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Clan Stirling Online! Family History Scotland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10) The Stirlings of Kippendavie and Kippenross are a branch of the Stirlings of Keir. Descendants of James Stirling and Marion Reid of Baldernock, Stirling Scotland Descendants of James Stirling and Marion Reid of Baldernock, Scotland. www.clanstirling.org /Main/families/Scotland/scotland.shtml   (954 words)

Stirling, Sir James (1791 - 1865) Biographical Entry - Australian Dictionary of Biography Online STIRLING, Sir JAMES (1791-1865), governor, was the fifth son and the eighth of the fifteen children of Andrew Stirling of Drumpellier, Lanarkshire, Scotland. Stirling himself received a grant of 100,000 acres (40,469 ha) of land in the colony and repayment of his expenses, but the government was always reluctant to accept the slightest financial responsibility for his or the colony's success. Stirling had also to cope with the deliberate falsifications in the British press by the Wakefieldians, who cited the Swan River as the best example of the worst type of colonization, in order to back their propaganda for the founding of a new type of colony in the south of Australia. www.adb.online.anu.edu.au /biogs/A020448b.htm   (3534 words)

Australian Information from Wikipedia Perth was founded in 1829 by Captain James Stirling as the political centre of the free settler Swan River Colony, Perth has continued to serve as the seat of Government for Western Australia to the present day. Captain James Stirling, aboard the Parmelia, said that Perth was "as beautiful as anything of this kind I had ever witnessed." On August 12 that year, Mrs. Stirling, a Scot, acted in accordance with the wish of Sir George Murray, Secretary of State for War and the Colonies, that the town be named after Perthshire, which was Murray's birthplace and parliamentary seat in the British House of Commons. www.thinkingaustralia.net /thinking_australia/wikipedia/default.php?title=Perth,_Western_Australia   (3137 words)

James Stirling (Australian governor) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Admiral Sir James Stirling (January 28, 1791–April 23, 1865) was a British marine officer and colonial administrator. The Stirling family was well-known and celebrated in the naval annals of the 18th century. From January 1854 to February 1856 Stirling was commander in chief of the naval forces in China and the East Indies. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/James_Stirling_(Australian_governor)   (968 words)

HMAS Stirling (Royal Australian Navy) HMAS STIRLING was selected to honour the name of Captain James Stirling, Royal Navy, the naval officer who landed on Garden Island in 1827 and returned in June, 1829 to found not only the first European settlement in Western Australia, but also the first free colony anywhere in Australia. Stirling 's makeshift camp was set-up on the craggy rock outcrop on the eastern side of the island, which today is known as Cliff Head and is the site of a memorial. Construction of STIRLING's wharves and workshops began in early 1973 and accommodation in 1975 with STIRLING being formally commissioned on July 28, 1978. www.navy.gov.au /establishments/stirling   (286 words)

Walkabout - Perth Meanwhile Captain James Stirling, whose report on the potential of the Swan River had been received with little enthusiasm, had gone to England in 1828 to press for the establishment of a colony on the Swan River. Stirling managed to generate considerable debate in the British parliament and so, even though he was given limited government support, on 1 June 1829 he set sail from England as the Lieutenant Governor of Australia's first free colony. Stirling sailed with a small contingent of free settlers aboard the Parmenia while the HMS Sulphur brought a military detachment to the colony. www.walkabout.com.au /locations/WAPerth.shtml   (2983 words)

Government House - Perth, Western Australia Captain James Stirling, RN, arrived from England to found the Colony of Western Australia which he proclaimed in June 1829. Stirling’s official designation of Lieutenant Governor was superseded by that of Governor in November 1831. Stirling resigned in October 1837 and left the Colony for England in January 1839. www.govhouse.wa.gov.au /history.htm   (897 words)

Perth - Perth Travel Guide It was a sea captain, Captain James Stirling who officially founded Perth and established the Swan River colony in 1829. Stirling s reasons for disobeying Murray were that according to him, the Perth site was "decidedly preferable in building materials, streams of water, and facility of communication ". Stirling, himself a Scotsman approved of the choice although at least one early settler by the name of William Leake is recorded to have complained to the Home Office regarding the name. www.aboutperth.net   (1410 words)

History of Albany Western Australia | My Albany.net | ALBANY WA - ALBANY Accommodation & Tourism Directory. For all ... The first formal claim of possession for Britain was made by Commander George Vancouver RN (later captain) on 29 September 1791 on the spot he named Possession Point, at the tip of the peninsula between the waters he also named -- King George III Sound and Princess Royal Harbour at Albany. Instead, a small detachment headed by Edmund Lockyer with 18 soldiers, one captain, one doctor, one storekeeper and 23 convicts were sent as a labour force. Captain James Stirling decreed that the settlement would be named "Albany" from 1832. www.myalbany.net /albany_history.html   (442 words)

Central Information Reserve: Perth, Western Australia Following this in 1618 was Jansz in the Mauritius (Dutch) landing on the North-West Cape, 1619 was Frederik de Houtman (Dutch) in the Houtman Abrolhos, and in 1622 came J. Brooke on the Tryal (English) who was wrecked on the Monte Bello Islands and an unknown Dutch Captain in the Leeuwin. Up until Captain Stirling on the Parmelia and Sulphur and the establishment of the Colony in 1829, there were a further 8 Dutch, 6 French, and 8 English ships (in 207 years). Captain James Stirling made his first journey to Western Australia and the Swan River at the beginning of 1828. www.james.rcpt.to /perth/history.html   (460 words)

East Perth Cemeteries, Western Australia - Time Line Lt.-Governor James Stirling issued directions that all burials in the Colony had to take place in burial grounds specifically designated for that purpose, in order to "prevent indiscriminate burials and unpleasant consequences arising therefrom in a warm climate". The Colonial Chaplain, James Brown, refused to bury James Pollitt, an habitual drunkard, in the Church of England Cemetery. A ceremony was held in the grounds of St. Bartholomew's Church and Archbishop Appleton ordained Captain Norman Polgen as a Deacon. members.iinet.net.au /~perthdps/graves/timeline.htm   (3502 words)

The Explorers of Australia and their Life-work eBook On the 17th of January, 1827, Captain James Stirling, of H.M.S. Success, left Sydney, intending to survey those portions of the west coast unvisited by Lieutenant King, and also to investigate the nature of the country in the neighbourhood of the Swan River with a view to its suitability for settlement. In 1829, Captain Fremantle of H.M.S. Challenger hoisted the British flag at the mouth of the Swan River, and thenceforth the whole of the Australian continent was under British sway. Captain, now Lieutenant-Governor, Stirling arrived a month later in the transport Parmelia, and the free colony of Western Australia was launched on its varied career. www.bookrags.com /ebooks/10840/138.html   (499 words)

The Constitutional Centre of Western Australia - stirling He was born in 1791 in England and came from a family well-known and celebrated in the naval history of the 18th century. Sir James followed in his grandfather's footsteps to join the Navy in 1803 as a first class volunteer on a store ship called the Camel. In later years, he was criticised for not always acting in the best interests of the colony, accused of being elitist and arrogant in the use of his powers. www.ccentre.wa.gov.au /index.cfm?event=governorsJamesstirling   (438 words)

Swan River Captain James Stirling to Governor Darling, reporting on his exploration of the Swan River, 1827. Led by James Stirling, a naval captain, the colonists took land on the banks of the Swan River and established three towns - Fremantle, the port; Perth, the capital; and Guildford, a farming centre. Captain James Stirling, first Governor of Western Australia, was presented with this cup in London in 1833. www.museum.wa.gov.au /exhibitions/online/walap_start/3_SwanRiver.html   (2174 words)

History: Foundation Day 1 June 1829: The Events: Celebrate WA On 2 May Captain Fremantle left his ship early in the morning, and accompanied by a crew of fourteen, set out in a cutter and gig to explore the river with enough provisions to last three days. For many reasons Captain Stirling decided to establish the first settlement on Garden Island and gradually the settlers, their possessions and livestock were taken ashore. Captain Fremantle, who sent 30 of his men to assist, was convinced however that any attempt to colonise the island would in the end prove futile. www.celebratewa.com.au /index.php?pageid=36   (1137 words)

Scottish Place Names in Perth, Australia Since Robb is a Scottish family name, originating in Stirling, and the surname Smith is also common in Scotland, the chances of Hamilton Hill being a Scottish name are probably higher than it being an English one (Hamilton Hill is found in Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire as well as in Scotland). A Scotsman himself (he was born near Coatbridge in North Lanarkshire), Captain Stirling was happy to implement the wish of Sir George Murray, Secretary for the Colonies, that the settlement be named for Perthshire. Finally, the suburb of Success has a connection with Captain Stirling as it was the name of the ship (HMS Success) he commanded when he explored the Swan River in 1827. www.rampantscotland.com /placenames/placename_perth.htm   (4016 words)

Stirling Range National Park Known as Koi Kyeunu-ruff by the Mineng and Goreng people, the Stirling Range was named by John Septimus Roe on 4 November 1835 after Captain James Stirling, the first Governor of Western Australia. Formed over millions of years of weathering and erosion, the Stirling Range of south-west Western Australia is regarded as an area of great biogeographic and evolutionary interest and displays one of the richest floras in the world. At 2,500 - 2,900 million years old the bedrock of the Stirling Range is composed of metamorphosed sandstones and shales, believed to have originated from an ancient sea. www.deh.gov.au /heritage/national/sites/stirling.html   (807 words)

A Short History of Australia By Ernst Scott (1868-1939)- Chapter 17 from Nalanda Digital Library at NIT Calicut Stirling was charmed with what he saw, and the botanist who accompanied him, Fraser, gave a glowing account of the beauties of the river and the capabilities of the soil. Stirling was appointed Governor, and he arrived in the PARMELIA with fifty-five passengers on June 1, 1829. Stirling realized that it was hopeless at this stage to establish a thriving community on small holdings. www.nalanda.nitc.ac.in /resources/english/etext-project/history/aust_hist/chapter17.html   (2874 words)

Supreme Court of Western Australia : History With the proclamation of the Swan River Settlement in June 1829 and the appointment of Captain James Stirling as Lieutenant Governor of the colony, the foundation of the Western Australian court system was established. At the end of 1829, Stirling appointed a magistracy, consisting of justices of the peace, to deal with the growing amount of petty crime and drunkenness. Stirling continued to be the arbitrator in the Civil Court until 1832 when a Commissioner was appointed. www.supremecourt.wa.gov.au /content/about/History.aspx   (349 words)

STIRLING RANGE NATIONAL PARK, SOUTH WEST, WESTERN AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIA The Stirling Range National Park was named by John Septimus Roe on 4th November 1835 after Captain James Stirling, the first Governor of Western Australia. The Stirling Range can be accessed easily by car via Chester Pass Road from Albany, Formby South Road from Gnowangerup or East from Albany Highway via Salt River Road or Redgum Pass. Stirling Range has had over 160 species of birds recorded by bird watchers. www.australianexplorer.com /stirling_range_national_park.htm   (524 words)

Perth. WA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10) James said that Perth was "as beautiful as anything of this kind I had ever witnessed." On August 12 that year, Mrs. Helen Dance, wife of the Captain of the ship Sulphur, cut down a tree to mark the founding of the town. Stirling, a Scot, acted in accordance with the wish of Sir George Murray, Secretary of State for War and the Colonies, that the town be named after Perthshire, which was his birthplace as well as his parliamentary seat in the British House of Commons. www.users.on.net /~vindal/raymondp/page13/page13.html   (1465 words)

Stirling Council: Stirling » Walks » Gargunnock Walks The village of Gargunnock lies six miles west of Stirling, nestling to the north of the steep terraced hills which take its name and rise in places to over 1500 feet. At the beginning of the eighteenth century the village had another connection with an adversary of the English as Captain James Stirling, whose family owned Gargunnock House, commanded H.M.S. Ferret, one of the ships in the squadron which took Napoleon into exile on the island of St Helena, in 1815.  The youngest daughter of the family, Jane Stirling, was both beautiful and gifted and in the 1830s became a pupil of Frederic Chopin, who some years later is reputed to have visited Gargunnock at her invitation. www.stirling.gov.uk /print/index/stirling/walks/walks-3.htm   (429 words)

The Historic New Orleans Collection James Wilkinson, New Orleans to Captain John Ballinger, acting commander at the Balize, giving military and personal advice and he will be away for two to three weeks leaving Colonel Courtant in command. Memorandum written by Captain James Stirling in London to Lord Viscount Robert Melville, First Lord Admiralty, regarding the condition of Louisiana and assessing the possibilities for British invasion. Stirling discusses Louisiana's agricultural potential and commercial relationship with the interior of the United States. www.hnoc.org /BNO/manuscript.htm   (2884 words)

Stirling Range National Park - Tourism Western Australia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10) Because of its height and proximity to the south coast, the climate in the range differs from that of the surrounding district. Stirling Range Retreat on Chester Pass Road, offers accommodation to suit all budgets, includes self contained two bedroom chalets, one room cabins, hostel rooms, powered sites and bush camp sites. The Stirling's are one of few places in Western Australia where snow occasionally falls. www.westernaustralia.com /en/search/product.htm?ID=9000813   (632 words)

Did You Know? - Scottish Placenames in Perth, Australia It was chosen in 1829 by the future Governor of the newly proclaimed colony of Western Australia, Captain James Stirling. Captain Stirling, himself a Scot, was happy to implement the wish of Sir George Murray, Secretary for the Colonies, that the settlement be named for Perthshire, which was not only the birthplace of Sir George but also his parliamentary seat at Westminster. Burns, for instance, was named after a farmer who ran sheep in the area, Craigie honours an early councillor of the City of Wanneroo, and Stirling is named for Admiral Sir James Stirling, a Scotsman who became the first Governor of Western Australia. www.rampantscotland.com /know/blknow_perth.htm   (1772 words)

James Cook - Search Results - MSN Encarta James Cook - Search Results - MSN Encarta Cook, Captain James (1728-1779), British explorer and navigator, famous for his three voyages of exploration in the South Pacific Ocean and the... Early in 1778 the British explorer Captain James Cook reached the islands of Oahu, Kauai, and Niihau, landing first on the southern coast of Kauai.... encarta.msn.com /James_Cook.html   (117 words)

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