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	Denison, Sir William Thomas (1804 - 1871) Biographical Entry - Australian Dictionary of Biography Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Denison had kept in touch with the committee; he told it of the objections in London to the corresponding bill from New South Wales, with the result that Van Diemen's Land, although last of the four Australian colonies to draft its new Constitution, was first to win royal assent.
		Denison gave the assembly what he described as a 'sharp answer'; it was regarded as an affront to the House and was countered with a stiff rejoinder.
		Sir William promptly impressed the deed and returned the seal to the colonial secretary together with an intimation that he declined to accept the resignation.
	www.adb.online.anu.edu.au /biogs/A040048b.htm (5398 words)

	MSS - Catalogue of Papers of Sir William T. Denison in the Denison Collection, University of Nottingham
		Denison, Bishop of Salisbury; Apr. 1854 Consists of grieving letter declaring her love for her husband; states that she believes she was wilful and unworthy to be his wife; hopes that as his widow she will be worthy of him; states that she will now live according to God's will.
		Denison], Bishop of Salisbury, Bishop's Palace, Salisbury, Wiltshire, to [G.H. Gordon], 4th Earl of Aberdeen; 4 Mar. 1854 Informs him that he is writing on his deathbed; comments that Walter Kerr Hamilton should be his successor [as Bishop of Salisbury] and refers to their 30 year acquaintance.
		Denison, [later Bishop of Salisbury], Merton College, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire; 8 Feb. 1836 Consists of envelope autograph by J.E. Denison.
	www.nottingham.ac.uk /mss/online/online-mss-catalogues/cats/denison_wm.html (5219 words)

	1886 Picturesque Atlas of Australasia - History of Queensland Part 11 - Government & Crisis
		Sir William Denison signalised the relinquishment of his authority over the Queenslanders by a final exhibition of class preference.
		Sir George Bowen arrived in Brisbane on board the war corvette "Cordelia" on December 10th, 1859, and on landing he formally proclaimed the new colony of Queensland amidst the acclamations of the exultant population, who were buoyant with the most sanguine hopes of a progress which should thenceforth surpass all their previous experience.
		Sir Maurice O’Connell, now also passed away, after filling for many years with infinite distinction the post of President to the Legislative Council, and for a period the dignity of Acting-Governor, was for some time a member, without portfolio, of this cabinet.
	www.geocities.com /toby_meares2/063.htm (3605 words)

	Dictionary of Australian Biography D (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Denison thereupon charged the judges with neglect of duty in omitting to certify illegality in an act before it was enrolled.
		Denison was afterwards reprimanded by the secretary of state for his conduct towards Pedder, but the dismissal of Montagu was confirmed.
		A report made by Denison to the secretary of state, in which he spoke unfavourably of the colonists as a whole, was printed as a parliamentary paper, Denison naturally became very unpopular, and this unpopularity was not lessened by his attitude to the anti-transportation movement.
	www.gutenberg.net.au /dictbiog/0-dict-biogD.html (21142 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		William Kelly, a contemporary eye-witness, states the following facts: " Innumerable small lots, making in their aggregate immense breadths of property, were sold at nominal prices in the early part of 1851, which, ere its close, were 'pearls beyond price,' translated into the seventh heaven of appreciation by the fortuitous discovery of the Ballarat shepherd.
		William Kelly, in his interesting " Life in Victoria," " I was much surprised at finding so large a proportion of the Irish leaven in the population, which, previous to the gold digging, I always understood was three-fourths Scotch with a good dash of English besides, in its lower and even secondary ranks.
		William Howitt on this demonstration, in his " Two Years in Victoria." People who have plenty of money are often said, by a figure of speech, to be " rolling in wealth," but the expression was literally true in the case of a certain eccentric Irishman in the early days of Sandhurst.
	gutenberg.net.au /ebooks05/0500661.txt (15815 words)

	Sydney Architecture Images- Fort Denison
		Built from 8,000 tonnes of sandstone quarried near Kurraba Point, Neutral Bay, it was named after Sir William Denison, then Governor of New South Wales.
		One of the most popular islands in Sydney Harbour is Fort Denison, sometimes known as ‘Pinchgut’ or ‘Rock Island’.
		Fort Denison is designed in the Martello style and one of the few intact examples surviving in the world.
	sydneyarchitecture.com /ROC/QUA03.htm (546 words)

	Canada and Australia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		A fifth, William Bligh, had been on the NORTHWEST COAST with Cook on the latter's third voyage.
		Through George Arthur, lieutenant-governor of Upper Canada and previously of Van Diemen's Land [Tasmania], 91 followers of William Lyon MACKENZIE were sent to Van Diemen's Land.
		Sir William PARRY and Sir John FRANKLIN were natives of England who made important contributions in both BNA and Australia: both were explorers in what is now the Canadian Arctic; Parry was commissioner, Australian Agricultural Co, 1830-34, and Franklin was lieutenant-governor of Van Diemen's Land, 1836-43.
	www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com /index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0001217 (1439 words)

	The Royal Society of NSW (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Denison's next paper, "On the Moon's Rotation", was read on 8th July, 1857, together with a paper "On a New Sun Gauge or New Actinometer" by Mr.
		Denison's influence may be discerned in Clarke's planning of Victoria's first railways, installation of the electric telegraph, and initiation of the Museum of Natural History.
		The Royal Society of Victoria (as it became in 1859) was lucky to have the patronage of Sir Henry Barkly, Governor of Victoria from 1856 to 1863.
	nsw.royalsoc.org.au /journal/branagan.html (9735 words)

	: : Historic Houses Trust - Royal Mint Sydney Branch 1853 - 1927 : :
		The establishment of the Sydney branch of the Royal Mint coincided with the appointment of Sir William Denison as Governor of New South Wales.
		Denison was a former Royal Engineer with a strong interest in science and education.
		William Stanley Jevons presented a series of papers on a new sun gauge, on the formation of clouds and on earthquakes in New South Wales as well as a monthly meteorological report for Sydney.
	www.hht.net.au /museums/the_mint/history/royal_mint_sydney (1208 words)

	Duncan Kerr >> Denison >> About the Electorate (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The electorate of Denison is located in Tasmania's south east and includes the capital, Hobart which is the second oldest city in Australia, founded in 1804.
		The electorate of Denison was created in 1903 and was named after Sir William Denison, Governor of Tasmania from 1847 to 1855.
		Denison is bounded by the electorates of Franklin and Lyons.
	www.duncankerr.com /electorate.php (206 words)

	The Age 150th
		Sir Charles Fitzroy is gone, with his feebleness, his utter worthlessness both as a man and a ruler, his immoralities, and his hopeful family.
		But he went, and Sir William Denison reigns in his stead; and reigns, not as did his predecessor, on the good old governing principle of "doing nothing and doing it well," but somewhat after the style he was used to, when besides being Lieut.
		Sir W. Denison might have refused the request preferred in the address, and adduced good reasons for his refusal; but he might have done this courteously, and with the dignity becoming of his high office.
	150.theage.com.au /view_bestofarticle.asp?intid=434 (743 words)

	Our school
		Situated in the town of Emerald, in the Central Queensland Highlands, Denison State School is one of three State Primary Schools.
		So, by naming the school Denison State School, we have preserved part of Emerald's history, as well as creating a sense of identity for our school.
		The County of Denison was named after Sir William Thomas Denison (1804 - 1871) who was the Governor General of the Australian Colonies in the 1850s.
	www.denisonss.qld.edu.au /ourschool/index.html (390 words)

	A Short History of Australia By Ernst Scott (1868-1939)- Chapter 28 from Nalanda Digital Library at NIT Calicut
		Sir William Denison, who was Governor of New South Wales at the time, had been an officer of the Royal Engineers, and took a lively interest in the fortification of Port Jackson.
		Fort Denison, which in later years came to be variously regarded as a picturesque survival or as an impediment to navigation, according to the disposition of the beholder, was constructed.
		Thirdly, he persuaded the Governor (Sir George Bowen), that he could legally sign what were called 'Treasury warrants,' authorizing expenditure which had been voted by the one house of legislature but not ratified by the other.
	www.nalanda.nitc.ac.in /resources/english/etext-project/history/aust_hist/chapter28.html (5050 words)

	Fort Denison - Sydney Building and Structure Attractions
		Fort Denison, also known as "Pinchgut", is one of Sydney's historic landmarks, located in the centre of Sydney Harbour.
		At the arrival of the First Fleet in 1788, Fort Denison was a steep rocky island known to the Aboriginal people as Mat-te-wan-ye, and was a popular fishing place for local tribes.
		The island was renamed Fort Denison in 1862 after the governor, Sir William Denison.
	www.about-australia.com /travel-guides/new-south-wales/sydney/attractions/building-structure/fort-denison (424 words)

	Merry's of England - merg08 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
		William MERRYWEATHER was born on 7 Mar 1757 in pos Eastcheap, London, England.
		William MERRYWEATHER was born in 1673 in pos Bedale, Yorkshire, England.
		William MERRYWEATHER [Parents] was born on 20 Apr 1578 in pos Benson, Oxfordshire, England.
	www.xtal.info /merryweather/merg08.htm (2394 words)

	Governors of NSW (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Sir William Thomas Denison, KCB was born in England and died in 1871.
		Due to the Crimean War, Denison strengthened the defence in Sydney in case of a attack.
		He built Fort Denison, but none of the guns were fired in anger.
	www.brookvale-p.schools.nsw.edu.au /PROJECTS/Governors-of-NSW/Denison.html (266 words)

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	Thomson, Sir Edward Deas
		His father Sir John Deas Thomson, was accountant-general to the navy and married Rebecca, daughter of John Freer.
		He carried out his duties with much tact, and during the stormy period of the governorship of Sir George Gipps (q.v.) it has been said of him that he was personally so respected that members of the council found it almost painful to oppose him.
		Thomson was asked by the governor, Sir William Denison (q.v.), to form the first government under the new constitution but was unable to do so.
	www.electricscotland.com /history/australia/thomson_edward.htm (589 words)

	Norfolk Island - Bloodless Genocide
		Captain William Bligh and most of those loyal to him were ejected from the ship, which sailed first to Tahiti, where the rest of those loyal to Bligh were left, together with some of the mutineers.
		Sir Robert Garran, Secretary to the Attorney-General, wrote an opinion for the Attorney-General:
		Bear in mind that in Sir William Denison's proclamation of June 25th, 1856, the houses were not reserved for the Crown.
	www.pitcairners.org /bloodless_genocide2.html (6104 words)

	Southern Skies
		Sir William Denison, who was appointed Governor in 1855, took a keen interest in this idea and urged that the new observatory should have activities beyond the work of the time ball.
		In 1856, the first Government Astronomer, William Scott, was appointed and the building of the observatory was commenced.
		Lenehan died in 1908 and his successor, William Ernest Cooke, was not appointed until 1912.
	ottawa.rasc.ca /articles/brown_eric/southern_skies/southern_skies.html (1430 words)

	2004 Federal Election. Denison Electorate Profile. Australian Broadcasting Corp (ABC)
		The central Hobart metropolitan seat, covering 221 sq.km on the western shores of the Derwent River from Austins Ferry in the north to Taroona in the south.
		Denison used to be a litmus test seat, being held by the government at all but two terms between 1943 and 1996.
		However, Labor seems to be taking a very firm grip on the electorate, helped by the fact it is the electorate where the Greens generally record their highest vote in the country.
	www.abc.net.au /elections/federal/2004/guide/deni.htm (273 words)

	History of Govt & Law
		As a result of inquiries made by General Williams, offers of land were received from both the King of Hawaii and the Queen of Huahine.
		The Pitcairn Islanders appear to have been under the belief that on their arrival the whole of Norfolk Island was to be granted to them and that they would be able to cultivate it on the same community basis as they had Pitcairn Island.
		In 1857, however, Governor Denison directed that the head of each family should be permitted to select an allotment of not more than 50 acres.
	library.puc.edu /Pitcairn/pitcairn/govt-history05.shtml (1116 words)

	The Daily Star Web Edition Vol. 5 Num 873 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The news that a son of Dr Arnold with a first-class Oxford degree was in that part of the world and trying to run a school was inevitably of interest to people concerned with education.
		There was a local Rugby network available to help him; the governor, Sir William Denison, had as ADC Charles Stanley, the younger brother of Arthur Stanley, Dr Arnold's pupil and biographer and Tom's tutor at Oxford.
		Despite their differences, he admired Sir William Denison as a man of action and a forceful character, in contrast to his own gentle and rather vacillating temperament.
	www.thedailystar.net /2006/11/11/d611112102133.htm (1488 words)

	Norfolk Island: Correspondence (1857)
		With this view, Sir George Grey, the late Governor of New Zealand, before his departure from his government, recommended that a portion of the Island should be allotted to a central School, for the education of select scholars from the Western Islands of the Pacific.
		The result of this visit was, that Sir George Grey wrote a letter to the Home Government, recommending that the use of some of the buildings and a portion of some of the land should be granted to the Bishop of New Zealand for the above purpose.
		Patteson, son of Sir John Patteson, late one of Her Majesty's Judges in England, and a Member of the Privy Council.
	anglicanhistory.org /nz/selwyn/denison1857.html (3617 words)

	Federation : The Guide to Records (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		MS 1957 Sir William Denison 1804-1871, papers 1856-57.
		Sir William Denison was Governor of Tasmania from 1846 to 1855, and of New South Wales from 1855 to 1861, after a career as an officer in the Royal Engineers.
		See also MS 1279 Sir William Denison, letter to James Macarthur, 19 November 1852.
	www.naa.gov.au /Publications/Research_Guides/fedguide/precursor/act/act1.htm (305 words)

	SDEHS/History Excursion to Fort Denison (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Named after the Governor, Sir William Denison, Fort Denison had this role until 1870, but the cannons were never fired in anger.
		Gunners on the American cruiser, USS Chicago, accidentally fired at Fort Denison mistaking it, in the dark, for one of these enemy submarines.
		They are reminders of Fort Denison's past life when it was equipped to protect Sydney against attack.
	www.ssdec.nsw.edu.au /history/denison/denison9.html (234 words)

	The Royal Exchange of Sydney (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		A grant of land was obtained in Gresham Street, opposite Macquarie Place, and in 1853 plans were commenced for the construction of a permanent building.
		The design of J F Hilly, a well-known Sydney architect, was selected and the foundation stone was laid by the Governor-General, Sir Charles Fitzroy, on the 25th August 1853.
		By 1857 the building was completed and was officially opened by the then Governor-General, Sir William Denison, on the 30th October 1857.
	www.theroyalexchangeclub.com.au /history.html (543 words)

	The Governor of Tasmania - Governors and Lieutenant Governors of Tasmania
		Before the arrival of David Collins as Van Diemen's Land's first Lieutenant Governor, the colony was under the control of Lieutenant John Bowen as its commandant.
		Sir Stanley Burbury was the first Australian born Governor.
		Sir Guy Green was the first Tasmanian born Governor.
	www.dpac.tas.gov.au /governor/pastgovs.html (221 words)

	SMS Novara - Appendicies
		Appendix 1: Governor William Denison to Sir Roderick Murchison
		William and Freddy stayed on in Illawarra to finish their collecting, before returning home to Camden Park on the morning of Tuesday, 23 November, as previously indicated in William's letter of the 19th.
		Denison letter to Murchison re Hochstetter as geologist for New Zealand.
	www.michaelorgan.org.au /novara14.htm (7244 words)

	A Short History of Australia - Part 2
		It was a great misfortune that this period of military rule occurred; because in the course of it the colony was brought to degradation by drink, corruption, and general iniquity, which required years to mitigate.
		Thomas Peel, a relative of Sir Robert Peel, was the prime mover in the new scheme.
		Sir George Bowen, the first Governor, set the necessary machinery to work directly after his arrival in Brisbane in December, 1859, and the first Parliament of Queensland commenced business on May 7, 1860.
	www.janesoceania.com /australia_history/index1.htm (10683 words)

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