January......

Loss of crops and stock over the previous four months due to floods at Hawkesbury

Muster (Census) taken

February......

John Murray transferred from the Porpoise to the Lady Nelson

February......

Ticket of leave system introduced by Governor King

February 21......

Arrival of convict transport Anne  from Cork.  Hunter Valley Bushranger John Fitzgerald convict arrived on the Anne

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March 2......

Flood at the Hawkesbury

March......

Survey of coast near Western Port by Lieutenant James Grant

More about Lieutenant James Grant, the Anna Josepha and Lady Nelson

April 13......

Charles Grimes appointed Acting Surveyor General of N.S.W

June 9.......

June 12......

Arrival of convict transport Earl Cornwallis from England. James Tennent master.

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June 14......

Lieutenant Grant and Dr. Harris disembarked at Coal Island (Nobbys) and raised the new Union on top of the island

June 15......

Lady Nelson taken round Pirate Point to the small bay with fresh water named by Colonel Paterson Freshwater Bay

June 17......

James Grant and Colonel Paterson examine Ash Island

June 19......

Colonel Paterson sights natives in the distance at Hunter River

June 22......

Francis Barralier and Mr. Grant sound the entrance to the Hunter river

June 29......

June 30......

Exploration party proceed about 14 miles up Hunter river

July 1......

Colonel Paterson's party arrive at Schank's Plains

July 9......

Heavy showers at Hunter River.

July......

Settlement established at Coal River (Newcastle) under Corporal Wixtead

July 18......

Departure from Portsmouth of Matthew Flinders in the Investigator (formerly Zenophon). Under the recommendation of Sir Joseph Banks, the Investigator was said to admirably fitted out and manned with specially selected men who were distinguished by a glazed hat decorated with a globe and the name of the ship in letters of gold. (Ipswich Journal 27 June 1801)

August 17......

Female orphan School established in the former residence of Lieut. Kent, George St. Sydney. Formally opened on this day.

Index to the Orphan School Records

September 14......

Duel between John Macarthur and Colonel Paterson

September......

Return to England on the Hunter, of John Macarthur 

October 4......

November......

Departure from the Colony of Lieutenant James Grant

More about Lieutenant James Grant's return to England on the Anna Josepha

December......

Blankets made at Parramatta gaol from locally produced wool

December 14......

December 14.......

Arrival of the convict ship Canada Master William Wilkinson

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December 14......

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Correspondence of Margaret Catchpole

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