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	Governor of New South Wales
		Born, of Lebanese descent, in Narrandera in the Riverina district of New South Wales, and educated at Narrandera Public School and Sydney Girls High School, Marie Bashir gained her bachelor degrees in medicine and surgery in 1956 from the University of Sydney.
		When Governor William Bligh (1806-1810) challenged the near-monopoly of trade and land grants being exercised by army officers of the New South Wales Corps and their associates amongst the leading landowners, he was arrested by the army in 1808.
		The New South Wales Act was primarily to regulate the system of courts and the judiciary in New South Wales, but there were provisions in the Act for the establishment of a Legislative Council of between 5 and 7 men to advise the Governor.
	www.irishaustralia.com /Australian/Government/newsouthwalesgov.htm (3170 words)

	New South Wales - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		New South Wales (NSW) is Australia's most populous and oldest state, located in the southeast, north of Victoria and south of Queensland.
		New South Wales is known the world over for the picturesque harbour of its capital, Sydney.
		The state is bordered on the north by Queensland, on the west by South Australia, and on the south by Victoria.
	encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /new_south_wales.htm (653 words)

	Governors of New South Wales - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Governor represents the Queen of Australia, Elizabeth II in the State of New South Wales and is appointed by the Sovereign on the Premier's recommendation.
		The Governor is part of the Executive and Legislature of the State, but, almost always acts according to the advice given by the Government or Parliament.
		See Governors of the Australian states for a description and history of the office of Governor.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Governors_of_New_South_Wales (473 words)

	John Hunter (New South Wales) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Captain John Hunter (1737 to 1821) was a British naval officer and colonial administrator who succeded Arthur Phillip as the second governor of New South Wales, Australia from 1795 to 1800.
		With Arthur Phillip's resignation from the governorship of New South Wales in 1793, Hunter was appointed governor and took up his appointment in 1795.
		Hunter's years as governor were difficult due to a power struggle between military and civil authorities in New South Wales.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Hunter_(New_South_Wales) (445 words)

	Arthur Phillip - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Admiral Arthur Phillip (11 October 1738 – 31 August 1814) was a British naval officer, governor of the first European settlement in Australia and founder of the city of Sydney.
		Then, in October 1786, Phillip was appointed captain of the ship Sirius and appointed Governor-designate of New South Wales, the proposed British penal colony on the east coast of Australia, on the other side of the world.
		The European population of New South Wales at his departure was 4,221, of whom 3,099 were convicts.
	www.lighthousepoint.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Arthur_Phillip (1545 words)

	New South Wales -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		New South Wales is known the world over for the picturesque harbour of its capital, (The largest Australian city located in southeastern Australia on the Tasman Sea; state capital of New South Wales; Australia's chief port) Sydney.
		The state is bordered on the north by (A state in northeastern Australia) Queensland, on the west by (A state in south central Australia) South Australia, and on the south by (A waterfall in the Zambezi River on the border between Zimbabwe and Zambia; diminishes seasonally) Victoria.
		New South Wales contains two Federal (An enclosed territory that is culturally distinct from the foreign territory that surrounds it) enclaves: the (Click link for more info and facts about Australian Capital Territory) Australian Capital Territory (ACT), and the (Click link for more info and facts about Jervis Bay Territory) Jervis Bay Territory.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/N/Ne/New_South_Wales.htm (716 words)

	John Hunter (New South Wales) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		A British naval officer and second governor of New South Wales, Australia.
		He arrived in New South Wales with the First Fleet.
		Hunter served as the governor of the colony from 1795 to 1800.
	www.bidprobe.com /en/wikipedia/j/jo/john_hunter__new_south_wales_.html (237 words)

	AllRefer.com - New South Wales, Australia & New Zealand (Australian And New Zealand Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
		New South Wales has a large aboriginal population; over 50% of the Australian aborigines live in New South Wales and Queensland.
		In 1901, New South Wales was federated as a state of the Commonwealth of Australia.
		The nominal head of the state government is the governor; however, actual executive functions are exercised by the premier and cabinet, who are responsible to a bicameral state parliament.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/N/NewSouth.html (534 words)

	Marie Bashir - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Her Excellency Professor Marie Roslyn Bashir) (born 1930 AC is the current Governor of New South Wales.
		She was born in Narrandera in the Riverina district of New South Wales, and attended Sydney Girls High School.
		Marie Bashir is the first female Governor of New South Wales and the first ever New South Wales Governor of Lebanese descent.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Marie_Bashir (220 words)

	Arthur Roden Cutler - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		He was Australian High Commissioner in Pakistan, (1958-1961), and Australian Consul-General in New York, (1961-1965), during which period he was the Australian delegate to the United Nations General Assembly in 1962, 1963 and 1964.
		His final diplomatic posting, in 1965, as Ambassador to The Netherlands, was cut short in 1966 when he returned home as Governor of New South Wales, an office that he served for a record 15 years, through four Premiers, and a change of Government, after decades of conservative rule.
		He was accorded a State Funeral on Thursday February 28, 2002 by the New South Wales state government.
	www.bucyrus.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Arthur_Roden_Cutler (635 words)

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		Its closest neighbours to the north are New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga.
		The South Island is the largest land mass, and is divided along its length by the Southern Alps, the highest peak of which is Aoraki/Mount Cook at 3754 metres (12,316 ft).
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		Arthur Phillip, a captain in the Navy, was selected to be the first Governor of New South Wales, the limits of which were stated by his commission to extend from Cape York to the southern extremity of the country, and westward as far as the 135th degree of longitude.
		The second Governor of New South Wales, Captain John Hunter, who had commanded the SIRIUS with the First Fleet, was not appointed till more than a year after the departure of Phillip, and did not arrive in Sydney till September 1795.
		Legally the Governor was endowed with a 'property in the services' of a convict for the term of his transportation; and when he was assigned to a settler or an officer the property in his services was transferred to the assignee.
	www.gutenberg.net.au /ebooks02/0200471.txt (16236 words)

	New South Wales :: Travel to New South Wales :: Australia Journey
		New South Wales has a large aboriginal population; over 50% of the Australian aborigines live in New South Wales and Queensland.
		In 1901, New South Wales was federated as a state of the Commonwealth of Australia.
		The nominal head of the state government is the governor; however, actual executive functions are exercised by the premier and cabinet, who are responsible to a bicameral state parliament.
	australia.travel-chronicle.com /australia/new-south-wales (1124 words)

	New South Wales
		New South Wales, state in southeastern Australia, bounded on the north by Queensland, on the east by the Tasman Sea, on the south by Victoria, and on the west by South Australia.
		Executive power in New South Wales is nominally vested in a governor appointed by the British crown; actual power is exercised by a premier and cabinet.
		New South Wales, the oldest colony of Australasia, was named in 1770 by the British explorer Captain James Cook.
	www.ovayonda.net /lodging/state/au-nw.html (476 words)

	Department of the Parliamentary Library - Origins of present electoral division names
		Captain Collet Barker, who was sent in 1831 by Governor Darling of New South Wales to try to solve the mystery of the mouth of the River Murray.
		From 1899 to 1903 he was Lt Governor of Queensland and remained Chief Justice of the Commonwealth until his retirement in 1919.
		Governor Lachlan Macquarie - former Governor of New South Wales.
	www.aph.gov.au /library/elect/eldivnam.htm (1690 words)

	Arthur Phillip - first Governor of New South Wales - 1788 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Arthur Phillip the first Governor of New South Wales, who arrived in Australia with the First Fleet in 1788 was born on the 11th of October 1738, London.
		In 1786 he was assigned the duty of founding at British convict settlement in New South Wales, and the following year he set sail with 11 ships.
		This was the beginning of the process of emancipation which was to culminate in the reforms of Lachlan Macquarie after 1811.
	www.eurekatimes.net /1787-Arthur_Phillip.htm (1805 words)

	Federation Guide - Part 1: 1840-79 (text)
		In 1851 Sir Charles FitzRoy was given commissions as Governor of New South Wales, Van Diemen’s Land, South Australia and Victoria and another as Governor-General of all Her Majesty’s Australian possessions, the intention being that the Lieutenant Governors should communicate matters of intercolonial interest and be guided by the Governor-General.
		When FitzRoy’s term ended in 1855, the Lieutenant Governors of Van Diemen’s Land, South Australia and Victoria became Governors, although the title of Governor-General continued to be borne by the Governor of New South Wales until 1861.
		With the separation of Queensland from New South Wales in 1859, there were now six independent colonies whose geographic proximity led to matters of common concern on which it would be sensible to cooperate, though the newly independent colonies did not wish New South Wales to regain hegemony over them.
	www.records.nsw.gov.au /publications/federation/page02.htm (1292 words)

	new south wales corps (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Because of their monopoly on the rum trade, the New South Wales Corps became know as the “Rum Corps.” Not only did they have control of the rum and other spirits trade, they dominated the farming industry as well, since they owned large portions of the land.
		This coup established the New South Wales Corps as the rulers of the colony.
		In 1810, however, England sent Colonel Lachlan Macquarie to be governor of the colony, and his regiment replaced the New South Wales Corps.
	athena.english.vt.edu /~jmooney/3044annotationsh-o/nswcorps.html (312 words)

	IN THE SUPREME COURT OF
		It is alleged that, on 1 March 1996, the Honourable Gordon J. Samuels was sworn in as the 36th Governor of New South Wales and abandoned Government House, Macquarie Street, Sydney as the Oficial Vice Regal Residence in conspiracy with and at the direction of the Premier of New South Wales, the Hon.
		The two houses of Parliament in New South Wales are the Legislative Assembly and the Legislative Council.
		Gordon Samuels, were both the Premier's choice for Governor and both have proved instrumental in the Premier's plans in denuding the Queen and the people of their capacity as the first and fourth arms of government and the transference of absolute power into the hands of the politicians.
	www.rightsandwrong.com.au /Treason.html (2384 words)

	Fitzroy biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Solved difficulties with the New South Wales Legislative Council by asking for a supplementary grant from the Colonial Office for the administration of justice within the colony.
		Whilst Governor, transportation to Van Diemen’s land was stopped and the colony gained power over its waste lands and land revenues after it had drawn up a new Constitution to be approved in London.
		Fitzroy made little attempt to exercise his powers as Governor General in the three most important intercolonial problems which arose – the formulation of new tariffs in 1852 and 1853 and the dispute between New South Wales and Victoria over railway gauges in 1853.
	www.schools.nsw.edu.au /sites/nswconstitution/html/3rd/bgr/gov/fitzroy.html (629 words)

	New South Wales Corps -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		As governor of New South Wales, Australia, from 1809 to 1821, Lachlan Macquarie opened economic opportunities for the freed convicts who made up much of the population.
		Located in the southeastern part of Australia, it is bounded by the Pacific Ocean on the east and the states of Victoria to the south, South Australia to the west, and Queensland to the north.
		Although much of Wales is still a land of picturesque mountains and valleys, the existence of large coalfields in the south of the country...
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9055513?tocId=9055513 (957 words)

	Resources - The Governor of NSW
		When Governor William Bligh (1806-1810) challenged the near-monopoly of trade and land grants being exercised by army officers of the NSW Corps and their associates amongst the leading landowners, he was arrested by the army in 1808.
		The number of free settlers was increasing and there were claims in NSW and in England that the Governors were acting outside of their authority and making ordinances in conflict with English law.
		The first residence of the Governor of NSW was a canvas and timber structure brought out on the First Fleet by Governor Phillip in 1788.
	www.parliament.nsw.gov.au /prod/web/common.nsf/key/ResourcesSystemTheGovernorofNewSouthWales (3135 words)

	Fellowship of First Fleeters
		With the outbreak of the war between Portugal, England's oldest ally and Spain in the 3rd Colonial Wars in the South America, Arthur Phillip was granted permission to serve in the Portuguese Navy.
		On Phillip's return to England from Madras he was appointed Captain General of the First Fleet and the First Governor of the Colony of New South Wales.
		Realising that Botany Bay was totally unsuitable, Phillip discovered "The finest harbour in the world" on the 21st January * establishing the Colony at the Magnificent anchorage of Sydney at Port Jackson.
	www.geocities.com /fellowship_of_first_fleeters (917 words)

	OzGen - New South Wales Genealogy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		New South Wales is a state in south-eastern Australia, occupying both coastal mountain and interior tableland parts of the continent.
		It is bounded by the Pacific Ocean to the east and the states of Victoria to the south, South Australia to the west, and Queensland to the north.
		New South Wales was the first Australian colony to be established by the British.
	www.oz-gen.com /nsw.htm (2893 words)

	NEW SOUTH WALES LOCAL HISTORY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Governor's daughter looks back on her childhood experiences of vice-regal life in Sydney between the wars.
		JOSEPH The Journal Of A Journey From New South Wales To Adelaide Performed in 1838 by Mr Joseph Hawdon.
		The Court Martial of Lieutenant Colonel George Johnston, for deposing Governor William Bligh in the Rebellion of 26th January 1808.
	www.bspgallery.com.au /nswloc.htm (2766 words)

	Law Society of New South Wales - A Brief History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		In 1842 the Governor of New South Wales, Sir George Gipps stood before the Legislative Council and accused the colony’s solicitors of "causing delays in the administration of justice, increasing expense in legal proceedings and claiming excessive remuneration for services".
		The principal objectives of the Institute, as set out in its memorandum of association, were "to consider, originate and promote reform and improvements to the law", "to represent generally the views of the profession", and "to encourage and promote the study of law".
		Successive New South Wales parliaments have conferred increasingly complex powers and functions on the Law Society for the good order and regulation of solicitors in the State, making the Society in large measure a licensing authority.
	www.lawsociety.com.au /page.asp?partid=729 (1637 words)

	Lachlan Macquarie - Governor of NSW
		The colony's first military governor (previous holders of the office had all been navy men), Macquarie was able to draw on his experience as a staff officer in the raising and organization of colonial revenue-measures in this area included the introduction of coinage (1813) and the establishment of the colony's first bank (1817).
		They included new army barracks and three new barrack buildings for convicts, roads to Parramatta and across the Blue Mountains, a hospital, castle-like stables (now housing the New South Wales Conservatorium of Music) and five planned towns built out of reach of floodwaters along the Hawkesbury River.
		Complaints to England resulted in the dispatch to New South Wales in 1819 of English judge John Thomas Bigge (1780-1843) to inquire into the affairs of the colony.
	www.hawkesburyhistory.org.au /articles/macquarie.html (1561 words)

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