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Over 14,000 convicts
transported to Colony by the end of the year |
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January.......
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Colonial vessel Estramina wrecked on the Oyster Bank at
Newcastle
An account of the wreck from
the Sydney Gazette
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January 18.......
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Convict transport
Fanny
arrived with 171 male prisoners among them
Thomas Parmeter
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HERE to find
out more about the voyage of the Fanny in 1816
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January 18...... |
News of the defeat of Napoleon
Bonaparte reached Sydney. Subscriptions for Veterans commenced.
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January 19...... |
Arrival of the convict ship
Mary Anne
I
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find out more about the voyage of the Mary Anne
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January
30...... |
Arrival of the convict
transport
Ocean with 218 prisoners
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find out more about the voyage of the Ocean
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March......
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Convict
Francis Greenway appointed Civil Architect.
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March...... |
Four white people killed by
aborigines near the Nepean.
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April 4...... |
The convict ship
Alexander arrived from Ireland with female prisoners
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find out more about the voyage of the Alexander
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April 8......
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Arrival of the Convict Ship
Guildford
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HERE to find out more about the voyage of the
Guildford. |
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April 10...... |
Punitive forays against Aborigines at Grose, Nepean and
Hawkesbury Rivers by a detachment under Captain Shaw and
Captain Wallis of the 46th regiment (Captain Wallis
arrived on the
General Hewitt.
in 1814. He was later Commandant at
Newcastle)
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May...... |
First school established
in Newcastle....Henry Wrensford
the first schoolmaster |
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May...... |
First Pupils at the school at Newcastle....Margaret Carberry,
Jane Eckford, Celia Fraser, Catharine Fraser, Catharine Hector,
Rebecca Ross, Catharine Irwin, Elizabeth Murphy, William Irwin,
John Eckford, Henry Eckford, William Eckford, James Eckford,
Peter Fraser, Charles Jenks, John Price, John Maloney. (From
Convict Era to Modern Times, Newcastle East School 1816 - 1966,
E.J. Braggett)
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May 4...... |
Captain James Wallis' punitive expedition to Cowpastures to
Headquarters
An account in the Sydney Gazette
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June 1......
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Captain James
Wallis appointed Commandant at Newcastle
His Excellency the Governor
has
been pleased to appoint Captain James Wallis of the 46th Regiment to
be Commandant of the Settlement of Newcastle; and also to be a Justice of Peace
and Magistrate of the same Settlement, during his command thereof.
The Salary of Captain Wallis as
Commandant of Newcastle will commence on and from the Date of his receiving
Charge thereof from the present Commandant.
Captain Wallis will receive written Instructions
for his Guidance, as commandant of Newcastle, previous to his Departure for that
Settlement, from the governor. (SG 1 June 1816)
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June 1...... |
First issue of Hobart Town Gazette
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July 27...... |
Foundation stone of South Head Lighthouse, Port Jackson laid by
Gov. Macquarie
Lighthouses of New South Wales
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June 13......
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Botanical
Gardens established in Sydney
Botanic Gardens Trust
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June......
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Launch of government vessel Elizabeth Henrietta
Launch of the
Elizabeth
Henrietta
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June 29......
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James Clohesy
found guilty of burglary and sentenced to hard labour for life
'This day James Clossey was
indicted for a burglary committed in the house of Mr.
Wilford of Clarence Street, Sydney on the night of the 29th of
February last, and stealing a large amount in property among
which was a quantity of wearing apparel of good quality, 11
guineas in gold, and other valuable articles. A Crown approver
was the chief evidence against the prisoner; the testimony of
the said witness being strongly supported by circumstantial
evidence of an undoubted nature, the prisoner was found guilty'
(SG 29 June 1816)
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July
22...... |
Atlas
III convict ship arrived with
187 male prisoners
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Atlas
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July......
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Bad weather causes the loss of several small vessels
Vessel 'Recovery' wrecked at Port Stephens and Solomon Wiseman's
Hawkesbury Packet....Read more
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July....... |
Vessel Edwin wrecked 100 miles north of Newcastle.....Read more |
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August...... |
Elizabeth Henrietta
upset her moorings in the Hunter River. Two people
drowned....Read More
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September 12...... |
The
Trial colonial vessel, seized by convicts at Watson's Bay, Port Jackson.
(Later found by John Oxley north of Port Stephens)
Select here to find out more about the seizure of the Trial
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September......
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First emigrant ship to Hobart
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October 5......
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Convict ship
Elizabeth I arrived from England. Passenger on board Judge Advocate John Wylde
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find out more about the voyage of the Elizabeth
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October 11...... |
Arrival of the
Mariner
Captain John Herbert. Surgeon John Haslam
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out more about the voyage of the Mariner
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November...... |
Vessel Nautilis
ran aground
at Newcastle (Captain Edward Edwards) |
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November....... |
Horses exported for the Indian
army |
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December 20...... |
Surry I
arrived from Cork. Master Thomas Raine. Surgeon John. F. Bayley .
Botanist
Allan Cunningham
passenger on board
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find out more about the voyage of the Surry
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December....... |
2,886 female convicts
transported to NSW by the end of 1816 |
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