Administrator of the Northern Territory
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The political office of the Administrator of the Northern Territory of Australia has been held by the following people.
The present Administrator is Ted Egan AM.
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South Australia (1846 to 1912)
Government Residents of the Northern Territory when annexed to the colony (later state) of South Australia:
Government Resident (1846 to 1912)
- Sir Charles Augustus Fitzroy; 21 February 1846
- Boyle Travers Finniss; 3 March 1864
- William Bloomfield Douglas; 27 April 1870
- George Byng Scott; 6 October 1873
- Edward William Prince; 1 July 1876
- John Langdon Parsons; 19 March 1884
- John George Knight; 16 July 1890
- Charles James Dashwood; 24 February 1892
- Charles Edward Herbert; 1 February 1905
- Samuel James Mitchell; 1 April 1910
Commonwealth of Australia (1912 to present)
Administrators and Government Residents of the Northern Territory after transfer of control to the Commonwealth Government:
Administrator (1912 to 1919)
Director (1919 to 1921)
Administrator (1921 to 1927)
Government Resident (1927 to 1931)
There was a brief experiment splitting government with an additional Government Resident (Centre Australia) in Alice Springs.
- John Charles Cawood (Government Resident for Centre Australia); 1 March 1927
- Robert Hunter Weddell (Government Resident for North Australia); 1 March 1927
- Victor George Carrington (Government Resident for Centre Australia); 11 December 1929
Administrator (1931 to present)
- Robert Hunter Weddell; (12 June 1931 - 1937)
- Charles Lydiard Aubrey Abbott; (29 March 1937 - 1946)
- L. H. A. Giles; (1946, acting)
- Arthur Robert Driver; (1 July 1946 - 1951)
- Frank Joseph Scott Wise; (1 July 1951 - 1956)
- James Clarence Archer; (1 July 1956 - 1961)
- Roger Bede Nott; (1 April 1961 - 1964)
- Roger Levinge Dean; (1 October 1964 - 1970)
- Frederick Charles Chaney; (4 March 1970 - 1973)
- T. A. O'Brien; (1973, acting)
- John Norman Nelson; (10 December 1973 - 1975)
- E. F. Dwyer; (1975 - 1978, acting)
- John Armstrong England; (1 June July 1 1978 - January 1 1981)
- Commodore Eric Eugene Johnston; (January 1 1981 - July 1 1989)
- James Muirhead; (July 1 1989 - 1993)
- Austin Asche; (1 March 1993 - 1997)
- Dr Neil Raymond Conn, AO; (17 February 1997 - 2000)
- John Anictomatis, AM; (28 November 2000 - 30 October 2003)
- Edward (Ted) Joseph Egan, AM; 31 October 2003 - present.
Deputy of the Administrator (1997 to present)
The office of the Deputy of the Administrator was established in 1997.
- Minna Lydia Ruth Sitzler, AM; (17 February 1997 - 30 November 2001)
- Pat Miller; (20 September 2002 - present)
External links
- Government House Darwin site (http://www.nt.gov.au/administrator/) (Administrator's site)
- NT government announcement of Egan's appointment (http://www.nt.gov.au/ocm/media_releases/20031001_tedegan.shtml)
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation report on Egan's appointment (http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s957526.htm)
- Egan's site (http://www.tedegan.com.au/)