Our history

Auditors-General have been responsible for auditing South Australian Government finances, systems and processes since 1839.

List of Auditors-General

Auditor-General

1839-1843	Charles Burton Newenham
1840	Board of Audit set up in conjunction with the Auditor-General to examine the accounts of the Province from 17 October 1838 to 31 December 1839. Members: William Wyatt, John Hallett and Thomas Williams

Board of Audit (3 members)

1843-1844	Capt Gerald Villiers Butler
1843	Philip Turner
1843	Capt William Littlejohn O'Halloran
1843-1844	James William MacDonald
1843-1844	William Henry Maturin

Auditor-General

1844-1848	William Henry Maturin
1848-1851	Francis Corbet Singleton
1851-1868	Capt William Littlejohn O'Halloran
1868-1880	Edward William Hitchin
1880-1882	William Tyndall Sheppard

Commissioners Of Audit (2)

1882-1895	Ebenezer Cooke
1882-1895	Alfred Heath

Commissioner Of Audit (1)

1895-1907	Ebenezer Cooke
1907-1912	Peter Whitington
1912-1923	Edgar William Giles

Auditor-General (from 1923)

1923	Edgar William Giles
1923-1934	Walter Ernest Rogers
1934-1946	John William Wainwright
1946-1959	William Poole Bishop
1959-1972	George Henry Padget Jeffrey
1972-1978	Desmond Eoghan Byrne
1978-1983	Edgar George Tattersall
1983-1990	Thomas Anthony Sheridan
1990-2007	Kenneth Ian MacPherson
2007-2015	Simon O'Neill
2015-	Andrew Richardson