article_snippet: Sir James Stirling become the first Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Western Australia .
article_snippet: It was Sir James Stirling’s persistence that finally persuaded the British government to establish the Swan River Colony in Western Australia.
article_snippet: And it was a move that would eventually see him become the first Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Western Australia.
article_snippet: Sir James Stirling  travelled to Australia a few years later as part of a navy assignment and joined an inland expedition – eventually taking Sir James Stirling  to the west.
highlights_snippet: Sir James Stirling was the first governor of Western Australia and a British navy admiral .
  