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Charles Joseph La Trobe CB (20 March 1801 – 4 December 1875), commonly Latrobe, was appointed in 1839 superintendent of the Port Phillip District of New South Wales and, after the establishment in 1851 of the colony of Victoria (now a state of Australia), he became its first lieutenant-governor.
1. a. : a word or expression used in a figurative sense : figure of speech. b. : a common or overused theme or device : cliché. the usual horror movie tropes. 2. : a phrase or verse added as an embellishment or interpolation to the sung parts of the Mass in the Middle Ages. -trope.
It’s time to take a closer look at who Charles La Trobe was, and what his legacy really is. Charles Joseph La Trobe was first Superintendent of Port Phillip District from 1839 to 1850 and first Lieutenant-Governor of the new colony of Victoria from 1851 to 1854.
Charles Joseph La Trobe (1801-1875), superintendent and lieutenant-governor, was born on 20 March 1801 in London, the son of Christian La Trobe and his wife Hannah, née Sims. His family was of Huguenot origin.
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something such as an idea, phrase, or image that is often used in a particular artist's work, in a particular type of art, in the media, etc. : Human-like robots are a classic trope of science fiction. The politician's speech was full of racist tropes. Compare.
Charles Joseph La Trobe was an author, artist and ex-missionary who had helped in the dismantling of slavery in the West Indies. When appointed to the Port Philip District of the Colony of New South Wales, the district that was to be Victoria had around 10,000 settlers.
Trope definition: any literary or rhetorical device, as metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, and irony, that consists in the use of words in other than their literal sense.. See examples of TROPE used in a sentence.
