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Drought
continues.... and great numbers of bats invaded the colony
Number of deaths in the
colony during 1790 was 156 persons -
The Analytical Review, of History of Literature......by
Thomas Christie. John Hunter's Voyage (Google Books) |
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January......
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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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January......
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Departure from
England of the Second Fleet |
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March 6......
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Departure from Port Jackson of H.M.
ships
Sirius
and
Supply,
under Capt John Hunter, RN, for
Norfolk Island. The ships carried 186 convicts
Annual Register
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March 19......
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Sirius
wrecked off at Sydney Cove off Norfolk Island.
Capt. Hunter and the crew landed safely
Lieut-Gov. Ross'
correspondence to Governor Philip March 1790 re the loss of the Sirius
at Norfolk Island
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April 15......
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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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April 17......
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Departure of the
Supply for Batavia to obtain supplies |
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May......
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First salt made
at Dawe's Battery, Sydney |
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June 3......
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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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June 20......
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Arrival of
storeship
Justinian in Sydney Cove
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June 20 - 28.......
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Arrival of
remainder of Second Fleet -
Surprise,
Neptune and
Scarborough with a detachment of
New South Wales Corps sent to replace the Marines. Darcy Wentworth assistant
surgeon
.
Read the correspondence of William Hill at the State Library of NSW
William Hill was Second Captain of the New South Wales Corps and commander
of the detachment on the transport Surprize
Select
Neptune Surprize
and
Scarborough
to find out more about the voyages of
those vessels |
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July 23......
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Two marines and a
midshipman drowned in Sydney Harbour when their boat was destroyed by a
whale
Captain Tench's Account of the Colony in The British Critic
Volume 2 |
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Augus...... |
 An
Account of the English Colony in NSW
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September 7......
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Governor Phillip
speared in the shoulder by aborigine Willemering
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September 26......
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Five convicts
escape from Rose Hill - John Tarwood, Joseph Sutton, George Lee, George
Connoway and John Watson.
Read David Collin's account here |
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October.......
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Return of the
Supply with provisions
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December 9.......
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John McEntire,
Governor Phillip's game shooter, speared by native Pemulwuy of the Bejigal
tribe
More about Pemulwuy
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