colonisation

Events In History

Biographies

  • Gipps, George

    George Gipps was governor of New South Wales at a time when New Zealand land was included in the boundaries of New South Wales.

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  • Hobson, William

    After a lengthy Royal Navy career in which he saw action in the Napoleonic Wars and was twice captured by pirates in the Caribbean, William Hobson (1792-1842) became New Zealand's first Governor.

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  • Glenelg, Charles Grant

    British politician Lord Glenelg was Secretary of State for War and the Colonies through the mid-1830s until February 1839.

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  • Stephen, James

    The son of a prominent abolitionist, James Stephen was a lawyer and public servant, whose own humanitarianism influenced colonial policy during the mid-19th century.

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