Original sentence: After Governor Bligh was overthrown in the Rum Rebellion in 1808, the new Governor of New South Wales, George Johnston, who was present at Dwyer's acquittal in the first trial ordered that Michael Dwyer's freedom be reinstated.Dwyer and his wife had had seven children and has numerous descendants throughout Australia.Dwyer was quoted as saying that all Irish will be free in this new country (i.Governor William Bligh organised another trial against Dwyer in which he was stripped of his free settler status and transported to Van Diemens Land (Tasmania) and Norfolk Island
Edited sentence: After Governor Bligh was overthrown in the Rum Rebellion in 1808, the new Governor of New South Wales, George Johnston who was present at Dwyer's acquittal in the first trial ordered that Michael Dwyer's freedom be reinstated.Bligh who regarded the Irish and many other nationalities with contempt, organised another trial for Michael Dwyer in which he was stripped of his free settler status and transported to Van Diemens Land (Tasmania) and Norfolk Island.Dwyer had seven children and has numerous descendants throughout Australia.Dwyer’s nephew John Donoghue (1822-1892), built The Old Stone House, Molongolo Rd, Bungendore, circa 1865, a huge strongly constructed Bungendore landmark and a monument to pioneering and hard-working Irish Australian settlers.Governor William Bligh disregarded the first trial acquittal of Michael Dwyer.In 2002, in Bungendore near Canberra, a family reunion took place with descendants of Michael Dwyer's family including descendants of related Australian Irish families the Donoghues and Doyles.Michael Dwyer was quoted as saying that all Irish will be free in this new country (i.One of Michael Dwyer’s sons was the owner of The Harp Hotel in Bungendore, New South Wales in circa 1838