Governor of South Australia

Governor of South Australia
Badge of the Governor of South Australia
Incumbent Frances Adamson since 7 October 2021
Office of the Governor Executive Council of South Australia
Style	His Excellency The Honourable
Reports to	Monarch of Australia
Residence	Government House, Adelaide
Seat	Adelaide, South Australia
Nominator	Premier of South Australia
Appointer	Monarch of Australia
Term length	At Her Majesty's pleasure
Formation	28 December 1836
First holder	Captain John Hindmarsh
Deputy	Lieutenant-Governor Brenda Wilson
Website	Office of the Governor

The Governor of South Australia is the representative in the Australian state of South Australia of Charles III, King of Australia. The Governor performs the same constitutional and ceremonial functions at the state level as does the Governor-General of Australia at the national level.

The current governor is Frances Adamson. The Governor's official residence is Government House, in Adelaide, the state's capital.

List of governors of South Australia

No.	Portrait	Governor	Term begin	Term end	Time in office
Governor appointed by King William IV (1830–1837):
1		Rear Admiral Sir John Hindmarsh	28 December 1836	16 July 1838	1 year, 200 days
Governors appointed by Queen Victoria (1837–1901):
2		Lieutenant-Colonel George Gawler	17 October 1838	15 May 1841	2 years, 210 days
3		Sir George Grey	15 May 1841	25 October 1845	4 years, 163 days
4		Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Holt Robe	25 October 1845	2 August 1848	2 years, 282 days
5		Sir Henry Fox Young	2 August 1848	20 December 1854	6 years, 140 days
6		Sir Richard Graves MacDonnell	8 June 1855	4 March 1862	6 years, 269 days
7		Sir Dominick Daly	4 March 1862	19 February 1868	5 years, 352 days
8		Sir James Fergusson, 6th Baronet	16 February 1869	18 April 1873	4 years, 61 days
9		Sir Anthony Musgrave	9 June 1873	29 January 1877	3 years, 234 days
10		Lieutenant-General Sir William Jervois	2 October 1877	9 January 1883	5 years, 99 days
11		Sir William Robinson	19 February 1883	5 March 1889	6 years, 14 days
12		Algernon Keith-Falconer, 9th Earl of Kintore	11 April 1889	10 April 1895	5 years, 364 days
13		Sir Fowell Buxton, 3rd Baronet	29 October 1895	29 March 1899	3 years, 151 days
14		Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson	10 April 1899	17 July 1902	3 years, 98 days
Governors appointed by King Edward VII (1901–1910):
15		Sir George Le Hunte	1 July 1903	18 February 1909	5 years, 232 days
16		Admiral Sir Day Bosanquet	18 February 1909	22 March 1914	5 years, 32 days
Governors appointed by King George V (1910–1936):
17		Lieutenant Colonel Sir Henry Galway	18 April 1914	30 April 1920	6 years, 12 days
18		Lieutenant Colonel Sir Archibald Weigall	9 June 1920	30 May 1922	1 year, 355 days
19		Lieutenant-General Sir Tom Bridges	4 December 1922	4 December 1927	5 years, 0 days
20		Brigadier Sir Alexander Hore-Ruthven	14 May 1928	26 April 1934	5 years, 347 days
21		Major-General Sir Winston Dugan	28 July 1934	23 February 1939	4 years, 210 days
Governors appointed by King George VI (1936–1952):
22		Sir Malcolm Barclay-Harvey	12 August 1939	26 April 1944	4 years, 258 days
23		Lieutenant-General Sir Willoughby Norrie	19 December 1944	19 June 1952	7 years, 183 days
Governors appointed by Queen Elizabeth II (1952–2022):
24		Air Vice-Marshal Sir Robert George	23 February 1953	7 March 1960	7 years, 13 days
25		Lieutenant-General Sir Edric Bastyan	4 April 1961	1 June 1968	7 years, 58 days
26		Major General Sir James Harrison	4 December 1968	16 September 1971	2 years, 286 days
27		Professor Sir Mark Oliphant	1 December 1971	30 November 1976	4 years, 365 days
28		Sir Douglas Nicholls	1 December 1976	30 April 1977	150 days
29		Reverend Sir Keith Seaman	1 September 1977	28 March 1982	4 years, 208 days
30		Lieutenant General Sir Donald Dunstan	23 April 1982	5 February 1991	8 years, 288 days
31		Dame Roma Mitchell	6 February 1991	21 July 1996	5 years, 166 days
32		Sir Eric Neal	22 July 1996	3 November 2001	5 years, 104 days
33		Marjorie Jackson-Nelson	3 November 2001	31 July 2007	5 years, 242 days
34		Rear Admiral Kevin Scarce	8 August 2007	7 August 2014	6 years, 364 days
35		Hieu Van Le	1 September 2014	31 August 2021	6 years, 364 days
36		Frances Adamson	7 October 2021		4 years, 283 days