Charles Fitzgerald
For other people named Charles Fitzgerald, see Charles Fitzgerald (disambiguation).
Charles Fitzgerald
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.[1]
Fitzgerald joined the navy in March 1809, passed his examination in 1815, and was commissioned in March 1826.[1] 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.[2]
The town of Geraldton, Western Australia was named after him.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 Crowley, F. K. "FitzGerald, Charles (1791–1887)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: Australian National University. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
- ↑ 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.
- Mennell, Philip (1892). "
Fitzgerald, Captain Charles". The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co. Wikisource
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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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