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Colonel William Paterson
was administrator
of the colony from 9
January to 31 December |
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First
Presbyterian church in Colony was built at Ebenezer on Hawkesbury River in
1809 |
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Rev. Robert Cartwright
appointed senior Assistant Chaplain, N.S.W |
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Removal of settlers from Norfolk Island |
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January 22
William Lawson (1774 - 1850), by
unknown artist, courtesy of State Library of New South Wales |
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Lieutenant William Lawson
proceeded to Newcastle on the Estramina to take over the settlement
as Commandant. He was accompanied by Charles Throsby (SG 22 January 1809)
Select here to read of their
eventful journey to Newcastle |
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Arrival of Aeolus convict
transport. Robert Addie master
79 female convicts all landed in
good health, most of whom were sent to Parramatta. Passengers of Aeolus -
Captain Lewis of NSW Corps and family; Mr. Lyons whose wife died and Mr.
Hoskins
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William Bligh to Hobart.
John Macarthur and
Major Johnston sail to England to present their case. |
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APRIL
25
Commemorative
stamp |
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First post office established
in the Colony -
"The Lieutenant Governor, in
order to prevent the practice of such frauds in future, has been pleased to
establish an office at which all parcels and letters addressed to the
inhabitants of this colony shall be deposited, previous to their
distribution" - Sydney Gazette
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APRIL 25
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Isaac Nichols proclaimed first
postmaster.
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Lieutenant-Colonel Lachlan
Macquarie appointed Governor of New South Wales
Downing Street 27 April 1809 -
The King has been pleased to appoint lieutenant-Colonel Lachlan Macquarie of
his Majesty's 73rd regiment of foot, to be Governor and commander in Chief
in and over is Majesty's settlement of New South Wales and its dependencies.
(London Gazette 4 May 1809) |
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Departure of the Hindostan, Captain Pasco, and
the Dromedary Captain Pritchard, from Portsmouth with a detachment of
the 73rd regiment and Governor Macquarie and his family on board |
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Record floods at the
Hawkesbury river |
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Court-martial of Garrett Armstrong (Deserter from NSW Corp - sent to Newcastle)
More about the Court
Martial |
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Arrival of Experiment
11 from
Cork with 60 female convicts |
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More flooding at the
Hawkesbury. Major Johnston lost 490 sheep and Mr. McCallum 300
in the floods. The Governor issued a proclamation, forbidding for a limited
time, the slaughtering of live stock without a special license.
The History of New South Wales By O'Hara, James O'Hara |
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Heavy flooding at the Hunter River also with a rise of ten to twelve feet from
the usual level. The Sydney Gazette reported that ' such was the rapidity of the
efflux as to occasion a fresh of water so far as the extremity of Port Stephens
which is about 30 miles north from the mouth of the River.'
(SG 13 August 1809)
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Arrival of Convict transport
Boyd from Cork
with 138 prisoners. Five died on the passage out.
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The first detachment of the 73rd Regiment arrived in New
South Wales on board the convict transport Boyd. Three officers.
Captain Cameron & Lieuts. John Pike and Thomas Wright. 137 male
convicts, 5 having died on the passage out (HRA., Series 1., Vol.VII,
p.175) |
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Arrival of Rev. William Cowper in Sydney |
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Arrival of the
Indispensable, Captain
Best, with 61 female prisoners, all in a healthy state.
Newcastle surgeon
William
Evans arrived on the
Indispensable as surgeon superintendent |
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William Evans appointed
colonial surgeon |
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Crew of the ship Boyd murdered by cannibals at New Zealand
Read about the 'Fate of the Boyd
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Lieutenant Wright appointed
Commandant at Newcastle in the temporary absence of William Lawson |
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The New South Wales Corps to
be replaced by 73rd regiment. |
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Absconders from Newcastle
re-captured
Read what happened to
the escapees
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Arrival of the Hindostan
with a battalion of
73rd Regiment in Sydney with Major General Lachlan Macquarie
Governor Macquarie's
correspondence to Viscount Castlereagh
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Arrival in Sydney of Ellis Bent, judge advocate of NSW on the
Hindostan
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NSW Corps renamed 102nd
Regiment |
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