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Col. George Johnston, 1810 watercolour portrait by R. Dighton: State Library of NSW</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1764-03-19</span>)</span>19 March 1764<br /><a href="/wiki/Annan,_Dumfries_and_Galloway" title="Annan, Dumfries and Galloway">Annan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dumfriesshire" title="Dumfriesshire">Dumfriesshire</a>, <a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">5 January 1823<span style="display:none">(1823-01-05)</span> (aged 58)<br /><a href="/wiki/Sydney" title="Sydney">Sydney</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales" title="New South Wales">New South Wales</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Years of service</th><td class="infobox-data">1776–1811</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Colonel" class="mw-redirect" title="Lieutenant Colonel">Lieutenant Colonel</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Commands</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales_Corps" title="New South Wales Corps">New South Wales Corps</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Battles / wars</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" title="American Revolutionary War">American Revolutionary War</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/New_York_and_New_Jersey_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="New York and New Jersey Campaign">New York and New Jersey Campaign</a></li></ul> <p><a href="/wiki/Castle_Hill_convict_rebellion" title="Castle Hill convict rebellion">Castle Hill convict rebellion</a> </p> <a href="/wiki/Rum_Rebellion" title="Rum Rebellion">Rum Rebellion</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Spouse(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Esther_Abrahams" title="Esther Abrahams">Esther Abrahams</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1814)<wbr /></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">7 (including <a href="/wiki/Robert_Johnston_(naval_officer)" title="Robert Johnston (naval officer)">Robert</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant-Colonel" class="mw-redirect" title="Lieutenant-Colonel">Lieutenant-Colonel</a> <b>George Johnston</b> (19 March 1764 – 5 January 1823) was a British military officer who served as Lieutenant-Governor of <a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales" title="New South Wales">New South Wales</a>, Australia after leading the rebellion later known as the <a href="/wiki/Rum_Rebellion" title="Rum Rebellion">Rum Rebellion</a>. After serving as a young <a href="/wiki/Royal_Marines" title="Royal Marines">marine</a> officer in the <a href="/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" title="American Revolutionary War">American Revolutionary War</a>, Johnston served in the East Indies, fighting against the French, before volunteering to accompany the <a href="/wiki/First_Fleet" title="First Fleet">First Fleet</a> to New South Wales. After serving as <a href="/wiki/Adjutant" title="Adjutant">adjutant</a> to Governor <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Phillip" title="Arthur Phillip">Arthur Phillip</a>, Johnston served in the <a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales_Corps" title="New South Wales Corps">New South Wales Corps</a> and he was a key figure in putting down the <a href="/wiki/Castle_Hill_convict_rebellion" title="Castle Hill convict rebellion">Castle Hill convict rebellion</a> in 1804. He led his troops in deposing <a href="/wiki/William_Bligh" title="William Bligh">Governor Bligh</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Rum_Rebellion" title="Rum Rebellion">Rum Rebellion</a> in 1808; which led to his court martial and subsequent cashiering from military service. In his later life, he returned to New South Wales as a private citizen, raising a family in the colony and establishing a successful <a href="/wiki/Annandale_Farm" title="Annandale Farm">farm</a> around Annandale in Sydney. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_military_career">Early life and military career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Johnston_(Royal_Marines_officer)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and military career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Johnston was born on 19 March 1764 at <a href="/wiki/Annan,_Dumfries_and_Galloway" title="Annan, Dumfries and Galloway">Annan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dumfriesshire" title="Dumfriesshire">Dumfriesshire</a>, <a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a>, the son of Captain George Johnston, <a href="/wiki/Aide-de-camp" title="Aide-de-camp">aide-de-camp</a> to Lord Percy, later the <a href="/wiki/Hugh_Percy,_2nd_Duke_of_Northumberland" title="Hugh Percy, 2nd Duke of Northumberland">2nd Duke of Northumberland</a>. Percy obtained a commission for the 12-year-old Johnston as <a href="/wiki/Second_lieutenant" title="Second lieutenant">second lieutenant</a> of <a href="/wiki/Royal_Marines" title="Royal Marines">marines</a> on 6 March 1776. Johnston went to America with his regiment, and took part in the <a href="/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" title="American Revolutionary War">American Revolutionary War</a>, serving in New York and Halifax during 1777 and 1778, after which he was promoted to <a href="/wiki/First_lieutenant" title="First lieutenant">first lieutenant</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ADB_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ADB-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the campaign, his father was killed.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Duke of Northumberland, who had held Johnston's father in high regard, became Johnston's guardian.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The young officer subsequently acted as a recruiting officer in the United Kingdom before serving aboard <a href="/wiki/HMS_Sultan_(1775)" title="HMS Sultan (1775)">HMS <i>Sultan</i></a> in the East Indies in 1781, and suffering a severe wound in action against the French.<sup id="cite_ref-Binney_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Binney-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Moore_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Moore-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Returned to garrison duty in <a href="/wiki/Portsmouth" title="Portsmouth">Portsmouth</a>, he volunteered to join the <a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales_Marine_Corps" title="New South Wales Marine Corps">New South Wales Marine Corps</a>, which would accompany the <a href="/wiki/First_Fleet" title="First Fleet">First Fleet</a> to <a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales" title="New South Wales">New South Wales</a>. He sailed for Australia aboard the convict transport <i><a href="/wiki/Lady_Penrhyn_(1786_ship)" title="Lady Penrhyn (1786 ship)">Lady Penrhyn</a></i> in 1788.<sup id="cite_ref-Binney_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Binney-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Moore_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Moore-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="New_South_Wales">New South Wales</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Johnston_(Royal_Marines_officer)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: New South Wales"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On arrival in New South Wales, Johnston served as adjutant to Governor <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Phillip" title="Arthur Phillip">Arthur Phillip</a>, and was promoted in 1789 to the rank of <a href="/wiki/Captain-Lieutenant" class="mw-redirect" title="Captain-Lieutenant">Captain-Lieutenant</a> of Marines. He transferred from the New South Wales Marine Corps to the locally raised <a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales_Corps" title="New South Wales Corps">New South Wales Corps</a> in 1791 with the rank of captain.<sup id="cite_ref-Binney_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Binney-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Moore_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Moore-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-dab_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dab-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Johnston received extensive land grants in areas of modern <a href="/wiki/Petersham,_New_South_Wales" title="Petersham, New South Wales">Petersham</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bankstown,_New_South_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Bankstown, New South Wales">Bankstown</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cabramatta,_New_South_Wales" title="Cabramatta, New South Wales">Cabramatta</a>. Johnston's other grants included land which is now the suburb of <a href="/wiki/Annandale,_New_South_Wales" title="Annandale, New South Wales">Annandale</a>, named for his property that was in turn named after the place of his birth. He and <a href="/wiki/Esther_Abrahams" title="Esther Abrahams">Esther Abrahams</a> farmed and lived on Annandale with their children.<sup id="cite_ref-Silver_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Silver-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In September 1796, Johnston was appointed aide-de-camp to <a href="/wiki/John_Hunter_(Royal_Navy_officer)" title="John Hunter (Royal Navy officer)">Governor John Hunter</a>, and in 1800 received his <a href="/wiki/Brevet_rank" class="mw-redirect" title="Brevet rank">brevet rank</a> as <a href="/wiki/Major_(rank)" title="Major (rank)">major</a>. In the same year Johnston was put under arrest by <a href="/wiki/William_Paterson_(explorer)" title="William Paterson (explorer)">Lieutenant Governor William Paterson</a> on charges of "paying spirits to a sergeant as part of his pay—and disobedience of orders". Johnston objected to trial by court-martial in the colony, and Hunter sent him to England. There the difficulties of conducting a trial with witnesses in Australia led to the proceedings being dropped, and Johnston returned to New South Wales in 1802. In 1803 Johnston took temporary command of the New South Wales Corps during the illness of Paterson, and became involved in the conflict between <a href="/wiki/Philip_Gidley_King" title="Philip Gidley King">King</a> and the military. In March 1804 he acted with decision when in command of the military sent against some <a href="/wiki/Castle_Hill_convict_rebellion" title="Castle Hill convict rebellion">convicts who had rebelled at Castle Hill</a>. When Paterson was sent to <a href="/wiki/Launceston,_Tasmania" title="Launceston, Tasmania">Port Dalrymple</a>, Johnston became commander of the New South Wales Corps.<sup id="cite_ref-dab_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dab-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 26 January 1808, Johnston played a key role in the only successful armed takeover of a government in Australia's recorded history, the <a href="/wiki/Rum_Rebellion" title="Rum Rebellion">Rum Rebellion</a>, working closely with <a href="/wiki/John_Macarthur_(wool_pioneer)" title="John Macarthur (wool pioneer)">John Macarthur</a>. Johnston led the troops that deposed <a href="/wiki/William_Bligh" title="William Bligh">Governor William Bligh</a>, assumed the title of lieutenant-governor, and illegally suspended the judge-advocate and other officials. The administration of justice became farcical, and there were signs of strong discontent among the settlers.<sup id="cite_ref-dab_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dab-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Johnston was promoted to the rank of <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant-colonel" class="mw-redirect" title="Lieutenant-colonel">lieutenant-colonel</a> on 25 April 1808, and was superseded by his senior officer <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Foveaux" title="Joseph Foveaux">Joseph Foveaux</a>, who was Lieutenant-Governor of <a href="/wiki/Norfolk_Island" title="Norfolk Island">Norfolk Island</a>, on 28 July. Johnston sailed for England with <a href="/wiki/John_Macarthur_(wool_pioneer)" title="John Macarthur (wool pioneer)">John Macarthur</a> in March 1809 (and <a href="/wiki/Henry_Fulton" title="Henry Fulton">Henry Fulton</a> as a witness) and was tried by <a href="/wiki/Court-martial" title="Court-martial">court-martial</a> in May 1811. Found guilty of mutiny he was sentenced to be <a href="/wiki/Cashiering" title="Cashiering">cashiered</a>. This lenience of the sentence imposed in the circumstances presumably indicates that the court was convinced that he had been the tool of other people.<sup id="cite_ref-dab_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dab-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Later_life">Later life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Johnston_(Royal_Marines_officer)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Later life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Johnstons_Creek.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Johnstons_Creek.JPG/220px-Johnstons_Creek.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Johnstons_Creek.JPG/330px-Johnstons_Creek.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Johnstons_Creek.JPG/440px-Johnstons_Creek.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="3000" /></a><figcaption>Johnstons Creek pedestrian bridge</figcaption></figure> <p>Johnston returned to New South Wales in May 1813 as a private individual and in November the following year at St John's Church in Parramatta he married <a href="/wiki/Esther_Abrahams" title="Esther Abrahams">Esther Abrahams</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a Jewish convict whom he had met on the transport <a href="/wiki/Lady_Penrhyn_(1786_ship)" title="Lady Penrhyn (1786 ship)"><i>Lady Penrhyn</i></a> in 1787. The couple had already had seven children together by that time, and they lived on his land at <a href="/wiki/Annandale_Farm" title="Annandale Farm">Annandale Farm</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sydney" title="Sydney">Sydney</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Silver_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Silver-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He died much respected on 5 January 1823, leaving a large family. He was first interred in a private mausoleum on his Annandale property, until its subdivision to become an inner-city suburb. His remains were moved to a new mausoleum at <a href="/wiki/Waverley_Cemetery" title="Waverley Cemetery">Waverley Cemetery</a> in 1904.<sup id="cite_ref-dab_7-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dab-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The suburb of <a href="/wiki/Georges_Hall,_New_South_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Georges Hall, New South Wales">Georges Hall</a> is named after the farmhouse of the same name on land grants Johnston received near the junction of the <a href="/wiki/Georges_River" title="Georges River">Georges River</a> and <a href="/wiki/Prospect_Creek_(New_South_Wales)" title="Prospect Creek (New South Wales)">Prospect Creek</a>. This building still exists, and is now one of Australia's oldest houses. Johnston and Esther Abrahams and their children farmed and lived on Annandale until the 1870s, when the property was sold and sub-divided for residential development. The main street of Annandale is named after Johnston, and the gates of their property now stand in the grounds of Annandale Public School.<sup id="cite_ref-dab_7-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dab-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Johnston_(Royal_Marines_officer)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-ADB-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-ADB_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Yarwood 1967, pp. 20–22.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFWeston,_Bert_E.1982" class="citation web cs1">Weston, Bert E. 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Neutral Bay, New South Wales: Volcanic Productions. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-64644-865-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-64644-865-7"><bdi>978-0-64644-865-7</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Horsemen+of+the+First+Frontier+%281788%E2%80%931900%29+and+the+Serpent%27s+Legacy&rft.place=Neutral+Bay%2C+New+South+Wales&rft.pub=Volcanic+Productions&rft.date=2005&rft.isbn=978-0-64644-865-7&rft.aulast=Binney&rft.aufirst=Keith+Robert&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGeorge+Johnston+%28Royal+Marines+officer%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDa_Cruz2015" class="citation book cs1">Da Cruz, Marghanita (30 September 2015). <i>Annandale's Great War: A Short Walk</i> (2nd ed.). Annandale, New South Wales: Lulu. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-32638-933-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-32638-933-8"><bdi>978-1-32638-933-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Annandale%27s+Great+War%3A+A+Short+Walk&rft.place=Annandale%2C+New+South+Wales&rft.edition=2nd&rft.pub=Lulu&rft.date=2015-09-30&rft.isbn=978-1-32638-933-8&rft.aulast=Da+Cruz&rft.aufirst=Marghanita&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGeorge+Johnston+%28Royal+Marines+officer%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMoore1987" class="citation book cs1">Moore, John (1987). <i>The First Fleet Marines</i>. University of Queensland Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0702220655" title="Special:BookSources/0702220655"><bdi>0702220655</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+First+Fleet+Marines&rft.pub=University+of+Queensland+Press&rft.date=1987&rft.isbn=0702220655&rft.aulast=Moore&rft.aufirst=John&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGeorge+Johnston+%28Royal+Marines+officer%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="{{{ref}}}" class="citation encyclopaedia cs1"><a href="/wiki/Percival_Serle" title="Percival Serle">Serle, Percival</a> (1949). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks15/1500721h/0-dict-biogI-K.html#johnston1">"Johnston, George"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Dictionary_of_Australian_Biography" title="Dictionary of Australian Biography">Dictionary of Australian Biography</a></i>. Sydney: <a href="/wiki/Angus_%26_Robertson" title="Angus & Robertson">Angus & Robertson</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">18 August</span> 2009</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Johnston%2C+George&rft.btitle=Dictionary+of+Australian+Biography&rft.place=Sydney&rft.pub=Angus+%26+Robertson&rft.date=1949&rft.aulast=Serle&rft.aufirst=Percival&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fgutenberg.net.au%2Febooks15%2F1500721h%2F0-dict-biogI-K.html%23johnston1&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGeorge+Johnston+%28Royal+Marines+officer%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSilver1989" class="citation book cs1">Silver, Lynette Ramsay (1989). <i>The Battle of Vinegar Hill: Australia's Irish Rebellion, 1804</i>. Sydney: Doubleday. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-86824-326-4" title="Special:BookSources/0-86824-326-4"><bdi>0-86824-326-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Battle+of+Vinegar+Hill%3A+Australia%27s+Irish+Rebellion%2C+1804&rft.place=Sydney&rft.pub=Doubleday&rft.date=1989&rft.isbn=0-86824-326-4&rft.aulast=Silver&rft.aufirst=Lynette+Ramsay&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGeorge+Johnston+%28Royal+Marines+officer%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFYarwood1967" class="citation encyclopaedia cs1">Yarwood, A. T. (1967). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A020020b.htm">"Johnston, George (1764–1823)"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Australian_Dictionary_of_Biography" title="Australian Dictionary of Biography">Australian Dictionary of Biography</a></i>. Vol. 2. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, <a href="/wiki/Australian_National_University" title="Australian National University">Australian National University</a>. pp. 20–22. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-522-84459-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-522-84459-7"><bdi>978-0-522-84459-7</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/1833-7538">1833-7538</a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/70677943">70677943</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">18 August</span> 2009</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Johnston%2C+George+%281764%E2%80%931823%29&rft.btitle=Australian+Dictionary+of+Biography&rft.place=Canberra&rft.pages=20-22&rft.pub=National+Centre+of+Biography%2C+Australian+National+University&rft.date=1967&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F70677943&rft.issn=1833-7538&rft.isbn=978-0-522-84459-7&rft.aulast=Yarwood&rft.aufirst=A.+T.&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.adb.online.anu.edu.au%2Fbiogs%2FA020020b.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGeorge+Johnston+%28Royal+Marines+officer%29" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Johnston_(Royal_Marines_officer)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNorth2019" class="citation book cs1">North, Jessica (2019). <i>Esther: The extraordinary true story of the First Fleet girl who became First Lady of the colony</i>. Allen & Unwin. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781760527372" title="Special:BookSources/9781760527372"><bdi>9781760527372</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Esther%3A+The+extraordinary+true+story+of+the+First+Fleet+girl+who+became+First+Lady+of+the+colony&rft.pub=Allen+%26+Unwin&rft.date=2019&rft.isbn=9781760527372&rft.aulast=North&rft.aufirst=Jessica&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGeorge+Johnston+%28Royal+Marines+officer%29" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Johnston_(Royal_Marines_officer)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span 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