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As Lieutenant - Governor the Home Office appointed Major Robert Ross on 24 October 1786. He had joined the marines in 1756 , became a captain - lieutenant in 1773 , served in America , was promoted captain in 1774 , and brevetmajor in ...
As Lieutenant - Governor the Home Office appointed Major Robert Ross on 24 October 1786. He had joined the marines in 1756 , became a captain - lieutenant in 1773 , served in America , was promoted captain in 1774 , and brevetmajor in ...
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William Balmain , a surgeon on the first feet who had been raised to the rank of principal surgeon in September 1795 , was appointed commandant in Sydney , and Andrew Thompson , an emancipist , was appointed commandant in Parramatta.40 ...
William Balmain , a surgeon on the first feet who had been raised to the rank of principal surgeon in September 1795 , was appointed commandant in Sydney , and Andrew Thompson , an emancipist , was appointed commandant in Parramatta.40 ...
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Bowen immediately won the good opinion of King , who appointed him Lieutenant - Governor of Norfolk Island , and then cancelled that appointment when he asked him to take command of the new settlement on the Derwent.18 He was to take ...
Bowen immediately won the good opinion of King , who appointed him Lieutenant - Governor of Norfolk Island , and then cancelled that appointment when he asked him to take command of the new settlement on the Derwent.18 He was to take ...
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THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE PROTESTANTS | 21 |
THE SONS OF ENLIGHTENMENT | 42 |
THE CHOICE OF BOTANY BAY | 59 |
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