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January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December |
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Drought continues....
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Departure of the Supply for Norfolk Island with more
convicts. A party left on Lord Howe Island to 'turn turtles'. |
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Departure from England of the
Second Fleet |
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Departure from Sydney of H. M. Sirius |
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Sirius wrecked off
Norfolk Island. |
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News of the wreck of the
Sirius reached Sydney by the Supply. Famine threatened the colony
necessitating a reduction of rations |
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First salt made at Dawe's Battery, Sydney |
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Arrival of the Lady Juliana
with provisions and 221 female convicts and news of the outbreak of the
French Revolution |
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Arrival of storeship
Justinian in Sydney Cove |
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Arrival of remainder of Second Fleet -
Surprize, Neptune and Scarborough with a detachment of
New South Wales Corps sent to replace the Marines. Darcy Wentworth assistant surgeon. |
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Governor Phillip speared in
the shoulder by aborigine Willemering
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Five convicts escape from Rose Hill
- John Tarwood, Joseph Sutton, George Lee, George Connoway and John Watson |
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OCTOBER
Select
HERE
to view a model of the Supply at the Sydney Powerhouse museum |
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Return of the Supply with provisions
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John McEntire, Governor Phillip's game
shooter, speared by native Pemulwuy of the Bejigal tribe |
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