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The Governor of New South Wales is the representative of the monarch, King Charles III, in the state of New South Wales.In an analogous way to the Governor-General of Australia at the national level, the Governors of the Australian States perform constitutional and ceremonial functions at the state level.
Margaret Joan Beazley, AC, KC, (born 23 July 1951) is an Australian jurist who is the 39th and current governor of New South Wales, serving since 2 May 2019.She was the president of the New South Wales Court of Appeal, the first woman to hold the office, from 2013 until February 2019.
Lists of Australian state governors cover the governors of the Australian states. The governors are the viceroys of the Australian monarch . They perform constitutional and ceremonial functions at the state level.
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The office of governor ("governor in chief" was an early title) is the oldest constitutional office in Australia. The title was first used with the Governor of New South Wales, and dates back to 1788 to the day on which the area (which is now the city of Sydney) became the first British settlement in Australia.
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37th Governor of New South Wales: 1 March 2001: 1 October 2014: 13 years, 214 days [3] The Honourable Marjorie Jackson-Nelson AC, CVO, MBE: 33rd Governor of South Australia 3 November 2001: 31 July 2007: 5 years, 270 days [4] The Honourable Dame Quentin Bryce AD, CVO: 24th Governor of Queensland 29 July 2003: 29 July 2008: 5 years, 0 days [5]
Vice Admiral John Hunter (29 August 1737 – 13 March 1821) was an officer of the Royal Navy, who succeeded Arthur Phillip as the second Governor of New South Wales, serving from 1795 to 1800. [ 1 ] Both a sailor and a scholar, he explored the Parramatta River as early as 1788, and was the first to surmise that Tasmania might be an island.