REAR ADMIRAL PETER ROSS SINCLAIR AC, KStJ
8 Aug, 1990 to 29 Feb, 1996

Rear Admiral Sinclair
Rear Admiral Peter Ross Sinclair AC, KStJ

[Courtesy of Government House,
Historic Houses Trust]
  • Thirty fifth Governor of New South Wales.
  • Born in Australia in 1934.
  • Senior naval officer as were the first four governors of the colony of New South Wales.
  • Promoted to Governor after his retirement from the navy as Department Chief Naval Staff 1989.
  • Followed his good friend Rear Admiral Sir David Martin AO into the office of governor.
  • Saw the role as the Governor of New South Wales as bringing the the office of Governor closer to a somethimes questioning community
  • Helped set up the tri-service Australian Defence Force Academy.
  • Guided Darwin out of the aftermath of the cylone in 1974 and led the diaster relief effort of flood prone Nygun in 1990.
Researcher, Neil Sharp, ”Who’s Who in Australia.” 1996 p 1708.