Michael Bryce Michael Bryce Michael John Bryce AM AE is an Australian architect and graphic and industrial designer. He is the husband of the 25th Governor-General of Australia, Dame Quentin Bryce. Michael Bryce was born in Brisbane. His schooling was at Gordonvale State School in north Queensland, and Brisbane State High School. He gained a Bachelor of Architecture degree from the University of Queensland in 1962 and then worked in London for some time. He returned to Australia and started his own architecture practice in 1968, which did work for a number of important Australian institutions such as the National Trust of
Governors of the Australian states as Governor of Victoria in 2015. South Australia was also the first state to appoint a woman as governor, when Dame Roma Mitchell took office in 1991. With the appointment of Penelope Wensley in July 2008, Queensland has had three female governors, more than any other state. Queensland is also the only state to have had two female governors in succession (Wensley succeeded Quentin Bryce). South Australia has had two female governors, and New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria, and Western Australia one each. The Northern Territory, the only mainland territory to have an administrator, has had one female administrator (Sally