Robinson was born on 22 March 1791 to William Robinson, a builder, and Susannah née Perry. He married Maria Amelia Evans on 28 February 1814 and had five children in the next ten years. He decided to ...
The Black Line was an event that occurred in 1830 in Tasmania, or Van Diemen's Land as it was then known. After many years of conflict between British colonists and the Aborigines known as the Black W ...
George Arthur was born in Plymouth, England. He was the youngest son of John Arthur, from a Cornish family, and his wife, Catherine, daughter of Thomas Cornish. He entered the army in 1804 as an Ensig ...
Between 1804 and 1813, Van Diemen's Land was divided along the 42nd parallel, and the two sections governed as separate "Lieutenant-Governorships" under the Governor of New South Wales. Collins was th ...
The descriptions of the Black War differ, ranging from a series of small conflicts and massacres to assertions that the methods used during the conflicts constitute genocide. The Black War was one of ...
Main articles: Port Arthur, Tasmania, Convicts on the West Coast of TasmaniaFrom the 1800s to the 1853 abolition of penal transportation (known simply as "transportation"), Van Diemen's Land was the p ...
Reynolds received a state school education in Hobart, Tasmania, from 1944 to 1954, followed by attendance at the University of Tasmania to gain his Masters in Arts degree, then taught in secondary sch ...
A number of biographical references exist, the most detailed is by Diane Barwick, Jeremy Beckett and Marie Reay which was largely completed before his death in 1981.Early career Stanner was born at Wa ...
Alan Moorehead was born in Melbourne, Australia. He was educated at Scotch College, with a BA from Melbourne University. He travelled to England in 1937 and became a renowned foreign correspondent for ...
The Sydney region comprised a variety of "nations" that were united by a common language. These nations were the Eora who lived along the coast, the Tharawal to the south, the Dharug to the northwest ...
Although he never once used his own name for any feature in all his discoveries, Flinders' name is now associated with over 100 geographical features and places in Australia in addition to Flinders Is ...
Flinders was born in Donington, Lincolnshire, England, the son of Matthew Flinders, a surgeon, and his wife Susannah, née Ward. In his own words, he was "induced to go to sea against the wishes of my ...
Titles and stylesMain article: List of titles and honours of King George III4 June 1738 – 31 March 1751: His Royal Highness Prince George31 March 1751 – 20 April 1751: His Royal Highness The Duke of ...
After George’s recovery, his popularity, and that of Pitt, continued to increase at the expense of Fox and the Prince of Wales. His humane and understanding treatment of two insane assailants, Margar ...
Main articles: American Revolution and American Revolutionary WarThe American Revolutionary War was the culmination of the civil and political American Revolution resulting from the American Enlighten ...
