Colonial Events 1799




January
Circumnavigation of Van Diemen's Land completed by Bass and Flinders



March

March 3

Floods at the Hawkesbury river begin. Crops and stock destroyed. Govt. store house swept away



May

May 3

Arrival of the vessel Buffalo. The Buffalo brought live cattle from the Cape and other goods for the settlement. Settlers with useful trades came with their wives and families and John William Lewin a painter and drawer in natural history who was to be allowed government rations during his residence. The settlers who signed terms of settlement were James Thomas, John Bean, John Hanson, William Weller and Thomas Bradley. The Buffalo returned to England in 1800.



June
Arrival of the Albion, Captain Bunker, from England with 900 tons of salt pork.



July

July 8

Departure of Matthew Flinders from Sydney on the sloop Norfolk. -

July 14

Arrival of Matthew Flinders at Cape Moreton.

July 26

Arrival of the convict ship Hillsborough. David Dickinson Mann, George Crossley, and George Pellwere some of the convicts on board



September
Population - General Return of the colony - 4,746



November

November

Correspondence re the cost of food and supplies and living conditions for new arrivals

November 3

Arrival of ship Walker. Master John Nichol

November 13

Departure of the Friendship from St. Helena. Bound for Botany Bay



December

Increasing confidence in the colony with success on the whale boats, production of sufficient wheat and discovery of wild cattle. Success of the whale boats and Captain Eber Bunker

December 8

Arrival of East India ship Swallow.

December 14

Arrival in Port Jackson of ship Martha, with seal oil and skins. William Reed, Master.


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