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January 1.......
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Thomas Wylde
appointed Crown solicitor
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January.......
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Announcement in England of a New Voyage of
Discovery - In 1817, Louis Claude Desaulces de Freycinet embarked on the L'Uranie on a major
scientific expedition around the world to record information regarding the
geography, meteorology, terrestrial magnetism, ethnology, and indigenous
flora and fauna of various locations in the southern hemisphere
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February 24....... |
Arrival of
the convict ship
Lord Melville with 99 female prisoners.
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March
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Arrival of the
convict ship
Fame . Master Henry Dale, Surgeon John Mortimer
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find out more about the voyage of the Fame.
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March 10.......
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Arrival of the convict
ship
Sir William Bensley. Surgeon William Evans.
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find out more about the voyage of the Sir William Bensley
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April 8........ |
Bank of New South Wales opened
for business in Macquarie Place Sydney
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April 9....... |
Lieut-Governor
Sorell takes over administration of Van Diemen's Land |
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April 10.......
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Arrival of the
convict ship
Morley from England
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out more about the voyage of the Morley
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April 24....... |
Arrival of the
convict transport
Shipley
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April.......
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Expedition by John Oxley
westward from Bathurst to explore inland plains.
Read
Oxley's journal at GriffithGateway.com
John Oxley - Courtesy of the State
Library of NSW
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July 26....... |
Arrival of convict ship
Chapman from Cork
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mutiny that took place on the voyage |
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July
28....... |
Area south east of Moss Vale
explored by
Charles Throsby
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July 29.......
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Arrival of convict transport
Pilot
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August 5....... |
Arrival of convict
ship
Canada from Cork with 89 female prisoners and 12 of their
children
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out more about the voyage of the Canada
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August 9....... |
Arrival of 48th Regiment,
commanded by Lieut-Col Erskine. To relieve 46th Regiment
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August 29.......
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Arrival of Convict ship
Almorah, Master William McKissock.
Surgeon Superintendent
Edward Foord Bromley.
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September
30.......
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Arrival of convict transport
Lord Eldon from England
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October 3.......
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Death of merchant Garnham Blaxcell at Batavia |
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October.......
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Francis Beattie found guilty
of receiving stolen goods (Sydney).
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October 7........
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Methodist church at Castlereagh opened by
Rev. Samuel Leigh
Remarkable Incidents in the life of Rev. Samuel Leigh
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October 11......
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Foundation stone of St.
Matthew's church Windsor laid by governor Macquarie
More about St. Matthew's Church at Hawkesbury on the Net |
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November 22.......
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November 22.......
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Arrival of
Larkins
in Port Jackson with 247
prisoners
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to find out more about the voyage of the
Larkins
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December 7.........
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Death of former
Governor William Bligh in England
The History and Antiquities of the Parish of LambethBy Thomas Allen |
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December 10.......
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Escape of Tasmanian bushranger Michael Howe
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December 22.......
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Phillip Parker King and
Allan
Cunningham leave to explore north west coast of the continent.
Two Master's mates - Frederick Bedwell and John Septimus Roe; 12 seamen; 2
boys also accompanied the voyage (Total 12)
Follow the expedition (Project Gutenberg)
Boon-ga-ree accompanied King on this
voyage. This expedition in the Mermaid left Sydney and explored
the West Australian coast, collecting information about local
conditions and native inhabitants before visiting Timor and returning
to Sydney on 29 July 1818
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December.......
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Loss of the schooner Endeavour off Newcastle.
Owned by John Black. Taking coals when a gale came on from the south. Broke
her moorings and washed onto Nobbys Point where she was wrecked. |
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December 30........ |
Phillip Parker King's
expedition enters
Bass Strait |
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December.......
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Sydney Heads 1880
Completion of Tower
Lighthouse, South Head, Sydney designed by Francis Greenway.
First Light House keeper Robert Watson. (Watson's Bay named in his
honour).
Construction of a new
lighthouse on the site was commenced in 1883
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