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1801

 

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JANUARY

 

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

JANUARY

 

  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  
 
 

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

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  Memorandum to Colonel Paterson and Lieutenant Grant from Governor King regarding information to be collected at Hunter River....

Select here to read about the silver snuff box presented to Governor King by Lieutenant Grant

 
 
 

JUNE 12

 

  Arrival of convict transport Earl Cornwallis from England. James Tennent master. Convict Samuel Terry & Convict William Eckford on board (Eckford later pilot at Newcastle)

Read more about fumigating lamps on the Earl Cornwallis

 
 

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

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

JUNE 29

 

  Colonel Paterson, Mr. Harris and Mr. Lewin take excursion of seven days using launch and small boat belonging to Mr. Harris  
 
 

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. Colonel Paterson reaches 5 miles above Mount Anne  
 
 

JULY 14

 

  Colonel Paterson and Mr. Harris reach Mount King from which summit their views reached Port Stephens, Ash Island, Coal Island and Collier's Point  
 
 

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

(State Records Authority of NSW)

 

 
 
 

SEPTEMBER 14

 

 

  Duel between John Macarthur and Colonel Paterson

John Macarthur's duelling pistols

 
 
 

SEPTEMBER

 

  Return to England on the Hunter, of John Macarthur   
 
 

OCTOBER 4

 

  Departure of Earl Cornwallis, Capt. Tennent  for Bengal  
 
 

 

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  
     
Arrival of convict transport Minorca - James Hardy Vaux and surgeon William Redfern convicts on board

 

 

 
 
 

DECEMBER 14

 

  Arrival of convict ship Canada. William Wilkinson master  
 
 

DECEMBER 14

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Correspondence of Margaret Catchpole

Sporting Magazine

 

  Arrival of convict ship Nile 1. James Sunter master. Margaret Catchpole convict on board  
 

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