List of colonial governors in 1883

France

 * Obock –
 * Territory of Obock settled by France
 * Léonce Lagarde, Commissioner of Obock Territory (1883–1884)
 * Riviéres du Sud – Jean-Marie Bayol, Lieutenant-Governor of Riviéres du Sud (1882–1891)
 * Senegal -

Portugal

 * Angola – Francisco Joaquim Ferreira do Amaral, Governor-General of Angola (1882–1886)

United Kingdom

 * India – George Robinson, Viceroy of India (1880–1884)
 * Malta Colony – Arthur Borton, Governor of Malta (1878–1884)
 * New South Wales – Lord Augustus Loftus, Governor of New South Wales (1879–1885)
 * Queensland
 * Sir Arthur Kennedy, Governor of Queensland (1877–1883)
 * Sir Anthony Musgrave, Governor of Queensland (1883–1888)
 * Tasmania – Major George Strahan, Governor of Tasmania (1881–1886)
 * South Australia
 * Lieutenant-General William Jervois, Governor of South Australia (1877–1883)
 * Sir William Robinson, Governor of South Australia (1883–1889)
 * Victoria – George Phipps, Lord Normanby, Governor of Victoria (1879–1884)
 * Western Australia
 * Sir William Robinson, Governor of Western Australia (1880–1883)
 * Sir Frederick Broome, Governor of Western Australia (1883–1890)