Various Governors-General had previously served as governors of an Australian state or colony : Lord Hopetoun ( Victoria 1889-1895 ) ; Lord Tennyson ( South Australia 1899-1902 ) ; Lord Gowrie ( South Australia 1928-34 ; and New South Wales 1935-1936 ) ; Major General Michael Jeffery ( Western Australia 1993-2000 ) ; Quentin Bryce ( Queensland 2003-2008 ) ; General David Hurley ( New South Wales 2014 - 2019 ) .