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Total population in New South
Wales.....17,165
Total
population in Van Dieman's Land....3,214
Of the above there were
4,100 male convicts and 2340 female convicts and 850 of their
children
600 soldiers of the 48th
regiment
(The Morning Chronicle 28
November 1818) |
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Public
floggings end in 1818. All flogging hereafter to be administered in
barracks yards
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Noted in the
London newspapers that 'From the long indiscriminate
destruction of the whole tribe of seals, these valuable
animals have become as rare on the shores of New Holland and
its adjacent island, as they have lately proved in all other
parts of the world.' (The Morning Chronicle 28 November 1818)
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Maitland established.
First called 'The Camp', Molly
Morgan's Plains', 'Wallis Plains' and later 'Maitland'
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January....... |
The Great Western Road between
Parramatta and Emu Plains is opened
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January 1...... |
Appointment of
Rev. Richard Hill as Senior
Assistant-Chaplain of NSW |
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January 10...... |
Arrival of the convict ship
Ocean
under
Captain
Samuel Remmington
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HERE
to find out more about the voyage of the Ocean
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January 14......
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Arrival of the
convict ship
Friendship
under Captain Armet
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HERE to find out more about the voyage of the
Friendship
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January 26...... |
The first Australia Day celebrations
held
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March...... |
Overland route
from Sydney to Jervis Bay pioneered by
Charles
Throsby
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April 1...... |
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 5..... |
Arrival of the convict ship
Batavia
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HERE to
find out more about the voyage of the Guildford.
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April 30...... |
Arrival of
Captain Francis Allman on the
Minerva with 48th regiment. Also on
board 160 convicts for Hobart. |
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April/May......
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Benjamin Singleton explored route to the Hunter Valley
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April 30.....
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Arrival of the convict Ship Lady Castlereagh
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HERE to find
out more about the voyage of the Lady Castlereagh
W.B. Cramp arrived as passenger on the Lady
Castlereagh and recorded some of his journeys. He wrote
this description of
natives near Newcastle in 1818 |
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April 30..... |
Arrival of
the convict ship Minerva
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HERE to find out more about the voyage of the
Minerva
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May...... |
Macquarie River explored by
Oxley and Evans
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May 5...... |
Arrival of the
convict ship
Neptune
The Neptune brought with her 170
convicts who had departed the Downs 20 December 1817 as well as 16 men who
had escaped from New South Wales in the vessel Harriet and were
apprehended at the Cape.
Select HERE to find out more about the voyage of the Neptune
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July
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Tour of inspection of
Newcastle by Governor Macquarie
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' On
Monday last the 27th
ult. His Excellency the Governor and Mrs. Macquarie and Staff, embarked on the
government Brig Elizabeth Henrietta for the Settlement of Newcastle on Hunter’s
river
The vessel got under weigh between
2 and 3 o’clock with a fair wind, which continuing equally favourable during the
night, makes it probable that she would reach the place of her destination by 9
the next morning.
His Excellency visited Newcastle
in 1812 when in its infant state, and comparatively of little importance, being
chiefly appropriated for the reception of convicts whose delinquencies here had
rendered them liable to extraordinary punishments. It was also resorted to for
supplies of lime, coal, and timber for the uses of Government.' (SG 1 August 1818)
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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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August....... |
Macquarie Pier at Newcastle was commenced in August 1818 when Captain Wallis
was Commandant.. There were no artisans appointed to superintend and direct
its construction. The engineers at that time, and up to the time of the work
ceasing, were subalterns of the 46th and 48th regiments, and totally
ignorant of their duty - the mechanics and workmen generally, were under the
orders of an old sergeant of the 46th regiment who was principal
superintendent of public works and died at Newcastle. The overseers under
him were two stonemasons, who, though good mechanics in their way, were
totally unfit to carry such an important undertaking into effect. The work
at the pier ceased entirely in the early part of the year 1823......read
more in the Australian
One of the men who was sent to Newcastle to work on the pier was
Samuel James Pilkington who arrived on the
Lord Eldon in 1817
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August...... |
John Oxley sights the Warrumbungle Ranges, Liverpool Plains and the Peel River. |
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September 14........
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Arrival of the convict ship
Glory
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HERE
to find out more about the voyage of the Glory
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September 14....... |
Arrival of the convict ship
Isabella
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HERE to
find out more about the voyage of the Isabella
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September 17......
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Arrival of the convict ship
Maria
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HERE to find
out more about the voyage of the Maria
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October....... |
Port Macquarie named by John
Oxley |
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October....... |
Bushranger Michael Howe killed by Pugh
and Worrall on the banks of the Shannon River. Van Diemen's Land
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October 14.......
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Arrival of the
Tottenham
convict ship.
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HERE to
find out more about the voyage of the Tottenham
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November 1.......
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Arrival in Port Stephens
of John Oxley's expedition
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November 7....... |
Arrival of the convict ship
Morley
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Here to
find out more about the voyage of the Morley
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November 18...... |
Arrival of
the convict ship
Shipley
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HERE
to find out more about the voyage of the Morley |
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November 19...... |
Arrival of the
convict ship
Elizabeth
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HERE to
find out more about the voyage of the Elizabeth |
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December 16....... |
Arrival of the convict
ship
Earl St. Vincent
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HERE
to find out more about the voyage of the
Earl St.
Vincent |
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December 24....... |
Arrival of the convict ship
Hadlow
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HERE to
find out more about the voyage of the Hadlow
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December 24....... |
Arrival of the convict
ship
Martha
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HERE to find out more about the voyage of the
Martha |
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December 24.......
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Captain James Morisset, 48th regt., appointed Magistrate and Commandant at Newcastle
in the room of Captain James Wallis
Read about Newcastle penal settlement under the command of
Major Morisset in Report of the Commissioner of Enquiry
into the state of the colony of New South Wales
Image
of Lieut-Col James Thomas Morisset at Australia's Red Coat
Settlers site
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December...... |
Captain James Wallis
commended for the improvements to Newcastle settlement while he was
Commandant. |
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December 31...... |
Arrival of the convict
ship
General Stewart
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HERE to
find out more about the voyage of the General Stewart |
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