Ralph Darling
General Sir Ralph Darling, GCH (1772 – 2 April 1858) was Governor of New South Wales from 1825 to 1831. He is remembered as a tyrant, accused of torturing prisoners, and he banned theatrical entertainment. He also built new roads and extended the boundaries of the colony . Many local geographical features are named after him.
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“Behold the Child among his new-born blisses,
A six years’ Darling of a pigmy size!”
—William Wordsworth (1770–1850)