George Gawler

thumb| Colonel George Gawler KH (21 July 1795 – 7 May 1869) was the second Governor of South Australia, at the same time serving as Resident Commissioner, from 17 October 1838 until 15 May 1841. Quotes The invasion of those ancient rights (of the natives) by survey and land appropriations of any kind, is justifiable only on the ground, that we should at the same time reserve for the natives an ample sufficiency for their present and future use and comfort, under the new style of things into which they are thrown; a state in which we hope they will be led to live in greater comfort, on a small space, than they enjoyed before it occurred, on their extensive original possessions. Reply, as Governor of South Australia, "to the gentlemen who objected to sections of land being appropriated for the natives, before the public were allowed to select." — Quoted in Eyre's Journals (1845) vol. 2, pt. 2, ch. 1, p. 158, footnote External links Category:Colonial governors Category:1795 births Category:1869 deaths