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1995-12-28
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VK2EEO DE VK1OIL II NR 554 II GR 45 \BT\
IN 1795 CAPTAIN JOHN HUNTER WAS COMMISSIONED GOVERNOR - IN - CHIEF
AND RETURNED FROM ENGLAND WITH INSTRUCTIONS TO RESTORE LAW AND
ORDER; BUT AS A NAVAL OFFICER IN A MILITARY COLONY HE FOUND HIMSELF
POWERLESS TO HALT ABUSES SUCH AS THE RUM TRAFFIC. IN SPITE OF THE
RESPECT THE COLONISTS ACCORDED HUNTER'S STRENGTH.
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VK3EIO DE VK8BBC II NR 445 II GR 97 \BT\
ENGLAND RECALLED HIM (HUNTER) IN 1800, BY WHICH TIME HIS MAJOR
ACHIEVEMENT SEEMED TO BE THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF STUDIES IN AUST -
RALIAN EXPLORATION AND NATURAL HISTORY. PHILIP GIDLEY KING, WITH
AMPLE EXPERIENCE FROM HIS NORFOLK IS. ADMINSTRATION, DID
SOMEWHAT BETTER, THOUGH HIS WAYS UPSET THE MILITARY.
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G2BBC DE VK4ABC II NR 991 II GR 88 \BT\
A CHAMPION OF THE EMANCIPISTS AND THE PROLETARIAT GENERALLY HE
(KING) INCURRED THE SEVERE DISPLEASURE OF THE MILITARY; BUT THE
BRITISH GOVERNMENT PROFESSED APPROVAL OF HIS ACTIONS WHEN IT
REPLACED HIM WITH CAPTAIN WILLIAM BLIGH IN 1806. DICIPLAINARIAN
BLIGH WAS APPALLED AT SYDNEY'S MORAL STANDARDS.
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CQ DE VK1EME II NR 903 II GR 33 \BT\
BLIGH, LIKE THE NAVAL GOVERNORS WHO PRECEDED HIM (PHILLIP, HUNTER
AND KING) SOUGHT TO SUPPRESS THE RUM TRADE BY WHICH THE ARMY
OFFICERS GREW RICH. UNLIKE THE OTHERS, BLIGH ALSO ANTAGONISED
PASTORIALISTS SUCH AS JOHN MACARTHUR. A MUTINY OF OFFICERS DEPOSED
HIM, DUPLICATING THE ACTIONS ON H.M.A.S BOUNTY 19 YEARS AGO.
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