Governors of South Australia

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

• Captain John Hindmarsh, 1836-1838
• Captain George Grey, 1841-1845
• Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Robe, 1845-1848
• Sir Richard MacDonnell, 1855-1862
• Sir Dominick Daly, 1862-1868
• Sir James Fergusson, 1869-1873
• Sir Anthony Musgrave, 1873-1877
• Sir William Jervois, 1877-1883
• Sir William Robinson, 1883-1889
• Algernon Keith-Falconer, 9th Earl of Kintore, 1889-1895
• Sir Thomas Buxton, 1895-1899
• Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson, 1899-1902
• Sir George Le Hunte, 1903-1909
• Admiral Sir Day Bosanquet, 1909-1914
• Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Henry Galway, 1914-1920
• Lieutenant-Colonel Sir William Weigall, 1920-1922
• Lieutenant-General Sir George Bridges, 1922-1927
• Brigadier-General Sir Alexander Hore-Ruthven, 1928-1934
• Major-General Sir Winston Dugan, 1934-1939
• Sir Charles Barclay-Harvey, 1939-1944
• Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Norrie, 1944-1952
• Air Vice Marshall Sir Robert George, 1953-1960
• Lieutenant-General Sir Edric Bastyan, 1961-1968
• Major-General Sir James Harrison, 1968-1971
• Sir Marcus Oliphant, 1971-1976
• Sir Douglas Nicholls, 1976-1977
• Sir Keith Seaman, 1977-1982
• Lieutenant-General Sir Donald Dunstan, 1982-1991
• Dame Roma Mitchell, 1991-1996
• Sir Eric Neal, 1996-2001
• Marjorie Jackson-Nelson from 2001