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Launch of Henry Kable's whaler
King
George - the first of its type in Australia
King
George, Master William Moody, 185 tons in ballast to
the River Derwent 9 October 1805; returned to Port Jackson
5 April 1806 with 1 ton black whale oil; sailed to the
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Colonel Francis Grose of the New South Wales Corp appointed
Major-General |
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G.W. Evans,
Surveyor General, discharged for fraud |
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Lieutenant Menzies passenger to
Sydney on the Francis
Excerpt from the Sydney Gazette |
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MARCH
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Lieutenant Menzies
resigned from position of Commandant at Newcastle
Read the resignation of Lieutenant Menzies here
The Gentleman's Magazine
Obituary of Charles
Menzies d. 22 August 1866
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Ensign
Cadwallader Draffen appointed Commandant at Newcastle.
Governor
King's instructions to Ensign Draffin on his appointment as Commandant |
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Charles Throsby
appointed Magistrate and Superintendent of convicts at Newcastle
Charles
Throsby's appointment
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Loss of the vessel 'Francis'
off Newcastle.......READ
MORE |
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An account of the settlement at
Newcastle by Charles Throsby to Governor King mentioning salt pans, cedar getting and the
difficulties with Ensign Draffin
Charles
Throsby's account of the settlement in his report to Governor King |
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Vessel 'Surprise' lost in a
gale north of Coal Island.......READ ABOUT THE LOSS OF THE SURPRISE |
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Troops sent to the Hawkesbury
after deaths of settlers at the hand of natives |
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Colonial cutter Nancy wrecked |
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William Bligh Esq., appointed Captain General and Governor in
Chief in and over the Settlement of New South Wales
(The Morning Chronicle 1st May 1805) |
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Correspondence to Governor
King with news that Captain William Bligh
was appointed Governor of New South Wales
Read
Viscount Castlereagh's Letter to Governor King here
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John Grant who arrived on the
Coromandel in 1804 and was an associate of Maurice Margarot and
Henry Browne Hayes, wrote a letter to Governor King in 1805. Grant was
later convicted of sedition and sent to Norfolk Island. In 1808 he was
employed as a chaplain at Newcastle
John
Grant's letter to Governor King
Find out more about John Grant in 'This
Beauteous, Wicked place: Letters & Journals of John Grant' by Yvonne
Cramer
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The schooner
Governor Hunter arrived in Sydney with 20,000lbs of salt on
account of the Government, made from the saltpans
worked at Newcastle under the direction of
Mr. Throsby. (SG)
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Abandonment of settlement at
Norfolk Island |
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Four convicts escape from
Newcastle and recaptured near Castle Hill
Read
article from the Sydney Gazette here
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Hurricane at Newcastle |
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