Governors of New South Wales

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

• Captain Arthur Phillip, 1788-1792
• Captain John Hunter, 1795-1800
• Captain Philip King, 1800-1806
• Captain William Bligh, 1806-1808
• Major-General Lachlan Macquarie, 1810-1821
• Major-General Sir Thomas Brisbane, 1821-1825
• Lieutenant-General Ralph Darling, 1825-1831
• Major-General Sir Richard Bourke, 1831-1837
• Sir George Gipps, 1838-1846
• Sir Charles FitzRoy, 1846-1855
• Sir William Denison, 1855-1861
• Sir John Young, 1861-1867
• Somerset Lowry-Corry, 4th Earl Belmore, 1868-1872
• Sir Hercules Robinson, 1872-1879
• Lord Augustus Loftus, 1879-1885
• Charles Wynn-Carington, 3rd Baron Carrington, 1885-1890
• Victor Albert George Child-Villiers, 7th Earl of Jersey, 1891-1893
• Sir Robert Duff, 1893-1895
• Henry Robert Brand, 2nd Viscount Hampden, 1895-1899
• William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp, 1899-1901
• Admiral Sir Harry Rawson, 1902-1909
• Frederick Augustus Thesiger, 2nd Baron Chelmsford, 1909-1913
• Sir Gerald Strickland, 1913-1917
• Sir Walter Davidson, 1918-1923
• Admiral Sir Dudley de Chair, 1924-1930
• Air Vice-Marshall Sir Philip Game, 1930-1935
• Brigadier-General Sir Alexander Hore-Ruthven, 1935-1936
• Admiral Sir David Anderson, 1936
• John de Vere Loder, 2nd Baron Wakehurst, 1937-1946
• General Sir John Northcott, 1946-1957
• Lieutenant-General Sir Eric Woodward, 1957-1965
• Sir Roden Cutler, 1966-1981
• Admiral Sir James Rowland, 1981-1989
• Sir David Martin, 1989-1990
• Sir Peter Sinclair, 1990-1996
• Gordon Samuels, 1996-2001
• Marie Bashir, 2001-