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Drought continues...... |
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Remarkable escape from the
colony by convicts William and Mary Bryant and others.
Read David
Collins' account of their escape |
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March 30
Experiment farm
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Signing of first
land grant in Australia. (Parramatta)
James Ruse,
a convict whose sentence had expired and who had recently married (to
Elizabeth Perrey on 5th September 1790), was granted 30 acres on 30th March
1791. HRA Return of Lands Granted dated 5 November 1791 records
that there was already 8 acres, 2 roods of land under cultivation. Prior to
the Grant, Ruse was allowed 1 acre and a hut by Governor Phillip in November
1789 in order to establish the time it would take a man to cultivate
sufficient quantity of ground to support himself
(HRA, Series 1, Vol. 1., 1788 - 1796 p. 183)
The 30 acre
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Re-naming of Rosehill to
Parramatta |
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Mary Ann arrived at Sydney Cove with 141 female convicts (First ship of
Third Fleet). Convicts landed on 11th.
Condition of the convicts received in the colony in the Third Fleet -
Governor Phillip to Lord Grenville |
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12 prisoners settled between
Prospect Hill and the Ponds on the Hawkesbury Road |
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Arrival in Sydney of remainder
of the Ships of the Third Fleet -
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Matilda - Convict
arriving on the Matilda Daniel Phillips who accompanied John Howe on
his expedition of discovery in 1819. A total of 205 male convicts were
brought out on the Matilda. 24 prisoners died on the passage out |
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Mary Anne received the Matilda's
cargo with 99 male convicts, and sailed for Norfolk Island having on board
133 male convicts, one female convict and two children. |
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Atlantic -
Anchored at Sydney Cove about midday. Had departed with 220 male prisoners,
18 of whom died on the voyage out. Nine were ill when landed |
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Arrival of the
Salamander with 12 privates of the NSW Corps and 154 male convicts. |
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Arrival
of theWilliam and Ann
(Celebrated pickpocket George Barrington one of 200 prisoners on board). 16
privates and one sergeant and a corporal of the NSW Corps formed the guard.
Captain Tench's Account of the Colony in The British Critic
Volume 2
Master of the
William and Ann was an American
Captain - Eber Bunker. Captain Bunker on the
William and Ann and Thomas Melville on the Britannia were two of
the first men who embarked on whaling voyages in 1791
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Arrival of the Gorgon
with His Majesty's Authority for granting Pardons Absolutely or
Conditionally. Governor King arrived as passenger on the Gorgon. As soon
as she anchored he went on shore to deliver government dispatches to
Governor Phillip.
READ MORE about the journey of the
Gorgon
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Arrival of Newcastle
storekeeper John Tucker on the Active
Select here to find the location
of John Tucker's land in 1837 |
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First Irish convicts arrive on
the Queen |
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Arrival of HMS Discovery |
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William & Mary Bryant
delivered to Captain Edward Edwards, of his Majesty's ship Pandora, by
Timotheus Wanjon, Esq., Governor of the Dutch Settlements at Timor.
List of convicts who escaped with William
& Mary Bryant
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Arrival of Albermarle,
built in France- tonnage was 530. 250 male and six female convicts landed between 13th and
17th October, soldiers landed 21st October, Stores & Provisions landed 26th
October |
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Arrival of Britannia
with 129 male convicts, 13 soldiers and stores. |
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Arrival of Admiral
Barrington. |
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29 Marines 4 wives & 10 children request to settle at Norfolk
Island and depart on 26th October. The 'Atlantic' to continue to Calcutta
after Norfolk Island List
of Marine Settlers to Norfolk Island
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Arrival of the Philadelphia for
purposes of trade. Cargo included 569 barrels of American cured beef, 27
barrels pitch and tar as well as wine, rum, gin, tobacco. Master of the
Philadelphia Thomas Patrickson |
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Beginning of the Whaling and
sealing industries |
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Public protest after reduction
in rations |
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Duel fought between Major Robert Ross of the
Marines and Captain William Hill |
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The
Gorgon cleared the Heads with a fair wind on her return voyage to England with the main
body of the First Fleet Marines. Those who departed on the Gorgon included
Sergeant James Scott and his wife and children; Major Robert Ross; Ralph
Clark; Watkin Tench; William Dawes. |
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