When they arrived in Sydney, Bligh, backed up by statements from two of Short's officers, had Short stripped of the captaincy of the Porpoise – which he gave to his son-in-law – cancelled the land grant Short had been promised as payment for the voyage and shipped him back to England for court martial, at which Short was acquitted.

England captain Ivo Bligh promised that on the tour to Australia in 1882 – 83 he would regain " the ashes " and the term began to be established.

* 1789 – Mutiny on the Bounty: Lieutenant William Bligh and 18 sailors are set adrift and the rebel crew returns to Tahiti briefly and then sets sail for Pitcairn Island.

The Exxon Valdez oil spill occurred in Prince William Sound, Alaska, on March 24, 1989, when Exxon Valdez, an oil tanker bound for Long Beach, California struck Prince William Sound's Bligh Reef and spilled of crude oil.

* Exxon Shipping Company failed to properly maintain the Raytheon Collision Avoidance System ( RAYCAS ) radar, which, if functional, would have indicated to the third mate an impending collision with the Bligh Reef by detecting the " radar reflector ", placed on the next rock inland from Bligh Reef for the purpose of keeping boats on course via radar.

* 1789 – Mutiny on the Bounty: mutiny survivors including Captain William Bligh and 18 others reach Timor after a nearly journey in an open boat.

In September 1771, Bligh was transferred to the Crescent and remained on the ship for three years.

In 1776, Bligh was selected by Captain James Cook for the position of sailing master on the Resolution and accompanied Cook in July 1776 on Cook's third and fatal voyage to the Pacific.

Bligh married Elizabeth Betham, daughter of a Customs Collector ( stationed in Douglas, Isle of Man ), on 4 February 1781.

* April 28 – Mutiny on the Bounty: Fletcher Christian leads the mutiny on HMS Bounty against Captain William Bligh.

Bligh was also appointed governor of New South Wales on Banks's recommendation.

Mutiny on the Bounty is the title of the 1932 novel by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall, based on the mutiny against Lieutenant William Bligh, commanding officer of the Bounty in 1789.

The first known European contact was with Captain Bligh and the crew of the HMS Bounty when they discovered Aitutaki on April 11, 1789, prior to the infamous mutiny.

The Governor of New South Wales, William Bligh, was deposed by the New South Wales Corps under the command of Major George Johnston, working closely with John Macarthur, on 26 January 1808, 20 years to the day after Arthur Phillip founded European settlement in Australia.

William Bligh, well known for his overthrow in the mutiny on the Bounty, was a naval officer and the fourth Governor of New South Wales.

Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh, Secretary of State for War and the Colonies wrote back to Bligh, his instructions being received on 31 December 1807.

Bligh had the Judge-Advocate, Richard Atkins, issue an order for John Macarthur to appear on the matter of the bond on the 15th of December 1807.

" Johnston went on to call for Bligh to resign and submit to arrest.

In January 1809 Bligh was given the control of HMS Porpoise on condition that he return to England.

During that tour a small terracotta urn was presented to England captain Ivo Bligh by a group of Melbourne women.

The oldest, and the one to enjoy enduring fame, was the one presented to Bligh, later Lord Darnley, during the 1882 – 83 tour.

Later that year, the Honourable Ivo Bligh led a team of eight amateurs and four professionals to Australia to recover them, with the first two matches of the tour played at the MCG.

Bligh was appointed Commanding Lieutenant of Bounty on 16 August 1787, at the age of 32, after a career that included a tour as sailing master of James Cook's HMS Resolution during Cook's third and final voyage ( 1776 – 1779 ).

During that tour a small terracotta urn was presented to Bligh by a group of Melbourne women.

He also managed the England tour of 1882-83 under Ivo Bligh that went to Australia to retrieve The Ashes.

Her husband, then Ivo Bligh, took a team to Australia in the following year.

Later in 1882, following the famous Australian victory at The Oval, Bligh led an England team to Australia, as he said, to " recover those ashes ".

Bligh tried briefly to give it that spin, to smear his opponents, but there was no evidence for it and he moved on .< p > Many years later, in 1855, an English Quaker named William Howitt published a popular history of Australia.

Notable politicians have declared support for independence, including Bob Katter and former Queensland Premier Anna Bligh, who in August 2011 wrote to Prime Minister Julia Gillard in support of Torres Strait Islands independence from Australia ; Prime Minister Gillard said in October 2011 " her government will respectfully consider the Torres Strait's request for self-government ".

The Hon Ivo Bligh, who became the 8th Earl of Darnley, was the first English cricket captain to attempt to recover The Ashes from Australia in the late 19th century.

Aubrey is offered either the old HMS Leopard for a mission to Australia to support Captain Bligh against the settlers opposed to his rule, or a newly building 74-gun third rate, HMS Ajax, for sailing in the Mediterranean.

Ivo Francis Walter Bligh, 8th Earl of Darnley DL, JP ( 13 March 1859 – 10 April 1927 ), styled The Honourable Ivo Bligh until 1900, was a British cricketer who captained the English team in the first ever Test series against Australia with the Ashes at stake in 1882 / 83.

Soon after Steel set off for Australia with his Cambridge University friends Ivo Bligh and the Studd brothers George and Charles, and a team they had put together.

Ivo Bligh and his English team arrived in Australia in 1882 – 83 determined to win back " the Ashes ".

George and his brother Charles toured Australia in 1882 / 3 with the MCC captained by the Honourable Ivo Bligh.

In 1972 he visited Australia for the Melbourne Theatre Company ’ s production of The Man Who Shot the Albatross, a version of the Governor Bligh story ; and then in 1975 returned to settle in Australia as associate director of the Melbourne Theatre Company, with an agreement to complete a trilogy based on Summer of the Seventeenth Doll.

Bligh Park is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia.

The South Aisle was included in the original plans but not completed until 1882 by Frederick Bligh Bond.

Ivo Bligh in 1882 / 3, and again with Shaw and Shrewsbury in 1886 / 1887.

Vice Admiral William Bligh, FRS, RN ( 9 September 1754 – 7 December 1817 ) was an officer of the British Royal Navy and a colonial administrator.

* June 14 – Bounty mutiny survivors, including Captain William Bligh and 18 others, reach Timor after a nearly journey in an open boat.

* September 9 – William Bligh, English sailor ( d. 1817 )

* 26 January – Rum Rebellion: On the 20th anniversary of the foundation of the colony of New South Wales, disgruntled military officers of the New South Wales Corps ( the Rum Corps ) overthrow and imprison Governor William Bligh and seize control of the colony.

Both Forsters also published descriptions of their South Pacific travels in the Magazin von merkwürdigen neuen Reisebeschreibungen (" Magazine of strange new travel accounts ") in Berlin, and Georg published a translation of " A Voyage to the South Sea, by Lieutenant William Bligh, London 1792 " in 1791 – 1793.

* William Bligh – Lieutenant and commander of the Bounty

No other Europeans visited Tasmania until the late eighteenth century, when several visited southern Tasmania ( then referred to as Van Diemens Land ) including Frenchman Marion du Fresne ( 1772 ), Englishmen Tobias Furneaux ( 1773 ), James Cook ( 1777 ) and William Bligh ( 1788 and 1792 ), and Frenchman Bruni d ' Entrecasteaux ( 1792 – 93 ).

Thomas Bligh ( 1654 – 1710 ), father of the first Earl, represented County Meath in the Irish Parliament and was sworn of the Irish Privy Council.

Edward Bligh ( 1769 – 1840 ), second son of the third Earl, was a General in the Army.

William Bligh ( 1775 – 1845 ), third son of the third Earl, was a Colonel in the Army.

Sir John Duncan Bligh ( 1798 – 1872 ), fourth son of the fourth Earl, was a diplomat and served as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Hanover.

* John Bligh, 1st Earl of Darnley ( 1687 – 1728 )

* Edward Bligh, 2nd Earl of Darnley ( 1715 – 1747 )

* John Bligh, 3rd Earl of Darnley ( 1719 – 1781 )

* John Bligh, 4th Earl of Darnley ( 1767 – 1831 )

** John Bligh, Lord Clifton ( 1793 – 1793 )

* Edward Bligh, 5th Earl of Darnley ( 1795 – 1835 )