Penelope Anne Wensley, AC (born 18 October 1946)[1] is an Australian former public servant and diplomat who served as the 25th Governor of Queensland from 2008 to 2014.

[4] Wensley joined the Australian Public Service in 1967, working in the Department of External Affairs in 1967.

[7] Wensley was then appointed as the first female Australian High Commissioner to India, a role she held until 2004.

[9] On 6 July 2008, the Premier of Queensland, Anna Bligh, announced that Queen Elizabeth II had approved Wensley's appointment as the next Governor of Queensland, in succession to Quentin Bryce, who was relinquishing the office prior to being sworn in as Governor-General of Australia.

[18] In 2016, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade named one of its 16 meeting rooms in honour of Wensley, in recognition of her work as a pioneering female diplomat.