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1822

 

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     Cedar exported from Illawarra district  
 
 

 

 

  Sugar Cane grown near Port Macquarie. The first planted by Captain Allman the first Commandant  
 
 

 

 

 

Signal Station on Beacon Hill at Newcastle erected by Acting Engineer Lieutenant Close.

 
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

  Carters Barracks in Sydney extended in 1822. Could now accommodate 200 male convicts.

A separate Barrack for 100 convict boys was contiguous to Carters Barracks. The two buildings were separated by a high wall and both were enclosed by a strong brick wall 12 feet high. William Elyard appointed first Superintendent
 
 
 

 

 

 

 

   

Survey of Newcastle by Henry Dangar - Select HERE to see a list of buildings in Newcastle in 1822

 

 
 

 

 

JANUARY

 

 

   

Arrival of David Maziere  on the Skelton

 

 
 

 

 

JANUARY 7

 

 

   

Arrival of Newcastle settler John Laurio Platt  on the convict ship Providence II.   Master James Herd. Surgeon Dav. Reid.

 

 
 

 

 

JANUARY 23

 

 

 

Arrival of convict ship Mary II.

Departed Plymouth 19th September and arrived Port Jackson 23rd January with 176 male prisoners. Captain Arcott (Arcoll). Surgeon Superintendent Dr. John Rodmell RN., Passenger Capt. Brown (owner). Military detachment belonging to the 67th regt., under orders of Lieut. Sutherland of the 46th regiment

 
 

 

 

FEBRUARY 4

 

 

   

Arrival in Van Diemen's Land of the vessel Britomart with Hunter Valley settlers John Galt Smith, Robert and Helenus Scott

 

 
 

 

FEBRUARY 12

 

 

  Departing for England after 11 years -  Lachlan Macquarie & family on the Surrey

Description of Sydney Harbour when Governor Macquarie departed

 
 

 

 

MARCH 9

 

 

   

Arrival of convict ship Southworth. Master Dav. Sampson. Surgeon Joseph Cook

 

 
 

 

 

MARCH 9

 

 

   

Commercially successful honey-producing bees imported to NSW by Captain John Wallis on the convict ship Isabella

 

 

 

 

MARCH 11

 

 

   

Arrival of convict ship Shipley, Master. L.W. Moncreif. Surgeon George S. Rutherford

Surgeon Superintendent of the Shipley George Shaw Rutherford gave evidence in 1831 to a Select Committee investigating Secondary Punishment of Convicts. Select here to read his evidence

 

 
 

 

 

APRIL

 

 

  Philip Parker King returned to Sydney after completing four voyages  
 

 

 

MAY 16

 

 

  Death of pioneer brewer James Squires

More about James Squires

 

 
 

 

 

MAY 19

 

 

  Arrival in NSW of Captain Samuel Wright on the Richmond  
 

 

 

MAY 20

 

 

  Hunter Valley land owners Captain James Phillips and Dr. Francis Moran arrived on board the female convict transport Mary Anne 1  
 
 

JUNE

 

   James Croft per Lady Castlereagh appointed gaol keeper at Newcastle gaol  
 

 

 

JUNE

 

 

   

Exploration of Moreton Bay by William Lawrence Edwardson in command of the Snapper

 

 
 

 

JULY 5

 

 

Agricultural society of New South Wales founded.

 

 
 

 

JULY 15

 

 

   

Arrival of convict ship Guildford. Master Magnus Johnson. Surgeon James Mitchell

Surgeon's Journal of the convict ship Guildford at National Archives

 
 

 

 

JULY 24

 

 

  Arrival of the convict ship Asia Captain Thomas L. Reid. Passengers included James Mudie, his three daughters and Miss Scargill  
 

 

 

AUGUST 17

 

 

  Eclipse of the sun  
 

 

 

 

AUGUST 25

 

 

 

  Charles Spratt, John Antonio, Henry Bridge, Daniel Clarke, Felix Patshaw, Thomas Dwyer, George Hasler, and Thomas Till were found guilty of stealing a whale boat, the property of the Crown, from the Settlement of Port Macquarie; and John Doyle, for aiding in the felony. The prisoners had been either sent from Head quarters to Port Macquarie or from Hunter’ River (Newcastle) to that Settlement.  
 

 

 

SEPTEMBER

 

 

  Vessel 'Magnet' wrecked at Newcastle  
 

 

 

OCTOBER

 

 

  Arrival of Leslie Duguid  on board the William Shand  
 

 

 

NOVEMBER 8

 

 

  Arrival of Hunter Valley land owner Timothy Nowlan on board the convict ship Mangles.  Captain John Coghill. Select HERE for an image of the Mangles at State Library of Victoria

Transcript of Surgeon's Journal of the convict ship Mangles at National Archives

 
 

 

 

NOVEMBER

 

 

  Dismissal of Colonial Architect Francis Greenway  
 

 

 

 

  Arrival of Hunter Valley land owner Lieutenant William Hicks on the Admiral Cockburn from Van Diemen's Land  
 

 

 

NOVEMBER 22

 

 

   

Arrival of convict ship Eliza 1. Master James Hunt. Surgeon Willam Rae

Surgeon's Journal of the convict ship Eliza at National Archives

 
 
 

NOVEMBER 23

 

  Arrival of Captain Henry Gillman in command of the Guard on the convict ship Arab from Portsmouth to Hobart and then Port Jackson  
 

 

 

DECEMBER 21

 

 

   

Arrival of convict ship Countess of Harcourt 2. Captain George Bunn. Surgeon Robert Armstrong

 

 
   

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