Australian-born Governors
The first Australian- (and Victorian-) born Governor of Victoria was Sir Henry Winneke (appointed 1974). With the exceptions of Dr Davis McCaughey (b. Ireland), Professor David de Kretser (b. Ceylon) and incumbent Alex Chernov (b. Lithuania), all subsequent governors have been Australian-born.
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