The first Governor-General of Australia, John Hope,…

December 1900 CE

The first Governor-General of Australia, John Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun, appoints Sir William Lyne premier of the new state of New South Wales, but he is unable to persuade other colonial politicians to join his government, and is forced on December 19, 1900, to resign, in what becomes known as the Hopetoun Blunder.

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Colonization of Australasia, European View →

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