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Sir John Northcott, the first Australian-born governor (1946–57).. The office of governor is prescribed by the New South Wales Constitution.The Monarch, on the advice and recommendation of the Premier of New South Wales, appoints the governor with a commission issued under the Royal sign-manual and Public Seal of the State, who is from then until being sworn in by the premier and chief ...
The governor is appointed by the monarch on the advice of the premier of New South Wales, [1] and serves in office for an unfixed period of time—known as serving At His Majesty's pleasure—though five years is the general standard of office term. The current governor is retired judge Margaret Beazley, who succeeded David Hurley on 2 May 2019.
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.
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.
The history of New South Wales refers to the history of the Australian state of New South Wales and the area's preceding Indigenous and British colonial societies. The Mungo Lake remains indicate occupation of parts of the New South Wales area by Indigenous Australians for at least 40,000 years.
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As governor, he was made a Knight of Grace of the Venerable Order of St John of Jerusalem on 25 October 1916 [11] and a member of the Savile Club, London. In January 1920 the Labor Premier, John Storey, sought Davidson's approval concerning additional appointments to the New South Wales Legislative Council. Though he was of the opinion that the ...