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Encyclopedia > Governor of New South Wales

List of Governors of New South Wales

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

  1. Captain Arthur Phillip, 1788-1792
  2. Captain John Hunter, 1795-1800
  3. Captain Philip King, 1800-1806
  4. Captain William Bligh, 1806-1808
  5. Colonel William Paterson (acting), 1809
  6. Major-General Lachlan Macquarie, 1810-1821
  7. Major-General Sir Thomas Brisbane, 1821-1825
  8. Lieutenant-General Ralph Darling, 1825-1831
  9. Major-General Sir Richard Bourke, 1831-1837
  10. Sir George Gipps, 1838-1846
  11. Sir Charles FitzRoy, 1846-1855
  12. Sir William Denison, 1855-1861
  13. John Young, 1st Baron Lisgar, 1861-1867
  14. Somerset Lowry-Corry, 4th Earl Belmore, 1868-1872
  15. Sir Hercules Robinson, 1872-1879
  16. Lord Augustus Loftus, 1879-1885
  17. Charles Wynn-Carington, 3rd Baron Carrington, 1885-1890
  18. Victor Albert George Child-Villiers, 7th Earl of Jersey, 1891-1893
  19. Sir Robert Duff, 1893-1895
  20. Henry Robert Brand, 2nd Viscount Hampden, 1895-1899
  21. William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp, 1899-1901
  22. Admiral Sir Harry Rawson, 1902-1909
  23. Frederic John Napier Thesiger, 3rd Baron Chelmsford, 1909-1913
  24. Sir Gerald Strickland, 1913-1917
  25. Sir Walter Davidson, 1918-1923
  26. Admiral Sir Dudley de Chair, 1924-1930
  27. Air Vice-Marshal Sir Philip Game, 1930-1935
  28. Brigadier-General Sir Alexander Hore-Ruthven, 1935-1936
  29. Admiral Sir David Anderson, 1936
  30. John de Vere Loder, 2nd Baron Wakehurst, 1937-1946
  31. General Sir John Northcott, 1946-1957
  32. Lieutenant-General Sir Eric Woodward, 1957-1965
  33. Sir Roden Cutler, 1966-1981
  34. Air Marshal Sir James Rowland, 1981-1989
  35. Sir David Martin, 1989-1990
  36. Rear Admiral Peter Sinclair, 1990-1996
  37. Gordon Samuels, 1996-2001
  38. Prof. Marie Bashir, 2001-present

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Governor of New South Wales (3170 words)
Born, of Lebanese descent, in Narrandera in the Riverina district of New South Wales, and educated at Narrandera Public School and Sydney Girls High School, Marie Bashir gained her bachelor degrees in medicine and surgery in 1956 from the University of Sydney.
When Governor William Bligh (1806-1810) challenged the near-monopoly of trade and land grants being exercised by army officers of the New South Wales Corps and their associates amongst the leading landowners, he was arrested by the army in 1808.
The New South Wales Act was primarily to regulate the system of courts and the judiciary in New South Wales, but there were provisions in the Act for the establishment of a Legislative Council of between 5 and 7 men to advise the Governor.
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