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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J. updated 2025-08-27 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000149b.htm person Romilly Hugh Hastings CMG AACR2 15 March 1856 27 July 1892 Place of Birth London, England Place of Death London, England Explorer Governor Hugh Romilly was administrator of New Guinea 1884-1885 and for 3 months in 1886 and deputy administrator July 1887-September 1888. He wrote "A True Story of the Western Pacific" (1882), "The Western Pacific and New Guinea" (1886) and "From My Verandah in New Guinea" (1889) and his "Letters from the Western Pacific and Mashonaland" were published by his brother Samuel in 1893. Romilly was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG). 1874 1879 Career position - Joined Melly & Co. in Liverpool, UK 1879 1881 Career position - Staff of Sir Arthur Gordon - Governor of Fiji and High Commissioner for the Western Pacific 1880 1880 Career position - Magistrate and Private Secretary to Gordon in Fiji 1884 1886 Career position - Administrator in New Guinea 1887 1888 Career position - Deputy to John Douglas (ten months) 1888 1890 Career position - British Consul in New Hebrides (fourteen months) February 1890 February 1890 Career position - Returned to England and resigned from the Colonial Office to lead a prospecting expedition to Mashonaland, Africa.

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 'Romilly, Hugh Hastings', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Romilly, Hugh Hastings Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Romilly, Hugh Hastings (1856-1892), administrator, author and explorer Langdon, Robert Romilly, Hugh Hastings (1856-1892), administrator, author and explorer Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1976 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 6: 1851 - 1890 R - Z Bede Nairn 56-57