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January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December |
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Loss of crops and stock over
last four months due to floods at Hawkesbury |
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Muster (Census) taken |
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John Murray
transferred from the Porpoise to the
Lady Nelson |
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Ticket of leave system introduced
by Governor King |
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Arrival of convict transport Anne 1 from Cork.
H.V. Bushranger John Fitzgerald convict on board |
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Flood at the Hawkesbury |
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Survey of coast near Western Port by Lieutenant James Grant |
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Charles Grimes appointed Acting
Surveyor General of N.S.W |
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Memorandum to Colonel Paterson
and Lieutenant Grant from Governor King regarding information to be
collected at Hunter River.... |
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Arrival of convict transport Earl Cornwallis from England.
James Tennent master. Convict
Samuel Terry & Convict
William Eckford on board (Eckford later pilot at Newcastle) |
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Lieutenant Grant and
Dr. Harris disembarked at Coal Island (Nobbys) and raised the new Union on top
of the island |
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Lady Nelson
taken round Pirate Point to the small bay with fresh water named by Colonel
Paterson Freshwater Bay |
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James Grant and Colonel
Paterson examine Ash Island |
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Colonel Paterson sights
natives in the distance at Hunter River |
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JUNE 22
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Mr. Barralier and Mr. Grant
sound the entrance to the Hunter river |
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Colonel Paterson, Mr. Harris
and Mr. Lewin take excursion of seven days using launch and small
boat belonging to Mr. Harris |
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Exploration party proceed
about 14 miles up Hunter river |
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Colonel Paterson's party
arrive at Schank's Plains |
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Heavy showers at Hunter River. Colonel Paterson reaches 5 miles above
Mount Anne |
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Colonel Paterson and Mr.
Harris reach Mount King from which summit their views reached Port
Stephens, Ash Island, Coal Island and Collier's Point |
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Settlement
established at Coal River (Newcastle) under Corporal Wixtead |
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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) |
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Female orphan School established
in the former residence of Lieut. Kent, George St. Sydney. Formally opened
on this day. |
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Duel between John
Macarthur and Colonel Paterson |
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Return to England on the Hunter of
John Macarthur
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Departure of Earl
Cornwallis, Capt. Tennent for Bengal |
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Departure from the Colony of Lieutenant James
Grant |
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Blankets made at
Parramatta gaol from locally produced wool |
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Arrival of convict transport
Minorca - James Hardy Vaux
and surgeon William Redfern convicts on
board |
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Arrival of convict ship Canada.
William Wilkinson master |
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Arrival of convict ship
Nile 1. James Sunter master. Margaret
Catchpole convict on board |
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