Administrative heads of Norfolk Island
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The Administrator
of Norfolk Island
acts as a representative both of the Crown and of the Australian Federal Government, as well as carrying out other duties according to the Norfolk Island Act 1979.
Administrator (Australia)
The title Administrator of the Government has several uses in Australia.-Administrator of the Commonwealth:At the Commonwealth level, Section 4 of the Australian Constitution provides that:...
of Norfolk Island
Norfolk Island
Norfolk Island is a small island in the Pacific Ocean located between Australia, New Zealand and New Caledonia. The island is part of the Commonwealth of Australia, but it enjoys a large degree of self-governance...
acts as a representative both of the Crown and of the Australian Federal Government, as well as carrying out other duties according to the Norfolk Island Act 1979.
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| 6 March 1788 to 24 March 1790 | Philip Gidley King Philip Gidley King Captain Philip Gidley King RN was a British naval officer and colonial administrator. He is best known as the official founder of the first European settlement on Norfolk Island and as the third Governor of New South Wales.-Early years and establishment of Norfolk Island settlement:King was born... , Lieutenant-Governor |
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| 24 March 1790 to November 1791 | Robert Ross Robert Ross (marine) Major Robert Ross was the officer in charge of the First Fleet garrison of marines, and Lieutenant-Governor of the convict settlement of Norfolk Island.- Life and career :... , Lieutenant-Governor |
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| 4 November 1791 to 29 June 1800 | Philip Gidley King Philip Gidley King Captain Philip Gidley King RN was a British naval officer and colonial administrator. He is best known as the official founder of the first European settlement on Norfolk Island and as the third Governor of New South Wales.-Early years and establishment of Norfolk Island settlement:King was born... , Lieutenant-Governor |
2nd Term |
| 1796 to 1799 | John Townson John Townson John Townson was an army officer and settler in the colony of New South Wales. He entered the 18th Regiment in 1779 and was part of the Gibraltar garrison... , Lieutenant-Governor |
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| 1799 to 1800 | Thomas Rowley, Lieutenant-Governor | |
| 29 June 1800 to September 1804 | Joseph Foveaux Joseph Foveaux Joseph Foveaux was a soldier and convict settlement administrator in colonial New South Wales, Australia.Foveaux was baptised on 6 April 1767 at Ampthill, Bedfordshire, England, the sixth child of Joseph Foveaux and his wife Elizabeth, née Wheeler... , Lieutenant-Governor |
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| 9 September 1804 to January 1810 | John Piper John Piper (military officer) John Piper was a military officer, public servant and landowner in the colony of New South Wales.Piper was born in Maybole, Ayrshire Scotland, son of Hugh Piper, a doctor; his family came from Cornwall. He was commissioned as an ensign in the New South Wales Corps in 1791, and sailed on the... , Lieutenant-Governor |
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| January 1810 to February 1814 | Tankerville Alexander Crane, Lieutenant-Governor | |
| February 1814 to 6 June 1825 | abandoned | |
| 6 June 1825 to April 1826 | Richard Turton Richard Turton Captain Richard Turton was an officer of the 40th Regiment stationed at Sydney. He was selected to lead the first party of convicts in the re-establishment of the second convict settlement at Norfolk Island. The island had been abandoned since the first convict settlement was finally removed in 1814... , Commandant |
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| 1826 to 1827 | Vance Young Donaldson Vance Young Donaldson Captain Vance Young Donaldson, soldier and penal administrator, was born at Tyrone in 1791 and entered the army at the age of thirteen, serving in the 57th Regiment under Wellington.... , Commandant |
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| 1827 to 1828 | Thomas Edward Wright Thomas Edward Wright Captain Thomas Edward Wright, soldier and penal administrator, of the 39th Regiment was the third commandant of the second convict settlement at Norfolk Island, from August 1827 to 1828.... , Commandant |
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| 1828 to 1829 | Robert Hunt, Commandant | |
| February 1829 to 29 June 1829 | Joseph Wakefield Joseph Wakefield Captain Joseph Wakefield, soldier and penal administrator, of the 39th Regiment was the acting commandant of the second convict settlement at Norfolk Island, from November 1828 to 29 June 1829.... , Commandant |
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| 29 June 1829 to 1834 | James Thomas Morisset James Thomas Morisset Lieutenant-Colonel James Thomas Morisset , penal administrator, was commandant of the second convict settlement at Norfolk Island, from 29 June 1829 to 1834.... , Commandant |
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| 1834 to 1834 | Foster Fyans Foster Fyans Foster Fyans , soldier, penal administrator and public servant, was acting commandant of the second convict settlement at Norfolk Island, the first police magistrate at Geelong, and commissioner of crown lands for the Portland Bay pastoral district in the Port Phillip District of New South... , Commandant |
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| 1834 to 4 November 1839 | James Anderson, Commandant | |
| 1839 to 1839 | Thomas Bunbury Thomas Bunbury Major Thomas Bunbury , soldier and penal administrator, of the 80th Regiment, was commandant of the second convict settlement at Norfolk Island, from April to July 1839. He joined the army in 1807 and fought in the Peninsular War.... , Commandant |
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| 1840 to 1840 | Thomas Ryan, Commandant | |
| 17 March 1840 to 1844 | Alexander Maconochie Alexander Maconochie (penal reformer) Alexander Maconochie was a Scottish naval officer, geographer, and penal reformer.- Early life :Maconochie was born in Edinburgh on 11 February 1787. He joined the Royal Navy in 1803 and as a midshipman he saw active service in the Napoleonic Wars and was a prisoner of war from 1811 to 1814... , Commandant |
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| 8 February 1844 to 5 August 1846 | Joseph Childs Joseph Childs Major Joseph Childs , soldier and penal administrator, of the Royal Marines, was commandant of the second convict settlement at Norfolk Island, from 7 February 1844 to August 1846.... , Commandant |
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| 1846 to 1853 | John Giles Price, Commandant | |
| May 1855 to 8 June 1856 | abandoned | |
| 1 November 1856 | Separate territory, under New South Wales New South Wales New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales... |
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| 1856 to 1857 | George Martin Frederick Young, Chief Magistrate | 1st Term |
| 1858 to 1858 | Isaac Christian, Chief Magistrate | |
| 1859 to 1859 | George Martin Frederick Young, Chief Magistrate | 2nd Term |
| 1860 to 1861 | Thomas Buffett, Chief Magistrate | |
| 1862 to 1865 | Arthur Quintal II Arthur Quintal II Arthur Quintal, Jr. served as Magistrate of the Overseas British Territory of Pitcairn Island on three occasions between 1845 and 1854, he served as Magistrate of Norfolk Island twice between 1862 and 1885. Quintal was the son of Arthur Quintal, Sr. And Catherine McCoy. He was a grandson of... , Chief Magistrate |
1st Term |
| 1866 to 1866 | William Quintal, Chief Magistrate | 1st Term |
| 1867 to 1870 | John Buffett, Chief Magistrate | 1st Term |
| 1871 to 1871 | David Buffett David Buffett David Ernest Buffett AM is a political figure from the Australian territory of Norfolk Island. He is the current Chief Minister of Norfolk Island since March 2010, a position he has held on three previous occasions... , Chief Magistrate |
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| 1872 to 1873 | William Quintal, Chief Magistrate | 2nd Term |
| 1874 to 1875 | Fletcher Christian Nobbs, Chief Magistrate | |
| 1876 to 1880 | Francis Mason Nobbs, Chief Magistrate | 1st Term |
| 1881 to 1882 | John Buffett, Chief Magistrate | 2nd Term |
| 1883 to 1884 | Francis Mason Nobbs, Chief Magistrate | 2nd Term |
| 1885 to 1885 | Arthur Quintal II Arthur Quintal II Arthur Quintal, Jr. served as Magistrate of the Overseas British Territory of Pitcairn Island on three occasions between 1845 and 1854, he served as Magistrate of Norfolk Island twice between 1862 and 1885. Quintal was the son of Arthur Quintal, Sr. And Catherine McCoy. He was a grandson of... , Chief Magistrate |
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| 1886 to 1887 | Stephen Christian, Chief Magistrate | 1st Term |
| 1888 to 1888 | Henry Seymour Buffett, Chief Magistrate | |
| 1889 to 1890 | Stephen Christian, Chief Magistrate | 2nd Term |
| 1891 to 1892 | Byron Stanley Mitchell Adams, Chief Magistrate | 1st Term |
| 1893 to 1893 | Stephen Christian, Chief Magistrate | 3rd Term |
| 1894 to 1894 | Francis Mason Nobbs, Chief Magistrate | 3rd Term |
| 1895 to 1896 | Byron Stanley Mitchell Adams, Chief Magistrate | 2nd Term |
| 1896 to 1898 | Warner Wright Spalding, Administrator | |
| 1898 to 1903 | Charles McArthur King, Administrator | |
| 1903 to 1907 | Walton Drake, Administrator | |
| 1907 to 1913 | Charles Sinclair Elliot, Administrator | |
| 1 July 1914 | Under the Norfolk Island Act 1913 | |
| 21 August 1913 to 30 August 1920 | Michael Vincent Murphy, Administrator | 1st Term |
| 1 September 1920 to 30 June 1924 | John William Parnell, Administrator | |
| 1 July 1924 to 16 October 1926 | Edwin Thomas Leane, Administrator | |
| 1926 to 1926 | Henry Stephenson Edgar, Administrator | 1st Term |
| 1926 to 1 February 1927 | Michael Vincent Murphy, Administrator | 2nd Term |
| 1 February 1927 to 25 January 1928 | Victor Conradsdorf Morisset Sellheim, Administrator | |
| 25 January 1928 to 6 June 1928 | Henry Stephenson Edgar, Administrator | 2nd Term |
| 6 June 1928 to 21 January 1929 | Charles Edward Herbert, Administrator | |
| 1 May 1929 to 30 June 1932 | Alfred Joshua Bennett, Administrator | |
| 1 July 1932 to 3 December 1937 | Charles Robert Pinney, Administrator | |
| 4 December 1937 to 31 December 1945 | Sir Charles Rosenthal Charles Rosenthal Major General Sir Charles Rosenthal KCB, CMG, DSO, VD was an Australian Major General of World War I, and later a politician elected as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly.- Early life :... , Administrator |
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| 1 January 1946 to 31 December 1952 | Alexander Wilson Alexander Wilson (Australian politician) Alexander Wilson was an Australian wheat farmer and politician.-Biography:Born in County Down, Ireland, he was educated at Belfast and migrated to Australia in 1908, becoming a farmer at Ultima, Victoria. He was prominent as a leader of Victorian wheatgrowers... , Administrator |
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| 1 January 1953 to 30 April 1958 | Colin Hugh Boyd Norman, Administrator | |
| 1 May 1958 to 1962 | Reginald Sylvester Leydin, Administrator | |
| 1962 to 1964 | Robert Hurley Wordsworth, Administrator | |
| 1964 to 1966 | Roger Bede Nott, Administrator | |
| 1966 to June 1968 | Reginald Marsh, Administrator | |
| July 1968 to August 1972 | Robert Nixon Dalkin, Administrator | |
| August 1972 to 31 August 1975 | Edward Thomas Pickerd, Administrator | 1st Term |
| 1 September 1975 to 31 May 1976 | Charles Ivens Buffett, acting Administrator | |
| 1 June 1976 to 4 September 1976 | Edward Thomas Pickerd, acting Administrator | 2nd Term |
| 4 September 1976 to 4 September 1979 | Desmond Vincent O'Leary, Administrator | |
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| 5 September 1979 to 19 March 1981 | Peter Coleman Peter Coleman William Peter Coleman is an Australian writer/journalist, former politician and Minister of the Crown in the cabinets of Tom Lewis and Sir Eric Willis. Following Willis' resignation as leader he was made Leader of the New South Wales Opposition... , Administrator |
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| 19 March 1981 to 10 May 1981 | Ian Hutchison, acting Administrator | |
| 11 May 1981 to 27 January 1982 | Thomas Ferguson Paterson, acting Administrator | |
| 28 January 1982 to 28 April 1985 | Raymond Edward Trebilco, Administrator | |
| 29 April 1985 to 31 December 1988 | John Alexander Matthew, Administrator | |
| 31 December 1988 to 12 April 1989 | William McFadyen Campbell, acting Administrator | |
| 13 April 1989 to 12 April 1992 | Herbert Bruce MacDonald, Administrator | |
| 13 April 1992 to 30 June 1997 | Alan Gardner Kerr, Administrator | |
| 1 July 1997 to 3 August 1997 | Ralph Alexander Condon, acting Administrator | |
| 4 August 1997 to 30 July 2003 | Anthony Tony John Messner Tony Messner Anthony John Messner AO is a former Australian politician and minister.Messner was born in Melbourne and educated at a state primary school in Queensland, Pulteney Grammar School, Adelaide and the South Australian Institute of Technology.Messner was elected as a Senator for South Australia at the... , Administrator |
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| 30 July 2003 to 1 November 2003 | Michael Stephens Michael Stephens Michael James Stephens in Auckland. He was a New Zealand cricketer who played for the Auckland Aces and the Northern Districts Knights in the 1990s and he also played for Counties-Manukau in the Hawke Cup. Nowdadys he works for St Joseph's School in Pukekohe.-References:... , acting Administrator |
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| 1 November 2003 to September 2007 | Grant Tambling Grant Tambling Grant Ernest John Tambling, AM is an Australian politician and former Administrator of Norfolk Island.Tambling was born and raised in Darwin in the Northern Territory, and studied both there and in Adelaide... , Administrator |
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| 1 October 2007 to 2 October 2008 | Owen Walsh Owen Walsh Owen Edward John Walsh is the current Administrator of the Australian territory of Norfolk Island.Walsh was educated at the University of Tasmania, from which he graduated with degrees in Arts and Law... , Acting Administrator |
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| 2 October 2008 to present | Owen Walsh Owen Walsh Owen Edward John Walsh is the current Administrator of the Australian territory of Norfolk Island.Walsh was educated at the University of Tasmania, from which he graduated with degrees in Arts and Law... , Administrator |
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