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Lime burning
was commenced at Newcombe
Pipers Beach 7 miles from Newcastle, possibly to provide mortar
for the first gaol |
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A Volume of ornithological work
by naturalist John William Lewin was published |
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Rev. William Cowper, appointed
senior assistant Chaplain of N.S.W. |
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John Macarthur charged with
sedition |
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Military Officers arrest
Governor Bligh. George Johnston becomes administrator until 28 July
The History of New South Wales, from Its First Discovery to
the Present Time By G. Paterson |
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Proclamation issued by George Johnston |
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Sydney Gazette suspended
following the deposition of Governor Bligh |
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FEBRUARY 12
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John Macarthur appointed
Magistrate of the Territory |
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Sir Henry Browne Hayes
transported to Newcastle Penal settlement...... |
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Resignation of Charles Grimes
from the position of acting Judge-Advocate |
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George Crossley sentenced to
7 years in Newcastle Coal Mines |
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Provost-Marshall William Gore
sentenced to 7 yrs in Newcastle coal mines |
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Lieutenant-Colonel William Paterson of the New South Wales
Corps appointed Colonel. George Johnston of the New
South Wales Corp appointed Major
Edward Abbott of the New South Wales Corp appointed
Captain |
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The brig Harrington seized in Sydney Harbour
by convicts and sailed to the north |
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Hawkesbury floods |
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Major Joseph Foveaux replaced Johnston as
administrator of the Colony |
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The Dundee, Captain Cummings, wrecked at Hunter River |
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Death in England of Philip Gidley King, former Governor of New
South Wales |
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Appointment of William Redfern
as Assistant surgeon |
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Ensign Villiers appointed
Commandant at Newcastle |
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Two people murdered by a native near
Newcastle |
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Convict Thomas Shirley drowned at the Hunter River in trying to rescue the vessel 'Halcyon' in a
gale |
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Arrival of convict ship Speke 1. John Hingston master
with 97 female prisoners, one having died on the passage out. |
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Lieutenant William Lawson to
proceed to Newcastle as Commandant of the penal settlement |
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