Question: who was the first governor of western australia
Answer: Image Governor From To Captain Sir James Stirling RN 4 March 1832 2 January 1839 John Hutt 3 January 1839 26 January 1846 Lieutenant Colonel Sir Andrew Clarke KCH 27 January 1846 11 February 1847 - Lieutenant Colonel Frederick Irwin ( acting Governor ) 12 February 1847 11 August 1848 Captain Charles Fitzgerald 12 August 1848 22 July 1855 5 Sir Arthur Kennedy GCMG CB 23 July 1855 27 February 1862 6 Dr John Hampton 28 February 1862 1 November 1868 7 Sir Benjamin Pine 2 November 1868 29 September 1869 8 The Hon .