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History of Government House. Since opening its doors in 1863, the present Government House has been the home of every Governor appointed to serve Western Australia. Captain Sir James Stirling RN arrived from England to found the Colony of Western Australia which he proclaimed as the State's first Lieutenant Governor in June 1829.
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His Excellency the Honourable Chris Dawson AC APM was sworn in as the 34th Governor of Western Australia on 15 July 2022. The Dawson family have been part of the early colonial settlers over five generations of farming and law enforcement. The Governor's great-great-grandparents arrived in the then Swan River colony in Western Australia in.
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Admiral James Stirling arrived on Noongar land in 1829 to proclaim it the British colony of Western Australia. Officially, he represented the British government. Unofficially, he represented the commercial interests of his family, a collection of British naval officers, East India Company administrators and directors, imperial merchants, shipping magnates, their wives and their descendants.
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Clarke was considered a likely successor to Sir James Stirling, the first governor of Western Australia, but the appointment went to John Hutt in 1838. When Hutt's term of office drew to a close, Clarke informed his friend Captain Frederick Irwin, then in the colony, of his interest in the position. Irwin made strong representations to London.
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Sir James Stirling, the first Governor of Western Australia, was born in 1791, the fifth son of eight of the fifteen children of Andrew Stirling, of Drumpellier, Lanarkshire. His mother, Anne was his father's first cousin, the daughter of Admiral Sir Walter Stirling and the sister of Sir Walter Stirling, first baronet of Faskine.
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The gates commemorate the first Governor of Western Australia, Captain James Stirling. The gates were unveiled in 1929, the centenary of Western Australia. Stirling Reserve was named in his honour. Captain James Stirling (28 January 1791 - 22 April 1865) was a British naval officer and colonial administrator. His enthusiasm and persistence persuaded the British Government to establish the Swan.
Official residence of the State Governor, Western Australia, Government House (1863) in Perth
Charles FitzGerald (1791-1887), governor, was the son of Robert FitzGerald of Kilkee, County Clare, Ireland, and a cadet of the ducal house of Leinster. He entered the navy in March 1809, passed his examination in 1815, and was first commissioned in March 1826. He served for a time as a lieutenant in the coastguard, and in 1833-36 commanded.
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Executive and judicial powers. Western Australia is governed according to the principles of the Westminster system, a form of parliamentary government based on the model of the United Kingdom.Legislative power rests with the Parliament of Western Australia, which consists of King Charles III, represented by the Governor of Western Australia, and the two Houses, the Western Australian.
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The Governor of Western Australia is appointed by the King on the advice of the Premier. The Governor's role is broad and includes responsibilities related to: The Constitution. Ceremonial and celebratory Representation as Head of State in W.A. The community. Advocacy on behalf of the State. Details about the Governor's role.
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The first Governor of Western Australia, James Stirling, took office as Lieutenant-Governor, his only authority being a letter of appointment from the Colonial Office dated 30 December 1828. Stirling's Commission as Governor and Commander-in-Chief, with the accompanying Royal Instructions, was not issued until 4 March 1831 and only reached him in Australia at the end of that year.
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Sir Frederick Aloysius Weld (1823-1891), governor, was born on 9 May 1823 at Chideock, Dorset, England, third son of Humphrey Weld of Chideock Manor, and his wife Christina Maria, daughter of Lord Clifford of Chudleigh. The Weld, or Wylde, family was one of the leading Roman Catholic families of England; his uncle Thomas Weld was the first.
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The Honourable Kim Beazley AC is the 33rd Governor of Western Australia. Prior to being installed as Governor on the 1st May 2018, Mr Beazley had dedicated almost three decades to a career in Federal Parliament, representing the WA seats of Brand and Swan. 29 August 2019.
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Captain (later Sir) James Stirling was the first Governor of the Colony of Western Australia, from 30 December 1828 until 2 January 1839. He was born on 28 January 1791 in Lanarkshire, Scotland. In 1826 he commanded HMS Success to report on the Swan River. In June 1829 he formed a British settlement in Western Australia. Shortly after, Stirling.
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The governor of Western Australia is the representative in Western Australia of the monarch, King Charles III.As with the other governors of the Australian states, the governor of Western Australia performs constitutional, ceremonial and community functions, including: . presiding over the Executive Council;; proroguing and dissolving the Legislative Assembly and the Legislative Council;
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The Honourable Kim Beazley AC. Appointed in 1828, Captain James Stirling was the first Governor of the Colony (now State) of Western Australia. Today, the former Governors have a combined length of service of more than 180 years.
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Despite the odium attached to his name in Van Diemen's Land, Hampton was appointed governor of Western Australia on 28 February 1862. His six year term coincided with the last phase of convict transportation to that colony, and his interference in convict management drew the hostility of Perth newspapers and many prominent citizens, including the Anglican bishop, Mathew Blagden Hale .