Publisher's Synopsis
This book contains biographical accounts of all 37 Governors of New South Wales from Arthur Phillip in 1788 to Marie Bashir. Highlights of the book include John Hunterâ_Ts amazing sea voyages, the erratic career of the â_~devious and foul-temperedâ_T William Bligh, the highly public clashes of Sir Hercules Robinson (nicknamed the â_~Crisis makerâ_T) with Governments and Parliament, the â_~Boyâ_Ts Ownâ_T Naval career of the swashbuckling Sir Harry Rawson, the extraordinary double life of Lord Beauchamp and the dramatic events surrounding Sir Philip Gameâ_Ts dismissal of Jack Lang. Leading historians such as Brian Fletcher, JM Bennett, Geoffrey Bolton, Graham Freudenberg, Anne Twomey, Chris Cunneen, Ian Hancock, Evan Williams and Rodney Cavalier tell of both extraordinary lives and the political and constitutional crises many had to face.
