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New Courts with civil
jurisdiction established & presided over by Mr. Justice Bent, the Deputy Judge
Advocate |
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In 1814 the penal settlement at Norfolk Island was closed and
Newcastle became the main repository for second time offenders
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A Mine shaft
was commenced near the hospital in Watt Street, Newcastle
although not completed for another three years |
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January......
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Schooner 'Governor Hunter' (owned by Mr. Nicholls)
ran aground on a sand beach near Newcastle
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January 9.......
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Arrival of Convict ship
Wanstead, Master Henry Moore.
Select
HERE
to find out more about the voyage of the Wanstead |
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January 4....... |
Thomas West who arrived on the Earl
Cornwallis in 1801 received a conditional pardon in consideration of his
general good conduct and character for sobriety and industry and in having
erected a water mill for the grinding of grain at Barcom Glen within two
miles of Sydney, being the first water-mill ever erected in the
vicinity of Sydney' (Caledonian Mercury 7 November 1814) |
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January 23....... |
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January 26....... |
First detachment of 73rd
regiment embarked for Ceylon on Earl Spencer
Find out more
about Captain John Pike
of the 73rd regiment
Read
about the 73rd Regiment at 'Under a Tropical Sun' site
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February 7....... |
Arrival in the colony of 46th
Regiment under command of Lieutenant - Colonel Malle
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February 7........ |
Captain James Wallis
of 46th
Regiment arrived per
General Hewitt. 266 convicts
arrived on the General Hewitt including artist
Joseph Lycett,
architect Francis Greenway and John Smith of Newcastle.
Select
HERE
to find out more about the voyage of the General Hewitt
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February....... |
Lieutenant Thomas Thompson of
46th regt., appointed Commandant at Newcastle
Lieutenant Thompson's appointment
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March.......
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Road from Sydney to Liverpool
opened |
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March 12....... |
A detachment of the 46th Regiment embarked on board
the brig Endeavour for Newcastle to relieve the
detachment of 73rd on duty there.
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March 26........ |
Head quarters of 73rd Regiment
under Lieutenant O'Connell embarked for Ceylon on board
General Hewitt
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April 7........
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Convicts escape from Newcastle Settlement on the 'Speedwell'.......
Convicts Burridge, Styles, Scarr and
Pearce seize the Speedwell. Read more
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April 2....... |
Lieutenant Skottowe publicly commended by Governor Macquarie
for his work and conduct at Newcastle penal settlement...........
Government
and General Orders
– Head Quarters, Sydney Saturday 2nd April 1814
Lieutenant Skottowe, of the 1st
Battalion of the 73rd Regiment, being returned
from his late Command of the Settlement of Newcastle, His
Excellency the Governor and Commander in Chief takes this
Occasion of publicly expressing his entire approbation of
the conduct of Lieutenant Skottowe during the time he has
acted as Military Commandant, and civil Magistrate of that
Station; and requests he will accept his best Thanks for the
Activity, Vigilance, Integrity, and zealous Attention he has
always manifested in the Discharge of the important Duties
of his Office, both in his Civil and Military Capacity, in a
Manner so advantageous to the Public Service, and so highly
creditable to himself - SG 9 April 1814
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May 4........ |
Arrival of the convict ship
Catherine
Select
HERE to find
out more about the voyage of the Catherine
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May 6........ |
Arrival of convict transport
Three Bees - with 210 prisoners on board including Patrick
Riley later a Newcastle publican.
Select
HERE
to find out more about the voyage of the
Three Bees
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May 20........
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Explosion on board Ship Three Bees
while moored at the wharf in Sydney
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June........ |
Thomas Hobby Coroner for
Windsor and also Newcastle |
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July....... |
Bushrangers
Dennis Donovan
and Thomas Madden who escaped from Newcastle Penal settlement were captured. Donovan
received sentence of death
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July
14...... |
William Cox to build a road
across the Blue Mountains
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July
19...... |
Death of Captain Mathew
Flinders in England (1774 - 1814)
Incarceration
of Matthew Flinders |
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July 28........ |
Arrival of the convict ship
Surry
I. Death toll after typhus fever
outbreak totalled 51
comprising 36 convicts, 11 officers and seamen and four soldiers
Select
HERE
to find out more about the voyage of the
Surry
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July 28........
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Arrival of the
convict ship
Broxbornebury . Master: Thomas Pitcher.
Select
HERE to find
out more about the voyage of the Broxbornebury
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August 31........
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Death on the 31st ult., at Bath, Arthur Phillips Esq.,
Vice-Admiral of the Red, and the first Governor of Botany Bay (Liverpool Mercury 16 September 1814)
Naval ranking in 1829.
London Encyclopaedia By Thomas Tegg
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October 16....... |
Arrival of the Convict ship
Somersetshire I
Convict
James Clohesy
arrived on the Somersetshire
Select
HERE
to find out more about the voyage of the
Somersetshire
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November....... |
Departure of Samuel Marsden
for New Zealand. |
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November 25...... |
Francis Parcello and Walter
Preston, by the Guildford; John Cricks by the
Archduke Charles; Isaac Walker by the 1st
Gambier; John Lee by the 2nd Gambier; and Thomas Desmond
by the Atlas absented themselves from the lime burning gang at Newcastle
on the 25th of November
Select here to Read
a Description
of the Lime burner's camp in 'Settlers & Convicts' |
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December 14........
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Arrival of Rev. Samuel Marsden at the Bay of Island
New Zealand
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December 17....... |
Francis Greenway advertising
employment as an architect in Sydney |
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