What is Governor of New South Wales?
[[File:Flag of the Governor of New South Wales.svg|200px|right|Standard of the Governor of New South Wales]] The '''Governor of New South Wales''' is the oldest [[politics|political]] office of Australia. Captain Arthur Phillip RN became the first Governor of New South Wales on 7 February 1788. The Colony of [[New South Wales]] was the first British settlement in Australia. The first governors had almost [[autocratic]] powers due to the distance from and poor communications with [[Great Britain]]. In 1824 the [[New South Wales Legislative Council]], Australia's first [[legislature]], was appointed to help the governor.<ref>NSW Parliament. [http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/web/common.nsf/key/LCHistory History of the Legislative Council] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060409150820/http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/web/common.nsf/key/LCHistory |date=2006-04-09 }}. Accessed 10 August 2007.</ref> Between 1850 and 1861, the Governor of New South Wales was also called the Governor-General. All letters between the Australian colonies and the British Government were meant to go through the Governor-General. The other colonies had Lieutenant-Governors. As they became independent, [[South Australia]] in 1836, [[Tasmania]] January 1855 and [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]] May 1855 replaced their Lieutenant-Governors with Governors. [[William Denison|Sir William Denison]] kept the title of Governor-General until h is retirement.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.federationpress.com.au/bookstore/book.asp?isbn=9781862876293|title=The chameleon Crown: The Queen and her Australian governors|last=Twomey|first=Anne|date=2006|publisher=The Federation Press|isbn=978-1-86287-629-3|location=Sydney|access-date=2010-06-14|archive-date=2021-03-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210320114258/https://www.federationpress.com.au/bookstore/book.asp?isbn=9781862876293|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Governor acts on the advice of the head of the elected government, the [[Premiers of New South Wales|Premier of New