The administrator of Norfolk Island acts as a representative both of The Crown and of the Government of Australia, as well as carrying out other duties according to the Norfolk Island Amendment Act 2015.[1] Since its construction in 1829, Government House located in KAVHA, Kingston has been the residence of the governors, commandants, and administrators of Norfolk Island.
| 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 | ||
| 1 November 1856 | Separate territory, under New South Wales | ||
| 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 | |
| Term | Incumbent | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 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 | ||