2005 108 years, 283 days |
Queensland |
22 Feb 2005 | 12 June 2007 (2 yrs, 110 days) |
Frank Scarrabelotti | 107 – 109 | 4 Aug 1897 – 12 June 2007 109 years, 312 days |
New South Wales |
12 June 2007 | 3 June 2009 (1 yr, 356 days) |
John Campbell Ross | 108 – 110 | 11 Mar 1899 – 3 June 2009 110 years, 84 days |
Victoria |
3 June 2009 | 5 May 2011 (1 yr, 336 days) |
Claude Choules | 108 – 110 | 3 Mar 1901 – 5 May 2011 110 years, 63 days |
Western Australia |
5 May 2011 | 9 June 2011 (35 days) |
James Hope | 107 | 9 Oct 1903 – 9 June 2011 107 years, 243 days |
New South Wales |
9 June 2011 | 2 July 2014 (3 yrs, 23 days) |
Fred Lunghusen | 105 – 108 | 5 July 1905 – 2 July 2014 108 years, 362 days |
Victoria |
2 July 2014 | 2 May 2016 (1 yr, 305 days) |
Alfred Date | 108 – 110 | 8 Nov 1905 – 2 May 2016 110 years, 176 days |
New South Wales |
2 May 2016 | 30 Apr 2017 (363 days) |
Alfred Powell | 107 – 108 | 16 Sept 1908 – 30 Apr 2017 108 years, 226 days |
New South Wales |
30 Apr 2017 | Present 6 years, 354 days |
Dexter Kruger | 107 – 108* | Born 13 Jan 1910 114 years, 96 days |
Living in Queensland |
See also
References
- GRG World Supercentenarian Rankings List Gerontology Research Group
- GRG Pending Cases List 15 January 2015
- Table A - Verified Supercentenarians (Listed Chronologically By Birth Date) GRG, As of 1 January 2015
- ↑ Australia’s oldest person, Mary Whitehurst, dies aged 111 Herald Sun, 27 January 2017
- ↑ How do you live to be over 100? Alf Date knows how Daily Telegraph. 10 November 2015
• 110-year-old Alf Date dies peacefully at his Umina Beach nursing home Daily Telegraph. 3 May 2016 - ↑ Wilhelmina celebrates her 110th birthday in style Bupa Aged Care, 18 October 2018
- ↑ Overall, Wilhelmina Elizabeth Obituary McGuinness Funerals
- ↑ RICHARDSON, Richie Townsville Bulletin Tributes