| Description |
xxii, 666 pages, 40 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Phillip, Arthur -- Hunter, John -- King, Philip Gidley -- Bligh, William -- Macquarie, Lachlan -- Brisbane, Sir Thomas -- Darling, Ralph -- Bourke, Sir Richard -- Gipps, Sir George -- Fitzroy, Sir Charles Augustus -- Denison, Sir William Thomas -- Young, Sir John -- Belmore, Somerset Richard Lowry-Corry, Earl of Belmore -- Richardson, sir Hercules George Robert -- Loftus, Sir Augustus William Frederick Spencer -- Carrington, Charles Robert, Baron Carrington -- Jersey, Victor Albert George Child-Villiers, Earl of Jersey -- Duff, Sir Robert William -- Hampden, Henry Robert Brand, Viscount Hampden -- Beauchamp, William Lygon, Earl Beauchamp -- Rawson, Sir Harry Holdsworth -- Chelmsford, Frederick John Napier Thesiger, Baron Chelmsford -- Strickland, Sir Gerald, Count della Catena -- Davidson, Sir Walter Edward -- De Chair, Sir Dudley Rawson Stratford -- Game, Sir Philip Woolcott -- Hore-Ruthven, Sir Alexander Gore Arkwright -- Anderson, Sir David Murray -- Wakehurst, John de Vere Loder, Baron Wakehurst -- Northcott, Sir John -- Woodward, Sir Eric Winslow -- Cutler, Sir Arthur Roden -- Rowland, Sir James Anthony -- Martin, Sir David -- Sinclair, Peter Ross -- Samuels, Gordon Jacob -- Bashir, Marie Roslyn |
| Summary |
Summary: "This 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 Hunterʼs amazing sea voyages, the erratic career of the ʻdevious and foul-temperedʼ William Bligh, the highly public clashes of Sir Hercules Robinson (nicknamed the ʻCrisis makerʼ) with Governments and Parliament, the ʻBoyʼs Ownʼ Naval career of the swashbuckling Sir Harry Rawson, the extraordinary double life of Lord Beauchamp and the dramatic events surrounding Sir Philip Gameʼs 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."--Publisher description |
| Notes |
"Sesquicentenary 1856-2006 responsible government in New South Wales"--T.p |
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"Governor Macquarie 1810-2010"--T.p |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Governors -- Australia -- New South Wales -- Biography.
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| SUBJECT |
New South Wales http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79033009 -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002011436
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New South Wales -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh90001495
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Australia -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009591
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Author |
Clune, David.
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Turner, Ken, 1928-
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| ISBN |
9781862877436 hardback |
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