Administrator of the Northern Territory of Australia - Definition and Overview

The political office of the Administrator of the Northern Territory of Australia has been held by the following people.

The present Administrator is Ted Egan AM.

South Australia (1846 to 1912)

Government Residents of the Northern Territory when annexed to the colony (later state) of South Australia:

Government Resident (1846 to 1912)

• Sir Charles Augustus Fitzroy; 21 February 1846
• Boyle Travers Finniss; 3 March 1864
• William Bloomfield Douglas; 27 April 1870
• George Byng Scott; 6 October 1873
• Edward William Prince; 1 July 1876
• John Langdon Parsons; 19 March 1884
• John George Knight; 16 July 1890
• Charles James Dashwood; 24 February 1892
• Charles Edward Herbert; 1 February 1905
• Samuel James Mitchell; 1 April 1910

Commonwealth of Australia (1912 to present)

Administrators and Government Residents of the Northern Territory after transfer of control to the Commonwealth Government:

Administrator (1912 to 1919)

• John Anderson Gilruth; 25 March 1912

Director (1919 to 1921)

• Henry Earnest Carey; 1 August 1919

Administrator (1921 to 1927)

• Frederic Charles Urquhart; 17 January 1921

Government Resident (1927 to 1931)

There was a brief experiment splitting government with an additional Government Resident (Centre Australia) in Alice Springs.

• John Charles Cawood (Government Resident for Centre Australia); 1 March 1927
• Robert Hunter Weddell (Government Resident for North Australia); 1 March 1927
• Victor George Carrington (Government Resident for Centre Australia); 11 December 1929

Administrator (1931 to present)

• Robert Hunter Weddell; (12 June 1931 - 1937)
• Charles Lydiard Aubrey Abbott; (29 March 1937 - 1946)
• L. H. A. Giles; (1946, acting)
• Arthur Robert Driver; (1 July 1946 - 1951)
• Frank Joseph Scott Wise; (1 July 1951 - 1956)
• James Clarence Archer; (1 July 1956 - 1961)
• Roger Bede Nott; (1 April 1961 - 1964)
• Roger Levinge Dean; (1 October 1964 - 1970)
• Frederick Charles Chaney; (4 March 1970 - 1973)
• T. A. O'Brien; (1973, acting)
• John Norman Nelson; (10 Dec 1973 - 1975)
• E. F. Dwyer; (1975 - 1978, acting)
• John Armstrong England; (1 June July 1 1978 - January 1 1981)
• Commodore Eric Eugene Johnston; (January 1 1981 - July 1 1989)
• James Muirhead; (July 1 1989 - 1993)
• Austin Asche; (1 March 1993 - 1997)
• Dr Neil Raymond Conn, AO; (17 February 1997 - 2000)
• John Anictomatis, AM; (28 November 2000 - 30 October 2003)
• Edward (Ted) Joseph Egan, AM; 31 October 2003 - present.

Deputy of the Administrator (1997 to present)

The office of the Deputy of the Administrator was established in 1997.

• Minna Lydia Ruth Sitzler, AM; (17 February 1997 - 30 November 2001)
• Pat Miller; (20 September 2002 - present)

External links

• Government House Darwin site (http://www.nt.gov.au/administrator/) (Administrator's site)
  • NT government announcement of Egan's appointment (http://www.nt.gov.au/ocm/media_releases/20031001_tedegan.shtml)
• Australian Broadcasting Corporation report on Egan's appointment (http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s957526.htm)
• Egan's site (http://www.tedegan.com.au/)