Name: Richard Bourke
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AUSTRALIANA Biography –

The book details the life and career of Sir Richard Bourke (1777–1855), an Irish-born British Army officer who served as a highly influential Governor of New South Wales, Australia, from 1831 to 1837. A progressive leader for his time, Bourke is remembered for his landmark reforms, including:

Establishing religious equality under the law with the Church Act of 1836.
Reforming the penal system and limiting the arbitrary punishment of convicts.
Introducing the system of national schools to offer affordable, non-denominational education.
Approving the layout and founding of Melbourne in 1837.
First Edition
- xv, 312 p. : ill., maps. ; 22 cm. #270926
- First Nations (AIATSIS) Subject:
  
  Settlement and contacts – Colonisation – 1788-1850
  
  History – Biographies – Non-Indigenous
  
  Race relations – Violent
  
  Settlement and contacts – Settlers
  
  Race relations – Attitudes
  
  New South Wales (NSW)
  
  Sydney (NSW SI56-05)
  
  Subject:
  
  Bourke, Richard, Sir, 1777-1855

Additional Information

Author	King, Hazel, 1908-1997
Number of pages	xv, 312 p. : ill., maps. ; 22 cm.
Publisher	Oxford University Press, Melbourne
Year Published	1971

Binding Type	Hardcover in Dustjacket
Book Condition	Near Fine