See Governors of the Australian states for a description and history of the office of Governor.

List of Governors of South Australia

• Captain John Hindmarsh , 1836-1838
• Colonel George Gawler , 1838-1841
• Captain George Grey, 1841-1845
• Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Robe , 1845-1848
• Sir Richard MacDonnell , 1855-1862
• Sir Dominick Daly , 1862-1868
• Sir James Fergusson, 1869-1873
• Sir Anthony Musgrave , 1873-1877
• Sir William Jervois, 1877-1883
• Sir William Robinson , 1883-1889
• Algernon Keith-Falconer, 9th Earl of Kintore , 1889-1895
• Sir Thomas Buxton , 1895-1899
• Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson, 1899-1902
• Sir George Le Hunte , 1903-1909
• Admiral Sir Day Bosanquet , 1909-1914
• Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Henry Galway , 1914-1920
• Lieutenant-Colonel Sir William Weigall , 1920-1922
• Lieutenant-General Sir George Bridges , 1922-1927
• Brigadier-General Sir Alexander Hore-Ruthven, 1928-1934
• Major-General Sir Winston Dugan, 1934-1939
• Sir Charles Barclay-Harvey , 1939-1944
• Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Norrie, 1944-1952
• Air Vice Marshall Sir Robert George , 1953-1960
• Lieutenant-General Sir Edric Bastyan , 1961-1968
• Major-General Sir James Harrison , 1968-1971
• Sir Marcus Oliphant, 1971-1976
• Sir Douglas Nicholls , 1976-1977
• Sir Keith Seaman , 1977-1982
• Lieutenant-General Sir Donald Dunstan , 1982-1991
• Dame Roma Mitchell, 1991-1996
• Sir Eric Neal , 1996-2001
• Marjorie Jackson-Nelson from 2001