Colonial Events 1795

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February......

Survey of Port Stephens by Charles Grimes, assistant Surveyor General

March......

Store established at Hawkesbury river under the superintendence of Baker who had arrived on the Suprize

March 1......

Charles Grimes returns from his survey of Port Stephens giving an account of the natives of the district

Read David Collins' account

August 26......

Arrival of the Providence, Captain Broughton, with an account of runaway convicts found at Port Stephens.

Select here for David Collins' account

September 5.......

Death of assistant surgeon emancipist John Irving

September 7.......

Arrival of Governor Hunter in Sydney on board the Reliance . Also on board surgeon George Bass and midshipman Mathew Flinders

Memoirs of Hydrography Including Brief Biographies of the Principal Officers who Have Served in H.M. Naval Surveying Service Between the Years 1750 and 1885 By Llewellyn Styles Dawson

September 11.....

Administration of Government taken over by Governor Hunter

September.....

Flood of the Hawkesbury River. 25ft above usual level. One settler drowned

October.....

Convict population - 1362 male & 546 female convicts

October......

Exploration of Botany Bay and George's River in the Tom Thumb by George Bass and Mathew Flinders

November 5......

Arrival of supply ship Sovereign. Master George Storey

One prisoner arrived on the Sovereign.

December.....

Exploration and finding of wild cattle at Cowpastures district

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