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Colonel William Paterson
was administrator
of the colony from 9
January to 31 December
Image courtesy State Library of NSW
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First
Presbyterian church in Colony was built at Ebenezer on Hawkesbury River in
1809
Select here to
read more about Historic Ebenezer Church
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January 5......
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Rev. Robert Cartwright
appointed senior Assistant Chaplain, N.S.W
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January...... |
Removal of settlers from Norfolk Island
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January 22......
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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
William Lawson (1774 - 1850), by
unknown artist, courtesy of State Library of New South Wales |
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January 26...... |
Arrival of
Aeolus convict
transport. Master Robert Addie
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HERE
to find out more about the voyage of the Aeolus.
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March......
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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......
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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
 Commemorative stamp
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April
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Isaac Nichols proclaimed first
postmaster.
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April
27......
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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)
Elizabeth Macquarie's 1809 Journal at Journeys In Time
Image: Governor Lachlan Macquarie ca.
1819 - watercolour on ivory miniature.
Original held by
Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
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May
19...... |
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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June/July...... |
Record floods at the
Hawkesbury river
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June
16...... |
Court-martial of
Garrett Armstrong (Deserter from NSW Corp - sent to Newcastle)
More about the Court
Martial
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June 25......
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Arrival of Experiment
11
from
Cork with 60 female convicts
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HERE to
find out more about the voyage of the Experiment
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August......
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Heavy flooding at the Hunter River 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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August 14......
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Arrival of Convict transport
Boyd
from Cork
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HERE to find
out more about the voyage of the Boyd |
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August 14......
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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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August 18......
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Arrival of Rev. William Cowper in Sydney
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August 18...... |
Arrival of the
Indispensable, Captain
Best
Newcastle surgeon
William
Evans arrived on the
Indispensable as surgeon superintendent
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HERE to find
out more about the voyage of the Indispensable |
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September......
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William Evans appointed
colonial surgeon
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October...... |
Crew of the ship Boyd murdered by cannibals at New Zealand
Read about the 'Fate of the Boyd
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November......
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Lieutenant Wright appointed
Commandant at Newcastle in the temporary absence of William Lawson
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December......
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The New South Wales Corps to
be replaced by 73rd regiment.
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December 10...... |
Absconders from Newcastle
re-captured
THE Estramina in from Hunter’s River on Wednesday;
having taken on board in Broken Bay two persons who had
effected an overland escape from King’s Town, and who were
in a truly deplorable condition, having been stripped naked
and treated severely by the natives, and had been a prey to
famine during the travel they had so rashly undertaken,
conscious at the same time that they could reap no advantage
whatsoever from a rashness which was certain of exposing
them to danger and vicissitude. As soon as landed they were
lodged in confinement, and the ‘Lady Nelson’ sailing
for the Settlement from whence they had absconded the day
following, they were put on board to be returned. SG 10 December 1809
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bushrangers in the Newcastle area
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December 28...... |
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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HERE
to find out more about the voyage of the Hindostan
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December 28...... |
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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