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proclamation · 1840

Proclamation by Governor Sir George Gipps announcing that he has administered the oaths to William Hobson, RN, as Her Majesty's Lieutenant-Governor over that part of the Territory acquired in New Zealand, and calling on all British subjects to assist him. Sydney, 14 January 1840.

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WHEREAS HER MAJESTY was graciously pleased, by certain Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of …

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New South Wales Government Gazette, No. 5, 1840.