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JANUARY 1

 

Thomas Wylde appointed Crown solicitor

 

 

 

 

 

JANUARY

 

 

 

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  

 

 

 

 

 

 

FEBRUARY 24

 

Arrival of Lord Melville convict ship with 99 female prisoners. 101 prisoners arrived at Portsmouth from London on the Lord Melville in first week of September 1816. 16 free women, passengers and 41 children were also on board. Barron Field, recently appointed Supreme Court Judge of NSW and his new wife Jane (Cairncross) also came passengers.  

 

 

 

MARCH 8

 

Arrival of Fame convict transport . Master Henry Dale, Surgeon John Mortimer  

 

 

 

MARCH 10

 

Arrival of Sir William Bensley, convict ship.  Surgeon William Evans. 199 male prisoners, 1 having died on the passage.  

 

 

 

APRIL 8

 

Bank of New South Wales opened for business in Macquarie Place Sydney  

 

 

 

APRIL 9

 

Lieut-Governor Sorell takes over administration of Van Diemen's Land

 

 

 

APRIL 10

 

Arrival of  Morley convict ship from England  

 

 

 

APRIL

 

St. John's Church Parramatta opened.  

 

 

 

APRIL 24

 

Arrival of Shipley with 125 male prisoners  

 

 

 

APRIL 28

 

Expedition by John Oxley westward from Bathurst to explore inland plains.  

 

 

 

JULY 11

 

Vessel William Caesar, government boat, seized by prisoners and later found north of Port Stephens  

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JULY 26

 

Arrival of convict ship Chapman  from Cork  

 

 

 

JULY 28

 

Area south east of Moss Vale explored by Charles Throsby  

 

 

 

JULY 29

 

Arrival of convict transport Pilot  

 

 

 

AUGUST 6

 

Arrival of convict ship Canada from Cork with 89 female prisoners  

 

 

 

AUGUST 9

 

Arrival of 48th Regiment, commanded by Lieut-Col Erskine. To relieve 46th Regiment

 The Colonial Garrison, 1817-1824: The 48th Foot, the Northamptonshire Regiment in the Colony of New South Wales

 

 

 

 

AUGUST 29

 

Arrival of Convict ship Almorah, Master William McKissock  

 

 

 

SEPTEMBER 30

 

Arrival of convict transport Lord Eldon from England  

 

 

 

OCTOBER 3

 

Death of merchant Garnham Blaxcell at Batavia  

 

 

 

OCTOBER

 

Francis Beattie found guilty of receiving stolen goods (Sydney). Search the database for information about Francis Beattie  

 

 

 

OCTOBER7

 

Methodist church at Castlereagh opened by Rev. Samuel Leigh  
Foundation stone of St. Matthew's church Windsor laid by governor Macquarie

 

 
 

NOVEMBER 22

 

Arrival of Larkins  in Port Jackson with 247 prisoners  

 

 

Death of former Governor William Bligh in England    

 

 

 

 

 

 

DECEMBER 10

 

Escape of Tasmanian bushranger Michael Howe  

 

 

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)  
 

DECEMBER

 

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.  

 

 

 

DECEMBER 30

 

Phillip Parker King's expedition enter Bass Strait  
 

DECEMBER

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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