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NSW police first use
black trackers and horses to pursue absconding prisoners and bushrangers |
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Arrival of Convict transport Ann & Amelia.
The Ann & Amelia departed
Downs on 7th August and sailed from Cove of Cork on 8th
September. Captain W. Ascough with 200 male prisoners. Guard - Capts. Turton and Moore Pele of
40th Regiment. Passengers Messrs. George Hamden & Michael Cormick, police
officers, 3 boys, sons of convicts. Convict were landed on the 5th January
and between 9 and 10 underwent inspection by His Excellency
Sir Thomas Brisbane. Afterwards drafted to their various
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Bushranger John Donohoe (Bold Jack Donohoe) arrived on board Ann & Amelia.
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Arrival of Artist Augustus Earle in Hobart on the Admiral Cockburn after
being stranded at Tristan da Cunha
The Wandering Artist - Augustus Earle's Travels around
the World 1820 - 1829 - National Library of Australia
Exhibition
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Arrival of Convict transport Grenada with 81 female
prisoners with 15 of their children and 21 cabin passengers. All in good
health. Passengers included Rev. Wilkinson & family,
William Ogilvie &
family, D.A.C.G. Bowerman & wife and surveyor Heneage Finch. |
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Rev. L.
Threlkeld first visited Newcastle |
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10,000 acres at
Reid's Mistake made over for London Missionary site |
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First Supreme Court of NSW empanelled in Sydney |
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Arrival of convict transport Asia
(1).
Departed Cove of Cork 29th
October under Captain Stead. 190 male prisoners under surgeon
superintendent Dr. Mercer
Newcastle constable James Wilkins on board
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Moreton Bay
settlement moved from Redcliffe to the site of Brisbane
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Execution of Aboriginal Mosquito in VDL |
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Arrival of Convict
ship
Henry
Master. James Ferrier. Surgeon
William B. Carlyle. |
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Establishment of penal settlement on Maria Island, Tasmania
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First St. Patrick Day races on Old South Head Road near
Bellevue Hill |
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Formation
of Sydney's first race club, the Sydney Turf Club |
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Church services at Newcastle held in barracks as church in
disrepair |
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Arrival of Ships Hugh
Crawford and Nimrod from London. Chartered by
Thomas
Potter MacQueen. Peter McIntyre
passenger. |
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Arrival of Hooghley Captain P.J. Reeves, from Cork with 193 male
prisoners. Two prisoners lost on the passage. Guard -Captain Logan,
Ensign Taylor and 35 men of 57th Regiment & Mrs. Logan and family.
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to find out more about Captain Logan |
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Arrival of
Convict transport Royal Charlotte - Captain G.C. Corbyn.
136 male prisoners. An attempt made to take the ship and several prisoners
in irons. Guard Major Lockyer, 34 men of 57th regiment + Mrs.
Lockyer and 10 children on board. |
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Arrival of
Asia (111)
Captain Pope with 197 male convicts. Guard - Colonel
Stewart, Lieut. Bainbridge and 54 men of 57th Regiment. |
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William Powditch
opening Stores at Newcastle |
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Arrival of
convict transport Hercules
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William Corner on board |
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Arrival of
Augustus Earle in Sydney on the brig Cyprus. |
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NSW
Superintendent of Police Francis N. Rossi |
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Vessel 'Nereid'
wrecked 10 miles north of Newcastle |
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Norfolk Island
re-opened as a penal settlement for incorrigible convicts.
Report on Convict Discipline and Management by Alexander Maconochie
(Laid before Parliament in 1838) - Alexander Maconochie
was Superintendent at
Norfolk Island 1840 - 1844 |
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Sydney Chamber
of commerce established |
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Appointment of Alexander McLeay, Esq., as
Colonial Secretary NSW |
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Appointment of William Lithgow as Auditor of
General Accounts |
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489 bankrupts gazetted
in the colony in the half year ending June 1825 |
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Australian Agricultural Company given 31 year lease of coal mines at
Newcastle
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to find out more about the Australian
Agricultural company
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Mariner
arrived from Cork with 112 female prisoners |
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Jacob's Mob
bushrangers active in Hunter River district
Two Years in New South Wales A Series of Letters, Comprising Sketches of the Actual State of Society in that Colony By Peter Miller Cunningham |
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George Muir
appointed Chief
Constable at Newcastle
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Arrival of
Convict transport Norfolk, Captain Alexander Greig, with 178 male prisoners; two having died on the passage. Guard
consisted of 33 rank of file of the 57 the regt. under orders of
Lieutenant Brown. |
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Arrival of Minstrel
convict ship Master Charles Arcoll, Surgeon Hugh Walker. |
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Exploration of
Brisbane River by Edmund Lockyer
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Arrival of
convict ship
Lonach in Port Jackson with 143 male prisoners. |
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57th regt. to
Newcastle to relieve the Buffs (3rd regt.,) |
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Arrival of the York, Captain Moncrief. On board A.A. Co Agent Robert Dawson
and other Company employees |
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Arrival of ship
Brothers, Captain Motley. Surveyor John Armstrong and other
A.A.
Company employees on board |
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First postal act
passed
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Governor
Brisbane and family
departed Australia for Europe on the Mary Hope
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Lieutenant-Colonel William Stewart - Administrator of
the colony until 18 December |
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Van Diemen's Land declared
a separate colony. |
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Arrival of
Henry Porcher from London and Dublin with 175 male prisoners
having lost one man on the passage out. Sailed from London
10th July and Dublin 5th August under Captain John Thompson.
Guard consisted of a detachment of 47th regt., under orders of
Capt. Donaldson. Surgeon Dr. Carter. Passengers Rev. Kean, Mrs
Kean and family |
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Arrival of Catherine Stewart Forbes - passengers His
Excellency Lieutenant General Ralph Darling;
Captain Dumaresq; Lieutenant Stoddart. |
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Lieutenant General Ralph Darling Governor from December 1825 - 21
October 1831 |
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Arrival of
convict ship Midas with female prisoners. Master James Baigrie |
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First Executive
Council of NSW appointed |
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Surveyor Heneage Finch arrived in Newcastle from Sydney by crossing the
Hawkesbury River at Wiseman's Farm
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Henry Dumaresq appointed
Clerk to the Executive Council |
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Captain William
Dumaresq appointed to temporary charge of Civil engineers
Dept. |
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Brig 'Elizabeth Henrietta'
wrecked at Newcastle.
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