Administrator of the Northern Territory

The Administrator of the Northern Territory is an official appointed by the Governor-General of Australia

Governor-General of Australia

The Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia is the representative in Australia at federal/national level of the Australian monarch . He or she exercises the supreme executive power of the Commonwealth...

to exercise powers analogous to that of a state governor

Governors of the Australian states

The Governors of the Australian states are the representatives of the Queen of Australia in each of that country's six states. The Governors perform the same constitutional and ceremonial functions at the state level as does the Governor-General of Australia at the national level...

. Strictly speaking, the appointment of an Administrator is made by the Governor-General-in-Council, that is, the Governor-General acting on the advice of the Commonwealth Government

Federal Executive Council

The Federal Executive Council is the formal body holding executive authority under the Constitution of Australia. It is equivalent to the other Executive Councils in other Commonwealth Realms such as the Executive Council of New Zealand and is equivalent to the Privy councils in Canada and the...

, rather than the advice of the Government of the Northern Territory

Government of the Northern Territory

The Northern Territory is governed according to the principles of the Westminster system, a form of parliamentary government based on the model of the United Kingdom...

.

The Northern Territory

Northern Territory

The Northern Territory is a federal territory of Australia, occupying much of the centre of the mainland continent, as well as the central northern regions...

received self-government on 1 July 1978, in accordance with the provisions of the Northern Territory (Self-Government) Act 1978 (Cth).

However, the practice has arisen that in making his appointment the Governor-General-in Council will act on the recommendation of the Northern Territory Government. Unlike an Australian State Governor

Governors of the Australian states

, the Administrator is not the direct representative of the Queen in the Territory but is instead appointed by the Queen's representative in the Commonwealth, the Governor-General

Governor-General of Australia

, to administer the Territory in accordance with the Act. Actually, however, the Administrator performs a similar constitutional role to that of a State Governor and can be considered the Queen's indirect representative in the Territory.

The office of the Deputy of the Administrator was created in 1997.

The present Administrator is Tom Pauling

Tom Pauling

Thomas Ian "Tom" Pauling, AO, QC is an Australian lawyer who is currently serving as Administrator of the Northern Territory....

, QC

Queen's Counsel

Queen's Counsel , known as King's Counsel during the reign of a male sovereign, are lawyers appointed by letters patent to be one of Her [or His] Majesty's Counsel learned in the law...

South Australia (1846 to 1912)

Government Residents of the Northern Territory when annexed to the colony (later state) of South Australia:

No.	Government Resident	From	To
1	Sir Charles Augustus FitzRoy, KCH, KCB Charles Augustus FitzRoy Sir Charles Augustus FitzRoy, KCH, KCB was a British military officer, politician and member of the aristocracy, who held governorships in several British colonies during the 19th century.-Family and peerage:...	21 February 1846	28 December 1846
2	The Hon. Boyle Finniss Boyle Finniss Boyle Travers Finniss was the first Premier of the Colony of South Australia, serving from 24 October 1856 to 20 August 1857.-Early life:...	3 March 1864	4 November 1865
3	William Bloomfield Douglas	27 April 1870	June 1873
4	George Byng Scott	6 October 1873	30 June 1876
5	Edward William Price	1 July 1876	6 March 1883
6	John Parsons John Langdon Parsons John Langdon Parsons was a Cornish Australian politician. 5th Government Resident of the Northern Territory, 1884-1890.-Biography:...	19 March 1884	14 February 1890
7	John Knight FRIBA John George Knight John George Knight , was an architect and administrator of the Northern Territory, Australia.-Early life:John George Knight was born in London the son of John Knight, a stone and marble merchant...	16 July 1890	10 January 1892
8	Charles James Dashwood	24 February 1892	31 January 1905
9	Charles Edward Herbert	1 February 1905	8 February 1910
10	The Hon. Samuel Mitchell Samuel James Mitchell The Hon. Samuel James Mitchell was the first Judge of the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory and served from 1911 to 1912.-Early life:...	1 April 1910	25 March 1912

Commonwealth of Australia (1912 to present)

Administrators and Government Residents of the Northern Territory

Northern Territory

The Northern Territory is a federal territory of Australia, occupying much of the centre of the mainland continent, as well as the central northern regions...

after transfer of control to the Commonwealth Government:

Administrator (1912 to 1919)

No.	Administrator	From	To
1	John Gilruth FRSE MRCVS John A. Gilruth John Anderson Gilruth was a veterinary scientist and administrator. He is particularly noted for being Administrator of the Northern Territory from 1912 to 1918, when he was recalled after an angry mob demanded that he resign...	25 March 1912	1 August 1919

Director (1919 to 1921)

No.	Director	From	To
1	Henry Earnest Carey	1 August 1919	17 January 1921

Administrator (1921 to 1927)

No.	Administrator	From	To
1	Frederic Urquhart	17 January 1921	1 March 1927

Government Resident (1927 to 1931)

There was a brief experiment splitting government with an additional Government Resident (Centre Australia) in Alice Springs based at The Residency

The Residency

The Residency is the usual name of the official residence of a Resident, Resident Commissioner or Resident Councillor in the British Empire....

No.	Government Resident (North)	From	To
1	Robert Weddell	1 March 1927	12 June 1931

No.	Government Resident (Centre)	From	To
1	John Cawood John Cawood John Cawood came of an old Yorkshire family of some substance and was apprenticed to John Reynes, who is best known as a bookbinder and who died in 1543 or 1544. In 1553 Cawood replaced Richard Grafton as Royal Printer. For his official salary of £6. 13s. 4d...	1 March 1927	11 December 1929
2	Victor Carrington MBE	11 December 1929	12 June 1931

Administrator (1931 to present)

No.	Administrator	Post- Nominal	From	To
1	Robert Weddell		12 June 1931	29 March 1937
2	The Hon. Aubrey Abbott Aubrey Abbott Charles Lydiard Aubrey Abbott was an Australian politician and administrator of the Northern Territory. He was born at St Leonards, Sydney, to Thomas Kingsmill Abbott, a magistrate, and Marion, née Lydiard...		29 March 1937	1 July 1946
3	Arthur Driver	BEM British Empire Medal The Medal of the Order of the British Empire for Meritorious Service, usually known as the British Empire Medal , is a British medal awarded for meritorious civil or military service worthy of recognition by the Crown...	1 July 1946	1 July 1951
4	The Hon. Frank Wise Frank Wise Frank Joseph Scott Wise AO was an Australian Labor Party politician and the 16th Premier of Western Australia. He took office on 31 July 1945 in the closing stages of the Second World War, following the resignation of his predecessor due to ill health...	AO	1 July 1951	1 July 1956
5	James Archer	OBE	1 July 1956	1 April 1961
6	Roger Nott Roger Nott The Hon. Roger Bede Nott was an Australian politician and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1941 until 1961. He was a member of the Australian Labor Party and held numerous ministerial positions between 1954 and 1961...	CBE	1 April 1961	1 October 1964
7	Roger Dean	CBE	1 October 1964	4 March 1970
8	The Hon. Sir Frederick Chaney	KBE AFC Air Force Cross (United Kingdom) The Air Force Cross is a military decoration awarded to personnel of the United Kingdom Armed Forces, and formerly also to officers of the other Commonwealth countries, for "an act or acts of valour, courage or devotion to duty whilst flying, though not in active operations against the enemy"...	4 March 1970	10 December 1973
9	John Norman Nelson		10 December 1973	1 June 1978
10	John England John England (Australian politician) John Armstrong England CMG was an Australian politician and Administrator of the Northern Territory.-Biography:...	CMG	1 June 1978	1 January 1981
11	Commodore Eric Johnston Eric Johnston (NT Administrator) Commodore Eric Eugene Johnston AO, OBE, RAN was Administrator of the Northern Territory from 1 January 1981 to 1 July 1989. Earlier he was a serving officer in the Royal Australian Navy and commanded HMAS Perth in action during the Vietnam War...	AO OBE RAN Royal Australian Navy The Royal Australian Navy is the naval branch of the Australian Defence Force. Following the Federation of Australia in 1901, the ships and resources of the separate colonial navies were integrated into a national force: the Commonwealth Naval Forces...	1 January 1981	1 July 1989
12	The Hon. James Muirhead James Muirhead James Henry Muirhead AC KStJ QC was an Administrator of the Northern Territory and a Judge of the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory.-Pre-Northern Territory:...	AC QC Queen's Counsel Queen's Counsel , known as King's Counsel during the reign of a male sovereign, are lawyers appointed by letters patent to be one of Her [or His] Majesty's Counsel learned in the law...	1 July 1989	1 March 1993
13	The Hon. Austin Asche Austin Asche Keith John Austin Asche, AC, QC is a former Administrator of the Northern Territory and was the third Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory.-Early years, education and family:...	AC QC	1 March 1993	17 February 1997
14	Dr. Neil Conn	AO	17 February 1997	28 November 2000
15	John Anictomatis John Anictomatis John Christopher Anictomatis AO . Administrator of Northern Territory 28 November 2000 to 30 October 2003. John Anictomatis was sworn in by William Deane, the Governor General of Australia...	AO	28 November 2000	30 October 2003
16	Edward Egan Ted Egan Edward Joseph Egan AO is an Australian folk musician, and was a public servant who served as Administrator of the Northern Territory from 2003 to 2007.-Early life:...	AO	31 October 2003	31 October 2007
17	Tom Pauling Tom Pauling Thomas Ian "Tom" Pauling, AO, QC is an Australian lawyer who is currently serving as Administrator of the Northern Territory....	AO QC	31 October 2007	present

Deputy of the Administrator (1997 to present)

The office of the Deputy of the Administrator was established in 1997.

No.	Deputy of the Administrator	From	To
1	Minna Sitzler AM	17 February 1997	30 November 2001
2	Pat Miller AO	20 September 2002	present

External links

Government House, Northern Territory, Office of the Administrator – official site

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