Governors of Queensland

List of Governors of Queensland

See Governors of the Australian states for a description and history of the office of Governor.

Sir George Bowen, 1859-1868

Colonel Sir Samuel Blackall, 1868-1871

William Cairns 1875-1877

Sir Arthur Kennedy, 1877-1883

Sir Anthony Musgrave, 1883-1889

General Sir Henry Norman, 1889-1895

Charles Baillie, 2nd Baron Lamington, 1896-1901

Major-General Sir Herbert Chermside, 1902-1904

Sir William Macgregor, 1909-1914

Major Sir Hamilton Goold-Adams, 1915-1920

Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Matthew Nathan, 1920-1925

Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Goodwin, 1927-1932

Colonel Sir Leslie Wilson, 1932-1937, 1937-1946

Lieutenant-General Sir John Laverack, 1946-1957

Sir Alan Mansfield, 1966-1972

Air Marshall Sir Colin Hannah, 1972-1977

Commodore Sir James Ramsay, 1977-1985

Sir Walter Campbell 1985-1992

Leneen Forde, 1992-1997

Major-General Peter Arnison, 1997-2003