The Governor is the Queens representative in New South Wales. Prior to the introduction of "responsible government" in 1856, the Governor was responsible for the day-to-day running of the then colony, in later years advised by a "legislative council". After that, the Governor became mainly a ceremonial figure, responsible for appointing the Premier.
Governors of New South Wales
- [Marie Bashir]?, 2001-
- [Gordon Samuels]?, 1996-2001
- [Peter Sinclair]?, 1990-1996
- [David Martin]?, 1989-1990
- [James Rowland]?, 1981-1989
- [Arthur Roden Cutler]?, 1966-1981
- [Eric Woodward]?, 1957-1965
- [John Northcott]?, 1946-1957
- [Baron Wakehurst]?, 1937-1946
- [Murray Anderson]?, 1936-1936
- [Alexander Hore-Ruthven]?, 1935-1936
- [Philip Game]?, 1930-1935
- [Dudley de Chair]?, 1924-1930
- [Walter Davidson]?, 1918-1923
- [Gerald Strickland]?, 1913-1917
- [Frederick Napier]?, 1909-1913
- [Harry Rawson]?, 1902-1909
- [William Earl Beauchamp]?, 1899-1901
- [Henry Robert]?, 1895-1899
- [Robert Duff]?, 1893-1895
- [Victor George]?, 1891-1893
- [Charles Robert]?, 1885-1890
- [Augustus Loftus]?, 1879-1885
- [Hercules Robinson]?, 1872-1879
- [Somerset Richard]?, 1868-1872
- John Young, 1861-1867
- [William Denison]?, 1855-1861
- [Charles FitzRoy]?, 1846-1855
- [George Gipps]?, 1838-1846
- [Richard Bourke]?, 1831-1837
- [Ralph Darling]?, 1825-1831
- [Thomas Brisbane]?, 1821-1825
- [Lachlan Macquarie]?, 1810-1821
- William Bligh, 1806-1808
- [Philip King]?, 1800-1806
- [John Hunter]?, 1795-1800
- Arthur Phillip, 1788-1792