Governors of Tasmania - Definition and Overview

List of Governors of Tasmania

Note that Tasmania was called Van Diemen's Land until 1855 (see History of Tasmania).

See Governors of the Australian states for a description and history of the office of Governor.

Lieutenant-Governors

• Colonel David Collins, 1804-1810
• Colonel Thomas Davey, 1813-1817
• Colonel William Sorell, 1817-1824
• Colonel George Arthur, 1824-1836
• Captain Sir John Franklin, 1837-1843
• Sir John Eardley-Wilmot, 1843-1846
• Sir William Denison, 1847-1855

Governors

• Sir Henry Young 1855-1861
• Colonel Thomas Browne, 1862-1868
• Charles Du Cane, 1868-1874
• Frederick Weld, 1875-1880
• Major Sir George Strahan, 1881-1886
• Sir Robert Hamilton 1887-1892
• Jenico Preston, 14th Viscount Gormanston 1893-1900
• Captain Sir Arthur Havelock, 1901-1904
• Sir Gerald Strickland, 1904-1909
• Major-General Sir Harry Barron, 1909-1913
• Sir William Ellison-Macartney, 1913-1917
• Sir Francis Newdegate, 1917-1920
• Sir William Allardyce, 1920-1922
• Captain James O'Grady, 1924-1930
• Sir Ernest Clark, 1933-1945
• Sir Hugh Binney, 1945-1951
• Sir Ronald Cross, 1951-1958
• Thomas Corbett, 2nd Baron Rowallan, 1959-1963
• Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Gairdner, 1963-1968
• Lieutenant-General Sir Edric Bastyan, 1968-1973
• Sir Stanley Burbury, 1973-1982
• Sir James Plimsoll, 1982-1987
• Sir Phillip Bennett, 1987-1995
• Sir Guy Green, 1995-2003
• Richard Butler 2003-2004
• William Cox 2004-