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Sep 10, 2022 · George Arthur, a Sheriff's Sergeant, was shot and killed in 1985 by Ted Eugene Kirby, who had a love triangle with a woman. Ted was identified as the suspect in 1999, but he committed suicide before he could be arrested.
Sir George Arthur, 1st Baronet KCH (21 June 1784 – 19 September 1854) was Lieutenant Governor of British Honduras from 1814 to 1822 and of Van Diemen's Land (present-day Tasmania) from 1824 to 1836.
Jun 17, 2024 · Sir George Arthur, 1st Baronet (born June 21, 1784, Plymouth, Devon, Eng.—died Sept. 19, 1854, London) was a colonial administrator who was governor of Van Diemen’s Land (now Tasmania) from 1825 to 1836. His efforts to expand the island’s economy were remarkably successful.
Sir George Arthur (1784-1854), soldier and colonial administrator, was born on 21 June 1784, at Plymouth, England, the fourth and youngest son of John Arthur of Duck's Lane and his wife Catherine, née Cornish.
George Arthur (1784–1854), Australia's longest-serving colonial governor. He had a prodigious impact on early colonial history and later interpretations of it. Notable were his strenuous practice of sometimes astonishingly modern theories of reform of crime, and his policy toward the Aborigines.
Overview. Sir George Arthur. (1784—1854) colonial official. Quick Reference. (1784–1854), lieutenant-governor of Van Diemen's Land from 1824 to 1836, was an efficient, hard-working army officer and a zealous Evangelical. Under his control, the colony developed from a small, haphazard ...
Sep 29, 2022 · Learn how Lieutenant-Governor George Arthur ordered a human chain of settlers to intimidate and capture Aboriginal people in Tasmania in 1830. Explore the historical context, sources and legacy of the Black Line and the Tasmanian Aboriginal resistance.
