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Estimated white population
approximately 5,000 |
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Wilson's Promontory and Phillip Island
sighted by George Bass |
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An exploratory party
consisting of four convicts, their guards and
John Wilson and
John Price set out in January 1798, under instructions from Governor
Hunter, to prove to convicts that there was no colony beyond the fringe of
settlement.
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Three men returned to Sydney after
their
exhausting stint in the bush around Cowpastures. They brought with them a
Lyrebird described by David Collins as a variety of bird of Paradise.
According to George Barrington in
his
History of NSW
John Wilson, an emancipated convict who had lived for
some time with the natives, was the first person ever in the colony to shoot
a 'bird of paradise'. Wilson also had the distinction of
Rescuing Charles
Grimes when he
was attacked by natives at Port Stephens in 1795. Wilson himself was later
speared and killed by natives |
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Hail Storm in Sydney stones 6"
diameter
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Arrival of Barwell.
Master John Cameron. Passengers included Hunter Valley settlers
McDougall and Bowman families; Richard Dore, deputy Judge-Advocate and 287
male prisoners. Convict lawyer/poet
Michael Massey Robinson was also
transported on the
Barwell |
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Arrival of
Britannia. Robert Turnbull master. Convict Bryan Spalden on board later
to be exiled to Newcastle after the uprising at Castle Hill |
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Departure of Bass & Flinders
in the
Nautilus to investigate the possibility of a strait north of Van Diemen's
Land. |
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Arrival of the Norfolk from Bengal with cargo of merchandise and
stock |
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Fire destroyed the first
church in Australia |
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Government Order issued requesting that names
of female servants be forwarded to authorities. |
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Merchandise in the colony at exorbitant prices
A Letter home to England
written in 1798 |
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Drought in the summer of 1798
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