Editing Governor of New South Wales (section)

==Symbols and protocol==
The Governor is listed second in New South Wales' table of precedence, behind the Governor-General.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Department |first=Premier's |date=2023-06-01 |title=Table of Precedence for NSW |url=https://www.nsw.gov.au/about-nsw/nsw-protocol/table-of-precedence |access-date=2024-02-03 |website=NSW Government |language=en-AU}}</ref> The incumbent Governor is entitled to use the style of ''His'' or ''Her [[Excellency]]'', while in office. On 28 November 2013 the Premier of NSW announced that the Queen had given approval for the title of "[[The Honourable]]" to be accorded to the governors and former Governors of New South Wales.<ref>{{cite news|title=The title 'The Honourable' for Governors of New South Wales|url=http://www.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/government-gazette-6-december-2013_0.pdf|access-date=9 December 2013|newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette|date=6 December 2013|page=5716|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131212002246/http://www.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/government-gazette-6-december-2013_0.pdf|archive-date=12 December 2013}}</ref> Upon installation, the governor serves as a Deputy Prior of the [[Venerable Order of Saint John|Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem]] in Australia and is also traditionally invested as either a Knight or Dame of Justice or Grace of the Order.{{Citation needed|date=February 2024}} It is also customary that the Governor is made a [[Companion of the Order of Australia]], though this is not necessarily automatic. The use by the Governor of an elaborate [[Court uniform and dress in the United Kingdom#Foreign Service variants|uniform]], comprising a plain blue tailcoat, scarlet collar and cuffs (embroidered in silver), silver epaulettes, and a plumed bicorne hat, fell out of use with the appointment of the first Australian-born Governor, Sir John Northcott, in 1946.

The musical vice regal salute—composed of the first and last four bars of the national anthem ("[[Advance Australia Fair]]")—is played on the arrival and departure of the Governor from a formal event in which a military or service guard is present. It is optional to play if no guard is at the event.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Salutes and Anthems |url=https://www.governor.nsw.gov.au/protocol/vice-regal-guidelines/anthems-and-royal-salute/ |access-date=2024-02-03 |website=Governor of New South Wales |language=en-AU}}</ref>

To mark the Governor's presence at any building, ship, aeroplane, or car in Australia, the Governor's standard or flag is employed. Following the example of other states adopting unique Governor's standards, in 1980 the Government of New South Wales sought to introduce a new standard for the Governor to replace the [[Union Flag]] that had been in use since 1788.<ref name="gov">{{cite web |title=Not Your Usual Standard |url=https://www.governor.nsw.gov.au/government-house/stories/not-your-usual-standard/#:~:text=In%20New%20South%20Wales%2C%20the,on%20the%20Vice%20Regal%20car. |publisher=Governor of New South Wales |access-date=11 September 2023}}</ref> Premier [[Neville Wran]] wrote to the Governor, Sir Roden Cutler, on 25 November 1980 advising: "His Excellency’s Ministers of State now consider that there should be a change in the Personal Standard of the Governor of New South Wales, such change to take effect at the conclusion of His Excellency’s term of office. The Premier therefore recommends for approval a change in the Governor’s distinctive flag from the Union Flag to the New South Wales State Flag with a Crown surmounting the State badge in the fly." However, Cutler did not agree with this change, and it was recommended that the change be undertaken after he had left office.<ref name="gov" /> The new Governor's Standard was designed and presented by the [[Garter King of Arms]] to the [[Agent-General for New South Wales]] in London on 8 January 1981, who then sought Royal assent of the new design, which was given on 15 January 1981.<ref name="gov" /> The flag was first flown on 20 January 1981 over [[Parliament House, Sydney|Parliament House]] for the official swearing-in of Governor Sir James Rowland, and was flown for the first time over Government House on 29 January 1981.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article125647951 |title=Three cheers for retiring Governor |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]]|location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=20 January 1981 |accessdate=11 September 2023 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=New flag for a new Governor |publisher=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=30 January 1981 |page=10 |quote=Government House, Sydney, has set a new standard. Sir James Rowland has broken with the tradition of a Union Jack, used by Governors since Phillip, and adopted a new flag. The caretaker, Mr Ron MacKillop, raised the new flag for the first time yesterday.}}</ref>  

;Past and present standards of the governor
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File:Flag of Great Britain (1707–1800).svg|1788–1800
File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg|1800–1981
File:Flag of the Governor of New South Wales.svg|1981–present
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