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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. Each of the subsequent five ...
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 ...
Government House is the heritage-listed vice-regal residence of the governor of New South Wales.It is located on Conservatorium Road in the Sydney central business district, adjacent to the Royal Botanic Garden, and is situated south of the Sydney Opera House, overlooking Sydney Harbour.
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Sydney Cove and Old Government House, Port Jackson, 1808 Government House, Sydney, 1836, Charles Rodius Old Government House in the 1840s. The abode of the first Governor of New South Wales, Captain Arthur Phillip, was a structure made of canvas and timber brought from England with the First Fleet and erected in January 1788. First Government ...
University of Sydney 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.
Governor-General Sir Isaac Isaacs, appointed in 1931, was the first Governor-General to live permanently at Yarralumla, in Canberra. During his term, Admiralty House remained empty and neglected. Sir Isaac described it in 1934 as being "stripped of its glamour, with no furnishings but a few fine mirrors, its garden wild and overgrown".