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Governors of Tasmania
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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-
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