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George Bowen
George Bowen was a British colonial governor who became the first governor of Queensland when it separated from New South Wales in 1859. He later governed New Zealand, Victoria, Mauritius and Hong Kong. In Queensland he presided over rapid pastoral expansion and the setting up of the colony's parliament.
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