List of administrative heads of Norfolk Island

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The Administrator of Norfolk Island acts as a representative both of the Crown and of the Australian Federal Government, as well as carrying out other duties according to the Norfolk Island Amendment Act 2015.[1]

Term Incumbent Notes
6 March 1788 to 24 March 1790Philip Gidley King, Lieutenant-Governor1st Term
24 March 1790 to November 1791Robert Ross, Lieutenant-Governor
4 November 1791 to 29 June 1800Philip Gidley King, Lieutenant-Governor2nd Term
1796 to 1799John Townson, Lieutenant-Governor
1799 to 1800Thomas Rowley, Lieutenant-Governor
29 June 1800 to September 1804Joseph Foveaux, Lieutenant-Governor
9 September 1804 to January 1810John Piper, Lieutenant-Governor
January 1810 to February 1814Tankerville Alexander Crane, Lieutenant-Governor
February 1814 to 6 June 1825abandoned
6 June 1825 to April 1826Richard Turton, Commandant
1826 to 1827Vance Young Donaldson, Commandant
1827 to 1828Thomas Edward Wright, Commandant
1828 to 1829Robert Hunt, Commandant
February 1829 to 29 June 1829Joseph Wakefield, Commandant
29 June 1829 to 1834James Thomas Morisset, Commandant
1834 to 1834Foster Fyans, Commandant
1834 to 4 November 1839James Anderson, Commandant
1839 to 1839Thomas Bunbury, Commandant
1840 to 1840Thomas Ryan, Commandant
17 March 1840 to 1844Alexander Maconochie, Commandant
8 February 1844 to 5 August 1846Joseph Childs, Commandant
1846 to 1853John Giles Price, Commandant
May 1855 to 8 June 1856abandoned
1 November 1856Separate territory, under New South Wales
1856 to 1857George Martin Frederick Young, Chief Magistrate1st Term
1858 to 1858Isaac Christian, Chief Magistrate
1859 to 1859George Martin Frederick Young, Chief Magistrate2nd Term
1860 to 1861Thomas Buffett, Chief Magistrate
1862 to 1865Arthur Quintal II, Chief Magistrate1st Term
1866 to 1866William Quintal, Chief Magistrate1st Term
1867 to 1870John Buffett, Chief Magistrate1st Term
1871 to 1871David Buffett, Chief Magistrate
1872 to 1873William Quintal, Chief Magistrate2nd Term
1874 to 1875Fletcher Christian Nobbs, Chief Magistrate
1876 to 1880Francis Mason Nobbs, Chief Magistrate1st Term
1881 to 1882John Buffett, Chief Magistrate2nd Term
1883 to 1884Francis Mason Nobbs, Chief Magistrate2nd Term
1885 to 1885Arthur Quintal II, Chief Magistrate2nd Term
1886 to 1887Stephen Christian, Chief Magistrate1st Term
1888 to 1888Henry Seymour Buffett, Chief Magistrate
1889 to 1890Stephen Christian, Chief Magistrate2nd Term
1891 to 1892Byron Stanley Mitchell Adams, Chief Magistrate1st Term
1893 to 1893Stephen Christian, Chief Magistrate3rd Term
1894 to 1894Francis Mason Nobbs, Chief Magistrate3rd Term
1895 to 1896Byron Stanley Mitchell Adams, Chief Magistrate2nd Term
1896 to 1898Warner Wright Spalding, Administrator
1898 to 1903Charles McArthur King, Administrator
1903 to 1907Walton Drake, Administrator
1907 to 1913Charles Sinclair Elliot, Administrator
1 July 1914 Under the Norfolk Island Act 1913
21 August 1913 to 30 August 1920Michael Vincent Murphy, Administrator1st Term
1 September 1920 to 30 June 1924John William Parnell, Administrator
1 July 1924 to 16 October 1926Edwin Thomas Leane, Administrator
1926 to 1926Henry Stephenson Edgar, Administrator1st Term
1926 to 1 February 1927Michael Vincent Murphy, Administrator2nd Term
1 February 1927 to 25 January 1928Victor Conradsdorf Morisset Sellheim, Administrator
25 January 1928 to 6 June 1928Henry Stephenson Edgar, Administrator2nd Term
6 June 1928 to 21 January 1929Charles Edward Herbert, Administrator
1 May 1929 to 30 June 1932Alfred Joshua Bennett, Administrator
1 July 1932 to 3 December 1937Charles Robert Pinney, Administrator
4 December 1937 to 31 December 1945Sir Charles Rosenthal, Administrator
1 January 1946 to 31 December 1952Alexander Wilson, Administrator
1 January 1953 to 30 April 1958Colin Hugh Boyd Norman, Administrator
1 May 1958 to 1962Reginald Sylvester Leydin, Administrator
1962 to 1964Robert Hurley Wordsworth, Administrator
1964 to 1966Roger Bede Nott, Administrator
1966 to June 1968Reginald Marsh, Administrator
July 1968 to August 1972Robert Nixon Dalkin, Administrator
August 1972 to 31 August 1975Edward Thomas Pickerd, Administrator1st Term
1 September 1975 to 31 May 1976Charles Ivens Buffett, acting Administrator
1 June 1976 to 4 September 1976Edward Thomas Pickerd, acting Administrator2nd Term
4 September 1976 to 4 September 1979Desmond Vincent O'Leary, Administrator
Under the Norfolk Island Act 1979
5 September 1979 to 19 March 1981Peter Coleman, Administrator
19 March 1981 to 10 May 1981Ian Hutchison, acting Administrator
11 May 1981 to 27 January 1982Thomas Ferguson Paterson, acting Administrator
28 January 1982 to 28 April 1985Raymond Edward Trebilco, Administrator
29 April 1985 to 31 December 1988John Alexander Matthew, Administrator
31 December 1988 to 12 April 1989William McFadyen Campbell, acting Administrator
13 April 1989 to 12 April 1992Herbert Bruce MacDonald, Administrator
13 April 1992 to 30 June 1997Alan Gardner Kerr, Administrator
1 July 1997 to 3 August 1997Ralph Alexander Condon, acting Administrator
4 August 1997 to 30 July 2003Anthony John Messner, Administrator
30 July 2003 to 1 November 2003Michael Stephens, acting Administrator
1 November 2003 to September 2007Grant Tambling, Administrator
1 October 2007 to 2 October 2008Owen Walsh, Acting Administrator
2 October 2008 to 1 April 2012Owen Walsh, Administrator
1 April 2012 to 30 June 2014Neil Pope, Administrator
1 July 2014 to presentGary Hardgrave, Administrator

See also

References

  1. ↑ Role of the Administrator
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