Changes: List of Australian supercentenarians

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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 Agnes Kluckhenn on 24 November 2019, the oldest known person in Australia is Mabel Crosby (born 7 September 1909).

Living Australian supercentenarians

Unvalidated

Rank	Name	Sex	Birth	Age as of 19 Apr 2024	State/country of
Rank	Name	Sex	Birth	Age as of 19 Apr 2024	birth	residence
	Mabel Crosby	F	7 Sept 1909	114 years, 224 days	UK	Queensland
	Dexter Kruger	M	13 Jan 1910	114 years, 96 days	Queensland	Queensland
	Anonymous ^[1]	F	9 July 1910	113 years, 284 days	?	Western Australia
	Ivy Tate ^[2]	F	19 Aug 1910	113 years, 243 days	UK	Western Australia

Main article: List of oldest living people in Australia

Living Australian emigrant supercentenarians

				Age as of 19 Apr 2024	State/country of
Rank	Name	Sex	Birth date	Age as of 19 Apr 2024	birth	residence
	Beverly Jamison	F	7 Apr 1910	114 years, 12 days	?	UK

Australian supercentenarians

Deceased (Validated) Living (Validated) Validated (Disputed) Pending Unvalidated

						State/country of
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	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
	Mabel Crosby	F	7 Sept 1909	Living	114 years, 224 days	UK	Queensland
	Kit St. Clair	F	27 Dec 1882	19 Nov 1993	110 years, 327 days	Victoria	New South Wales
19	Ada Cleggett	F	27 Jan 1885	8 Dec 1995	110 years, 315 days	South Australia	South Australia
	Ethel Stewart	F	23 Sept 1893	26 June 2004	110 years, 277 days	UK	Victoria
	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
	Agnes Kluckhenn	F	1 Apr 1909	24 Nov 2019	110 years, 237 days	UK	Victoria
	Dexter Kruger	M	13 Jan 1910	Living	114 years, 96 days	Queensland	Queensland
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	New South Wales	New South Wales
23	Catherine Lawrence	F	8 Dec 1902	16 June 2013	110 years, 190 days	Victoria	New South Wales
	Alfred Date	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
	Sarah Davey	F	29 Apr 1894	3 July 2004	110 years, 65 days	UK	New South Wales
26	Claude Choules	M	3 Mar 1901	5 May 2011	110 years, 63 days	UK	Western Australia
	Ada Whitfield	F	8 Jan 1881	2 Mar 1991	110 years, 53 days	UK	New South Wales
	Anonymous	F	9 July 1910	Living	113 years, 284 days	?	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
	Gertie Nesbitt	F	3 July 1882	5 Aug 1992	110 years, 35 days	UK	Victoria
	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	Queensland	New South Wales
	Eliza Hutchinson	F	7 July 1880	30 July 1990	110 years, 23 days	UK	Queensland
	Annie Violet Feil	F	17 July 1904	3 Aug 2014	110 years, 17 days	NZL	Victoria
	Wilhelmina Overall	F	6 Oct 1908	21 Oct 2018	110 years, 15 days	New South Wales	New South Wales
	Ivy Tate	F	19 Aug 1910	Living	113 years, 243 days	UK	Western Australia

Australian emigrant supercentenarians

Unvalidated

						State/country of
Rank	Name	Sex	Birth	Death	Age	birth	death
	Beverly Jamison	F	7 Apr 1910	Living	114 years, 12 days	?	UK
	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
Name	Sex	Birth	Death	Age	birth	death
Hiek Neang ^[3]	F	9 Feb 1909?	30 July 2020	111 years, 172 days?	CAM	Victoria
Harry Moore ^[4]	M	26 Feb 1816?	5 May 1926	110 years, 68 days?	JAM	Victoria
Van Hoa Lam ^[5]	F	15 Aug 1910?	Living	113 years, 247 days?	CHN	New South Wales
Richie Richardson ^[6]	M	c.31 Jan 1907?	14 Feb 2017	110 years, c.14 days?	Queensland	Queensland
Charlie Dennison ^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]	M	c.1845	1955	110 years?	New South Wales	New South Wales
Katerini Kilikidou	F	1902/03?	3 June 2013	110 years?	GRE	Victoria

Oldest known person ever by state/territory of birth

Validated Living Unvalidated Disputed Under 110

County	Name	Sex	Birth	Death	Age
Australian Capital Territory		F
Australian Capital Territory		M
New South Wales	Molly Yeomans	F	1 July 1888	30 May 2001	112 years, 333 days
New South Wales	Frank Scarrabelotti	M	4 Aug 1897	12 June 2007	109 years, 312 days
Northern Territory		F
Northern Territory		M
Queensland	Miriam Schmierer	F	20 Aug 1899	29 Sept 2011	112 years, 40 days
Queensland	Dexter Kruger	M	13 Jan 1910	Living	114 years, 96 days
South Australia	Beatrice Mears	F	4 Mar 1888	3 Dec 2001	113 years, 274 days
South Australia	William Kerr	M	3 Feb 1912	Living	112 years, 75 days
Tasmania	Chloe Duncan	F	27 May 1911	Living	112 years, 327 days
Tasmania	Roy Reeves	M	20 Dec 1909	19 Feb 2017	107 years, 61 days
Victoria	Christina Cock	F	25 Dec 1887	22 May 2002	114 years, 148 days
Victoria	Jack Lockett	M	22 Jan 1891	25 May 2002	111 years, 123 days
Western Australia	Thelma McLeod	F	13 Feb 1907	19 July 2018	111 years, 156 days
Western Australia	William Stewart	M	3 Feb 1910	28 Jan 2020	109 years, 359 days

Oldest known person ever by state/territory of death

Validated Living Unvalidated Disputed Under 110

County	Name	Sex	Birth	Death	Age
Australian Capital Territory	Gwen Smith (b. New South Wales)	F	10 Sept 1907	13 Jan 2016	108 years, 125 days
Australian Capital Territory	Maurice Brook	M	14 Apr 1910	2 Dec 2017	107 years, 232 days
New South Wales	Molly Yeomans	F	1 July 1888	30 May 2001	112 years, 333 days
New South Wales	Alfred Date (b. UK )	M	8 Nov 1905	2 May 2016	110 years, 176 days
Northern Territory	Alex Gory (b.RUS)	M	18 May 1882	15 Feb 1989	106 years, 279 days
Northern Territory	Gladys Morris	F	17 Dec 1914	3 Dec 2018	103 years, 351 days
Queensland	Miriam Schmierer	F	20 Aug 1899	29 Sept 2011	112 years, 40 days
Queensland	Dexter Kruger	M	13 Jan 1910	Living	114 years, 96 days
South Australia	Beatrice Mears	F	4 Mar 1888	3 Dec 2001	113 years, 274 days
South Australia	William Kerr	M	3 Feb 1912	Living	112 years, 75 days
Tasmania	Mary Crowe (b. UK )	F	30 Jan 1836	31 July 1945	109 years, 182 days
Tasmania	Ron Brelsford (b. UK )	M	13 July 1913	Living	110 years, 280 days
Victoria	Christina Cock	F	25 Dec 1887	22 May 2002	114 years, 148 days
Victoria	Jack Lockett	M	22 Jan 1891	25 May 2002	111 years, 123 days
Western Australia	Margaret Vivian (b. UK )	F	25 Feb 1906	20 Sept 2018	112 years, 207 days
Western Australia	Claude Choules (b. UK )	M	3 Mar 1901	5 May 2011	110 years, 63 days

Chronological list of the oldest living person in Australia since 1971

Validated / Under 110 Living Validated (Disputed) Unvalidated

From	To	Name	Sex	Age when oldest	Lifespan	State of death
?	15 May 1971	Ada Sharp	F	? – 110	6 Apr 1861 – 15 May 1971 110 years, 39 days	Western Australia
15 May 1971	5 May 1972 (356 days)	Honora Corrigan	F	107	7 May 1864 – 5 May 1972 107 years, 364 days	New South Wales
5 May 1972	16 Mar 1973 (315 days)	Mary Keefer	F	107	10 Apr 1865 – 16 Mar 1973 107 years, 340 days	Queensland
16 Mar 1973	4 Jan 1974 (294 days)	Josephine Gasse	F	107 – 108	15 Oct 1865 – 4 Jan 1974 108 years, 81 days	New South Wales
4 Jan 1974	4 June 1974 (151 days)	Elizabeth Swatton	F	106	13 June 1867 – 4 June 1974 106 years, 356 days	Victoria
4 June 1974	4 July 1974 (30 days)	Samuel Rowe	M	106	8 Oct 1867 – 4 July 1974 106 years, 269 days	Western Australia
4 July 1974	2 July 1976 (1 yr, 364 days)	Sarah Potter	F	106 – 108	4 Nov 1867 – 2 July 1976 108 years, 241 days	Victoria
2 July 1976	3 May 1981 (4 yrs, 305 days)	Jane Piercy	F	106 – 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	4 Apr 1989 (1 yr, 149 days)	Agnes Dodds	F	108 – 109	19 Oct 1879 – 4 Apr 1989 109 years, 167 days	New South Wales
4 Apr 1989	16 Nov 1990 (1 yr, 226 days)	Mary Hurley	F	108 – 110	4 May 1880 – 16 Nov 1990 110 years, 196 days	New South Wales
16 Nov 1990	2 Mar 1991 (106 days)	Ada Whitfield	F	109 - 110	8 Jan 1881 – 2 Mar 1991 110 years, 53 days	New South Wales
2 Mar 1991	30 July 1992 (1 yr, 150 days)	Beatrice Pollock	F	110 – 111	2 Mar 1881 – 30 July 1992 111 years, 150 days	New South Wales
30 July 1992	5 Aug 1992 (6 days)	Gertie Nesbitt	F	110	3 July 1882 – 5 Aug 1992 110 years, 33 days	Victoria
5 Aug 1992	19 Nov 1993 (1 yr, 106 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	11 Dec 1996 (170 days)	Mary MacPherson	F	109	4 Feb 1887 – 11 Dec 1996 109 years, 311 days	New South Wales
11 Dec 1996	22 May 2002 (5 yrs, 162 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	3 July 2004 (2 days)	Sarah Davey	F	110	29 Apr 1894 – 3 July 2004 110 years, 65 days	New South Wales
3 July 2004	20 Sept 2007 (3 yrs, 79 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	24 Nov 2019 (1 yr, 34 days)	Agnes Kluckhenn	F	109 - 110	1 Apr 1909 - 24 Nov 2019 110 years, 237 days	Victoria
24 Nov 2019	Present 4 years, 146 days	Mabel Crosby	F	110*	Born 7 Sept 1909 114 years, 224 days	Living in Queensland

Chronological list of the oldest living man in Australia since 1986

Validated / Under 110 Living Unvalidated

From	To	Name	Age when oldest	Lifespan	State of death
?	28 Aug 1986	Robert Hewson	? – 107	24 Aug 1879 – 28 Aug 1986 107 years, 4 days	Western Australia
28 Aug 1986	10 July 1988 (1 yr, 317 days)	Gordon Williams	106 – 108	28 May 1880 – 10 July 1988 108 years, 43 days	Queensland
10 July 1988	27 July 1988 (17 days)	Frederick McGill	108	1 June 1880 – 27 July 1988 108 years, 56 days	Victoria
27 July 1988	5 Apr 1992 (3 yrs, 253 days)	Robert McMieken	105 – 108	24 May 1883 – 5 Apr 1992 108 years, 317 days	Queensland
5 Apr 1992	18 May 1994 (2 yrs, 43 days)	Kosta Malco	105 – 107	25 Mar 1887 – 18 May 1994 107 years, 54 days	Western Australia
18 May 1994	23 July 1996 (2 yrs, 66 days)	James Wright	105 – 107	27 Mar 1889 – 23 July 1996 107 years, 118 days	Western Australia
23 July 1996	27 Mar 1997 (247 days)	Robert Jordan	106 – 107	7 Feb 1890 – 27 Mar 1997 107 years, 48 days	Western Australia
27 Mar 1997	25 May 2002 (5 yrs, 69 days)	Jack Lockett	106 – 111	22 Jan 1891 – 25 May 2002 111 years, 123 days	Victoria
25 May 2002	6 Sept 2004 (2 yrs, 104 days)	William Caddy	106 – 109	21 July 1895 – 6 Sept 2004 109 years, 47 days	Victoria
6 Sept 2004	22 Feb 2005 (169 days)	Sydney Bond	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	17 Oct 2017 (170 days)	Hilton Nunn	107 – 108	7 June 1909 – 17 Oct 2017 108 years, 132 days	Western Australia
17 Oct 2017	Present 6 years, 184 days	Dexter Kruger	107 – 110*	Born 13 Jan 1910 114 years, 96 days	Living in Queensland

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

↑ As we celebrate our 3rd birthday our gorgeous patient Ma celebrates her 110th Facebook Post, 9 July 2020
↑ Congratulations, Ivy, on 110 happy years PressReader, 22 August 2020
↑ Hiek Neang Southern Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust (SMCT)
↑ Muster Victorian Navy
↑ Richmond resident turns 110 and shares secret to a long life NRCH, 11 September 2020
↑ RICHARDSON, Richie Townsville Bulletin Tributes
↑ Relative's post Facebook
↑ 1954 Report
↑ Death Mention
↑ Death Mention II

[1] As we celebrate our 3rd birthday our gorgeous patient Ma celebrates her 110th Facebook Post, 9 July 2020

[2] Congratulations, Ivy, on 110 happy years PressReader, 22 August 2020

[3] Hiek Neang Southern Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust (SMCT)

[4] Muster Victorian Navy

[5] Richmond resident turns 110 and shares secret to a long life NRCH, 11 September 2020

[6] RICHARDSON, Richie Townsville Bulletin Tributes

[7] Relative's post Facebook

[8] 1954 Report

[9] Death Mention

[10] Death Mention II

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