Western Australia: Governors: 1829-1901

Lieutenant Governor of His Majesty's Settlement in Western Australia
18 Jun 1829 - 6 Feb 1832	James Stirling (from 1833, Sir James Stirling)
Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Western Australia
6 Feb 1832 - 3 Jan 1839	James Stirling (from 1833, Sir James Stirling) [1]
Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Territory of Western Australia and its Dependencies
3 Jan 1839 - 27 Jan 1846	John Hutt
27 Jan 1846 - 11 Feb 1847	Andrew Clarke
11 Feb 1847 - 12 Aug 1848	Frederick Chidley Irwin
12 Aug 1848 - 21 Jul 1855	Charles Fitzgerald
21 Jul 1855 - 28 Feb 1862	Arthur Edward Kennedy (from 1867, Sir Arthur Edward Kennedy) [2]
28 Feb 1862 - 2 Nov 1868	John Stephen Hampton [3]
Senior Military Officer in Command of Her Majesty's Land Forces in Western Australia, Administering the Government in and over the Territory of Western Australia and its Dependencies
2 Nov 1868 - 30 Sep 1869	John Bruce [4]
Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over the Territory of Western Australia and its Dependencies
30 Sep 1869 - 11 Jan 1875	Frederick Aloysius Weld [5]
11 Jan 1875 - 30 Jan 1878	William Cleaver Francis Robinson (from 1877 Sir William Cleaver Francis Robinson) [6][7]
30 Jan 1878 - 10 Apr 1880	Sir Harry St. George Ord
10 Apr 1880 - 2 Jun 1883	Sir William Cleaver Francis Robinson
2 Jun 1883 - 20 Oct 1890	Frederick Napier Broome (from 1884, Sir Frederick Napier Broome)
Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over the Colony of Western Australia and its Dependencies
20 Oct 1890 - 23 Dec 1895	Sir William Cleaver Francis Robinson
23 Dec 1895 - 30 Jun 1900	Sir Gerard Smith [8]
Administrator of the Government in and over the Colony of Western Australia and its Dependencies
30 Jun 1900 - 1 Jan 1901	Sir Alexander Campbell Onslow

During the absence of James Stirling, who departed for England, the functions of Governor devolved on:

Lieutenant Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Western Australia and its Dependencies

12 Aug 1832 - 14 Sep 1833

Frederick Chidley Irwin

14 Sep 1833 - 13 May 1834

Richard Daniell

13 May 1834 - 24 May 1834

Picton Beete

24 May 1834 - 20 Aug 1834

Richard Daniell
Also in Queensland.
The commission of Hampton was set to be revoked upon the issuance of the commission for Sir Benjamin Chilley Campbell Pine as Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over the Colony of Western Australia on 20 Jul 1868. However, Pine never took office in Western Australia and the revocatoin of Hampton's commission was not effected in usual manner. Pine's commission was formally revoked upon the reading of commission of Weld on 30 Sep 1869.
Following the departure of Hampton on 2 Nov 1878, the functions of Governor devolved on the Senior Military Officer in Command of Her Majesty's Land Forces in Western Australia John Bruce who took the oaths on the same day, pending the arrival of a Governor.
Also in Tasmania.
Also in South Australia.
During the absence of Robinson, the functions of Governor devolved on:

Administrator of the Government of the Territory of Western Australia and its Dependencies

7 Sep 1877 - 12 Nov 1877

Edward Douglas Harvest

Lieutenant Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over the Territory of Western Australia and its Dependencies

12 Nov 1877 - 30 Jan 1878

Sir Harry St. George Ord
Following the departure of Smith on 22 Mar 1900, the functions of Governor devolved on the Chief Justice Onslow who took the oath of office on 23 Mar 1900. The resignation of Smith was accepted on 30 Jun 1900, while Onslow continued in office as Administrator of the Government until the office of Governor of the Colony of Western Australia was replaced by that of Governor of the State of Western Australia on 1 Jan 1901, when the letters patent constituting the former were revoked and the new letters patent were read and published.