![The arrival of the Governor of South Australia](/assets/_480x290_crop_center-center_none/9770/PRG-280-1-6-225.webp)
Previous Governors
The arrival of the Governor of South Australia, Admiral Sir Day Bosanquet, outside Parliament House in North Terrace, Adelaide in order to open a new Parliamentary Session. July 22, 1913.
![The Honourable Hieu Van Le AC](/assets/Previous-Governors/_400x500_crop_top-center_100_none/Hieu_Van_Le_2015.jpeg)
1 September 2014 - 31 August 2021
The Honourable Hieu Van Le AC
![Rear Admiral the Honourable Kevin Scarce AC CSC RAN (Rtd)](/assets/Previous-Governors/_400x500_crop_top-center_100_none/440px-Kevin_Scarce_in_2008.jpeg)
8 August 2007 - 01 September 2014
Rear Admiral the Honourable Kevin Scarce AC CSC RAN (Rtd)
![The Honourable Marjorie Jackson-Nelson AC CVO MBE](/assets/Previous-Governors/_400x500_crop_top-center_100_none/Marjorie_Jackson.jpeg)
3 November 2001 - 8 August 2007
The Honourable Marjorie Jackson-Nelson AC CVO MBE
![The Honourable Sir Eric James Neal AC CVO](/assets/Previous-Governors/_400x500_crop_top-center_100_none/Sir_Eric_Neal_in_Adelaide_South_Australia_2016.jpeg)
22 Jul 1996 - 3 November 2001
The Honourable Sir Eric James Neal AC CVO
![The Honourable Dame Roma Flinders Mitchell AC DBE CVO](/assets/Previous-Governors/_400x500_crop_top-center_100_none/440px-Roma_Mitchell_1965.jpeg)
6 February 1991 - 21 July 1996
The Honourable Dame Roma Flinders Mitchell AC DBE CVO
![Lieutenant General Sir Donald Beaumont Dunstan AC KBE CB](/assets/Previous-Governors/_400x500_crop_top-center_100_none/Sir_Donald_Dunstan.jpeg)
23 April 1982 - 5 February 1991
Lieutenant General Sir Donald Beaumont Dunstan AC KBE CB
![Sir Keith Douglas Seaman KCVO OBE](/assets/_400x500_crop_top-center_100_none/Keith-Seaman.jpg)
1 September 1977 - 28 March 1982
Sir Keith Douglas Seaman KCVO OBE
![Sir Douglas Ralph Nicholls KCVO OBE](/assets/Previous-Governors/_400x500_crop_top-center_100_none/Douglas_nicholls.jpeg)
1 December 1976 - 30 April 1977
Sir Douglas Ralph Nicholls KCVO OBE
![Sir Marcus ‘Mark’ Laurence Elwin Oliphant KBE](/assets/Previous-Governors/_400x500_crop_top-center_100_none/440px-Sir_Mark_Oliphant.jpeg)
1 December 1971 - 30 November 1976
Sir Marcus ‘Mark’ Laurence Elwin Oliphant KBE
![Major General Sir James William Harrison KCMG CB CBE](/assets/Previous-Governors/_400x500_crop_top-center_100_none/Students-Harrison-James-Notables-Wiki.jpeg)
4 December 1968 - 16 September 1971
Major General Sir James William Harrison KCMG CB CBE
![Lieutenant General Sir Edric Montague Bastyan KCMG KCVO KBE CB](/assets/Previous-Governors/_400x500_crop_top-center_100_none/Edric_Bastyan.jpeg)
4 April 1961 - 1June 1968
Lieutenant General Sir Edric Montague Bastyan KCMG KCVO KBE CB
![Air Vice Marshal Sir Robert Allingham George KCMG KCVO KBE CB MC](/assets/Previous-Governors/_400x500_crop_top-center_100_none/Robert_George_1956.jpeg)
23 February 1953 - 7 March 1960
Air Vice Marshal Sir Robert Allingham George KCMG KCVO KBE CB MC
![Lieutenant General Sir Charles Willoughby Norrie KCMG CB DSO MC](/assets/Previous-Governors/_400x500_crop_top-center_100_none/Willoughby_Norrie_1953_cropped.jpeg)
19 December 1944 - 19 June 1952
Lieutenant General Sir Charles Willoughby Norrie KCMG CB DSO MC
![Sir Charles Malcolm Barclay-Harvey KCMG](/assets/Previous-Governors/_400x500_crop_top-center_100_none/Malcolm_Barclay-Harvey.jpeg)
12 August 1939 - 26 April 1944
Sir Charles Malcolm Barclay-Harvey KCMG
![Major General Sir Winston Joseph Dugan KCMG CB DSO](/assets/Previous-Governors/_400x500_crop_top-center_100_none/Winston_Dugan.jpeg)
28 July 1934 - 23 February 1939
Major General Sir Winston Joseph Dugan KCMG CB DSO
![Brigadier the Honourable Sir Alexander Gore Arkwright Hore-Ruthven VC KCMG CB DSO](/assets/Previous-Governors/_400x500_crop_top-center_100_none/Lordgowrie.jpeg)
14 May 1928 - 26 April 1934
Brigadier the Honourable Sir Alexander Gore Arkwright Hore-Ruthven VC KCMG CB DSO
![Lieutenant General Sir George Tom Molesworth Bridges KCB KCMG DSO](/assets/Previous-Governors/_400x500_crop_top-center_100_none/440px-Tom_Bridges_1918.jpeg)
4 December 1922 - 4 December 1927
Lieutenant General Sir George Tom Molesworth Bridges KCB KCMG DSO
![Lieutenant Colonel Sir William Earnest George Archibald Weigall KCMG](/assets/Previous-Governors/_400x500_crop_top-center_100_none/William_Weigall.jpeg)
9 Jun 1920 - 30 May 1922
Lieutenant Colonel Sir William Earnest George Archibald Weigall KCMG
![Lieutenant Colonel Sir Henry Lionel Galway KCMG DSO](/assets/Previous-Governors/_400x500_crop_top-center_100_none/Henry_Galway_2_cropped.jpeg)
18 April 1914 - 30 April 1920
Lieutenant Colonel Sir Henry Lionel Galway KCMG DSO
![Admiral Sir Day Hort Bosanquet GCVO KCB](/assets/Previous-Governors/_400x500_crop_top-center_100_none/Day_Bosanquet.jpeg)
18 February 1909 - 22 March 1914
Admiral Sir Day Hort Bosanquet GCVO KCB
![Sir George Ruthven Le Hunte KCMG](/assets/Previous-Governors/_400x500_crop_top-center_100_none/GeorgeLeHunte.jpeg)
1 July 1903 - 18 February -1909
Sir George Ruthven Le Hunte KCMG
![The Right Honourable Hallam Lord Tennyson KCMG](/assets/Previous-Governors/_400x500_crop_top-center_100_none/440px-Hallam_Tennyson.jpeg)
10 Apr 1899 - 17 July 1902
The Right Honourable Hallam Lord Tennyson KCMG
![Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton Bt GCMG](/assets/Previous-Governors/_400x500_crop_top-center_100_none/ThomasFowellBuxton.jpeg)
29 October 1895 - 29 March 1899
Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton Bt GCMG
![The Right Honourable The Earl of Kintore GCMG PC](/assets/Previous-Governors/_400x500_crop_top-center_100_none/Algernon_Keith-Falconer.jpeg)
11 April 1889 - 10 April 1895
The Right Honourable The Earl of Kintore GCMG PC
![Sir William Cleaver Francis Robinson GCMG](/assets/Previous-Governors/_400x500_crop_top-center_100_none/William_C._F._Robinson.jpeg)
19 February 1883 - 05 March 1889
Sir William Cleaver Francis Robinson GCMG
![Lieutenant General Sir William Francis Drummond Jervois KCMG CB](/assets/Previous-Governors/_400x500_crop_top-center_100_none/William_Jervois.jpeg)
02 October 1877 - 09 January 1883
Lieutenant General Sir William Francis Drummond Jervois KCMG CB
![Sir Anthony Musgrave KCMG](/assets/Previous-Governors/_400x500_crop_top-center_100_none/Anthony_Musgrave.jpeg)
09 June 1873 - 29 January 1877
Sir Anthony Musgrave KCMG
![The Right Honourable Sir James Fergusson Bt](/assets/Previous-Governors/_400x500_crop_top-center_100_none/James_Fergusson_3.jpeg)
16 February 1869 - 18 April 1873
The Right Honourable Sir James Fergusson Bt
![Sir Dominick Daly KCB](/assets/Previous-Governors/_400x500_crop_top-center_100_none/DominickDaly.jpeg)
04 March 1862 - 19 February 1868
Sir Dominick Daly KCB
![Sir Richard Graves MacDonnell KCMG CB](/assets/Previous-Governors/_400x500_crop_top-center_100_none/Sir_R._G._MacDonnell_Cropped.png)
08 June 1855 - 04 March 1862
Sir Richard Graves MacDonnell KCMG CB
![Sir Henry Edward Fox Young KCMG](/assets/Previous-Governors/_400x500_crop_top-center_100_none/Sir_Henry_Young.jpeg)
02 August 1848 - 20 December 1854
Sir Henry Edward Fox Young KCMG
![Lieutenant Colonel Frederick Holt Robe CB](/assets/Previous-Governors/_400x500_crop_top-center_100_none/Frederick_Robe.jpeg)
25 October 1845 - 02 August 1848
Lieutenant Colonel Frederick Holt Robe CB
![Captain George Grey](/assets/Previous-Governors/_400x500_crop_top-center_100_none/GeorgeEdwardGrey01.jpeg)
15 May 1841 - 25 October 1845
Captain George Grey
![Lieutenant Colonel George Gawler](/assets/Previous-Governors/_400x500_crop_top-center_100_none/480px-George_Gawler.jpeg)
17 October 1838 - 15 May 1841
Lieutenant Colonel George Gawler
![Captain John Hindmarsh RN](/assets/Previous-Governors/_400x500_crop_top-center_100_none/480px-John_Hindmarsh_2.jpeg)
28 December 1836 - 16 July 1838
Captain John Hindmarsh RN