Governors of South Australia
List of Governors of South Australia
See Governors of the Australian states for a description and history of the office of Governor.
- Captain John Hindmarsh, 1836-1838
- Captain George Grey, 1841-1845
- Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Robe, 1845-1848
- Sir Richard MacDonnell, 1855-1862
- Sir Dominick Daly, 1862-1868
- Sir James Fergusson, 1869-1873
- Sir Anthony Musgrave, 1873-1877
- Sir William Jervois, 1877-1883
- Sir William Robinson, 1883-1889
- Algernon Keith-Falconer, 9th Earl of Kintore, 1889-1895
- Sir Thomas Buxton, 1895-1899
- Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson, 1899-1902
- Sir George Le Hunte, 1903-1909
- Admiral Sir Day Bosanquet, 1909-1914
- Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Henry Galway, 1914-1920
- Lieutenant-Colonel Sir William Weigall, 1920-1922
- Lieutenant-General Sir George Bridges, 1922-1927
- Brigadier-General Sir Alexander Hore-Ruthven, 1928-1934
- Major-General Sir Winston Dugan, 1934-1939
- Sir Charles Barclay-Harvey, 1939-1944
- Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Norrie, 1944-1952
- Air Vice Marshall Sir Robert George, 1953-1960
- Lieutenant-General Sir Edric Bastyan, 1961-1968
- Major-General Sir James Harrison, 1968-1971
- Sir Marcus Oliphant, 1971-1976
- Sir Douglas Nicholls, 1976-1977
- Sir Keith Seaman, 1977-1982
- Lieutenant-General Sir Donald Dunstan, 1982-1991
- Dame Roma Mitchell, 1991-1996
- Sir Eric Neal, 1996-2001
- Marjorie Jackson-Nelson from 2001
