The 28-year-old last skippered the Scottish team in the World Cup against USA last year.

Scotland head coach Matt Williams has also drafted in four uncapped players for the four-match series, which includes two games against the Wallabies.

Glasgow pair, scrum-half Sam Pinder and flanker John Barclay are also included in the 37-man squad.

The Borders uncapped forwards Ross Ford and Scott MacLeod also feature in the squad for the series of four games.

Bulloch is now relishing the opportunity of captaining the national team again.

He said: Weve all been working really hard both at national squad sessions and with our clubs.

To be selected is honour enough but to be made captain is really special.

Captaincy gives you new challenges to rise to. We always work as a team  everybody is responsible  but being captain and having that added responsibility is a challenge that Im especially looking forward to.

Last time I captained Scotland was against the USA during the World Cup and it offered a totally different set of challenges  the weather to name only one.

It was tough going in the heat of the Aussie summer, but you know, its swings and roundabouts in world rugby.

Australia have now got to deal with November in Scotland and temperatures that theyll definitely not be used to.

Bulloch is particularly looking forward to the second game against Australia on November 20 at Hampden Park in his hometown of Glasgow.

He said: "The fact that one of our matches will be played in Glasgow adds even more to what will already be a great occasion for me personally as it's my home city.

"The home crowd can always make a huge difference to the atmosphere of a game and I know the Hampden crowd won't let us down.''

Williams believes the time is right for Bulloch to shoulder the responsibility of captaincy again.

He said: "Gordon is an influential and inspirational figure both on and off the pitch. The squad really respond to him.

"I had indicated at the start of last season that I intended to rotate the captaincy and I felt that now was the right time for Gordon to take over the mantle.''

The Scotland squad for the autumn Test series against Australia, South Africa and Japan:

Backs:
M Blair (Edinburgh Rugby), A Craig (Glasgow Rugby), C Cusiter (The Borders), S Danielli (The Borders), M Di Rollo (Edinburgh Rugby), A Henderson (Glasgow Rugby), B Hinshelwood (Worcester), R Kydd (Saracens), S Lamont (Glasgow Rugby), S Moffat (The Borders), G Morrison (Glasgow Rugby), D Parks (Glasgow Rugby), C Paterson (Edinburgh Rugby), S Pinder (Glasgow Rugby), G Ross (Leeds Tykes), H Southwell (Edinburgh Rugby), S Webster (Edinburgh Rugby)

Forwards:
J Barclay (Glasgow Rugby), R Beattie (Gwent Dragons), G Bulloch (Glasgow Rugby) CAPTAIN, B Douglas (The Borders), R Ford (The Borders), S Gray (The Borders), S Grimes (Newcastle Falcons), C Hamilton (Newcastle Falcons), N Hines (Edinburgh Rugby), A Hogg (Edinburgh Rugby), A Jacobsen (Edinburgh Rugby), G Kerr (Leeds Tykes), D Macfadyen (Glasgow Rugby), C Mather (Glasgow Rugby), S MacLeod (The Borders), J Petrie (Glasgow Rugby), R Russell (Saracens), C Smith (Edinburgh Rugby), T Smith (Northampton Saints), J White (Sale Sharks).