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Captain William Bligh, having gained the reputation …
Years: 1806 - 1806
Captain William Bligh, having gained the reputation of being a firm disciplinarian, was accordingly offered the position of Governor of New South Wales by Sir Joseph Banks and appointed in March 1805, at two thousand pounds per annum, twice the pay of the retiring Governor Philip Gidley King.
He arrives in Sydney on August 6, 1806, to replace King, who has had no more success than his predecessors in wresting control of the rum traffic from the NSW Corps.
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Years: 1806 - 1806
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- Australia, British
- New South Wales (British colony)
- Britain (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland)
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