Eric Johnston (NT Administrator)

Commodore Eric Eugene Johnston (29 July 1933 – 26 February 1997) was a Royal Australian Navy officer and the Administrator of the Northern Territory from 1 January 1981 to 1 July 1989. During his naval career he commanded HMAS Vendetta (D08) in the Vietnam War. Later he commanded HMAS Perth (D38) from 1976 to 1978. After Cyclone Tracy, as Naval Officer Commanding Northern Australia, he was involved in the administration of emergency naval assistance. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1970, and an Officer of the Order of Australia in 1988.

The Eric Johnston Lectures of the Northern Territory Library were named in his honour. He gave the first Lecture in 1986.