List of colonial governors of Papua New Guinea
Papua
In 1945, the Territory of Papua was merged with the Territory of New Guinea to form the Territory of Papua and New Guinea.

List of colonial governors of Papua New Guinea

Section Title: Papua
Table Section Text: In 1945, the Territory of Papua was merged with the Territory of New Guinea to form the Territory of Papua and New Guinea.

Tenure	Portrait	Incumbent	Notes

Magistrate for Queensland in New Guinea (1883)

3 April 1883 to 2 July 1883	-	Henry Majoribanks Chester	Police Magistrate on Thursday Island

Special Commissioners for Great Britain in New Guinea (1884–1885)

6 November 1884 to 2 December 1885	-	Peter Scratchley	From 6 June 1885, Sir Peter Scratchley. Died in office

2 December 1885 to 1886	-	Hugh Hastings Romilly	Acting

1886 to 1887	-	John Douglas

Administrator of British New Guinea (1888–1895)

1888 to 1895	-	Sir William MacGregor

Lieutenant-Governors of British New Guinea (1895–1904)

1895 to 1897	-	Sir William MacGregor

1898 to 1903	-	George Le Hunte

1903 to 1904	-	Christopher Stansfield Robinson	Acting administrator

Lieutenant-Governors of Papua (1904–1942)

1904 to 1907	-	Francis Rickman Barton	Acting. The territory was renamed from British New Guinea to Papua with the passage of the Papua Act 1905

1908 to 27 February 1940	-	Sir Hubert Murray	Died in office

27 February 1940 to 1942	-	Hubert Leonard Murray	Acting

Military Administrator (1942–1946)

13 February 1942 to 31 October 1945	-	Major General Basil Morris	Commander of the 8th Military District

Head of the Papuan Civil Administrative Unit (1942)

14 February 1942 to 10 April 1942	-	Sydney Elliott-Smith	In Port Moresby

General Officers Commanding of the Australian New Guinea Administrative Unit [ANGAU] (1942–1946)

10 April 1942 to August 1942	-	Kenneth Carlyle McMullen	In Port Moresby

August 1942 to 24 June 1946	-	Major General Basil Morris	In Port Moresby until October 1945, afterwards in Lae. Styled as Head of the ANGAU until 7 February 1944

4 September 1944 to 9 December 1944	-	Brigadier Donald Cleland	Acting for Morris

Sentence(s)

In 1942, Basil Morris was the Military Administrator.

final_sentence: In 1942, Basil Morris was the Military Administrator.