Governor of New South Wales

The Governor of New South Wales is the representative of the British monarch, currently Queen Elizabeth II, in the Australian state of New South Wales. The governor exercises at the state level, the same constitutional and ceremonial functions as the Governor-General of Australia at the national level.

In accordance with the conventions of the Westminster system, the Governor is almost exclusively in accordance with the advice of the leader of the elected government, in this case the Prime Minister of New South Wales. However, the governor has the right to dismiss the prime minister.

This office is the oldest government official in Australia. Arthur Phillip, commander of the First Fleet, it had held on 26 January 1788, the anniversary of the founding of the first colony of Sydney. The first governors possessed due to the great distance to Great Britain an almost autocratic power fullness, to the foundation of the New South Wales Legislative Council, the first Australian Parliament, in the year 1824.

List of Governors of New South Wales

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