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===Governors=== {| class="wikitable" ! width="4%"| No. ! width="8%"| Image ! width="30%"| Governor ! width="20%"| From ! width="20%"| To ! width="20%"| Notes |- | 1 | [[File:Charles Hotham by James Henry Lynch-crop.jpg|80px]] | Sir [[Charles Hotham]] [[Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath|KCB]] | 22 May 1855 | 31 December 1855 | [[Edward Macarthur]] was administrator from January to December 1856<ref>{{Australian Dictionary of Biography|last=Hill|first=A. J.|year=1974|volume=5|id2=macarthur-sir-edward-4059|title=Macarthur, Sir Edward (1789β1872)|access-date=6 January 2013}}</ref> |- | 2 | [[Image:Henry Barkly.jpg|80px]] | Sir [[Henry Barkly]] [[Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George|GCMG]] KCB FRS FRGS | 26 December 1856 | 10 September 1863 | |- | 3 | [[Image:Portrait of Sir Charles Darling 1863 wood engraving.jpg|80px]] | Sir [[Charles Henry Darling|Charles Darling]] KCB | 11 September 1863 | 7 May 1866 | [[George Jackson Carey|George Carey]] acted May to August 1866<ref> {{Australian Dictionary of Biography |first=Chris |last=McConville |title=Carey, George Jackson (1822β1872) |id2=carey-george-jackson-3165 |access-date=26 November 2013 }}</ref> |- | 4 | [[Image:3rdViscountCanterbury.jpg|80px]] | [[John Manners-Sutton, 3rd Viscount Canterbury|The Rt Hon. Viscount Canterbury]] GCMG KCB | 15 August 1866 | 2 March 1873 | |- | 5 | [[Image:George Bowen b.jpg|80px]] | The Rt Hon Sir [[George Bowen]] GCMG | 30 July 1873 | 22 February 1879 | |- | 6 | [[Image:GeorgePhipps2ndMarquessOfNormanby.jpg|80px]] | [[George Phipps, 2nd Marquess of Normanby|The Most Hon. Marquess of Normanby]] [[Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath|GCB]] GCMG [[Privy Council of the United Kingdom|PC]] | 29 April 1879 | 18 April 1884 | |- | 7 | [[Image:Henry Loch Vanity Fair 5 July 1894.jpg|80px]] | [[Henry Loch, 1st Baron Loch|Sir Henry Brougham Loch]] GCMG KCB | 15 July 1884 | 15 November 1889 | |- | 8 | [[Image:Lord Hopetoun 1902.jpg|80px]] | [[John Hope, 1st Marquess of Linlithgow|The Right Hon. Earl of Hopetoun]] [[Knight of the Order of the Thistle|KT]] GCMG [[Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order|GCVO]] PC | 28 November 1889 | 12 July 1895 | |- | 9 | [[Image:Brassey1.JPG|80px]] | [[Thomas Brassey, 1st Earl Brassey|The Rt Hon. Lord Brassey]] GCB [[Justice of the Peace|JP]] [[Deputy Lieutenant|DL]] [[Territorial Decoration|TD]] | 25 October 1895 | 31 March 1900 | |- | 10 | [[Image:George Sydenham Clarke.jpg|80px]] | [[George Clarke, 1st Baron Sydenham of Combe|Sir George Clarke]] KCMG | 28 September 1901<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=27360 |date=1 October 1901 |page=6395 }}</ref> | 24 November 1903 | |- | 11 | [[Image:Reginald Talbot Vanity Fair 22 July 1897.jpg|80px]] | The Hon. Major-General Sir [[Reginald Talbot]] KCB | 25 April 1904 | 6 July 1908 | |- | 12 | [[Image:Thomas Gibson Carmichael.jpg|80px]] | [[Thomas Gibson-Carmichael, 1st Baron Carmichael|The Rt Hon. Lord Carmichael]] GCSI GCIE [[Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George|KCMG]] DL | 27 July 1908 | 19 May 1911 | |- | 13 | [[File:John Fuller.jpg|80px]] | |The Rt Hon. Sir [[Sir John Fuller, 1st Baronet|John Fuller]] [[Fuller baronets|Bt]] KCMG | 24 May 1911 | 24 November 1913 | |- | 14 | [[Image:Arthur Stanley.jpg|80px]] | Sir [[Arthur Stanley, 5th Baron Sheffield|Arthur Stanley]] KCMG | 23 February 1914 | 30 January 1920 | |- | 15 | [[Image:The Earl of Stradbroke in 1915.jpg|80px]] | [[George Rous, 3rd Earl of Stradbroke|The Rt Hon. Earl of Stradbroke]] KCMG [[Companion of the Order of the Bath|CB]] [[Commander of the Royal Victorian Order|CVO]] [[Commander of the Order of the British Empire|CBE]] [[Volunteer Decoration|VD]] TD | 24 February 1921 | 7 April 1926 | |- | 16 | [[Image:Lord Somers Governor 1926.jpg|80px|]] | [[Arthur Somers-Cocks, 6th Baron Somers|The Rt Hon. Lord Somers]] KCMG [[Companion of the Distinguished Service Order|DSO]] [[Military Cross|MC]] | 28 June 1926 | 23 June 1931 | |- | 17 | [[Image:Lord huntingfield.jpg|80px]] | [[William Vanneck, 5th Baron Huntingfield|The Rt Hon. Lord Huntingfield]] KCMG | 14 May 1934 | 4 April 1939 | |- | 18 | [[Image:Winston Dugan.jpg|80px]] | [[Winston Dugan, 1st Baron Dugan of Victoria|The Rt Hon. Major General Lord Dugan]] GCMG CB DSO | 17 July 1939 | 20 February 1949 | |- | 19 | [[Image:Sir Dallas Brooks talking with the Governor of West Australia, Sir James Mitchell.jpg|80px|]] | [[Dallas Brooks|General Sir Reginald Dallas Brooks]] GCMG KCB [[Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order|KCVO]] DSO | 18 October 1949 | 7 May 1963 | |- | 20 | | [[Rohan Delacombe|Major General Sir Rohan Delacombe]] KCMG KCVO [[Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire|KBE]] CB DSO | 8 May 1963 | 31 May 1974 | |- | 21 | [[File:Sir_Henry_Winneke_(cropped).JPG|80px]] | [[Henry Winneke|The Hon. Sir Henry Winneke]] [[Companion of the Order of Australia|AC]] KCMG KCVO [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire|OBE]] [[Queen's Counsel|QC]] | 1 June 1974 | 28 February 1982 | |- | 22 | | [[Brian Murray (governor)|Rear Admiral Sir Brian Murray]] KCMG [[Officer of the Order of Australia|AO]] | 1 March 1982 | 3 October 1985 | |- | 23 | | [[Davis McCaughey|The Reverend Dr Davis McCaughey]] AC | 18 February 1986 | 22 April 1992 | |- | 24 | | [[Richard McGarvie|The Hon. Richard McGarvie]] AC QC | 23 April 1992 | 23 April 1997 | |- | 25 | | [[James Gobbo|The Hon. Sir James Gobbo]] AC CVO QC | 24 April 1997 | 31 December 2000 | |- | 26 | [[Image:Bannister and Landy.jpg|80px]] | [[John Landy|Mr. John Landy]] AC CVO [[Member of the Order of the British Empire|MBE]] | 1 January 2001 | 7 April 2006 | |- | 27 | [[Image:David de Kretser Dsc 6787.jpg|80px]] | [[David de Kretser|Professor David de Kretser]] AC | 7 April 2006 | 7 April 2011 | |- | 28 | [[File:Alex Chernov Governor of Victoria.png|80px]] | [[Alex Chernov|The Hon. Alex Chernov]] AC KC | 8 April 2011 | 30 June 2015 | |- | 29 | [[File:Linda Dessau.jpg|80px]] | [[Linda Dessau|The Hon. Linda Dessau]] AC CVO | 1 July 2015 | 30 June 2023 | |- | 30 | | [[Margaret Gardner|The Hon. Margaret Gardner]] AC | 9 August 2023 | ''Incumbent'' | |}
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