About William Forster (Australian politician)
William Forster was a pastoral squatter, colonial British politician, Premier of New South Wales from 27 October 1859 to 9 March 1860, and poet. The first was an intermittent type of warfare between "the blacks" and the occupiers, the second was "a kind of open war", and the final stage being an acceptance of defeat by the original owners of the land. When responsible government was granted, Forster was elected unopposed to the first Legislative Assembly in 1856 as member for United Counties of Murray and St Vincent. Forster won a by-election for East Sydney in May 1861 and in October 1863 was again asked to form a ministry.
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