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appointment · 1839

Charles Joseph La Trobe appointed first Superintendent of the Settlement and District of Port Phillip (10 Sept 1839), exercising the powers of a Lieutenant Governor; the notice fixes the District's boundaries (south of 36 deg S, between 141 and 146 deg E) and confirms Captain Lonsdale continuing as Police Magistrate for Melbourne. Signed E. Deas Thomson.

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PORT PHILLIP. HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN having been pleased to command that CHARLES JOSEPH LA TROBE, Esquire, …

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New South Wales Government Gazette, No. 448, 11 September 1839.