The 25th and current Governor General of Australia

A man who was a keen sportsman, amiable and one of Victoria's most popular and well-known governors, Sir Dallas Brooks

Was he an unlucky leader or in over his head, a wishy-washy well-meaning fellow who had risen above his level of competence or the victim of circumstance, this week we find out about the 2nd Governor of NSW, John Hunter

He took Australia through perhaps one of the darkest periods during WWII ... a war that cost him his son's life.

.. our only Royal Vice Regal appointment ....

... a keen historian who liked French literature and is considered one of the intellectuals who filled the role ...

The life of Dame Roma Mitchell was filled with firsts, including the first woman to be appointed Governor of South Australia

Australia's 9th Governor-General from 1931-1936 and the first Australian born GG Sir Isaac Isaacs

Governor Ralph Darling

Charles Joseph La Trobe was the 1st Lieutenant Governor of Victoria.

Sir John Kerr, the man behind the controversy

Sir Philip Game was the 26th Governor of NSW.

Our podcast this week looks at the role of a man regarded as one o f the finest constitutional lawyers in the English speaking world. Sir Zelman Cowen stepped into the role of Governor General during a very turbulent political time following the Whitlam Dismissal.

William Bligh was a Governor whose reign was marred by controversy.

Our 6th Governor General Sir Ronald Munro Ferguson

The 2nd in our podcast series is all about our first Governor General Lord Hopetoun

Arthur Phillip, the man who created a nation.

Lachlan Macquarie is credited with shaping Sydney and NSW.