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Captain Philip Gidley King Governor of colony until August 1806

Population of Newcastle 103

 
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First triplets born in the colony  
Arrival of convict ship Tellicherry. Thomas Cuzens master

Convicts on the Tellicherry included Michael Dwyer, John Mernagh, Hugh Byrne, Martin Burke and Arthur Devlin who were granted permission 'to banish themselves for life to NSW to avoid being brought to trial for treasonable practices.' (HRA Vol V., p 841)

 
Catastrophic flooding at the Hawkesbury. 5 people drowned  

Arrival of convict ship William Pitt - Free settler Gregory Blaxland passenger on board. The William Pitt departed Falmouth 10th August 1805 and from Cork 31st August; She called at Madeira and San Salvadore and arrived at the Cape of Good Hope on January 4th 1806, four days before the Battle of Blaauwberg. The ships log records that constant firing of cannon and musketry of the English and Dutch armies could be heard. The ship sailed from the Cape on the 9th January. She took a total of 222 days to reach Port Jackson (The Convict Ships, Charles Bateson., Library of Australian History, Sydney 1983, p. 188)

Read about the Battle of Blaauwberg

 
News of the Battle of Trafalgar reaches the colony  
Vessel Governor King wrecked near Newcastle  
Colonial brig Venus seized by crew & convicts off Port Dalrymple, VDL and taken to New Zealand. Captain Chace of the Venus returned to Sydney on the vessel Governor Hunter on the 8th July  
Arrival of convict ship Fortune 1  
 

AUGUST 13

 

 

Appointment of William Bligh in place of Governor King.  
Address to Governor Bligh in the Sydney Gazette  
 

AUGUST 20

 

 

Arrival of convict ship Alexander 1 from England, Captain Brooks with 14 male and 42 female prisoners, all healthy and with the loss of one male convict on the passage out and one child

 

 
 

SEPTEMBER 24

 

Heavy hailstorm at the Hawkesbury  
Stricter Port regulations issued by Governor Bligh  
 

NOVEMBER 18

War Office, Nov. 18. - New South Wales corps - Brevet Major George Johnston to be Major, without purchase. Lieut. John Piper to be Captain of a company, vice Johnston. Ensign Hugh Piper to be Lieutenant, vice J. Piper. Ensign William Lawson to be Lieutenant. Caledonian Mercury 24 November 1806

New South Wales Corp. promotions  
William Lawson temporarily Commandant at Newcastle in the absence of Charles Throsby  

Free Settler or Felon?

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