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Governor George Gipps
Portrait of Sir George Gipps, Governor of New South Wales, circa 1847.
NZ officially becomes British colony
New Zealand became a separate colony of Britain. The North, South and Stewart islands were to be known respectively as the provinces of ‘New Ulster’, ‘New Munster’ and ‘New Leinster’
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