List of colonial governors in 1873 explained
Portugal
United Kingdom
- Jamaica – Sir John Peter Grant, Governor of Jamaica (1866–1874)
- Malta Colony – Charles van Straubenzee, Governor of Malta (1872–1878)
- New South Wales – Hercules Robinson, Lord Rosmead, Governor of New South Wales (1872–1879)
- Queensland – George Phipps, Lord Normanby, Governor of Queensland (1871–1874)
- Tasmania – Sir Charles Du Cane, Governor of Tasmania (1869–1874)
- South Australia
- Sir James Fergusson, Bt, Governor of South Australia (1869–1873)
- Sir Anthony Musgrave, Governor of South Australia (1873–1877)
- Victoria
- John Manners-Sutton, Lord Canterbury, Governor of Victoria (1866–1873)
- George Bowen, Governor of Victoria (1873–1879)
- Western Australia – Major Frederick Weld, Governor of Western Australia(1869–1875)