Although formally part of the colony of New South Wales since 1788, the area of what
would later become Victoria was only colonized by the British in 1834 when migrants
of Western Australia established the first permanent settlement at Portland Bay.
Five years later the territory - now known as the Port Philip District of New South
Wales - was given a regular administration.
In 1851 the district was detached to become the separate British colony of Victoria,
which was granted internal autonomy in 1855.
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BRITISH CHIEF ADMINISTRATORS
Lieutenant Governors
1851 - 1854 Charles Joseph La Trobe, before (from 1839)
Superintendent of the Port Philip District 1801 - 1875
1854 John Vesey Fitzgerald*
1854 - 1855 Capt. Sir Charles Hotham 1806 - 1855
Governors
1855 - 1856 MajGen. Edward MacArthur* 1789 - 1872
1856 - 1863 Sir Henry Barkly 1815 - 1898
1863 - 1866 Sir Charles Henry Darling 1809 - 1870
1866 Brig. George Jackson Carey* 1822 - 1872
1866 - 1873 Sir John Henry Thomas
Manners-Sutton 1814 - 1877
1873 - 1879 Sir John Ferguson Bowen 1821 - 1899
1879 - 1884 George Augustus Constantine Phipps,
Marquess of Normanby 1819 - 1890
1884 Sir William Foster Stawell* 1815 - 1889
1884 - 1889 Sir Henry Brougham Loch 1827 - 1900
1889 Sir William Cleaver Francis
Robinson* 1834 - 1897
1889 - 1895 John Adrian Louis Hope, Earl
of Hopetoun 1860 - 1908
1895 Sir John Madden* 1844 - 1918
1895 - 1900 Thomas Brassey, Baron Brassey 1836 - 1918
1900 - 1901 Sir John Madden* (2x)
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MINISTERS
Premiers
1855 - 1857 William Clark Haines 1810 - 1866
1857 John O'Shanassy 1818 - 1883
1857 - 1858 William Clark Haines (2x)
1858 - 1859 John O'Shanassy (2x)
1859 - 1860 William Nicholson 1816 - 1865
1860 - 1861 Richard Heales 1801 - 1864
1861 - 1863 John O'Shanassy (3x)
1863 - 1868 James McCulloch 1819 - 1904
1868 Charles Sladen 1816 - 1884
1868 - 1869 James McCulloch (2x)
1869 - 1870 John Alexander MacPherson 1833 - 1894
1870 - 1871 Sir James McCulloch (3x)
1871 - 1872 Charles Gavan Duffy 1816 - 1903
1872 - 1874 James Goodall Francis 1819 - 1884
1874 - 1875 George Briscoe Kerferd 1831 - 1889
1875 Graham Berry 1822 - 1904
1875 - 1877 Sir James McCulloch (4x)
1877 - 1880 Graham Berry (2x)
1880 James Service 1823 - 1899
1880 - 1881 Graham Berry (3x)
1881 - 1883 Sir Bryan O'Loghlen 1828 - 1905
1883 - 1886 James Service (2x)
1886 - 1890 Duncan Gillies 1834 - 1903
1890 - 1892 James Munro 1832 - 1908
1892 - 1893 William Shiels 1848 - 1904
1893 - 1894 Sir James Brown Patterson 1833 - 1895
1894 - 1899 Sir (1897) George Turner 1851 - 1916
1899 - 1900 Allan McLean 1840 - 1911
1900 - 1901 Sir George Turner (2x)
Ministers of Defence
A separate Department of Defence was established in 1883. It was abolished in 1901
when the Australian Department of Defence was created. (1)
1883 - 1886 Sir (1885) Frederick Thomas Sargood 1834 - 1903
1886 - 1889 Sir (1887) James Lorimer 1831 - 1889
1889 - 1890 James Bell 1836 - 1908
1890 - 1892 Sir Frederick Thomas Sargood (2x)
1892 Alfred Richard Outtrim 1845 - 1925
1892 - 1893 George Davis 1833 - 1896
1893 - 1894 Robert Reid 1842 - 1904
1894 Sir Frederick Thomas Sargood (3x)
1894 - 1895 George Turner s.a.
1895 - 1899 William McCulloch 1832 - 1909
1899 - 1900 Donald Melville 1830 - 1919
1900 - 1901 William McCulloch (2x)
(1) Together with New Zealand, Victoria seems to have been one of the few
British colonies to establish such a separate department before becoming
a dominion. In most other cases, defence matters were usually handled by
the colonial or chief secretary (as far as they were not handled by the
British governor).
AUSTRALIAN STATE OF VICTORIA
In 1901 Victoria became a founding member-state of the Commonwealth of Australia.
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ROYAL REPRESENTATIVES
Governors
1900 Sir John Madden* s.a.
1901 - 1903 Sir George Sydenham Clarke 1848 - 1933
1903 - 1904 Sir John Madden* (3x)
1904 - 1908 MajGen. Sir Reginald Arthur James Talbot 1841 - 1929
1908 Sir John Madden* (4x)
1908 - 1911 Sir Thomas David Gibson Carmichael 1859 - 1926
1911 Sir John Madden* (5x)
1911 - 1913 Sir John Michael Fleetwood Fuller 1864 - 1915
1913 - 1914 Sir John Madden* (6x)
1914 - 1920 Sir Arthur Lyulph Stanley
1920 - 1921 Sir William Hill Irvine* 1858 - 1943
1921 - 1926 Col. George Edward John Mowbray Rous,
Earl of Stradbroke 1862 - 1947
1926 Sir William Hill Irvine* (2x)
1926 - 1931 LtCol. Arthur Herbert Tennyson Somers
Cocks, Barob Somers 1887 - 1944
1931 - 1934 Sir William Hill Irvine* (3x)
1934 - 1939 Capt. William Charles Arcedeckne Vanneck,
Baron Huntingfield 1883 - 1969
1939 Sir Frederick Wollaston Mann* 1869 - 1958
1939 - 1949 MajGen. Sir Winston Joseph Dugan 1877 - 1951
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MINISTERS
Premiers
1901 Sir George Turner s.a.
1901 - 1902 Alexander James Peacock 1861 - 1933
1902 - 1904 William Hill Irvine s.a.
1904 - 1909 Thomas Bent 1838 - 1909
1909 - 1912 John Murray 1851 - 1916
1912 - 1913 William Alexander Watt 1871 - 1946
1913 George Alexander Elmslie 1861 - 1918
1913 - 1914 William Alexander Watt (2x)
1914 - 1917 Sir Alexander James Peacock (2x)
1917 - 1918 John Bowser 1856 - 1936
1918 - 1924 Henry Sutherland Wightman Lawson 1875 - 1952
1924 Sir Alexander James Peacock (3x)
1924 George Michael Prendergast 1854 - 1937
1924 - 1927 John Allan 1866 - 1936
1927 - 1928 Edmund John Hogan 1884 - 1964
1928 - 1929 Sir William Murray McPherson 1865 - 1932
1929 - 1932 Edmund John Hogan (2x)
1932 - 1935 Sir Stanley Seymour Argyle 1867 - 1940
1935 - 1945 Albert Arthur Dunstan 1882 - 1950
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