Governors of South Australia

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

List of Governors of South Australia

Governor	From	To
Captain John Hindmarsh, KH, RN	28 December 1836	16 July 1838
Lieutenant Colonel George Gawler, KH	17 October 1838	15 May 1841
George Grey, Esq	15 May 1841	25 October 1845
Lieutenant Colonel Frederick Holt Robe	25 October 1845	2 August 1848
Sir Henry Fox Young	2 August 1848	20 December 1854
Sir Richard G. MacDonnell, CB	8 June 1855	4 March 1862
Sir Dominick Daly	4 March 1862	19 February 1868
Right Honourable Sir James Fergusson, Bt	16 February 1869	18 April 1873
Sir Anthony Musgrave, KCMG	9 June 1873	29 January 1877
Lieutenant General Sir William F.D. Jervois, GCMG, CB	2 October 1877	9 January 1883
Sir William C.F. Robinson, GCMG	19 February 1883	5 March 1889
Right Honourable the Earl of Kintore, PC, GCMG	11 April 1889	10 April 1895
Sir Thomas F. Buxton, Bt, GCMG	29 October 1895	29 March 1899
Right Honourable Hallam, Lord Tennyson, KCMG	10 April 1899	17 July 1902
Sir George R. Le Hunte, KCMG	1 July 1903	18 February 1909
Admiral Sir Day Hort Bosanquet, GCVO, KCB	18 February 1909	22 March 1914
Lieutenant Colonel Sir Henry L. Galway, KCMG, DSO	18 April 1914	30 April 1920
Lieutenant Colonel Sir W.E.G. Archibald Weigall KCMG	9 June 1920	30 May 1922
Lieutenant Colonel Sir G. Tom M. Bridges KCB, KCMG, DSO	4 December 1922	4 December 1927
Brigadier General The Honourable Sir Alexander G.A. Hore-Ruthven VC, KCMG, CB, DSO	14 May 1928	26 April 1934
Major General Sir Winston Dugan, KCMG, CB, DSO	28 July 1934	23 February 1939
Sir C. Malcolm Barclay-Harvey, KCMG	12 August 1939	26 April 1944
Lieutenant General Sir C. Willoughby Norrie, KCMG, CB, DSO, MC	19 December 1944	19 June 1952
Air Vice Marshal Sir Robert George, KCMG, KCVO, KBE, CB, MC	23 February 1953	7 March 1960
Lieutenant General Sir Edric M. Bastyan, KCMG, KCVO, KBE, CB	4 April 1961	1 June 1968
Major General Sir James W. Harrison, KCMG, CB, CBE	4 December 1968	16 September 1971
Sir Mark Oliphant, AC, KBE	1 December 1971	30 November 1976
Sir Douglas R. Nicholls, KCVO, OBE	1 December 1976	30 April 1977
Sir Keith Seaman, KCVO, OBE	1 September 1977	28 March 1982
Lieutenant General Sir Donald B. Dunstan, AC, KBE, CB	23 April 1982	5 February 1991
The Honourable Dame Roma Mitchell, AC, DBE, CVO	6 February 1991	21 July 1996
Sir Eric J. Neal, AC, CVO	22 July 1996	3 November 2001
Mrs. Marjorie Jackson-Nelson, AC, CVO, MBE	3 November 2001	present