| Governor |
From |
To |
| Captain (Admiral) Arthur Phillip, RN |
26 January 1788 |
10 December 1792 |
| Captain John Hunter, RN |
11 September 1795 |
27 September 1800 |
| Captain Philip Gidley King, RN |
28 September 1800 |
12 August 1806 |
| Captain (later Vice-Admiral) William Bligh, RN |
13 August 1806 |
26 January 1808 |
| Colonel (later Major-General) Lachlan Macquarie |
1 January 1810 |
1 December 1821 |
| Major-General Sir Thomas Brisbane |
1 December 1821 |
1 December 1825 |
| Major-General (later General and Sir) Ralph Darling |
19 December 1825 |
22 October 1831 |
| Lieutenant-General (later General) Sir Richard Bourke, KCB |
3 December 1831 |
5 December 1837 |
| Lieutenant-Colonel Sir George Gipps |
24 February 1838 |
11 July 1846 |
| Sir Charles Augustus FitzRoy, KCH, KCB |
3 August 1846 |
20 January 1855 |
| Lieutenant-General Sir William Thomas Denison, KCB |
20 January 1855 |
22 January 1861 |
| Rt. Hon. Sir John Young, Bt, KCB, GCMG, PC, (later 1st Baron Lisgar) |
16 May 1861 |
24 December 1867 |
| 4th Earl of Belmore (Somerset Richard Lowry-Corry), GCMG, PC Ireland |
8 January 1868 |
21 February 1872 |
| Sir Hercules George Robert Robinson, GCMG (later 1st Baron Rosmead) |
3 June 1872 |
19 March 1879 |
| Lord Augustus William Frederick Spencer Loftus, GCB, PC |
4 August 1879 |
9 November 1885 |
| 3rd Baron Carrington (Charles Robert Wynn-Carrington), KG, KCMG, PC |
12 December 1885 |
3 November 1890 |
| 7th Earl of Jersey (Victor Albert George Child-Villiers), GCB, GCMG, PC |
15 January 1891 |
2 March 1893 |
| Rt. Hon. Sir Robert William Duff, GCMG, PC |
29 May 1893 |
15 March 1895 |
| 2nd Viscount Hampden (Rt. Hon. Henry Robert Brand), GCMG |
21 November 1895 |
5 March 1899 |
| 7th Earl of Beauchamp (Rt. Hon. William Lygon), KG, KCMG, PC |
18 May 1899 |
30 April 1901 |
| Admiral Sir Harry Holdsworth Rawson, GCB, GCMG |
27 May 1902 |
27 May 1909 |
| 2nd Baron Chelmsford (Rt. Hon. Frederic John Napier Thesiger), GCMG |
28 May 1909 |
11 March 1913 |
| Sir Gerald Strickland, Count della Catena, GCMG (later 1st Baron Strickland) |
14 March 1913 |
27 October 1917 |
| Sir Walter Edward Davidson, KCMG, CBE |
18 February 1918 |
16 September 1923 |
| Admiral Sir Dudley Rawson Stratford de Chair, KCB, MVO |
28 February 1924 |
7 April 1930 |
| Air Vice-Marshal Sir Philip Woolcott Game, GBE, KCB, DSO |
29 May 1930 |
15 January 1935 |
| Sir Alexander Hore-Ruthven VC, GCMG, CB, DSO (later Lord Gowrie of Canberra and Dirleton) |
21 February 1935 |
22 January 1936 |
| Admiral Sir David Murray Anderson, KCB, KCMG, MVO |
6 August 1936 |
30 October 1936 |
| 2nd Baron Wakehurst (Rt. Hon. John de Vere Loder), KG, KCMG |
8 August 1937 |
8 January 1946 |
| Lieutenant-General Sir John Northcott KCMG, KCVO, CB |
1 August 1946 |
31 July 1957 |
| Lieutenant-General Sir Eric Woodward, KCMG, KCVO, CB, CBE, DSO |
1 August 1957 |
31 July 1965 |
| Sir Arthur Roden Cutler, VC, AK, KCMG, KCVO, CBE |
20 January 1966 |
19 January 1981 |
| Air Marshal Sir James Rowland, AC, KBE, DFC, AFC |
20 January 1981 |
19 January 1989 |
| Rear Admiral Sir David Martin, KCMG, AO |
20 January 1989 |
7 August 1990 |
| Rear Admiral The Hon. Peter Sinclair, AC, AO (Mil) |
8 August 1990 |
29 February 1996 |
| The Hon. Gordon Samuels, AC, CVO, QC |
1 March 1996 |
28 February 2001 |
| Professor The Hon. Dame Marie Bashir AD, CVO |
1 March 2001 |
1 October 2014 |
| General the Honourable David Hurley AC CVO DSC (Retd) |
2 October 2014 |
1 May 2019 |