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Estimated white population 3,120....... |
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Arrival of the
Pitt with Lieutenant Governor Grose and the company of the NSW Corps.
13 soldiers, 7 seamen, 20 male convicts and 9 women died on the passage out.
120 male convicts were ill when landed |
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Arrival of D'Entrecasteaux at
Storm Bay on La Recherche and L'Esperance |
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Arrival of the Atlantic
from Calcutta with supplies |
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Departure from Gravesend of the
Bellona with free settlers - Edward Powell aged 30 - farmer and
fisherman from Lancaster; Thomas Rose aged 40, farmer from Blandford and his
family; Joseph Webb, farmer; Thomas Webb, gardener; Frederick Meredith,
baker; James Thorpe, millwright, Walter Brodie, blacksmith |
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Arrival of the
Kitty, Master George Ramsay. Naval agent Lieut. Daniel Woodriff. 29
convicts on board |
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Arrival of
convict transport Royal Admiral.
10 males and 2 females died on the passage out; 4 children were born and one
male convict escaped at the Cape of Good Hope. 72 men, 11 women and 5
children were landed sick. Famous female convict
Mary Reibey, James Kelly
later of Maitland and
Robert Whitmore later of Patterson Plains arrived on
the Royal Admiral. Convict artist Thomas Watling transported for 14yrs for
forgery came also.
Read Thomas Watling's biography at the Dumfries Museum
site
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Preparation of a Return of Land
in Cultivation at the Different Settlements
List
of Settlers
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Arrival of
Brigantine Philadelphia in Sydney with a speculative cargo |
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Return of
Governor Phillip and the remainder of the NSW Marine Corp to England
on board the Atlantic; Major Commandant Francis Grose appointed
administrator |
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