{"slug": "governor-of-new-south-wales", "label": "Governor of New South Wales", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governor_of_New_South_Wales", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1528895", "qid": "Q1528895", "description": "vice-regal representative of the Australian monarch in New South Wales", "entries": 23, "years": 18, "span": [1773, 1835], "span_label": ["1773 CE", "1835 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 7}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 4}, {"title": "Health & Medicine", "count": 3}, {"title": "Technology & Infrastructure", "count": 2}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 2}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 2}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 1}, {"title": "Science & Discovery", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Governors of New South Wales"], "related": [{"slug": "new-south-wales", "label": "New South Wales", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "philip-gidley-king", "label": "Philip Gidley King", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "royal-navy", "label": "Royal Navy", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "port-jackson", "label": "Port Jackson", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "melbourne", "label": "Melbourne", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1773, "year_label": "1773 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "July 23", "text": "July 23 – Thomas Brisbane, Scottish astronomer, Governor of New South Wales (d. 1860)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365114710#Births", "title": "1773", "revid": 1365114710, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1791, "year_label": "1791 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": null, "text": "Governor of New South Wales – Captain Arthur Phillip, RN", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1374051143#Leaders", "title": "1791 in Australia", "revid": 1374051143, "section": "Leaders"}}, {"year": 1793, "year_label": "1793 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": null, "text": "Acting Governor of New South Wales – Lieutenant-Governor Francis Grose", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1374053479#Leaders", "title": "1793 in Australia", "revid": 1374053479, "section": "Leaders"}}, {"year": 1795, "year_label": "1795 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": null, "text": "Acting Governor of New South Wales – William Paterson", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1374053504#Leaders", "title": "1795 in Australia", "revid": 1374053504, "section": "Leaders"}}, {"year": 1795, "year_label": "1795 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": null, "text": "Governor of New South Wales – John Hunter", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1374053504#Leaders", "title": "1795 in Australia", "revid": 1374053504, "section": "Leaders"}}, {"year": 1796, "year_label": "1796 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": null, "text": "Governor of New South Wales – John Hunter", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1374053515#Leaders", "title": "1796 in Australia", "revid": 1374053515, "section": "Leaders"}}, {"year": 1797, "year_label": "1797 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": null, "text": "Governor of New South Wales – John Hunter", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1374053522#Leaders", "title": "1797 in Australia", "revid": 1374053522, "section": "Leaders"}}, {"year": 1798, "year_label": "1798 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": null, "text": "Governor of New South Wales – John Hunter", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1374053543#Leaders", "title": "1798 in Australia", "revid": 1374053543, "section": "Leaders"}}, {"year": 1799, "year_label": "1799 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": null, "text": "Governor of New South Wales – John Hunter", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1374053548#Leaders", "title": "1799 in Australia", "revid": 1374053548, "section": "Leaders"}}, {"year": 1802, "year_label": "1802 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "May 21", "text": "21 May – Governor King questions the Captains of three ships, the Britannia, Speedy and Venus i about whaling off the New Zealand coast.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359847805#Events", "title": "1802 in New Zealand", "revid": 1359847805, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1803, "year_label": "1803 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "January 30", "text": "30 January – George Bass asks Governor King of New South Wales for a fishing monopoly from a line bisecting New Zealand from Dusky Sound to Otago Harbour extending south to include the subantarctic islands. It is not granted but shows the sealers' area of interest at this time.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1323272629#Events", "title": "1803 in New Zealand", "revid": 1323272629, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1807, "year_label": "1807 CE", "section": "Health & Medicine", "date": "February 10", "text": "10 February – Former Governor Philip Gidley King leaves New South Wales.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360285759#Events", "title": "1807 in New Zealand", "revid": 1360285759, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1807, "year_label": "1807 CE", "section": "Health & Medicine", "date": "April", "text": "April – Governor Bligh issues a proclamation that South Sea Islanders (including Māori) are not to be taken to England and £20 bond is to be deposited for any that are brought into Port Jackson. This is ignored by most ship's captains.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360285759#Events", "title": "1807 in New Zealand", "revid": 1360285759, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1808, "year_label": "1808 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": null, "text": "Late May/June – Te Pahi, with three of his sons, travels to Port Jackson on the Commerce to complain to Governor of New South Wales Bligh about the kidnapping of his daughter and her husband by Captain Dalrymple.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360288055#Events", "title": "1808 in New Zealand", "revid": 1360288055, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1808, "year_label": "1808 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "January 26", "text": "January 26 – Rum Rebellion: On the 20th anniversary of the foundation of the colony of New South Wales, disgruntled military officers of the New South Wales Corps (the \"Rum Corps\") overthrow and imprison Governor William Bligh and seize control of the colony.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369185588#January–March", "title": "1808", "revid": 1369185588, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1809, "year_label": "1809 CE", "section": "Health & Medicine", "date": "May 8", "text": "8 May – Lachlan Macquarie is officially appointed Governor of New South Wales, caretaker William Patterson governs until his appointment begins on 1 January 1810.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1374053879#Events", "title": "1809 in Australia", "revid": 1374053879, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1810, "year_label": "1810 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "January 1", "text": "1 January – Lachlan Macquarie is sworn in as Governor of New South Wales.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360295240#Events", "title": "1810 in New Zealand", "revid": 1360295240, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1814, "year_label": "1814 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "August 31", "text": "August 31 – Arthur Phillip, British admiral, 1st Governor of New South Wales (b. 1738)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360305709#July–December", "title": "1814", "revid": 1360305709, "section": "Deaths › July–December"}}, {"year": 1814, "year_label": "1814 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "August 31", "text": "31 August – Admiral Arthur Phillip RN, British naval officer and former Governor of New South Wales, dies at Bath, England aged 75.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1374054029#Deaths", "title": "1814 in Australia", "revid": 1374054029, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1814, "year_label": "1814 CE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": "November 12", "text": "12 November – Kendall appointed Justice of the Peace for New Zealand by Governor Macquarie.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360306748#Events", "title": "1814 in New Zealand", "revid": 1360306748, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1819, "year_label": "1819 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "July 24", "text": "24 July – Governor Macquarie appoints Butler a justice of the peace for New Zealand.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360318910#Events", "title": "1819 in New Zealand", "revid": 1360318910, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1821, "year_label": "1821 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "February 3", "text": "3 February – Sir Thomas Brisbane is commissioned as Governor to succeed Macquarie. He replaces Macquarie on 1 December of the same year.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1374054454#Events", "title": "1821 in Australia", "revid": 1374054454, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1835, "year_label": "1835 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "June 6", "text": "6 June – Batman's Treaty is created between John Batman and Wurundjeri elders to secure the land around Port Phillip Bay for the establishment of Melbourne. The treaty was later declared void by the Governor of New South Wales, Richard Bourke.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1241089108#Events", "title": "1835 in Australia", "revid": 1241089108, "section": "Events"}}]}