Governor of South Australia - List of Governors of South Australia

List of Governors of South Australia

# Image Governor From To
1 Rear Admiral Sir John Hindmarsh KH 28 December 1836 16 July 1838
2 Lieutenant-Colonel George Gawler KH 17 October 1838 15 May 1841
3 Sir George Grey KCB 15 May 1841 25 October 1845
4 Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Holt Robe 25 October 1845 2 August 1848
5 Sir Henry Fox Young KCMG 2 August 1848 20 December 1854
6 Sir Richard Groves MacDonnell KCMG CB 8 June 1855 4 March 1862
7 Sir Dominick Daly 4 March 1862 19 February 1868
8 The Rt Hon. Sir James Fergusson Bt 16 February 1869 18 April 1873
9 Sir Anthony Musgrave KCMG 9 June 1873 29 January 1877
10 Lieutenant-General Sir William Jervois GCMG CB 2 October 1877 9 January 1883
11 Sir William Robinson GCMG 19 February 1883 5 March 1889
12 The Rt Hon. Earl of Kintore GCMG 11 April 1889 10 April 1895
13 Sir Thomas Buxton Bt GCMG 29 October 1895 29 March 1899
14 The Rt Hon. Lord Tennyson GCMG 10 April 1899 17 July 1902
15 Sir George Le Hunte KCMG 1 July 1903 18 February 1909
16 Admiral Sir Day Bosanquet GCVO KCB 18 February 1909 22 March 1914
17 Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Henry Galway KCMG DSO 18 April 1914 30 April 1920
18 Lieutenant-Colonel Sir William Archibald Weigall KCMG 9 June 1920 30 May 1922
19 Lieutenant-General Sir Tom Bridges KCB KCMG DSO 4 December 1922 4 December 1927
20 Brigadier-General the Rt Hon. Earl of Gowrie VC KCMG CB DSO 14 May 1928 26 April 1934
21 Major-General Lord Dugan KCMG CB DSO 28 July 1934 23 February 1939
22 Sir Malcolm Barclay-Harvey KCMG 12 August 1939 26 April 1944
23 Lieutenant-General Sir Willoughby Norrie KCMG CB DSO MC 19 December 1944 19 June 1952
24 Air Vice-Marshal Sir Robert George KCMG KCVO KBE CB MC 23 February 1953 7 March 1960
25 Lieutenant-General Sir Edric Bastyan KCMG KCVO KBE CB 4 April 1961 1 June 1968
26 Major-General Sir James Harrison KCMG CB CBE 4 December 1968 16 September 1971
27 Professor Sir Mark Oliphant AC KBE 1 December 1971 30 November 1976
28 Pastor Sir Douglas Nicholls KCVO OBE 1 December 1976 30 April 1977
29 Reverend Sir Keith Seaman KCVO OBE 1 September 1977 28 March 1982
30 Lieutenant-General Sir Donald Dunstan AC KBE CB 23 April 1982 5 February 1991
31 The Hon. Dame Roma Mitchell AC DBE CVO QC 6 February 1991 21 July 1996
32 Sir Eric Neal AC CVO 22 July 1996 3 November 2001
33 Mrs. Marjorie Jackson-Nelson AC CVO MBE 3 November 2001 31 July 2007
34 Rear Admiral Kevin Scarce AC CSC 8 August 2007 Present

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