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... GOVERNOR MACQUARIE ARRIVES Colonel Lachlan Macquarie , the first governor to be appointed from the Army , landed in Sydney almost two years after Major George Johnston had deposed Captain William Bligh . His first acts were to dismiss ...
... GOVERNOR MACQUARIE ARRIVES Colonel Lachlan Macquarie , the first governor to be appointed from the Army , landed in Sydney almost two years after Major George Johnston had deposed Captain William Bligh . His first acts were to dismiss ...
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... GOVERNOR MACQUARIE ' LAUNCHED Ship - building was an important colonial industry . Small vessels were needed to connect the various settlements ... Governor Macquarie launched: October 1811 Macquarie visits Van Diemen's Land: November 1811.
... GOVERNOR MACQUARIE ' LAUNCHED Ship - building was an important colonial industry . Small vessels were needed to connect the various settlements ... Governor Macquarie launched: October 1811 Macquarie visits Van Diemen's Land: November 1811.
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... Governor Macquarie , as follows : VARIOUS applications having been made as well to His Excellency the Governor , as to His Majesty's Ministers in England , soliciting the removal of that Restriction which has hitherto subsisted in ...
... Governor Macquarie , as follows : VARIOUS applications having been made as well to His Excellency the Governor , as to His Majesty's Ministers in England , soliciting the removal of that Restriction which has hitherto subsisted in ...
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