Sir Isaac Isaacs
Isaac Isaacs was the first Australian born governor-general.
The first Australian-born governor-general was Sir Isaac Isaacs, who served from 1931 to 1936. He also served as the 3rd Chief Justice of Australia.
Quentin Bryce is Australia's first female governor-genera, a 65-year-old Queenslander was sworn in as Australia's 25th - and first female - governor-general in a formal ceremony in the Senate chamber this morning by High Court Chief Justice Robert French.
The US has never had a governor general. The first President of the United States was George Washington. The first US Governor-General of the Philippines was William Howard Taft.
Warren Hastings, the first Governor-General of British India from 1773 to 1785.
The first Canadian-born Governor General was Vincent Massey.
The first female Governor General of Canada was the Right Honourable Jeanne Sauvé.
No. Australia's first Governor General was Sir Charles FitzRoy.
At Confederation, the Governor General was The Right Honourable The Viscount Monck.
The first Governor-General of India (British India) was Warren Hastings. He served as Governor-General during the time period of 1773 to 1785
In Australia, the first female Governor-General is Quentin Bryce, who was appointed on 5 September 2008.
In 1976, Pastor Sir Douglas Nicholls was appointed Governor of South Australia, the first Aboriginal Governor of any Australian State.