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Estimated white population
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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.
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Convict artist Thomas Watling transported for 14yrs for forgery came also. |
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Preparation of a Return of Land in Cultivation at the Different Settlements
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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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