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John Macarthur granted 5,000 acres by Lord Camden, which he selected at the
Cowpastures.
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First Convicts to Van Diemen's Land
Search for convicts arriving 1804 -
1853 at Archives office of Tasmania
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February......
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Arrival of Lieut-General
Collins at Risdon Cove, Van Diemen's Land
Read
more about early settlement in VDL
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February...... |
First church service at Hobart
by Rev. Robert Knopwood (1763- 1838)
More about Robert Knopwood
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March......
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Government brewery established at Parramatta although hops
were in short supply and an experienced brewer had yet to be found.
Select
here to read more about the first brewery in Parramatta
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March 1..... |
Governor King signifies his intention of re-opening Newcastle
settlement
Historical Records of New South Wales,
Vol. V, King 1803, 1804, 1805. Edited by F. M. Bladen, Lansdowne Slattery &
Company, Mona Vale, N.S.W.,1979, p.329.
Governor King to
Lord Hobart 1st March 1804.
{Extract)
In
a former letter, I communicated my reasons for withdrawing
the guard and people I had sent to Coal Harbour. Occasional
supplies of coal and cedar for buildings are got from
thence, both by Government and individuals. Should any fit
person present himself for managing a settlement of that
kind, I shall renew it immediately.
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March 4......
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Uprising at Castle Hill
Bloody battle . . . a painting by
an unknown artist depicts the Battle of Vinegar Hill, where several hundred
convicts broke out of Castle Hill prison farm to take on the British
redcoats. Photo: National Library of Australia
Select
here to read an account from the Sydney Gazette of the Convict Uprising at Castle Hill
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March
5......
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Roman catholic services banned
and martial law proclaimed
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March 8......
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Three rebels executed at Parramatta
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Charles Hill, Samuel Humes
(Hung in Chains) and John Place
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March 9......
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Three rebels executed at
Castle Hill -
William Johnston (Hung in Chains), John
Neale, George Harrington
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March 10......
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Two rebels executed at Sydney -
John Brannon and Timothy Hogan
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March
14....... |
Charles Menzies of HMS Calcutta offers his services as
Superintendent at the new settlement at Coal River
READ
Lieutenant Menzies correspondence to Governor King
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March 15...... |
Charles Grimes appointed
Surveyor General of N.S.W. on retirement of Augustus Alt
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March 25...... |
General orders for the new settlement at Coal River
Instructions to Lieutenant Menzies
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Example of the uniform of the Marines from a
painting by Charles C. Stadden on the jacket of 'The First Fleet Marines
1786 - 1792' by John Moore (ISBN 0 7022 2065 5)
Lieutenant Menzies' uniform was perhaps
similar to this although in 1802 a King's Order directed that the title of
the Corps be changed to the 'Royal Marines'. As a consequence of the change
of title, the facings were changed to ‘Royal’ blue rather than ‘Naval’
white, and the Officers’ lace was changed from silver to gold.
Lieutenant
Menzies
departed England in April 1803 on the 'Calcutta',
under Captain Woodriff.
Captain Daniel Woodriff
was a British naval officer who first came to Australia in 1792 in command
of the small convict and supply ship
Kitty.
In 1803 he was in command of HMS
Calcutta,
escorting David Collins on his expedition to establish a settlement at Port
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March 30......
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Settlement re- established at
Hunter River under Lieutenant Charles Menzies. Participants in
the Castle Hill rebellion including
Thomas Brady were among convicts sent
to the River on this day
Names of the convicts sent to Hunter River
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May 7......
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Earthquake felt at Parramatta, Hawkesbury
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May 7......
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Arrival of
Coromandel
at Port Jackson with 200 convicts. Master John Robinson
Select
HERE to find
out more about the voyage of the Coromandel.
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May......
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First successful
inoculation
against small pox in Sydney
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June......
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Lieut. Colonel Paterson, N.S.W. Corps,
to be sent by Gov. King to examine
Port Dalrymple with a view to settlement (Did not leave until October
because of inclement weather)
Present State of Van Diemen's Land Comprising an Account of Its Agricultural Capabilitiese
etc By HenryWidowson
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June 24...... |
Arrival of convict ship
Experiment.
Select
HERE
to find out more about the voyage of the Experiment.
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June/ July...... |
Natives at Portland Head 'dispersed' by soldiers of the New
South Wales Corp in consequence of hostility towards settlers........
The Hull Packet
26 February
1805
.....The
natives in the neighbourhood of Portland Head had committed some
enormities in consequence of which a detachment of the New South Wales
Corps had been sent to the relief of the settlers. A few of the hostile
natives having fallen, the remainder dispersed. "Since then" says a letter
from Portland Head, "their rancour has greatly subsided, or, at all events
its consequences have become much less injurious than before and many have
signified a desire of returning to their accustomed habits, without which
the wants peculiar to the savage state must be felt with increased
severity, as well from the loss of the succour afforded them by the
settlers as from the relaxation produced by a long state of dependence
upon the bounty of their benefactors". The above proceedings took place in
June and July lst, but at the date of the last accounts tranquility
appeared to be completely restored.
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June/ July.......
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Severe Punishment of convicts at Coal River
for their plans to murder Officers and escape from the Colony
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September......
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Many convicts and half the
military detachment withdrawn from Norfolk Island
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November......
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Attempt to cross the Blue
Mountains by George Caley
Read
about Caley's 1804 expedition at 'The Botanists Way' |
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November......
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In 1804 cedar getters sent up the
Hunter river lived under difficult and dangerous conditions.
Read Lieutenant Menzies' correspondence
regarding these early expeditions
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Arrival of
Richard Siddons on the English whaler
Alexander (Hunter Valley land owner and Sydney lighthouse keeper)
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December 20......
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Death of Provost Marshal
Thomas Smyth
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December 27...... |
Death of pickpocket George
Barrington.
The Life of George Barrington
Image of George Barringtn at Wikipedia |
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