Governors of South Australia

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Standard of the Governor of South Australia

The Governor of South Australia is the representative in the Australian state of South Australia of Australia's head of state, Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia. The Governor performs the same constitutional and ceremonial functions at the state level as does the Governor-General of Australia at the national level.

In accordance with the conventions of the Westminster system of parliamentary government, the Governor nearly always acts solely on the advice of the head of the elected government, the Premier of South Australia. Nevertheless, the Governor retains the reserve powers of the Crown, and has the right to dismiss the Premier.

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

[edit] List of Governors of South Australia

No,	Governor	From	To
1	Captain John Hindmarsh, KH, RN	28 December 1836	16 July 1838
2	Lieutenant Colonel George Gawler, KH	17 October 1838	15 May 1841
3	Sir George Grey KCB	15 May 1841	25 October 1845
4	Lieutenant Colonel Frederick Holt Robe	25 October 1845	2 August 1848
5	Sir Henry Fox Young	2 August 1848	20 December 1854
6	Sir Richard G. MacDonnell, CB	8 June 1855	4 March 1862
7	Sir Dominick Daly	4 March 1862	19 February 1868
8	Right Honourable Sir James Fergusson, Bt	16 February 1869	18 April 1873
9	Sir Anthony Musgrave, KCMG	9 June 1873	29 January 1877
10	Lieutenant General Sir William F.D. Jervois, GCMG, CB	2 October 1877	9 January 1883
11	Sir William C.F. Robinson, GCMG	19 February 1883	5 March 1889
12	Right Honourable the Earl of Kintore, PC, GCMG	11 April 1889	10 April 1895
13	Sir Thomas F. Buxton, Bt, GCMG	29 October 1895	29 March 1899
14	Right Honourable Hallam, Lord Tennyson, KCMG	10 April 1899	17 July 1902
15	Sir George R. Le Hunte, KCMG	1 July 1903	18 February 1909
16	Admiral Sir Day Hort Bosanquet, GCVO, KCB	18 February 1909	22 March 1914
17	Lieutenant Colonel Sir Henry L. Galway, KCMG, DSO	18 April 1914	30 April 1920
18	Lieutenant Colonel Sir W.E.G. Archibald Weigall KCMG	9 June 1920	30 May 1922
19	Lieutenant Colonel Sir G. Tom M. Bridges KCB, KCMG, DSO	4 December 1922	4 December 1927
20	Brigadier General The Honourable Sir Alexander G.A. Hore-Ruthven VC, KCMG, CB, DSO	14 May 1928	26 April 1934
21	Major General Sir Winston Dugan, KCMG, CB, DSO	28 July 1934	23 February 1939
22	Sir C. Malcolm Barclay-Harvey, KCMG	12 August 1939	26 April 1944
23	Lieutenant General Sir C. Willoughby Norrie, KCMG, CB, DSO, MC	19 December 1944	19 June 1952
24	Air Vice Marshal Sir Robert George, KCMG, KCVO, KBE, CB, MC	23 February 1953	7 March 1960
25	Lieutenant General Sir Edric M. Bastyan, KCMG, KCVO, KBE, CB	4 April 1961	1 June 1968
26	Major General Sir James W. Harrison, KCMG, CB, CBE	4 December 1968	16 September 1971
27	Sir Mark Oliphant, AC, KBE	1 December 1971	30 November 1976
28	Sir Douglas R. Nicholls, KCVO, OBE	1 December 1976	30 April 1977
29	Sir Keith Seaman, KCVO, OBE	1 September 1977	28 March 1982
30	Lieutenant General Sir Donald B. Dunstan, AC, KBE, CB	23 April 1982	5 February 1991
31	The Honourable Dame Roma Mitchell, AC, DBE, CVO	6 February 1991	21 July 1996
32	Sir Eric J. Neal, AC, CVO	22 July 1996	3 November 2001
33	Mrs. Marjorie Jackson-Nelson, AC, CVO, MBE	3 November 2001	present