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Did you know that Captain Phillip king joined the navy at 12 years of age. -
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John Hunter actually didn't stay in England his whole life he moved around a lot for his dad's job. -
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Did you know that Captain Arthur Phillip hated the idea of slavery -
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Captain Arthur Phillip
Achievements
Captain Arthur Phillip was the only governor to lead the first fleet Arthur was also the first governor of NSW.
Interesting
Arthur Phillip could speak four different languages English, French, Portuguese and German this was good for speaking to other countries so he could do some food dealing for his convicts. Captain Arthur Phillip was also a spy for the English he spied on France for a couple of years. -
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Captain John hunter
Achievements
Captain John hunter was in the first fleet he was the captain of the boat HMS Sirius. John Hunter found the centre of Parramatta this took him quite a while.
Interesting
His dad was a ship master so when he was growing up he was pretty wealthy. when he was young he was a servant on a ship. -
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Captain Philip King
Achievements
Captain Phillip King was the head of the whole military the Navy the air force and the army. Captain Phillip could've been governor for a longer time but then he got a really bad illness and sadly two years later he past away
Interesting
His father had a job as a draper this didn't give his family that much money but still enough to survive. When he went on a trip to New Zealand he found a girl that he liked and eventually spoke up to here and then they got married. -
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Captain William Bligh
Achievements
Captain Will served on the HMS crescent but he wasn't a captain he was a map reader he told people where to go. Even though not many people liked Will he owned at least six places.
Interesting
William Bligh was governor for the least amount of year/s out of these five governors. Bligh was part of Cook's third voyage to Australia and that's how he came to NSW. -
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Did you know that William Bligh got kicked out of being governor on Australia day. -
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Even though Lachlan Macquarie was very nice he didn't like the aboriginals. -
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Major General Lachlan Macquarie
Achievements
A lot of places were named after Lachlan Macquarie for e.g. Macquarie centre Macquarie street and much more. Lachlan was also the longest raining governor out of these five he rained for eleven years.
Interesting
When he was young his brother died as a prisoner and this is why he hates the idea of slavery. He went to different poor countries and helped them.
