Queensland: Governors: 1859-1901

Captain General and Governor-in-Chief of the Colony of Queensland and its Dependencies
10 Dec 1859 - 14 Aug 1868	Sir George Ferguson Bowen [1]
Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Queensland and its Dependencies
14 Aug 1868 - 2 Jan 1871	Samuel Wensley Blackall
Administrator of the Government of the Colony of Queensland
2 Jan 1871 - 12 Aug 1871	Maurice Charles O'Connell [2]
Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Queensland and its Dependencies
12 Aug 1871 - 23 Jan 1875	George Augustus Constantine Phipps, Marquess of Normanby, Earl of Mulgrave, Viscount Normanby and Baron Mulgrave, of Mulgrave, all in the County of York, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom ; and Baron Mulgrave of New Ross, in the County of Wexford, in the Peerage of Ireland [1]
23 Jan 1875 - 20 Jul 1877	William Wellington Cairns
20 Jul 1877 - 3 Jun 1883	Sir Arthur Edward Kennedy [3]
Administrator of the Government of the Colony of Queensland
3 Jun 1883 - 6 Nov 1883	Sir Arthur Hunter Palmer [4]
Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Queensland and its Dependencies
6 Nov 1883 - 9 Oct 1888	Sir Anthony Musgrave
Administrator of the Government of the Colony of Queensland
9 Oct 1888 - 1 May 1889	Sir Arthur Hunter Palmer [5]
Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Queensland and its Dependencies
1 May 1889 - 9 Apr 1896	Sir Henry Wylie Norman
9 Apr 1896 - 1 Jan 1901	Charles Wallace Alexander Napier, Baron Lamington [6]

Also in New Zealand and Victoria.
Following the death of Blackall on 2 Jan 1871, the functions of Governor devolved on President of the Legislative Council O'Connell who took the oath of office on the same day.
Also in Western Australia.
During the absence of Kennedy, the functions of Governor devolved on President of the Legislative Council Palmer who took the oath of office on 2 May 1883 and continued in office after the death of Kennedy on 3 Jun 1883.
Following the death of Musgrave on 9 Oct 1888, the functions of Governor devolved on President of the Legislative Council Palmer who took the oath of office on the same day.
The office of Governor of the Colony of Queensland was replaced by that of Governor of the State of Queensland on 1 Jan 1901, when the letters patent constituting the former were revoked and the new letters patent were read and published.