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Colonial Events

1794

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MARCH 10

 
Arrival of ship William. Master William Folger. Passengers Rev. Samuel Marsden and wife Elizabeth  
 

MAY 3

 

Request by Lieut.-Governor Grose to Henry Dundas (per Store ship William) that steps be taken to replace him as he was troubled in hot weather by wounds received in the service (in America) and determined to leave the colony by the first opportunity.

 

  

 
 

AUGUST

 
Road between Sydney and the Hawkesbury established. The distance could be walked with ease in about eight hours  

 

 
 

AUGUST

 
Attempt by Henry Hacking to cross the Blue Mountains  

 

 
 

OCTOBER 25

Trial of Maurice Margarot

 

 

Arrival of Surpize(2). Master Patrick Campbell. 60 female convicts under the age of 40, twenty male convicts and a guard of 15 men. Scottish political prisoners Thomas Muir, Thomas Fyshe Palmer, Maurice Margarot and W. Skirving &  free settlers John Boston and his family; Matthew Pearce and his pregnant wife; a young man named Ellis who accompanied Thomas Palmer but who was to be considered a free settler on arrival not a 'domestic' to Palmer.

 Settlers and seditionists: The people of the convict ship Surprize, 1794

  
 

NOVEMBER 2

 
Death of Deputy commissary Thomas Freeman. Replaced by Quartermaster of NSW Corps Thomas Laycock  

 

 
 

DECEMBER 12

 
Lieutenant-Governor Grose replaced as administrator of the colony by Captain William Paterson of the NSW Corps  

 

 
 

DECEMBER 17

 
Departure of Lieutenant-Governor Grose on board store ship Daedalus  

 

 
 

DECEMBER25

 
Oath of office taken by Captain Paterson who administered government until arrival of Governor Hunter  

 

 

Free Settler or Felon?