All those who had been granted
Pardons under the assumed Government while William Bligh was placed under
arrest required to surrender Pardons or be immediately arrested
William Lawson, a Lieutenant in the NSW
Corp, was sent to England in 1810 as a witness at George Johnston's court martial.
This is one of his final reports of the convict settlement at Newcastle
William Lawson (1774 - 1850), by unknown artist, courtesy of
State Library of New South Wales
George Crossley,
Sir Henry
Browne Hayes, Roger Farrell to be liberated from Newcastle penal settlement
following the Proclamation of Governor Macquarie
Richard Horner employed as
acting surgeon at Newcastle penal settlement
FEBRUARY 24
Announcement of the
establishment of a Free School by Governor Macquarie
Description of education in 1820's at Sydney in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine
Death of Lieutenant-Governor
Collins at the settlement at Hobart whilst sitting in his chair
conversing with his surgeon, who had attended him during a short illness of
six days (Caledonian Mercury 8 November
1810)
The Hull Packet
recorded the following correspondence ' the settlement has lost a man of
ability. temper, and humanity, and will not easily find such another; the
soldiers have lost a friend, the convicts a protector. Indeed, very few are
to be found of those who have lived under his government that do not lament
him as a father. For my own part, though, I had less to do with him than
many others, I consider him a very great loss to the colony in general. He
was a man of the most conciliatory manners, a scholar, and a perfect
gentleman, and had the interest of the country at heart. He was buried with
military honours, and followed to the grave by all descriptions of people,
the whole of whom vied in bearing testimony to his worth and in expressions
of regret.
Death of Colonel William Paterson. Lieutenant-Colonel of the
102 regiment, Fellow of the Royal Society, Member of the Asiatic Society and
Lieutenant Governor of New South Wales. Died on HMS Dromedary while
at sea.
Sydney street names altered by order of
Governor Macquarie - The main thoroughfare previously known as Sergeant-Major's
Row, Spring Row and the High Street became George Street after the
King; Pitt's Row named after the Prime Minister became Pitt Street;
Chapel Row became Castlereagh Street after the Secretary of State for
the colonies; Elizabeth Street was named for the Governor's wife;
Back Row became Phillip Street after the colony's first Governor and
the track then beyond Phillip street was straightened and became known as
Macquarie Street. Bell Row was altered to Bligh Street and South
Street became O'Connell Street after Lieut.Gov. Maurice O'Connell;
Streets to the west of George Street were named after various dukes -
York, Clarence, Kent and Sussex. Hunter and King
Streets were named after former governors. Bridge street with the
stone bridge crossing the Tank Street kept its original name. Market
Street was named for the town market; Park street led to Hyde
Park.
Arrival of Maurice Margarot in Sheffield after suffering 14
years transportation to New South Wales for 'uttering certain expressions on
the subject of Parliamentary reform'. He had been a delegate from the London
Corresponding Society to the British Convention at Edinburgh in 1794.
Five towns named by
Governor Macquarie
- Windsor, Richmond, Castlereagh, Pitt town, and
Wilberforce.
Select here to read Governor Macquarie's instruction to James Meehan for
the laying out of the townships (State Library of New South Wales)
DECEMBER
Governor Macquarie issues
first building regulations requiring houses to be made of brick
or weatherboards, have brick chimneys and shingled roofs
