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Total white population in May 1803... 7097 men, women and
children |
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Exploration of the site of Melbourne by
Surveyor-General of NSW Charles Grimes (1772 - 1858)
Re-enactment of Charles Grimes Exploration |
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Disappearance of
George Bass after
leaving Port Jackson in the Venus. |
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Australia's first newspaper
the
Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser published....... |
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The
Glatton put into Rio
de
Janeiro en route and arrived in Sydney Cove with 263 male
convicts and 130 female convicts, twelve having died on the
way. One hundred scurvy weakened convicts were put on
board the Supply the day before the Glatton arrived in Sydney
Cove. Half of these were sent immediately to the Sydney Hospital to recover.
Convict
Richard Binder
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St. John's Church, Parramatta
established
More about
St. John's Church at Parramatta Heritage Ride
The first service by Rev. Marsden
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Entertainment on board HMS Buffalo........
Entertainment on the Buffalo |
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Departure of the Calcutta from England with 307 male
convicts. Captain Woodriff. In February The Duke of
Northumberland sent from his estate at Alnwick castle a number of sheep with
two rams of a particular breed to embark on the Calcutta. It was
hoped they would prove a great advantage to the colony as the sheep were
known to invariably produce from 2 to 4 lambs (The
Newcastle Courant, 26 Feb., 1803)
Read More about the Calcutta and proposed settlement at Port
Phillip |
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Freemasonry banned |
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Arrival of convict ship
Rolla |
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First officially recognized
Roman Catholic mass celebrated by Father Dixon |
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Arrival of Mathew Flinders
in Port Jackson after circumnavigating Australia |
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Lieutenant Bowen departed to
form a settlement at Van Diemen's Land |
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Postal service established
between Sydney and Parramatta
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Cato and
Porpoise wrecked on the Barrier reef
More about the wrecks of the Cato and Porpoise in the Asiatic Annual
Register
(Select Full
Screen) |
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European settlement in Van Diemen's
Land. Lieut. Bowen, 35 convicts and 13 soldiers |
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SEPTEMBER 16
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Death of naturalist
Nicholas Baudin at Mauritius |
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The
Cumberland (under Captain Matthew Flinders), the Rolla and the
Francis on their voyage from Port Jackson to Wreck Reef shelter
overnight at Port Stephens during a south easterly gale |
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Convict Joseph Samuels reprieved by Gov. King after three
attempts at executing him failed |
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Colonial vessel
Nancy launched at Green Hills |
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Matthew Flinders on the Cumberland, reached Wreck Reef.
Friday. Flinders
writes of the Cumberland:- "This is a good property, but of all the
filthy little things I ever saw, this schooner, for bugs, lice, fleas,
weavels, mosquitos, cockroaches (large and small), and mice, rises superior
to them all. We have almost got the better of the fleas, lice and mosquitos,
but in spite of boiling water and daily destruction amongst them, the bugs,
still keep their ground. I have never stripped myself before the last two
nights, but usually slept upon the lee locker with my clothes, on,
notwithstanding which I have at least a hundred lumps upon my body and arms;
and before this vile bug like smell will leave me, must I believe, as well
as my clothes, undergo a good boiling in the large kettle. I shall set my
old friend
Trim to work upon the mice" (HR NSW Volume 5, p241) |
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Arrival of the Calcutta
and Ocean at Port Phillip. Attempt at settlement at Port
Phillip Bay abandoned
James Hingston
Tuckey was first Lieutenant on the Calcutta. Read about his life
HERE
Read more about the voyage of the Calcutta and the Ocean
at Easy CMS
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Death of Surgeon William Balmain |
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Arrival of the ship
Calcutta at Port Jackson. On board
the Calcutta was convict John Fawkner, his wife and two children
Elizabeth and John Pascoe Fawkner |
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Escape of William Buckley
(1780 - 1838)
from the Port Phillip expedition. Buckley remained with a tribe of
aborigines for 32 years. ("Buckley's chance") |
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DECEMBER
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Matthew Flinders detained at Mauritious
Memoirs of Hydrography Including Brief Biographies of the Principal Officers who Have Served in H.M. Naval Surveying Service Between the Years 1750 and 1885 By Llewellyn Styles Dawson |
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Drought conditions throughout
colony |
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