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\n*Captain George Grey, 1841-1845\n*Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Robe, 1845-1848\n*Sir Richard MacDonnell, 1855-1862\n*Sir Dominick Daly, 1862-1868\n*Sir James Fergusson, 1869-1873\n*Sir Anthony Musgrave, 1873-1877\n*Sir William Jervois, 1877-1883\n*Sir William Robinson, 1883-1889\n*Algernon Keith-Falconer, 9th Earl of Kintore, 1889-1895\n*Sir Thomas Buxton, 1895-1899\n*Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson, 1899-1902\n*Sir George Le Hunte, 1903-1909\n*Admiral Sir Day Bosanquet, 1909-1914\n*Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Henry Galway, 1914-1920\n*Lieutenant-Colonel Sir William Weigall, 1920-1922\n*Lieutenant-General Sir George Bridges, 1922-1927\n*Brigadier-General Sir Alexander Hore-Ruthven, 1928-1934\n*Major-General Sir Winston Dugan, 1934-1939\n*Sir Charles Barclay-Harvey, 1939-1944\n*Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Norrie, 1944-1952\n*Air Vice Marshall Sir Robert George, 1953-1960\n*Lieutenant-General Sir Edric Bastyan, 1961-1968\n*Major-General Sir James Harrison, 1968-1971\n*Sir Marcus Oliphant, 1971-1976\n*Sir Douglas Nicholls, 1976-1977\n*Sir Keith Seaman, 1977-1982\n*Lieutenant-General Sir Donald Dunstan, 1982-1991\n*Dame Roma Mitchell, 1991-1996\n*Sir Eric Neal, 1996-2001\n*Marjorie Jackson-Nelson from 2001