Governor 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
- Frederic John Napier Thesiger, 3rd Baron Chelmsford, 1909-1913
- Sir Gerald Strickland, 1913-1917
- Sir Walter Davidson, 1918-1923
- Admiral Sir Dudley de Chair, 1924-1930
- Air Vice-Marshal 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
- Air Marshal Sir James Rowland, 1981-1989
- Sir David Martin, 1989-1990
- Sir Peter Sinclair, 1990-1996
- Gordon Samuels, 1996-2001
- Marie Bashir, 2001-present
