Governors of South Australia

List of Governors of South Australia

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

Captain John Hindmarsh, 1836-1838

Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Robe, 1845-1848

Sir Richard MacDonnell, 1855-1862

Sir Dominick Daly, 1862-1868

Sir James Fergusson, 1869-1873

Sir Anthony Musgrave, 1873-1877

Sir William Jervois, 1877-1883

Sir William Robinson, 1883-1889

Algernon Keith-Falconer, 9th Earl of Kintore, 1889-1895

Sir Thomas Buxton, 1895-1899

Sir George Le Hunte, 1903-1909

Admiral Sir Day Bosanquet, 1909-1914

Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Henry Galway, 1914-1920

Lieutenant-Colonel Sir William Weigall, 1920-1922

Lieutenant-General Sir George Bridges, 1922-1927

Brigadier-General Sir Alexander Hore-Ruthven, 1928-1934

Major-General Sir Winston Dugan, 1934-1939

Sir Charles Barclay-Harvey, 1939-1944

Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Norrie, 1944-1952

Air Vice Marshall Sir Robert George, 1953-1960

Lieutenant-General Sir Edric Bastyan, 1961-1968

Major-General Sir James Harrison, 1968-1971

Sir Marcus Oliphant, 1971-1976

Sir Douglas Nicholls, 1976-1977

Sir Keith Seaman, 1977-1982

Lieutenant-General Sir Donald Dunstan, 1982-1991

Dame Roma Mitchell, 1991-1996

Sir Eric Neal, 1996-2001