List of administrative heads of Norfolk Island

The administrator of Norfolk Island acts as a representative of the Australian Government and carries out other duties according to the Norfolk Island Amendment Act 2015.^[1] Since its construction in 1829, Government House located in Kingston has been the residence of the commandants, chief magistrates, and presently, administrators of Norfolk Island.

List of officeholders

Term	Incumbent	Title	Notes
6 March 1788 to 24 March 1790	Philip Gidley King	Lieutenant-Governor	1st term
24 March 1790 to November 1791	Robert Ross
4 November 1791 to 29 June 1800	Philip Gidley King		2nd term
1796 to 1799	John Townson
1799 to 1800	Thomas Rowley
29 June 1800 to September 1804	Joseph Foveaux
9 September 1804 to January 1810	John Piper
January 1810 to February 1814	Tankerville Alexander Crane
February 1814 to 6 June 1825	abandoned
6 June 1825 to April 1826	Richard Turton	Commandant
1826 to 1827	Vance Young Donaldson
1827 to 1828	Thomas Edward Wright
1828 to 1829	Robert Hunt
February 1829 to 29 June 1829	Joseph Wakefield
29 June 1829 to 1834	James Morisset
1834 to 1834	Foster Fyans
1834 to 4 November 1839	Joseph Anderson
1839 to 1839	Thomas Bunbury
1840 to 1840	Thomas Ryan
17 March 1840 to 1844	Alexander Maconochie
8 February 1844 to 5 August 1846	Joseph Childs
1846 to 1853	John Giles Price
May 1855 to 8 June 1856	abandoned
June 1856	Separated from Van Diemen's Land and made a Distinct and Separate Settlement. (Pitcairn Agreement with Her Majesty Queen Victoria). A Governor (Crown) was appointed to administer the Government of Norfolk Island
1856 to 1857	George Martin Frederick Young	Chief Magistrate	1st term
1858 to 1858	Isaac Christian
1859 to 1859	George Martin Frederick Young		2nd term
1860 to 1861	Thomas Buffett
1862 to 1865	Arthur Quintal II		1st term
1866 to 1866	William Quintal		1st term
1867 to 1870	John Buffett		1st term
1871 to 1871	David Buffett
1872 to 1873	William Quintal		2nd term
1874 to 1875	Fletcher Christian Nobbs
1876 to 1880	Francis Mason Nobbs		1st term
1881 to 1882	John Buffett		2nd term
1883 to 1884	Francis Mason Nobbs		2nd term
1885 to 1885	Arthur Quintal II		2nd term
1886 to 1887	Stephen Christian		1st term
1888 to 1888	Henry Seymour Buffett
1889 to 1890	Stephen Christian		2nd term
1891 to 1892	Byron Stanley Mitchell Adams		1st term
1893 to 1893	Stephen Christian		3rd term
1894 to 1894	Francis Mason Nobbs		3rd term
1895 to 1896	Byron Stanley Mitchell Adams		2nd term
1896 to 1898	Warner Wright Spalding	Administrator
1898 to 1903	Charles McArthur King
1903 to 1907	Walton Drake
1907 to 1913	Charles Sinclair Elliot
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
1 July 1924 to 16 October 1926	Edwin Thomas Leane
1926 to 1926	Henry Stephenson Edgar		1st term
1926 to 1 February 1927	Michael Vincent Murphy		2nd term
1 February 1927 to 25 January 1928	Victor Conradsdorf Morisset Sellheim
25 January 1928 to 6 June 1928	Henry Stephenson Edgar		2nd term
6 June 1928 to 21 January 1929	Charles Edward Herbert
1 May 1929 to 30 June 1932	Alfred Joshua Bennett
1 July 1932 to 3 December 1937	Charles Robert Pinney
4 December 1937 to 31 December 1945	Sir Charles Rosenthal
1 January 1946 to 31 December 1952	Alexander Wilson
1 January 1953 to 30 April 1958	Colin Hugh Boyd Norman
1 May 1958 to 1962	Reginald Sylvester Leydin
1962 to 1964	Robert Wordsworth
1964 to 1966	Roger Nott
1966 to June 1968	Reginald Marsh
July 1968 to August 1972	Robert Nixon Dalkin
August 1972 to 31 August 1975	Edward Thomas Pickerd		1st term
1 September 1975 to 31 May 1976	Charles Ivens Buffett	Acting Administrator
1 June 1976 to 4 September 1976	Edward Thomas Pickerd		2nd term
4 September 1976 to 4 September 1979	Desmond Vincent O'Leary	Administrator
Under the Norfolk Island Act 1979
5 September 1979 to 19 March 1981	Peter Coleman	Administrator
19 March 1981 to 10 May 1981	Ian Hutchison	Acting Administrator
11 May 1981 to 27 January 1982	Thomas Ferguson Paterson
28 January 1982 to 28 April 1985	Raymond Edward Trebilco	Administrator
29 April 1985 to 31 December 1988	John Alexander Matthew
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
1 July 1997 to 3 August 1997	Ralph Alexander Condon	Acting Administrator
4 August 1997 to 30 July 2003	Anthony John Messner	Administrator
30 July 2003 to 1 November 2003	Michael Stephens	Acting Administrator
1 November 2003 to September 2007	Grant Tambling	Administrator
1 October 2007 to 2 October 2008	Owen Walsh	Acting Administrator
2 October 2008 to 1 April 2012	Owen Walsh	Administrator
1 April 2012 to 30 June 2014	Neil Pope
1 July 2014 to 31 March 2017	Gary Hardgrave
1 April 2017 to 31 May 2023	Eric Hutchinson
1 June 2023 to present	George Plant

See also

• History of Norfolk Island
• List of heads of government of Norfolk Island