The Governors of New South Wales 1788-2010This book contains biographical accounts of all 37 Governors of New South Wales from Arthur Phillip in 1788 to Marie Bashir.Highlights of the book include John Hunter's amazing sea voyages, the erratic career of the 'devious and foul-tempered' William Bligh, the highly public clashes of Sir Hercules Robinson (nicknamed the 'Crisis maker') with Governments and Parliament, the 'Boy's Own' Naval career of the swashbuckling Sir Harry Rawson, the extraordinary double life of Lord Beauchamp and the dramatic events surrounding Sir Philip Game's dismissal of Jack Lang.Leading historians such as Brian Fletcher, JM Bennett, Geoffrey Bolton, Graham Freudenberg, Anne Twomey, Chris Cunneen, Ian Hancock, Evan Williams and Rodney Cavalier tell of both extraordinary lives and the political and constitutional crises many had to face. |
Contents
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HUNTER John | 48 |
KING Philip Gidley | 67 |
BLIGH William | 87 |
MACQUARIE Lachlan | 107 |
BRISBANE Sir Thomas | 126 |
DARLING Ralph | 148 |
BOURKE Sir Richard | 167 |
HAMPDEN Henry Robert Brand Viscount Hampden | 372 |
BEAUCHAMP William Lygon Earl Beauchamp | 381 |
RAWSON Sir Harry Holdsworth | 396 |
CHELMSFORD Frederic John Napier Thesiger | 415 |
STRICKLAND Sir Gerald Count della Catena | 429 |
DAVIDSON Sir Walter Edward | 446 |
DE CHAIR Sir Dudley Rawson Stratford | 457 |
GAME Sir Philip Woolcott | 473 |
GIPPS Sir George | 189 |
FITZROY Sir Charles Augustus | 203 |
DENISON Sir William Thomas | 226 |
YOUNG Sir John | 251 |
BELMORE Somerset Richard LowryCorry Earl of Belmore | 275 |
ROBINSON Sir Hercules George Robert | 294 |
LOFTUS Sir Augustus William Frederick Spencer | 317 |
CARRINGTON Charles Robert Baron Carrington | 332 |
JERSEY Victor Albert George ChildVilliers Earl of Jersey | 352 |
DUFF Sir Robert William | 362 |
HORERUTHVEN Sir Alexander Gore Arkwright | 496 |
ANDERSON Sir David Murray | 506 |
WAKEHURST John de Vere Loder Baron Wakehurst | 513 |
NORTHCOTT Sir John | 524 |
WOODWARD Sir Eric Winslow | 538 |
ROWLAND Sir James Anthony | 569 |
SINCLAIR Peter Ross | 587 |
SAMUELS Gordon Jacob | 603 |
Appendices | 628 |
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