Visitors
The Governor of New South Wales for the time being is ex officio Visitor of the University.
| 1850-1855 | His Excellency Sir Charles Augustus FitzRoy KCB KH |
| 1855-1861 | His Excellency Sir William Thomas Denison KCB |
| 1861-1867 | His Excellency the Right Hon Sir John Young, Bart GCMG KCB |
| 1868-1872 | His Excellency the Right Hon Somerset Richard, Earl of Belmore |
| 1872-1879 | His Excellency Sir Hercules George Robert Robinson GCMG |
| 1879-1885 | His Excellency the Right Hon Sir Augustus Loftus GCB |
| 1885-1890 | His Excellency the Right Hon Charles Robert, Baron Carrington PC GCMG |
| 1891-1893 | His Excellency the Right Hon Victor George, Earl of Jersey GCMG |
| 1893-1895 | His Excellency the Right Hon Sir Robert Duff PC GCMG |
| 1895-1899 | His Excellency the Right Hon Henry Robert, Viscount Hampden |
| 1899-1901 | His Excellency the Right Hon William Lygon, Earl Beauchamp KCMG |
| 1902-1909 | His Excellency Admiral Sir Harry Rawson GCB |
| 1909-1913 | His Excellency the Right Hon Frederick Napier, Baron Chelmsford GCMG CB |
| 1913-1917 | His Excellency Sir Gerald Strickland, Count della Catena GCMG |
| 1918-1923 | His Excellency Sir Walter Davidson KCMG |
| 1924-1930 | His Excellency Sir Dudley de Chair KCB |
| 1930-1935 | His Excellency Air Vice-Marshal Sir Philip Game GBE KCB DSO |
| 1935-1936 | His Excellency Sir Alexander Hore-Ruthven VC KCMG CB CMG DSO |
| 1936 | His Excellency Admiral Sir Murray Anderson KCB KCMG MVO |
| 1937-1946 | His Excellency the Right Hon John De Vere Loder, Baron Wakehurst KCMG |
| 1946-1957 | His Excellency Lieutenant-General Sir John Northcott KCMG KCVO CB KStJ |
| 1957-1965 | His Excellency Lieutenant-General Sir Eric Woodward KCMG KCVO CB CBE DSO |
| 1966-1981 | His Excellency Sir Arthur Roden Cutler VC KCMG KCVO CBE KStJ |
| 1981-1989 | His Excellency Air Marshal Sir James Rowland KBE DFC AFC KStJ |
| 1989-1990 | His Excellency Rear Admiral Sir David Martin KCMG AO |
| 1990-1996 | His Excellency Rear Admiral Peter Sinclair AO |
| 1996-2001 | His Excellency the Honourable Gordon Samuels AC |
| 2001– | Her Excellency Professor Marie Roslyn Bashir AC CVO |