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Estimated white population
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Augustus Theodore Alt (1731—1815) Early Sydney - 1796 pen
and wash drawing; 15.1 x 22.6 cm From - http://www.nla.gov.au/exhibitions/upsidedown/timeline/html-frameset.htm
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Reward offered for Bushranger
Black Caesar (Sydney) |
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Scottish Martyr Thomas Muir
escaped from the colony on board American ship Otter |
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Opening of the first theatre
in Sydney. The first performance of Edward Young's drama
The Revenge was followed by a farce called The Hotel. Robert
Sidaway a First Fleet convict was behind the venture. |
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Arrival of store ship Ceres |
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Black Caesar shot and killed
by pursuers.......
Read more about the death of
Black Caesar |
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Arrival of
Marquis Cornwallis from Cork. Master Michael Hogan.,
bringing news that the Dutch settlement at the Cape of Good Hope had been
occupied by British troops. Also on board NSW Corp
detachment commanded by Ensigns John Brabyn and William More. Brought 1
years supply of ready made clothing .....
Log Book of the Marquis Cornwallis - Library of New South Wales
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Death of Scottish Martyr
Joseph Gerrald |
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Death of Scottish Martyr
William Skirving |
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Exploration of Port Hacking and Lake Illawarra by Bass & Flinders
in
Tom Thumb |
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Arrival of ship
Indispensable with 131 female prisoners and provisions for nine
months after their arrival |
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Resignation of assistant
surgeon Leeds. D'Arcy Wentworth appointed in his place |
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Merino sheep introduced into
Australia by John Macarthur |
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Arrival of the store-ship Britannia from
Bengal with 957 tierces of salt provisions and rice. Chartered by Capt.
William Paterson of NSW Corps |
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Unsuccessful attempt to cross the Blue Mountains by George
Bass
A Description of the hardship endured by
George Bass and his party
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JUNE
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Coal found in a bay near Port Stephens
An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales From Its First Settlement in January 1788, to August 1801
- David Collins |
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William Balmain Principal Colonial
surgeon |
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Departure from the colony on the Britannia of
Captain David Collins, Captain William Paterson, Lieut. Abbott and Liut.
Clephan. |
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Governor Hunter reports to the Duke of Portland that
there was 'being erected upon the high ground over Sydney, a strong
substantial and well-built windmill with a stone tower, which will last for
two hundred years and are preparing materials for another such at Parramatta'
A History of Colonial Wind powered
flour and grain mills at Morawa District Historical Society site |
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Printing press first used by
convict George Hughes. |
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