Charles Fitzgerald
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Captain Charles Fitzgerald (1791– 29 December 1887) was the Governor of The Gambia from 1844 until 1847, then Governor of Western Australia from 1848 to 1855.
Soon after his arrival in Western Australia in 1848, Fitzgerald accompanied Augustus Gregory on an expedition in the Northampton region where Gregory and his brother had discovered lead the year before. An encounter with Aborigines resulted in Fitzgerald being speared in the leg and at least three Aborigines shot dead.[1]
The town of Geraldton, Western Australia was named after him.
[edit] References
- ^ Stannage, C.T. (1981). A New History of Western Australia. University of Western Australia Press, Nedlands. p. 97.
- The Constitution Centre of Western Australia (2002). "Captain Charles Fitzgerald 1848-1855". Governors and Premiers of Western Australia. West Perth, Western Australia: The Constitution Centre of Western Australia. ISBN 0-7307-3821-3. http://www.ccentre.wa.gov.au/index.cfm?event=governorsCharlesfitzgerald.
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| Preceded by Edmund Norcott |
Governor of The Gambia 1844–1847 |
Succeeded by Sir Richard Graves MacDonnell |
| Preceded by Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Irwin |
Governor of Western Australia 1848–1855 |
Succeeded by Sir Arthur Kennedy |
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