Expedition to Newcastle and
Port Macquarie by Commissioner Bigge, Thomas Hobbes Scott,
John Oxley, Lieut. Johnson and sugar planter Mr. Gyles who was
to assess the area of Port Macquarie as to suitability for
growing sugar cane
JANUARY 20
Arrival of convict ship Lord
Wellington. Master Lew. Hill.
JANUARY 21
Arrival of convict ship
Eliza 1, Master Francis Hunt. Surgeon James Brydone.
Departed from the Thames previous October and arrived Port
Jackson in 96 days. (Caledonia Mercury)
JANUARY 27
Arrival of Prince Regent
convict ship. Master William Anderson. Surgeon James Hunter.
103 days from Spithead to Port Jackson (Caledonia Mercury)
JANUARY 27
Arrival of convict ship
Castle Forbes
JANUARY 27
Sydney Burial Ground consecrated - site of present day
Central Railway Station
Australia's first officially appointed Catholic priests John Therry and Phillip
Connolly arrive
from Ireland
MAY 3
Arrival of convict ship Janus
MAY 15
John Howe, Benjamin Singleton and others
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expedition to Hunter River. This discovery opened up the vast plains of
upper Hunter for selection and settlement
JUNE 6
First pharmaceutical shop
opened by John Tawell in Sydney- No. 6 Hunter Street, Sydney
