Governors of the Australian states

Each Australian state has a governor, who serves as the head of state and represents the King or Queen. Governors perform the same actions as the federal Governor-General but on the state level. The Governor of a state acts on the advice of that state's Premier and the state cabinet.

The Australian Indian Ocean Territories (Christmas Island and the Cocos (Keeling) Islands), Norfolk Island and the Northern Territory have administrators instead of governors. The Australian Capital Territory does not have a governor or an administrator.

Current state and territory governors change

Current state governors change

Name Portrait Title Term
Margaret Beazley     Governor of New South Wales 2 May 2019
(4 years, 280 days)
Barbara Baker     Governor of Tasmania 16 June 2021
(2 years, 235 days)
Frances Adamson     Governor of South Australia 7 October 2021
(2 years, 122 days)
Jeannette Young     Governor of Queensland 1 November 2021
(2 years, 97)
Chris Dawson     Governor of Western Australia 15 July 2022
(1 year, 206 days)
Margaret Gardner     Governor of Victoria 9 August 2023
(181 days)

Current administrators of the territories change

Name Portrait Region Term Title
Hugh Heggie   Northern Territory 2 February 2023
(1 year, 4 days)
Administrator of the Northern Territory
George Plant   Norfolk Island 1 June 2023
(250 days)
Administrator of Norfolk Island
Farzian Zainal   Christmas Island
  Cocos (Keeling) Islands
19 June 2023
(232 days)
Administrator of Australian Indian Ocean Territories

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