Ralph Darling
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General Sir Ralph Darling was a British Army officer and colonial administrator who served as Governor of New South Wales from 1825 to 1831. His period of governorship was unpopular, with Darling bein
Governor Ralph Darling
Eliza Darling, 1825 portrait by John Linnell
Thomas Brisbane
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Major-General Sir Thomas Makdougall Brisbane, 1st Baronet was a British Army officer, colonial administrator and astronomer. He served in many important wars of the late 18th and early 19th centuries,
Ralph Darling
…administration, and it was soon subject to criticism for nepotism, favouritism and tyrannical rule in the colonial newspapers. Darling's predecessor, Thomas Brisbane, had ended press censorship, creating in effect press freedom before Darling arrived in the colony. Darling's subsequent attempts to control the press…
Portrait by Friedrich T. Schenck, 1850
1819 miniature portrait of Brisbane
Remains of observatory in Parramatta Park, Parramatta, NSW
The Brisbane family vault in Largs